Shen Qing raised the small black balls in her hand.
She put on a crazed expression on her face. "Since you want me to die, then come with me"
Third Son Shen scoffed. "You want us to die with you with this black thing? Are you insane?"
The others were also very disdainful. They felt that this wretched girl was desperate.
Shen Qing sneered. "Then I'll let you guys take a look."
She took out a lighter from her bosom and lit a small fuse on the small black ball. Then, she threw it towards an empty space on the other side of the courtyard.
Shenyuan had to set the fire and cook every day, so she had a lighter with her.
She wanted to throw it at him, but if he was injured or killed from the explosion, she would have to go to jail. It was not worth it.
"Bang?" The small black ball exploded.
It directly blew up a tree planted in the open space of the courtyard and left a hole on the ground.
Everyone was terrified.
Seeing the power of the small black balls, the people of the Shen family recalled the old Taoist priest who had ascended to immortality.
Two months ago, a few similar loud noises suddenly appeared on the mountainside. Then, flames soared into the sky, killing the Taoist priest and leaving the main hall of the temple severely damaged.
Everyone, including the Shen Family, believed that the old Taoist priest ascended to immortality.
But now, they were a little uncertain.
Shen Qing played with the other small black balls in her hands, raised her eyebrows and looked at them.
"So, do you want to taste the damage of the fireballs? This is something that my master passed on to me for self-defence. If you don't believe it, you can experience it yourself"
She snorted coldly. "If I am marrying off to the Qu family and to be buried with Young Master Qu, then all of you can die together with him too. It will be lively with so many of us there"
This was indeed an earthen explosive refined by the old Taoist.
He was practising alchemy and accidentally created this explosive.
After that, he gained an interest in developing explosives further, which also killed him.
After the old Taoist died, Shenyuan brought back the books, two boxes of items, and these small black balls from the remnants of the explosion.
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Shen Qing came from the modern era. As soon as she saw these in her memory, she knew that it was an earthen bomb.
That was why she wanted to use it.
If Third Son Shen did not want to die, he would not dare to send her to accompany Young Master Qu's burial.
The Shen family remained silent.
No, they did not want to experience it at all, and they did not want more audiences.
Old Master Shen, who had been silent the whole time, blurted, "What exactly do you want?"
Shen Qing said, "I want you guys to break off the engagement with the Family on your own accord. I can choose who I want to marry in the future.
"Otherwise, I won't have a good time. We'll all die together then.
"Fourth uncle is a future scholar with a bright future in the palace. He might even be a top-tier scholar. I don't think he wants to die young, right?"
Fourth Son Shen hesitated. He really didn't want to.
This wretched girl had seized their lifeblood in an instant.
Thus, Old Master Shem gave Old Lady Shen a look.
She could only smile apologetically at the old granny again. "Look at this, there's nothing we can do."
They could only break off the engagement. Otherwise, this wretched girl would make them die with her.
Shen Qing looked at the old granny sinisterly and shook the little black balls in her hand. "It doesn't matter if the Qu family wants to marry me. In any case, all of you feel sorry for Young Master Qu. We can actually go down together as companions."
She curled her lips again and asked, "I believe that y'all also want to continue serving Young Master Qu in the afterworld, right?"
The old granny and the servants behind her were stunned. No, they didn't want to at all.
She knew that as long as this wretched lass had such a life-threatening object in her hands, they couldn't take her away at all. After all, no one wanted to die.
A rabbit would bite when it was anxious, let alone a human.
It was all the Shen family's fault. They actually let this wretched lass know that she was going to die with him. They were useless trash that just ruined the plan.
Not sure if it was too late to find a new bride now.
"Since Miss Shen is not willing to marry into the Qu family, I will go back and report this to our old master and lady now."
After she finished speaking to Shen Qing, she looked at Old Lady Shen and said, "You sent someone to follow me to the Wu family to break off the engagement."
Old Lady Shen's expression was unsightly as she looked at Lady Shen and her third son, "You guys go."
The two of them could only grimace as they followed her to the Qu family.
The silver in their hands was gone. They were actually daring to eat that wretched lass.
After the few of them left, Shen Qing used a rope to tie up the remaining few earth bombs and wrapped them around her waist. However, she always kept the lighter in her hands.
After she was done, she looked at the Third Son Shen and raised her eyebrows. "If anyone wants to die, let me know in advance. I will definitely grant them their wish."
Old Lady Shen couldn't help but curse. "You heartless wretch, how dare you treat your elders like this? Aren't you afraid of going to hell? You..."
"If all of you aren't afraid of going to hell, then I'm even less afraid." Shen Qing sneered.
"It looks like grandma wants to go down and explore the area first?"
Then, she untied one of the small black balls and looked as if she was going to light it up and throw it over.
Old Lady Shen, who continued to grumble, became so scared that she instantly went silent as if she had been strangled by someone.
The others were also so angry that their chests were burning, but they didn't dare to scold her.
Shen Qing yawned. "I'm going to sleep for a while. Wake me up when it's mealtime."
"Otherwise!" she tossed the little black ball in her hand and smiled sinisterly at the people in the courtyard, "you know what I mean."
The Shen family were speechless. How could there be such a wretch in the family?
Shen Qing opened the door and entered the firewood room. This was where Shenyuan had stayed after returning.
Shenyuan had used two wooden boards to make a bed, a cushion, and a quilt. She had brought them back from the Taoist temple herself.
She laid on the bed and thought about her next move.
From her memory, she learned that this was a dynasty that had never existed in history. During the Lang dynasty, there was a twist and this became the Dalian dynasty.
The Dalian dynasty was only the second generation of the emperor.
It was somewhat like the Lang dynasty, which was relatively liberal, and had less stringent rules for women, similar to the later dynasties.
However, the law stipulated that a woman could only live independently and go out on her own if she had no maternal family or if her husband died.
Therefore, it was impossible for her to separate from the Shen family herself.
It was even more unrealistic for her to run away alone.
This was because she needed an identity to travel to any faraway place.
Else, once she was caught after running away, she would become a blacklisted. Her identity was equivalent to a slave. She would be demoted into an official slave by the authorities and sent to be sold or exiled.
Especially since the establishment of the new dynasty, there were some regulations that each county had to abide with. All counties were afraid of losing manpower, so they were very strict in managing the household registration.
There was also a very fraudulent law that if any men and women who were still single at eighteen and seventeen respectively, the government would intervene with a forced marriage.
If they did not agree or resist, they would have to go to jail for violating the law.
Now that she was almost sixteen years old, there was only a little more than a year left before the forced marriage.
After thinking about it, Shen Qing realised that there was only one way to solve the current predicament, and that was to get married.
If the Shen family was making the decision, they would definitely make her jump from one fire pit to another.
Shen Qing would never ill-treat herself. Instead of letting others control her marriage, she would rather find a suitable one herself.