Chapter 32 Fatal Deduction

This Ru Nan city's Landlord Song, surnamed Song, named De, styled Zhongyi.

From his style name, you all should realize that this man ranked as the second eldest at home.

So why is the second brother in charge of the Song family now? It's simple...the eldest died young.

In those years, Song De's elder brother passed away suddenly from illness before he reached ten, and their parents couldn't comprehend: our Song family is so wealthy, having hired the best physician available, how could he possibly die?

Isn't that nonsense? With the medical standards of the Ming Dynasty, any kind of death was possible.

But they didn't understand science, and so they sought nonscientific explanations—consulting a fortune-teller.

How clever that fortune-teller was, upon entering the house, he put on a grave face and performed his charades, and finally concluded with one statement: "Your Song family has committed too many sins and has met with retribution."