Chapter 25: Metamorphosis
The candlelight was faint, driven by the invisible air flow in the room, and it was extinguished, reflecting those lights and shadows as if they were alive, like ghosts from hell, constantly enchanting and dancing, strange and inexplicable.
The sound of "pop" was the sound of a whip on the smooth flesh.
Wen Ningzhi's hand grasping the bed rail suddenly clenched, not exhaling pain, but praying in a low voice, "Red Lotus, I'm sorry!" My unborn child, dad was wrong! β
Leng Yu stood behind him, holding a leather rope soaked in salt water in his hand, waving it every ten times he recited it silently. And every time Wen Ningzhi was hit, he read the words of repentance. The expression is pious, mixed with pain. His smooth back was crisscrossed with whip marks, old wounds that had long healed, but still left dark marks. This shows that it is not a matter of half a day that he has punished himself like this.
was about thirty times whipped, Wen Ningzhi couldn't hold on any longer, and lay on the edge of the bed softly.
Seeing this, Leng Yu hurriedly put away the leather rope, found the ointment familiarly, and carefully and properly applied it to Wen Ningzhi's whiplash and slightly red and swollen cheeks.
"The concubine is waiting for the Hou Ye to rest, right?" After finishing the work, Leng Yu asked in a low voice.
"No, I don't. Xiang'er's aftermath has to be dealt with by you. Wen Ningzhi shook his head, there was still half a point of remorse and confusion on his face, but he was as calm as jade, his eyes were calm, and it seemed that all the evil things had disappeared with this whipping.
He, he didn't do anything.
He was at ease.
He, while corporal punishment of himself, is condemned by his conscience. On the other hand, if he is allowed to choose again, he can still lose his conscience.
It's a pity that Liuli didn't see this scene. Otherwise, there are only two words to comment: perverted!
But she got the news early the next morning: before dawn, Wen Hou went to the court. At that time, the second aunt was fine. But by the time the third aunt went to wait for the soup in the morning, the second aunt had already hung herself on the beam of the hall, and she had already been out of breath for a long time.
According to the details inquired by Xiaoru and Xiaowei, the second aunt dressed up to die, dressed in gorgeous clothes, her tongue only spit out a little, and between her blood-red lips, only a gray tip of her tongue was exposed. But those eyes were fixed in the direction of the gate, as if to tell everyone: Someone is coming!
People said that Dr. Yun from the Tai Hospital diagnosed the second aunt with a suspicious disease. So, such a madman can do anything, right? It's normal for people who are suspicious all day long to kill themselves. Poor Wen Hou did his best for a concubine, but he still couldn't prevent the tragedy from happening.
No one doubted Leng Xiang's cause of death, only Liuli shook her head secretly. Wen Ningzhi's ability to take advantage of the situation is extremely powerful, and such a crisis has been used by him to add another stroke to his glorious name.
But it doesn't matter, the higher you climb, the heavier you fall, Wen Ningzhi offered himself to the altar. In the end, it is much more refreshing to slaughter the gods than to hit ordinary people.
According to the rules of the Great Zhao Kingdom, the concubine died, or committed suicide, there is no need to stop the spirit and filial piety, even the body can not leave from the main gate, can only go to the remote East Corner Gate, and quietly carry out of the house at dusk. If there is a mother's family, it will be taken away by the mother's family, and the husband's family will make up a sum of money, and it will be irrelevant from then on. and if they have no mother's family, they will be buried in mass graves outside the city.
The so-called mass graves are not places where corpses are exposed, but large wastelands that are uninhabited. There are arched earth steamed buns, and the souls of homeless and ownerless people are buried underneath. A little better, there's a tombstone. Speaking of which, concubines are just men's property and playthings, and if there are no heirs to support them, how can they be buried in the family cemetery after death?
"Miss, you guessed it right. Sure enough, the second aunt didn't survive last night. Xiao Wei said angrily, remembering Miss yesterday's words.
Although I know that everything is the fault of the second aunt, I also know why the young lady came. But if the human heart has good thoughts, how can it be completely indifferent to death?
Even Liuli sighed for a while, and in the dead of night that night, he climbed over the wall and entered Ailianju.
Lime wanted to follow up, afraid that she would be afraid, but she was left outside the hospital.
Huo Honglian is her sister, both lives, how can she be afraid? She firmly believes that even if her sister becomes a ghost, she will never hurt her. That is an absolute trust in family affection, and it will not be shaken no matter what.
Kneeling in front of the tablet, Liuli did not burn incense and bow, but took out a small black porcelain vase and a white cotton cloth with words written from his pocket. The words on the cloth are two large and the number is smaller. The small characters are written in the eight characters of the birthday, and the big characters are the names of the people: Leng Xiang.
Liuli spread a palm-sized white cloth, poured it with liquid in a porcelain bottle, and then lit it with a fire breaker and burned it to ashes.
At that time, in addition to the smell of burnt, there was also a faint smell of blood in the air. In that porcelain bottle, it was actually filled with blood, the hot blood taken from Leng Xiang's wrist before! Although it is only a little bit, it represents the blood debt that Leng Xiang carries.
"Sister, are you happy?" Liuli looked at the tablet with a smile on her face, sad, but also cheerful, and a little cautious and flattering, like a child doing something right to show off to his parents, "This is the first person to pay for hurting you, and there will be more to come." No one escapes punishment, not even the one who stands on the top! β
The tablet is silent, but the summer breeze is cool. Like a sister's hand, gently caressing Ruri's hair.
Liuli fell to the ground, choked up, but did not cry. Last time, she told the stone that she would never cry again. And if there is no good reward for good, and there is no evil result for evil, she really doesn't know what is the need for the existence of this vast world!
However, although it is said that a dead concubine will not mourn, let alone a serious matter, but because Wen Ningzhi fell ill subsequently, the Ning'an Hou Mansion was still silent for a while. Even the promised lotus viewing party in the Marquis of Weiyuan Mansion was postponed for half a month.
However, the haunting incident suddenly disappeared after the death of the second aunt. Everyone thought that the second aunt was crazy and made such a fuss. Or, maybe it's a hitter. The so-called bumper refers to going out in the middle of the night and being possessed by a lonely ghost. Now that the person is dead, the lonely soul and wild ghost have no host, and the official authority on the Hou Ye is heavy, so he naturally runs away.
So, the house was safe. No one notices that there is a new dark tide surging.
And out of courtesy, even if Liuli was disgusted in her heart, she still endured the awkwardness to visit her father-in-law Wen Ningzhi, and said a lot of comforting words that made her want to vomit out. What makes her feel particularly strange is that it doesn't mean that it is too sad? Why lie on the bed, as if recuperating from an injury?
She was surprised, but after all, she had only been in Tokyo for two months, and her hand could not reach that long, so she had to put her mind away and stay in the house in a proper manner. During this period, I was invited by Xiao Zhenzhi to go out twice, once to watch the royal music and dance, and the other time to eat flavored bamboo tube rice at a newly opened restaurant of a Nanling person.
Like the ordinary love of modern young people, watching movies and eating are two essential elements.
However, didn't Xiao Zhen want to marry her? Even if the two have an agreement to maintain their engagement relationship temporarily, Xiao Zhen's drama has gone too far. Now, no one in the whole of Tokyo doesn't know that His Royal Highness King Jin is very happy with his fiancΓ©e, and he takes him around before he gets married. Although there are no taboos, it is so close that it makes people's teeth ache. As far as Liuli is concerned, Xiao Zhen is decent and kind, and his knowledge is also very good, but he is a very good partner.
Half a month later, the postponed lotus viewing party was held.
Liuli promised Wen Hongxuan to go, but the weather was hot, and he wanted to get rid of it. Na Cheng thought that she hadn't pretended to be sick yet, so Wen Hongxuan came to persuade her to go out for a walk again and again, and took out Liu Bei's strength to look at the thatched house, as if what had just happened in the Hou Mansion had a great impact on her.
Liuli's heart moved slightly, and she promised that she would not be absent. On the same day, for the sake of Wen Hongxuan's face, she also went in the same carriage with Wen Zhiyun and Wen Yiyun, and it seemed that the Ning'an Houfu family was in step and very harmonious.
In July, the summer is over, but the heat is not gone. So, people dressed very coolly. Liuli walked around the back garden of the Marquis of Weiyuan's mansion slowly, and saw a lot of white flowers on the chest, although they were only half-exposed, but they were also very dazzling. The open atmosphere of the Great Zhao Kingdom can be seen, and it is indeed refreshing.
In comparison, Liuli is dressed conservatively. The soft green satin of the lake water looks cool. The style is a partial curved skirt, but the narrow sleeves are made of semi-transparent leno material, and two tender lotus-like arms are looming. The robe was cut so well that she couldn't walk fast, reflecting her cool figure and graceful posture. Underfoot, with pale pink silk shoes. The head is still combed with a simple and generous single screw bun, and a white hosta is obliquely inserted with a pearl hairpin. The hairpin tail fell with a small emerald feather. It was naturally shed from Xiao Xian's body, and the greenery was better than the best jasper. The feather edge is thin fluff and looks very cute.
She did not wear a collar or necklace of gold or jewels around her neck, but wore a small silver blessing bag with multicolored silk threads, and on her hand was a fish-shaped red gold chain that was connected from end to end. Up and down the body, there is no place that is not casual, but there is no place that is not chic, which is very different from the red and purple, charming and charming that the aristocratic women of Tokyo like. Coincidentally, her appearance is bright and beautiful. As a result, the strange fusion of completely different breaths becomes particularly eye-catching.
"Hmph, she's the best at weirdness." On the gazebo not far away, Wen Yiyun snorted coldly unconvinced, "On such a hot day, you will sweat when you sit. Partial to her, walking around attracts attention. β
"Stop." Wen Zhiyun stopped her sister in a low voice, "Looking at the attitude of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, she can't run away from the title of prince and princess." It is rare that His Royal Highness King Jin likes her. You have sinned against her, and it will not do you any good. β
"I just can't get used to it!"
"There are a lot of people who can't get used to her, why did you jump out and run up to be the first to be the first target?" Wen Zhiyun hated iron and nodded her sister's forehead, "I don't want you to be too close to her, just get by on the big face." Anyway, she is our father's daughter, and this incense will definitely be there. As long as you don't offend her, you won't lose. β
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