Chapter 138: Gone
Treat Mei is unwilling.
Obviously, in a few days, she put on her wedding dress and became a bride, but at this juncture, she encountered misfortune for no reason. The knife pierced the chest and hurt into the bones.
But she didn't even know how she had provoked those vicious villains.
The man who stabbed her with a knife stabbed her for a moment, and then took a group of brothers and opened the cellar and walked out, leaving her and a corpse beside her, who was not even a person.
When a person lies in this cellar waiting for death to come, what Mei thinks about repeatedly is the many people and things she has encountered. She thought that if she wanted to find out the cause and effect, she had to die to understand.
Maybe it's because life is passing at a speed that is visible to the naked eye, but her mind is clearer because of this. What kind of people have appeared, what kind of things have happened, and the big and small things in her life in the past ten years have flashed in front of her.
The cold medicine foam in her mouth was passed into her mouth in a special way, the medicine was cold, and it melted in her mouth, she thought about it, and suddenly regained some strength, and was able to say a word or two that was not loud.
"Miss, slave...... After thinking about it carefully, I really didn't offend anyone, so I had to call me...... Dead. If you want to say what kind of strange things and strange people you have encountered in the past two years, it may be ......"
Mei told me about the time she ran into a group of men somewhere near the mouth of this alley.
She didn't take this matter to heart.
At that time, in order to take a shortcut back to the Hou Mansion, she was in a hurry, so she passed by and glanced at it, and she couldn't say that it was just such a thing that made her unlucky.
Lin Qiantan is different from her, there are many twists and turns, and she really can't think of too much. Lin Qiantan thought, most of the time, that's it.
When Mei probably saw something that shouldn't be seen, this is what makes people worry. Otherwise, how can it be explained, and then there are so many inexplicable things.
Later, Mei said that she had put things on the kitchen stove.
Lin Qiantan felt sad in her heart, and she really wanted to ask what kind of people she saw when she was Mei. But he immediately dismissed his thoughts. If Mei knew who it was, she would have told her a long time ago, where would it become what it is now.
Lin Qiantan didn't ask, but Zhimei wanted to tell Lin Qiantan everything she could think of anyway. She died unwillingly, and hoped that someone could avenge her.
According to the description of Beimei, most of the men walking in the alley were dressed richly. The worst is also dressed as a scholar in the best fabrics. In this capital, there are many teahouses and taverns, what do you have to say about it, you have to go to this small alley with many poor families? !
Lin Qiantan didn't want to wait for Mei to waste more energy, and always hoped that she could save her strength and try to pull it back. But Mei said: "It's too late...... she knows that the young lady's paintings are good, and she can always draw the people she said when she goes back.
It was a night that Lin Qiantan would never forget. In the dilapidated courtyard of the He family's house, the cold and biting night wind blew in from the entrance of the cellar from time to time. Lin Qiantan dyed half of her body with blood and hugged Beimei on her body. The temperature of Mei's body subsided little by little, and her expression became more peaceful little by little. Lin Qiantan secretly hated, how could she learn the medical Tao of Yin and the half bucket of water herself? Or maybe he knew to tie up a Lang Zhong when he came, and now he may be able to save Mei by waiting for him......
But over there, Zheng Hao begged people everywhere to come over to save his life like crazy, but where was anyone willing to come over at night.
If someone dies, you have to tell the government. The next day, the officials of the Jingzhong Mansion also rushed over when they heard the sound, but all they saw was the body of Chen Da.
When asked by the official about the cause of the incident, the He family did not dare to tell the truth. Lin Qiantan had already taken Beimei away before the government arrived, and the He family was greedy for money, causing others to turn a happy event into a funeral, after all, they didn't hesitate to agree to Lin Qiantan, and covered up the existence of Zhimei in this matter. From beginning to end, it seemed that Chen Dayou was the only one who provoked the enemy and was killed in this cellar.
I didn't sleep all night, and even my body was still very dirty. The blood on his body made people feel uncomfortable subconsciously, but Lin Qiantan sat in the room in the inn and held the person who had no signs of life for a long time, motionless.
When Mei was about to rise in the sun, she finally lost her breath, Lin Qiantan arrived too late, and Mei had already shed too much blood, no matter how good the panacea and the palace doctor were, they couldn't save people back.
The faces of the people in the room all had sad looks, and several of Jinhe's eyes were also red. Needless to say, Jinhe is a few Ji Yue, who have been stained with human life and have long been accustomed to these, and they can't help the stagnation in their hearts.
Lin Qiantan's eyes were also red, but she didn't shed tears. Maybe for a person like her, who has died once after all, she can look at these things of life and death more lightly.
In the dark, Lin Qiantan even believed that since God was willing to show mercy to her and ask her to do it all over again, perhaps, where else would Mei open her eyes in this world and survive.
The Mei in her arms looked peaceful, as if she had left without much pain. The blood at the corners of his mouth also clotted and dried up to brownish-black.
Jin He endured the sadness in his heart, and walked up to persuade Lin Qiantan to go down and change into clothes. The inn they came to was Lin Qiantan's own property, the backyard was not open to outside guests, and all the daily necessities were also used to arrange the reserves according to Lin Qiantan's preferences, waiting for Lin Qiantan to come and use them anytime and anywhere.
These are laid out one after another.
Even those important account books were also moved to Tian Xiaoxiang, and only a small amount was left there to read at any time.
When Lin Qiantan heard this, she shook her head and said with a smile: "Let's clean and clean the plum first, look at me, I forgot about it."
When Mei's favorite is clean, this body is black, red, black and red with a fishy smell, if she is awake, she must say that she is going to take a shower......
Jinhe nodded, with a forced smile: "Her bucket of water is naturally prepared, and I was also thinking, master, you go and clean it, let's clean it for Mei."
Lin Qiantan glanced at Mei who was motionless, and did not hesitate: "I will deal with her future affairs personally."
Jinhe thought about it and told Lin Qiantan that Zheng Hao had been sitting in the corner since he came back, and he hadn't moved for a long time......
Lin Qiantan took matters into her own hands, took off her clothes, cleaned the blood around her, and then put clean and refreshing clothes on her body. After doing these things, Lin Qiantan exhaled a long breath of turbidity, closed her eyes, and walked to the side room, without anyone to serve, she took off her clothes by herself, and roughly wiped it before stepping into the bathtub.
After a while, there were a few more hints of red in the bucket. Those clothes that were stained with the blood on Zhimei's body, Lin Qiantan had already asked someone to clean them up, and Lin Qiantan didn't plan to throw them away. It was left by Zhimei, she wanted to keep it, remind herself, and find out the person who hurt Mei.
Those people, who the hell are they?!
Lin Qiantan had some doubts in her heart that could not be explained. That alley is inhabited by some low-level families with ordinary family backgrounds, and even if the ordinary rich and noble families discuss something shady, how can they go there.
Lin Qiantan thought about it, and the Wang family came to mind.
The families who lived there were probably all fixed, and almost no one would have abandoned their house and moved elsewhere.
That is, the Wang family, who has just moved there in the past two years.
When she first saw the Wang family, Lin Qiantan felt very strange, and the house in a small fishing village was so big. Wang Yuanzhao also said that their family was originally considered to be wealthy, could the men who appeared in the alley have something to do with the Wang family?
Such a possibility is not entirely impossible.
The faces of Xia Sanniang and Wang Dagou flashed quickly in her mind, the cold and serious Xia Sanniang, and the silly Wang Dagou...... Moreover, on a stormy night, another group of guests staying at Wang's house, Wang Yuanzhao told her that those were his and Wang Dagou's two teachers.
Lin Qiantan didn't know how long she had been in the bathtub. The bits and pieces in her mind went over and over again, the palace lamps hanging on the beams of the Wang family's house, the handwriting exposed in the drawers, every time she wanted to connect them, it seemed that she couldn't grasp something.
The water gradually got cold, and finally there was a gentle knock on the door, and Jinhe walked in and asked Lin Qiantan if she wanted to change a bucket of hot water......
Lin Qiantan opened her eyes and said, "I've been soaking here for so long, it's time to go out." At this stop, I found that her legs were a little sore and she couldn't stand up.
The sun in the sky has risen to its highest place. She didn't come back overnight, and then maybe there were some follow-up things to deal with. Mei's body may be entrusted to Zhou Yi to take care of it for her temporarily, but the Chu family and the Lin family need her to come by herself.
Jinhe came up to serve this time, but Lin Qiantan did not refuse. With the help of Jinhe, she got her body out of the water, stepped on the floor, and immediately stepped on the ground, Jinhe immediately took a strip of cloth up, wrapped it in Lin Qiantan, and dried her body.
Lin Qiantan couldn't help but be a little surprised.
This backyard here is coincidentally three or four points similar to the small house assigned to her by the Wang family in Qianshi Village.
At that time, she also finished bathing and called someone to serve, but one of the two people who wiped her body was no longer in this world at this time.
Lin Qiantan didn't shed tears the night before yesterday, but they fell at this time.
She hurriedly wiped it away with the back of her hand, allowing Jinhe to move on her. Jin He wiped Lin Qiantan's head and face, and wiped her upper body again, and the room was squirming, and no one spoke for a while.
Jinhe just bent down and wiped Lin Qiantan's legs, but Lin Qiantan suddenly made a voice and asked Jinhe a very strange question in Jinhe's eyes.
"Jinhe, do you believe it, there is a cycle of yin and yang in this world?"
Good has good and evil is rewarded, Mei has been kind to others all her life, but she still dies unexpectedly, if God has eyes, it shouldn't be like this. The cause of the past life, the fruit of this life.
"Believe. Nature is believed. "Jin He and Waitmei really grew up together from beginning to end, and their relationship is deeper than everyone else's, and when Waitmei has an accident, she is actually sadder than anyone else. According to what Zhou Yi told them, when they were picked up and raised in the health hall, they were left on the side of the road. Chu Ling once suspected that they were sisters born to the same father.
Yes, there should be these gods in this world who specialize in managing good and evil with retribution, otherwise the good people will not live long, but the wicked will be arrogant and happy, how can there be this reason.
Although Jin He was smiling, his eyes were swollen like walnuts. Lin Qiantan thought that they couldn't go back to the Lin family immediately if they were like this, so that people could see what was coming.
Lin Qiantan put on her clothes and sorted out her emotions, but she was not in a hurry to go out. She also knew that she was going to Chu's house to explain the situation in person. But she still chose to sit down first, and couldn't wait to spread out a piece of paper on the table and write a letter.
In the past, Lin Qiantan did not doubt Xia Sanniang's origin. But at that time, who Xia Sanniang was and where she came from, it didn't have much to do with her, and she could just turn a blind eye.
Waitmei's death was because she was indecisive and blindly protected Waitmei, but she never really actively looked for the person behind it. What's more, later, even in her own heart, she will feel that when Mei's side gradually calms down, maybe the previous attacks are just that she thinks too much.
The voice of Jinhe, who was helping to polish the ink, came in. She stopped, raised her body, turned around to get Lin Qiantan's clothes, and said, "Master, are you hungry?"
Lin Qiantan was stunned for a moment.
After a while, she remembered that the ingredients that were on the kitchen stove were still left there and no one moved, and Zhou Yi was only a few steps away from here, and Jinhe was going to finish what she hadn't done. Lin Qiantan nodded, said that she was hungry, and Jinhe went with a smile. Her craftsmanship is not as good as that of Mei, but she also knows how to imitate.
Jin He cleaned up the mess in the room and took it out, Lin Qiantan still sat down to finish writing the letter and put the envelope in it. On the envelope, the recipient's name was "Ergouzi", Lin Qiantan thought, maybe she could send a letter to ask about the things of this night, maybe ...... Wang Yuanzhao would be willing to tell her something.
Ji Yue was responsible for sending the letter to Wang Yuanzhao. She could probably guess some of Lin Qiantan's thoughts. Lin Qiantan became suspicious of Xia Sanniang, and this letter ...... I'm afraid I sent it to her predecessor to ask for details.
The letters that come in and go in and out of the post station every day are all the thoughts of the travelers who come and go from the south to the north. Ji Yue was ordered by Lin Qiantan to send a letter when she ran into Wang Pu, who had just woken up from a hangover, outside the post station.
Wang Pu also couldn't wait to write a letter, thinking of sending it to the north. He was not surprised to see Ji Yue, and Ji Yue also knew that this person was a trusted friend of her former master.
Wang Pu saw the letter in Ji Yue's hand, and knew that Lin Qiantan might write something to Wang Yuanzhao, who was far away. His eyes twinkled, but he remained silent. He said that he was also going to deliver a letter to Wang Yuanzhao, and Ji Yue could hand over the letter to him and let him do it for him.
Wang Pu is a trustworthy person, Ji Yue once witnessed him and Wang Yuanzhao sleeping in the same bed, Lin Qiantan's letter was sent by him, there will be no problem. Ji Yue was also worried about Lin Qiantan's movements over there, and after thinking about it, she handed over the letter, and she quickly turned around and walked back.
In the late autumn of September, Wang Pu stood on the tuyere, and the drunkenness of the night before was still heavy at this time. As soon as the wind blew, the pain in his head became even worse. But it's also because of this that I am more sober.
A few hours ago, what he said to Lin Qiantan, he himself remembered. I had to laugh and hate myself for being driven by the strength of the wine, and my mouth was ...... Some are loose. actually led Lin Qiantan to the He family, and said some specious things to guide Lin Qiantan......
The seventh lady of the Lin family probably moved her mind to Xia Sanniang.
Seeing that Ji Yue's figure had disappeared without a trace not far away, Wang Pucai lifted the letter that Ji Yue got into his hand, put it in his hand and raised it, Lin Qiantan's handwriting is very beautiful. Delicate and timeless, just like the person.
Although it is said that ...... recipient of such a letter as "Ergouzi", it is really ...... Somewhat funny and funny.
However, I'm sorry, he can't let this letter be sent to Wang Yuanzhao.
Wang Pu stopped there and looked at the cover for a while, but there was not much movement. After a while, he put it in the bag on his chest, and when he went back, he sealed it.
He...... Let's keep this letter for Wang Yuanzhao for the time being.
In the letter sent by Wang Pu to Wang Yuanzhao, what he said was naturally the same thing. It's just that it's different in the details. In the letter Wang Yuanzhao received, this matter would be skillfully staggered by him, and he would never let him move his suspicion to his biological mother Xia Sanniang.
After Wang Pu finished doing this, he walked back and went to Xia Sanniang's place, Xia Sanniang left him to eat, and he was as good as a stream. ran into Wang Qun halfway, and he didn't say a word about Lin Qiantan's visit to He's house the day before yesterday......
The case of the He family was finally closed by the government. Wang Qun had heard a word or two. It's just that because the death is not a very important character, those officials have also been hastily brought away. The neighbors were talking about such a thing, but after Wang Qun heard it, he did not send anyone to confirm it.
Xia Sanniang also didn't take this matter to heart.
The girl who came to serve Xia Sanniang was about to be ordered to take out the happy eggs sent by Mei and throw them away, but Wang Pu was smiling and joking, and stopped the little girl, and asked her for the happy eggs and cakes: "I love to eat these, don't waste it."
In front of Xia Sanniang, he had a set of hippie smiles and walked out of the door of Wang's house, but Wang Pu's face sank, and together with Wang Dagou who sent him out, he divided those things equally. The two of them squatted in the depths of the alley and ate them secretly.
Once the success is done, there are some things, Xia Sanniang stubbornly wants to do them, and others can't stop them. But they are not fleshless people. Zhimei traveled back and forth to the Song family, and also had contact with the neighbors here. Wang Pu and Wang Dagou also like to treat Mei Roushun well, and being able to eat the things she specially sent can be regarded as some atonement.
Wang Dagou ate faster and stood up neatly: "The second brother asked you to take care of the people over there, but the people didn't take care of them much, but they killed the girl." Look at the second brother coming back, how to settle accounts with you. ”
Wang Pu still bit something in his mouth and didn't swallow it: "People can't be resurrected after death, I can stop it once or twice, and I can't stop it three or four times." In this world, there is only a thousand-year-old thief like Mr. Wang, how can there be a thousand-year-old thief like me. ”
Wang Dagou also didn't say anything, paused, and walked back, but not home. Xia Sanniang regarded the things sent by Mei as a cheap thing and disdained to touch them, but he had other ideas. But he also didn't want his mother to be upset. Therefore, he ate these without telling his mother, and he had to wait for the taste in his mouth to dissipate before he could go back......
In the corner, Wang Pu also finished eating enough food for a long time, and stood up.
Lin Qiantan on the other side had already gone to the Chu family.
Lin Qiantan didn't go back all night, and put aside the affairs of the Chu family for the time being. She also sorted out her mood, and when she went over there, she realized that Chu Jiang had been looking for her outside for a night, and by the time she arrived at Chu's house, she hadn't come back yet.
Lin Qiantan's heart was indescribably soft.
For this titular cousin, it is one thing to have a relationship between men and women in her heart, but for him, she must have a brother and sister relationship.
Such a person who takes her to heart, even if there are some conflicts of values with her from time to time, perhaps, if they get married in the future, they will at least be able to run in for a lifetime.
The sadness in her heart because of the matter of waiting for Mei was also weakened a lot because of this, and she smiled at Chu who stayed at home for her and waited for the news, and said, "Uncle is worried."
Chu gradually saw that Lin Qiantan was safe, and his heart was greatly relieved. While calling someone to deliver news to her son, she pulled Lin Qiantan inside and asked her in a loud voice what happened the night before.
Lin Qiantan's heart was warm. The uncle, who had been happy a moment ago, waited for the joy to pass, and the night's worry turned into anger, and he took her to the study and pulled down his face.
Lin Qiantan is in the Lin family, having a father is equivalent to not having a father, and Chu gradually thinks that he has some discipline responsibilities for her. Lin Qiantan didn't plan to say the matter of waiting for Mei easily. Even if she is facing an uncle who really loves her.
Lin Qiantan found a reason to cover up the matter, and Chu gradually listened to it, and he didn't doubt it much. Lin Qiantan is not a child who can lie......
Lin Qiantan said in her heart, she is really fifteen or sixteen years old, and naturally she will not lie. But she was no longer fifteen or sixteen.