Chapter 23: Plaques
Helan naturally did not have this identity and was buried in the Bai family cemetery, even if it was buried on the edge of the cemetery, the people of the Bai Mansion already felt that this was the highest honor for her.
At that time, Helan committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, and suicide has always symbolized bad luck. If it weren't for Mrs. Bai's insistence, Bai Shao'an would have been ready to bury her casually, and she didn't even have to prepare a tombstone, as if there had never been such a person.
Bai Shuqin only came here when her mother was buried in the ground, and she buried her mother with the rest of the family. The tombstone made of wood was erected by her own hands.
At this moment, the cemetery is overgrown with weeds, hiding her mother underneath. The tombstone made of wood, after more than ten years of wind and rain, has long since decayed into a piece of loess.
She remembered that Helan was buried in the north of the cemetery, a place where the sun did not see all year round.
Du Zijun followed behind her, and her solemn expression made him serious too. The two of them searched in silence in the grass, and he felt a faint uneasiness in his heart.
The cemetery has not changed over the years, except for the addition of the tomb of the old lady Bai. She quickly relied on her memory to come to the place where her mother was buried.
The place where it was supposed to be a mound has now become a puddle, and looking at the traces left next to it, it should have been dug for a few days. There are also several cracked planks next to the puddle, which were left by the destruction of the coffin.
Bai Shuqin stared at the puddle tightly, still there. Du Zijun turned his head to look at her, only to see that her lips had been bitten by her and oozed a trace of blood.
Her eyes were bloodshot, and except for her bitten lip, her expression was unusually calm. Bai Shuqin knew that they didn't have the time to take away her mother's bones, they must have thrown them nearby, and she walked silently to the other side of the puddle.
Du Zijun followed her and watched her look for something in the grass, but she didn't know what to look for. Not long after, when she picked up a bone from the grass and put it in his arms, he followed suit.
The grass was half a man's height, and it took him half a day to find two, and he picked up one of the bones, which looked like a rib, and looked at it carefully. Thinking of the grave just now, he immediately thought that this might be the bones of Bai Shu Qinniang's relatives, and hurriedly put his hands together and whispered: "Sin, sin, sin." ”
The more and more bones he searched, he couldn't hold them anymore, so he took off his coat and put the white bones on them.
Bai Shuqin found her mother's skull next to the small ditch, half of the skull was buried in the swamp mud next to it, and there were traces of animal bites on it. She calmly dug out the skull with her hands and washed the dirt off it with water. Her mother has always loved cleanliness, even if she becomes a white bone, she must be clean.
Until the sun went down, Bai Shuqin was still in the grass. Du Zijun put each bone together, and a human figure appeared in front of him.
Bai Shuqin put the found pubic bone on the white bone that Du Zijun had put together, and there were still a few bones missing in his hand.
Du Zijun thought that he might have been eaten by a wild dog, but he didn't dare to tell Bai Shuqin, so he could only accompany her to continue looking.
The sun is gradually setting, and the cemetery is already cold, and it is even more cold to the bone marrow at the moment. Du Zijun was so cold that his snot flowed out, he tightened the clothes on his body, and saw that Bai Shuqin in the distance had not given up, so he bent down and continued to search.
The light gradually disappeared, and there would be no result if he looked for it any longer, so he dared to speak: "Third Imperial Princess, it's getting dark." ”
Bai Shuqin looked up at the place where the sun was setting on the horizon, and turned around and walked towards him. She wrapped all the bones in Du Zijun's coat and hugged them tightly in her arms.
He followed her closely, and the cemetery was blown by the night wind, and the sound was like the wail of a ghost, and he got goosebumps from fright.
Du Zijun originally thought that they were going back to the Three Princes' Mansion, but Bai Shuqin found an inn to rest after buying a wooden box tablet.
The room was dimly lit, and he followed Bai Shuqin's example to wipe every bone clean and put it in a wooden box.
The two hadn't eaten for a day, and after cleaning the last bone, Bai Shuqin asked him to go out to eat, and she stayed in the room alone.
She took out the dagger and carved it on the spiritual seat she had just bought: the spiritual seat of Mother Helan. After carving it, she painted each word with gold dust, which was her mother's favorite color.
When her mother was alive, she always told her how beautiful her hometown was, how good it was, how much her father and mother doted on her, and how attached her younger siblings were to her. When she said this, there was a long-lost sparkle in her eyes.
She held the spiritual seat tightly in her arms and murmured, "Tomorrow the matter here is over, and my daughter will take you home." You must want to go back, right? Don't be afraid, mother, you will have a daughter to protect you in the future! ”
As soon as the sky was bright, Du Zijun didn't sleep much at night, and kept paying attention to Bai Shuqin's movements next door. When he heard that she was awake, he immediately rolled over and got up.
He thought that Bai Shuqin would probably rebury her mother today, so when Bai Shuqin bought a shroud last night, he also took a set by the way.
Bai Shuqin was wearing a white shroud, and when he opened the door, he saw Du Zijun standing in front of the door wearing the same shroud. Her tone was unusually flat: "Come in, help me get something." ”
On the table in the room was a black wooden box containing Helan's white bones, as well as her spiritual seat. Bai Shuqin let him hold the wooden box, and he held the spiritual seat.
Bai Shuqin's steps were extremely heavy, and even Du Zijun felt depressed. Du Zijun thought that the two of them were going outside the city, but when he saw Bai Shuqin walking towards the city, he asked suspiciously: "Third Imperial Princess, where are we going?" ”
"White House!" Bai Shuqin's face was expressionless, her eyes were looking straight ahead, and Du Zijun couldn't guess her thoughts.
The morning wind was unusually cold, blowing on the face like a knife. At this moment, Bai Shuqin's heart was colder than the wind, no matter what, she would never have thought that the Bai family would be so vicious to dig her mother's grave. Helan has been miserable all his life, and now he can't even rest in peace.
There were not many pedestrians on the road, and anyone who saw them avoided them from a distance, for fear of being contaminated with bad luck.
Bai Shuqin stood in Baifu and looked up at the plaque given by the emperor's imperial pen on the door. She handed over the spiritual position to Du Zijun, and took off the plaque of the Bai family.
Before the door of the Bai Mansion was opened, Bai Shuqin held the plaque of the Bai family in his hand and kicked the door open with a strong kick. "Bang!" The sound was unusually repulsive in the quiet Baifu, causing the Baifu family to rush towards the front yard.
Bai Shuqin pressed the plaque of the Bai family on the ground with his hand and stood quietly in the middle of the courtyard. Du Zijun stood beside her, his expression as serious as hers.
The housekeeper of the Bai Mansion hurriedly rushed over when he heard the voice, and saw Bai Shuqin and Du Zijun wearing shrouds, holding a spiritual position and a box that I didn't know what it contained.
The white butler took a deep breath to strengthen his courage, then straightened his clothes, walked towards them, and stopped three meters away from them. He had a smile on his face, but his hands were trembling: "Second Miss, what are you doing here?" ”
Bai Shuqin didn't look at him and ignored him, just standing there quietly like that, Steward Bai even wondered if these two people were his fantasies, or if both of them were dead, otherwise how could they be motionless.
Steward Bai dared to take a few more steps forward, but saw that Bai Shuqin's eyes were like ghosts, cold enough to kill people. The eyes looked straight at him, and he staggered to his feet and slumped to the ground. He shuddered and stepped back, and when he was sure it was safe, he ran towards the backyard.
Zhuo Jinxuan also didn't sleep all night, and when they rushed to the Bai Family Cemetery last night, Bai Shuqin had already left. I searched the whole capital, but I didn't see her.
Qingluan learned the news from the other people, and immediately reported to Zhuo Jinxuan: "The third prince, the people below said that they saw the third imperial concubine wearing a shroud and went to the White Mansion. ”
Zhuo Jinxuan had already expected her to go over, and when he heard that she was wearing a shroud, he was worried that she was going to wash the Bai family with blood, so he hurriedly rushed towards the Bai family with his people.
A few days ago, Mrs. Bai listened to the remarks of the Taoist temple and thought that Helan's tomb had destroyed the feng shui of the Bai family cemetery, so she asked Helan's tomb to be removed. Who knew that the people below knew that Mrs. Bai hated Helan, and in order to invite merit, she actually threw Helan's body into the wild.
Bai Shao'an and Mrs. Bai were asleep at the moment, and when they were woken up and heard that Bai Shuqin was coming, Mrs. Bai said to Bai Shao'an with a weak heart: "Master, go over and take a look, don't let her go crazy in the house." ”
Bai Shaoan also knew that she must have known about this matter before she came to them, although he felt that what Mrs. Bai did in this matter was really not authentic, but he didn't put Bai Shuqin in his eyes at all, and went over to take a look after he got dressed.
Du Zijun didn't know how long they had been waiting, but he knew that there were more and more people in the yard, and he didn't know who shouted: "The master is here!" The crowd automatically moved out of the way.
Bai Shao'an saw Bai Shuqin wearing a shroud, and secretly sighed: "Bad luck!" ”
From the moment Bai Shao'an appeared, Bai Shuqin's angry eyes never left him.
Bai Shao'an had never seen any winds and waves in his life, and he didn't take Bai Shuqin seriously at all, but seeing that there was actually a plaque written by the emperor under her hand, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked Bai Shuqin loudly: "What are you doing here?" Put the plaque down for me! ”
Bai Shuqin stared at him, and at this time, what he cared about was the plaque. Seeing that Bai Shao'an was not followed by Mrs. Bai, she sneered and said to Bai Shao'an: "What about Zhang Jingyi? Do you dare not come out after doing such a thing? ”
Suddenly heard her call Mrs. Bai's name, which made Bai Shaoan very unhappy, seeing that she didn't listen to him put down the plaque, he yelled at her again: "Quickly put down the plaque for me!" Hear no! ”
Bai Shuqin's hand holding the plaque tightened even more, her joints were white, and she said one by one: "Zhang Jingyi!" If she doesn't come out again, I'll fold this plaque! ”
Although Bai Shaoan didn't believe that she could break it, it was given by the emperor, and there was no room for mistakes. He hurriedly instructed his entourage: "Go and call Madame Bai over quickly!" ”
Madame Bai was very reluctant to hear that she was called over, but when she heard that Bai Shuqin was threatening her with a plaque from the emperor, she became angry and strode towards the front yard! She didn't believe it, this Bai Shuqin could still kill her!
The gate of the White Mansion was tightly closed, and the onlookers all let Bai Shaoan drive back, leaving only a few guards with strong martial arts.
Although Madam Bai had been prepared in her heart, she was still taken aback when she saw Bai Shuqin's appearance. She looked at the plaque in Bai Shuqin's hand, walked to Bai Shao'an's side, and pointed at Bai Shuqin angrily: "Why don't you hurry up and put the plaque down for me!" If you bump into it, I want you to look good! ”
Bai Shuqin's eyes were bloodshot with anger, and when he heard her words, he lifted the plaque and pressed it heavily on the ground. The original complete plaque was instantly torn apart and shattered at Bai Shuqin's feet!
Bai Shao'an saw that the imperial plaque was ruined like this, his hands trembled angrily, and he gritted his teeth and said to her: "Bai Shuqin, you don't know what to do!" Come on, take them down for me! ”
More than a dozen guards next to them heard the order and rushed towards them with knives.
Although Du Zijun knows kung fu, he has no actual combat experience, and when he saw so many guards still holding knives, he thought to himself, his life would be lost.
Bai Shuqin swept over them with cold eyes, took out a dagger from his body, and directly greeted them. There was a sword and sword shadow, and Du Zijun couldn't even tell which one was Bai Shuqin and which one was the enemy.
Within a quarter of an hour, all the guards fell to the ground, but Bai Shuqin was unharmed.