Volume 1: The Fog Chapter 19: The Wedding on the Rooftop 5
When I turned around, Tang Ningshuang was wearing the wedding dress she had died, and the magnificence of her hair couldn't suppress the hideousness on her face that was faintly revealed because of the monstrous hatred.
"Tell me clearly, who is behind the murder of your family."
She said this without beginning or end, but I still proved that my previous instinct was right, there was really a mastermind behind the accident in their family, no wonder from the unexpected death of her father and mother to her marriage, it was like a sophisticated layout.
"My father's death was planned by the Wu Manwang family, if they hadn't killed my father, how could I end up in the end with no bones left in the fire, all of this is their fault!"
The more Tang Ningshuang spoke, the more excited she became, and the more I listened, the more I didn't understand, why did Wu Manwang kill her parents? I had been with her when I was empathizing, how did I not know the news about the death of her parents in the Wu Manwang family, so who told her when and when?
"There is also Brother Jingzhi, who was also killed by them, if Brother Jingzhi hadn't been to help me, he wouldn't have been killed by them!"
Tang Ningshuang couldn't cry in front of me, but I didn't feel moved at all, and even I began to wonder if it was right for me to voluntarily get involved with her in the first place. My mind was already in a mess by what she said, and I couldn't get rid of it at all, but it became more and more chaotic.
Judging from Tang Ningshuang's words, she most likely knew the news of Wu Manwang's family killing her parents from Li Jingzhi, and as for when she knew about it, it didn't matter anymore. But why did Li Jingzhi tell her such news? Obviously, the Tang family's property has long fallen under the control of Uncle Tang Ningshuang's family, and there is no benefit for him to do this, as far as Li Jingzhi I see is concerned, that guy is definitely unprofitable, and he must have an intention to do so.
Secondly, Tang Ningshuang said that Li Jingzhi was killed by Wu Manwang's family in order to help her, so what is he helping her do, revenge? But why did he want to help her, if he wanted to say that he was out of love for Tang Ningshuang, I would never believe it, because he didn't have that thing at all.
Tang Ningshuang slowly eased herself, and looked at me who was worried with a look of hope, "So, please don't let them go, I know you can let them suffer retribution!" โ
Her words seemed to be right, but I just felt that something was wrong, and she said it as if I were their retribution. Besides, even if I could bring retribution from Wu Manwang's family on them, it would have to be a real hammer for their sins, and judging from the number of people she had indirectly killed in Xitang, she herself would probably suffer more retribution.
When I was about to speak, the scene around me changed again, from the darkness where only Tang Ningshuang and I were at the end of empathy just now to the lake with infinite spring light.
This time, there was no Tang Ningshuang in my field of vision, and I guess I was forcibly pulled into another person's memory again. However, this time, it seems that I am not from the perspective of a bystander, but the protagonist himself.
"Brother Wu, which beauty is this who is fortunate enough to win your favor?"
What did that boy just call me? Brother Wu? So I'm empathizing with Wu Manwang?
After realizing the facts, I felt like I had an alpaca farm over my head.
"How can there be any beauty, Brother Zhang, don't talk nonsense, if it ruins the reputation of a girl in vain, it will not be good."
Well, I didn't listen carefully on the rooftop before, but when I heard it, Wu Manwang at least the voice was really good.
Later, I saw a very familiar figure appear on a pleasure boat in the middle of the lake.
Tang Ningshuang!
In Tang Ningshuang's memory, I saw this tour of the lake, but I didn't see her having contact with Wu Manwang.
Although I don't know what this is all about, Wu Manwang's eyes are gentle when he looks at Tang Ningshuang, and there is also a throbbing in his heart that Li Jingzhi and Tang Ningshuang did not have when they were together.
The sweet feeling was quickly replaced by bitterness, and Li Jingzhi also appeared in Wu Manwang's field of vision, he suddenly understood, and left with a smile on his face.
If I were a bystander now, I don't think I would have been able to see his hidden heartache.
For many nights after that, Wu Manwang was in the pavilion of his house, looking at the direction of the Tang Mansion with sad eyes, drunk by the cold wind in the night, holding the wine jar and shouting Miss Tang stupidly, and he didn't dare to murmur her name when he was drunk, for fear that he could ruin her reputation in this courtyard where he was alone.
Soon after, he also received the news of Tang Ningshuang's father's unexpected death, at the time of Tang Ningshuang's father's funeral, Wu Manwang also went to mourn, and he had been carefully looking at Tang Ningshuang kneeling in front of the spirit with worried eyes throughout the whole process of mourning, and still did not tell her the sentence "Miss Tang, please mourn" that had been brewing for a few days.
Soon after, at her mother's funeral, Wu Manwang was still like this, and I didn't understand how difficult it was to say a common mourning.
Not long after Tang Ningshuang's mother died, Wu Manwang accompanied his mother back to the capital to save his relatives. When he learned that the family property left to her by Tang Ningshuang's father was coveted by her uncle's family, he immediately couldn't hold it back, and said goodbye to his grandfather's family and returned to Qinzhou alone. But by the time he returned to Qinzhou, everything had already become settled, the Tang family's property had been completely embezzled by her uncle, and she herself had become an orphan girl under the fence.
When Wu Manwang was dining in a restaurant, he happened to see Tang Ningshuang's uncle and Li Jingzhi walking together, and they seemed to look at each other for a long time in their words and demeanor. He immediately felt that something was wrong, and after sending his subordinates to investigate, he found out that Tang Ningshuang's father's accident had a lot to do with Li Jingzhi and Tang Ningshuang's uncle, and even her mother's death had the shadow of these two people.
After finding out these things, Wu Manwang originally wanted to secretly tell Tang Ningshuang these news and ask her to guard against these two people, but he suddenly realized that he had no contact with Tang Ningshuang, so he took the liberty of telling her directly, presumably she wouldn't believe it. While he was hesitating, another piece of news came that shocked him.
Wu Manwang's subordinates who had been placed in Tang Ningshuang's house told him that Tang Ningshuang's uncle planned to give her to his father's henchmen so that he could do something. He also knew that his father's henchman was fifty out of thirty, and he seemed to be a humble gentleman with a polite manner, but in fact, his private style was particularly shameful, saying that he was a beast and that he had lifted him up, if Tang Ningshuang really fell into his hands, the consequences would be unimaginable.
In order to stop Tang Ningshuang's uncle from giving her to that disgusting guy, Wu Manwang came up with many methods, but in the end he vetoed them one by one. And, even if it was solved this time, who knew that her uncle would not give him to someone even worse next time. Therefore, the best way is to find her a reliable in-law as soon as possible, so that it is a one-and-done solution.
Wu Manwang collected all the information on the marriageable young talents in Qinzhou City in the next ten days, but he was not satisfied with any of them, and everyone felt that Tang Ningshuang would be wronged if he married him. Thinking about the end, it was less than two days before Uncle Tang Ningshuang agreed to give her to his father's henchman.
Wu Manwang thought about it, and finally found a charlatan to his mother, before he was born, there was a monk from You Fang who had asserted that he would not live to be crowned, this time to find a charlatan was to make his mother think that his life of not living to be crowned could be changed, but the premise was that he must marry Tang Ningshuang.
So, after the charlatan talked to his mother, his mother proposed to Tang Ningshuang's uncle and aunt the next day, narrowly preventing her uncle from sending her to his father's henchmen.
After secretly doing all this, Wu Manwang was very uneasy in his heart, he knew that Tang Ningshuang had a favorite person, and she also asked her to marry him, although he wanted to save her, but in the end he still had a lot of selfish intentions, and he felt very disgusted for himself like this.
After Wu Manwang and Tang Ningshuang's aunt agreed on the marriage date, he knew that Tang Ningshuang was secretly preparing to elope with Li Jingzhi, although he felt very sad about this matter, he still chose to turn a blind eye, after all, no matter what, Tang Ningshuang still liked Li Jingzhi. Although Li Jingzhi has something to do with the death of her parents, after all, there should still be affection between the two of them, and Li Jingzhi should be kind to Tang Ningshuang.
Thinking so, Wu Manwang still didn't feel very relieved, he kept sending people to stare at Li Jingzhi in private, this staring, and sure enough, there was a problem. The person who followed Li Jingzhi told him that the reason why Li Jingzhi had been with Tang Ningshuang all the time was because she still had a priceless treasure in her hand, but he didn't know what it was, so he was waiting for Tang Ningshuang to take the initiative to give her the treasure, and after getting the treasure, he would work with her uncle to get rid of her.
After Wu Manwang learned the news, he not only increased the number of people who followed Li Jingzhi, but also placed someone around Tang Ningshuang to protect her, and then told her uncle the news that Tang Ningshuang was going to elope with Li Jingzhi.
The elopement was not in her uncle and Li Jingzhi's plan, her uncle thought about it carefully and knew that this was Li Jingzhi's idea of stealing the treasure ไป๏ธ in Tang Ningshuang's hand, so Tang Ningshuang's uncle gradually became disgusted with Li Jingzhi, and finally staged a dog-eat-dog drama in private.
Because the two of them never reached an agreement in the end, Li Jingzhi resolutely prepared an elopement plan with Tang Ningshuang, and Uncle Tang Ningshuang finally killed him.
On the night when Li Jingzhi and Tang Ningshuang agreed to elope, Tang Ningshuang's uncle hired someone to beat Li Jingzhi to death in a small alley. When Wu Manwang received the news and felt that the alley was ready to stop, there was no one in the alley, only Li Jingzhi's cold body was left lying in the dark alley.
I suddenly remembered that when Tang Ningshuang learned of Li Jing's death, a maid beside her had talked to a hawker-like person at the small gate of the courtyard, and when she turned around, she whispered to Tang Ningshuang, and Tang Ningshuang also became much gloomy after that whisper, and her eyes showed hatred from time to time. Because at that time, I only happened to catch a glimpse of this out of the corner of my eye, and I didn't take it to heart, and I didn't hear Tang Ningshuang and the maid's whispers very clearly.
Now that I think about it carefully, the little maid probably told Tang Ningshuang that Li Jingzhi's death was related to Wu Manwang, but I don't know if this matter was unintentionally revealed by the peddler or was bought.