Chapter Eighty-Eight: A Night of Horror
Zhou died violently, one corpse and two lives, and the news of the martyrdom of the loyal servant Gao's mother came out.
Mrs. Rong confessed to burying the two of them and won a reputation for benevolence and righteousness, but Rong Feng and the others knew that the two had secretly wrapped straw mats and thrown them to the mass grave.
After Rong Lian learned the news of his Zhou family's death, he went to Marquis Rong's study again to find him to theorize.
"Father, didn't you promise your daughter to save Aunt Zhou and Grandma Zhou and spare her life! Why Talking Doesn't Count! She has cared for me for more than ten years, and she has done her best...... Father! ”
Rong Lian cried so much that he was out of breath, which was deeply moving.
For the sake of the Zhou family, Rong Hou Ye was already a little angry, and when he didn't know how to treat Rong Lian's daughter, he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
Rong Hou Ye looked at Rong Lian coldly, and suddenly said: "She is dead, you can be preserved, if you really can't let go of Zhou's position in your heart, then go to your mother in the house, she thinks about you no less than Zhou." ”
Rong Lian: "But she is her daughter's biological ......"
The word "mother" was swallowed raw by Rong Houye's stern and cold gaze, and she froze on the ground and cried softly.
Rong Hou Ye said: "If you can't let go of the Zhou family, and you still have deep feelings for her, you will be a father who will fill your mind and let you be her real daughter, regardless of your identity, even if General Shen's Mansion comes to ask you, and your fourth sister is there." ”
Rong Lian almost didn't catch his breath when he heard this, his face was full of shock and disbelief.
Zhou's death had already taught her to be grief-stricken, and if the marriage with Shen Shaoqi was blown again, she would lose her wife and soldiers.
The night is hazy and the courtyard is deep.
"How's it going?"
Rong Lianzhu's ring faded, dressed in light-colored clothes and hiding in a remote corner of Yiyue Tower, the brazier in front of her was burning with white paper money, and the firelight was reflected on her face, looking a little cold.
Ruochan carefully guarded the brazier and didn't let the paper money fly out with the wind: "The old lady means to throw the bones of Aunt Zhou's grandmother and the old lady to the mass grave...... The maid asked people to follow secretly, and spent some silver to teach Aunt Zhou and Grandma to bury it properly, but she didn't dare to do it in a big way, for fear of being caught. ”
Rong Lian's face was gloomy, and he said quietly: "It is naturally best to be able to bury it well." Have you found out how the baggage was discovered? ”
Ruochan shook her head and bit her lower lip: "No." It's just that Aunt Wu said that day, the peach trees in the house are blooming well. ”
Rong Lian suddenly smiled: "It's good, it's good!" ”
Suddenly, the night wind suddenly rose, and the paper money in the brazier that had not been burned out was raised with the wind, and the fire flickered and dimmed, which made people chill.
Ruochan grabbed Rong Lian's hand: "Girl, don't burn it, if these things are discovered, it will not benefit you to sue the old lady." It's getting cold, so go back to the house and go and clean up. ”
At dawn on the second day, when the early risers dressed themselves and went out of the house to extinguish the candlelight of the lanterns under the eaves, their bodies were so stiff that they could not move, and their eyes almost wanted to burst out of their sockets.
The white paper money rolled in the wind, scattered everywhere on the ground, and the morning fog did not subside, so people were so frightened that they sat on the ground and crawled hand and foot to Shou'an Hall.
Wu held his stomach and looked bright, as if he was holding a gold ingot: "The concubine was really scared to death when she got up early today, and the sky was full of paper money, Sister Qi, where did you say that all this paper money came from?" ”
Qi looked at Wu quietly.
Wu Shi saw that she didn't speak, snorted coldly, and pursed her lips, what a good person to be, I am afraid of offending people all my life, what can I do.
"Sister Qi is now helping the old lady to take care of the housekeeper and take charge of the feed, if this kind of thing happens, even if Sister Qi doesn't speak, she can't escape the blame."
Rong Han couldn't hold his breath and defended Qi's family: "Some people want to do it, and they do it without telling others, so it's hard for my aunt to tie their hands and feet." ”
Wu smiled: "Don't be angry, the sixth girl, whatever the concubine says, why do you go to your heart...... It's also a coincidence that the fourth and fifth girls are sent to say that they can't come because of their physical problems. ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw the maid helping Mrs. Rong to come out: "I also said that the fourth girl and Sister Lian are not here today, so they will be more deserted, and I don't want to hear you talking non-stop inside, what to say, let the old woman listen to it too." ”
Old Madam Rong's tone was calm, but her sharp gaze swept over everyone one by one.
Although the Wu family was afraid of the old lady Rong in his heart, he couldn't stop opening and closing his mouth, and he was filled with righteous indignation: "The old lady can find out the person who deliberately made trouble, and if she does such a taboo thing, isn't it the master of the mansion who has become a curse." ”
Old Madam Rong's eyes raised, and Wu closed her mouth in disdain.
Mother Qin stood in Rong Lian's house, watching the mother-in-law who came with her out of nowhere to find the brazier that burned paper money yesterday, and there were some traces of paper money on it.
Qin's mother said: "The old lady hates Aunt Zhou's grandmother, but in the end, she misses the Hou Ye and the five girls, and she didn't pass on her ugly things, so she simply gave her a decent look, but the five girls were too careless, and they made the house full of bad luck, and now everyone has obtained the stolen goods, the five girls don't blame the old lady for punishing you." ”
Rong Lian sat at the round table and stared at the brazier in a daze, holding his palm tightly with one hand, and said word by word: "Grandmother is fair, how can Sister Lian complain." ”
Ruochan saw that Rong Lian confessed to the crime without any defense, her face was flustered, she personally cleaned up those things last night, how could it be their girl.
When she was about to rush out to intercede for her to explain what happened, she was frozen by Rong Lian's faint glance, and a cold air poured into her feet inexplicably, swishing around her body, and their girls seemed to have become a little different?!
Mother Qin was also surprised by Rong Lian's calmness, and continued: "The five girls have been grounded these days, and the old lady has said to the public that you are about to get married, and you need to embroider the dowry yourself, and I hope that the five girls will think about it quietly." ”
Rong Lian nodded, with a deep smile on the corner of his mouth: "Thank you grandmother for your kindness, Mother Qin, etc." ”
As he spoke, he got up and took out a palm-sized box from the inside, which was carved with a pond full of lotus flowers, but when he opened it, it was a string of polished and shiny Buddha strings, but the subtlety was that each Buddha bead was engraved with the Bodhisattva sentient beings and a Buddha verse.
Rong Lian smiled softly: "I know that I am wrong, this string of Buddha strings has been enshrined in Yingmei Nunnery for decades and was left to me by Master Jingkong to keep me safe, and now I think about it is the best to leave it to my grandmother, and I also ask Mother Qin to transfer it on my behalf." ”
Mother Qin was also impressed by the subtlety of the Buddha string, and accepted it for Mrs. Rong without shirking.
After Qin's mother left, Rong Lian's hands were soaked in warm water and vigorously scrubbed his hands that were not dirty.
Ruochan cried and asked, "Why did the girl admit it, obviously it wasn't our ......"
Rong Lian lowered his eyes and looked at the reflection in the water: "Carefully arranged, how can you live up to their painstaking camp." Today's matter we have to admit that this matter is not over yet. ”
Ruochan collected her tears and didn't understand the meaning of Rong Lian's words, until the night wind howled in the evening of the second day, blowing the unclosed window back and forth, and the sound was like the poignant sound of a ghost.
Ruochan put on a dress and held a candle in her hand to close the window, and when she was about to close it, she caught a glimpse of a vague figure in the yard, wandering and walking.
frowned, looked back and saw that Rong Lian was sleeping soundly, and lowered his voice: "Who is there!" What do you go out and walk around blindly without sleeping at night! ”
The man didn't respond, Ruochan was a little annoyed, but she disappeared for a moment, her heart jumped suddenly, and she poked her head out and looked around.
I felt a dense chill behind me crawling up to the back of my head, my eyes glared at the boss, looking at the man dressed in white and his hair scattered, only the vermilion on his mouth was bright, his face was glowing with blue, the candlelight was extinguished at once, and the sound similar to the collision of pearls and hairpins sounded, and she murmured in a low voice: "Sister Lian'er......"
Ruochan was so frightened that she sat on the ground, and her legs kicked back as if she was dying: "...... Aunt Zhou's grandmother ......"
The man stretched out his hands, and Ruochan screamed.
"Ahh
A terrible scream woke up the people in Yiyue Tower, and they all hurriedly put on their clothes and ran out without knowing what happened.
Wu's courtyard is not close to Rong Lian's Yiyue Tower, but if you copy a path, you can get to it with a pillar of incense if you have a faster leg and feet.
After the magpie came out to go to the toilet, he was about to push the door and go into the inner room to guard Wu's sleep, but he found that the door opened suddenly, and he was a little scared in his heart, with a white face, and was about to turn around and close the door with his fear, only to see a miserable white figure suddenly appear, and the vermilion bloody lips were shocking: "You guys, killed...... I ......"
The magpie's body trembled violently, and he fainted with a scream.
The successive exclamations made the Hou Mansion, which had fallen into the silence of the night, "lively" again.
Rong Feng's sleep was already shallow, and the slightest movement could wake her up, she lifted the tent and asked boredly, "What's going on outside?" ”
Tonight is the night of Yunxiao, she pulled the clothes she was wearing, approached and said, "The maid has already sent someone to inquire, and I don't know why." ”
Rong Feng frowned slightly, and at this time, Bihua also walked in with some worry: "The footsteps outside have not stopped, and the maid seems to have heard screams in a trance." ”
Rong Feng stretched out his legs, holding Yunxiao's hand and slamming his shoes to get out of bed.
Outside, it seemed that a strong wind was rising, and a door and window that were not closed suddenly opened, which made Bihua's body tremble, patted her heart, stepped forward to close the window, and said: "The wind is very strange tonight, and the demon wind is gusting." ”
Similar to what happened to Ruochan and the magpie, Bihua also saw the white figure and screamed, causing Rong Feng and Yunxiao to look at it together.
Rong Feng's face changed, and he stood quietly in place, listening to a terrible low voice: "...... Fatal! ”