In the evening of this day, he returned to Zhang's mansion from the city, and before he entered the door, he heard a burst of crying from the village, Li Yihang was taken aback, I don't know what happened, entered the gate to ask, a servant was full of sadness, and said in a low voice: "Miss Meilan died without illness today!" It's so unexpected, so miserable, what a pity, "......" said and couldn't help but choke, Li Yihang was like listening to a thunderbolt on a sunny day, his whole body was cold, he couldn't believe his ears, and even asked a few people, all of them were like this, and his heart was terrified:" When I saw Miss on the first ten days and eight days, I was fine, how could I just go away without warning?" Holding back his grief, he asked again in a trembling voice, "Where is Miss now?" The servant said, "Lying in the boudoir of the inner hall." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info "Li Yihang didn't dare to step into the inner hall of Zhang's mansion, only lingered at the door of the lobby, seeing that everyone was busy, everyone looked sad, and no one paid attention to him.

Li Yihang was anxious, wanted to see Miss Meilan, but couldn't think of any good way, he suddenly remembered Miss Xiaomei's maid, so he hurriedly ran to the backyard, found Xiaomei, pulled her aside, and asked about Miss, Xiaomei's eyes were red, two lines of tears hung on her face, only whimpering and crying, unable to say a word, he waited on the side for a long time, and saw that she was crying endlessly, so he said: "Sister Xiaomei, don't cry, what's going on with Miss, how do you say go away?"

Xiaomei didn't answer, and after a while, she stopped crying, and said with a sob: "Since Miss came back from going out eight days ago, the master has sent someone to keep Miss's room tightly guarded, and there are often doctors in and out, but I don't know what illness Miss has, until Miss died today, I haven't been able to see her, woo woo......" Li Yihang heard her say this, only to know that Miss Zhang Meilan died of illness, not died of illness, and said in his heart:" Except for Senior Zhang's family and confidants, everyone did not know about the illness, I am afraid that the disease is very violent, and Senior Zhang does not want outsiders to know, so as not to cause panic. ”

Li Yihang said: "What about the old lady?" Xiaomei said: "I am dealing with the aftermath of the young lady, listening to their meaning, it seems that I want to bury the young lady as soon as possible." Li Yihang was taken aback and said: "Shouldn't the deceased be placed in the mourning hall for two or three days, so that relatives and friends can pay homage to the remains, and after completing the rituals, they will be buried on a certain day?" Xiaomei cried: "I don't know, I guess the young lady is suffering from an extremely serious infectious disease, and the body must be disposed of in time." Li Yihang was sad in his heart, and secretly thought: "I have stayed in the Zhang family for so long, isn't it because I often see Miss Meilan? She was in the prime of her life, but unfortunately died early, although I have no relationship with her, but how to say that I have the feeling of master and servant, I have to see her before she enters the coffin, otherwise I will leave regrets." ”

Said to Xiaomei: "Sister Xiaomei, I want to go and see Miss's body, can you take me to meet her?" Xiaomei shook her head and said: "Don't say that you men can't step into the inner hall, now even I can't enter Miss's room, except for the old lady, no one can see Miss." Li Yihang had no choice, so he hesitated in front of the lobby again, and at this time, he saw Wang Bufan coming out of the lobby, his eyes red and swollen, and his face full of tears. Hurriedly greeted him and shouted, "Prince Wang." Wang Bufan glanced at him, didn't make a sound, hid his face, and followed Zhang Zhentian out, Li Yihang shouted: "Senior Zhang!" Zhang Zhentian's face was haggard and sad, and he said, "Little brother." His voice was hoarse and hissed, and Li Yihang said, "What's wrong with Miss Meilan?" ”

Zhang Zhentian pulled him into the lobby, invited him to sit down, and said sadly: "Brother Li, the little girl Meilan is ...... She's ...... infected and died......" Speaking of this, his voice whimpered, his throat was stalked, and he couldn't speak anymore, and his face was full of old tears. Li Yihang knew that the young lady was dead, but at this time, when he saw Zhang Zhentian's grief of losing his beloved daughter, the mourning in his ears was endless, and he couldn't help but be infected, although he didn't cry, but he also had tears in his eyes, and choked up: "Senior Zhang, people can't be resurrected after death, your mourning is smooth, and your body is important!" Zhang Zhentian grabbed his arm tightly, his nails were almost embedded in his flesh, and he couldn't cry and said: "My daughter, she, she is so unwilling, she is only sixteen years old, the age of a flower! Brother Li, do you know the pain in my heart?" Li Yihang nodded vigorously and said: "Senior, I understand, I understand! I feel it deeply!" Thinking of the death of his parents and the pain of losing his relatives, it is so heartbreaking, and the white-haired person of Zhang's predecessor sent the black-haired person, and the pain in his heart is only above himself! The endless sorrow and sorrow came one after another, and the tears in Li Yihang's eyes could no longer hold back, and finally rushed out of his eyes and dripped.

Zhang Zhentian put away his tears and asked: "Brother Li, although the little girl left suddenly, but you have no relatives with my Zhang family and have no reason, why are you so sad and crying?" Li Yihang said: "Senior, from your expression of losing your beloved daughter, I am reminded of the grief of the death of my parents, it is really like a knife cutting a sword!" Zhang Zhentian patted him on the shoulder and said: "Good brother, good brother, I Zhang did not misunderstand you, you are indeed a loving and righteous person." Li Yihang wiped away his tears and said, "Senior, I want to see Miss for the last time." Zhang Zhentian looked at him, shook his head slowly, and said: "The little girl has a very severe epidemic, which is very contagious, and no one dares to approach her, for the sake of safety, you should not look at her." ”

Li Yihang remembered that he had rabid rabies, and in the end, he didn't die, so he said: "I'm not afraid of more serious infectious diseases, I just want to see Miss Meilan, and I am willing to die." Zhang Zhentian stared at him with both eyes, seeing that his face was firm, without the slightest fear, for a long time, he finally nodded and said: "Well, if you don't take a look, you will not be willing, but you can only mourn through the window, because of the fierce epidemic, the predecessors are also thinking about you." ”

Li Yihang said: "Thank you senior!" Zhang Zhentian took him into the inner hall and came to the girl's room, only to see that the rope was pulled up in ten steps outside the room, and several men were guarding the side, strictly prohibiting others from approaching. Zhang Zhentian bent down and drilled through the rope, came to the front of the window of the house, opened the pane, looked in, with a look of pain and pity, reluctance, Li Yihang also looked into the room with wide eyes, only to see that the light in the room was dim, the tent was low, and there were people lying on the bed, vaguely Miss Zhang Meilan. Li Yihang looked vaguely and indistinctly, and he really wanted to go into the room to take a look, but seeing such a formation, as Zhang Zhentian said before, he and the Zhang family were not related, and being allowed to see the last face of the young lady was already a great precedent, how could he ask to enter the room to take a closer look?

He looked at Zhang Zhentian and said: "Senior, what kind of disease does the young lady have, and there is no way to return to heaven after inviting so many doctors?" Zhang Zhentian took his hand and whispered in his ear: "The little girl's smallpox disease is very contagious, in order to avoid causing panic, we declare to the outside world that the young lady died suddenly, Brother Li, I trust you, only then tell the truth, you must not leak the slightest rumor, spread it, I am afraid that the neighbors will burn the body of the little girl, and the little girl will not be able to live in peace in the underworld, and there is no chance of reincarnation." Li Yihang's heart suddenly sudden, and suddenly he suddenly realized, no wonder the Zhang family handled the matter of the death of the young lady so mysteriously, knowing that this matter was not trivial, and nodded in agreement immediately.

Smallpox is a virulent infectious disease with a high mortality rate, and after being cured, it will also leave obvious abscess scars. Zhang Meilan is twenty-eight years old, such a clever and brilliant girl, beautiful and arrogant, even if she recovers from smallpox, she will not die, leaving white spots and acne scars, pitted and pitted, and she will have no face to enter the world to see people, death may be the best destination for her, she did not want others to see her before she died, and she should not want people to see her tragic state after death. Li Yihang dispelled the idea of going inside to take a closer look, and felt that the world was impermanent and unpredictable.

Zhang Zhentian asked someone to build a coffin overnight, and the burial site was also selected, and there was no mourning, just waiting for the time to arrive tomorrow, and it would be buried in the ground.

In the evening, Zhang Zhentian called Wang Bufan and others to eat and drink together, everyone was sad and depressed, no one talked much, only drank the stuffy wine, and after a while, a few got drunk. Li Yihang's alcohol consumption was originally very good, but after a few glasses, he felt dizzy, and it didn't take long for him to fall unconscious and faint to the ground.