Zhangjia Jinzhi

Chapter 177 Adultery
In the middle of the night, another heavy rain fell in Shengjing City.

It is said that there is an autumn rain and a cold, and the cold air of early autumn rushes into the house along the open door.

The maids were already wearing thin clothes, and they knelt for a long time. Their legs and feet were already cold, so they couldn't help tightening their clothes, and couldn't help adding another handful of paper money to the brazier.

Immediately, the flames lit up, and a sense of warmth surged up in an instant, illuminating the dark and cold mourning hall.

In Chang Yongfang's mourning hall, Mrs. Chang sat slumped on the ground with disheveled hair, her forehead resting on the black lacquered coffin, her eyes were loose...

There was an ever-burning lamp on a candlestick beside him, flickering on and off with the breeze outside the window.

The maidservant beside Mrs. Chang's eyes were red, and she stepped forward to close the window. A slight sound, like a cat's ear whimpering, made Mrs. Chang tremble.

"Sister Fang? But Sister Fang is here?"

Madam Chang's dry eye sockets oozed tears again, she stood up tremblingly, and through the half-open coffin, reached out her hand to touch Chang Yongfang's cold face.

"Sister Fang...my son...my mother's son..."

Mrs. Chang's heart ached like it was being torn apart. She tightly held Chang Yongfang's fingertips, unwilling to blink, hoping that the person lying in the coffin would wake up.

"Mother……"

Chang Yongsheng, the eldest son of the Chang family, stepped forward with tears in his eyes, glanced down at his younger sister who was sleeping in the coffin, and coaxed in a low voice:
"Mother... you go and rest... there are sons guarding here..."

The third son Chang Yongqing also had red eyes, bowed his head and persuaded:

"Mother... the matter has come to this, you have to take care of yourself..."

"My son and elder brother are here, so mother can go back and rest..."

Mrs. Chang remained motionless as if she had fallen into a trance, looking at the lifeless concubine with tears in her eyes, without saying a word.

Chang Yongsheng personally added sesame oil to the long-burning lamp, wiped away his tears with his sleeve, and then stepped forward, stroked Madam Chang's shoulder, and called out:
"Mother...you cry...you have a good cry..."

Ever since Chang Yongfang fell into the water, Madam Chang remained silent as if she had lost her soul. She stayed in Chang Yongfang's mourning hall in a daze, not giving an inch...

Chang Yongsheng choked up and said:

"Mother...don't hate father...he..."

Before the words finished, Mrs. Chang suddenly turned her face.

"what--!"

Chang Yongsheng couldn't help but took a step back in shock, and sat down. His cry alarmed the maids in the room and the doorman outside, and everyone rushed to Chang Yongsheng's side, and looked at Chang Yongsheng in the direction of his finger. lady.

In an instant, there were exclamations everywhere!

"Blood!"

"Blood and tears... Ma'am, this is..."

Mrs. Chang only felt a heat seep out of her eyes, and her eyes were burning and painful. Amid the exclamation of everyone, she fell backwards in a flash.

Chang Yongsheng couldn't care less, hurriedly pushed away the maid beside him, and crawled over to catch Mrs. Chang who was lying in his arms:
"Mother!...Amother...don't scare the child..."

"Prince doctor! Go and call for the doctor!"

Chang Yongsheng yelled at the top of his voice, while stumbling outside with Mrs. Chang in his arms.

Something happened to the wife of the family, and the mourning hall was in chaos for a while. The servants rushed to hold umbrellas for the eldest son and Mrs. Chang. The mourning hall fell silent for a while, and only the third son, Chang Yongqing, and his companions were left. The boys talk about ancient times.

The huge mourning hall was empty, gloomy and damp, and Chang Yongqing only felt a little tingling in his scalp.

He hurriedly asked Tan Gu to light a few more candles, and the two of them knelt down in front of Chang Yongfang's spirit, grabbed another handful of paper ingots and threw them into the brazier.

Unexpectedly, most of the flames were suddenly extinguished, and a burst of choking black smoke rose up, so that the two couldn't help but ran to the door and coughed loudly.

Tan Gu thought of Mrs. Chang's terrifying face just now, couldn't help but glanced at Chang Fang's coffin, trembling and said:
"Young master, let's...do we want to tell the truth to Madam?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chang Yongqing's cold voice.

Third Young Master Chang took a cautious look around and confirmed that everyone had followed the Eldest Young Master. Then he took Tan Gula into the mourning hall, slapped Tan Gu on the back of the head, and reprimanded in a low voice:

"What can we say? Huh?"

"Tell her that the person who committed adultery with the sixth younger sister is the prince of Duan County? Mother, she dares to go to the imperial court? Be careful with your head and mine!"

"For the sake of the Chang family... Father can kill even the daughter born in the first place, not to mention that I'm just an unwelcome bastard! If this matter gets out, even mother can't save our lives!"

Tan Gu heard the words and couldn't help turning pale, trembling, and said with red eyes:

"Miss Six...it's a pity, Miss..."

"What a pity? What a pity?"

Chang Yongqing's eyes were clear, he cried a lot earlier, but he was just pretending in front of his aunt and elder brother.

Chang Yongfang is a direct descendant and the youngest child in the family. Relying on his parents' love and affection, he often bosses him around, and even teases him with his elder brother.

Recalling the time Prince Chun's son captured Chonghua Princess' servant to vent his anger and was stopped by Changping Hou Shizi, he was implicated and called to Jingzhao Mansion to testify.

After returning to the mansion, his father reprimanded him and told him to close the door and think about his mistakes. It happened that Chang Yongfang and his mother were going to Fahua Temple to offer incense. The servant left lunch at his door.

He clearly remembered that Chang Yongfang's words of resentment were endless, how could there be any brother and sister relationship between them?

If he hadn't been ordered to deliver some nourishing herbs to his mother at the beginning of the month, and would have rested at the back mountain of Fahua Temple when he had nothing to do, he wouldn't have found out that his ordinary sixth younger sister, who was well-educated and well-educated, had secretly communicated with Prince Duanjun's son. kindness!
That day he was almost scared out of his wits!

Of course, he didn't dare to tell anyone about this, and he could only rot in his stomach, but his heart was also anxious day by day, for fear that because of Sister Fang's revelation, His Majesty would punish their Chang family for a crime of bullying the emperor!That is a serious crime against the Nine Clans!
He has been in panic for many days, but he never thought that the house that Sister Fang just returned to today would fall into the lake under the noses of everyone...

He thought it was an accident before, until his mother broke through the barriers in the room and ran to the lake to hold Sister Fang's body in agony, he clearly saw his father's belated figure and the sinister look in his eyes.

It was the lake where the sixth sister was instructed by the father...

As soon as this idea popped up, he shivered all over.

The sound of the rain became louder, wet the lanterns hanging from the corner of the eaves.

No one in the Chang family had ever seen a black figure fly across the mourning hall very quickly and disappeared into the rainy night.

"Dong dong..."

Twice softly, knocking on the window lattice.

Li Taiwei didn't have time to put on her shoes, so she stepped forward and opened the window barefoot.

The raindrops outside were falling fast, and the front of the clothes were wet quite a lot when the window was opened.

Li Taiwei was afraid of alarming the servants in the mansion, so he didn't dare to light the lamp, holding the night pearl in his hand, he met Lu Xiao's dark and deep eyes as soon as he raised his eyes.

(End of this chapter)