Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 233 The Chongren Hall Locked From Inside (Part [-])
Ji Wuyan clenched her palms tightly.

Xu Siniang.

Like the Chen family, the Xu family has practiced medicine for generations.It's just that the Chen family is located in the south of the Yangtze River, while the Xu family is in the north. There have been many imperial physicians in the genealogy, and they are a serious and scholarly family... There is a Xu Siniang who deviates from the scriptures and wants to marry Shen Dingtou, who is worthless. With the dowry money, Shen Dingtou was held on the road of exploring flowers all the way.

Then she turned around and pushed away the imperial order sent in front of her, and went into the imperial prison as a woman to start a female slave job. In the same way, no one could stop her, even if she became a joke of the entire Yanjing city, she never turned back.

I used to suspect that she was blinded by love and turned into a moth to the fire, but now looking at the woman in front of her, Ji Wuyan realized that she was blind, and many people in the world were blind.

Xu Siniang seemed to always know what she wanted and what she didn't want, no matter what the public opinion was, no matter what was right and wrong in this world, she just plunged into what she wanted, in a hurry, and unusually sober and rational.

After thinking about it, Ji Wuyan felt more and more chills all over her body - such a person constituted a world of his own, and what happened to the world outside the world had nothing to do with her?She might not know the name of the lady next door, but she said that she was waiting for Shangguan's house, and she even remembered so clearly the long-forgotten mother's surname of Shangguan's wife.

why?
"You..." Ji Wuyan opened her mouth, turned around to meet the other party's gaze, the fingertips on her side trembled slightly and uncontrollably, "You..." She didn't dare to ask the following words, because she was afraid of being exposed. I am afraid that the answer is not what I want...

Xu Siniang looked at the child in front of her, and felt that she suddenly looked like a child, instead of a perfect body that seemed to have layers of gentle masks and couldn't see emotions.She wrapped Ji Wuyan's hand in her palm, and led her to the market step by step, saying softly, "I'm just calling me aunt, why is it so strange. I'm just a coward...you can know Not much, you have to be mentally prepared."

Even if there are not many, it is better than nothing.Ji Wuyan nodded lightly, and said in a low voice, "You... bothered."

"This child... always looks outside. It's completely different from that dead girl in my family..." Xu Siniang smiled, and slowed down her pace with her, "The fire burned enough, and almost only Under such circumstances, the dead in the sea of ​​fire will have a lot of soot and charcoal residues in the mouth and nose... There are 37 corpses in the Chongren Hall, 35 of which have dry mouths. It is clean, and it belongs to the fact that it died before the fire started..."

"Only two, the late Crown Princess and a court lady, were burned to death by the fire..."

Ji Wuyan almost staggered and fell forward, but fortunately Xu Siniang grabbed her with quick eyes and hands.

The little girl who regained her footing had a face as big as a slap, and her face was pale, and she looked increasingly thinner.Xu Siniang stretched out her hand to touch her head, stroked her silky black hair with her fingertips, and sighed softly, some truths may be crueler than all this girl's imagination.

How old is she...fourteen, or fifteen or six?So he had to leave his hometown and come to this bustling but complicated city alone, to face ghosts and ghosts.

Xu Siniang looked at the helplessness and timidity that flashed in Ji Wuyan's eyes lovingly, and couldn't bear it for a while, but she still told the truth, "Aunt Ruo remembers right, Master Song once had a report that was suppressed by Dali Temple. I haven't submitted it... I heard... I heard that the palace gate was locked from the inside at that time. That is to say..."

In other words, if Shangguan Yuan, who was still alive in Chongren Hall at that time, wanted to escape, she would have escaped...but she didn't.Perhaps, it was she who locked up the entire Chongren Temple, and then set fire to it, sacrificed 37 lives to the sky.

There seemed to be a hole in the heart, the wind was not strong, and the hook was worn, and the whole body hurt when it was hooked.Ji Wuyan gasped heavily, struggling with a hoarse voice, "Could it be... Could it be that she was tied up at that time... Wasn't there another person alive, that maid! Yes! Auntie, And that maid!"

Xu Siniang looked at her calmly, with pity in her eyes, and stroked her hair one by one, but told her slowly and clearly, "That maid is the personal maid of the Crown Princess, and also a maid from Shangguan's family. The concubine's confidant." In other words, if this maid really murdered the concubine, then the concubine would be really helpless.

That is another sense of despair and sorrow.

Ji Wuyan squatted down slowly.

She knew that maid, Zhichun.A little girl with two dimples in her smile, was given to her by her grandmother before her sister got married... a dead man, a little girl who would never betray even after being tortured.So, the fire in Chongren Hall... was really set by Shangguan Yuan himself?She imprisoned all the people in the Chongren Hall, locked the door of the hall, and burned it all down... What is her intention?
The temples twitched, the hustle and bustle of Caishikou not far away gradually faded away, and the gentle hand above the head also gradually faded away.

All five senses were lost, and in the boundless world, it seemed that only myself and the dense fog were left.

"Fool..." she called softly, "Since you set yourself on fire...what am I going to do here? Go to the imperial tomb...to steal your coffin..."

……

The light golden sunlight fell on her body, bringing with it the slightly warm temperature of autumn, and the gentle breeze was blowing on her face. Three thousand blue hairs of the squatting girl were falling down like a waterfall. Her face was buried in her arms, quietly as if she was asleep.

Xu Siniang didn't urge her, but only caressed her hair lightly, and the passers-by around looked curiously sideways. Seeing that it was Xu Siniang, most of them changed their expressions and avoided her.

I don't know how long it took before Ji Wuyan finally moved. She raised her head slowly, looked at the sky, and smiled at Xu Siniang with some embarrassment. She said, "Sorry, aunt... It seems that this old hen can't be stewed today."

"It's okay. The old hen will come to eat tomorrow, and today Auntie will stew fish for you." Xu Siniang lifted her up and touched his elbow with her fingertips. The almost abrupt bones made her feel distressed, but she didn't say anything, just said, " If you are not free, my aunt will send it to you. Since I have accepted this "aunt", I will always raise you fat and white, so that when you go home, your family will believe that you have everything in Yanjing City. all good."

Ji Wuyan lowered her eyebrows, "Okay...thank you, Auntie."

(End of this chapter)