Nine-fold lotus of the famous family

Chapter 646 The Grand Finale (13)
Mother Pei had been intimidated and abused, and she thought that Princess Chaoyang would kill her, but she was still alive after cutting off her tongue, but she could no longer speak.

Before Princess Chaoyang and the others came, they had already thought of a way out. A secret passage was dug in the inner room of Mother Pei's main room, leading to the outside, and they could go around the nunnery to a remote place. escape this way.

Mother Pei didn't know who Ji Ziwei was, she only knew that there was a person locked up in the secret passage all the time, and there were guards guarding her at all times, one of them was blind and the other dumb, and they couldn't communicate at all.

"Old lady, when the affairs here are settled properly, you will go back to the capital with me!"

Ji Chonglian comforted Pei's mother a few more words, waited for her to go to bed, and let the two maids take turns to take care of her at night, and then left in peace.

All sorts of accidents happened in the nunnery, causing countless casualties. Yang Fan needed to go to the magistrate's office to explain something, and reported the secret dispatch of Princess Chaoyang to Pengze. Right now, there are officers and soldiers chasing him everywhere, and he must never appear in front of them again.

When Yang Fan returned to the small courtyard to see Ji Chonglian, it was the end of Xu Dynasty, and he reported to Ji Chonglian seriously, "Ma'am, 18 of our brothers died this time, and nine were injured."

At that time, the first thing Yang Fan did after taking the children out was to order people to send them to a safe place as much as possible. Naturally, the farther away from the nunnery the better, Huanzi and Zhuye Zhuqing followed, only Liuli and They guarded together and refused to leave.

He didn't expect gunpowder to be buried in the surroundings in advance, and there were casualties before the investigation. They could only fight to the death. In the end, only eight people were wiped out from the enemy. If it wasn't for the opponent's premeditated plan Raid, their casualties will definitely not be so heavy.

Ji Chonglian was silent for a while, and then said: "The living should be healed as much as possible, the dead should be buried generously, and the pension money of the family members will go back to the general's mansion to collect it. If any family members have difficulties, please let me know after you understand it."

"Yes, ma'am."

Yang Fan nodded, "This subordinate has already informed the magistrate of today's events. If the gang of rebels are still in Pengze, they will definitely not be able to escape the pursuit."

Ji Chonglian shook her head slowly, today's incident happened too suddenly for them, but it was planned for a long time for Princess Chaoyang and her group, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find traces after leaving.

Leaning back on the top chair, Ji Chonglian sighed wearily.

She still has to write a letter to tell Pei Yan what happened today. She can't say anything about Pei's mother, and even feels guilty in her heart. If Pei Yan receives the letter, will she think the same as her?

If they hadn't sent Mother Pei to the nunnery, she might not have encountered all this. The shrewd and strong woman is now like a bird of fright, and I am afraid that all the things she has experienced in the nunnery for a long period of time will become her sway. A nightmare that never goes away.

For the consideration of the injured, Ji Chonglian decided to stay here for a while longer, at least wait until they can move on before setting off, but because Mother Pei was also at the side, she had originally made up her mind to go to Danyang, and she might not be able to make the trip. up.

On the other hand, she is still waiting for definite news about Princess Chaoyang, a woman who is as fierce as a wolf but as cunning as a scorpion.

Although Chaoyang may have escaped here, what if she is still lurking and waiting for an opportunity, she can't take this risk again, so she would rather wait longer.

There is also Ji Ziwei's problem, she has to face it.

There are two other maids serving Ji Ziwei. I heard that she has gradually calmed down in the past few days, but she is extremely repulsive to Ji Chonglian and doesn't want to see her at all.

She can understand Ji Ziwei's attitude like this, but it's not an option if it goes on for a long time, people have to be settled, if they leave, is it possible to leave Ji Ziwei here alone?

The afternoon sun was a bit dazzling. A grape trellis was set up in the northwest corner of this small courtyard. A gazebo and four stone benches were built in the shady space under the trellis. Ji Ziwei was sitting alone under the gazebo, with circles around her eyes The white gauze, with her neck up, seemed to be able to feel the fine sunlight shining on her face through the pergola. It was very warm, but it made her feel a little painful when it hit her eyes, and she couldn't help turning her head away. .

Ji Chonglian approached slowly with light steps, stood still under the grape trellis, and called out, "Ziwei!"

Ji Ziwei's body froze, and she reflexively wanted to walk away, but she didn't expect her knee to touch another stool just as she stood up, and she fell back down again with a cry of pain.

Ji Chonglian hurried forward to hold her arm, "There is no way to escape, you can escape for a while, but you can't escape forever!"

"I hate you, Ji Chonglian, I hate you!"

Ji Ziwei clenched her teeth, her whole body was still trembling uncontrollably, she couldn't forget the pain of gouging out her eyes, the pain was as deep as the bone marrow, she thought she was going to die like this several times, but this fate was so hard... If If it wasn't Ji Chonglian, all these pains would not be imposed on her.

"Yes, you have reason to hate me!"

Ji Chonglian sighed softly, and sat on the stone bench next to her, "If hating me can make you live strong, then keep hating me!"

Ji Ziwei opened her mouth, the corners of her lips were trembling, after a while, two lines of tears finally rolled down her eyes, and soon soaked her chest, she choked up and said: "I have nothing left, my aunt is gone , Qin Zi is also dead, even my uncle has abandoned me, I am a useless person right now, what is the point of living..."

Ji Chonglian was silent, if she were Ji Ziwei, she might feel that life is worthless, but that is her sister after all, maybe she has never cared for her sincerely, but she can't just sit and watch her find her way to death.

Thinking of this, Ji Chonglian couldn't help asking tentatively: "If you think this place is good, I will buy it, and someone will take care of your daily life, and I... and I will come to see you when I have time, if you If you don’t want the news here to leak out, then I won’t tell anyone, okay?”

"Are you pitying me? Or because of guilt?"

Ji Ziwei lowered her head, and said in a muffled voice, "I didn't treat you well in the past, if you want to make it up to me for this incident..."

"Whatever you think, I just want you to live and stop living the life of hiding. No matter what, it's always good to be alive. Some people want to live, but they no longer have such a chance."

Ji Chonglian thought of the accompanying guards this time. Maybe she didn't know many of them, and she couldn't even remember their appearance, but it was because they gave their lives to protect her and the children, she couldn't have been touched in her heart.

(End of this chapter)