White Hedge Dream

Chapter 23 Questions

Zhuang Li could smile about the matter of the fourth son of the Xue family, but when she heard Xue Liu say that the person who died was Li Julang's beautiful concubine, she already felt something bad in her heart.

She has seen this person before.

Although it was just a glimpse in a dream, but...

"Your soul is unstable now, and it is extremely easy to be contaminated by other people's obsessions. Please do not use the method of dream transformation, and take good care of your soul."

Mrs. Zhuang's instructions before leaving lingered in my ears.

When Li Julang and his concubine were both alive, they were different from her reality and had nothing to do with each other.

Now that the beautiful concubine is dead, her soul is gone, but because she is full of resentment, resentment gives rise to obsession, and the obsession remains in the world.

There was an opportunity that happened by chance, and this obsession would probably catch up with her.

In other words, her soul was unstable and easily disturbed by foreign objects, which led to this lingering thought.

really…

Zhuang Li looked around. The sharp cries were nothing to her, but the scattered mist cut off the night, and the originally clear road ahead became blurry.

She tried to take another step, but her feet were no longer on solid ground.

If it was just a matter of waving my sleeves away before, but after experiencing life and death and managing to save my life, I didn't even have the strength to wave my sleeves.

But if she doesn't dispel this obsession, I'm afraid she will be trapped here and unable to go where she wants to go.

If it cannot be forcibly dispersed, it can only be allowed to disperse voluntarily.

Cries came from all directions. Zhuang Li raised his hand and gently brushed it against his lips. A word was peeled off. The black words burned with light in his hand, and then disappeared.

"What nightmares are you having?"

With her words, the lingering cries stopped, the fog gradually condensed, the night became clear again, and a woman appeared on the empty street.

Although she has a frail figure, it can be seen that she is about 20 years old. She has black hair and a snake bun. She has no powder on her face. She is rosy and pure, but she also has a pair of red and phoenix eyes that are flowing and charming.

You can imagine how beautiful and moving she was when she was alive.

"He killed me! He killed me!"

The female voice was shrill and filled with resentment.

Zhuang Li asked: "Who is he? Zhang Jiulang?"

But Can Nian is like this, without his soul, he looks like this person but is not this person, and he can't say anything more.

"He said he would never be separated from me, how could he lie to me?"

The cry came again.

The woman raised her hands to cover her face, and her figure was floating. She was no longer as gorgeous as before, and now looked like she had fallen into the water. Her long hair was hanging down, her clothes were messy, and water was dripping from her body and spreading under her feet.

"I want him to explain it to me personally!"

Zhuang Li looked at the scattered water, as if she was standing in the Jinshui River in a trance. The sound of water rushing in her ears was mixed with the shouts of boatmen and the laughter of women. She looked up and saw the building boat on the river. Slowly approaching, the lights are bright, the figures on it are intertwined, jewels and treasures, magnificent.

…

…

This time Chun Yue didn't oversleep, and she didn't know whether she was tired from going out to socialize, or something else happened, but she couldn't sleep well after tossing and turning all night, so she just got up at dawn and stopped sleeping.

She came into the inner room. Zhuang Li hadn't gotten up yet, but he was also awake and sitting on the bed drinking water.

Chunyue half-crouched beside the bed, waiting for her to get up. She was a little dazed when she picked up her shoes.

This time the soles were not dirty, but the shoes were wet.

Did the young lady accidentally spill tea on it last night?

"I'll take a nap again." Zhuang Li said after drinking some water.

Anyway, there is no need to greet Madam, and she probably won’t go out again. Chunyue nodded with a smile: “I’ll go and say something to Aunt Mei.”

Today is also the day for Aunt Mei to say hello. Chunyue responded, picked up her wet shoes, and was about to leave when Zhuang Li's voice came from the tent again.

"Chunyue, please ask me what the name of the concubine who drowned was."

That concubine that Li Julang exchanged for gambling money? Chun Yue was slightly surprised, the young lady still remembered this incident.

After all, he is still young, so he is a little curious.

"Okay." She said yes without asking any further questions.

This matter was easy to inquire about. Chun Yue didn't even ask Xue Liu. When she came to talk to Aunt Mei, Aunt Mei was very uneasy and pulled Chun Yue to find out if the young lady was tired of her.

Chunyue repeatedly said no, it was because the young lady didn't have a good rest and she didn't want to see anyone today.

Aunt Mei didn't believe it either. When she saw that Chun Yue was carrying embroidered shoes that were wet, she rushed to wash them herself.

"The little girls don't know how to wash, so they're all ruined," she said.

Chunyue had no choice but to let her wash it, otherwise Aunt Mei would be even more uneasy.

"Did you hear that Li Shilang bought a beautiful woman for a thousand gold, and Hua Xiaoniang jumped into the river in anger?" Aunt Mei said happily while washing her shoes.

Has it spread? Chun Yue was a little surprised.

Aunt Mei said: "My mother was buying fish for the kitchen by the river and saw the corpse with her own eyes. Oh, it was really scary."

Aunt Mei was born in the family, and both her parents worked in the mansion. As she became an aunt, her parents also got good jobs in the mansion.

She saw it with her own eyes. Chunyue sat down hurriedly and said, "Auntie, please tell me. I went out with the young lady for a day and I don't know anything."

This thing looks lively, but it's actually very simple. It's just because the characters involved are famous and attractive.

Li Shilang was a descendant of the Li family. General Li Chengyuan led the Qianniu Guards to kill Empress Chiang and established him as the King of Changyang. As a hero who brought order to chaos, he was almost on an equal footing with Prime Minister Zhu Xingjian.

As a descendant of the Li family, Li Julang naturally lived like other wealthy and powerful children and spent money like water.

"Li Julang went to Jinling to take up his post last year. He fell in love with the local oiran at first sight and spent a thousand gold to redeem the oiran's life and bring him back to the capital."

"It must have been less than a month since I brought her back. I was short of money on Shangguan Yue's boat, so I sold this oiran to Zhang Jiulang."

"The oiran cried and threw himself into the Jinshui River and drowned."

Chunyue told Zhuang Li what she had heard. Xue Liu had already said these things, although not in such detail.

But there are still some things Xue Liu doesn’t know or hasn’t told.

"After the oiran's maid found the body, in addition to saying that Zhang Jiulang committed murder, she also said that Li Julang was ungrateful and was seeking wealth and murder."

Upon hearing the news that Chunyue had come back from inquiring, Zhuang Li looked over with his tea cup in hand.

"Killing for money?" she asked.

Whose wealth are you seeking?

What about the oiran?

But Chunyue didn't know anymore and shook her head: "It didn't take long for the government officials to come and take away the body of the maid and Hua Xiaoniang to the capital. Later..."

She paused for a moment.

"The government dragged out two corpses and sent them to Yizhuang for burial."

As she expected, the maidservant couldn't bear twenty sticks, and Ren Yazi died as soon as she arrived. Naturally, Ren Yazi refused to take it, so she had to be wrapped in a mat in the yizhuang and buried.

The same is naturally true for the beautiful concubine. Li Julang wrapped her up in a blanket and was praised for her benevolence and righteousness.

Zhuang Li didn't speak anymore and took a sip of tea.

"Speaking of which, this courtesan is also confused. If she is resold, she should just resell her. She only blames herself for being unkind to others." Chunyue sighed softly, "She is a female prostitute who came from a land of fireworks. She is used to making fun of everyone, so why should she seek death and survive? , so what if you die, it’s just a joke for the world to see.”

Zhuang Li didn't sigh at all, he just asked: "What's her name?"

Chunyue said hurriedly: "Hua Xiaoxian."

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I wish you all good health and all the best!

(End of chapter)