Renew

The moment the wooden box was opened, some dust rose up, and the boy who opened the box suddenly covered his mouth and nose and took several steps back, bumping into someone else before stopping.

What was lying in the box was really a skeleton, thin and small, it looked like it had just been humanoid, huddled together, with hands and feet, as if it had been dug out from the belly of a pregnant woman.

Everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, staring at the things in the wooden box, who would have imagined that such a thing was hidden under the third lady's bed, and I don't know how long it has been there, and even the smell has dissipated.

Meng Xian tilted her head, watched the wooden box being opened, her eyes almost popped out of her sockets, her breath became more and more urgent, "No, no..."

Rong Changting stood beside the wooden box, pointed at the wide open wooden box with trembling fingers and asked, "Is this stolen from Erfang's grave?"

Meng Xian remained silent, staring at the wooden box, unable to utter a word of excuse.

"Aren't you quite good at talking just now?" Rong Changting was furious, and said sharply, "Why are you pretending to be dumb at this time?"

Meng Xian came back to her senses abruptly, screaming in pain, her moaning could only be heard in the whole room.

Rong Changting said again: "Tell me, how did this monk lie to you? Did he have to steal the dead fetus from someone else's coffin and put it under his own bed in order to renew the incense for the Rong family?"

Rong Li stood on the side and listened with great interest, but his hands were much more honest, and he didn't dare to touch this ancestor again like pulling hair.

"Yes, it was the monk who lied to me..." Meng Xian nearly lost his breath and spoke with difficulty.

"If everyone in the mansion hadn't grown eyes, I would have thought that the stillborn child in this wooden box was conceived secretly by you without telling me!" Rong Changting's eyes were red with anger, Xu was dizzy with anger, and his body shook violently Fortunately, he was supported by the servant beside him.

Meng Xian was very weak, her eyes could hardly be opened, she was almost unable to raise her eyes, she begged: "Master, please, I, I am also for Rongfu..."

"If you're really doing it for the Rong family, you shouldn't agree with an accountant who stole three thousand silver from the house!" Rong Changting angrily scolded.

Meng Xian's pupils trembled violently, and her eyes were full of panic.

Rong Changting simply didn't look at her, and turned to look at Wan Kui who was standing by the wall trembling, "You are with Madam, what Madam has done in recent days, you can tell them after you think about it, otherwise , you, together with the third wife, will also eat prison meals with the accountant."

Wankui was trembling non-stop, she didn't dare to lift her head, her chin was almost lowered to her chest, she hurriedly said, "I said, master, I, I said, don't send me to the government!" He bent his knees and knelt on the ground, tapping his forehead on the ground.

Rong Li looked sideways, thinking that this maid knows a lot, otherwise she wouldn't be afraid of this.

"The puppet incense on her body has been removed." Hua Su's voice was very close, as if whispering in her ear, "The puppet incense she inhaled is not much, and it is relatively simple to remove. The events of that night have already been engraved in her mind." It's Renli."

Wankui kowtowed again and again, not even daring to look at her wife who had been serving her for many years, and said in a hoarse voice: "Madam went to the Qiushou Temple four years ago, and gave a lot of incense money, and asked the monks in the temple to do the fortune telling for her. , the hexagram is false, and it is said that the whole family of the Rong family will go to pay homage to the eldest lady, so that the lady can rest assured."

Peace of mind under Jiuquan?Rong Li quietly curled up the corner of his mouth, his smile was weak and cool.

"Go on." Rong Changting stared at her.

Wankui swallowed hard, her throat was so tight that she coughed several times.

"Give her water." Rong Changting said coldly.

The boy standing by the table poured a glass of water in a hurry, and hurriedly let go, the tea swirled out of the cup, spilling a lot.

Wan Kui caught the cup with trembling hands, drank it like a hunger, raised her hand to wipe her lips, took a sharp breath, still did not dare to look at the third lady, and then said: "At that time, the second lady was already pregnant. But, but the third wife didn't want the baby in her womb to be born, so she deliberately acted, and on the way to the grave, she designed to disturb the horses pulling the carriage, causing the second wife to fall out of the carriage and roll down the mud slope."

Rong Li said, it really was a good show, but she was still able to frown and pretend to be shocked.

Wankui paused for a while, and after thinking for a while, she said: "Later, the second lady returned to the mansion, bleeding profusely, she should have been saved, but the lady asked me to go to the mansion doctor... with a word, let the mansion Don't rush to the doctor."

The government doctor was also in the room at this time, his pupils trembled when he heard the sound, and he clenched his teeth suddenly.

Rong Changting's face was livid, "Go on."

Only then did Wan Kui secretly raise her eyes, her eyes wavering, swept across the doctor's body, and then landed on Meng Xian's body tremblingly.Seeing Meng Xian's venomous eyes, she couldn't help but lower her head and close her eyes, and said again: "So the second madam... just died like this, and the funeral was handled by the third madam."

"What about stealing corpses with broken toes?" Rong Changting gritted his teeth.

Wankui didn't dare to raise her head, her heart was on fire at this moment, she was panicked and frightened, she had just drank water, and now she started coughing dryly again.

Seeing this, the servant standing by the table poured another glass of water, and passed the glass of water to the gray-clothed servant beside him.

Rong Changting did not say a word, acquiescing to the move.

Wan Kui quickly raised her hand to take the cup, bowed her head and took a big sip. After taking a breath, she continued, "Madam asked the eminent monk in the temple how to conceive an heir. Madame asks for one thing before she can be taught this method."

"Then what did the monk beg for, gold, silver and jade?" Rong Changting's forehead twitched.

Everyone in the room was terrified when they heard this, but they didn't know that the death of the second lady was not a coincidence, but a murder.

The second lady's soul stood beside Meng Xian's bed, her eyes were red, her loose hair fluttered freely, she raised her head and yelled like a wolf, tiger and leopard, and the yelling shook the roof tiles.

The servants hurriedly raised their heads, thinking, it could be a wild cat.

Zhu Shi was still able to restrain himself, but now his whole body is full of yin energy, like a black mist surrounding his body, his body is covered with blackness.

There was a gloomy wind in the house, and the doors and windows shook and rumbled.

Ordinary people can't see it, but Rongli can see it clearly. The ghost aura on the second lady's body seems to turn into a blade of wind, whirling in all directions.

Zhu's face was full of hostility, his eyes almost stared out of their sockets, as if he wanted to hollow out the ghost energy around him, and the rumbling black mist almost filled the whole room, even Rong Changting and the servants were shocked. It was stained black.

Rong Li's body was much weaker than ordinary people, and she saw a ghostly aura hitting her face, she closed her eyes suddenly, and felt a chill all over her body, the chill seemed to seep into her eyebrows.

Different from the cold air that Hua Su gave her, this ghost air was colder and sharper. It hurt her brows, as if it was about to break her bones, and she couldn't help but let out a soft hiss.

The black cat in his arms narrowed his blue eyes slightly, opened his mouth suddenly, and just inhaled, the ghostly air that was about to get into Rongli's eyebrows was sucked straight into the black cat's mouth.

Hua Su manipulated the cat's body, chewed it coldly a few times, as if he was eating something.

The pain on Rongli's forehead suddenly disappeared, and a drop of cold sweat rolled down his temples.

Chui Zhu turned her head suddenly, looked at the ghost standing in front of the bed, spit out another ray of Yin Qi, and tied Zhu Shi tightly.

Mrs. Zhu stood up and struggled, her face was ferocious and terrifying, how could she see the slightest bit of innocence and virtuousness in her life.

"Definitely." Hua Su said calmly.

The people in the room only heard the cat in the eldest girl's arms bark dryly, as if they were extremely unhappy, and then the chill that came from nowhere in the room suddenly disappeared.

The thick black ghost aura that filled the room surged like billowing clouds, condensed into several twisted and dancing black claws, and were retracted into Zhu's body, and there was no trace of ghost aura in the room immediately.

Rong Li felt the cat in his arms lighten suddenly, and when he turned his head, he really saw the woman wrapped in a black robe with loose braids hanging behind her.

Hua Su left from Chuizhu's body, raised her hand and tore off the black silk covering her face. She slowly rolled up a section of her cuffs, her face was cold and solemn, she flicked her wrist violently, and a dark iron chain fell to the ground with a clang.

As soon as she raised her arm, the iron chain in her hand, which seemed to weigh tens of kilograms, seemed to be as light as a cow's hair, and was thrown out immediately, binding Zhu's ghost tightly, making it impossible to break free no matter how hard she struggled.

Rongli has seen this chain once before, Hua Su used it on Yu Zhuo before, in order to restrain Yu Zhuo's ghostly aura, and make her feet imprisoned, so that she cannot leave Rong's mansion again.

The chains wrapped around Zhu's body again and again, and the ghostly aura that Zhu's body was about to emerge was tightly controlled, and it really couldn't escape.

The red light in Zhu's eyes disappeared, and he fell to the ground with a thud, his eyes became clear again.

At the moment when her killing intent suddenly disappeared, the gleaming chains on her body disappeared.

Hua Su put his hands behind his back and didn't say a word, but his face softened a lot, and he snorted coldly after a while.

Rong Li hugged the cat, saw that Hua Su didn't seem to want to occupy Chui Zhu's body again, so he dared to touch it a few times, the cat in his arms was soft and warm, really pleasing joy.

Wan Kui, who knelt on the ground and kowtowed her head, was silent for a long time, her breathing sound was extremely heavy.

"Say, what did the monk ask for?" Rong Changting asked coldly.

Wankui's voice was full of tears, and she stammered, "I begged for my wife's body. I, I heard it outside the house. The monk asked my wife to be a stove, saying that her physique was extremely negative. My wife agreed. I... stayed there for an hour before coming out."

Rong Changting glared and raised his eyebrows, and looked at Meng Xian suddenly, with a monstrous anger hidden in his eyes.

Meng Xian still did not give up, and begged: "Master...don't listen to her, she, she is just a maid..."

How could Rong Changting trust her, and said to the maid who was kneeling on the ground: "Go on, don't hide a word!"

Wankui dared not hide anything, her eyes trembled, "Afterwards, the monk taught his wife to take out the stillborn baby from the coffin, took a little flesh from its body, mixed it with incense ashes and drank it, and sealed up its bones and placed them in the coffin. Under the bed, when the time comes, the baby will enter the wife's womb, it can be regarded as... snatching someone else's baby."

The second lady who fell to the ground shed two lines of blood and tears, and finally stopped screaming hoarsely, but wept softly like a mortal.

Rong Li's complexion is not very good, thinking about Meng Xian eating the flesh of the dead baby, his stomach churns.

Hua Su looked back at her, saw that she was standing precariously, and reluctantly put a hand behind her shoulder to support her.

Everyone in the room also changed color suddenly, who would have guessed that the third lady would do this for the sake of their children.

Hua Su said coldly: "The method of begging a child is common in the world, but she has learned the most insidious one."

Meng Xian cried bitterly, "Master, how can you believe such words, how can you believe, this maid is lying to you."

Rong Li lowered his eyes, he couldn't feel any sympathy, she had already died once, so she was so pitiful.

Wan Kui gritted her teeth without talking, and after she stabilized her mind, she said again: "In addition to teaching Madam how to steal other people's heirs, the monk also taught Madam how to raise ghosts, which... belonged to the Second Madam. The ghost said that as long as the porcelain pot is buried under the door of the main house in the bamboo courtyard, the second lady will become a ghost that only obeys her orders."

The servants exclaimed when they heard the words, and the hairs on their bodies stood on end.

Rong Changting's throat moved, "Let's continue."

Wan Kui said: "The Madam knows that the Master is thinking of the Da Furen. A long time ago, there was a maidservant who looked very much like the Da Madam in the Orchid Court. The Madam could not understand that maid. She was afraid that she... would seduce the Master, so she accused her of having an affair with a man. It damaged her reputation and caused her to hang herself from a tree in the yard."

Everyone remembered that a maid died in this orchid courtyard, and after hearing this, they felt that the third lady was extremely vicious.

Wan Kui paused for a moment, licked her dry lips, and said, "Before the eldest girl fell into the lake, the servant girl who poured the soup was also instructed by my wife. After the eldest girl fell into the lake and was picked up, I heard that she was haunted by ghosts. I don't know." Was that ghost brought out from the lake, but a maidservant was indeed drowned in the lake..."

She paused, and said dryly: "The maid who drowned was also killed by the madam. The maid mentioned it in front of the madam one day... The master married so many wives, but he didn't like it in the end. He still pretended in his heart Da Furen, if there is someone more like Da Furen Danxuan than Fifth Madam in the future, Third Madam will definitely be left out in the cold."

Rong Li's expression changed slightly, she naturally remembered the female ghost with her hair wrapped around her ankles when she fell into the lake, it's really embarrassing to think that this woman died like this.

Wan Kui said: "The madam doesn't like the eldest girl because...the girl is too similar to the eldest lady, and the master treats the girl better than the young masters, so a long time ago, the government doctor prescribed strong medicine. It can hang the girl's life, but it also makes the girl's body weaker and weaker, this matter..."

She paused, raised her head slightly, and turned towards the doctor from the corner of her eyes in fear, "If the master doesn't believe it, you can ask the doctor."

Rong Li raised his eyebrows with great interest, his eyes were as clear as dew, and the corners of her lips were slightly curled up, she hadn't figured out how to tell this matter yet, but Meng Xian, the personal maid, did it for her Shake it out.

Hua Su kept silent, not very interested in the kindness and resentment in this mortal world, she looked at Rongli indifferently, her eyes fell on the corner of the girl's slightly upturned lips, she didn't know if she was really happy, or Strong smile.

Fake, too fake, after all, this girl can deceive ghosts.

Rong Changting's forehead was covered with blue veins, he looked at the doctor when he heard the words, and said sharply, "Say it."

The doctor lowered his head and closed his eyes firmly, "Madam rewarded me with 700 taels of silver, I..."

"These 700 taels, the co-author is here for you!" Rong Changting clenched his fist and slammed towards the bedpost. The bedpost thumped, and even Meng Xian, who was lying on the bed, trembled.

The government doctor stopped talking, bowed his head and remained silent, as if acquiescing to the matter.

Wan Kui took a breath, "Madam and the account manager are childhood sweethearts, they are both Qi An from Qingfei, slaves... I don't know what kind of friendship Madam and the account manager have, but when the master is away, the two often talk in private meet."

No matter how angry Rong Changting got dizzy, he guessed a general idea. His third wife... I am afraid that he is concerned about an accountant. There are so many sweet words on weekdays, but I don't know how sincere they are. He almost couldn't stand up. Steady, "What else, just say it!"

Wan Kui tremblingly said: "The maid who caused the eldest girl to fall into the lake did not hang herself to death, but because the third lady bought two servants, those two managed to enter the woodshed and hung the maid on the beam .”

Panting heavily, Rong Changting suddenly remembered the dream he had on the carriage on the way to Huawu Mountain.Since he got off the mountain, he didn't rest for a while, but he forgot about it...

"Bring who?" He asked coldly.

Wan Kui said: "Qi Wu and Yuan Kui, one is from the kitchen, the other... is from the master's yard."

Rong Changting turned his head abruptly: "Bring those two over here!"

The old housekeeper hurriedly turned around and ordered: "Go quickly, don't delay."

A guard cupped his hands and ran out in a hurry, not daring to slow down a step.

Hua Su pushed back the hair that was scattered on the side of his face, "All these things came out of other people's mouths without you saying it yourself."

Rong Li squeezed his cuff and coughed lightly, as if it was a response.

After a while, Qi Wu and Yuan Kui were brought over. They glanced at the third lady, knelt down and kowtowed.

Qi Wu cried: "The third madam asked the young one to go, the young one shouldn't be greedy for that little money. The third madam asked the young one and Yuan Kui to seal the mouth of the maid, and asked the young one to see the doctor. A fake illness, pretending to have diarrhea and diarrhea, and feeling unwell, so that others would think that the key to the firewood room was stolen by someone else."

The previous matter suddenly became clear, Rong Changting pointed at him, unable to speak.

Wankui's heart was beating like thunder, she secretly raised her head and glanced at Rong Changting, "Master... there is one more thing."

Rong Changting: "Say!"

Wan Kui said in a trembling voice: "When I came back from Huawu Mountain, the bridge suddenly broke down, and the eldest girl was left on the mountain. The one who escorted the eldest girl to Wuxiang Town was the monk who taught Madam the magic. I gave the eldest girl something to ward off evil spirits, and asked the girl to meet at Zhenxi Pavilion at night, and the madam knew what the monk wanted to do, so she ordered someone to go with the eldest girl, so as to spread the rumor about it."

As soon as she finished speaking, Rong Changting turned his head in disbelief, and looked at Rongli. It was not a look of caring for his daughter at all. It seemed that he was looking at Danxuan through Rongli. His eyes were both shocked and resentful. ...and also with other people.

Without fear, Rong Li met Rong Changting's gaze.

Wan Kui hurriedly said again: "Unexpectedly, the eldest girl came back halfway, and the madam followed all the way, so she simply went to meet the monk in person. The madam was in the town west pavilion, and... once again, she became a furnace, so she fell ill that night. up."

Before Wankui said this, Meng Xian was still thinking of defending herself, but upon hearing this, she seemed to resign herself to her fate, lying weakly with staring eyes, moaning in pain in a soft voice, and no longer... refuting.

"You..." Rong Changting raised his hand to press the center of his eyebrows, "You really kept it from me."

Meng Xian washed her face with tears, filled with resentment, and said to Rong Changting with the last strength: "I have indeed done a lot of evil things. I was greedy for the money of the Rong family, but is the master clean?"

Rong Changting's pupils were startled suddenly, and he looked away suddenly, suppressing the strangeness in his heart, and said sharply: "Leave this porcelain pot here with her, I'll see if she can survive tonight."

A group of people followed him out with mixed emotions, only Zhu's ghost still lingered in the house.

Before Rong Li stepped out of the threshold, he looked back, and saw the second lady got up from the ground, sat on the edge of the bed, and stretched out her hand to pat Meng Xian's belly.

Xu was afraid of being shocked by the red talisman to ward off evil spirits, so the second lady paused for a moment, and simply leaned down and spoke softly to Meng Xian's lower abdomen, as if she was coaxing her own child.

After leaving the door, the government doctor knelt on the ground with self-pity, knowing that this matter could not be escaped, after a moment of silence, he said in a steady voice: "I implore the master to send me to the government."

Wan Kui was still terrified, tears flowed down her nose, and she also knelt on the ground, but she didn't want to be sent to the government, and said anxiously: "Master, please don't send this servant to the government, I have told you everything I know, there is absolutely no doubt Keep it a secret!"

Rong Changting stood like a wandering soul, he didn't come back to his senses for a long time, and he didn't dare to turn his head to look at Rongli, he waved his hand and said: "Someone, send this maidservant out of the city gate, and don't let me see you in Qi'an again in the future."

"Thank you, master, thank you, master!" Wan Kui kowtowed again and again, "This slave will change her mind in the future and will never do evil again!"

Rong Changting winked, and the two guards raised Wankui up. This posture...doesn't look like they are going to send her out of the city gate.

The government doctor was still kneeling in fear, "Master."

Rong Changting turned around and said: "Since you want to go to the government, well, then you can do what you want." After speaking, he waved his hand and ordered the doctor to be taken down as well.

Both were sent away, but Rong Changting still didn't turn around, as if he was hiding something.

Rong Li saw that he didn't look back, so he walked around in front of him with the cat in his arms, coughed lightly, his face was as pale as onyx, and a faint smile slowly formed on his mouth.

Hua Su draped her shoulders to prevent this delicate and frail girl from being blown down by the wind, and she didn't even bother to cast a glance at the muddy Rong family master.

"Why, he settled the accounts with Mengshi, now it's your turn to settle the accounts with him?" Hua Su said.

Rong Li glanced at Si Zhao's room, there was still light shining in the thin window paper, the people in the room must have not slept yet.

With such a big commotion, the four wives could still resist not going out.

Rong Li gave a weak sneer, "When you called me Dan Xuan last night, your eyes were still very eager, why don't you look at me tonight."

Hua Su said lightly, "Why waste your words with him."

Rong Changting didn't move, his body froze.

Rong Li said slowly: "Si Niang told you I was Dan Xuan, did you believe me?"

Hua Su snorted lightly, rather contemptuously, "Then what he wears on his neck is probably a rotten steamed stuffed bun."

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