The Devil's Coming [Quick Transmigration]
Chapter 64: The Uncrowned King 30
The story that happened to Lin Qilang and his sister is very old-fashioned and ordinary. Similar things are happening all the time in this world.
Five years ago, Luobei suffered a severe drought, and the imperial court was unable to provide disaster relief. I don’t know how many families became refugees. In order to survive, they either fled with their families or sold themselves to wealthy families as slaves.
The Lin family has been farming and studying for generations. Lin Qilang also studied in a private school and was originally preparing to take the imperial examination in the future, but the natural disaster destroyed everything. The family left their hometown to escape, but they were not at peace along the way. Some died and some scattered. When Lin Qilang woke up, he found that his sister was missing. When he asked, he found that the elders in the family sold her to a passing human trafficker. On the one hand, he saved food, and on the other hand, he might be able to survive if he sold her. If he fled with them, he would starve to death sooner or later.
The parents of the brother and sister have passed away, and the family is ruled by their uncle and aunt. Who knew that the uncle and aunt sold the sister without saying anything? Lin Qilang had a big fight and wanted to find his sister back, but where could he find the trace of the trafficker?
In the following years, he never forgot to find his sister. After finally following the clues, he found out that his sister was sold to Shangjing and bought by the courtesan of Hongxiu Zhao to be a maid. After the courtesan was redeemed by a prince, several little girls around her also entered the prince's mansion.
When he heard the news, Lin Qilang was ecstatic.
He began to think about how to redeem his sister from the prince's mansion.
Although he didn't put too much thought into the imperial examination in order to find his sister in the past few years, he had the title of a juren. Although his talent was not as brilliant as Chu Jizhou, he was also above average. With his deliberate efforts, he soon became familiar with the juren in Shangjing, participated in several literary gatherings, and praised each other, and his reputation spread.
At the same time, he began to study hard and prepare for the imperial examination.
Lin Qilang had a good plan. On the one hand, he worked hard to pass the imperial examination, and on the other hand, he spread his reputation and made connections, so that he would always have the opportunity to get in touch with the prince's circle of friends. The temperament of the first prince was famous for being unrestrained and generous. As long as he had connections, it should not be too difficult for a young scholar with a good future to ask for a little maid from the first prince.
He had already thought about it, and he must pass the imperial examination. Only in this way can his sister have a good future in the future. No one would know that his sister had been sold and was a maid in Hongxiuzhao and the prince's mansion. She would only be the sister of the Jinshi. She would marry a wealthy family outside the capital in a grand manner and live a rich life...
But the reason why a plan is a plan is that accidents are always unexpected. He had just implemented a few steps, and when he spread his reputation as a talented man, he learned about his sister's death.
——Just a few months later, the Hongxiuzhao courtesan who was redeemed by the first prince in a grand manner was said to be suddenly seriously ill and died of illness. As for the little girl beside her, she was also punished by a prince's wife for not taking good care of her. She was severely beaten with a stick. Unexpectedly, she was too weak and died.
When he received the news from a servant of the prince's mansion who had been bribed at a high price, he realized that it was too late. The beautiful future he had envisioned was shattered from that moment.
Although sad, the feudal dogma for many years had made Lin Qilang never have any extraordinary thoughts. He could only blame himself for being too slow and one step late, and sighed that fate played tricks on him.
Until he found his sister's body in a mass grave and saw the scars all over her body. In addition to being beaten with a stick, this young girl had obviously endured more abuse, so that there was no good flesh on her body, and there were scars on her skin that had long since healed... He heard the servants he bribed tell him: A prince's wife was jealous. Whenever the prince favored a new person, she couldn't do anything to the concubine that the prince was in love with, so she would make trouble for the people around the concubine, and punish the maids and servants around them under various pretexts. When the courtesan was in love, the little girls around her suffered for her. A prince would not argue with a prince's wife because of the punishment of a servant.
Hearing the other party's retelling, thinking of the suffering and sins that his sister had suffered in the past, Lin Qilang's dead heart seemed to be ignited by fire, and cold hatred burst out from his heart.
From the beginning to the end, he just wanted to find his sister and live a stable life, but even this tiny wish could not be realized. He wanted to endure it, but in front of his sister's horrible corpse, he endured it as if nothing had happened. Even he despised himself for doing so.
After tossing and turning at night, he finally made up his mind.
"... A prince is the emperor's son, and a princess is the princess' daughter. They are born noble and noble, so are the lives of us lowly people not worth mentioning?"
"The laws of the Great Qi Dynasty clearly stipulate that even slaves cannot be killed without reason, otherwise they will be punished. But what does such a law mean to the nobles?"
"They killed people and forgot everything. Even if my similar face reappeared, they did not arouse any vigilance. My sister's life is just a prop for the nobles to fight for the wind and jealousy, not even as good as grass!"
"And such a person can still enjoy the glory of the stars and even have the opportunity to become the master of the palace in the future..."
"-Why? Why can my sister die and the person who killed her live so well?!"
Looking at the woman who was in a daze and went crazy in the yard, Lin Qilang showed an extremely happy expression on his face: "At that time, I swore that since there is no retribution in this world, I will do this retribution!"
It was too slow to climb up by taking the imperial examination step by step, so slow that he was worried that he might never reach the height where he had the opportunity to attack the First Prince's Mansion, so he chose another fastest shortcut - relying on his full understanding of the First Prince's character, coupled with his outstanding appearance, widely known talent, and his exquisite mind to please him, he quickly caught the First Prince's eye and successfully entered the mansion.
Then, things were very simple.
There were too many people in this gorgeous cage who hated the First Prince's wife. Perhaps he was really talented in observing words and expressions and agitating people. Soon he won over enough helpers and made the First Prince's wife fall into the trap.
He targeted the simplest weakness of the First Prince's wife - jealousy.
As long as the concubine favored by the First Prince flaunted in front of the First Prince's wife and showed off the objects rewarded by the First Prince, the First Prince's wife would definitely find ways to take those objects away and then deliberately destroy them in front of the other party.
He who had observed this did not even need to do much. He only needed to frequently ask for rewards from the prince and often show off his power and favor in front of the prince's wife, and the prince's wife would take the initiative to fall into the trap.
The same was true for the other concubines who were persuaded by him to join forces.
The prince's wife would never know that the treasures she had taken from the concubines had been tampered with. It was fine if she just touched them, but if she touched them too much, it would inevitably affect her mind, from being depressed at the beginning to hallucinations later. In addition, she had done too many bad things, and it was normal for her to see those who were killed by her after hallucinations.
So, she was "possessed by evil spirits".
As a person who had just entered the prince's mansion, all this should not have been so smooth, but who made the mansion, there were too many people who wanted the prince's wife to die, even if someone found the flaws, they would not say anything, but would help. There are also some people who dare not do anything themselves, but it is easy to turn a blind eye and pretend not to know at certain times. The group of people who resented the most directly participated in it, and the personal maidservant around the prince's wife was no exception.
——"The whole world is resentful", how could she not be crazy?
It's simple to say, but he can connect so many people, grasp everyone's mind, and find people who have never informed on others. Lin Qilang has a great vision in judging people.
After listening to his revenge, even Su Ying couldn't help but admire: "You are a good person."
"...Do you want to join Mo Zhai as a non-staff member? I feel that you can provide a lot of interesting materials."
He suddenly invited, obviously he was interested.
Lin Qilang was stunned: "But my identity..." He knew what others said about him. This was the price he was prepared to pay from the beginning. "My identity will only bring gossip to Mo Zhai and tarnish the reputation of the prince."
"You say I seem to have a reputation." Su Ying waved his hand indifferently, "Isn't there enough gossip about Mo Zhai?"
What he said was really irrefutable.
Although many people in the folks think that Shangjing Miwen is well done, it satisfies their pleasure of eating melons, exposes the scandals of many treacherous officials, and prevents them from being deaf and blind. But in the literary circle, the other party's reputation is not good.
What's more, the author of "Shangjing Miwen" is Chu Jizhou, who was suspected of cheating in the imperial examination and was dismissed from his post... and Su Ying, who took him in, himself has no talent and reputation, but is a well-known playboy who is unlearned and unskilled. It would be strange if such a combination is not ridiculed. It is said that this prince did not study hard after returning home, but instead relied on the emperor's favor to make up stories and slander the ministers who worked hard for the country and the people. Maybe he even used this to blackmail the ministers in secret.
As for whether these rumors are driven by the victims who have been exposed to black material, it depends on one's opinion.
Thinking about it this way, it seems that it is not a big deal to recruit another Lin Qilang who has a bad reputation? Anyway, the prince of Weiguo is not a scholar who makes a living by his reputation.
Lin Qilang did not refuse again, but raised another concern: "I am afraid that the first prince will not agree..."
"The first prince? He should not have the opportunity to pay attention to these trivial matters." Su Ying raised his hand and pointed to the yard in front of him.
Lin Qilang followed and looked over.
In his pupils, the gradually growing fire, the howling ghosts in the fire, and the center of countless ghosts, the woman howling in the flames.
The red-clothed boy next to him looked at this scene curiously, clapping his hands and exclaiming: "... I want to take back what I said before, the ghosts in this world are not so weak."
"-Now it seems that as long as there are enough ghosts, quantitative changes will cause qualitative changes, and the resentment will be concentrated on one person, it can actually cause physical damage to the enemy!"
His tone was as if he had discovered some interesting new knowledge.
-This should be thanked to the contribution of the first prince's wife.
Lin Qilang: "..."
Recovering from his slumber, Lin Qilang was surprised and called his sister and Su Ying at the same time: "Let's go! Get out of here!" The fire has already started, you are really not in a hurry!
He ran out through the small door he came from. When he turned around, he could still see the flames rising higher and higher, and the figure sitting on the wall watching the show in the twisted firelight.
"...The fire broke out!"
The prince's mansion woke up in chaos late at night. Lin Qilang had already turned around with the cooperation of his accomplice and pretended to rush over after hearing the fire.
He was in a state of panic all the way, and was worried that the prince of the Duke of Wei would be caught on the spot, but his worries were obviously unnecessary. The increasingly fierce flames did not show any signs of being extinguished by water, but instead lasted like an inextinguishable demonic fire.
"Ghost! There really is a ghost! It must be the revenge of the evil ghost!"
In the face of such a spectacle, even those who did not believe in ghosts and gods were shaken. They fled shouting and yelling, and the entire Prince's Mansion was in chaos. No one knew that an uninvited guest had visited the Prince's Mansion late at night and admired the raging fire ignited by resentment in the best viewing position.
The expanding sea of fire quickly surrounded the Prince's Mansion and stopped spreading outward. The people who fled in a hurry watched the gorgeous mansion burning in the sea of fire from afar until dawn, when the first ray of sunlight fell and the flames finally went out. The original Prince's Mansion had been burned to a white ground.
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