flstandardbreds Chapter 257 Another person died.
Chapter 257 Another person died.
Chapter 257 Another person has died.
This sounds quite bizarre, but it also depends on the era in which it took place.
If this were in later generations, it would certainly be considered a morally reprehensible crime, condemned by all.
However, in the Republican era, especially in remote towns and villages where the law could not cover such matters, this kind of thing was quite common.
Actually, given the Sun family's immense wealth, this solution is already quite good.
If this were during a feudal dynasty, even without natural disasters or man-made calamities, many ordinary families would choose to drown their daughters.
Even among royalty and nobility, there were instances of mothers being killed to spare their children.
Knowing these things, Ye Shaohong was shocked when he heard Sun Yihai's account, but he didn't show too much anger. Only Yu Manli, standing to the side, clenched her fists secretly.
However, Yu Manli also held strong views on male superiority and female inferiority, so although she was dissatisfied and very angry, she did not stand up to express her opinion.
Without being disturbed, Sun Yihai continued his story.
The turmoil of that night has passed.
The seventh concubine was imprisoned, and the old lady of the Sun family began to arrange for people to prepare for the funeral.
Given Sun Yihui's status during his lifetime and the Sun family's prestige in the neighborhood, his funeral was quite a grand affair.
Quite a few people came.
Even the county magistrate of Hanyang County came to pay his respects.
Many of Sun Yihui's friends and colleagues from the military also came, which allowed the funeral to pass peacefully and respectably.
On the third night, something strange happened. The three consecutive days of funeral arrangements had taken a toll on the Sun family, leaving them exhausted.
In addition, the burial was scheduled for the fourth day, so on the third night, the old lady personally made the decision for everyone to go back to their rooms to rest and prepare to face the next day's events in the best possible condition.
That night, the old lady only arranged for a few servants from the mansion to guard the mourning hall.
This is to ensure that the brazier in front of the hall is kept burning continuously.
After midnight, the servants who were responsible for guarding the mourning hall were also tired.
With no members of the Sun family watching over the hall, the servants decided to take a break and leaned against the pillars, preparing to doze off for a while.
Around 2 o'clock, a sudden noise and disturbance came from the quiet mourning hall.
Finally, they woke up a servant who was not very awake.
Then he saw the open coffin in the mourning hall suddenly tremble. This frightened the servant quite a bit.
He shouted and quickly woke up his companions around him.
When the servants on night watch woke up and turned around, something horrifying and bizarre happened.
The deceased, who had been lying quietly in the coffin, Sun Yihui, the commander of the newly formed Seventh Army and the eldest master of the Sun family, had actually risen from the dead.
No one helped him up; he simply ran out of the coffin on his own.
The corpse was kneeling on the ground.
The cheeks, which had been cleaned, started bleeding again that night.
The servants on night watch fainted from fright.
The piercing wails and screams echoed throughout the Sun residence, summoning the old lady, the eldest mistress, and all the concubines who had just returned to rest. Upon entering the mourning hall and seeing Sun Yihui's kneeling corpse, everyone was terrified.
The old lady burst into tears on the spot.
She collapsed to the ground, holding Sun Yihui's body, explaining why she didn't kill the seventh concubine, hoping that Sun Yihui wouldn't blame her.
The old lady cried silently and then fainted.
The third concubine seized the opportunity again and brought up the matter once more: to punish that little bitch, the seventh concubine, and make her pay with her life for Sun Yihui.
Although the other concubines were also terrified, they suppressed their fear and helped the third concubine to persuade the old lady to make a decision.
In the end, it was the old lady who stepped forward.
She rejected the unreasonable demands of her concubines in a domineering manner.
Then they sent someone to the temple on Jiuzhen Mountain to invite Master Yuanhui down to preside over the Water and Land Ritual to pray for the soul of Sun Yihui. From these arrangements, it can be seen that although the old lady of the Sun family was stubbornly bound by feudal ideas, she was, at her core, a person capable of handling important matters.
Everything was arranged in a very orderly manner.
They can suppress dissent internally and make thorough arrangements externally.
Ye Shaohong couldn't help but nod in agreement.
"and then?"
Unable to resist, Ye Shaohong blurted out a question.
"Then……?"
Sun Yihai paused, tilted his head back and gulped down the drink in his glass. Then his body trembled and he collapsed onto the table.
The rhythmic snoring immediately filled the air.
This change came so suddenly that Ye Shaohong was completely dumbfounded.
"he……."
"Damn!" Ye Shaohong was also holding a wine glass in his hand at this moment. He had been drinking to his heart's content and listening to the story with great interest.
Now, Sun Yihai has left them speechless.
The drink in the glass instantly lost its flavor.
He glanced down at it, then tossed the cup onto the table with obvious disgust.
"This kid, is he doing this on purpose?"
"Why did he get drunk at the crucial moment?"
Li Yunlong was listening intently when suddenly there was no sound. When he saw Sun Yihai, who was fast asleep, he immediately became anxious.
Standing up, Li Yunlong walked to Sun Yihai's side and began to push Sun Yihai's body.
They tried to wake him up and get him to continue telling the story he hadn't finished.
Li Yunlong pushed and pushed, but Sun Yihai still didn't wake up. With no other option, Li Yunlong could only turn around and look at Ye Shaohong.
I wanted to see what Ye Shaohong thought.
Ye Shaohong pondered for a moment, then finally shook his head.
"never mind."
"Although he didn't finish the story, he still gave us a general idea of what happened."
"We've just arrived here, there's no need to make things too tense with them."
Having made up his mind, Ye Shaohong lost his appetite. He glanced at Yu Manli and saw that she had already stood up. Ye Shaohong waved and stood up as well, leading Li Yunlong, Zhuang Yifan, Zhou Haichao and the others out of the front hall.
They found the servant waiting at the door, gave him a brief explanation, and then went straight back to the small courtyard where they were temporarily staying.
After entering the main room and brewing a strong cup of tea to sober up, Ye Shaohong looked up at Li Yunlong, Zhuang Yifan, and Zhou Haichao. "You all heard the story just now."
"How much of what Sun Yihai said do you think is true and how much is false?"
"Tell me what you think."
When the topic turned to business, Li Yunlong, Zhuang Yifan, and the other two immediately fell silent. They frowned and pondered, recalling the events that had just unfolded.
Just as Li Yunlong was about to speak, another unexpected event occurred.
Suddenly, a soft singing voice drifted from outside the courtyard.
The song was poignant and ethereal.
The sound, reaching the ears of everyone in the room, inexplicably gave them a chilling feeling.
Before they could react, another terrified scream came from outside the courtyard.
"Oh no, oh no!" "Third concubine has hanged herself..."