flstandardbreds Chapter 124 Burning
Chapter 124 Burning
"Why didn't you tell me earlier that it was Lin Qianqian who harmed Shu'er! Why!"
Zhu Jingxing roared and questioned again, his usually gentle eyes and eyebrows turned violent and crazy.
"How could I know that you, the governor of Changzhou, couldn't even find out how your beloved disappeared and who killed her!"
Luo Xiaoran's lips curled up slightly, but what she revealed was a sneer, and her pretty face kept emitting cold air:
"The murderer is right next to you, but you haven't found him. Is it because Lin Qianqian is too clever, or is it because you, Master Zhu, are too busy with government affairs to find the time to investigate?
Do you really care about Zhu Jingshu as much as you think? Do you really like Zhu Jingshu that much?
Lin Qianqian likes you, did you know?
Lin Qianqian said that you didn't marry her because of Zhu Jingshu, so she wanted to get rid of Zhu Jingshu so that you would marry her.
Tell me, is it that the sensitive and suspicious Lin Qianqian saw something about your illicit thoughts about Zhu Jingshu, so she is determined to harm Zhu Jingshu by any means necessary? "
After Luo Xiaoran said this, Zhu Jingxing, who was still going crazy, was stunned for a moment, and turned into stone, motionless.
After an unknown amount of time, Zhu Jingxing gave a bitter smile, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes as if accepting his fate:
"At that time, the epidemic in Changzhou was urgent. Changzhou is the gateway to Kyoto. Once there was a civil uprising in Changzhou, Kyoto would be in danger. His Majesty ordered me to quickly resolve the refugee issue. I was too busy every day... It's too late to say anything now."
Zhu Jingxing returned to the chair where he sat at the beginning, with a dazed look on his face. It took him a long time before he spoke:
"Ever since I accidentally saw you in Yizhou, I have been thinking about you with all my heart, and every day I feel like I have lost and regained you.
But you didn't recognize me.
The doctor said you don’t have amnesia, and you don’t seem to be deliberately angry and denying me, but you are obviously Shu’er, even the little red mole on your neck is the same, there is no way I would make a mistake.
Then there is only one possibility, you are indeed not Shu'er, you are a wandering ghost who came from nowhere, and took over Shu'er's body while she was suffering from a cold.
The divination that Master Huineng told me also confirms this point.
But I still couldn't quite believe it. After all, this matter was too bizarre and unheard of, except for the legendary Concubine Yun.
So this time when I went to the capital, I asked many people about Concubine Yun, but everyone was very secretive about it.
By chance, I discovered a secret, and with this secret, I successfully got what I wanted from the Lin family, one of the five great families and the mother's family of Taizong's Queen Lin."
Luo Xiaoran was listening intently. Seeing Zhu Jingxing pause, she couldn't help but ask:
"What did the Lin family say? Do they really have a way to identify the resurrected dead?"
"Ha!" Zhu Jingxing couldn't help but sneer.
“I am also confused by the authorities.
As his wife, Taizong might not be unaware that Concubine Yun had become very strange since she returned to the palace, but he was unwilling to delve into it.
If the Lin family had not proposed the idea of using a corpse to revive the dead and had not joined forces with the court officials to put pressure on the emperor, Emperor Taizong would not have executed Concubine Yun. "
"Oh~~" Luo Xiaoran nodded. She was not surprised by this result at all, but she was surprised that the Lin family could come up with the term "reincarnation". However, this was not something that needed to be considered now.
"So you were lying to me when you said you had a way to identify the resurrected demon? But it doesn't matter. I admit that I am not Zhu Jingshu, and I don't know how I became Zhu Jingshu after I died."
Luo Xiaoran had a calm expression. After thinking it over again and again, she decided to lay everything out:
"After I woke up, I didn't know what this body was called or what my identity was. It was only when Lin Qianqian sent someone to assassinate me that I learned that my original body was Zhu Jingshu, the younger sister of Zhu Jingxing, the new governor of Changzhou."
Having said that, Luo Xiaoran looked at Zhu Jingxing solemnly and said in a deep voice:
"I think I should apologize to you. No matter what, when I found out that my original body was Zhu Jingshu, even if I didn't plan to look for you, I should have found a way to tell you that Zhu Jingshu was dead so that you could completely put your worries to rest.
I thought that Daliang was so big that we would never meet again and would no longer be involved, but I didn't expect that somehow this matter would still have to be resolved."
"Apologize?" Zhu Jingxing asked back, "It's too late! Zhu Qiu, bring me a tinder!"
"What do you want to do!" Luo Xiaoran asked weakly.
"After I found out that you were a wandering ghost who came from nowhere, do you think I would let you run around everywhere with Shu'er's skin on? Since Shu'er can't come back, I must let her rest in peace."
Luo Xiaoran felt a pain in her back teeth, and was so angry that she wanted to bite Zhu Jingxing's hand holding the fire starter. Looking at the crazy Zhu Jingxing, she couldn't help but persuade him, "Calm down, if you light this fire, won't you burn down the building as well?"
"This courtyard originally belonged to Shu'er, so let's burn it down for her now!"
Luo Xiaoran: ...so heroic! I am speechless.
Seeing Zhu Jingxing about to blow the fire stick, Luo Xiaoran hurriedly said: "Zhu Jingshu is already dead. If you kill me for her now, won't this add to her sin?"
Hearing this, Zhu Jingxing stopped lighting the cigarette, "But, if Shu'er is not buried in peace, her soul will still be restless." He was about to continue lighting the cigarette.
"If you light this, won't Zhu Jingshu's body be burned to ashes? Isn't it taboo for you ancient people to grind bones and scatter ashes?" Luo Xiaoran continued to lobby Zhu Jingxing for her own life.
"That's because you, a monster, must be burned at the stake to be truly executed. For this reason, I can only let my Shu'er turn into dust." Zhu Jingxing began to move the fire lighter towards Luo Xiaoran again.
Just as the tinder was about to ignite the cloth that bound her, Luo Xiaoran spoke again with a sharp expression:
"Think it over carefully. Since God arranged for me to come back to life in Zhu Jingshu's body, it means that Zhu Jingshu and I must have a special fate. Even if it's for the sake of me bearing Zhu Jingshu's face, please don't burn me!"
But Zhu Jingxing was like a madman, not listening to Luo Xiaoran at all. Luo Xiaoran finally couldn't hold back her anger:
"Zhu Jingxing, if you want to avenge Zhu Jingshu, then kill Lin Qianqian first and then commit suicide!
Lin Qianqian harmed Zhu Jingshu, you failed to protect Zhu Jingshu, I prevented Zhu Jingshu's body from rotting in that small, dilapidated temple, you don't need to seek revenge on me!"
Luo Xiaoran's words successfully stopped Zhu Jingxing's actions. He raised his eyes to look at Luo Xiaoran's face, actually looking at Zhu Jingshu: "But, because of you, I can't avenge Shuer."
Luo Xiaoran didn't understand why Zhu Jingxing said that: "It was Lin Qianqian who harmed Zhu Jingshu. She is staying at your house now. You can torture her with eighteen kinds of torture to make her atone for Zhu Jingshu's sins!"