The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort - 168. The death of Jiang Susu

Jiang Susu’s disappearance for no reason was stabbed out. The dozen or so guards who followed did not realize that it was wrong until the dawn of the east the next day, and no one answered after a few calls. Only then did they find that there was only one dead maid in the carriage, and where was the young lady? Silhouette.

After the dozen or so guards returned to Shang Shufu in panic and reported the matter to Jiang Quan, Jiang Quan almost fainted. However, the guards also made it clear that Jiang Susu had killed the close maid and pretended to be a close maid and escaped on his own. He couldn’t blame others. The people sent by Jiang Quan also confirmed that this was the case. She couldn’t speak anymore outside. It’s just that Miss Tangtang Yifu escaped by herself and her whereabouts are unknown. It’s not a clear thing to tell. The dozen or so guards definitely can’t keep alive. Jiang Quan ordered these people to be dealt with. Xu is the guards who knew they were wronged, and they didn’t know what means they used to stabbed the matter out before death. For a while, the whole city knew that Jiang Quan had lost the second lady in his house.

During this period of time, Shangshu Mansion has been on the cusp of the storm, walking in the streets and alleys, and everywhere people talk about it, they have nothing to do with the Jiang family. Jiang Quan was mad, and it was difficult for everyone to talk about it. Jiang Ruan was taken back to Jinying Palace by Xiao Shao. Otherwise, he would go to the palace to accompany the Queen Mother Yi De. In this way, Jiang Quan doubled the anger in his heart on Hong Ying, who had a small birth. Hongying was already weak, Jiang Quan beat her and kicked her like this every day, deliberately trying to torture her to death, Hongying knew that there was no way to survive, so he swallowed gold and died one night.

An aunt fell out of favor again, and died when she died. Jiang Quan didn’t even ask someone to prepare a coffin for her, so she directly let her mother-in-law roll up a broken mat and threw it to the mass grave. A generation of beautiful ladies died away, but they couldn’t tell whether they were embarrassed or what.

So the huge Jiang’s Mansion, except for the aunt who lived in Jian, there are no more concubines at this point. Jiang Quan was hit hard by this, and he often stood in the yard in a daze. The soft voices of Yingying, Yanyan and Yanyan in the past were in sharp contrast with the deserted and indifferent depression.

The people sent to search for Jiang Susu were slow to find out. Jiang Chao was more anxious than Jiang Quan. Jiang Chao and Jiang Susu are brothers and sisters of the same mother. Jiang Susu has been favored since childhood, and Jiang Chaonatural also loves her. Although angry that Jiang Susu was so impulsive, he still asked Xuanli for help and sent a group of people to search for Jiang Susu’s whereabouts. Now he Yu Xuanli can be regarded as useful. Xuanli Zilai is also a gentleman who can be a courteous corporal, and he is willing to help.

Xuanli’s people are really more useful than Jiang’s servants. At least the people sent by Jiang Quan have not heard of their whereabouts. Xuanli’s subordinates have already told Jiang Chao: “My son, I have found the whereabouts of Miss Jiang Er.” .”

At that time, Jiang Chao was practicing calligraphy in the study, and he couldn’t calm down no matter what, his handwriting was crooked and crooked. Hearing this, his hand shook immediately, and a large drop of ink fell on the snow-white rice paper, forming a large ink flower. He raised his head and said eagerly: “Where is she?”

“This…” The guard looked a little embarrassed. He waited for a while, and Jiang Chao suddenly felt a bad premonition in his heart. He couldn’t care about anything else, and grabbed his collar and shouted: “What’s the matter? NS!”

“Go back to the son.” The guard was taken aback by Jiang Chao’s appearance, and he didn’t dare to conceal anymore. It’s been several days.”

With a “pop”, Jiang Chao could no longer hold the pen in his hand. The finest white jade wolf fell on the ground and made a crisp sound, which was especially clear in the silent room. The guard felt that the surrounding atmosphere was terribly stagnant, and he lowered his head motionless not to look at Jiang Chao’s expression.

I don’t know how long it took for a terrible silence before I heard Jiang Chao’s gritted teeth: “Prepare the horse.”

“The son?” The guard was stunned, and couldn’t help being stunned when he met Jiang Chao’s eyes. I saw that those slightly gloomy eyes were filled with deep hatred and madness at this moment, and there was almost no doubt that he would destroy everything in the next moment. Those terrifying eyes, but the expression is very calm, calm to the point of distortion. He said: “Come here, let me save the second lady.”

The sunlight from the deep mountains seems to have been shaded by dense trees, leaving only a few star points to shine. The dilapidated village is like a discarded bead embedded in a mountain, worn and blackened, but still stubbornly staying in place.

The door opened with a creak. A woman came out from inside.

The woman was wearing a coarse linen with reduced men’s clothes. The trouser legs were half-lengthened, revealing a pair of white calves, but the white calves were covered with traces of bruising. The arms and neck are the same-the clothes are too big, even if they are changed smaller, they still don’t fit. Her appearance was extremely beautiful, she looked like a fairy, but she was a bit old because of too much haggard, and her eyes were also full of blue and black, which greatly compromised her beauty. She has fair skin and a slim figure. If she wears beautiful clothes and a little dress up, she will be able to show her beauty. It is a pity that now this woman is just a haggard-looking peasant woman.

Holding a basket in her hand, she walked out the door, walked to a creek not far from the village and squatted down, took out pieces of clothes full of alcoholic smell from the basket, and began to wash them slowly. . She washes very slowly, her green, white and tender hands are frayed by such activities, and her hands are red and swollen from deep into the cold river water. It is obvious that she was not used to doing these things before. Even so, she is still scrubbing slowly. This woman is no one else, but Jiang Susu.

Around her, there are many women like her washing clothes by the river. All of them are wearing bare clothes. Some have good looks and some are slightly mediocre, but everyone has the same expression. He showed a kind of dead gray numbness, his eyes were absent, and he seemed to be used to this kind of life.

The sun rose from the east, but it did not bring the slightest warmth. Jiang Susu was very serious, her eyes disappeared from the disdain and ridicule of the first few days, showing a kind of numb deference.

In the past few days, she lived a life like hell. The women in this village are men’s accessories, they are a tool for them to vent. On weekdays, they have to wash, cook, and sew clothes. Mountain bandits never pity and cherish jade. Whether you are a lady or a small household girl, if you don’t satisfy them, you will fight each other. Every woman here has been beaten.

This is not the most painful. The most painful thing is that once it’s night, he has to serve several men at the same time, which is worse than the woman in the brothel. If the women in the brothel are red cards, they probably still have to carry some, but here, women have no dignity at all. At night, these beasts only vent their own animal words. Women don’t live long here, and no one can accept this. Long toss.

It’s not that I haven’t thought of running away, but the people here have their own way of running away women, catch them back and beat them up, and then lock them up to repeat the nightmare of the night. But for a few days, Jiang Susu didn’t have a good place on his body. Among this group of women, she has the best appearance, the most delicate skin, and is newcomer. Almost every man is full of interest in her. Therefore, her life is extremely difficult.

In such a place, those so-called charm techniques are useless, and it is very useful to deal with princes and grandchildren of the noble family. But in this barren mountain, there is nothing useful except to arouse the animal desires of more men. Just because these mountain bandits and wild thief didn’t know how to pity and cherish jade, there was only tyranny and plunder in their bones. Therefore, in a short period of time, Jiang Susu was in his shape and almost changed a person.

After washing her clothes, she had to go back to the house to collect firewood and make a fire to cook. When she didn’t want to walk halfway, she heard a loud sound of horses hooves, and the person in the lead strangled the horse in front of her, turned over, and screamed. A cry: “Sister!”

Jiang Susu raised his head sluggishly. It seemed that he could only see the person in front of him after watching for a long time. He was taken aback for a moment and called out, “Brother.”

Jiang Chao looked at Jiang Susu in disbelief. Jiang Susu had always been immaculate and beautiful in his heart, and there would never be a trace of dust on his body. Who is this dirty, haggard, smelly woman now? Is it his gorgeous sister?

Jiang Susu looked at Jiang Chao, blinked his eyes, suddenly his eyes flushed, two lines of tears rolled down, and he couldn’t care about anything else. He hugged Jiang Chao tightly and cried, “Brother, why are you here now!” ”

When Jiang Chao was so hugged by Jiang Susu, the tip of his nose was immediately filled with a disgusting stench. The brothers and sisters have always lived in Jiang’s Mansion with a respectable and generous life. They looked down on the poor in their hearts and considered themselves superior. When Jiang Chao saw Jiang Susu’s embarrassed appearance, he was shocked. Jiang Susu held such a hug, he subconsciously stretched out his hand to push Jiang Susu away, but was stunned when he stretched out his hand, his eyes straightened when he saw the red marks on Jiang Susu’s neck.

The spy who came back reported that Jiang Susu had been taken into captivity to the mountain bandit’s den for several days and was shocked, and it was bound to be no longer a perfect body. But thinking in my heart is different from seeing it with my own eyes. Seeing the stained marks on Jiang Susu’s body, the last trace of luck in Jiang Chao’s heart also disappeared, and his mind was suddenly blank, and some of them couldn’t make a sound.

Jiang Susu didn’t realize it. The moment she saw Jiang Chao, she gradually walked out of the numbness and sadness of the previous few days. There was only endless hatred in her heart, and her voice became sharp and distorted: “Brother, you want to avenge me. I want to kill all the bandits here! These bandits are not human, they beat me… Brother, kill them, kill them all!” Jiang Susu cried and laughed, his voice was on the verge of collapse, but the words were bitter. But it is undiminished. Jiang Chao is her elder brother and must avenge her. These dirty and smelly men will all turn into corpses. As long as he thinks of this, Jiang Susu’s heart is full of joy. She said: “There are also those women, they have seen me, and they can’t keep any of them!”

She just vented the pain in her heart these few days, but didn’t pay attention to Jiang Chao’s expression. Jiang Chao stared closely at the red marks on Jiang Susu’s neck, his eyes straightened, and his eyes were quite trance.

Jiang Susu has now become like this, even if he takes it back, his body is not innocent. Originally, this girl, Meiruo, is very likely to pave the way for his official career, for the prosperity of the Jiang family, and may even become the mother of the country in the prosperous age. But now that the abacus is ruined, Jiang Susu’s reputation and innocence are no longer there. It is no longer possible to climb a marriage that is beneficial to Jiang’s mansion by virtue of his beauty. If today’s events are passed on, Jiang Susu will become the plaything of the bandits, dignified. The innocent daughter of Shang Shufu was actually taken over by a group of mobs, and speaking out would make the Jiang family unable to lift it up from then on. In that case, Jiang Susu’s existence is just a spark that doesn’t know when it will cause a big fire, and keeping it is a hidden danger.

Moreover, Jiang Chao’s eyes darkened. Now he is following Xuanli’s hands. He has gradually improved. Xuanli has also begun to reuse him. It was because of Xia Yan’s affairs that his colleagues had been instructed. If it were more For Jiang Susu, it is very rare for him to make progress in his future career. Those colleagues who fought with him openly and secretly will certainly not let this opportunity fall into trouble. No, maybe they have already started to act now. The thing that Jiang Susu lost has now spread in the capital. He can find Jiang Susu, and others will surely be able to find it too.

He can’t let Jiang Susu’s existence become his stumbling block.

Jiang Chao’s eyes changed a few times, and it seemed that he had finally made a certain decision. He looked at Jiang Susu who threw himself in his arms, stretched out his hand and stroked her dirty hair, gently comforted: “Okay, I will kill them for you, and the second brother will avenge you. These women, there are mountains. Bandits, none of them can escape, I will let them all go to see the king of Yama.”

Jiang Susu clutched Jiang Chao’s clothes tightly, and said: “And that bitch Jiang Ruan, if she didn’t calculate me, why am I here, brother, I am now where I am now, all thanks to that bitch. And Xiao Shao, the two of them united to harm me so far. If this hatred is not revenge, I promise not to be a man!”

“Okay,” Jiang Chao’s voice dripped softly. He patted Jiang Susu’s shoulder lovingly, as if he was really a kind brother, and comforted: “Jiang Ruan, Jiang Chao and General Mansion, Jin Ying Prince Palace, don’t let it go. My brother will avenge you. These people hurt you. I want them all to bury you!”

Jiang Susu snuggled in Jiang Chao’s arms, feeling very happy in his heart, but also ignored Jiang Chao’s strange gaze. She asked: “Brother, when shall we return to the house?”

“Go home?” Jiang Chao apologized: “Sister, you can’t go home anymore.”

“What?” Jiang Susu felt cold in her chest before she understood it. When she looked down, she had already pierced the tip of a white sword in her chest. The hilt of the sword at the other end was in Jiang Chao’s hand. Jiang Chao drew the sword back, Jiang Susu spit out a mouthful of blood, and fell softly.

All this happened so quickly that she couldn’t even ask why, she just stared at Jiang Chao with wide-eyed eyes and unwillingly. Jiang Susu didn’t expect to die. The rescuer who was waiting for the rescue by all means, finally died in her own brother. Hands.

“I’m sorry, Susu,” Jiang Chao looked away, not daring to look at Jiang Susu’s body: “I can’t let you block my way. Those who make big things don’t stick to the trivial. Besides, this also allows you to get free early.” He sighed: “Don’t be afraid, mother will come down to accompany you soon, you will not feel lonely. As for the things I promised you, the revenge for you, I will not fall behind.”

At night, in Zhuangzi, a few hundred miles away from the capital, in a shabby and dark house, a figure sat quietly. The oil lamp has dried up a long time ago, and obviously no one has been here for a long time to add oil to the oil lamp. There was a dying rotting smell in the room.

The woman was very old, her white hair from her temples was glued together with oil and dirt, and she was in a mess behind her head. It also seemed that he had not been cleansed for a long time, and his whole body seemed to be covered with a layer of armor. Only a pair of big eyes could vaguely see its former grace, but it was only the past.

Xia Yan didn’t know how long she had stayed here. Day after day passed. No one talked to her. She lived in this place every day. There were no fresh fruits and vegetables, only rotten food and dirty quilts. roof. She was mad, sometimes awake, mostly mad, but now awake. Today she doesn’t know why, but feels a little uneasy in her heart. An inexplicable depression stuck in my heart, as if something big was about to happen. She stretched out her hands covered with black mud nails in vain and stroked the ground.

But I heard the door open with a squeak.

Xia Yan suddenly raised her head, and watched as someone walked in with a Huozhezi in his hand and gently closed the door. She hadn’t seen the light for a long time, and was dazzled by the light for a while, and couldn’t see the appearance of the people in front of her.

The man put Huo Zhezi aside, sat down, the light slowly settled, and Xia Yan also began to adapt to the temporary light. Only a familiar voice came: “Mother.”

Xia Yan was shocked, tears burst into his eyes. She lived in this place day after day, being bullied and beaten up, as if she had been forgotten by everyone. Never thought that her son would appear in front of her alive now. She opened her mouth, but her throat made a dry voice because she hadn’t spoken for a long time.

When Jiang Chao saw Xia Yan’s appearance, he seemed to be extremely shocked. Then, a trace of anger appeared in his eyes: “They treat you like this!”

Before Xia Yan, he hadn’t come to see Jiang Chao for a long time. Sooner or later, the nobleman in Chen Fang’s mouth was going to kill her again. Looking at Jiang Chao’s appearance now, there is no ignition at all. She thought, Jiang Chao is her son after all, and he is still facing her anyway. It’s all these Diao slaves making their own opinions. After all, Jiang Chao still recognizes him as his mother-in-law.

But Xia Yan never thought, if he really cared about his mother, how could he never ask for such a long time. Even if Jiang Chao is busy on weekdays, it would be good to send a small servant over to see the situation. Just as Jiang Ruan was sent to Zhuangzi to be bullied by others, it was because of Jiang Chao’s attitude toward Xia Yan that these people dared to behave like this. Jiang Chao is not that stupid yet, naturally knowing that Xia Yan is likely to be bullied when sent to Zhuangzi, but he is indifferent. The selfishness of this person has reached the extreme. Although Xia Yan was vicious, she was a competent mother. Everything she did was to pave the way for the two brothers and sisters of Jiang Chao, but unfortunately the two brothers and sisters took care of themselves in the same way, and did not take this mother to heart.

Jiang Chao glanced at Xia Yan and suddenly said, “Mother, my sister is dead.”

Xia Yan was taken aback and looked at Jiang Chao in shock.

Jiang Chao continued: “She was caught in the tricks of others and angered her father. His father wanted to send her to be an aunt in the nunnery. She refused. She escaped at night and was caught in a bandit den. She was insulted and committed suicide. And die.”

He was calm when he said every word, but every word was poking a knife in Xia Yan’s heart. Xia Yan let out a scream from his throat, but could no longer speak. Only two lines of tears kept falling.

“Why… didn’t you protect her?” she asked hard.

“I protect her?” Jiang Chao sneered: “How can I protect her? As my mother and sister’s mother, shouldn’t she protect us? Do you know how my sister got caught in other people’s tricks? My sister wants to seduce Jinying Wang Zi is willing to be a concubine! Does my mother know why my sister’s concubine is willing to be a concubine? Because the mother’s reputation is bad, no one has proposed to her sister yet! Jiang Ruan, the bitch has been married to King Jinying by the queen dowager. However, my younger sister has no one to care about because of her mother’s corruption. Her sister’s death is caused by her mother alone!”

Xia Yan was shocked and looked at Jiang Chao incredulously. At the beginning, she was clearly calculated by others, even if others doubted her virtue, Jiang Chao is her biological son, how could he say such a thing!

She didn’t know, because her reputation was destroyed, Jiang Chao couldn’t lift his head in front of his colleagues, and this incident was often used by others to slander him. Today Jiang Chao accused Jiang Susu of dying because of her, but he was actually venting his resentment! He blamed Xia Yan!

“No…it’s not me…” Xia Yan said.

Jiang Chao shook his head: “It doesn’t matter, mother, it’s just that I promised my sister that I would avenge her. Now that King Jinying and Jiang Ruan are of higher grades than me, I can only avenge my sister if I have a good career.” Looking at Xia Yan, a strange light flashed in his eyes: “And mother, as long as you are in one day, I have a reason to be criticized, and I will never be able to get promoted upright.”

It took a long time for Xia Yan to understand the meaning of Jiang Chao’s words. She looked at her son as if she didn’t know him: “You… want me to die?”

“Since my mother loves my siblings so much, I want to fulfill my sister’s long-cherished wish. Now I really can’t think of any other way.” Jiang Chao’s voice is low, but there is no trace of guilt: “Mother is a wise man. Go to the son.”

“Niezi…” Xia Yan gasped and panted, “Get out!”

Jiang Chao shook his head: “The son is here this time because the blood is thicker than the water and he wants to make his mother feel better. The mother has to give up if he doesn’t appreciate the son. It’s just…some things, the process is not important, the result is important, isn’t it? ?”

“You want to kill me?” Xia Yan’s eyes widened.

“No, I believe my mother will want to understand, don’t you?” He smiled slowly, showing his white teeth, but with an unprecedented clear posture, like a wild beast under the lights. He said: “The beams in this room are high enough, mother, exchange her life for a reputation for innocence, how does mother know the best deal?”

He just walked out the door.