The master had all gone out, and the whole mansion was extremely quiet.
The old man guarding the mourning hall yawned and fell asleep.
Suddenly, he seemed to catch a glimpse of a shadow in the corner of his eye, and the old man quickly raised his head.
"Four, Fourth Master?" The old man rubbed his eyes.
The fourth master nodded, expressionless.
The old man secretly wondered, didn't all the masters go out today? Why did the fourth master come back so early?
Seeing the fourth master stepping into the mourning hall, the old man hurriedly followed in: "Fourth master, what are your orders? I will keep watch and never let anyone disturb the third lady."
The Fourth Master lifted up the thick curtain, and a cold breath hit his face.
In addition, there is a pungent smell of spices.
In order to preserve the body of Mrs. Ming San, the entire back hall was almost made into an ice cellar, and many antiseptics were placed.
The old man shuddered: "Fourth Master!"
He was confused.
Since the haunting happened, no one dared to set foot in the mourning hall. Only the seventh lady came to take a look from time to time, and everyone else took a detour. Why did the fourth master come suddenly?
The fourth master stood in front of the coffin and said slowly: "I dreamed of Third Brother last night and said that he had not met Third Sister-in-law yet. I just came to take a look and asked Third Brother to see Third Sister-in-law and I will leave after a while. You don't have to
Stay with me."
The old man breathed a sigh of relief: "The young one will be guarding outside. Fourth Master, please give me orders if you need anything."
With that said, he went out in a hurry.
It's haunted! Who knows what's in this house.
The old man left, leaving only one person in the back hall.
The fourth master stretched out his hand and pushed open the coffin lid.
In the coffin, the gray face of Mrs. Mingsan was revealed.
Although the body was preserved by ice cubes and antiseptic spices, Mrs. Mingsan's appearance had long since lost its beauty and became ferocious after she had been dead for many days.
The fourth master's eyes showed no fear at all.
He held the coffin and stared at it for a long time, his eyes filled with tears, and his face was full of tears in a moment.
At first, she cried silently, then sobbed quietly, and finally burst into tears.
The cry was faintly heard outside, and the old man's head trembled. Sitting in the sun, he felt very cold.
The Fourth Master said that he came to see the Third Master, and he was crying so sadly. Could it be that he was...possessed?
Heavy curtains isolated the back hall into an independent world, and a square of thick ice cubes brought a bone-chilling chill, creating the chill of death.
A low voice sounded faintly in this small world.
"Ayu, it has been eighteen years and I have never dared to call you like this. Every time I dream about it, I always think of the first time I saw you and the begonia you had in your ear."
"The first time we met was at Baoling Temple. You sprained your leg, and I carried you to the temple for rescue. You may not know that that short journey was the happiest time in my life."
"I originally thought that after I passed the provincial examination, I would explain to my great-aunt that I would come to propose marriage. But who would have thought that in just a few days, I would hear the news that my third brother wants to marry you."
The fourth master raised his head, as if this way, the tears would flow less.
"I don't dare to argue with my third brother. He is an elder brother and I am a younger brother; he is smart and capable, while I am mediocre and incompetent; he is humble and courteous, while I am reckless and impatient... You are a lady, and you should be worthy of a gentleman like him, but you are a pearl with me.
Secret vote."
"But my heart is like a knife! There were many times when I couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to tell you that I was the one who saved you that day. It was me, Ming Chang, not him Ming Xin!"
The fourth master gritted his teeth and tightened his cheek muscles, as if he had returned to that time, but in the end he just sighed in vain.
"That day, I arrived in front of your house without knowing it and sat in the teahouse opposite. I saw you and your sister-in-law going out together, and when I heard you talking about third brother, your eyes were full of joy..."
"The person you are attracted to is the third son of the Ming family, the best young man in Dongning. He has a gentle character and is talented. He has already won the imperial examination before he can reach the weakest level. He is just waiting for the high school examination next year... If you let him go at this time
You know, the first person you met was me, the fourth son of the Ming family who was completely incomparable to my brother, how could you be disappointed?"
"I gave up. When my third brother got engaged to you, my great-aunt also got engaged to me. Just think of it as a dream! I have never met you."
"You got married to your third brother and went to the capital. In the next year, you became the wife of a Jinshi. And I also married a wife and became someone else's husband and father."
"An is very good. I made up my mind to forget you and live my life well. I originally thought I did it, but for eight years, I didn't think much about you. I thought my whole life would pass like this. Who knows?
Here comes the news of the death of Third Brother..."
The Fourth Master lowered his head, and the dried tears flowed out again: "You bring Xiaoqi back, and I am determined to take good care of you. I thought I did a good job, until I found out about Lao Liu..."
He burst into tears again and clutched the skirt of his chest tightly.
"Ayu! I'm sorry for you! They treated you like that, but I didn't have the courage to resist. Family glory, these four words made me breathless. They made me know that I am such a bastard!"
"I don't dare! Third brother has always been so smart and decisive. I can't fight him! I'm just so incompetent. I didn't dare to fight at first, but later I couldn't protect him..."
The Fourth Master recalled that day.
Like an enraged bull, he rushed to the second master and questioned the matter.
The second master took him into the room and saw the face exactly like his own.
He was surprised at first, then angry, and even more angry than before.
Since the third brother is still alive, why do he let others ruin his wife like this?
His third brother, who had regarded him as a god since he was a child, said calmly: "Ji has lost her virginity. Is it possible that the brotherhood is ruined for her? Brothers are brothers, and women are just clothes. If they are broken, they will be thrown away. How can brothers be important?"
"
The Fourth Master couldn't believe what he heard.
He thought that the couple had a close relationship and a deep love for each other, but the third brother said, just throw it away?
Of course he refused, but the third brother just looked at him with a sneer: "Fourth brother, you and I look exactly the same. Now I am a dead person and can't show my face, but you are a living person. Originally, I wanted to 'live', so I can take it."
Your identity is only because of you and my compatriots, and I can’t bear to do such a thing. Don’t force me!”
The fourth master’s heart was filled with coldness.
He believed that the third brother could do it.
If you can even do something like rebellion, what else can you dare to do?
"I'm cowardly, I'm cowardly!" The fourth master said in a hoarse voice, beating his chest, "It's been ten years, and it's like living in hell. But what's the result of enduring like this? You're dead! You're being forced by him alive.
Dead!"
He held the coffin tightly, and his tearful eyes finally revealed a firm light: "He killed you, and now he is going to kill your daughter. I have been cowardly for ten years, but I will always do the last thing for you."