Chapter 261: Bringing Fire to Oneself
Cheng Ziheng used to come to the farm often. It wasn’t because he liked this place, but because he wanted to make some money from it.
The reason why Jin Sishui is so courageous is probably because of him.
He was into eating, drinking, having fun, whoring and gambling, and he spent money lavishly like water without any count.
When he came to take a hundred taels, Jin Sishui would record three hundred taels in the account and put the remaining two hundred into his own pocket.
Anyway, when the Cheng family investigates, they will put the blame on Cheng Ziheng.
Cheng Ziheng didn't care about these things, he was just happy. Sometimes he came late and the main door was closed, so it was difficult to hear his knocks and the door opened slowly, so he went through the side door.
Sometimes he even climbed through dog holes, so he knew all the ways to enter the village.
This time, he crawled in through the dog hole.
He touched the fire starter in his pocket - it was brought to him by Cheng Zishan when she visited him in the prison.
Cheng Zishan secretly went to the prison last night.
He gave them a few silver notes, totaling only a few dozen taels, and said they were exchanged for jewelry.
Normally, this amount of silver would not be enough for Cheng Ziheng to spend on a meal and drinks, but at this time there was a twenty-liang note stuck to the innermost layer of his clothes.
The same goes for the fire starter. Cheng Zishan said that the fire starter is important. If you stay outside at night, you can use it to light a fire, roast food, and drive away animals.
Tonight, he will use it to set fire and burn Yu Shengsheng to death.
He was familiar with the layout of the manor and knew several of the best courtyards, so he found Yu Shengsheng's residence without any effort.
Fortunately, Yu Shengsheng had just taken over and there were not many guards, so no one noticed him at all.
Everything went surprisingly smoothly.
He picked up a bundle of firewood, walked behind the house, and tried to light it.
But before he could light the tinder, someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder.
He was startled and looked back, only to see a pretty girl with a slender figure, fair skin, and a weak and harmless look.
But those eyes were as dark as a pool, and their gaze was as cold as ice, and they looked at him as if he were a dead person.
"you……"
He suddenly remembered, wasn't this the shy girl who blushed when she spoke during the day?
Her appearance and eyes now are completely different from those in the daytime.
Cheng Ziheng had a bad feeling and subconsciously wanted to run.
Green Lake said in a light voice: "You set the fire, and you still want to run away?"
Cheng Ziheng's hair stood up all over his body. Before he could run away, a weak hand grabbed the back of his neck.
No matter how he struggled, he couldn't break free.
Suddenly he felt a sharp pain on the back of his neck, as if something had pierced his flesh.
Then his body became stiff and he couldn't move, and he heard the woman speaking softly in his ears.
"Since you want to die, I will grant your wish."
…
Yu Shengsheng looked out the window and saw that the wing room was already engulfed in flames.
Lu Hu's hair was disheveled and there was black dust on his face. He was looking at the room in panic.
She was a light sleeper, so she went to Aunt Zhou's room to ask her what kind of embroidery pattern Yu Shengsheng liked, as she wanted to embroider a handkerchief for her.
Jin Baobao looked at the fire and sighed: "It's a pity that the crossbow was not used. Cheng Ziheng set the wing room on fire and even tripped and fell to the ground. I'm afraid there's no hope for him now."
Yu Shengsheng frowned. She didn't expect that Cheng Ziheng would die like this.
I thought I would have to suffer some hardships on the road.
Several escorting officers also rushed over after hearing the news. After putting out the fire, they carried out Cheng Ziheng's body, who had been dead for a long time.
The escorting officers looked at each other and cursed their bad luck. It was just the beginning and one of them died.
Although there are bound to be casualties during the exile, this death at the very beginning...
And, this is the way to die.
Seeing their expressions, Yu Shengsheng smiled faintly: "I am very grateful to all of you officials for passing by today. I wanted to entertain you well, but you are busy with official business. When you return, please stay at the manor when you pass by."
Everyone understood what Yu Shengsheng meant. They had only seen them outside the manor today and not in the manor.
"Thank you, my lord."
After this happened, they decided not to stay in the manor overnight and hurriedly left carrying Cheng Ziheng's body.
Fortunately, I had enough to eat and drink, so the trip was not in vain.
It was the first time for the Cheng family to spend the night in the wild, so they had no chance of falling asleep. But today they were so tired that after a while they fell into a slumber.
Mrs. Cheng was in a daze, so Cheng Zhaoping pushed her and asked her to accompany him to drain the water.
Mrs. Cheng was reluctant, so Cheng Zhaoping scolded her.
When he got to a deserted place, he fastened his belt and couldn't help asking, "Yu Shengsheng said you harmed her. What did she mean? Why did you harm her?"
Seeing that he was still thinking about this, Madam Cheng said unhappily, "It was your sister who first thought of letting her marry Heng'er. Didn't you also go to see your sister to discuss this matter? Now you want to put everything on me?"
Cheng Zhaoping only knew about the marriage, and he also had a premonition that there was something behind it, but he never asked, because by not asking he could pretend not to know.
Now that he heard it, he could pretend that nothing happened, but Yu Shengsheng held a grudge.
"It's all your fault, and Heng'er's fault for not being able to do his best. Why didn't you catch her? If you could, and destroy her innocence, then..."
Mrs. Cheng felt pain in her body and feet, and she became even more unhappy after hearing what she heard.
He glanced at the crowd and asked, "Where's Heng'er?"
Cheng Zhaoping disagreed: "Maybe he also let it go."
As the two were talking, the escorts came back from a distance and started shouting from a distance, waking everyone up.
"What did I say? I told you to behave yourself, but you didn't listen and caused trouble for me when I got old."
As soon as he got close, he started beating with a whip, and everyone screamed.
Cheng Zhaoping quickly ran back to his original position, and Mrs. Cheng also came over despite the pain.
I looked around but still couldn't find Cheng Ziheng.
The escort came over to them and asked, "Tell me, did you know about Cheng Ziheng sneaking into the manor?"
The two were stunned.
Then he saw the corpse being carried back, and his eyes suddenly widened.
After a while, Mrs. Cheng's crying was heard.
Yu Shengsheng changed the yard and could no longer sleep.
Over and over again, all I heard were Mrs. Cheng's unpleasant words and her contemptuous and resentful looks.
There was also Cheng Ziheng's body being carried out.
It was almost dawn and she had just managed to get some sleep. Just as the sky was getting light, she heard a slight noise in the yard.
It was Nanny Zhou and the others who had gotten up and were cleaning.
"Keep your voice down and don't wake the young lady." Nanny Zhou said in a low voice.
Green Lake asked in a low voice: "Leopard, did the young lady have a nightmare last night?"
Jin Baobao sighed, "Probably not. The young lady didn't fall asleep. I listened to her tossing and turning for a long time."
Lu Hu remained silent, feeling secretly annoyed. It would have been better if he had burned it somewhere else.
Yu Shengsheng opened the window and said, "Mammy, pack up. After breakfast, we will go back to the city."
"yes."
In the city.
Hei Bai woke up early in the morning, had breakfast, and then started to parade through the streets beating gongs.
When Su Zhiyi heard the news, she became more and more upset.
She couldn't go and see him again for fear of arousing suspicion, but she had to know the news.
I was thinking about this and that in the yard, and unknowingly pushed the wheelchair to the front yard.
As she was hesitating, someone called her, "Ayi."
Su Zhiyi thought for a moment and came up with a plan.
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