"Keep digging."
She stood up, stepped back to the water vat, and waited until the coffin was carried into the pit, candles were lit, and paper money was scattered before she affixed a talisman to the water vat.
Mo Yunhan saw that the number of fish in the water was exactly the same as the number of skeletons, so he turned his head and asked her.
"Should the fish be buried in as well?"
Jiang Qingwan looked up.
"No, after we bury the coffin, we'll find a place and have the cook make spicy fish, and we'll eat it together."
Mo Yunhan choked, and his voice became somewhat strange.
"Eat it?"
Li Dou was shoveling dirt, panting heavily.
"You can't eat it. That's a koi carp. It's small, tough, and has a lot of bones. The meat doesn't taste good either."
Ye Qi couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
Is this a matter of whether it tastes good or not?
The offerings placed in the cemetery were exactly the same number as the bones; just thinking about it is chilling, how could anyone bring themselves to eat them?
"Jiang Niangzi, are you really going to eat it?"
Jiang Qingwan gave a cool smile.
"You like to eat it? Then I'll give it to you."
Ye Qi waved his hand repeatedly, feeling that Jiang Niangzi was more unpredictable than usual today.
His words were barbed, and he was even more unpredictable than his lord.
Could it be that you had a bad chat with your master last night?
After the coffin was buried, several workers erected a blank stone tablet.
Jiang Qingwan looked at Mo Yunhan again.
Do you want me to write an inscription?
Mo Yunhan pondered for a moment, then stepped forward and asked Ye Qi for the sword.
With a flick of his wrist, he quickly carved a line of characters on the stone tablet.
“Yun Yaoyao and thirteen servants of the Yun family were sacrificed.”
Signed: Mo Yunhan.
Looking at his name deeply engraved on the stone tablet, Jiang Qingwan's heart tightened.
It turned out that he knew what kind of people had died.
But why not let those who should atone for their sins come to atone?
However, this was ultimately someone else's business, and she didn't want to bother with it anymore. She had Lian'er distribute the money to the shop assistants, and only after everyone had left did she say, "Li Dou, accompany Lian'er out of the city, find a clean river, and release these fish back into the wild."
Li Dou was still thinking about Jiang Qingwan's earlier comment about wanting to eat spicy fish.
"Miss, let's release some fish into the river in the eastern suburbs. I'll catch you a few grass carp; they're delicious."
Eastern suburbs?
Jiang Qingwan thought for a moment.
That place is quite suitable.
“Okay, but we’ll avoid the fishing boats and docks to prevent them from being caught again right after we release them.”
Mo Yunhan made the suggestion.
"The Prince's mansion has a pond; wouldn't it be safer and more secure to raise animals in it?"
Just as Li Dou and Lian'er were about to leave, they both looked up at him upon hearing this, and then turned to Jiang Qingwan in unison.
Since they're worried about being caught, keeping them in the pond in the mansion is indeed a safer option.
It seemed she knew what he cared about.
Jiang Qingwan's eyes were clear and cold.
"The fish doesn't have Yun Yaoyao's soul in it. It only absorbed the resentment left in the bones and found a way to dissipate into the world. Even if you raise it for ten or twenty years, Yun Yaoyao will never come back."
After saying that, she turned and left.
If you can't protect someone while they're alive, why dwell on them when they're dead?
Did I move myself, or did I soothe my guilt?
It's all in vain for the dead!
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