Chapter 148 He's Back to Take My Life
"You need a steady hand to write well."
A large hand enveloped Yu Nian's soft little hand, and the tip of the brush glided across the rice paper, completing the last character "寒" in one go.
Surrounded by the crisp, clear scent of sandalwood, Yu Nian smiled bitterly to herself.
Brother, if you keep things going like this, who can stay calm?
Outside the window, a muffled clap of thunder rolled across the sky, and wisps of rain fell from the heavens, the air filled with the unique earthy fragrance of rainy days.
It's going to rain; the real show is about to begin.
Tonight, some people are destined to be unable to sleep.
...
Before an incense stick had burned, at the residence of Minister Lu.
The corpse delivered by the Imperial Guards was placed in the center of the hall, faintly emitting a pungent, stale stench.
Lu Tao sat in the main seat and pinched his nose in disgust.
"Guards, hurry up and bury this thing!"
At home, Lu Tao didn't even bother to hide it, even though that "thing" was his own daughter.
"Is...is this really a pearl?"
Lu Mingsi stood far away, not daring to even approach. She had never seen the body of a drowned person before, nor did she dare to.
From afar, one could only see the hem of her red wedding dress peeking out from under the white cloth as she lay in the main hall, and the outline of her figure, which had swelled several times over.
"What's all this noise about..."
Lu Baishi only woke up at this moment. Her house had been robbed. Before she could complain to Lu Tao, she heard the servants saying out of the blue that Miss Mingzhu had been sent back.
"You've come at the right time. I'll leave this to you."
Lu Tao felt really unlucky, so he blamed the whole thing on Lu Baishi and went off to enjoy himself in his concubine's arms.
Lu Baishi pinched a handkerchief to cover her nose and looked at the stretcher placed in the main hall.
"What's this……"
The steward came forward and reported, "Madam, this is Miss Mingzhu's body."
Upon hearing this, Lu Bai's eyes narrowed slightly. They had searched all the caravans in the city that night but hadn't found the person. Could it be that the person was really dead?
Well, we've already fallen out with that despicable merchant family anyway, and we'll inevitably have to go to court someday.
Whether Lu Mingzhu lives or dies is no longer important.
"Lift it up and take a look."
Upon hearing Lu Baishi say that she wanted to lift the lid and take a look, Lu Mingsi retreated repeatedly, almost leaving the hall.
"Mother, why are you lifting up this filthy thing to look at it!"
Just smelling it is unbearable, but seeing what it looks like inside would surely give me nightmares.
"How can we know if it's that slut if we don't lift the lid? What if the yamen just sends over anyone to cover up the job?"
"You'll be the matriarch of the household someday. If a dead person scares you this much, you'll be facing similar situations all the time."
As she spoke, Madam Lu instructed the servant to lift the white cloth.
Previously, there was a layer of cloth covering it, and people in the hall could only smell its pungent odor at most. After this last layer of paper was torn away, almost everyone's face scrunched up at the same time.
"vomit……"
Lu Mingsi could no longer hold back. She glanced at the corpse and then vomited without any regard for her image.
Lu Baishi also felt nauseous and vomited. She tried her best to suppress the urge to vomit, never expecting that Lu Mingzhu would turn out like this.
She's been soaked to the point of being unrecognizable. Even if Lu Mingzhu's mother crawled out of her grave, she wouldn't recognize her daughter now.
"Is there any news about Consort Lu?"
Lu Baishi didn't take Lu Mingzhu seriously, but she couldn't refuse to give face to her sister.
"When the Imperial Concubine saw the body, she was heartbroken and said that this was her sister, with a blue birthmark on her left shoulder."
Since even her own sister had been acknowledged, Madam Lu couldn't say anything more.
However, this red wedding dress was indeed prepared by her for Lu Mingzhu.
“Cover it up, get some money from the account, and take it away to hide it.”
She then turned around and gently patted her daughter's shoulder.
"Alright, Mingsi. Go back and rest. I'll have someone make you some calming soup later."
The weather isn't good; it's terribly muggy, and I don't know when the autumn rain will finally come.
There was no funeral, no condolences; only one person was missing in the Lu family's backyard, and an extra memorial tablet appeared in the ancestral hall.
Lu Bai also took some calming soup, but she did not feel calm at all; on the contrary, she felt even more unable to sleep.
After putting on her clothes and sitting up, Madam Lu asked a maid to accompany her to sit in the octagonal pavilion in the courtyard for a while. The air outside was much fresher than inside in this kind of weather.
She had only taken a couple of steps out of the courtyard when Lu Bai looked up and suddenly saw a flamboyant bright red color catch her eye.
"Lu Mingzhu!"
Lu Bai took two steps back, her eyes wide open.
"Look! That's Lu Mingzhu!"
"Madam, what are you saying? Miss Mingzhu has already been buried."
The maid was completely bewildered by what Lu Bai said. She had been by Lu Bai's side for a long time and was used to seeing her do all sorts of heartless things, but she had never seen her look so afraid.
"Are you blind?! She's right there! She's standing in that tree! Someone! Someone, come quick! Grab this girl and bring her down!"
The maid had no choice but to let go of Madam Lu's hand and go to the front yard to call someone. If the madam really made a scene, she wouldn't be able to handle it herself.
But after the maid left, Madam Lu's heart pounded even harder as she watched Lu Mingzhu approach her step by step.
Lu Mingzhu, dressed in red, had her long hair cascading down, obscuring her bluish-purple face. She was as bloated as the corpses she had seen earlier that day.
Suddenly, Lu Baishi remembered what Lu Mingzhu had said before she fell into the river that day.
If I am fortunate enough to become a vengeful ghost, I will come back to take my revenge!
She's back! She's really back to collect her debts!
Sizzle! Sizzle!
Suddenly, several noises startled Lu Mingzhu, causing her to stumble and fall to the ground. She was speechless with shock, her legs too weak to stand up.
This was because several clusters of eerie green flames had suddenly appeared beside Lu Mingzhu.
"This, this...this is...will-o'-the-wisp! Ah! Help!"
Just then, the maidservant arrived from the front yard with the servants and witnessed this breathtaking scene.
"Are you all dead?! Hurry up and come save me!"
Lu Baishi lay crawling on the ground. A light drizzle had begun to fall, wetting the dust on the ground and covering Lu Baishi in mud, making her look extremely disheveled.
No one had ever seen such a scene before. They were duty-bound to save their master, but reason held them back, preventing them from moving forward.
That fire couldn't be extinguished by rain; it was incredibly malevolent.
Everyone knows what kind of person Lu Baishi is. If it really is Miss Mingzhu coming back to take their lives, they will all be terrified.
These people, to varying degrees, had all bullied Lu Mingzhu.
If we really went there, we might lose our lives!
"Damn it, even in death you can't let people have peace!"
Lu Bai struggled to her feet and stumbled into the house.
But what she didn't expect was that as she ran, the eerie green flames behind her suddenly caught up!
It crashed straight into Lu Bai's body.
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