Chapter 99 What I saw in the dream was real. He was the one who betrayed Tang Ning.
Tang Ning cried and trembled all over: "No, it's not me..."
"How dare you quibble!"
Lu Zhinian watched as the man suddenly stepped forward, grabbed the arm of the person on the bed, and lifted up the extremely thin Song Tangning.
"Lan'er defended you, but the people who served her heard you swearing at her with their own ears. If you hadn't hit her, how could she have been injured like that? Song Tangning, look at your face, look at the horrible state you've become now. You don't look like you used to be at all. You're simply disgusting!"
The person on the bed was thrown to the ground, and the thick mattress was suddenly overturned.
The twisted legs, the skinny body, and the fishy smell on the body made the man retreat in a hurry, and he pulled Song Shulan away with disgust.
"You have a vicious mind and even want to ruin Lan'er's face. A vicious person like you should have died in the mountains and never been brought back!"
The room was extremely dark. Song Tangning fell to the ground, crying all over. She tried her best to say "It's not me" and "I didn't do it", but that "Lu Zhinian" didn't listen at all.
He just looked at the ugly man on the ground with disgust, covered his nose with his hand to block out the turbid and fishy smell that filled the air, and held the weak woman beside him in his hand.
"There's no need to say more to such a vicious person. Lan'er, let's go."
…
Shut up……
Shut up!
Lu Zhinian seemed to be trapped in one place, watching the man making love with Song Shulan, and cursing Tang Ning on the ground with foul language. He saw Tang Ning looking up at them with a look of despair in her eyes, and saw those once lively eyes gradually dim.
Stop talking...
Stop talking!!
He tried desperately to struggle but couldn't. He wanted to comfort Song Tangning but was trapped in place. He seemed to be trapped in a nightmare, and his hands kept twitching.
"My dear..."
"My dear!"
Song Mo was so scared when he heard him screaming in pain that he rushed forward, but after calling him twice there was no response at all.
He could only push Lu Zhinian hard, and Lu Zhinian, who was trapped in the "dream", suddenly woke up, tensed his body and gasped.
"My dear, what's wrong with you?" Song Mo was very worried.
Lu Zhinian just kept breathing heavily with sweat on his forehead. He looked at the narrow space around him and felt the shaking under his body. How could this be the Shi'an Garden of the Duke of Song's Mansion... No, it wasn't even the Shi'an Garden.
Song Tangning's Shi'an Garden has always been the most precious place in the Song family. It is exquisitely decorated with carved beams and painted walls. The corridors and the hall are filled with flowers and plants. There are vines climbing up the pavilion in the courtyard, and there are swings among the flowers.
She was the most spoiled and could not stand the slightest bit of dirt. She washed her hands all the time and the house was filled with incense every day. Her dress and hair accessories were all stained with a faint fragrance, which was pleasant to smell.
But the room where Tang Ning was just now was full of cobwebs, the walls were mottled, the bed frame was worn out, and the door beams were shaky.
The courtyard there was extremely desolate, with weeds cluttering the corridors, mottled and worm-eaten column heads, and even the half-dead tree in the yard was pale, just like Song Tangning, who had been abandoned in the inner room and was covered in pus-filled wounds...
Lu Zhinian's face was as pale as paper, his headache continued, and his forehead was covered with dense beads of sweat as if it had been soaked in cold water.
He didn't know why he saw this scene. Song Tangning had clearly returned, and she had not become like that in the mountains. Although he admired Song Shulan, he had never overstepped the boundaries, and it was impossible for him to treat Tangning like that for that woman. But he was so cold and indifferent in that scene just now that it was shocking.
He called "Lan'er" tenderly and was harsh and mean to Song Tangning.
He felt deeply sorry for Song Shulan's red, scalded hands, but he ignored the skinny and wounded Song Tangning...
Lu Zhinian wanted to tell himself that those were all illusions, created because Song Tangning was too indifferent during the day. Whether for the Lu family or for other reasons, he would never treat Song Tangning like that, and Song Tangning would never become like that. However, the increasingly severe pain in his head made him wish he could faint. The scenes he just saw also made him want to retreat from Jiyun Lane.
Seeing his husband sweating profusely and groaning in pain, Song Mo became anxious: "My husband, why don't you go back and let the court doctor take a look at you."
"parking!"
Lu Zhinian bit his lip tightly. When the carriage stopped, he held his head in his hands and shouted, "Let's go to the Duke of Song's Mansion."
"My dear?" Song Mo was shocked. "Duke Song's Mansion has been sealed off a long time ago. We can't get in..."
Lu Zhinian hissed, "Go through the side door of Tongtai Lane."
Upon hearing this, Song Mo remembered that there was a corner gate at the end of Tongtai Lane on the side of the Duke of Song's Mansion, which was located in a hidden place in Song Jinxiuyuan. Not many people knew about that place, and in the past, that's where the young man would go to see the eldest son of the Song family, so he would avoid being seen by others for fear of being talked about by people in the court. But now the Duke of Song's Mansion has been sealed off, and there is no one inside. What can they do there?
He wanted to say something, but Lu Zhinian's headache became more severe, and he curled up. He didn't dare to say anything more. He just supported Lu Zhinian while knocking on the car wall and spoke urgently to the outside.
"Turn around and go to Duke Song's Mansion, take the Tongtai Lane, and avoid the crowds."
…
After the response from outside, the carriage changed its route and headed towards the Duke of Song's Mansion. When it arrived at the corner gate of Tongtai Lane, Song Mo helped Lu Zhinian get off.
The corner gate was hidden in the overlapping dark walls of two houses at the end of the alley. A narrow path extended into it. From the outside, it looked like the corridor of the house on this side, and there was no way to see what was inside.
When the master and servant went there, they found that there was indeed no seal. Song Mo followed the secret bolt left in the corner of the wall to open the door, and then followed Lu Zhinian into the Song family.
In the past, the Duke of Song's mansion was the most prominent. The residence of Song Jinxiu, the eldest son, was even more tidy and clean, with lights always on. But now it was extremely desolate, and the surroundings were so dark and quiet that it was frightening.
The door to the house in the courtyard was wide open, and the things that were originally placed in the house had long been swept away, leaving only some empty wooden doors.
A night breeze blew through the hall, making the door rustle.
Song Mo was so frightened that his whole body was covered with hair: "My dear, there is nothing here, let's go."
Lu Zhinian said nothing, but just walked inside as if he was looking for something.
Seeing this, Song Mo had no choice but to follow. He saw that after Lu Zhinian left Song Jinxiu's yard, he walked further and further away along the backyard of the Song Mansion. The surroundings became more and more desolate. The road under his feet began to be covered with rocks, and the weed-covered walls did not look like the Duke's Mansion at all.
Passing through a clump of tangled bamboo, Song Mo nearly twisted his ankle. When he straightened up, he saw a dilapidated courtyard not far away. His face was filled with astonishment. "My dear, how could the Song family have such a desolate place?"
Lu Zhinian didn't say anything, but continued to move forward in a daze.
When I pushed open the extremely old courtyard door, there was a creaking sound, and the bright moon emerged from the clouds. The half-dead tree in the courtyard was tilted, just as I saw in the "dream".
Lu Zhinian looked as if struck by lightning, his face turned pale.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
