Chapter 546: A terrifying death
The crowd gathered at the gate of Jinpinghou Mansion.
The doorman of the Marquis of Jinping's mansion heard the noise inside and hurriedly opened the door to check.
Seeing countless people gathered around.
The doorman tried to drive them away: "Walk, walk, walk, what are you looking at? Don't you see where this is? You can't just hang around and watch."
The people retreated a little, but did not leave.
Instead, he pointed at the beam and said: Look up.
The doorman looked up and saw something long hanging on the beam, swaying back and forth.
The doorman felt uneasy and had a bad feeling.
The concierge took the courage to examine the place carefully with a lantern.
I saw a skinny woman wearing a white dress, hanging on a white silk.
The night wind was cool, making the white clothes sway, and a pair of purple-blue feet were faintly visible.
Looking up, I saw a woman's face.
Her face was pale and gray, she was skinny, her eye sockets were sunken, her eyes were wide open, her eye sockets were bloodshot, and her tongue was sticking out, like a reincarnated evil spirit.
"Yes, yes, yes...it's Young Madam!" The doorman was so frightened that his legs went weak and he fell to the ground.
The lantern fell and caught fire instantly.
The light is very bright.
It reflected the woman's horrifically distorted face.
The onlookers immediately saw the woman's ferocious expression.
Someone was so frightened that he fell to the ground and shouted hoarsely: "Die... She will die with her eyes open!" The onlookers retreated further and further away, but no one left.
The doorman wanted to go back and inform his master.
But he tried several times but couldn't get up.
In the end, he had to crawl back to the mansion using his hands and feet.
The news that the wife of the Crown Prince of Jinping Marquisate had hanged herself at the gate spread rapidly as if it had wings.
More and more people gathered at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion.
When the masters of the Marquis' Mansion came out, there were already three layers of people surrounding the door.
Jin Pinghou secretly cried out in his heart: "This matter can no longer be concealed."
If the news of the daughter-in-law hanging at the gate were to get out, the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion would be completely ruined!
Marquis Jinping had a gloomy face and whispered to the servants, "Go over quickly and put the lady down."
Hearing the horrifying news of Ruyue's death, the servant was so frightened that his legs went weak, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go forward to put the person down.
Just as they were about to carry the person into the mansion, they saw a group of people pushing through the crowd and walking in. "Lord Huo, I heard someone died in your mansion. Do you want us to help investigate?"
This line of work is not for ordinary people.
In addition to the imperial guards of the Acropolis, there were also officials from the Jingzhao Prefecture and the Dali Temple.
The three groups of people all looked at Lord Huo with burning eyes.
Lord Huo's face was darker than the bottom of a pot, but he soon revealed a look of sadness: "I would like you to investigate together and find out whether someone has murdered my daughter-in-law."
He was afraid that if he hesitated for another second, others would suspect that the Marquis' Mansion had murdered him to silence him.
"That involves an autopsy. Someone, call in the female coroner from the Dali Temple."
The body cannot be removed.
It's not appropriate to lie down like this in front of everyone.
soon.
A circle of tents was set up at the entrance of the marquis's mansion to maintain dignity for the deceased.
After the three parties had inspected the scene and found no suspicious traces, the female coroner from the Dali Temple was also invited over.
After some examination, the female coroner concluded that she had indeed died by hanging, but there was toxin in her body.
Huo Yaoxing quickly explained, "My wife is seriously ill and her health is deteriorating. We've tried everything we can, and recently we've been using poison to treat her..."
As he spoke, his eyes became red and he choked with sobs.
The servant then brought the medicine residue and the prescription.
Please ask a doctor to confirm that the prescription is indeed a strong medicine that will only be used when there is no other choice.
The case was quickly determined.
Wen Ruyue hanged herself to death.
While Lord Huo breathed a sigh of relief, he also felt uneasy.
Sure enough, the onlookers began to discuss: "If it wasn't murder, why did the Crown Prince's wife hang herself at her own doorstep when she was perfectly fine? She even died with her eyes open."
"Yes. Master Huo is a well-known loving wife. Even though she is seriously ill, why would she seek death?"
“Maybe the loving wife persona is all fake.
Master Huo has long disliked her."
"No way! If it's not true love, how can you kowtow in public and ask for a peace amulet?"
"Aren't there enough people who say one thing to your face and another behind your back?"
When Marquis Jinping heard these words, his face turned blue and then white, and then white and then blue again.
He glared at Huo Yaoxing fiercely and warned him in a low voice, "Look at what you have done.
Deal with these conversations."
"Yes, father." Huo Yaoxing responded with his head down.
As soon as Marquis Jinping left, Huo Yaoxing stumbled to the corpse.
His knees gave way and he fell to his knees beside the corpse.
He stretched out his trembling hand and tried to grab Wen Ruyue's hand.
But her death was too horrible.
The skin on his hands was sticking to the bones, blue and purple, like a mummy.
Huo Yaoxing withdrew his hand in fear, as if he could not bear the blow. He leaned his head against the ground and sobbed, "Yue'er! My Yue'er, why did you become so depressed that you committed suicide?
You left me alone, what should I do...
Life is short, but I can't get through a single day without you..."
Huo Yaoxing cried so much that he fainted on the spot.
The servants in the Marquis' Mansion were panicked and hurriedly carried Huo Yaoxing back to the mansion.
The onlookers began to praise Huo Yao for his deep loyalty and sense of justice.
Some people even began to worry that since he loved his wife so much, he might commit suicide for her.
The voices of those who wanted to dig deeper into the cause of Wen Ruyue's death soon faded away.
Marquis' Mansion.
In Huo Yaoxing's yard.
The servant took him back to his room and left.
Huo Yaoxing also opened his eyes at this time.
The new personal servant hurried forward to serve.
Huo Yaoxing waved the servant away and said, "Go get me some water to wash up. Also, prepare some mugwort and pomelo leaves."
He was so sick.
I was so close to the corpse just now, I guess all the bad luck must have touched me.
He must exorcise the evil spirits from his entire body.
Soon, the servant came in with water.
He washed and rubbed it with soap four or five times before stopping.
He asked the servant, "What are the rumors outside now?"
The servant immediately raised two fingers and flattered him, "You are so great, my lord.
After you fainted from crying just now, everyone has only praised you and no one has said a single negative word about you."
Huo Yaoxing moved the teacup and said, "You go down first. If anyone comes looking for me again, tell them that I was too sad and fell ill after fainting, and I can't get up to greet them."
"Yes." The servant took the order and went out.
The door closed.
Huo Yaoxing rubbed his fingers together and asked, "Why did Wen Ruyue suddenly commit suicide?"
The dosage of the medicine she was given last night was increased. She should have been in so much pain that she couldn't even stand. How could she have avoided the layers of guards at the Marquis' Mansion and ran to the gate to hang herself?
Could it be that the dosage of medicine last night made her guess that she was the one who drugged him?
So she deliberately hanged herself at the door?
Want to destroy myself.
Think of this.
Huo Yaoxing smashed the tea bowl in his hand.
hateful!
Wen Ruyue is so hateful that she even wants to make her suffer in death.
Wen Yan slept until she woke up naturally.
It was already noon outside.
She stretched lazily and went out to look for food, and unexpectedly ran into Pearl in the front yard.
Wen Yan looked at her in surprise: "You're not going to the shop today?"
“There’s a young eunuch named Xiaobai watching over the shop.
Miss, there is some big gossip out there, and I can’t wait to come back and tell you.”
"What gossip? Tell me about it."
Pei'er then told Wen Yan the story of the Marquis of Jinping's Mansion in vivid detail.
Wen Yan pretended to be surprised: "I didn't expect that Wen Ruyue would end up like this."
Pei'er tutted her words, "Miss, you don't know how capable the people in the Marquis of Jinping are.
Logically speaking, Wen Ruyue was not yet forty, so there could not be a grand wedding, nor could she be buried in the Huo family's ancestral tomb.
However, the Huo family said that their son loved Zhongwen Ruyue, and since they could not be husband and wife for a long time while they were alive, they wanted them to rest together after death.
Not only did they allow Wen Ruyue to be buried in the Huo family's ancestral tomb, they also gave her a grand funeral."
For a while.
Ordinary people in the capital all praised the Huo family for their loyalty and righteousness.
Pei'er curled her lips as she spoke, not hiding her disdain for the Huo family.
Wen Yan pinched her face and said, "Okay, just treat it as a joke. Why do you take it so seriously?"
Pei'er pouted and didn't say anything more.
The two were chatting about other things when there was a knock on the gate.
Yuesheng goes to open the door.
The person who came was the steward of the Meng Mansion.
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