Chapter 48 I Choose to Take You There
"Unofficial history records that the fall of Tianqi was indeed related to the massacre. The massacre lost the support of the people, and the people rose up in rebellion, leading to the fall of Tianqi."
The general's spirit wept tears of blood and red from his eyes: "Back then, our army tried to protect the civilians and break out, but the disparity in numbers was too great, and we were unable to help the civilians escape."
"That's not all. The enemy general who massacred the city feared retribution, so he hired a master to set up a formation to trap our souls here for eternity."
"After who knows how many years, someone finally discovered us. He claimed to be a wizard from Fenglan Country and was willing to help us reincarnate, but he only asked us to give up this mineral vein."
"How could we not be tempted? We agreed right then and there."
"But when he was performing this ritual, we discovered that his method of opening the formation was actually human sacrifice. He was going to use the blood of hundreds of babies to sacrifice to the formation..."
"Miss, although we want to leave, but... there are hundreds of babies. We would rather continue to be trapped here than commit such a sin, so we drove them all out."
"Now, the young lady has broken the formation with a simple wave of her hand. You are our benefactor. We are willing to listen to your request to reincarnate and give up this gold mine."
"Miss, you are so kind. We will never forget you. If there is an afterlife, I will repay you with all my heart and work like a slave for you."
Bu Ruo felt sad as he looked at the souls kneeling down around him. It turned out that it was not that they had no chance to get out, but that they were unwilling to commit murder and gave up the chance of reincarnation.
Looking at the souls in front of him, it was not difficult to see that some of them had died by swords, and some had been burned to death by fire. Even so, they still kept their original intentions in their hearts, and only scared away the people who passed by here, and did not kill anyone.
Bu Ruo took a deep breath, adjusted her mood, and pointed at Jin Congcong behind her.
"See this man? Starting today, he will come to pick you up with flowers on his head for seven consecutive days. All you have to do is enter the red pistil on his head, and he will take you to find my ancestors."
"The ancestors will use their merits to mend your souls, and then I will send you directly to reincarnation, without you having to go to the underworld again."
"That underworld...is not a good place."
Ancestors: ...
Jin Congcong: ...
The general knelt on the ground with all the souls in silence, and kept kowtowing to Bu Ruo to express their gratitude.
After things here were dealt with, Bu Ruo led everyone away. Even after walking a long way, he could still hear sobbing coming from behind him.
"Ruo'er, can this king... do anything for them?"
Bu Ruo raised an eyebrow and said, "If the prince wants to do something... then let's build a memorial tablet for them in Baotong Temple and donate some money so that they can be reborn into a good family in their next life."
"But I heard that the War King of the Great Zhou was a man who never showed his emotions and always did things as he pleased. I didn't expect him to be so kind-hearted."
Xiao Yulan sighed softly and whispered, "I was once a general, and I led troops into battle. Seeing them... maybe it reminded me of my past self."
When Bu Ruo brought Jin Congcong to the ancestral hall that night, even Jin Congcong could feel the cursing of the Bu family's ancestors.
But when it comes to cursing, Bu Ruo is the master. After just one stick of incense, Bu Ruo left happily.
Jin Congcong, who followed out, heard the sound of tablets in the ancestral hall falling down again.
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The next day, Bu Ruo heard Bier talking about what happened outside while having breakfast.
"Miss, the matter between Ji Yao and Ji Pei has come to a conclusion."
"Oh? Let me guess, given that bastard Prince's fondness for Ji Yao, was he exiled to a temple to live a life of seclusion?"
Bi'er shook her head. "Last night, Crown Princess Ji Yao was found hanged in her room. She left a suicide note saying that she felt sorry for the Crown Prince. She had helped Ji Pei do so many unscrupulous things behind his back, tarnishing his reputation. She was too ashamed to live in shame, so she died to atone for her sins."
Bu Ruo was stunned: "Huh, that bastard is much more cruel than I thought. He can even kill someone he likes so much. It seems that the attraction of that position is extraordinary."
"What happened to Ji Pei? What happened to him?"
"Ji Pei's deeds have been thoroughly investigated. Because of the huge impact, the emperor ordered him to be paraded through the streets this morning and then directly taken to Caishikou to be executed. This can be regarded as calming the anger of the people and giving them an explanation."
Bi'er looked at Buruo and suddenly asked, "By the way, Miss, have you returned the twins, boy and girl, to the wife of the Marquis of Guangling?"
Bu Ruo nodded while drinking porridge: "I returned it. In fact, I returned it when they left that day. I just didn't tell them because I was afraid they would be nervous."
Bu Ruo quickly finished his meal, stood up, took Bier and walked out.
"Miss, Miss, what are you going to do in such a hurry?"
"Isn't Ji Pei being beheaded today? Of course we're going to watch the fun~" Bu Ruo said excitedly, "Hurry up and go, or we'll miss out on a good seat if we're late."
"What do you mean there's no good seat? Where are you going?"
Bu Ruo looked at the medicinal food in Jin Congcong's hand and swallowed. "Ji Pei was beheaded at Caishikou today. Let's go and see it together?"
Bu Ruo: Between drinking medicinal food and taking you there, I choose to take you there.
Sure enough, when Jin Congcong heard about Ji Pei's beheading, he put the medicinal food on the table and said, "Let's go, let's go now. I heard that there are always a lot of people watching the beheading at Caishikou. If you go too late, you can't even squeeze in."
"Mo Bao didn't tell me, otherwise I would have definitely..."
Just as the three of them reached the gate of the courtyard, Butler Zhang came over.
"Miss, are you going out? Are you going to watch Ji Pei beheaded?"
"Yes, Uncle Butler, would you like to go together?"
Zhang Tiancheng smiled and handed over a sign: "I won't join in the fun, but I know you're definitely going, so I asked someone to book the best room at the Qionglin Teahouse across from the vegetable market. Just take this sign and go straight over."
Bi'er took the sign and said happily, "The housekeeper is really thoughtful. He really treats the young lady like his own daughter."
Jin Congcong was also happy: "Uncle housekeeper, I made some medicinal food this morning, it's appetizing. Ruo'er didn't have time to drink it just now, so I put it on the table. You can drink it, it's full of good things, I made it all morning."
Zhang Tiancheng: ...
Repaying kindness with enmity?
Watching Jin Congcong skipping towards the gate of the mansion, Bu Ruo hurriedly whispered to Zhang Tiancheng, "Just pour out the medicinal food. There should be some left in the pot in the small kitchen in the yard. Please pour it out later and make sure not a drop is left."
Zhang Tiancheng watched those people stagger out of the door, his face wrinkled with smile.
The young lady and the lady are very similar in both appearance and personality. It would be great if the master, the lady and the two young masters could see it. The Bu family will have a successor, and a princess at that. The ancestors should be happy too.
Ancestors working: ...
I'm not happy at all!
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