Chapter 224 Condolences
"I deserve to die."
Qu Mingzhang, who was woken up by Feng Qingsui for breakfast, couldn't help but slap his right cheek.
He actually fell asleep in the middle of the wake.
I slept so soundly that I didn't even have a dream.
It's a heinous crime.
"Master Qu, don't blame yourself," Feng Qingsui consoled him. "Sleeping while guarding the body is a blessing from the deceased. Second Master must have been unable to bear to see you tired, so he sent you on a sweet dream."
Qu Mingzhang: ┭┮﹏┭┮
How could he have deserved the favor of Lord Ji?
Doctor Feng stayed up all night, suppressing his grief and trying to comfort him. It really... made him feel ashamed.
"Why don't you go take a break first?"
He looked at Feng Qingsui, whose eyes were dark blue.
"The official will take care of it."
Feng Qingsui shook his head.
"I am the only relative of the Second Master, how can I leave the table? Lord Ran and the others should be arriving soon."
Speak of Cao Cao and he will appear.
As soon as she finished speaking, Yan Chi led in Minister Ran, Deputy Commander Bian, Court Judge Fang, Pei Yunzhan and others.
After traveling all night, they were all dusty and exhausted.
Minister Ran looked at the body covered with white cloth on the coffin, still in disbelief: "Is this really Lord Ji?"
Two days ago, Ji Changqing was standing in front of him with an upright posture and a clear face. How could he become a corpse lying here unconscious in the blink of an eye?
This must be fake.
He must be having a nightmare.
Deputy Marshal Bian and all the soldiers knelt down with tears streaming down their faces.
"Master Ji, you said that after we pacify Hezhou, we will have a celebratory drink together—"
The judge walked up to Feng Qingsui and asked in a deep voice, "How did Lord Ji leave?"
"He died of asphyxiation."
Feng Qingsui said in a hoarse voice.
"The assassin must have dragged him underwater and then... suffocated him to death."
A trace of sadness appeared on Fang Yuanpan's face.
"Can I take a look at him? Maybe... he's just turtle breathing."
Feng Qingsui suddenly looked up, his eyes gleaming with hope, "Really? Is there a chance he's still alive?"
The judge said hurriedly, "I'm just speculating. The chances are extremely small. Medical books have recorded people who died and came back to life three days later..."
"Then you should help him."
Feng Qingsui's face was full of anticipation.
"I think his complexion looks better than that of someone who is suffocating. Maybe he really just died."
Judge Fang bowed three times, then walked to the right side of the coffin, lifted the white cloth, and checked Ji Changqing's pulse.
The moment Ji Changqing's face came into his sight, he regretted saying anything more.
The corpse spots are all out...
He touched Ji Changqing's neck and then his chest.
There was no pulse and the chest was cold.
There is no life at all.
Ji Changqing really... went.
Minister Ran and the others had just listened to his conversation with Feng Qingsui, and they felt a glimmer of hope in their hearts, and watched him eagerly as he investigated.
Seeing that he had finished his investigation, he pulled the white cloth over Ji Changqing's head with a look of disappointment. The hope in his heart was instantly extinguished like a candle in the wind.
"Please accept my condolences."
Judge Fang walked back to Feng Qingsui and said in a deep voice.
Feng Qingsui felt as if his spine had been pulled out all of a sudden, and his body shrank a little.
"I knew it..." She lowered her eyes and muttered to herself, "There's no such good thing in the world..."
Pei Yunzhan looked at the figure kneeling in the huge mourning hall, as fragile as a cicada shell, and suddenly felt endless pity in his heart.
Less than a year after her husband passed away, she passed away her brother-in-law.
How could her thin shoulders bear the weight of two coffins?
Those who are superstitious about the concept of fate punishment will make up malicious plots about the relationship between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law.
He sighed secretly, walked up to her, and said, "Mrs. Feng, I'm sorry."
"Thank you, Master Pei."
Feng Qingsui replied weakly.
Pei Yunzhan's eyes darkened.
Could it be that her lively eyes will disappear from now on...
After everyone finished paying their respects, Yan Chi and the others carried Ji Changqing's "body" into the coffin, and then closed the coffin lid at an angle, leaving a gap.
——After checking the clothes and bedding at night, the coffin will be officially closed and nailed.
That night, Minister Ran and others wanted to stay in the mourning hall to keep vigil for Ji Changqing, just like Qu Mingzhang.
Feng Qingsui shook his head: "It is our relatives' responsibility to keep vigil. You have been busy all day and night, so you should rest well."
She also sent Qu Mingzhang away.
Qu Mingzhang wanted to fight for it, but when he thought about how he fell asleep in the middle of the wake last night, he was too embarrassed to insist.
"...Xiaguan will come back tomorrow to add some incense."
After nightfall, Ji Changqing sat up from the coffin.
Feng Qingsui called out, "Second Master, hurry up and eat something. You've been hungry for three days."
Ji Changqing did not refuse this time.
After dinner, he said to Feng Qingsui, "I'll only take Zhuying with me. Yan Chi and the others will be left to you. You can contact the palace spies via carrier pigeons. Yan Chi knows the code."
"I still have some manpower in the capital, and I'll leave them all to you..."
He told Feng Qingsui about the people he had placed in various places in Beijing.
Feng Qingsui raised his eyebrows: "You left everyone to me, and you only took Zhuying with you? What are you planning to do?"
"I'm planning a trip to the northwest."
Ji Changqing replied.
"There are people left by my eldest brother there."
He then shared his assessment of the current situation with her and instructed her, "Just take care of your mother and your master. Don't worry about anything else until I come back. If the situation in the capital is urgent, you'd better leave first."
Feng Qingsui nodded: "Okay."
Ji Changqing looked at her face and felt infinite reluctance in his heart.
This time he left, he wasn't sure if he could return safely, and even if he could, he didn't know how long it would take.
They had been together day and night for so long, and now they were suddenly separated...
Feng Qingsui suddenly opened his arms and hugged him.
"Second Master, take care of yourself."
She whispered in his ear.
"Otherwise, I can only remarry with my mother."
Ji Changqing: “…”
He stretched out his arms and pressed the person into his arms.
"That day won't come." He said in a deep voice, "You said you would stay with me forever."
Feng Qingsui: “???”
When did she say this?
Ji Changqing hugged her and stood quietly for a long time before letting go of his hands.
He went to the side room to change into his burial clothes, then called Zhuying over and handed him the burial clothes: "Seal the coffin."
Zhuying nodded.
He left for a while with the shroud, and then came back with a body also in shroud.
The body belonged to a rebel with a build similar to Ji Changqing.
Yan Chi and he moved the body to the coffin, closed the lid, and nailed it shut.
"I'm leaving."
Ji Changqing said in a deep voice.
Feng Qingsui smiled slightly and said, "See you in the capital."
Ji Changqing turned around and strode away.
Feng Qingsui stood there, watching his back disappear into the night.
After a long moment, he sighed softly, "I won't have an appetite for food for a while."
Wuhua felt sympathetic: "Without the pickles made by Erye, my appetite would be reduced by half."
The two of them were melancholy for a while, then went to the side room to rest.
The next day, Feng Qingsui carried the coffin back to Beijing.
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