Chapter 266 Falling into the Well
Shang Zhichun stayed in the outer courtyard tonight.
I didn't know how long I slept when I was suddenly woken up by a servant.
"Sir, someone has died in the mansion."
He opened his eyes in surprise.
"Who died?"
"Ju'er," the servant replied, "a night watchman came to report it. He said he was patrolling outside the bamboo garden when he heard a muffled sound. He shone his light and found a pair of embroidered shoes by the well. He quickly climbed over the wall to fish them out. When he pulled them out, he saw it was Ju'er, dead."
Shang Zhichun's heart beat suddenly.
Ever since Mi'er died in the well in the bamboo garden, he had the bamboo garden locked and no one in the mansion was allowed to enter.
Tonight, Luo's people were looking for Ju'er everywhere. They asked him to take the key to Zhuyuan to look for her, but since they didn't find her, they returned the key to him.
How come Juer was found dead after falling into a well in the bamboo garden?
He got up, changed his clothes, took his keys, and went to the bamboo garden with his servant.
A round-faced, slightly plump servant stood at the gate of the bamboo garden, looking around. Seeing him coming, he nodded and said, "Xiao Wu greets the prince."
There were hundreds of people in the Duke's Mansion, but Shang Zhichun only recognized his father, aunt, wife, the people in his own courtyard, and the grooms and guards he often ordered around.
He had no impression of the servant named "Xiao Wu". He probably just had the night patrol job and had never met him before.
Shang Zhichun glanced into the courtyard through the crack in the door. Seeing that no one else was around, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "Why are you the only one here? Where are the others?"
Xiao Wu said respectfully, "I only reported it to you and didn't alert anyone else."
"Well done."
Shang Zhichun praised him.
This person understands his master's thoughts very well.
Unlike some servants, who would make a fuss to let the whole house know if they found a dead mouse in the ditch, for fear that their master would not know about their abilities.
Xiaowu smiled innocently.
Shang Zhichun used his key to open the courtyard gate and strode to the well. Seeing the woman lying on the ground, it was indeed Ju'er from Luo's courtyard. He muttered to himself, "Could it be that this girl had been hiding during the day and just came out when no one was around, trying to get some water and accidentally slipped and fell into the well?"
He looked around the well.
Because no one had set foot in the well for two years, a circle of moss had grown around it, with a few slip marks on the moss, which made him feel more and more that his guess was correct.
but--
It is also possible that Luo did it on purpose.
First, look for the person with great fanfare, and then get rid of the person quietly, so that others will think that Juer has hidden herself and had an accident again.
He had used this trick to deal with Mi'er in the beginning, and Luo might have copied it.
Thinking of this, he ordered his personal servant: "Tell the lady about this matter and let her handle it."
The servant agreed and was about to leave the bamboo garden when Xiao Wu said, "Master, it's dark and the roads are slippery. I'm not used to walking at night. I'd better let me tell Madam to prevent Brother Cheng from falling."
Shang Zhichun smiled and said, "That's fine."
Xiaowu ran away.
"Learn from him." Shang Zhichun said to his servant, "Look how clever he is."
The servant humbly accepted the instruction: "I understand."
Shang Zhichun immediately took the servant back to the outer courtyard, changed clothes and rested.
I don’t know if it was because Juer brought back my memories, but I actually dreamed of Mier.
Mi'er hugged Shang Chen and threw herself into his arms, saying shyly, "Master, when will you take me over?"
He opened his mouth to answer, but Mi'er's expression suddenly changed.
"You promised to let me be your concubine, why did you want to harm me! Give me back my life!"
He was startled.
Wake up suddenly.
When I touched my forehead, I found it was covered with sweat.
"Someone come."
He opened his mouth and called out.
The servant, who usually responded quickly, did not run to his bedside immediately.
"Asshole!"
He cursed and tried to get up.
Unexpectedly, the bed curtains moved without wind, and a face suddenly appeared in front of me.
"Give me back my life!"
Shang Zhichun was so frightened that his soul almost left his body.
The person in front of him, with disheveled hair and a ferocious look like a ghost, was none other than Mi'er whom he had just dreamed of!
He quickly retreated backward.
Mi'er stretched out her hands, their nails longer than her fingers, and grabbed his neck, saying sinisterly, "I've been dreaming of becoming your concubine, but you pushed me into the well with your own hands, you unscrupulous beast!"
Shang Zhichun was strangled to the point where he could hardly breathe.
"I, I didn't mean to push you. I just bumped into you accidentally."
"careless?"
Mier grinned.
"Did the poisonous bee that stung your eldest brother to death also accidentally get to the camellia? Did the three poisonous stingers that pierced your nephew's head also happen accidentally by Luo? Did our wife also get poisoned accidentally?"
"Do you think I'm the only wronged soul in this mansion? The souls of your elder brother and your nephew are both in this mansion!"
"It's just that I captured Ju'er as a substitute and escaped. They are still tied up in the same place."
Shang Zhichun's pupils suddenly contracted.
It turns out that Juer was dragged into the well by Mier?
No wonder those skid marks are so deep.
Is he going to follow in Juer's footsteps?
No.
He had only been the crown prince for two years and had not yet inherited the title. How could he lose his life at the hands of a vengeful ghost?
"I really didn't mean to push you. My aunt forced me to do it."
Mi Er sneered: "Your aunt forced you to do this? She is just a concubine, how can she force you, the master, to do things?"
"real."
Shang Zhichun said with difficulty.
"I wanted to take you as a concubine, but my aunt said it was inappropriate. You are from my sister-in-law's courtyard, and if I take you in, people will criticize you."
"Afraid of being criticized?"
Mier said "Pooh".
"You're obviously afraid of me pestering you, afraid that I'll reveal what you did to your nephew, and afraid that you won't be able to get the position of Crown Prince."
Shang Zhichun was sweating profusely.
Mi'er was originally very stupid and believed everything he said. But after becoming a ghost, she became so smart.
"It was my aunt who forced me to kill you."
He had no choice but to divert the blame.
Anyway, Mi'er is just a vengeful ghost. Once he escapes, he will ask monks and immortals to come to the house to catch ghosts and will not give Mi'er the chance to harm his aunt.
It’s okay to use my aunt to block it for the time being.
"From the very beginning, it was my aunt who wanted to seize the throne of the Crown Prince. She knew that my eldest brother loved camellias, so she asked me to find a way to lead him to the ancient temple to see the camellias."
"He also asked me to prepare poisonous bees and bee bait, and to attract the poisonous bees to sting my eldest brother."
"When my eldest brother dies, I will lure you to bring Chen'er to Zhuyuan, giving Luo the opportunity to take action against Chen'er."
"I really didn't want to hurt you. She forced me to kill you, saying that if you didn't die, there would be endless trouble. I had no choice but to do it."
Having said that, he squeezed out a trace of tenderness and looked at Mi'er steadily.
"You should have received the paper money, paper figurines, livestock, and servants I burned for you, right? If it's not enough, I can burn more for you and guarantee that you will be a wealthy lady in the underworld."
Mi Er sneered: "Did your aunt poison our wife?"
Shang Zhichun nodded. "That's right. She took advantage of my sister-in-law keeping vigil over my eldest brother's body and poisoned both the oil in the eternal lamp and my sister-in-law's food. Testing alone wouldn't detect it, and only when they were combined would the poison take effect."
Mi'er: "Who knows if you are talking nonsense."
Shang Zhichun: "If I say even one false word, I will be condemned to eternal damnation."
Mi Er sneered: "Haven't you sworn enough to me before? If you want me to believe you, write down what you said, sign, seal and fingerprint it, and burn it for me."
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