Chapter 77 Heavy Snow
There were many pilgrims in the temple, and many of them noticed the movement in the quiet room and rushed into the courtyard.
I saw a middle-aged woman in disheveled clothes standing at the door of the quiet room, beating a wealthy middle-aged man madly.
"You killed him! You actually killed him!"
At their feet, lying on his back was a thin middle-aged man with blood all over his face.
Everyone was shocked.
A murder actually happened?
Someone quickly recognized the three people. "Isn't this the Marquis of Guangcheng and his wife, and Minister Wei? Minister Wei is actually... dead?"
When the monks learned about this, they immediately sealed off the monastery and reported the case to the government.
Although Marquis Guangcheng insisted that he did not kill Minister Wei, but was unlucky enough to fall on a piece of porcelain and died, this love-murder case spread like wildfire throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.
Everyone was discussing the details of the day, and had already thrown the Cai State's prince consort who looked like Ji Changfeng to Java.
Mrs. Wei had just sent her son off to the funeral, and she was already preparing for her husband's funeral. She cried until she was almost blinded.
Wei went back to her parents' home to pay her respects and cried bitterly with her.
"Mom, Dad's death was so strange. How could there be a piece of broken porcelain on the threshold of the quiet room for no reason, and Dad just happened to fall on it? Someone must have taken advantage of the chaos to kill him."
Mrs. Wei was furious when she thought of her husband's affair with the wife of Marquis Guangcheng.
"If he hadn't gone to the temple to have sex with someone, would he have been killed on the threshold? This is what he deserves!"
Wei sighed, "Dad's actions were indeed inappropriate, but the most urgent matter is to—"
Before he could finish his words, the Royal Guards suddenly rushed in.
"Someone has proven that Wei Buqun is collaborating with the enemy and treasonous, and now his property is being confiscated by order!"
Mrs. Wei and her daughter were horrified.
"Commander Lin, is there some misunderstanding?" Madam Wei asked in a trembling voice. "Our master is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, diligent in his duties, and never oversteps the boundaries. How could he be collaborating with the enemy and committing treason?"
Commander Lin said coldly, "One of your Wei Mansion's servants found several letters written by Cai Wen while sorting through Wei Buqun's belongings. He submitted them to the Supervisory Office. The evidence is irrefutable and cannot be denied."
Was it the servants in the mansion who provided evidence?!
Mrs. Wei's eyes went dark and she fainted.
"mother!"
The Wei family was in chaos.
Wei watched helplessly as the Imperial Guards seized a large amount of property and evidence from the Wei Mansion, and watched helplessly as everyone in the Wei Mansion was taken away by the Imperial Guards.
If the crime did not extend to a married woman, even she would not be able to stay out of it.
Even so, she was in excruciating pain.
The two crimes of treason and corruption led to the beheading of all adult male members of the Wei family, and the exile of women and children to the northwest. Even the wife of Marquis Guangcheng and her children were no exception. Marquis Guangcheng tried hard to prove that his wife and legitimate children were Wei Buqun's concubines and children.
She couldn't sleep at night, thinking about it over and over again.
The tragedy of the Wei and Cen families began when the second brother said he wanted to vent her anger and teach Ji Changqing and Feng a lesson.
"It must be them!"
These two people destroyed her husband, her family and her uncle's family. She must make them pay the price!
"A-choo!"
Feng Qingsui sneezed in the middle of the day.
Looking at the overcast sky and feeling the temperature which was obviously much lower than yesterday, he frowned.
"Why does it look like it's going to snow in this weather?"
"Maybe spring snow will come."
Qi smiled.
"Changqing just made some chicken soup. Drink a few bowls to warm yourself up."
Feng Qingsui readily agreed.
Ji Changqing’s dishes are delicious and his soups are tasty too.
It's so fresh that it makes your eyebrows drop.
"It's a pity that Second Master is only the Prime Minister," she said with a smile after finishing her soup and putting down the bowl, "He could have been the chef of the restaurant as well."
Ji Changqing glanced at her.
"Just because I love cooking doesn't mean I love cooking for others. Do you think anyone can make me cook for them?"
Feng Qingsui chuckled: "Then I have to thank my mother very much, otherwise I won't be able to enjoy the Second Master's cooking skills."
Ji Changqing: "It's good that you know."
Feng Qingsui felt a little regretful.
It seems that I won’t be able to enjoy Ji’s delicious food after I leave the Ji Mansion.
When I came out of Qi's house, it was actually snowing.
She raised her hand to catch a snowflake.
A very big flower.
Suddenly I thought of Xiaoyu.
After Xiaoyu was born, there had been no heavy snow in the capital, only light snow. Her sister wrote that every time winter came, she would mutter, "How big is this heavy snow? I really want to see it."
As big as it is now.
Xiaoyu, did you see it?
After returning to the courtyard, she took out the scroll her sister gave her from the box and hung it on the north wall.
The wall just faces the south window, and you can see the heavy snow falling outside the window.
At night, she fell asleep to the sound of rustling snow.
In her dream, Xiaoyu smiled at her and said, "Aunt Sui Sui, I see heavy snow. You should wear more clothes and don't catch a cold. Mom said you will get diarrhea if you catch a cold."
She tried to say that she couldn't do that now, but no sound came out.
She could only watch Xiao Yu waving at her as his small figure disappeared into the snow.
The next day she was woken up by the barking of a dog.
It's a joyful cry.
She woke up with her eyes open and felt that the outside of the window was extremely white. When she got up and looked, she saw that the snow had piled up more than three feet high.
The maids and old women were busy shoveling snow. They had only shoveled out a small path for traffic, and it was unknown how long it would take to shovel the rest of the snow.
"Woof woof!"
The big black dog swished its tail at her, its head turning constantly toward the door.
This means that she should go out for a walk.
"So you like snow too."
She said with a smile.
After washing and dressing, she went out with the big black dog.
The entire capital was covered in white. The houses seemed to have been buried in snow overnight, and people could only barely clear a path.
Thinking of the thatched huts in the civilian area of the outer city, her mood suddenly sank.
Such heavy snow will probably collapse the houses.
I walked along the inner river to the outer city and found that there was indeed a snowstorm.
This rare heavy snow caused a large number of houses to collapse, resulting in countless deaths and injuries. The affected people were left homeless and without food or clothing. The court cleared the snow, rescued and resettled the victims, and mobilized wealthy families to donate money and manpower.
The wealthy and powerful donated money and supplies and set up soup kitchens in the disaster area outside the city to provide relief to the victims.
The Ji Mansion is no exception.
Qi has always been kind-hearted. As soon as she heard about the snow disaster, she asked people to buy rice, flour and medicinal herbs, and asked Feng Qingsui to prepare medicinal food so that the victims could fill their stomachs and warm their bodies at the same time.
He also goes to the porridge stall to distribute porridge every day.
Feng Qingsui also tried his best to provide help. He not only donated a large number of cotton clothes, but also worked in the soup kitchen to treat injured and sick patients.
The big black dog stuck to her and insisted on following her. When she was seeing patients, it would squat beside her.
Feng Qingsui came to the porridge stall early in the morning. The porridge was not yet ready. She glanced at the makeshift stove and sat down to see the patient.
After looking at the two people, the big black dog suddenly barked at a kitchen helper.
She tilted her head and saw the kitchen helper looking afraid of being bitten, so he turned and ran out of the shed. The big black dog chased him and bit his calf, and he raised his foot to kick the big black dog.
Feng Qingsui's face darkened.
Wuhua didn't wait for her instructions and stepped forward, kicking the kitchen helper to the ground.
The other kitchen helpers were startled and gathered around. One of them suddenly shouted, "Isn't this Wang Er? Why are you wearing Wang Er's clothes?"
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