Chapter 45: Revenge
Ling Ran's face was as gloomy as water, with a hint of regret in his eyes. Suddenly, he stretched out his hand and pushed Jiang Rou hard.
Jiang Rou was pushed to the ground unexpectedly, and her knee was bruised by a stone. She stared at Ling Ran in a daze. For some reason, she felt that this scene was somewhat familiar.
Her eyes were charming, and her voice was filled with grievance. "Brother Ling Ran, what are you doing?"
In the past, Ling Ran couldn't stand her acting like a spoiled brat.
But at this moment, Ling Ran just looked at her with a sad look in his eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm sorry."
Jiang Rou was a little confused, "What are you sorry for?"
She rubbed her knees and stood up. No matter how stupid she was, she smelled danger and subconsciously wanted to escape.
The guards in the Xingguo Mansion who were responsible for protecting her safety suddenly stepped forward and pressed her to the ground.
Jiang Rou's head buzzed loudly, and long-forgotten memories came flooding back. She finally remembered where she was.
"Sanzhi River!"
Jiang Rou trembled all over, "Ling Ran, why did you bring me to Sanzhi River!"
"Of course I'm sending you to die~"
A cold yet familiar voice sounded from behind Jiang Rou.
Jiang Rou shuddered all over, turned her head and saw Jiang Nian, who was half-human, half-ghost, and half-ghost, with a green body. She almost fainted, "Ah!"
"What the hell are you!"
"Get out of here!"
Jiang Nian slowly raised the corners of her lips. She looked really scary now. She blinked, revealing a face that Jiang Rou had almost forgotten, but which once showed immense resentment and jealousy.
"My dear sister, how could you forget me so quickly?"
Jiang Rou's eyes were bloodshot and she immediately broke free from the shackles.
It’s Jiang Nian!
Jiang Nian actually turned into a ghost and wanted to take his life!
"Brother Ling Ran——"
Jiang Rou was shaking all over, tears streaming down her face. "Brother Ling Ran, Jiang Nian won't let us go. Even if you have any dissatisfaction with me, let's go back and talk about it, okay?"
Ling Ran closed his eyes, his palms trembling.
He didn't want to kill Jiang Rou.
But he had no choice.
"Arou, your mother will be here to accompany you soon. Don't worry, you won't be alone on the road to the underworld."
"I will have all the jewelry you like burned for you, and your most trusted maid will also accompany you on the journey."
"The best clothing materials and rouge and powder in the capital, I will have someone burn them for you as soon as I have time—"
He kept talking about this, crying in the wind.
"No!"
Jiang Rou gritted her teeth, revealing a sinister look on her face, "I don't want to die!"
Jiang Nian sneered, "You must die today."
Jiang Nian turned her head and stared at Ling Ran, but in the blink of an eye, she revealed an extremely gentle smile, "Brother Ling Ran, my greatest wish in this life is to marry into the Duke's Mansion and become your wife."
"As long as you kill her, I will stop doing evil, okay?"
Ling Ran was like a puppet with its soul drained out at this moment. He hated himself for not doing the absolute worst and forgot to ask a Taoist priest to beat Jiang Nian to death.
"What do you want me to do?"
He stared at Jiang Nian solemnly.
Jiang Nian has always been a vicious woman, and she is definitely not satisfied with just an ordinary killing blow.
As expected, Jiang Nian curled his lips, his tone gentle, but the words he said were extremely cruel, "First, scratch her face, then smash her hands with a stone, chop off her legs with a sword, and finally push her into the river."
Jiang Rou was trembling all over. She suddenly looked up and stared at Jiang Nian, "You're dreaming! Brother Ling wouldn't do that!"
But as soon as she was distracted, she saw Ling Ran's gloomy eyes.
Jiang Rou suddenly felt panic in her heart.
She shook her head desperately, "No...no!"
"Brother Ling Ran, don't agree to her. If she kills me, she will definitely kill you!"
Ling Ran drew out the sword of the guard beside him and walked towards Jiang Rou step by step. He said sorry again and again, but his hands did not stop moving at all.
Jiang Rou's screams resounded through the sky, and all the guards turned their heads away, unable to bear to watch any longer.
Jiang Rou is dead.
Died at the hands of the man she loved most.
Before he died, he cut his cheeks, smashed his hands, chopped off his limbs, and pushed him deep into the lake.
The last scene was witnessed by Ma, who was tricked by Prime Minister Jiang to come to the river.
"Arou——"
Ma's shrill cry resounded through the sky, and she immediately rushed towards Ling Ran, "What did you do!"
Arou!
How could her Arou die so tragically!
Jiang Nian raised the corner of his lips and looked at Ma calmly, "Madam, do you still remember me?"
The horse was shocked. It turned out to be that bastard Jiang Nian!
Jiang Nian looked at Jiang He in the distance again, "Father really kept his promise."
"In that case, the two of you can use the same tactics you used against Jiang Rou on Ma. However, I want to add one more thing."
"I want you, my father, to shave all of Ma's hair with your own hands."
Ma turned around and tried to run, but was kicked by Prime Minister Jiang and fell to the ground.
Ling Ran broke Ma's leg and scratched her cheek.
Jiang He cut off her hair bit by bit, and finally broke her hands. He pressed her head and drowned her in the river.
Ma, the most honorable and respectable lady in the Prime Minister's Mansion, died in the Sanzhi River in a very undignified way.
Ling Ran still looked like a walking corpse, staring at Jiang Nian quietly, "Are you satisfied?"
"Don't worry, I will have your remains retrieved and I will grant your wish to marry you."
But Jiang Nian should never think of getting his love in this life.
His heart only belongs to Jiang Rou!
Jiang Nian slowly raised the corners of his lips, but where was the gentleness on his face?
"Brother Ling Ran, I'm a ghost. How can you believe what I say?"
"They all knew you were destined to leave today and never return, yet no one told you?"
Ling Ran's expression suddenly changed and he turned and ran away.
But the guards who had obeyed him just now now kicked him to the ground without mercy and held him down.
Ling Ran's previous affectionate and modest appearance disappeared completely, "No——"
He ran forward like a dog, "Jiang Nian, you can't do this to me. You promised to let me go!"
Jiang Nian sneered, "I lied to you."
She stared at the guards solemnly, "He is given to you as a reward."
"Take good care of the prince of Xingguo."
The guards' faces changed and their minds went blank.
"ah?"
no……
The Duke didn’t mention anything about them before he came!
Is this...is this right?
Ling Ran's expression changed drastically, "Jiang Nian, what do you want to do!"
Jiang Nian ignored him and just looked at the guards, "If you don't serve him well in the human world, I don't mind letting you serve him underground."
Guards: “…”
Although it is outrageous, I am sorry, Prince!
The guards took off their armor with a sinister smile and approached Ling Ran little by little.
Although Ling Ran is a man, he has been pampered since childhood and his skin is as white as jade.
The guards felt awkward at first, but gradually, they actually began to feel a bit of the pleasure.
The high and mighty master has now become a servant who is trampled upon by others.
After the guards vented their anger, Ling Ran's face was filled with despair.
Even if he could survive today, the rest of his life would have been ruined by Jiang Nian.
However, he was wrong. Jiang Nian had never thought of letting him survive.
Jiang Nian raised his hand and pointed at Jiang He, "Father is a civil servant. He has never killed anyone, right?"
"Today you will cut off all ten of Ling Ran's fingers and his ears, then chop him into pieces. Oh, and remember to bring a few wolfhounds and feed them Ling Ran's remains."
The guards shuddered. This was too cruel!
Sure enough, people should do more good deeds while they are alive!
Otherwise, you will suffer the same retribution as the prince, and not even a complete corpse will be left!
Miss Jiang is simply crazy about killing.
Kill, kill!
If you kill the prince, you can’t kill us!
Prime Minister Jiang looked at Jiang Nian with a complicated expression, "Niannian, do you really need to do such a cruel thing?"
If he really did this, his hands would be stained with sin that could not be washed away.
Countless people have died at the hands of Prime Minister Jiang on his way to this position, but was any of them killed by him personally, not to mention using such a cruel method?
Jiang Nian stared at him resentfully, "When they attacked me, did you ever think about whether they were cruel or not?"
Prime Minister Jiang immediately shut his mouth and said no more.
He ordered a guard to take the wolfhound, and he did as Jiang Nian said, cutting off Ling Ran's fingers and ears and cutting him into pieces.
Jiang He was a civil servant and had never killed anyone himself.
By the time he finally completed all of Jiang Nian's requests, the sky had already turned as dark as ink, and the capital city fell into silence.
Jiang He had a numb face as he fed Ling Ran's minced meat piece by piece to the wolfhound.
When the wolfhounds could no longer eat, Jiang Nian raised his hand and the remaining pieces of meat sank into the river water and were quickly corroded.
As a result, the water in the entire Sanzhi River seemed to be purified a lot.
Jiang Nian looked at Jiang He gently, "Okay, father can go back now."
Jiang He breathed a sigh of relief.
It's all finally over.
Even he could see at this moment that Jiang Nian's resentment had dissipated a lot.
He just needs to go and notify the people from the Imperial Observatory and Su Tan and the others to come over.
Prime Minister Jiang got on the carriage and drove away.
Just when he thought he had a chance to survive, his stomach was suddenly pierced by a hand.
Jiang He widened his eyes, and Jiang Nian's terrifying face suddenly appeared in front of him.
That strange hand stirred his stomach.
Jiang Nian smiled sinisterly, "Father, I've already told you I'm a ghost. How could you believe me?"
"I died so miserably back then. I don't believe you didn't know about it, but you still condoned Ma and Jiang Rou's actions."
"You said you'd wronged me and wanted to avenge me, but for over a decade you've ignored me and turned a blind eye to the suffering I've endured. How could I possibly believe you?"
"Since my father shed a few drops of horse urine in front of me and said he missed my mother, then you should go down and keep her company!"
Jiang He's body was torn to pieces, and the pieces of flesh were thrown into the Sanzhi River, where they were completely corroded.
Tears welled up in Jiang Nian's eyes.
She suddenly seemed to have lost all her strength and stared blankly at the sky.
She said that she couldn't escape the Sanzhi River water, which was half true and half false.
I certainly couldn't yesterday.
It's okay today.
When Su Tan and others arrived, Prime Minister Jiang had already been killed. Su Tan did not say anything, as if he had expected all this.
She calmly performed a ritual with Cui Wan and fellow practitioners from Qingtianjian.
When the Black and White Impermanence took Jiang Nian away, she didn't resist at all.
The moon hangs high in the sky, illuminating the white snow on earth.
No one cared that the water in the Sanzhi River had already frozen.
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