a fire
Liu Ruren burned down the Liu family's house.
Liu Qingbai stood in the distance and watched the raging fire, but he was indifferent, as if it was burning someone else's house.
The North Court group finally made it back to Wind City. This journey had lasted nearly half a year. It was freezing cold when they left, and midsummer when they returned. The journey was even more difficult than the outing.
Because of Bao Fu's injury, he stayed in Hancheng for several months. Although his injury gradually recovered, the little fat boy who used to love to joke would never come back.
He was silent and didn't say a word, just staring into the distance, not knowing what he was looking at.
The fire in the Liu family's house was so big that it also affected the neighboring houses.
Everyone said the eldest daughter of the Liu family was crazy and that was why she set the house on fire. But no one was more clear-headed than Liu Ruren at that moment.
She was merely fulfilling her cold-hearted father's wish to live and die with his beloved concubine, just as her father fulfilled her mother's maternal wish.
How could the Liu family still be her home? It was just an empty cave. Burning it down would be a great relief.
Some time ago, around the time when his father gave birth to Na Huaxiu, Ru Ren probably had no intention of letting this ungrateful person go.
My mother's body is still warm, but my father is eager to take a concubine?
Ridiculous and helpless.
"Kushu, have you seen any recent activity in the vanilla garden?" Liu Ruren knelt in the ancestral hall, looking at the tablets of his mother and grandmother, added oil to the lamp, and lit another stick of incense.
Kulian replied, "Madam Xiang is trying to find a way to keep the master here, and wants Lianqiao to be with him."
"Is Lianqiao willing?"
"Of course she doesn't want to, but if Aunt Xiang uses force, she has no choice."
For some reason, Kulian saw the shadow of his wife in the girl. She knelt upright, eyes closed, with a solemn and dignified expression that made people intimidated.
"Do you think it's possible to let her be ours?" She closed her eyes and seemed to be thinking about something.
"She has a seriously ill mother who is supported by the money given by Concubine Xiang."
"Find a good doctor and give him some money. You can pay for it yourself, but remember to be generous." After giving the instructions, Liu Ruren left the ancestral hall.
Looking at the plaque on the ancestral hall: Loyalty, Filial Piety, Chastity and Righteous
How ridiculous! She suddenly laughed.
Melia only felt a chill on her back.
Ever since the lady left, the eldest girl became a little unfamiliar to her. Although she treated her as usual, she suddenly felt like a different person, and her bright black eyes suddenly became unfathomable.
Liu Ruren was not born beautiful, she was just pretty, with a thin figure, which made people feel pity for her.
But the image of that man holding the long sword could not be shaken off Kulian's mind.
She was not afraid, but just felt more admiration for him.
That day, she held a sword to Liu Tong's neck and forced him to open the lock. This led to the scene that the Third Young Master saw when he returned.
When the eldest daughter was just born, the Taoist priest of Fengqing Temple said: "This girl has a hard fate. She will bring misfortune to her parents and will have no husband or children. She is a natural cultivator. It is better to let the Taoist temple take her in."
As you can imagine, the Madam would not allow it. But she was also quite afraid of the four words "punishing parents", so she sent the child to be raised by the Grand Madam as soon as he was born.
Now that I think about it, the Taoist priest wasn't really lying.
Melia azedarach bought out Forsythia suspensa.
Lian Qiao looked at the banknotes and prescriptions, knelt down and kowtowed several times:
"Lianqiao thanks Sister Kulian for your kindness. I am willing to work like a slave for you, as long as you ask me."
"We work in the same house, and even if we're sisters, it's only natural for us to help each other." Kulian helped Lianqiao up and comforted her. "If you want to thank anyone, thank the eldest lady. It was all your money and the doctor you hired. If your mother's condition improves, you'll definitely be happy."
"Mother's condition has indeed improved. What does the young lady need Lianqiao for? I will certainly do my best to help!" Lianqiao held the prescription in her hand, and even when she stood up, she still bent over to thank the bitter neem. Her mother was the only one left alive, and this was a life-saving prescription.
"You also know that since Madam left, the eldest lady has been thinking about doing good deeds and praying for Madam. There is no need for her to do anything for you or Qingpu Garden. The young lady is just kind-hearted."
Lianqiao thanked Melia profusely and sent her away. Then she returned to the vanilla garden and saw Liu Tong standing at the garden gate.
She hesitated for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to walk into the garden.
Mr. Liu was closing his eyes at this moment, enjoying the massage from Aunt Xiang. When Aunt Xiang saw that it was Lian Qiao who came back, she immediately winked at her.
Lian Qiao naturally understood the meaning, but she felt disgusted but had no choice but to do as she was told.
She took over from Concubine Xiang and continued to press Master Liu's head. Master Liu naturally knew that a pair of younger and more tender hands had been replaced, greedily enjoying the girls' youth.
"Is everything settled?" Liu Ruren knelt in the ancestral hall as usual and asked Melia azedarach.
"Okay."
Liu Ruren took out a stack of oil-paper-wrapped medicine and instructed, "Take this to Lian Qiao and tell her that if Concubine Xiang wants her to compete for her favor, she should give this to Concubine Xiang."
Kulian took the medicine bag without asking what it was. The girl had her own reasons for doing things, and she was only responsible for doing as she was told.
Aunt Xiang opened the oil-paper package, raised her eyebrows slightly, and whispered a few words: "Five-Stone Powder? You want me to use Five-Stone Powder to win over the master's heart?"
"My aunt, this is not the Five Stones Powder, it's the Soul-Quickening Incense. Although it has similar effects to the Five Stones Powder, it's harmless. You might as well give it a try." Lian Qiao lowered her head, wishing she were buried in the soil. She didn't dare to look up to meet Aunt Xiang's eyes.
But Melia said this was the only way to save her.
"Where did it come from?"
"It's custom-made from the Yang family's incense shop on Wukou Street in the east of the city." These were words that Kulian had taught him long ago.
"Isn't our Liu family's incense enough for you to buy?"
"Since it is for Master Liu, it is better not to let him know. Otherwise, your sincere love will be seen as having other intentions." This sentence was also taught by Kulian.
Aunt Xiang smiled meaningfully and gave Lian Qiao a bracelet made of red coral.
"Forget it, you don't have to serve the master anymore."
Lian Qiao breathed a sigh of relief only after leaving the house.
She wasn't being unfaithful, she was just protecting herself. Besides, the Soul-Catching Incense was harmless.
Liu Ruren got the news and burned another stick of incense in the ancestral hall.
"Mom, wait a little longer. I'll send those beasts down to accompany you soon."
After hesitating for a long time, she slowly asked herself, "My daughter, this is considered... a good daughter of my mother, right?"
The next day, Liu Ruren reported the matter to the authorities, but the county magistrate did not care about the Wu Shi San matter at all.
Although I had expected it, I didn't expect that he would be fooled so easily and even accused of being unfilial.
As soon as she returned to Qingpu Garden, Master Liu was waiting for her with a ruler in his hand.
"Suing your own father? Which sage book taught you to do that?"
Liu Ruren knelt upright, spread out her palms and let the ruler hit them. She wrote down a number in her mind every time she was hit.
A full fifty feet.
Master Liu was tired of fighting and turned to leave. When he reached the door, he heard Liu Ruren say in a sonorous voice behind him:
"Liu Zhongze! You are an unkind father! An unfilial son! An unfaithful husband! An unrighteous person!"
Every sentence is full of resentment and every word is tearful.
"Unfilial children! Say it again!"
"Liu Zhongze! Where were you when my grandmother passed away? A brothel, right? Did you feel remorse when you forced your first wife to death? How many times did you show concern for the illnesses of Liu Er and Liu San? And how many times a year do my fourth and fifth sisters get to see you?"
Liu Ruren is crazy. She doesn't care how Liu Zhongze punishes her.
A slap hit her face hard, but she laughed and continued to curse:
"You're a coward! You've failed grandpa's legacy! You've failed uncle's trust!"
Qingpu Garden was locked and Liu Ruren was put in solitary confinement. This was Liu Zhongze's old trick.
She no longer cared. She was already waiting for Liu Zhongze and Xiang to be killed by the stones she had lifted.
Wu Shi San is addictive and highly toxic.
She didn't have to do anything, just know that their death was approaching.
"Mom, please wait a little longer! Liu Zhongze will have to come down to accompany you soon!"
After ten months of pregnancy, Concubine Xiang gave birth to a stillborn baby, and Master Liu lamented that he was useless. But then he suddenly thought of his two sons, Liu Er and Liu San.
But it was too late. Liu Ruren had set a fire that spread from the ancestral hall all the way to the entire house. The fire spread quickly. Master Liu had been inhaling Wu Shi San for so long, how could he have the strength to escape? Besides, she had already sent someone to lock his door.
It just fulfilled his love with his concubine that lasted until death.
Kulian ordered his servants to escape, and Liu Ruren took Ruqing and Ruyan away.
Amidst the thick smoke and flames, there were three figures, one large and two small. They were the backs of Liu Ruren and his two younger sisters going up the mountain together.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. The Liu family's feud ends here.
"Sister, where are we going?" Ruqing asked in a baby voice, holding Liu Ruren's hand with one hand and supporting the younger Ruyan with the other.
Liu Ruren thought for a moment and then began to coax her, "How about going up the mountain with your elder sister to become a bhikkhuni?"
“Is it fun to be a bhikkhuni?”
"It's more fun than being at the Liu family."
"good."
Ruqing was her fourth sister, and her mother had died very early. However, no one remembered this and everyone thought her mother was still alive, relying entirely on the kind wet nurse to raise her.
"Where do the bhikkhunis live?"
"Live in the nunnery."
"What nunnery?"
"Which temple do you want to live in?"
Ruqing thought for a moment and then asked, "What's in the nunnery?"
"Nothing, just us."
"Then it might as well be called Wuwu Temple!"
Ruqing was still young, and her words were innocent. Liu Ruren, however, laughed and said, "Then let's call it Wuwu Temple!"
There was nothing originally, so where could dust gather?
Ruoque stood on a high place in Fengqing Temple, looking at the burning Liu family. There was no ripple in his heart, and he felt an unprecedented calmness.
"Your house burned down, and you didn't react?"
The person who spoke was Wei Ruchu, who had been living in Fengqing Temple for more than half a year.
Ruo Que simply replied, "I have nothing to do with that house anymore."
"You hate your father, but what about your sister? She is your sister from the same mother!" Wei Ruchu didn't understand why Ruoque, who was usually gentle, was so cold-blooded at this moment.
"She is free where she belongs."
"It's so confusing. I don't understand."
Ruo Que didn't answer her, but led her back to the room.
The fire burned the Liu family to ashes. Helan Zhu suddenly said, "Brother Liu and I are both homeless."
After a long silence, Liu Qingbai looked around, looked at Feichun and said, "No, my home is here."
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