Chapter 87 Lin Qinshuang's Death (Part 3)
"My dear, can you please let me in? I have to rely on my hands to hold on so as not to fall down. If you don't let me in, I will fall down." Boss Mu was good at seeing through people's minds. He did not directly answer Lin Qinshuang's question, but only said that he was about to fall down.
After hearing this, Lin Qinshuang was afraid that he would really fall down, so she hurriedly pulled him into the room. As soon as Boss Mu entered the room, he took Lin Qinshuang's hands and kissed them gently, "Looking at my dear under the moon, she is like a fairy in the moon palace! My dear, you are still beautiful and charming without makeup, just like in my dream." These words made Lin Qinshuang blush and her heart beat faster.
Boss Mu did not give Lin Qinshuang a chance to respond, and continued with affection: "Madam asked me if I knew you had a husband." He paused and Lin Qinshuang stared at him nervously. "Of course I know. After I saw you for the first time, I specifically asked about you. You came from Yangzhou and are the concubine of the second master in this mansion. They said that you made a mistake and were sent back here. It's ridiculous. How could such a beautiful lady make a mistake? It must be wrong. If it was someone else, how could your husband bear to let you, my lady, endure loneliness in a foreign land? Your husband is really hateful! He let the pearl be covered with dust! My lady, after I knew you had a husband, I hesitated for two days, but I still couldn't control my longing. I still want to see you. You can scold me as a scoundrel and call me a playboy, but I just want to see you. "
Lin Qinshuang listened to these sincere words and looked at herself in the other's eyes, and she couldn't help wanting to sink.
"My dear, I don't want to leave. I want to see you more. I know your husband will definitely take you away. Can you let me accompany you for a while? I will die without regrets if I can win the favor of the fairy!" After Boss Mu finished speaking, he tentatively took a step closer to Lin Qinshuang. Lin Qinshuang did not move. Boss Mu pulled her into his arms. Lin Qinshuang still did not struggle. She gave up her wife outside to be his concubine for Sheng Hong, but he did not know how to cherish her. Now that someone has seen her good side, Sheng Hong owes her this day of entertainment!
Boss Mu was still thinking about taking it step by step, but Lin Qinshuang hooked her arm around Boss Mu's neck and kissed him...
After that, Boss Mu would come to Lin Qinshuang's place every few days, and the two of them were happily having sex in the Sheng Mansion, so happy!
Until a few days before August 15th, it was said that there were thieves in Youyang, who might sneak in late at night to kill and rob, so the Sheng family also sent more people to patrol. That day, Boss Mu came according to the previous agreement between her and Lin Qinshuang, but he didn't want to leak his tracks and was discovered by the patrol of the Sheng family. The patrol thought he was a thief, and was afraid that he had accomplices, so he didn't make a fuss and called more people to prepare to fight the enemy. When the group entered the side courtyard with torches, Lin Qinshuang and Boss Mu had reached a critical point. When they heard the noise, they went straight to Lin Qinshuang's room. When they saw the movement outside, they thought that the crime had been exposed. Lin Qinshuang pushed Boss Mu to let him go. When the group entered with torches, they saw a figure jumping out of the window and escaping. Aunt Lin, who should have been pure and self-reflective, was disheveled, and the room was full of unspeakable smells. Those who knew about human affairs knew what had happened.
The news was immediately reported to Sheng Wei. Because it was a matter of the inner house, Sheng Wei could not intervene, so he asked Li to come forward. When Li arrived, Lin Qinshuang had already been cleaned up, but the smell in the room had not yet dissipated. Li ordered someone to take Lin Qinshuang to another room for interrogation, but Lin Qinshuang was stubborn and refused to say anything. Li had no choice. After all, she was not her concubine, so it was not easy to punish her directly. She had to lock her up in her own room and wait for the next day to discuss with the eldest old lady before dealing with her.
Who would have thought that when the maid came to deliver food the next day, she opened the door and saw Lin Qinshuang hanging from the beam of the room. She had committed suicide. When she was put down, she was already cold.
Seeing this, Sheng Wei had to lock her up first and then investigate the matter in detail. After some interrogation, Sheng Wei also locked the adulterer to the boss Mu who came to his house two months ago to seek cooperation, but Sheng Wei felt that the man was not trustworthy and rejected him. He did not expect that such a thing would happen later. He sent people to find the boss Mu, but found that he knew very little about him and could not find him. Sheng Wei could not make a big deal about it, so he could only let the adulterer escape. But he had to write a letter to inform Sheng Hong of what happened in his hometown, and he also had to decide how to deal with these maids and women. Most of them were people bought by Sheng Hong later, not his own children. Sheng Wei also asked Sheng Hong for his opinion, which led to the previous letter.
After Sheng Wei sent the letter back, he waited for a few days and received a letter from Sheng Hong, saying that there was no need to take care of the funeral, and that he could just follow Sheng Wei's advice and bury the deceased somewhere. In addition, the female relatives serving in the side courtyard could not be left in Youyang, nor could they be sent back to Yangzhou, let alone to Bian Jing. They should be sent to some remote places, depending on where the Sheng family had industries or farms. Before sending them away, they should be given a good beating and some silver as a seal. Sheng Wei did as he was told.
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Xue Hen stood on the boat to Bian Jing and looked into the distance, her heart was very calm, she had finally gotten her revenge! After Lin Qinshuang was buried, the maids and servants who knew the truth were given a hush money and sent away by the Sheng family. She was sent to Songyang. Not long after arriving in Songyang, she wrote a letter to her brother Huaixuan, explaining all the circumstances. Huaixuan would find a way to pass the letter to Aunt Wei. Sure enough, not long after, Luzhu received a reply letter, which contained her life contract and two silver bills of 100 taels. Luzhu found an opportunity to run away after receiving the letter. She didn't dare to make a fuss about the missing person on the farm. Luzhu successfully boarded the ship to Bianjing. She went to Bianjing to see her brother's family first, and then decided to find a place to settle down near Bianjing.
As the boat slowly moved forward, the bottom of the boat gently touched the river water, making a steady and deep "gurgling" sound, steady and powerful, which made people feel an inexplicable sense of peace and tranquility. They could also vaguely hear the sound of the sails swelling in the wind, which was a symbol of freedom and power. Lu Zhu listened quietly, and her thoughts returned to the night when Lin Qinshuang hung herself on the beam.
Lu Zhu took advantage of the quiet night to go outside Lin Qinshuang's room. Lin Qinshuang was still awake, and Lu Zhu thought she couldn't sleep either. She threw a note into Lin Qinshuang's room, and then quietly listened to the movements inside from outside the door.
She heard light footsteps, the sound of papers being unfolded, then she heard Lin Qinshuang crying, heard her shouting "Feng'er, Mo'er, mother is sorry for you, mother has brought shame on you", and heard the sound of tearing cloth strips, and then heard Lin Qinshuang say, "Mulang, see you in the next life", and finally the sound of a wooden stool falling to the ground.
Hearing this, Luzhu pushed the door open and saw Lin Qinshuang struggling. Her face had begun to turn from red to purple. Luzhu just watched quietly until Lin Qinshuang's limbs stopped moving. Luzhu found a note on the table with only one sentence on it, "Parents who love their children will plan for them far-reachingly"! Luzhu took the note and burned it!