Chapter 208 World Nine (V)
Hearing a knock on the door, Baoshan quickly changed into her embroidered shoes. She hurried to the door, stretched out her white hand, and pulled down the wooden bolt.
Before meeting Wei Mao, Baoshan's eyes were full of tenderness. She knew very well that Wei Mao had been away from home for such a long time, which must be because the task assigned to the Northern Pacification Division by His Majesty this time was difficult and dangerous.
Bao Shan thought to herself, Wei Mao is a fool. In the past, when faced with danger, he would rush forward as if he couldn't see the terrifying flash of swords and sabers. She wondered if Wei Mao had been injured at this moment, and whether the wound medicine and gauze at home were sufficient.
She was troubled, and even her dark green eyebrows showed a trace of anxiety. Baoshan's soft lips parted slightly, and as usual, she called out in a soft voice, "Husband..."
What greeted her wasn't Wei Mao's slightly firm but warm embrace, but a group of Jinyiwei. Baoshan recognized the man leading the group. He had been there the day Wei Mao prepared a meal for the Jinyiwei. His name was Chen Zhang.
The word "husband" had been addressed to the wrong person. Baoshan's slender eyelashes trembled slightly, and two shy blushes appeared on her porcelain-white cheeks. She asked timidly, "So, it's you, Brother Chen."
Wei Mao called Chen Zhang like this, and Bao Shan, as Wei Mao's wife, followed suit.
Bao Shan lowered her eyelids and asked softly, "Where's my husband... Why didn't Wei Mao come back with you?"
Chen Zhang looked at his younger sister-in-law in front of him and heard Bao Shan's sweet and gentle question.
Even though he had witnessed too many deaths and announced many bloody facts, he couldn't help but tremble at this moment, and his lips trembled: "Brother Wei came back with us. The thief was captured and the treasure was recovered. Brother Wei will naturally not stay any longer."
Bao Shan suppressed her shyness and looked at the Jinyiwei. They were all tall and handsome, with icy eyes. But none of them looked like her silly husband Wei Mao.
Bao Shan was puzzled. Her beautiful eyes moved slightly as she looked at Chen Zhang: "But I...didn't see my husband?"
Chen Zhang stepped aside with heavy steps, and the Jinyiwei behind him all made way, revealing a bamboo frame covered with a white gauze cloth.
Under the white gauze, a tall figure can be vaguely seen.
When she saw the wooden frame for carrying the dead, Baoshan's body trembled slightly. She used her soft hands to support herself against the wall, and she managed to keep her balance.
A bad thought emerged in Baoshan's mind, but before she could ask carefully, Chen Zhang next to her confirmed Baoshan's inference.
"The thief was cunning. Even after being captured, he still had a poison needle hidden in his shoe. Brother Wei was poisoned...
The thief claimed that there was no antidote for the poison, and the doctor who rushed over also declared that it was a strong drug that could kill a person instantly. Brother Wei..."
Chen Zhang wanted to say more, but Bao Shan's face had already turned pale and her slender body was shaking.
She was like a fallen leaf on a branch, trembling and falling.
Chen Zhang quickly reached out and took Baoshan's body into his arms.
He lifted the fan horizontally, his palms pausing slightly. It felt as if he were holding a ball of light cotton, so soft and boneless. No wonder Wei Mao was so worried. Chen Zhang sighed softly and carried the fan back to the house. The other Jinyiwei carried Wei Mao's body into the courtyard.
When Bao Shan woke up, it was already dark. Her eyes were blurry, and she only saw a figure sitting beside her, as slender as a pine tree. She immediately hugged him, completely unaware of the stiffness of the person in her arms.
Bao Shan's voice was tinged with tears. Her slender body trembled. "My dear, I had a terrible dream. In the dream, a group of people came, carrying your body, saying that you had left me... My dear, I'm so scared..."
Although Baoshan didn't cry, it made Chen Zhang feel more distressed than if she cried at the top of her lungs.
This was the first time Chen Zhang encountered such a difficult situation. Baoshan mistook him for Wei Mao, so he thought Wei Mao was not dead and everything was a horrible dream.
But Chen Zhang had to speak up to break Bao Shan's fantasy. He said, "Sister-in-law, that was not a dream."
The voice of dependent crying gradually stopped. Bao Shan withdrew from Chen Zhang's arms. She raised her eyes and stared at Chen Zhang's face. His eyebrows, eyes and nose were all as handsome as Wei Mao, but he was not Wei Mao.
Baoshan's body trembled slightly. Chen Zhang thought that Baoshan would not be able to withstand another blow and would faint like the last time. He was about to reach out to catch it.
But Bao Shan just picked up the handkerchief, pressed the corners of his red eyes, and apologized softly: "Brother Chen, please don't blame me. I recognized the wrong person."
The Jinyiwei were indeed glorious, but the dangers they encountered were also extremely real, and many people lost their lives in danger.
Therefore, Chen Zhang has become accustomed to the family members crying and wailing in grief and refusing to believe the news of the Jinyiwei's death.
Having seen enough of life and death to separate, Chen Zhang has become calm.
But Bao Shan's feigned strength made Chen Zhang feel a pang in his heart. Chen Zhang couldn't help but soften his voice and whispered, "It's getting late today. Tomorrow, I'll bring the other Jinyiwei to arrange for Brother Wei's funeral. Sister-in-law, please take care of yourself. Don't..."
Baoshan nodded slightly.
Chen Zhang turned his eyes slightly and looked at the house not far away where Wei Mao's body was placed.
Chen Zhang had already found a coffin for Wei Mao, and now Wei Mao lay peacefully inside. Once the funeral was complete, the coffin could be sealed and buried. But Chen Zhang thought of Bao Shan, the only one in the family, and how timid he looked.
If you see Wei Mao's corpse, you will inevitably feel frightened.
Chen Zhang reminded: "If my sister-in-law is afraid, don't go to the second room in the east wing for the time being. Brother Wei is here...
Tomorrow, when we are together, sister-in-law will see Brother Wei's true face again."
Baoshan thanked Chen Zhang softly.
After Chen Zhang left, Bao Shan got down from the bed, holding a candle. The sky outside was gloomy, and the wind was blowing, almost extinguishing the candle.
The precious fan was covered with the palm of the hand to avoid being without light.
She walked to the second room in the east wing and gently pushed open the door.
It was pitch black here. Baoshan found the candlestick and lit a short candle. Suddenly the room became bright.
Baoshan walked towards the coffin in the center. There was a whistling sound of strong wind in the yard, as if a ghost was wailing, but Baoshan was not afraid.
If there really were ghosts in the world, then after Wei Mao became a powerful evil ghost, he would certainly not allow other souls to damage the precious fan.
Because the coffin had not been sealed yet, Baoshan could see Wei Mao in the coffin by leaning over slightly.
He closed his eyes, his face was pale, with a faint blue tinge, probably the mark of the poison needle. His thin lips were slightly parted, as if he was still saying something before he died.
Although there was light in the room, Baoshan still held a candlestick, illuminating Wei Mao's face.
No matter how handsome a person is, he will not look good after his death, not to mention that Wei Mao died of poisoning.
Baoshan looked at Wei Mao in the coffin, stretched out her soft hand and traced Wei Mao's eyebrows.
Her fingers were slightly cold, perhaps because of the wind, and there was a slight chill on her fingertips.
If it were before, Baoshan’s fingers, as cool as hers, would have slid across Wei Mao’s face so gently.
Wei Mao would certainly put on a serious face, find a hot water bottle to warm his hands, and stuff it stiffly into Baoshan's hands.
Wei Mao was so ignorant of the situation that he had no idea that there was another way to warm one's hands, which was to use his palms to warm the delicate hands of the precious fan.
But at this moment, even though Baoshan's fingertips had already slid onto Wei Mao's thin lips, he still lay quietly in the coffin without any movement.
Since there was no one else around, Baoshan didn't need to put on a show, acting out her deep love for Wei Mao and her heartbreak after hearing the news of his death.
But Baoshan's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and a tear rolled down from her eye socket and hit Wei Mao's thin lips.
Bao Shan had already learned from Chen Zhang that the poison needle was not aimed at Wei Mao, but to harm Jinyiwei commander Lu Yuanhui.
But Wei Mao took the initiative to block the poison needle and died.
Baoshan's eyes slightly opened, and her voice was soft: "Why are you so stupid? What if you saved the commander?
You've lost your life, and the commander may remember you for a while, but is it possible that he will remember you for the rest of his life?"
Bao Shan's voice was slightly cold: "If you leave, I will be alone again, with no one to rely on. The only way to survive in this world is to marry again."
Bao Shan did not treat Wei Mao completely to take advantage of him. She wanted to use Wei Mao to escape from that cramped home, but she also really wanted to live with Wei Mao.
But although Baoshan looks weak on the outside, she is actually very cold and hard on the inside. Once Wei Mao dies, she will definitely cling to someone else.
Otherwise, before her gambling addict father could come to her house to exploit her, Wei Mao's former enemies would bully and insult Bao Shan.
As for the tears that rolled down her eyes when she saw Wei Mao, Bao Shan thought that she was truly willing to spend the rest of her life with Wei Mao, but fate had played tricks on her.
But Baoshan has no time to be sad about the passing of time.
As a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Wei Mao had offended many extraordinary people in the past.
I'm afraid that once those enemies learn that Wei Mao is dead, they will definitely turn their hatred on Wei Mao's wife, Bao Shan. There are many dirty tricks that can be used to deal with a weak woman...
When the big tree falls, the precious fan can only look for another branch in the south.
If others knew that Baoshan, weeping inconsolably before her late husband's coffin, with red eyes, was thinking of remarrying, they would surely spit at her and curse her for being "unfaithful to her husband's virtues" and "extremely heartless."
Baoshan snuggled beside Wei Mao's coffin, lowered her eyelids, and slowly fell asleep.
What Wei Mao left behind was also the kindness of the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
If others saw that Baoshan missed her deceased husband so much that she fell asleep beside the coffin, the commander might have sympathy for her and make amends to her.
Perhaps because Wei Mao was around, Bao Shan had a dream. In the dream, the two met for the first time. Bao Shan used her scheming to make Wei Mao fall in love with her, and then she got rid of her gambling father, married Wei Mao, and lived a happy time.
The scene of Bao Shan and Wei Mao interacting with each other is shrouded in a hazy light and shadow, and next to the two of them is an even more dazzling ball of light.
This is like a short play performed on the stage, where someone is the protagonist and sings non-stop.
Some people were just servants and maids, and although they had their own stories, they were ultimately unnoticeable and received little attention.
Bao Shan looked towards the bright spot where the ball of light was. There was a man and a woman standing opposite each other. Someone called the man "Yuan Hui". Bao Shan then vaguely understood that Jinyiwei Commander Lu Yuan Hui was the protagonist of this excerpt, and she and Wei Mao were the protagonists of this excerpt.
It is just an insignificant foil, and even the light ball that covers it is extremely dull.
In the dream, Lu Yuan turned around and became the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. He held important power in the Northern Pacification Office and was highly trusted by His Majesty.
Lu Yuanhui meets Zhang Qingping, a well-mannered lady from a prominent family. Their affection blossoms, like a steady stream of water. If nothing unexpected happens, they'll become an enviable couple. However, many obstacles stand between them. Zhang Qingping is forced to marry someone else by her parents.
It was only on the wedding day that Zhang Qingping discovered that she was actually marrying Lu Yuanhui's father.
Zhang Qingping refused to accept it, but Lu Yuanhui made up his mind after learning that Zhang Qingping had married someone else.
But living under the same roof, Zhang Qingping always hesitated to speak, and her abrupt behavior made Mr. Lu discover something.
A gap gradually grew between the two, but Zhang Qingping was always unwilling to let go of her feelings for Lu Yuanhui, which gave Lu Yuanhui's enemies an advantage over him. They reported to the emperor that Lu Yuanhui was not a decent person and even coveted his stepmother.
His Majesty severely punished Lu Yuanhui. When Zhang Qingping learned of this, she knew she had gotten into trouble and gradually began to distance herself from Lu Yuanhui.
But it seems like fate always pulls the two together.
In the end, after the two went through all kinds of hardships, Mr. Lu gave Zhang Qingping a letter of divorce. Zhang Qingping changed her name and remarried Lu Yuanhui.
Baoshan and Wei Mao are the dull and dim scene in this short play.
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