The unexpected turn of events startled everyone.
Any unusual occurrence during a funeral procession will inevitably lead people to speculate.
This startled everyone. Some people didn't even look at what was happening before they started shouting recklessly, "It's a zombie! It's a zombie!"
This shout caused the surrounding people to scatter like birds and beasts.
This cleared out a large open space, allowing those who hadn't run to clearly see what had happened.
"Huh?!" Someone was the first to notice something was wrong, exclaiming in surprise, "Where's the body?"
The person next to him covered his eyes with his hands and said irritably, "Didn't we say it was a zombie? It must have run away!"
"...Can...can still run?"
Butcher Zhang, carrying a pig, walked by and said gruffly, "What a load of rubbish! I saw it clearly just now, there was no corpse in that coffin at all."
This statement caused an uproar.
Shen Cang stood beside the shattered coffin, motionless as if frozen in place.
His worst fears have come true!
"What's going on? Why is the coffin empty?"
"Yes, wasn't it said that the third young lady of that manor died? Why is there no body?"
Some boldly speculated: "Didn't they find the body?"
"Didn't they say he died of illness? Why are they looking for his body?"
In short, it doesn't make sense no matter how you look at it.
Shen Cang stood there, clearly hearing the discussions around him. Even though he was old enough to be considered an adult, he was still terrified and his hands and feet went cold when faced with such a scene.
How are we going to handle this?!
How did the perfectly good coffin crack?
He was completely baffled.
Shen Qiyin stood not far away watching this scene, her expression as indifferent as ever, making it impossible to tell whether she was happy or sad.
She had tampered with the coffin and the carrying pole.
She had previously overheard her senior brother mentioning something called "corpse-dissolving water," which was said to be able to dissolve everything.
She asked him for a small bottle and melted down some of the dozen or so iron nails that were securing the coffin planks. As a result, the planks around the coffin were no longer secure and would fall apart with the slightest bump.
After the incident involving Aunt Zhou and Li Gui, the household did add a few new servants, but sent away even more.
Aside from those who served each other, there were very few people who could be sent to keep vigil for Shen Ruyin.
Therefore, it actually made things convenient for her.
She deliberately had Xianglan lead the person away, partly to make it easier for her to do her thing, and partly to take the opportunity to test the girl.
She tampered with the coffin, and the carrying pole was made of honeysuckle.
Her honeysuckle was amazing; it didn't need any medicine at all. With just one cut, the stem split in half. She then covered the remaining connected part with a white cloth, and no one could tell.
Actually, she and Ren Dong didn't do this job very meticulously. Shen Cang would have found out that these things were deliberately sabotaged if he had just checked.
But so what?
Firstly, he didn't see it with his own eyes.
Secondly, he had no evidence.
Besides, based on her understanding of her father, he wouldn't even suspect her.
Because in his preconceived notion, she had no motivation to do so.
He would suspect her mother, with whom he had a falling out.
They might suspect that Shen Mengyin was born to a sister of Shen Ruyin.
even……
They might suspect that the missing Shen Ruyin herself is the person in question!
Thinking of this, Shen Qiyin watched with great interest as Shen Cang panicked, looking forward to how her self-important father would clean up this mess.
The whispers from those around them continued.
"I was wondering why I hadn't seen Miss Shen crying earlier. It turns out that Miss Shen didn't die at all."
The other person disagreed, saying, "What do you know? Doctor Er Ya isn't crying because that damned Miss Shen did something to wrong her!"
"If it were my fiancé who was seduced by my sister, and the two of them shamelessly had an affair in the temple, making me lose face for no reason, now that he is dead, I would be considered kind-hearted if I didn't even cry, let alone laugh out loud."
Upon hearing this, the person who had spoken earlier said again, "Since the person isn't dead, why is the Shen family holding a funeral?"
"Who wouldn't say so?"
"That's strange..."
"Ha! What else could it be for? It must be to cover up some shameful secret."
"That Miss Shen is shameless and has even engaged in illicit affairs. She might be carrying a bastard child. Master Shen doesn't want to acknowledge her anymore, so he simply made up a lie to avoid being implicated by her in the future."
This person seemed to know Shen Cang's mind inside his stomach, revealing all his shameful thoughts to the public.
Shen Cang felt a chill run down his spine.
Hearing what the man in front said, Butcher Zhang couldn't help but curse, "In my opinion, that daughter is no good, and that father is no better!"
"right."
"Well said!"
"Absolutely! What kind of father is that? Tsk tsk tsk..."
Having been verbally abused to his face, Shen Cang finally came to his senses. Trembling, he ordered the equally stunned servant beside him, "...Quickly, quickly put away the coffin! Hurry!"
The servants busied themselves piecing together the coffin boards.
The nails weren't long enough to hold the boards in place, and those boards, like Shen Cang's reputation, were completely ruined.
Someone nearby, eager for a good show, egged them on, saying, "Mr. Shen, I think you shouldn't bother with the coffin. Since your daughter isn't dead, you can take the planks home and use them for firewood."
"It's a waste to burn firewood. If you ask me, let's make a rocking chair instead. In case Miss Chen comes back tomorrow with a big belly, it will be good for her child."
"Hahahaha..."
"That's utter nonsense!" Shen Cang flicked his sleeve, forcing himself to remain calm, and said, "I, I am a dignified seven-foot man, a father, how could I possibly curse my own daughter to die for no reason?"
"She passed away, which is why this funeral was arranged."
Some people didn't believe it and pressed on, asking, "Then why is there no body in the coffin?"
"That's because, because..." His brain raced, and he had no choice but to use the excuse he had prepared for Shen Ruyin: "Because she fell off a cliff and died, I couldn't find her body, so I planned to build her a cenotaph."
"But I heard that Miss Shen died of illness?"
"...She was sick, and so as not to be a burden to us, she jumped off the cliff."
"But you said you'd build her a cenotaph, yet there aren't any clothes in the coffin."
This stumped Shen Cang.
As the saying goes, once you tell one lie, you need countless more to cover it up, which perfectly describes the situation he's facing right now.
This is a dead end.
There's no way to explain it.
Just when Shen Cang was in utter despair, thinking he had been driven to the bottom of the abyss, he never expected that there was a hell below the bottom of the abyss!
A familiar voice suddenly rang out from the crowd, mournful and chilling, sending shivers down people's spines.
"Why did you stop making things up? Did you finally run out of ideas?"
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