Chapter 68 Bloodbath at Zhang Mansion
Ever since the Crown Prince visited the Duke of England's Mansion, officials under the Crown Prince have also gone to the Duke of England's Mansion to pay their respects one after another. The coffin must be placed in the mourning hall of the mansion for seven days. This is the Duke of England's request.
The funeral will be held on the eighth day and buried in the Zhang family's ancestral tomb.
During this period, Zhang Huai took Zhang Ran back from Doctor Sun. Since Zhang Ran woke up after the amputation, his temperament changed drastically.
He was in a rage every day, and the maids and servants around him were all suffering from his violence. He tortured a maid to death in just a few days, which made all the maids and servants in Zhang Ran's courtyard tremble with fear.
The news of Zhang Ruru's disappearance eventually reached the Duke of England. He mobilized many people but still could not find Zhang Ruru's whereabouts. He was furious and informed the prince of the matter.
For the prince, Zhang Ruru was just a bond to consolidate the relationship with the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion. When he learned of Zhang Ruru's disappearance, he did not feel any emotion. He only told the Duke of Yingguo that as long as a girl married out of the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion, he would regard her as a daughter of the Zhang family.
The implication is that the prince would not care who the daughter is as long as she is married from the Duke of Ying's mansion.
As long as I can hide it from the Empress Dowager this time.
The Zhang family knew that the Queen Mother of Yunwu Manor's arrangement of marriage for the prince had already begun to disrupt the peaceful relationship that had been maintained for many years.
So this is why the prince does not mind Zhang Ruru's disappearance and wants to consolidate the relationship with the Duke of Ying's Mansion.
Therefore, except for Mrs. Song who cried every day because of Zhang Ruru's disappearance, everyone in the Zhang family acted as if nothing had happened.
On the eve of Mrs. Xue’s seventh day.
At the beginning of the hour of midnight, in the mourning hall of the Duke of England’s mansion.
British official Zhang Yu sat on the armchair at the side, listening to the reports from the servants and Zhang Huai, and in anger he threw the cup of tea next to him away.
The atmosphere in the mourning hall suddenly became cold.
Zhang Huai added, "I've also investigated what happened at Kaibao Temple. Wang from the Earl of Yongqin's mansion and my sister each sought their own advantage. They teamed up with Jiang from the Marquis of Yongyi's mansion to deal with Xie Rongying at Kaibao Temple, but they were outmatched, and Ruru became the victim of their scheme. At Yunwu Manor, Xie Rongying didn't even take our Zhang family seriously. And just as the Crown Prince said, the last person my sister saw before her death was Xie Rongying."
"As for the wife of the Marquis of Yongyi, although the Crown Prince said she could testify, Xie Rongying is her daughter-in-law after all. No matter what, she won't testify. Therefore, Xie Rongying can't send her to the government. She can only..."
While speaking, Zhang Huai made a gesture of wiping his neck.
"I didn't know that the daughter raised by Xie Jing is so cruel and ruthless." Duke Ying said coldly, thinking that it was surprising that Xie Jing, a weak scholar, could give birth to such a vicious and calculating daughter.
Zhang Huai calmed down his anger and said, "Father, I will handle this matter."
"You go and make the arrangements." Duke Yingguo calmed down a bit. "After midnight, it will be the seventh day after A-tu's death. When A-tu returns, she must see Xie Rongying buried with her!"
Zhang Huai bowed: "Yes!"
The nobles in Bianjing City all had their own insidious ways of dealing with people. For example, if they couldn't find any favorable evidence to report to the authorities, they would just capture them alive in secret to vent their anger.
As for how to vent your hatred, only the nobles have the final say.
After Zhang Huai left the mourning hall, he missed Song, so he went to see her before leaving the house.
Ever since Zhang Ruruo disappeared, Song's spirit became worse day by day. Zhang Huai was very distressed. When he returned to the courtyard, he asked the maid guarding the door to report.
"Master, the lady only drank a few mouthfuls of porridge today and did not rest. She was thinking about the young lady and the young master all the time."
Zhang Huai's eyes changed slightly, and he said, "Go prepare some food for Madam first."
"yes."
Zhang Huai pushed the door open and walked in.
Song from the inner room knew that it was Zhang Huai who had returned. She immediately stood up and walked out, asking anxiously, "Brother Huai, is there any news about Ruru?"
"Zhilan." Zhang Huai held Song's hand, sighed, and said, "There's still no news about Ruru, but you can't be so negative any longer. If you keep not eating or drinking, you'll collapse before Ruru comes back. What's more, there's Ran'er. Ran'er needs your care right now."
At this, Song's sobs became even louder, and she cried, "Why are my two children suffering so much? I should bear all the sins they have endured for them!"
"Zhilan, wake up. This isn't their suffering; they've been schemed against." Zhang Huai embraced Song, his eyes filled with coldness. "Don't worry, I won't let anyone who hurt Ruru and Ran'er live. I will repay them a thousandfold."
"Why did Xie Rongying want to harm Ruru? Ruru didn't hurt her at all, and Ran'er didn't provoke her. Why was she so cruel?" Song looked at Zhang Huai with tears on her face. "How could there be such a cruel and ruthless woman in this world? Brother Huai, you must not let her go. You must not let her go."
Zhang Huai held Song in his arms and said through gritted teeth, "Zhilan, I will never let her go. None of us will let her go."
Song's sobbing could still be heard in the room, and Zhang Huai was patiently comforting her.
I don't know when the wind started to blow outside, and I could hear the whistling sound through the gaps in the window. About a quarter of an hour later, the sound of raindrops could be heard outside again.
The nights in Bianjing in April were no longer cold at all, and even the drizzle accompanied by strong winds was mild.
Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a loud rumbling sound in the distance.
The thunder was not loud, and even had a heavy dull feeling.
After several consecutive flashes of lightning and thunder in the sky, the sound of rain became louder and louder.
The maid walked quickly under the corridor carrying meat porridge. The lanterns hanging on the corridor were swaying in the strong wind. Recently, because of the death of Mrs. Xue, everyone in the mansion was a little cautious.
It wasn't because they were so cautious that they were afraid of their master's anger, but because they were so cautious about the corpse. The fear mixed with awe made people's spines cold.
The heavy rain, the sound of the wind, and the occasional flashes of light and thunder in the distance made the maid's pace faster and faster.
Seeing that they were about to enter the main house of the Song family, the maid's inexplicably tense heart relaxed a lot, and her pace slowed down a lot. When she was about to turn the corner, a figure suddenly flashed before her eyes. Before the maid could see clearly, she only heard a "swish" sound, and she only felt a momentary pain in her throat before she lost her voice.
The figure was so fast that he caught the tray in the maid's hand at the moment she was about to die, and the meat porridge in the bowl did not spill out.
At this time, Zhang Huai in the room had already calmed Song down. He said to her, "I'll go see if Cai'er has arrived. You need to eat something."
Song nodded.
Zhang Huai walked towards the door. Just as he opened the door, a thin and sharp knife used for dissecting corpses accurately pierced Zhang Huai's eyebrows. Zhang Huai's pupils shrank. When he saw someone appear at the door, warm blood flowed from his eyebrows, slid down his nose and spread to his cheeks.
He fell to the ground with a bang. Song from the inner room heard the sound and came out. Seeing Zhang Huai fall to the ground, she was frightened!
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