Chapter 81 I am your retribution
The morning breeze brought the fragrance of the earth, and the sunlight spread appropriately on the ground.
Gu Ruanci woke up and looked at the sky outside with a calm expression.
"Today is the last day. I don't know how they will cope."
During breakfast, Zhuang Hefeng wanted to ask about Old Madam Zhang several times, but he finally held back.
Gu Ruanci was very calm. If she could be sure of something regarding medical skills, there would definitely be no unexpected changes.
Before noon, the person who was sent out to inquire about the news came back and said that the white cloth had been hung up in the Jing'an Marquis' Mansion. Madam Zhang suddenly fell ill and passed away in a hurry.
Her performance in the past two days was indeed a last gasp of vitality, and it was also under Zhou Yuzhi's care that she was able to maintain it a little longer.
Of course, Gu Ruanci knew that these were all excuses. The old lady must have started to fall ill last night and tossed and turned all night before she passed away.
Unexpectedly, the deceased Madam Zhang would be used to build Zhou Yuzhi's image. This seems more like concealing Zhou Yuzhi's responsibility in this matter.
"Is there no imperial physician coming?" Gu Ruanci asked.
"No. According to the Zhou family themselves, it was the old lady who held them back because she knew her time was up and she just wanted to make clear her final arrangements. But she died right after she finished."
"I remember she seemed to worship Buddha during her lifetime. According to her own beliefs, shouldn't her body be kept at the Sambodhi Temple, and have the monks there perform a ritual before burial?"
Before Gu Ruanci came back, he had already found out everything.
"yes……"
The servants didn't expect that the county lady knew so much.
Gu Ruanci didn't ask any more questions and let her go.
"Sister, do you want to go and take a look?" Gu Yuxuan immediately saw through Gu Ruanci's intention.
Gu Ruanci nodded and said, "How can I feel at ease if I don't see her die with my own eyes? After all, this is something I have been looking forward to for many years."
Gu Congyun hurriedly said, "Soft words, the Bodhi Temple is full of monks and pilgrims. The Zhou family is here today. Would it be inconvenient for you to show up?"
"It's okay. Madam Zhang is already dead. They are busy dealing with the rituals and have no time to take care of me."
"Let your third brother accompany you, otherwise I won't be able to rest assured." Gu Congyun knew that there was no way to stop her.
"Thank you, father."
Gu Ruanci did not refuse. With her third brother around, she did feel more secure.
Sanbao Bodhi Temple is the largest temple for monks in Dizhou, and it is populated by female nuns.
The abbot, Master Fozhi, was quite prestigious in the city, and Mrs. Zhang had often visited here during her lifetime.
Gu Ruanci and the others did not go there too early, but chose the afternoon.
At this time, the Buddhist ceremony has just begun, and the Ksitigarbha Sutra must be chanted forty-nine times before the ceremony is considered complete.
Everyone in the Zhou family, including the eldest wife's widow Wen Zimei who had rarely appeared in recent years, her married daughter Zhou Qingdai, and even the third prince Lu Enrui who should have been under house arrest, were allowed by the emperor to attend the ritual as an exception.
In the main hall, Master Fozhi, wearing a cassock, led a group of monks in chanting scriptures, while Madam Zhang's relatives knelt there and cried bitterly.
Madam Zhang's body was placed in a special room behind the main hall. There was a picture of paradise on the ground and a huge Buddha statue on the ceiling.
Zhou Zhili knelt there, deeply saddened by his mother's death.
In order to treat his mother's illness, he has tried various methods and asked many people for help in recent years. Finally, he finally asked the Little Doctor to help, but such an accident still happened.
Zhou Yuzhi's face was numb. He had been doubting himself. If he had not used such extreme methods to force the Little Medical Fairy to accept him, would his grandmother have lived longer? She would not have suffered pain all night, fainted and then woke up in pain. After she woke up, they found a way to make her faint again. It took six hours for her to die.
Wen Zimei and Zhou Qingdai were kneeling there, and although they were crying, there was no real sadness in Wen Zimei's eyes.
On the contrary, Zhou Qingdai couldn't stop crying. She was raised as a boy since she was a child. As the first child in the mansion, Old Madam Zhang loved her sincerely. However, she was not a boy after all and had no younger brother, so she could only watch the title fall to her second uncle.
She couldn't just complain about her grandmother like her mother did.
No one knew how Gu Runci entered the inner room and walked to the body of Old Madam Zhang.
With a sarcastic smile on her face, she took out a silver needle and inserted it directly into Madam Zhang's Yongquan acupoint.
Then she gently took Madam Zhang's pulse.
"How about it? It feels like you want to open your eyes but can't, and you want to speak but can't open your mouth. It must be very uncomfortable, right?"
Gu Ruanci casually pulled over the chair next to him and sat down on it.
"When you helped your bastard son cover up his scandal and forced my mother to accept it or leave, did you ever think that one day you would suffer retribution like this?"
Madam Zhang's eyelids moved, but she couldn't open them.
"Did you recognize my voice? It's me, Gu Ruanci. But you wouldn't guess my other identity. I'm the Little Medical Fairy your son dreams of hiring. I was the only one who could save you back then."
"I was the one who deliberately passed on the Nine Yang-Restoring Needles to Zhou Yuzhi. I also deliberately spread the news that the Little Medical Immortal wanted to accept a disciple. The Nine Yang-Restoring Needles can give him confidence. The person who developed the bone-repairing ointment is my nephew, and he also used it to stimulate your grandson."
Gu Ruanci leisurely explained these things to her. At this time, Madam Zhang was conscious but unable to do anything.
"I didn't expect Zhou Yuzhi to be so impulsive. He actually found the Funeral Powder, a medicine specifically for the dying. It can temporarily restore a certain level of health, allowing them to die after their final affairs are taken care of. I'll only tell you one person, but I also developed this medicine. Furthermore, I specially added two ingredients to the medicine he gave you: one that will cause you excruciating pain, and one that will cause you to suffer extreme torture and then fake your death..."
"You snatched three sons from my mother, forcing her to endure the pain of losing her own flesh and blood. I will return the pain of breaking bones and peeling skin to you. My mother endured it for years, and you only endured it for six hours. Don't thank me. I know I am kind."
"As for faking your death, those idiots in the Zhou family won't even know about it. I'm looking forward to seeing how they react if they find out you were buried alive."
Madam Zhang's eyelids began to tremble violently, but Gu Ruanci was not nervous.
She stood up and looked at the Buddha statue on the ceiling.
"If people like you could be forgiven by the Buddha, Ksitigarbha would have become a Buddha long ago."
"Don't worry. When you're being tortured in hell, remember to say a few nice words to the ghost messenger. After all, your children will be coming down to accompany you soon."
"You know my secret, but you can't tell your children. You're still alive, but you're going to be buried alive by them. How helpless, right? Zhang Qiongru, I'm your retribution!"
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