Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 284 I’m guilty

"Now you are going to add another one, killing your own daughter with your own hands. For a person like you to practice Buddhism, what kind of Buddhism is it? If you can become a Buddha, then the Buddhist religion is a joke!"

Xiao Yuyao's face flushed red as she spoke incoherently. Although her life was at stake, she felt unprecedentedly happy.

She felt that Xiao Yan was obsessed with Buddhism, and these words would definitely deal him a greater blow...

"Haha, you said that, it only shows that you don't understand Buddhism." Xiao Yan didn't feel anything this time. He sneered, with a hint of sarcasm and disdain in his smile, but it didn't seem to be directed at Xiao Yuyao.

He said in a deep voice: "You are wrong. I am not a beast like you. I cannot kill my own daughter with my own hands."

Before Xiao Yuyao had time to rejoice, Xiao Yan grabbed her by the neck and brought her to the square well.

"What are you going to do?!" Xiao Yuyao took a look at the dark wellhead emitting a gloomy atmosphere and screamed in shock.

Xiao Yan loosened his grip little by little, and said without a trace of emotion: "So I have decided to suppress you in this well for eternity!"

"Kill me!" Xiao Yuyao looked at the dark wellhead, her claustrophobia coming back. She desperately grabbed Xiao Yan's hand and didn't let go, shouting madly, her voice full of fear.

"Atonement." Xiao Yan's eyes pierced, and Xiao Yuyao's whole body convulsed. He involuntarily let go of his hands, and fell into the well with a scream.

Xiao Yan waved his sleeves again, and the six-foot-tall stone statue of Guanyin slowly moved back to the mouth of the well, sitting firmly without a trace of gap.

The roaring sound began to come from the bottom of the well again...

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outside the temple.

Hearing the inhuman shouting, Xiao Yuhuan felt both happy and painful, and she couldn't stop crying.

Ren Yuan stood by silently, although he and Xiao Yuyao seemed to have no direct hatred, he was still very happy to avenge Ren Fang and Ren Bi's family and to uphold justice for the people in "Drunken and Delicious Dream".

Ren Yuan was just about to say something to comfort Xiao Yuhuan when he heard hurried footsteps.

He looked in the direction of the voice and saw Linchuan King Xiao Hong rushing over with sweat all over his forehead. Although it was the hottest time of the year, the Nine Apertures Supreme Divine Power had long been immune to cold and heat. The beads of sweat were obviously not caused by the heat.

Huangmen Ling Dong Ping hurriedly went to meet Xiao Hong and asked respectfully, "Why is the prince here?"

"I saw a white dragon flying out of Guangzhai Temple. I was worried that something might happen to my brother's residence, so I came to check it out." Xiao Hong's explanation was reasonable and his wording was very complete. It was obvious that he had prepared a plan in mind on the way.

"Why did the emperor come here in person?" But his slightly trembling voice still vaguely revealed his inner uneasiness.

Dong Ping smiled and said, "I am also confused. Your Majesty, please ask the Emperor directly."

"Can I go in, King?"

"Well..." Dong Ping couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

But then Xiao Yan's voice was heard in the hall. "Come in!"

"Yes, my royal brother." Xiao Hong responded quickly.

The ghostwriter slowly pushed open the door of the hall, and he quickly took off his shoes and went in.

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The palace door closed silently again, and the hall returned to darkness, where one could hear a pin drop.

Xiao Hong could even hear his own heartbeat. With his well-informed level, he had actually heard everything... He knew that the third sister-in-law was resurrected; he also knew that Xiao Yuyao was called in for trial; he even guessed that the white dragon was the third sister-in-law!
So he was so scared that he hurried over here, ready to turn himself in and seek lenient treatment.

Xiao Hong didn't see Xiao Yuyao anywhere he looked, and he became even more frightened. He knelt down and kowtowed, ready to confess: "Brother, I am guilty..."

"You are indeed guilty! Your third sister-in-law was killed by that beast Xiao Yuyao!" Xiao Yan said angrily:
"I entrusted my family to you, and this is how you take care of them? You foolish idiot, you actually let a 13 or 14-year-old girl fool you!"

Xiao Hong was sweating profusely at first, but as he listened, he felt something was wrong. He mustered up the courage to raise his head and asked tentatively, "Is it Yu Yao who killed my third sister-in-law?"

"Your third sister-in-law said it herself, how could it be false?" Xiao Yan said coldly.

"Why did she do this?" Xiao Hong looked puzzled.

"The affair was discovered, and he was afraid of being punished by your third sister-in-law, so he poisoned her while she was giving birth!" Xiao Yan said hatefully:

"How could I have given birth to such a fatherless and motherless beast? I have already imprisoned her in the well, so that she will never be able to reincarnate!"

"Then..." Xiao Hong felt relieved, and continued to muster up the courage to ask, "Who is the adulterer?"

"I was just about to ask you that." Xiao Yan stared at his good sixth brother with complicated eyes, as if he wanted to see through his heart. He asked coldly:
"No one should know better than you, right?"

Xiao Hong immediately broke out in a sweat, and his back was soaked with sweat again. But he was so frightened that he lied in the hope of getting lucky:
"I really don't know. I was so busy at the time that I neglected the affairs of the palace. I hope my royal brother will punish me!"

"Really?" Xiao Yan asked again.

"Really." Xiao Hong nodded heavily.

"Alas, Xiao Yuyao will never admit to having an affair. It seems that this will remain a mystery forever." Xiao Yan sighed deeply: "Get up, it's useless even if I carry you to the well."

"Didn't Third Sister-in-law say that?" Xiao Hong quickly got up, wiped the sweat off his face and asked.

"She didn't say." Xiao Yan shook his head and said, "Her three souls and seven spirits were all destroyed. Only one soul and two spirits are left, so her memory is incomplete, and that part is missing."

"What a coincidence?" Xiao Hong was so overjoyed that he could hardly suppress his smile.

"What's so coincidental about this?" Xiao Yan didn't want to talk about this embarrassing topic anymore, so he changed the subject:

"Don't make your third sister-in-law's transformation into a dragon known to the public for the time being, so as not to cause unnecessary criticism."

"I understand," Xiao Hong responded quickly, and his heart finally settled down.

"But I still have to thank God for returning the queen to me." Xiao Yan forced a smile on his face.

"Yes, it would be great if Third Sister-in-law came back." Xiao Hong's heart trembled again when he thought about seeing Third Sister-in-law from time to time in the future.

"But she hasn't calmed down yet, so she turned into a white dragon and flew away. I don't know when she will come back." Xiao Yan sighed.

"He will definitely come back once he calms down." Xiao Hong thought to himself that he hoped he would never come back.

"I want to build a heavenly altar outside the Suzaku Gate." Xiao Yan said in a deep voice: "First, to thank the heavens, and second, to ask the heavens to bless the queen to return soon."

"God will surely hear your prayers, brother." Xiao Hong quickly replied.

"I'm leaving this task to you. It must be completed before the end of the year. I will ascend the altar to offer sacrifices to heaven on New Year's Day!" Xiao Yan gave the final order.

"Your Highness obeys your order." Xiao Hong hurriedly responded loudly, "I will definitely not delay for a single day."

(End of this chapter)