Red Mansion: After being expelled from the family, I was granted the title of Marquis of Mobei

Chapter 64: The whole story, Lin Daiyu arrives in Beijing
When everyone arrived in the yard outside, there was a stretcher on the ground.

A person lay on a stretcher, covered with a white cloth that had been soaked with blood and dyed blood red.

Wang Ruofu couldn't help but tremble when she saw this, and a terrible idea came to her mind.

At this time, Wang Ruofu's hands were shaking.

She staggered to the front of the stretcher, bent down and pulled open the white cloth.

What caught Wang Ruofu's eyes was a female corpse. The clothes on the upper body of the corpse had been torn to pieces, and the scraps of cloth were like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.

The bloody scene was disgusting, and there were shocking lacerations on the woman's skin.

The neck was almost completely bitten off, with only a layer of skin barely connecting the head and torso.

The trachea and blood vessels were exposed like tangled ropes. The dark red blood had long since dried up and solidified into a pool of black marks around the corpse, emitting a bloody smell.

The female corpse's face had wide-open eyes but was lifeless, and the fear and despair seemed to be frozen forever in the last moment of her life.

The female corpse's lips were slightly open, as if she was making a silent scream, but she was instantly devoured by the ruthless beast.

The limbs of the corpse were even more horrific. The right arm was broken at the shoulder, and the bones were exposed at the broken end. The pieces of flesh hung on the edge of the bones, like rags that had been torn off randomly.

The left arm was twisted and bent to the side, with bones protruding from the torn flesh, and the sharp broken bones shone coldly in the sunlight.

The legs were not spared either. Most of the thigh muscles were eaten away, leaving only some fascia and flesh barely connecting the bones. The dress was torn into strips and stained with blood.

When she saw the female corpse, Wang Ruofu couldn't help but take a few steps back in fright. After she came to her senses, she lay on the corpse and burst into tears.

"Sister, sister, what's wrong with you? How can I explain this to my brother-in-law and parents?"

Needless to say, the female corpse was none other than Wang Ruofu's sister, Aunt Kang.

The scene of Wang Ruofu crying miserably made everyone feel sad.

Zhang Guifen looked reluctant and asked in a low voice after looking at Jia Jue.

"Husband, what is going on?"

Jia Jue sighed and said.

"Don't mention it. After learning that Aunt Kang was missing, the guards searched the area around the villa and found tiger tracks next to Aunt Kang's yard."

"The soldiers followed the trail and found Aunt Kang's body in the distant mountains and forests."

"Alas, we were just out for a fun outing, but something like this happened."

Zhang Guifen was so shocked after hearing this that she didn't know what to say.

Even though Zhang Guifen's mother Liu was still reminding Zhang Guifen yesterday to be careful and wary of Aunt Kang.

However, when Zhang Guifen saw Aunt Kang's body in front of her, she still felt a little overwhelmed.

Sheng Minglan on the other side also had a look of horror on her face.

Then Sheng Minglan, Sheng Hualan and Sheng Rulan went forward together to comfort Wang Ruofu.

After a long time, Wang Ruofu finally accepted the reality and returned to the room with the help of her daughters. As for Aunt Kang's body, Jia Jue arranged for someone to prepare a coffin for burial.

After everything was arranged, just as Jia Jue was about to return to the main hall, Lady Liu, the wife of the Duke of Yingguo, called Jia Jue.

"My Lord, wait a moment."

Seeing this, Jia Jue bowed and said.

"Mother-in-law, what are your instructions?"

Liu looked at Jia Jue meaningfully and said.

"My Lord, in previous years, tiger attacks were mostly in winter when it was hard to find food. Now, in March, the beginning of spring, a tiger attack has actually occurred. It's truly horrifying."

"You have to clean up the area around the villa."

Jia Jue said with a hint of helplessness.

"Since my dear mother-in-law knows about this, I hope you can understand me."

Liu said with a calm smile.

"Your father-in-law has often said that you are decisive in killing people. This time, I have witnessed it."

"Some evils are better to be eliminated."

"Remember, clean up the area around the villa."

Jia Jue nodded slightly and said.

"Don't worry, mother-in-law. I will send my personal soldiers to the area to encircle and eliminate the beasts. We will definitely make sure that the area is completely clear."

Liu said after a light laugh.

"That's good. Alright, go ahead and do your work. I'll also help comfort Madam Wang."

"Thank you, mother-in-law."

After Jia Jue respectfully saw off the Lady of the Duke of England, he felt extremely respectful towards his mother-in-law.

If Wang Ruofu was careless, then his mother-in-law was definitely a strategic person.

Even Sheng Minglan, who was always smart, didn't notice anything unusual, but her mother-in-law actually saw the clues so quickly, which was really amazing.

It's no wonder that his mother-in-law can control his father-in-law so well. The three sons and one daughter of the Duke of Yingguo were all born to Liu.

Aunt Kang's death was indeed caused by Jia Jue.

After seeing Aunt Kang coming to the villa with Wang Ruofu, Jia Jue knew that this woman had no good intentions.

After all, this woman in the original drama is full of evil, too numerous to list.

When Aunt Kang was still a married woman in her parents' family, she relied on her mother's favor to cause trouble for her sister-in-law.

Aunt Kang's brother and sister-in-law had been married for several years but had no children. In order to pray for her daughter, her sister-in-law's mother kowtowed with every step and obtained a white jade statue of Guanyin, the goddess of fertility.

But when Aunt Kang got married, she specifically requested this white jade Guanyin statue as her dowry.

In the end, the family was in chaos, and Aunt Kang's sister-in-law gritted her teeth and gave Aunt Kang the white jade Guanyin statue that her mother had obtained with great difficulty as a dowry.

After Aunt Kang married into the Kang family, she relied on the power of the Kang and Wang families to act recklessly.

Over the years, Aunt Kang has been involved in countless deaths, and all the favors that Old Master Wang had left behind were used up in order to exonerate Aunt Kang.

As the plot of "The Story of Minglan" develops, Aunt Kang was first busy sending her concubine to cause trouble for Sheng Minglan, and then she instigated and concealed the poisoning of Old Madam Sheng, almost taking her life.

Later, it almost took Sheng Minglan's life.

Judging from Aunt Kang's performance at yesterday's dinner, Jia Jue had already realized that Aunt Kang had no good intentions and was most likely trying to make trouble.

Jia Jue was in no mood to wait and fight with her. A little Karami like her was not worthy of Jia Jue wasting three chapters with her.

After the banquet, Jia Jue ordered his personal guards to take action that evening. They rushed to the mountains and forests overnight, searching the area for 10 to 20 miles before finding a tiger. They then captured the tiger, leaving claw marks near the villa. Then, they blew a cloud of smoke into Aunt Kang's room, sending the unconscious woman directly into the tiger's mouth.

There is no need to say much about what happened next. Aunt Kang died in the tiger's mouth while she was sleeping, and this scourge was eliminated.

As for why Lady Liu, the Duchess of England, was able to see the flaw in this matter, the reason was actually very simple.

First of all, Liu approved of Jia Jue's vision. She felt that she could see that Aunt Kang was a disaster, and there was no reason why Jia Jue couldn't see it, so Jia Jue definitely had the motive to kill Aunt Kang.

Secondly, the location of Jia Jue's villa is special. Jia Jue is a dignified Marquis of Guanjun and a first-rank official. However, the powerful people living nearby are either dukes or princes. Even Emperor Yongping has a villa nearby for vacation and leisure.

In such a place where powerful people gather, the imperial guards have to search the mountains regularly to hunt and drive away wild beasts to prevent the powerful people from encountering any danger during their leisure time.

So the possibility of tigers living nearby is very low.

Thirdly, it’s the wrong season.

Generally speaking, the weather is cold in winter, and many animals either hibernate or migrate to warmer areas, resulting in a significant reduction in the number of prey for tigers.

In order to obtain enough food to survive and resist the cold, tigers may expand their foraging range, increasing the chances of encountering humans. When they cannot find enough wild animals as food, they may regard humans as potential prey and attack them.

But now it is spring, spring is back to the earth, all things are reviving, it is a time full of vitality.

There is no shortage of food in the mountains and forests, so tigers don't need to go far away to hunt humans for food.

Excluding accidental factors, the next factor is human factors.

In the entire villa, the only one who has the ability to fabricate a tiger-injured case is the host Jia Jue.

Although the Lady of the Duke of England guessed the truth, Jia Jue and his mother-in-law also had a tacit understanding.

The Duchess of England is not a pedantic person, and she also approves of Jia Jue's strategy of preventing problems before they occur.

She was the mistress of the Yingguo Mansion who had been in charge for decades. She was not an ignorant little girl, so she could naturally understand what Jia Jue did.

Seeing Jia Jue eliminate the hidden danger so swiftly and decisively, she actually thought it was a good thing.

After Aunt Kang was attacked by a tiger, this trip to the villa's hot spring bathing naturally came to an abrupt end.

Jia Jue arranged for the women of the two families to leave the villa in an orderly manner. Then Jia Jue asked Emperor Yongping for permission and directly dispatched 5,000 imperial guards to clear the entire forest within 20 miles of the hot spring villa. It turned out that quite a few fish that had slipped through the net were cleared out.

While Jia Jue's cleanup operation was in full swing, on the other side, the Wang family was in an uproar.

At the Kang family mansion, looking at the body of her beloved daughter which had already started to smell foul, Old Lady Wang couldn't help but burst into tears.

On the contrary, Mr. Kang, the son-in-law of Old Lady Wang, acted as if nothing had happened. He did not feel sad at all about his wife's death. On the contrary, he even had a hint of joy on his face.

Wang Ruofu, who was standing by, said weakly when she saw this.

"Mother, you, you must take care of yourself."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang's eyes turned red and she swung her arm and slapped Wang Ruofu hard.

"Shut up! Why did so many people go to the hot spring villa together? Only your sister got into trouble. Who among you hurt her?"

Wang Ruofu felt so wronged after receiving this slap.

She was already very sad about her sister's death, and now seeing her mother blaming her like this, she felt even worse.

Wang Ruofu could only cover her face and speak cautiously.

"Mother, this is truly an accident. We were all happily going to the hot springs, but we didn't expect a tiger to attack our courtyard at night and quietly carry my sister away."

"By the time we discovered it, everything was too late."

After hearing what Wang Ruofu said, Old Lady Wang became furious and said.

"You're talking nonsense, you're talking nonsense. How come Ruoyu is the only one who got into trouble among so many people? Why didn't you get into trouble? Why didn't anyone else get into trouble? Why did only my Ruoyu get into trouble?"

"Why didn't they die? Why didn't you die? Tell me, tell me."

Hearing this, Wang Ruofu felt really uncomfortable. They were all her mother's daughters, but her mother's words were so biased.

But Wang Ruofu could only speak while holding back her tears.

"Mother, no matter how wrong I am, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have taken my sister to the hot spring resort."

"You have every right to beat me and scold me. I only ask that you take good care of yourself, otherwise your daughter will die without redemption."

At this time, Mrs. Wang was inexplicably sad and could only lie on the corpse and cry loudly.

After tossing and turning in the Kang family for a long time, Old Lady Wang cried so much that she fainted and was then sent back to the Wang family.

Wang Ruofu was exhausted both physically and mentally, and got into the carriage with the help of Sheng Hualan.

Just as the driver was about to drive away, someone stopped him.

After the driver chatted with the visitor for a few words, he came to the carriage and said respectfully.

"Madam, someone came from the Duke Zhongqin's residence and said that the eldest daughter had been away from the mansion for a few days and there were many things to do there, so they asked her to return quickly."

Wang Ruofu was already full of anger and had no place to vent it. After hearing what the driver said, Wang Ruofu became furious.

"Let them go. Before Hua'er married into the Zhongqin Marquis's mansion, did they not live like this?"

Sheng Hualan on the side said after hesitating for a moment.

"Mother, why don't I go back? I'll come to see you another day."

Wang Ruofu said after holding Sheng Hualan's hand.

"Hua'er, listen to your mother and come back to our house. I'll see what they can do. I'll send someone to fetch Zhuang Jie'er later. You two can stay at home. I want to see how they can bully us."

"Old Li, drive back home."

"Okay, ma'am."

Then the coachman drove the carriage away without taking the people from the Marquis Zhongqin's Mansion seriously at all.

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed and an official ship slowly docked at the Shendu Wharf.

Then a girl about fourteen or fifteen years old walked down from the official ship with the help of a maid.

The woman had two curved eyebrows that seemed to be frowning but not frowning, and a pair of dewy eyes that seemed to be crying but not crying.

Quietness is like a beautiful flower shining on the water, action is like a weak willow supporting the wind.

The heart is more dry and one hole is more, and the disease is like Xizi winning three points.

Those who are familiar with Dream of the Red Chamber know that this stunning woman is none other than Lin Daiyu, the first of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling.

After Lin Ruhai had taken care of his wife's funeral and made some simple arrangements, he let Lin Daiyu follow Jia She to the capital.

There was no other way. Seeing that his health was getting worse day by day, Lin Ruhai was most worried about his daughter Lin Daiyu's future.

(End of this chapter)