It has been a long time since Zeng Li had been having the same dream.
The fire soaring into the sky, the cold corpse, the grin ringing in his ears, and the bloody execution of Ling Chi, the scene always freezes at the moment when Zhang Chu turns around.
Zeng Li also forgot when he first had this dream.
She was still very young at that time, and she would occasionally have this dream, and what she dreamed about was only some sporadic scenes, and Zhang Chu's face never appeared in her dream.
Since the last time she met Zhang Chu, this dream has become more and more clear, and every detail seems to have been experienced by her personally.
Recently, she has been dreaming more and more, and every time she wakes up, those images will often appear in front of her eyes.
Zeng Li was eager to find out what was going on.
Several times, she almost went to Zhang Jingchu and wanted to see Zhang Chu.
But she never had the courage. She was worried that everything was just a figment of her imagination.
After meeting Zhang Chu today, she felt that familiar feeling that made her unable to control it anymore and wanted to ask for clarification.
When she saw Zhang Chu coming out of the theater, she followed him like a ghost.
Looking at Zhang Chu's back, the scene in the dream came to mind again.
It was as if she could hear the screams of the evil young man who had killed her whole family in her dream.
The moment Zhang Chu turned around, Zeng Li was stunned. Everything was exactly the same as what had appeared in her dream.
"Did I know you before?"
When this sentence was asked, Zeng Li's heartbeat accelerated instantly.
Just as she was about to escape, she saw Zhang Chu's horrified expression. For a moment, she had a vague feeling.
I guessed right, everything in the dream really happened.
And Zhang Chu also understood now why he felt familiar when he saw Zeng Li's back for the first time.
Just outside the classroom, looking at Zeng Li, I felt even more flustered.
"We probably don't know each other."
Zhang Chuqiang pretended to be calm.
He came to this era, already very bizarre.
She...what happened again.
Always cautious, Zhang Chu chose to remain calm, but he didn't expect that his surprise at that moment had been captured by Zeng Li.
"Yeah?"
Zeng Li didn't know why Zhang Chu said that. She just wanted an answer so that she could be freed from this dream.
"Maybe I got the wrong person, maybe you met someone other than me. I... seemed to have had another name, Lu Zhaoniang."
When he heard the words Lu Zhaoniang, no matter how stable Zhang Chu was, he couldn't control himself.
That was the maiden name of his wife whom he had never married in his previous life.
Did she really come to this era?
Like him, does he carry the memory of his previous life, or...
All the memories from his past suddenly came flooding back, and those memories that he had deliberately forgotten were gradually awakened.
In the past, he never thought that one day he would get married, but the governor who valued him very highly and regarded him as his nephew could not bear to lose the Zhang family's incense in his hands.
So he asked someone to find a marriage for Zhang Chu.
Originally, that family was unwilling to betroth their beloved daughter to a Jin Yiwei with a poor reputation.
But he couldn't stand the official media's repeated visits. A medical family couldn't stand up to people like Jin Yiwei, so he had no choice but to agree.
Zhang Chu was returning to the capital from Liaodong at that time. He was originally on a business trip, but unexpectedly he was stuffed with a generous betrothal gift. Then he was taken to the door of a well-known medical hospital in the capital by the official media dispatched by the commander.
Propose marriage?
Come to propose marriage in person?
Zhang Chu was only in his early twenties at the time. He had never experienced anything like this before. He immediately wanted to escape, but was caught by Lu Jianxing, who had been ambushing him for a long time.
In terms of Qinggong, Zhang Chu was far inferior to that guy. Seeing that he couldn't escape, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and come to the door.
Doctor Lu was originally reluctant, but he met Zhang Chu. After the two chatted for a few words, they became a lot more harmonious.
The marriage was settled just like that, and they only waited for Miss Lu's haircut to get married.
Before leaving, Zhang Chu noticed someone behind the screen. He turned around and glanced, but only saw a figure from behind.
This is why Zhang Chu felt very familiar when he saw Zeng Li's back.
In the days that followed, Zhang Chu, who had always been carefree and free, began to feel worried in his heart.
Occasionally, I would be sent away from Beijing. When I came back, I would always bring some gadgets to the Lu Family Medical Center. If I found some rare items, I would think of sending them to make my fiancée happy.
In Lu Jianxing's words later, Zhang Chu was most like a living person during those days.
Originally, if everything continued like this, Zhang Chu would also marry a wife and have children, and live a stable life from then on.
But just when there shouldn't be an accident, it happened.
That time Zhang Chu came back from Yingtian Mansion. When he met the governor, he was told that a fire broke out in the Lu Family Medical Center at night, and a family of three and their maids were not spared.
At that time, Zhang Chu was really struck by lightning. He was going to marry Miss Lu in a month, but at this moment, something unexpected happened.
Whether it was an accident or not, Zhang Chu naturally had to see it before he could make a conclusion.
Arriving at the ruins of the medical clinic, Zhang Chu, with many years of experience in handling cases, easily found traces of a fight on the burned scene.
Some people are just too careless in what they do.
In other words, the person who did this evil thing of exterminating a family never thought about covering it up.
Zhang Chu wanted to investigate, but everyone from top to bottom was blocking him.
The governor clearly knew who the murderer was, but he still refused to tell Zhang Chu.
It can only prove that this person has a prominent family background, and even their Jin Yiwei cannot easily offend him.
In the days that followed, Zhang Chu seemed to really forget about this matter and never mentioned it again.
Whenever I have some extra money in my hand, I just wander around in the flowers and get drunk.
His friend Lu Jianxing once advised him, and the commander also scolded him, but Zhang Chu turned a deaf ear and continued to go his own way.
Until one day, the young master of the imperial family was found dead outside the city. No trace of flesh was left on his body, leaving only a bald head.
At the feet of the Emperor, the family members of important officials of the imperial court were kidnapped and killed. Emperor Chongzhen was also furious when he learned that Long Yan was also furious, and ordered a supervisor to solve the case within a time limit and catch the murderer.
However, despite the patrol battalion, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, Jin Yiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang taking turns to attack, they could not find any clues, and the murderer disappeared as if he had disappeared into the sea.
Some people had also suspected Zhang Chu, but in the days when the crime occurred, Zhang Chu had been staying overnight at the most popular Chun Niang in Yixiang Pavilion in the capital.
Later, seeing that the murderer could not be apprehended within the deadline, some people thought of pinning the case on Zhang Chu.
It happened that at this time, the Jianlu invaders entered Kou Datong Town, and the official minister was involved in a public case involving Shanxi merchants and was dismissed from his post and returned to his hometown.
A criminal official who has lost his power, who will care about their family's life lawsuit, this matter will be settled.
Later, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs was encountered by horse bandits on his way back to his hometown. More than thirty members of his family were killed. When he reported to the yamen, no one paid attention to him.
There is not even a single victim, so who would care about such a headless lawsuit?
Only Lu Jianxing knew who had kidnapped the young master from the family of the Minister of Civil Affairs and taken him outside the city, and who chopped him into pieces with one knife.
Just because they couldn't force a common girl to be a concubine, they killed people and set fire to them. Such beasts would be to blame for themselves even if they were to be chopped into pieces a thousand times.
As for the horse bandits encountered by the Minister of Civil Affairs and his family, they were Zhang Chu and his good brother Ding Xiu.
Zhang Chu didn't expect that Ding Xiu would help, so he only left a sentence after killing the people.
"Although I don't want to recognize you as my brother, I have met my sister-in-law before, and she is quite a nice person."
After saying that, he walked away.
Later, the commander also asked Zhang Chu, but he always pretended to be confused.
As time passed, no one mentioned this case again.
And Zhang Chu never thought about marrying a wife again.
Zhang Chu had always kept this matter in his heart and never mentioned it to anyone.
He never expected that in this era, he would meet his wife whom he had never met in his previous life.
When he heard the three words "Lu Zhaoniang", Zhang Chu understood everything.
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Chu forced himself to calm down.
He took a deep look at Zeng Li.
In the previous life, I only had a glimpse of her back, and I didn't have the opportunity to see my true face, and the yin and yang were separated. I didn't expect that there would be a day when we would see each other again.
"It's you, isn't it?"
Zeng Li looked at Zhang Chu's reaction and it confirmed what he was thinking.
"I did know a person named Lu Zhaoniang, but she was gone long ago."
"I am Lu Zhaoniang."
"No, you are not. Lu Zhaoniang is no longer here. I buried her with my own hands, and later... I helped her avenge her with my own hands. I will pay for the lives of her family of three with my enemy's family of thirty-eight."
What?
Zeng Li was shocked. In her dream, she only saw Zhang Chu cutting the evil boy into pieces with one knife. She thought that the great revenge was avenged, but she did not expect that Zhang Chu's revenge was far from over.
"You really……"
Zhang Chu smiled: "I only have to pay for the lives of my fiancée's family of three with his family of thirty-eight, which is already an advantage for him."
When Zeng Li heard such a terrifying thing, he didn't feel any fear in his heart. Instead, he felt... relieved.
It's a kind of relief that comes from a blood feud and the redress of injustice.
"Thank you!"
Zhang Chu smiled and said: "What are you thanking for? It has nothing to do with you, so why bother yourself."
"I……"
Zeng Li didn't know what to say. She had been educated since she was a child, but suddenly one day she found that she actually carried some memories of her previous life. This bizarre thing was really hard for her to accept, but she had to admit that all of this was... real.
In her previous life, she was really Lu Zhaoniang, who killed a family of three by an evil young man. Zhang Chu was also her fiancé in her previous life, and later avenged their family.
But what then?
Repay a favor?
Again later?
As Zhang Chu said, she is not Lu Zhaoniang, she is Zeng Li. What happened in the past has nothing to do with her. If she continues to struggle, it will only increase her worries.
When he looked up again, Zhang Chu was gone.
"Zeng Damei, what did you just say?"
When Zeng Li came out, Hu Jing also followed, but she didn't dare to get close. She only looked at Zeng Li and Zhang Chu from a distance as if they were talking about something.
"nothing."
Zeng Li was really relieved. He got an answer about the past, and that was enough.
"It should be our turn to rehearse, let's go!"
Seeing Zeng Li running away, Hu Jing suddenly felt uneasy.
If you don't let me eat this melon, what should I do if I can't sleep at night?
