After leaving the Sheriff's Mansion, Shao Xi and Lao Wu jumped on their horses again. The coachman looked confused at this moment. He didn't know what the two men were doing by dragging a corpse to the county magistrate's house and walking around it. But the body couldn't stay on the carriage, so he asked Shao Xi where to take the person. Shao Xi only replied, "Coffin shop."
The largest coffin shop in Qingshan City received its largest customer ever early this morning.
Although he couldn't have a grand burial, Shao Xi never wanted to wrong Ye Ziyuan. So, the nanmu coffin, which was the most expensive and made of the best materials in this coffin shop, was bought by Shao Xi. It was equipped with incense, candles, sacrifices, and paper money. Shao Xi also asked the owner of the coffin shop to find coffin bearers. According to the highest standards, eight people were called the "Eight Immortals" in the industry.
In the inner hall, the mourner was called to wash up Ye Ziyuan and put on the red dress that Shao Xi bought for her. The mourner repeatedly said that people should wear burial clothes when they are gone. It is unlucky to be buried in red, but Shao Xi didn't care. Ye Ziyuan was such a beauty-loving woman during her lifetime, how could she wear such an ugly funeral clothes on the road?
Before the mourner entered the back hall, Old Wu handed a small bag of things to the mourner and asked her to dispose of it properly. He did not tell Shao Xi about this because it was Ye Ziyuan's tongue that he handed over to Po Mi. When people leave, their bodies must be left behind.
During this period, Shao Xi asked the shopkeeper to find a Feng Shui master and a grave digger to select a Feng Shui treasure land on the southern outskirts of the city as Ye Ziyuan's burial place. In addition, several stonemasons were hired to build stone tombs in addition to carving stone tablets. Ye Ziyuan has been lonely and helpless all her life, and her final destination cannot be too compromising.
When the master who carved the inscription asked how the inscription was carved, Shao Xi was a little confused. He couldn't tell what the relationship between Ye Ziyuan and himself was for a while, but he thought about what Ye Ziyuan told him that night in the flower pavilion. He is willing, and he is willing to be his pillow. So in the end, the master was asked to add the word "dead wife" in front of Ye Ziyuan's name, which was regarded as giving her a status.
When everything was done, it was finally time to send Ye Ziyuan on her way.
Because Shao Xi paid too much money, the shopkeeper of the coffin shop was busy making arrangements in person. At this time, he followed Shao Xi to the southern suburbs of the city to arrange the burial of Ye Ziyuan, and also invited Taoist priests to come and perform rituals.
Under the arrangements of the coffin shop owner, Ye Ziyuan was finally buried smoothly. Shao Xi sprinkled the first handful of soil on Ye Ziyuan's coffin with both hands, said his final farewell to the person in the coffin, and then stood aside and watched the entire burial process, just watching quietly.
When a person is in true great sorrow, he will not cry and fight, but will become numb, a state of isolation from the world. It seems that everything around him is no longer related to him, and all his thoughts and spirits are lost. You can't help but focus on a certain thing until one day you come out on your own.
Shao Xi was like this at this time.
In the eyes of others, he was expressionless from beginning to end, almost indifferent, but he paid special attention to every detail and did not tolerate any flaws. No one, including Lao Wu, knew the pain in his heart at this moment, nor could they know the overwhelming grief in his heart. He just watched everything expressionlessly until the whole process was over.
Even though the masons hired by the coffin shop owner were all top-notch craftsmen, it took a whole day to build the stone tomb. It was not until the sun began to set that the stone tomb was completely completed. Old Wu gave everyone present another round of tea money and sent everyone back to the city, leaving only Shao Xi and himself in front of Ye Ziyuan's grave.
After putting incense and burning paper, Shao Xi sat down against the stone tablet and said to himself: "In the end, there is still no way to take you out of here. However, this is your hometown after all, and I chose this place for you. It's a good place. You can look at the place where you were born and raised every day. Of course, you can also see the direction I left. Although I can't take you to travel with me, I will come back to see you. "
Shao Xi gently stroked the red ribbon on his wrist. When he and Ye Ziyuan first met, Ye Ziyuan tied it for him with her own hands. It was still the beautiful bow.
"You left this for me. If you think about it carefully, it seems that I left you nothing. Except for the piece of clothing, it is still your own. What you want most is freedom. Unfortunately, I did it too late. Now You were put into that wooden box again, I guess that’s not what you wanted.”
Shao Xi added a few pieces of paper money to the fire, smiled bitterly, and continued: "I am too self-righteous. I always think that I can handle things well. Who would have thought that one mistake would turn into a big mistake. And I am so brazen. I said I would fulfill your wish, but I didn’t even consider the possibility of someone discovering that the account books had been stolen. If I could have thought of one more step, one more possibility, what happened now wouldn’t have happened, and there wouldn’t have been anything like this. Such an irreversible result. Why didn’t I think of it?”
With that said, Shao Xi took out the small paper kite that Ye Ziyuan left for him from his arms, put it in the palm of his hand and looked at it repeatedly. Ye Ziyuan once told him that if anything happened to her, she would ask him to take apart the little paper kite. At this time, she thought it must be related to the account book in her hand.
After stroking it lovingly and examining it for a while, Shao Xi gently opened the little paper kite from its edges.
After gently lifting the paper around the edge of the paper kite, you can see that the entire paper kite is made of a skeleton made of bamboo strips wrapped in two thin layers of paper. The entire paper kite is very delicate and unique. In the sandwich between the two layers of paper, Shao Xi saw a small piece of cloth. He carefully pulled it out of the kite and unfolded it. There were only four beautiful small words written on it: Under the Willow Tree.
Shao Xi remembered that the willow tree in the courtyard of Ye Ziyuan's residence was right next to the flower pavilion, and the girl actually hid the account books in a place where others often passed by. Since it's too late to do anything now, then help her do this last thing!
Shao Xi looked up at the sky. It was getting late. If he didn't return to the city, the city gate would be closed.
He turned to Old Wu, who was squatting aside and burning paper money in silence, and said, "Let's go back to the city and go to Lan Xiufang."
Old Wu raised his head and looked at Shao Xi with strange eyes, and said to himself: "This guy is careless? He just sent Miss Ziyuan away and went to Lan Xiufang. Could it be that he was too stimulated? Is there something wrong with your brain? It needs treatment. You need to hire a good doctor."
Shao Xi saw the look in Lao Wu's eyes, shook his head helplessly and said, "Do you think there is something wrong with my brain? You must be thinking, what is this kid thinking? I still have to go to Lan Xiufang at this time, right?"
Old Wu stared at his two yellow eyes and nodded vigorously. He really didn't understand why Shao Xi went to Lan Xiufang at this time.
"Zi Yuan left something for me and put it in Lan Xiufang. I have to go there. Do you plan to follow me back to the city? Or continue to burn paper money here all night?"
"You're not asking nonsense, then let's leave now."
Before the two stood up to leave, Shao Xi looked at the disassembled small paper kite and the piece of cloth with small words written on it, then raised his hand and threw these two things into the fire.
"Don't worry Ziyuan, I will definitely get the things, and I will definitely complete what you want to do for you. You can wait for me with peace of mind."
After saying that, the two men saddled and stirruped their horses, and rode towards the city.
Fortunately, their horses were fast enough, otherwise they might not be able to close the city gate in time. After entering the city, the two decided to find a place to eat first. After all, after a hard day, Shao Xi didn't feel hungry because he was too sad, but Old Wu really couldn't hold it anymore.
Arriving at a restaurant near Lan Xiu Fang, the two planned to have a quick bite here before going to Lan Xiu Fang to get the account book. However, while they were eating, they heard people at a table not far away chatting. Leaf purple kite.
"Have you ever heard? It turns out that the female snitch known as the 'Flying Kite under the Moon' is actually Miss Ziyuan from Lan Xiufang."
"No way, right? The top oiran! Are you going out to steal things?"
"I really didn't expect it! That girl Ziyuan looks so beautiful, gentle and elegant, how could she be a thief who climbed over the wall and broke into the house?"
"How can this person only look at the surface? Even being the top oiran in Lan Xiufang cannot satisfy her greed for money, so she might go out to steal!"
"I heard from my brother who is on duty in prison that the woman died in prison last night. I heard that she could not escape from prison and committed suicide."
"Oh, you are such a beautiful lady, how can you be a thief!"
After a while...
A few guys who were thrown out of the restaurant onto the street for spreading gossip covered their buttocks, rubbed their cheeks, and walked away groaning.
"She's gone, but you still want to insult her reputation? If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll break your dog legs."
Shao Xi couldn't wait any longer, so he took Lao Wu and went straight to Lan Xiufang, and went straight to the hall to find his mother who was busy welcoming and sending him off.
As soon as the mother saw Shao Xi, she looked sad and said, "Master, in the next few days, have you ever heard that our girl Ziyuan died in the prison yesterday? Such a good girl was framed by someone. She is the female snitch."
Shao Xi asked the mother, "Did Taihe Trading Co., Ltd. send you the money that Ziyuan redeemed?"
"It's delivered! It's delivered! It was delivered early today, but then I heard the news of Ziyuan's death. This afternoon I went to her room to pack up the things and prepare to burn them for her in two days."
Shao Xi said in his heart: "How can you be so kind? You think you ran to Ziyuan's room to search for property?"
Although he thought so in his heart, he said: "The person who redeemed her body is none other than me. Although something happened, I have redeemed her body after all. I am here to get what she left behind."
When her mother heard this, she quickly said: "It turns out that the young master redeemed her life! This girl is really unlucky. It is a pity that she finally met a good family but suffered such a disaster."
With that said, her mother took Shao Xi and Lao Wu to the courtyard where Ye Ziyuan used to live, briefly explained a few words, and then left.
Shao Xi stood in the courtyard and looked around, and couldn't help but sigh.
The beauty's trace has disappeared,
Qianying only keeps it in her heart...
