Wanjin Lady

Chapter 163 The Third Branch of the Yuan Family
He humbly tried to pull Aunt Liu's hand, but Aunt Liu shook it off. Aunt Liu's eyes were as sharp as knives, and she leaned forward with a cold expression, "Please respect yourself, Master."

"Yiyi..." The old man's voice was dry and filled with cautious flattery, "Now that such a big thing has happened at home, and Wenwan is pregnant, I can't leave you at all. Now that you are back——"

As she spoke, Aunt Liu completely ignored Old Man Wen's nonsense and turned away.

Old Man Wen was halfway through his words when the person who was listening to him disappeared. He stood in the cold wind and touched his nose awkwardly.

Forget it, at least the person is back, and he is no longer alone.

Wen Weiming was worried, and Cheng Yunzhang was also worried.

Early in the morning, the housekeeper Zhao, who was from the third branch of the Yuan family and served Bing's mother, arrived in Ping County with two horse-drawn carriages.

As soon as we entered Ping County, we drove to the charity cemetery almost non-stop.

With such a big thing happening at home, Cheng Yunzhang couldn't take control of the situation, so he could only send an urgent letter home as fast as he could. At the same time, he spent a lot of money to buy ice to place Yuan Jing's body. Otherwise, even if the weather was not hot, Yuan Jing's body had been fished out of the water and would have been swollen and would soon be unrecognizable.

The third branch of the Yuan family came out in full force, including the third uncle Yuan Yidao, aunt Jia, concubine Chun, cousin Yuan Qi, several servants of the third branch, and people sent by their mother. They all went to the charity cemetery and then took a look at Yuan Jing's body in the coffin in the cellar. Many of them changed color and tried hard to suppress the urge to vomit.

Yuan Jing had been dead for almost ten days, so his body naturally didn't look good.

Even if ice was piled up near the coffin, it would be difficult to cover up the fishy smell.

What's more... after the body was decomposed and thrown into the river, it was hit by gravel and other things, and it looked like a piece of smelly and rotten meat...

Yuan Yidao and Concubine Chun refused to believe that this unrecognizable piece of rotten flesh was Yuan Jing. County Magistrate Yang couldn't bear it and said, "Master Yuan San, according to the identification of Manager Liao from the clothing shop, this dress was bought by your Liu Lang. The embroiderer also came to claim the dress in person. She had embroidered the word 'Yuan' on the sleeve -"

Aunt Chun bit her lower lip until it bled, "It's also possible that someone else was wearing my son's clothes!"

"According to the coroner's assessment, the deceased's stature and age... match those of your Liu Lang!" The county magistrate bowed, "Master Yuan San, I offer my condolences."

"Impossible! My Liu Lang has always been kind to others, how could he end up like this! This person is definitely not Liu Lang!"

Aunt Chun refused to acknowledge him. "This pile of rotten flesh, based on nothing more than a piece of clothing and the coroner's nonsense, they say this is my son! I don't believe it! Master, let's ask the coroner from the provincial capital to come!"

Mrs. Jia from the third room leaned forward, then covered her nose in disgust. The corpse had been swollen by the river water and smashed by rocks, and it was completely unrecognizable. No wonder Aunt Chun refused to identify the body.

"I remember... there's a red mark on Liu Lang's lower back. Yuanqi, go and take a look... is this your brother?"

Yuan Yidao pushed Yuan Qi aside, and with a "whoosh" sound, he lifted up the layer of tattered cloth covering the pile of rotten flesh.

Someone couldn't help it, vomited, and rushed out covering his mouth.

Madam Jia and Yuan Qi both frowned and retreated calmly.

Only Aunt Chun leaned over, took a closer look, her eyes bloodshot, and let out a loud "Awoo"... and threw herself on the coffin and burst into tears!

Yeah. Probably because I saw the birthmark on Yuan Jing's lower back.

Tears welled up in Yuan Yidao's eyes, and he slammed the coffin twice, crying "Son, son!"

Mrs. Jia and Yuan Qi, who were squeezed into a corner, looked a little dazed.

Mrs. Jia pursed her lips and tried to squeeze out a few tears to cope with the situation, but she was so happy that her facial features twitched and she couldn't cry.

I have to cry.

Don't cry... Yuan Yidao will remember her for the rest of his life. How about you let out a couple of loud wails?
But Mrs. Jia was afraid that she would howl out loud with joy.

Yuan Qi handed her a handkerchief and wiped her tears. "Mother, don't be too sad. Take care of yourself."

As she spoke, Mrs. Jia's tears flowed unconsciously.

Mrs. Jia's nose turned red from the ginger-soaked handkerchief handed to her by her son. She grabbed the handkerchief and squinted her eyes to peek at Yuan Qi.

Yuan Qi cried bitterly, with tears streaming down his face and his nose red. It was obvious that he was very sad.

A group of people were crying sadly in the charity cemetery. Concubine Chun almost cried herself to death. She was sobbing and gasping for breath. She was finally persuaded by the maid beside her and could only lean softly in Yuan Yidao's arms.

Leprechaun!

Even after his death, the son still remembers to hug his master.

Madam Jia sneered in her heart, your son deserved to die! It's all retribution!
Yuan Yidao hugged Cheng Yunzhang with one hand, and with the other hand, he struggled to support himself on the coffin. He asked Cheng Yunzhang, "Youngest, who was it? Who did it?"

Cheng Yunzhang shook his head. "That murderer was extremely brutal. He cut off the head and chopped off the limbs after killing someone. He must have a deep hatred for the Yuan family. As far as I know, my sixth cousin has never made such an enemy in Ping County."

Yuan Qi asked with red eyes: "Could it be from Bozhou?"

Cheng Yunzhang looked at Yuan Yidao, and Aunt Chun cried and said, "Liu Lang is a kind person. On weekdays, apart from hanging out with a few friends in teahouses, he would...at most do cockfighting and dog running. How could he have provoked such an enemy!"

Everyone in the room was silent and the atmosphere was deadlocked.

"Master, we must catch the murderer! Liu Lang was my lifelong hope, and now he's gone... How am I supposed to live the rest of my life..."

Yuan Yidao wiped away his tears fiercely, hugged Aunt Chun and comforted her: "Don't worry, don't let me know who did it! Otherwise, I will make sure he is killed without a burial place!"

Yuan Yidao was well-known in Bozhou for doting on his youngest son. Now that an old man had to send his young son off, it was even more heartbreaking.

The people of the third house were in a daze, but the aunt of the second house asked Cheng Yunzhang, "Youngest, since the body was fished out in Ping County, where is the head?"

She looked around and stopped crying, "I have to bury my child in one piece."

This sentence of "complete and perfect" made Aunt Chun cry again.

This……

Cheng Yunzhang was silent, and his second aunt immediately said, "We're unfamiliar with Ping County. I've brought a few men from Bozhou, or we can spend some money to hire some boatmen... Let's go down the river and look for it. Maybe we can find it."

A sigh escaped Cheng Yunzhang's lips. "Second aunt, you don't know. A few days ago, the son-in-law of the Wen family slipped and fell off a cliff. The Wen family brought nearly a hundred people... all the prominent families in Ping County helped to search for him... but they couldn't find the son-in-law... nor did they find my cousin's mutilated limbs..."

"Ah..." Second aunt's tears rolled out.

Just buried in such a confused manner?

How about not burying him?

It looks like... maggots are almost growing in this pile of meat!
Yuan Qi said cruelly: "We can only burn it and bury the ashes in the ancestral land!"

Concubine Chun refused, her blood-red nail polish almost poking Yuan Qi's face, "Master, Liu Lang is your brother after all, how can you be so vicious! You are deliberately trying to prevent Liu Lang from resting in peace!"

(End of this chapter)