r18novel Chapter 1843 The Unfaithful Man
Chapter 1843 The Unfaithful Man
“Don’t be fooled by the fact that this place is a brothel, Amitabha,” the high monk said, putting his hands together. “There are several female benefactors here who were destined to fall into prostitution, but they are kind to others and have done a lot of good deeds in this life. At that time, we were also looking for a suitable place, but we always encountered obstacles.”
"We happened to run into these female benefactors. They were going to a small temple outside the city to burn incense. They knew my junior brother and, when they heard that we were looking for a place where we wouldn't be disturbed, they provided us with this little house."
Although this small house is behind the brothel, someone died here before.
I heard that a courtesan met a heartless man and became pregnant with his child. The heartless man had already married a wife in the capital, and his wife did not agree to him taking a concubine.
If his wife found out that he had such a close female friend in a brothel and had even promised to redeem her, she would definitely kick him out.
His wife was the only daughter in her family, and she owned shops and had money. This unfaithful man thought that all those assets would be his in the future, so he dared not let his wife know about his lover in the brothel.
He gave the courtesan some snacks and promised to pick her up.
As a result, the courtesan ate the snacks and was poisoned that very night.
She tossed and turned in the room for half the night, unable to make a sound, and both she and her unborn child died.
After that, no one dared to live in the house anymore.
Several girls told the monks about this, asking them if they were afraid. If they weren't afraid, once the room was locked, no one would dare to disturb them.
Everyone usually avoids walking near them.
The high monks had nothing to fear, so they naturally agreed.
So no one actually came into this room.
The door is locked now.
Lu Zhaoling and the others came up directly through the Ghost Gate, from outside the house.
"We need to find a girl named Ruyan to unlock it," the high monk said.
Like smoke?
Why does the name "Ruyan" appear everywhere?
Lu Zhaoling said, "I'll go find someone."
"no need."
Xiao Bai said, "Senior Sister, let's not disturb anyone yet. I'll take a few eminent monks in. Please keep watch for a while."
Lu Zhaoling realized what was happening.
They are ghosts and spirits, why would they need to open a door to go in?
As for her, she doesn't have to go in right now. She'll only need to intervene if they can't enter her body and there's a problem.
"Then you guys go in quickly, I'll stay here and keep watch."
Lu Zhaoling nodded.
Xiao Bai immediately led several eminent monks inside.
Lu Zhaoling stood at the door waiting, and soon heard light footsteps; someone was coming.
The person who came seemed somewhat timid and hesitant, crouching low and tiptoeing. His shadow was cast on the ground, and Lu Zhaoling could tell that he wasn't someone who would stand tall and proud.
When the person appeared, Lu Zhaoling saw him.
He was a pale-faced, scholarly-looking man, who appeared to be around twenty-four or twenty-five years old.
Some girls like this kind of scholar, perhaps because he seems very talented.
However, Lu Zhaoling could tell at a glance that he was a shrewd and skilled actor.
Judging from his appearance, he doesn't seem like a kind person, but...
He may appear frail at first glance, but his steps are steady and powerful.
Lu Zhaoling was too lazy to check someone's fate every time she met them.
The man's attention was originally focused on the back, observing whether anyone was following. But when he turned his head and saw Lu Zhaoling standing there so beautifully, he was startled.
"Who are you?" he asked Lu Zhaoling in a low voice.
Lu Zhaoling raised his eyebrows.
"Shouldn't I be the one asking you that?"
She wasn't guilty at all; she guessed that this person wasn't the owner of this building, and his furtive behavior just now showed that he didn't want to be discovered.
If that's the case, why is she afraid of him?
Sure enough, upon hearing Lu Zhaoling's question, the scholar glanced at her, his eyes filled with amazement.
"Are you a new girl? This Drunken Spring Pavilion actually has a girl as beautiful as you, so you must be the new courtesan, right?"
Lu Zhaoling: “…”
She was delighted to become the top courtesan.
"When will you start taking clients? I'll definitely be there to support you. My surname is Cui, and my given name is Zi Mo..."
Before he could finish speaking, footsteps approached from ahead. Cui Ziming was clearly startled and ran away guiltily.
Before running away, he cupped his hands in a gesture of respect to Lu Zhaoling and said, "I'll come to support you, young lady!"
After saying that, he ran off and disappeared.
Two girls walked over quickly.
Lu Zhaoling did not avoid the topic.
The two girls who arrived were clearly from the Drunken Spring Pavilion. They were startled when they saw Lu Zhaoling, and after taking a closer look, they immediately knelt down.
"Greetings, Princess Consort of Jin!"
"You recognize me?"
Lu Zhaoling hadn't expected them to recognize her at a glance.
"Your Highness, we have met you before."
“Your Highness, we also know Lu Rulian. You visited her shop not far ahead when she was working there. We were outside at the time.”
Lu Zhaoling remembered that she had seen Lu Rulian in a shop before.
Unexpectedly, these two people knew Lu Rulian.
"Get up."
The two girls carefully got up, then looked at Lu Zhaoling with some trepidation, glancing at the room behind her.
Lu Zhaoling's heart skipped a beat, realizing that they were probably the brothel girls who had helped the monks find this place.
"What's your name?"
"My name is Green Willow."
"My name is Ruoshui."
Lu Zhaoling asked, "Do you know a young man named Cui Ziming?"
Because the man's surname was Cui, Lu Zhaoling couldn't help but ask him about it.
After learning that the man's surname was Cui, she regretted not having his face read.
Upon hearing the name, Green Willow and Ruoshui's expressions changed immediately, and they said angrily, "Could it be that this heartless man has come here again?"
Ok?
Lu Zhaoling suddenly understood.
That was the unfaithful man in the tragic story told by the eminent monks.
"Are you talking about the person who sent the poisoned snacks to the girls here?"
Green Willow and Ruoshui were greatly surprised.
"Does the Princess know about this?"
"heard."
"Yes, it's Cui Ziming."
“Since he was the one who sent poisoned snacks and killed the girls here, why wasn’t he arrested?” Lu Zhaoling asked.
“We also reported this to the authorities. That happened five years ago. The authorities investigated at the time and found that when the snacks were being delivered, Cui Ziming bumped into several people on the way. The other party was also carrying a lot of food. Cui Ziming insisted that he had taken the wrong snacks from the other party at that time.”
"And those people confessed that they lived in a wooden house in the mountains, where there were many snakes and rats, and that they used poisoned snacks to bring back poisonous snakes and rats."
Green Willow said with a sad expression, "In the end, this matter could only be judged as an unintentional mistake. At that time, Cui Ziming and those people were all arrested and imprisoned, given twenty strokes of the cane, and sentenced to collect and bury Miss Huang's body. The case was considered closed."
The oriole is the girl who lives in this house.