bookcurios Chapter 203 One Step Left
Chapter 203 One Step Left
If you ask who Zhao Fanglan fears the most in this world, it is undoubtedly the sister in front of him with blood-red lips and black clothes.
Mei Xunyin also held a dagger in her hand. Her eyes were as dark as ink as she looked quietly at Zhao Fanglan, who was so frightened that her limbs were twisted, she was trembling, and her whole body was emitting a foul odor.
How elegant Zhao Fanglan was in the past, how miserable she is now. Even if Zhao Fangyu didn't come to kill her, there would be no turning back in her life, and she could only live like a pig or a dog in this shady place.
"You probably don't know that Fang Yun is married now. She will never have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of her life. Even her mother-in-law won't dare to be disrespectful to her."
Zhao Fangyun spoke lightly and casually, but each of his words was sharper than a knife.
"Before the incident, Fang Yun was being manipulated by you, and her biological sisters were also alienated by you. Now she is married, and the sisters have their own futures, and everyone is very happy."
Zhao Fanglan was filled with resentment. She tried hard to move her limbs, but her hands and feet were too weak to move. She could only use her joints as a fulcrum and retreat little by little.
There was only so much space for a bed, and you couldn't move back any further. After a few moves, you had already touched the wall.
She kept opening her mouth, and from the shape of her lips I could tell that she was trying to spare her life.
With no way to retreat, Zhao Fanglan kowtowed to Mei Xunyin and Zhao Fangyu, each time with great force, but the bed was covered with bedding, and no matter how hard he tried, no wounds could be seen.
It was getting dark, and the candlelight was dim.
Zhao Fanglan couldn't see Zhao Fangyu's expression clearly, she could only see her extremely gorgeous red lips opening and closing:
"You poisoned my mother and Li Ge'er that day. Even earlier, you obstructed the marriage between my elder brother and his wife. Every single thing has wronged you."
"You are in this situation today, you can't blame us. You made the wrong friends. In order to prevent future troubles, my sister-in-law and I had no choice but to do this."
"The third daughter of the Zhao family was traveling outside and accidentally contracted a disease and died suddenly on the way back to Beijing. Do you like this reason, third sister?"
Suddenly, Zhao Fangyu seemed to have thought of something and smiled even more happily. He looked so innocent, yet it made people feel cold.
"The third daughter of the Zhao family announced that she had passed away due to illness. Her sister's tendons in her hands and feet were broken... I'm afraid she can't even enter the Zhao family's ancestral tomb."
Mei Xunyin watched from the side, watching the teenage girl intimidate Zhao Fanglan little by little, which made her feel frightened. Even before she started to do anything, Zhao Fanglan had already fallen asleep on the bed.
As the stench hit them, Mei Xunyin and Zhao Fangyu both frowned in disgust.
Zhao Fangyu glanced at the sky outside, and said in a tone as indifferent as the impermanence of the world: "Sister-in-law, why don't you do it? If you are afraid, let me do it instead."
Mei Xunyin didn't understand how someone could be so bold?!
They are all girls who grew up in the Embroidery Tower. How come, in Zhao Fangyu's words, killing someone is as easy as eating and drinking?
But whenever Mei Xunyin thought of Li Ge'er's purple face when the poison took effect, and the death of his wet nurse with blood gushing from all seven orifices, Li Ge'er would cry in pain...
The hatred in my heart kept bubbling up.
A silver light flashed in front of Zhao Fangyu, and he saw Mei Xunyin stabbing Zhao Fanglan's leg with a knife!
The dagger was slender and could not be as sharp as the one in her hand, but it was also extremely fast.
Mei Xunyin used a lot of strength and pierced through Zhao Fanglan's flesh in one go, and the dagger was directly nailed into the bed board under her!
Zhao Fanglan's hoarse cry of pain was extremely short. Her throat was stretched so hard that blood was almost dripping from it, but she could not make a sound. The flesh on her legs was pierced by the sharp blade. The more she struggled, the bigger the wound the dagger made.
The pain came slowly. Even though his tendons in his hands and feet had been cut before, Zhao Fanglan still didn't dare to take the dagger from Mei Xunyin's hand. He could only bend over and wail in pain.
Blood gushed out like water, and Zhao Fanglan stared at Zhao Fangyu intently.
Zhao Fangyu was not afraid at all. Instead, under Zhao Fanglan's increasingly frightened eyes, he slowly took out the golden dagger that he had used to cut her tendons in her hands and feet that day.
"Sister, you should still remember it, right?"
"I don't want to trouble two masters for the same thing. I will still use this knife today to send my sister off."
Zhao Fangyu walked forward slowly, the blade of the dagger emitting the unique cold light of metal, but before he could stab out, he was stopped by Mei Xunyin.
"This one blow is not enough to avenge my son."
That knife seemed to turn on some strange switch in Mei Xunyin. This girl, who was born in the family of the Minister of Rites, was extremely murderous. She stabbed Zhao Fanglan again and again without any purpose.
At first Zhao Fanglan was still able to resist, but later on, he was covered in blood.
The blood flowed down the bed and onto the ground bit by bit. The vitality was lost faster than the blood. In just a few breaths, Zhao Fanglan's life came to an end.
Zhao Fanglan, who was once so powerful that she made her aunt and the eldest grandson of the Zhao family pay for her resentment, is now worse than a dead dog on the street.
Zhao Fangyu stood aside and watched.
She watched Zhao Fanglan lose her life bit by bit, and even her pupils became dilated.
In the last moment before her death, judging from her lip movements, she probably called out "Auntie".
Mei Xunyin held the knife in silence for a long time, until hot water was brought from the cliff, followed by two men in black who came to deal with the bodies for them.
"Are you going to abandon the mass grave?"
Mei Xunyin asked.
Xuanbi shook his head and glanced at Zhao Fangyu. After Zhao Fangyu nodded, he explained to Mei Xunyin, "We have to find a remote place to bury him. I guess someone will go to the mass grave to look for him."
Mei Xunyin didn't know who wanted to find Zhao Fanglan, but it would affect Zhao Fangyu's interests anyway, and it would probably be an obstacle to Zhao Fangyu in the end.
The two of them said nothing, and washed up in silence. They changed their clothes, and the bloody cloak and coat were all burned to ashes in front of them, along with the clothes and bedding left by Zhao Fanglan. Finally, the flames licked the window frames, and the whole room was gradually engulfed by the flames.
On the way back, Zhao Fangyu said nothing. Mei Xunyin wanted to ask something, but the cold wind blew into her mouth, so she knew what was going on and didn't say anything.
It was not until they arrived at the city gate and changed carriages that Mei Xunyin asked her in a low voice: "The person is dead and the body is gone. What are you going to do with it?"
At the very least, Zhao Fanglan was the third daughter of the Zhao family. She couldn't just die in obscurity.
Zhao Fangyu had been working hard all day, and his physical condition showed signs of weakness. Mei Xunyin was fine, but she began to feel dizzy after being exposed to the cold wind all day.
Zhao Fangyu found a bottle of pills with a red stopper from the secret compartment, poured out two pills and swallowed them, then held up the bottle and asked Mei Xunyin if she wanted some.
"It cures wind and cold."
Mei Xunyin didn't want it, not knowing whether she suspected it was poisonous. Zhao Fangyu was too lazy to investigate further and leaned against the wall of the box.
"The Third Prince suffered a setback in the imperial court and wanted to drag me down with him. Meng Yunxiang was on good terms with Zhao Fanglan and secretly found Zhao Fanglan's whereabouts and sold them to the Third Prince."
"If this matter is handled properly, the Mei family will not be implicated. If it is not handled properly, even if sister-in-law does not follow me today, the Mei family will still be held jointly responsible."
"The Mei family is from the Ministry of Rites. The Third Prince violated the law and discipline. With the pressure from the Ministry of Rites, he has no time to care about me. This is good for the Zhao family, King He, me, and my sister-in-law."
"It's a good deal, sister-in-law."
"We are now in the same boat. Sister-in-law, don't worry. After all, I am a married woman. Even if my entire clan is executed, the Mei family will not be implicated."
Mei Xunyin's hands were cold, but her heart was surprisingly calm. She had already guessed that this matter would not end so easily.
"So it's settled now?"
Zhao Fangyu nodded: "It doesn't count, we still need the pressure from the Ministry of Rites and my father."
"The third daughter of the Zhao family must have died of illness on the way back to Beijing. There can be no more."