Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

The gongs and drums sounded and the suona moved forward.

The wedding procession from the Confucius Mansion, which stretched for half a mile, entered Longxing County with banging and banging, with soldiers armed with live ammunition clearing the way and guarding them.

Both sides of the main street of the county town, decorated with red and colorful decorations, were crowded with onlookers standing on tiptoe and looking up.

Marshal Kong was equivalent to the Emperor of Longxing County. Anything concerning the Kong Mansion, even if a concubine lost an embroidered shoe, was considered a huge event in Longxing County.

The news spread early on in the Kong Mansion that they were going to find a wife for the deceased eldest master.

This was not a ghost marriage, because the girl who was about to become the eldest lady was pregnant with the eldest master's child.

A month ago, after the eldest young master learned that his father was seriously ill and bedridden, he returned to Longxing County from Tianjin. Unexpectedly, he was ambushed on the way.

This eldest lady was the eldest master’s lover when he was in Tianjin.

In the eyes of the people of Longxing, the fetus in the eldest lady's belly is a dragon seed.

Almost everyone can assert that the Kong family's great cause will inevitably be inherited by this posthumous child in the future.

The reason why I am so sure is because of a rumor about the Confucius Mansion that has been circulating for many years.

Mr. Kong married six wives and had three sons, but only the eldest son was his biological son.

The second and third young masters were bastards born to Mr. Kong's concubine when he was leading his troops to fight outside.

This is just a rumor, but many people believe it.

When Mr. Kong was seriously ill, he learned that the eldest master had left offspring before his death. He then sent the second wife to find the eldest lady and married her with the most grand ceremony in the history of Longxing County, making the people of Longxing believe that the rumors about the second and third masters' life stories were true.

I heard that Mr. Kong doesn't have much time left, and the Kong Mansion will be handed over to the eldest young lady to take full charge.

It is said that this eldest lady is not only from a wealthy family and literate, but also extremely beautiful.

What is even more enviable is that the Confucius Mansion assets that she is about to take over are unmatched in the entire Shandong Province.

There is also a rumor that Mr. Kong has a secret treasure that is enough to buy half of Shandong, and even his two younger brothers don’t know where it is hidden.

A huge family business, mysterious treasures, tens of thousands of troops... I wonder how much effort this young lady's ancestors must have put in to achieve such a realm.

The wedding procession arrived at the gate of Confucius Mansion, and the bride walked out of the sedan chair supported by everyone. Although her fairy-like face could not be seen because of the red veil, her graceful figure and light steps were enough to make people admire her.

Someone whispered a question, now that the eldest young master is gone, who will lift the veil?

Some people also asked, how come it’s not obvious at all that the eldest young lady is pregnant?

The person who asked this question was immediately slapped in the face by an elder next to him: "Can a one-month-old baby show a baby's pregnancy? Did your mother tell you that?"

The bride entered the courtyard, and the steward of the Confucius Mansion and his servants carried out two wooden barrels from the courtyard, each of which was half filled with copper coins.

"The Kong family is delighted, and the whole city is celebrating!" As soon as the butler finished speaking, several servants grabbed handfuls of copper coins from the bucket and scattered them to the crowd of onlookers.

In an instant, people went crazy, and the chaotic and lively scene was filled with shouting and cursing.

Some people's feet were stepped on, some people's heads were squeezed...

But no one dared to rush over to the two barrels to grab the copper coins. Everyone knew that doing so would be tantamount to seeking death, as the guns of the soldiers standing on both sides of the Confucius Mansion could fire at any time.

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The Confucius Mansion is a large courtyard with four entrances and two side courtyards on the left and right. Starting from the gate, the main courtyard is called the front courtyard, the second courtyard, the third courtyard and the back courtyard.

The east and west side courtyards are called the same way, with the words "east" and "west" added in front.

Mr. Kong's bedroom is in the backyard of the main courtyard, and the eldest young master's wedding room is also located in the backyard. This arrangement has made the eldest young lady's status in the mansion clear to everyone in the mansion, and it is only a matter of time before she takes over the Kong Mansion.

In the bridal chamber, the bride Su Bai, with her veil covering her head, sat motionless beside the brocade bed.

She still hasn't figured it out. On January 2024, 1, she, who was treated as a little potato by the people of Ice City, experienced the high-speed slide in the Ice and Snow World. When she closed her eyes and opened them again, she arrived in the Republic of China in 1.

The first word that comes to mind is: time travel.

This time travel that many people yearn for is neither exciting nor romantic for her. To her, it is extremely unlucky and she would have to add the three words "eight lifetimes of bad luck".

She holds a double PhD in biochemistry and clinical medicine from Peking University. In her 26 years of life, there are only two words: learning and research.

She was called a rare genius by her mentor. Not long ago, together with her mentor and team, she successfully completed the final experiment before the new anti-cancer drug "Enbek" entered the clinic.

In order to celebrate this achievement that may open a new chapter in the human fight against cancer, Su Bai took a special holiday for himself. He followed the fashion and stepped into the Ice City with a large number of little potatoes. Unexpectedly, he slid directly into the sedan chair from the slide.

When she opened her eyes, she was already dressed in red and green and sitting in the bridal sedan chair of the Kong family.

Although she seldom has time to read time-travel novels, she has heard several assistants in the laboratory talk about it. This is probably the legendary soul-traveling thing, right?

She traveled through time and space to become a person with the same name and surname.

But this Su Bai is not that Su Bai.

As the wedding sedan rocked, my memory of Su Bai gradually became fuller and clearer.

She is from Dongying and was adopted by her uncle after her parents died early.

More than half a month ago, her uncle sold her to the second wife of the Confucius family as a slave for 50 oceans and signed a contract of sale.

She had to pretend to be a lover of the eldest son of the Kong family who had never had a lover in his lifetime, and this lover was pregnant with the eldest son's child.

The eldest son was born to Master Kong’s wife, and the non-existent fetus in Su Bai’s belly is the master’s only legitimate bloodline.

In order to monopolize the Kong family's property, the second wife set up an elaborate scheme after learning of the eldest master's death.

She made up a lie to Mr. Kong, saying that the eldest son had a lover in Tianjin and was pregnant. The eldest son came back this time to visit his father and ask his father to approve the marriage.

Having a secret relationship with someone without the permission of parents is not tolerated by the family rules of the Kong family. The eldest son first sent someone to the Kong family to tell the second wife about the situation and asked her to find out the master's attitude towards the matter first and to help him plead for him.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, the young master was robbed and killed while passing through Siling Mountain.

Mr. Kong, who was seriously ill and increasingly confused, actually believed her lies and asked her to go to Tianjin to pick up the girl and her unborn child without telling anyone else in the Kong family.

The second wife did not go to Tianjin, but to Dongying, more than 300 miles away. Among many qualified girls, she finally chose the unfortunate Su Bai.

Su Bai was too scared to agree. Once the money was in her uncle's hands and he signed the contract, she had no choice.

The second wife told Su Bai that she would take care of the Kong Mansion inside and out. After Su Bai entered the Kong Mansion, she would be obedient and be her eldest lady, taking over the Kong Mansion and inheriting the family property.

As long as Su Bai can successfully help the second wife get the Kong family's property, there will be additional rewards.

If Su Bai disobeys and the plan is in danger of being exposed, she will kill him at any time.

The second wife had planned everything but she didn't expect that something would go wrong on the way to the wedding. The Su Bai who got out of the sedan chair was no longer the same Su Bai who had gotten into the sedan chair.

Su Bai figured out one thing: what is true cannot be false, and what is false cannot be true.

No matter how carefully the second wife's plan is, there are bound to be loopholes.

From the moment this plan was implemented, he was in extreme danger.

If the truth is revealed, he will be buried with the second wife.

If the plan succeeds, the second wife will definitely kill herself.