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

When Zhou Beiwang rode out of the city, he took several soldiers who were patrolling in the city with him.

Longxing County is surrounded by mountains on all sides, hence the name Siling Mountain.

Longxing County is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the only road for vehicles and horses to leave the mountain passes through Xishankou.

Zhou Beiwang heard gunshots coming from the west not far out of the city. When he rushed to the west entrance of the mountain, he saw the second wife's carriage and the body of the driver lying beside the carriage. He also saw from afar a man and a woman supporting each other and running for their lives halfway up the hill. The woman was the second wife. Behind them were several men in black who were chasing them while firing guns. There were also people in the ravine.

I guess the second wife and this man were chased from the ravine to the mountain.

He saw with his own eyes that the second wife was shot and rolled down the hill from the other side.

Zhou Beiwang exchanged fire with them and quickly eliminated the men in black in the ravine. The guard battalion then transferred a company from the city to search for the men in black in the mountains.

The hillside that the second wife rolled down was very steep and deep, with almost no trees to block her view. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult to have a chance of survival if one rolled from the hillside to the bottom of the ditch, not to mention that the second wife was shot several times.

"Oh," the sudden change made Su Bai unable to react for a while. Did the second wife die just like that?

Zhou Beiwang asked: "Madam, who is the man with the second wife? Why did you ask me to pursue the second wife?"

"This..." Of course it was not convenient for Su Bai to tell him the truth.

In the moment when Su Bai hesitated, Zhou Beiwang had already taken two steps back, still with that iconic smile: "The guard battalion is still searching the mountain. If there is any news about the second wife, I will tell you immediately."

Su Bai looked at Zhou Bei stupidly as he looked back at the guard battalion headquarters opposite.

If she had not been left behind by Kong Chen to monitor her because of the mysterious wealth, and if his warm smile was from the heart and not just for himself, Zhou Beiwang would be a good man.

Gentleman, considerate, elegant...

Unfortunately, it’s most likely just an act.

Only then did Su Bai feel that it was a bit too rash to ask him to chase the second wife in such a hurry.

The news that the Second Madam might have died spread quickly throughout the Kong Mansion, and Su Bai's nerves became tense. If there was a confidant of the Second Madam in the mansion, and this confidant knew about the Second Madam's plan to seize the Kong family's property, he would definitely jump out in the next few days and use this as a handle to force Su Bai to carry out his plan.

The scam is still going on, but there is just a different person behind it.

All Su Bai could do was to wait quietly and secretly observe everyone in the Kong Mansion.

Two days passed and the man still didn't show up.

Su Bai's tense nerves occasionally caused him to be in a brief trance. Sometimes, he even felt that everyone in the Kong Mansion was his enemy. Every look they gave him seemed to be telling him, I know who you are.

This kind of mental torture made Su Baiye unable to sleep. He tossed and turned in bed until very late at night and had nightmares one after another.

The guard camp's search of the mountain was over, and all they saw was blood, but no trace of the second wife's body.

Kong Dai also brought his servants and accompanied the second young lady to the hillside in Xishan where the second wife was shot and searched for a whole day. They only brought back the body of the coachman, but found no trace of the second wife.

The second young lady burst into tears and Zi Yan also cried with her for a long time.

However, after crying, Zi Yan told Su Bai that she just felt sorry for the Second Young Miss. In fact, the Second Madam was not kind to the servants. She rolled up her sleeves to show Su Bai a scar on her arm, which was left after being whipped by the Second Madam last year.

She was sent by the Second Wife to monitor Su Bai. She was unwilling to do so, but Su Bai was so nice to her that she decided not to do anything that would be detrimental to Su Bai.

Zi Yan poured out all the pregnancy-promoting medicine that the Second Madam asked Doctor Jiang to prescribe for Su Bai. She didn't even drink it during the meal, and she never revealed a word about it to the Second Madam.

The conversation between the two reminded Su Bai of someone: Doctor Jiang!

He is an insider.

Although Dr. Jiang didn't know the whole story of the scam set up by the second wife, he knew about her own fake pregnancy.

Moreover, the second wife asked him to prescribe fertility drugs for her, and he could guess what would happen next.

How to make Doctor Jiang shut up made Su Bai suffer for another whole night.

There is only one way to eliminate the trouble forever: silence the witness.

Doctor Jiang is not a good person either, as he cooperated with the Second Wife to deceive Mr. Kong.

However, given his current situation, even if he could only treat Zi Yan as a trustworthy helper, it would not be easy to accomplish this task.

Using money to shut him up and make him leave Longxing County may be the only feasible solution at the moment, but this solution will leave hidden dangers.

……

There is only one day left until Mr. Kong’s funeral.

Su Bai thought about it all night and felt that he had over-complicated the matter of Doctor Jiang.

The fake pregnancy was arranged by the second wife, so she could pretend she didn't know about it. However, as a famous doctor in the Sanlong area, Dr. Jiang's reputation would be ruined if this matter were to spread.

Just wait and see. There is no need to rush into doing anything about this matter. Everything will be settled after the master is buried.

Now that the second wife is gone, no matter how many confidants she has in the Kong Mansion, they have to obey Su Bai, the head lady, until they jump out.

Su Bai doesn't even need to show up, just arrange for Kong Dai to do it.

Now Su Bai can escape from the Confucius Mansion anytime and anywhere.

But she wanted to continue to be the eldest lady of the Kong family in a proper manner.

Although escaping from the Confucius Mansion has become Su Bai's last resort, he must make some preparations in advance. Once there are signs of failure or other uncontrollable situations, Su Bai cannot escape from the Confucius Mansion penniless.

She asked Kong Dai to help her withdraw one hundred dollars from her account, and also wanted to take the opportunity to test whether she, the eldest lady, was genuine in Kong Dai's eyes.

It went unexpectedly smoothly. Kong Dai didn't even ask the eldest young lady what she wanted so much money for. He just replied with one word "yes" and packed up 100 yuan and sent it to Su Bai's room.

He also suggested that Su Bai should carve a seal. When the master was alive, any expenditure above 10 yuan had to be stamped with the master's seal on the expenditure book. Expenditure below 10 yuan would be decided by the butler Kong Dai and the master would just have to know.

Smaller miscellaneous expenses are summarized on a monthly basis and handed over to the master.

Now Su Bai is the head of the Confucius Mansion. Whether these rules should be retained as they are or adjusted is entirely up to Su Bai.

It was not until this moment that Su Bai truly felt that he was the one in charge of the Kong Mansion.

Only then did I realize that before I traveled through time, I had aspired to reach the highest peak of medical and pharmaceutical technology and had the lofty ideal of defeating disease and benefiting mankind, but I was actually a very vulgar person by nature.

She was reluctant to give up the huge family business of the Kong Mansion, and was reluctant to give up her high-ranking and powerful position as the head of the Kong Mansion.

Even if I continue to pursue my own profession in the next step, with the financial support of the Confucius Mansion, I will naturally get twice the result with half the effort.

In addition, Su Bai was very curious about what secrets were hidden in the seal left by Mr. Kong and whether it was related to the huge wealth mentioned by the brothers Kong Chen and Kong Xin.

But she also knew very well that the throne of the eldest lady was placed on a steel wire suspended high in the air and could lose balance and fall at any time, bringing about a catastrophic disaster.

Su Bai had just put away the 100 yuan when big trouble came.