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

Su Bai had lived for more than twenty years, but the shocks he had experienced combined were not as many as what he had experienced in the past ten days in Confucius Mansion. Suddenly, he found that he was almost adapting to this environment.

When the Third Madam asked this question, Su Bai did not panic. Instead, he took two steps forward and sat across from the table of the Second Master Kong Chen, and asked slowly, "How does the Third Madam want to explain it clearly?"

The third concubine thought that there was something fishy about the Kong family marrying the eldest lady, and no one in the Kong family knew about it except the second concubine.

How did the second wife know that the eldest young master had a lover in Tianjin and was pregnant with his child?

Finally someone spoke up for Su Bai. It was the second wife's daughter, the second lady Kong Yun.

She could testify that because her eldest brother Kong Nankai had a very bad relationship with her father due to the matter between him and that foreign woman a few years ago, he sent someone to find the second wife at the mansion before returning this time. He told the second wife that he was living with Su Bai and was planning to marry her, hoping that the second wife would first speak to the master and plead for him.

This was a lie made up by the second wife. It turned out that she had said the same thing to her own daughter.

"Su Bai has been pregnant for only more than a month, and the eldest young master has been dead for more than a month. Could it be that the eldest young master knew that Su Bai would be pregnant before he died and sent someone to tell your mother in advance?" asked the fourth concubine.

"I only found out about my eldest sister-in-law's pregnancy later, but my eldest brother didn't know!" Kong Yun was a little anxious. She came to Kong Chen and shook his arm: "Second uncle, look at them..."

Kong Chen acted like the second uncle and made the decision for his niece. The second wife went to Tianjin to pick up the eldest young lady on the orders of the master. She was afraid that someone in the mansion would talk nonsense, so she didn't tell anyone. He and his third brother Kong Li knew about this.

From now on, no one in the Confucius Mansion is allowed to make trouble for this matter.

Next, Kong Chen spoke for Su Bai, but Su Bai understood that he did not want to return the part of the Kong family property that had been ceded to him.

He told everyone that the eldest young lady did this so that everyone could have a stable life in the future. He reminded everyone not to forget the days in previous years when they could not even get enough food because of the defeat of the Kong family army.

"From now on, each of the four sisters-in-law will receive 30 yuan per month, the eldest niece and the second niece will receive 10 yuan, the second nephew and the third nephew will receive 20 yuan, and the third and fourth nieces are still young, so each will receive 5 yuan. It will be given to you monthly, and the Kong family will also provide you with food and drink. What else are you dissatisfied with?"

Su Bai was speechless. Kong Chen, that bastard, raised the monthly salary of each room with just a few words!

The concubines were silent as they got what they wanted, and each person's monthly expenses increased by more than half.

Just for these four concubines and children, not only do they have to be provided with food and drink every month, but they also have to be given 190 yuan!

Su Bai checked the account and found out that the previous fee was 105 yuan.

Whatever, I plan to leave the Confucius Mansion when I am fully grown. I will pay as long as I can afford it and live a stable life.

This Confucius Mansion is really not a place to stay for long.

Su Bai was about to give in, but the third concubine did not give up. After being quiet for only a few minutes, she started to attack Su Bai again and brought up the matter of Wang Yutian.

She still wanted to say that it was hard to say whether the child in Su Bai's belly was the eldest young master's. Judging from the incident with Wang Yutian, this eldest young lady was not well-behaved.

The third concubine did not know Wang Yutian's name and always addressed him as a stranger.

Apparently, after failing to scare Su Bai with this matter a few days ago, she conducted further investigations and learned from the owner of the Xiankelai Inn that this man was caught by Zhou Beiwang when he was chasing Zi Yan and was killed directly.

"His second uncle, your Captain Zhou has a good relationship with the eldest young lady of the Kong family. Could it be that he helped her to silence her?"

"Nonsense!" Kong Chen was furious and slammed his fist on the table. "I appointed Captain Zhou to be in charge of the Kong Mansion. I told him to discuss matters with the eldest young lady. We should handle official business impartially. There is no such thing as friendship!"

Zhou Beiwang was right, Kong Chen really trusted him.

Su Bai didn't know what Kong Chen would do if he knew that his most trusted guard battalion commander had fallen in love with the eldest lady of the Kong family. Would he kill him?

Kong Chen yelled again: "As for that man, Captain Zhou reported to me that he molested Zi Yan in the street because of his greed, so Captain Zhou shot him!"

The second young lady corrected him: "It's lust for beauty, not greed for profit."

"Yes, yes, that's it!"

Su Bai almost laughed out loud. This was the commander of the Temporary Seventh Army.

"By the way, that person's name is..." Kong Chen thought for a while: "His name is Yutian, right?" He asked Kong Li, who had been sitting in the back without saying anything.

"My name is Wang Yutian."

"Wang Yutian?" the second lady called out.

Oh no! Wang Yutian is the second wife’s cousin and the second lady Kong Yun’s uncle. She is very likely to know him!

Judging from her reaction when she heard the name, she had at least heard the name Wang Yutian from her mother.

Before the old troubles are dealt with, new troubles come.

"Yunyun, do you know this Wang Yutian?" The third concubine asked Kong Yun immediately as if she had discovered a new continent.

Kong Yun shook his head: "I don't know him."

"Then why are you shouting so loudly?"

"When I was in a girls' school, there was a classmate in my class whose brother was named Li Yutian."

It was obvious that Kong Yun was lying.

Why lie?

Su Bai couldn't understand.

"Okay, okay, sisters-in-law, go back!" Kong Chen began to scold them: "This family still needs to be harmonious. Since my eldest brother has handed the family over to Su Bai, Su Bai has the final say in this family. Don't look for me if there is no big deal in the future. I am still too busy with military and political affairs!"

Su Bai realized that the Kong family might not be controlled by him alone, and the devil Kong Chen would intervene at any time if he wanted to.

The concubines all went out, and Kong Chen kept Su Bai behind.

He circled around Su Bai, which made Su Bai feel creepy.

"Your belly isn't getting bigger?"

Su Bai smiled and said, "It's only been over a month. It takes three or four months to show a pregnancy."

"Hahaha, I've never given birth to a child, hahaha..."

Kong Chen has a son, but for a rough man like him, he definitely didn't pay any attention to his wife when she was pregnant, and might have even been fighting outside.

Su Bai also laughed, she could feel the muscles on her face were very stiff.

At this moment, someone outside the door shouted: "Report!"

"Come in!"

A tall and thin soldier ran in. Su Bai had seen him at Zhou Beiwang's camp headquarters.

"Report to the commander," the soldier suddenly lowered his voice. Kong Chen pushed him impatiently: "If you have to fart, just let it out. Did a ghost pinch you? Speak loudly!"

It turned out that this guy came to inform on someone.

Captain Zhou mobilized almost the entire battalion to search for a murderer in the city. The first and second companies even changed into plain clothes to conduct a secret investigation.

Su Bai heard it carefully. Zhou Beiwang really kept his word and had already started looking for Doctor Jiang.

But Kong Chen did not completely believe him. This tall and thin man was the spy arranged by Kong Chen to be beside him.

Kong Chen kicked the soldier and said, "Damn it, do we have to report this kind of thing? Of course the murderer must be investigated, go and help investigate!"

"Captain Zhou asked me to guard the battalion headquarters."

"Then go back to your camp!"

The soldier left in boredom. Kong Chen smiled and said to Su Bai that they still had to investigate the batch of gold bars. If Su Bai found any clues, he would keep his word and give one third of the gold bars to Su Bai.

"If I find it..." Kong Chen knew before he finished speaking that if he found Su Bai, he would not get a single cent.

"The Dongyuan that the master mentioned before his death, is it referring to this batch of gold bars?" Su Bai asked him deliberately.

"It's possible," Kong Chen nodded, and immediately changed his expression: "I warn you, don't play tricks on me!"

Su Bai looked aggrieved: "Second Master, I really don't know, do you want me to swear an oath?"

"No need, go ahead and remember what I said!" Kong Chen finally let Su Bai go.

Before Su Bai left, he asked again, "How many gold bars are there?"

"What do you ask for this?"

"Hehe, I want to know how much I can get if I find it?" Su Bai pretended to be naughty.

"Probably, about 500."

Five hundred gold bars!

On the way back to the backyard, Su Bai calculated that one yellow croaker could be exchanged for three hundred dollars now, and five hundred would be 15 yuan.

The monthly salary of the Temporary Seventh Army alone is more than 6 yuan. Adding other expenses, it is hard to say whether 15 yuan is enough for the Temporary Seventh Army for two months.

Is it worth it for him to station troops at his ancestral tomb and make such a big fuss?

Kong Chen is lying, this batch of gold bars is definitely more than 500!