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

Su Bai returned to the backyard, took out the key and was about to open the door when the eldest daughter Kong Man's crisp voice came from behind: "Sister-in-law!"

Kong Man trotted up the steps in front of the door and stood next to Su Bai: "I have something to tell you."

Su Bai pulled out the key that had been inserted into the lock: "Go ahead."

If this eldest lady of hers was not fake, the person closest to her in the Kong Mansion should be Kong Man, who was born to the same mother as the deceased Kong Nankai.

In fact, Kong Man has always been very nice to Su Bai, and Su Bai should be closer to her, but Su Bai has been too busy these days and cannot spare the time to get close to her.

"Let's go inside and talk." Kong Man pointed to the lock on the door.

Any mistake could lead to hidden dangers. If Liu Yimian had been moved to the master's room last night, there would not have been the embarrassment and danger today.

It was too late to say anything, Kong Man was standing next to her, and there was no reason not to invite her into the house.

After entering the main room, Kong Man immediately said that she had been to this room before when she was decorating her new house, and she had long wanted to come and see it again.

"Then let's go into the inner room." Su Bai took Kong Man to his bedroom in the east and told her that Zi Yan was not there, so she should not go into her room as there was nothing to see.

"why?"

"It's not good to enter someone else's house when the master is not at home, right?" Su Bai came up with an excuse, but unexpectedly received praise from Kong Man, who praised his sister-in-law for being a well-educated person from a big city who was so respectful to a servant.

Su Bai breathed a sigh of relief. Although she didn't know Kong Man yet, the eldest daughters of warlord families were usually willful. If she insisted on going to Zi Yan's house in the west, she might not be able to stop her.

If she saw Liu, it would be a big trouble.

Although Kong Man did not enter Zi Yan's room, it did not prevent her from causing trouble for Su Bai.

To be precise, she brought Su Bai some troublesome news.

Just now after coming out of Kong Chen's room, the second lady Kong Yun pulled Kong Man to a corner and told her that Wang Yutian, who was shot by Zhou Beiwang, was her cousin.

"Really? It can't be such a coincidence. Maybe they have the same name and surname?" Su Bai asked while thinking of a solution.

"That's what I told her, but she said it was right, it was her cousin!"

Kong Yun told Kong Man that her mother, the second wife, had told her on the morning of the day the accident happened that she was going to pick up her cousin and bring him to Longxing City.

As a result, the second wife was beaten to death for no apparent reason, and two or three days later Wang Yutian was also shot.

They have the same name and surname, and even the time matches. How could such a coincidence be possible in the world?

As for lying to the concubines in Kong Chen's room, it was because Kong Yun didn't like their attitude towards Su Bai, and was afraid that if he told this to others, Su Bai would be questioned further and be embarrassed by them.

But after leaving the house, she felt a little regretful. She began to doubt whether this matter was really related to Su Bai. If Wang Yutian’s death was related to Su Bai, then would her mother’s death also be related to Su Bai?

She even thought that Su Bai was brought into the Kong Mansion by her mother, and only her mother knew Su Bai best. Could it be that Su Bai really had some unspeakable secret?

Su Bai blinked as he listened. Although the Second Young Miss looked weak and gentle, she had a lot of ideas and a broad mind, and she had deduced some key points.

"What did you say?" Su Bai asked Kong Man.

Since Kong Man came here to tell him these things, it means that she trusts him, but Su Bai wants to hear her say it in person so that he can make plans for the next step.

"What can I say? I can only say that she is just making wild guesses."

Although Kong Man said this to Kong Yun, she understood that Kong Yun's doubts were not dispelled.

"I told her again that I would keep this matter to herself for her and that she should not talk about it with anyone in the mansion for the time being."

Kong Man told Su Bai that the two sisters had always had a good relationship and Kong Yun listened to her very much.

"You did the right thing," Su Bai praised Kong Man. "Since this has happened, I will find a way to find out. I have to prove my innocence to the Second Miss, right?"

So hypocritical, Su Bai almost didn't recognize himself.

"I'll tell her when I get back. She'll be happy." Kong Man was naturally happy when she heard that Su Bai wanted to prove his innocence.

Like the Second Miss, she couldn't stand the concubines, especially the Third and Fourth Concubines.

"What about the fifth and sixth concubines?" Su Bai took the opportunity to ask Kong Man about the fifth and sixth concubines.

In Kong Man's opinion, the fifth concubine was generally acceptable. Apart from being stingy and greedy for money, she was not a bad person.

The Sixth Concubine, who was born into a family of actors, was incompatible with the people in the Confucius Mansion in many ways. If the master's mourning period had not yet been completed, she would have started howling long ago.

"howl?"

It's to warm up the throat. The first thing the Sixth Concubine does every morning when she wakes up is to warm up her throat. This is convenient, as the Confucius Mansion doesn't even need to raise roosters, as there is no shortage of roosters that crow.

This sentence made Su Bai laugh. The young lady has a good sense of humor.

"My father is gone and she didn't cry at all!" Kong Man said angrily.

Su Bai could understand this point very well. The Sixth Concubine was not even 30 years old, and had been a concubine in the Confucius Mansion for less than a year. She had no feelings for the master.

Besides, it is hard to say how she got into the Confucius Mansion in the first place. Maybe the master forcibly took her away from the opera troupe.

"What do you think about the second master's announcement today that the monthly salary would be increased?" Su Bai felt that he should be nicer to Kong Man and take this opportunity to get closer to them.

"Was it your decision, uncle or sister-in-law, to increase the monthly allowance for each room?"

Su Bai hesitated for a moment and told her that it was decided after she and Kong Chen discussed it together. At that time, they thought that after transferring the property to the army, people in the mansion would have some thoughts. In order to make everyone feel that the Kong Mansion would have a better life in the future by doing so, they increased the monthly salary so much to let everyone feel the sweetness first.

Su Bai found that his ability to lie was getting stronger and stronger, to the point where he didn't even need to prepare a draft and could just lie as he spoke.

There was also a reason for him to save face when saying this to Kong Man. He wanted to show her that he was not forced by Kong Chen and that he was still the head of the Kong family.

Kong Man had opinions on the monthly salary increase, especially for the second young master Kong Nanwei and the third young master Kong Nanzhou. She thought it was not right to give them even 10 yuan a month.

Su Bai rolled his eyes. Does the eldest lady also know that these two young masters are not the master’s biological sons?

According to the second wife, she was the only one who knew the truth of the matter, and she even knew who the third and fourth concubines' mistresses were.

Kong Dai also knew something. He had been looking for evidence for his master, but he had never been able to find any.

Such a huge scandal in the Kong Mansion cannot be announced to the whole mansion before solid evidence is obtained, and the eldest lady should only remain in the suspicion stage.

A word emerged in Su Bai's mind: divide and rule.

This was a vicious strategy adopted by the British Empire when it gradually withdrew from its colonies around the world after it became unable to rule the world. While recognizing the independence of each colony, it deliberately left hidden dangers in religion, ethnicity, and geographical boundaries, causing irreconcilable conflicts after the independence of the colonies, and they took advantage of the chaos to profit.

Such as Palestine and Israel, India and Pakistan, Kashmir...the list is countless.

Why don't I learn from this and create chaos and infighting within the Confucius Mansion so that they have no time to take care of me?

"Why do you think the second and third young masters shouldn't even take 10 yuan? You know their backgrounds..." Su Bai deliberately left the sentence unsaid.

Miss Kong Man immediately became excited: "You heard about it too?"

"Not only have I heard about it, I also know the truth about it."

"Really? How did you know? Is the rumor true?" Kong Man was just doubting that Su Bai's judgment was correct.

"It's true." These three words were enough. When Kong Man expressed her shock, Su Bai immediately told her not to make it public, not even to tell the Second Miss.

Since the master left a will asking Su Bai to take care of the whole family, that included preparing dowries for his younger brothers and sisters.

Su Bai promised Kong Man that she would find good families for the eldest and second daughters to marry, and she would not care about the two young masters. As for the third and fourth daughters, they were still young, and the world was so chaotic, it was useless to consider it too early.

By the time they were due to get married, they would have no connection with the Kong family anymore.

In fact, the promises made to the eldest and second daughters were just talk to win people's hearts.

"Go talk to Yunyun. I will definitely help her find out about her cousin. Her mother is gone, but I will not ignore her. Make her happy. When you are free, take her shopping more often. Buy her any clothes or jewelry she likes. Come to me if you don't have enough money."

Kong Man thanked her sister-in-law on behalf of her sister and left happily.

Su Bai stared in the direction she left in a daze.

If the second young lady cannot resolve the doubts in her heart, something bad will happen eventually.

My deceptive reassurance can ensure that she will not tell anyone else about Wang Yutian's matter for the time being. What's the next step?

We can’t kill the second young lady too, right?

Absolutely not.

Su Bai found that he had become cruel unconsciously. He killed Wang Yutian first, and was about to kill Doctor Jiang without much hesitation.

There is nothing I can do about it. If they don't die, I will die.

But the second young lady is too innocent. Both her parents are gone and she has no one to rely on in the Kong Mansion. No matter what, I have to have a little kindness in my heart and not kill her.

We have to find a way to resolve this potential crisis. It is really difficult to make people shut up without killing them.