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

The wedding banquet was still in progress, and the second wife had to go to the front yard and the second yard to greet the guests. After giving Su Bai some instructions and intimidation, she left.

Su Bai took the key given to her by the second wife, went into the bedroom and opened the cabinet under the bed.

The three pieces of clothing that the second wife mentioned were actually three bellybands worn next to the body.

It is indeed custom-made, this is not an ordinary bellyband.

It is made of thin sheepskin and filled with something that is probably not cotton. It feels firmer than cotton when pressed with your fingers.

The padding thicknesses of the three bellybands are different, the thinnest one is five centimeters, and the thickest one is about ten centimeters.

Su Bai immediately understood the purpose of these three bellybands.

It has to be said that the second wife was very thoughtful. If she and her cousin failed to conceive, and the Kong family's property could not be converted into cash as she wished in the short term, she would wear these three bellybands in stages to give outsiders the illusion that her belly was getting bigger and bigger.

The door of the main room opened, and Su Bai quickly stuffed the three bellybands into the cabinet and locked it.

It was Zi Yan who came in.

She did not go into the bedroom, but was in the main room clearing the dishes on the table.

Su Bai came out: "If you're not full, just keep eating. There's no rush to clean up."

"I'm full. I had breakfast this morning."

Su Bai came over to help Zi Yan clean up and asked, "During the time when the master was seriously ill, was the second wife in charge of the mansion?"

"Madam, please take a rest. How can we let you do this kind of work?" Zi Yan hurriedly helped Su Bai sit down.

After the Kong Mansion moved back to Longxing from Yian three years ago, the master's health has not been very good. The daily military affairs were basically managed by the master's two younger brothers. The Kong Mansion was personally managed by the master with the help of the housekeeper.

The wives of each room don't take care of the household affairs, and it was only recently when the master's condition gradually worsened that the second wife began to help with some household chores.

A few years ago, the master occupied more than a dozen counties. Several warlords joined forces to defeat the master's army, and he had to retreat to his hometown in Longxing. Only the current three counties and eighteen townships were left in his territory.

Everyone in the mansion said that the master's illness was caused by the military defeat and the eldest young master's affairs.

"How did the young master make the master angry and not let him go home? I know you know the truth, tell me."

Zi Yan hesitated for a moment before saying that she had also heard from the people in the mansion that a few years ago, when the Kong Mansion was still in Yi'an, the eldest young master had an affair with a foreign woman with yellow hair in Tianjin and brought her home to marry her. The master asked him to break up with the foreign woman, but the eldest young master refused.

The master beat the eldest son and claimed that if the eldest son did not break off this relationship, he would sever the father-son relationship with him.

After the eldest son died, the old master was very happy when he learned that the eldest son had an affair with a Chinese woman and had a posthumous child. He was so happy that he was able to walk around with the help of someone after having been bedridden for many days.

"The master also said that this is the greatest happy event in the Kong family!" Zi Yan said while wiping the table. It can be seen that she was very excited when talking about this.

baffling.

"Oh, I've heard about that foreign woman. They broke up a long time ago." Su Bai could only make up a lie based on what Zi Yan said.

Su Bai was very clear about his situation. Once he fell into the Second Madam's scam, he had to lie along with her. Mr. Kong's mind was sometimes clear and sometimes confused. Even if he wanted to take the initiative to expose the Second Madam's scam and confess to the Kong family, the risk was extremely high before he could figure out the internal relationships of the Kong Mansion. The housekeeper in charge was a servant after all, and even if he believed what he said, he would not dare to do anything to the Second Madam.

As long as the Second Wife has a moment to breathe, she and her people will ruthlessly kill herself.

Although it is certain that the eldest daughter, who was born to the same mother as the eldest young master, is not the second wife's woman, once she knows the truth, she will also be his enemy.

Besieged on all sides, facing numerous crises.

……

After a sleepless night, when Su Bai was still being helped by Zi Yan to wash and dress up, the Second Wife slipped in like a ghost.

Today is fully scheduled. I will first go to offer tea to the master, then visit the ladies in each room, and in the afternoon I will go to burn incense at the eldest master's grave.

After sending Zi Yan out of the bedroom, the second wife told Su Bai one more thing. The eldest young master's grave was a cenotaph, and the housekeeper would accompany Su Bai to burn incense. If they started talking about it, she asked Su Bai to be careful not to let anything slip.

The eldest young master's death was discovered by a shepherd who was grazing sheep on the mountain. According to the shepherd, he saw with his own eyes an officer being shot to death by several people with more than ten shots, and then the body was dragged and thrown into the Sitong River at the foot of the mountain.

The housekeeper and his men searched along the Sitong River for several days but could not find the body. However, they found a military uniform washed ashore by the river. Inside the uniform was the eldest young master's ID card, which confirmed that the person who was killed was the eldest young master.

"Then...is it possible that the eldest young master is still alive?" Su Bai asked instinctively.

"Nonsense, with more than a dozen bullets shot into the body, even if it wasn't thrown into the river, the body would have bled out!" The people in the Kong residence deduced that the eldest young master's body must have been washed into the sea along the Tonglong River.

Just in case, if the young master really survived, a month has passed. Even if he can't come back himself, someone should send a letter back.

"What are you thinking about?" The second wife poked Su Bai's temple with her finger: "If the eldest young master is alive, can you still live?"

The second wife’s blow was really heavy, it really hurt.

"I'm just asking." Su Bai said, covering his head.

Out of the corner of Su Bai's eye, he saw Zi Yan's figure flash at the bedroom door, and then she quickly retreated. She must have seen the Second Madam poking him.

Su Bai followed the second wife to the master's bedroom. In addition to the two security guards in the main room, there were two other people in the master's bedroom, a tall and thin man in his fifties, and an elder in his sixties or seventies wearing a pair of gold-rimmed crystal glasses sitting in front of the bed.

"Master, the eldest young mistress is here to greet you and offer you tea!" As soon as the second wife finished speaking, Su Bai knelt down and kowtowed three times to the master as she had instructed: "Daughter-in-law Su Bai greets father."

Serving tea is just a way of saying it. It is already difficult for the master to drink water now.

"Get up, get up..." The old man smiled with difficulty. It was obvious that the pain from the illness had made it difficult for him to even say the word "get up".

The tall man was the chief steward of the Kong Mansion, Kong Dai.

Zi Yan said that the housekeeper's original surname was not Kong. It was during the Qing Dynasty that the master's father, Old Master Kong, picked him up from the street and gave him the surname Kong. After growing up with the master, he followed the master into the army and became the master's orderly. Later, he became the housekeeper of the Kong Mansion.

The man wearing gold-rimmed stone glasses is named Jiang. He is a famous doctor in the area around Longxing County and is known as the Miracle Doctor Jiang.

"Madam, I am sorry for offending you." Doctor Jiang rolled up his sleeves and was about to take Su Bai's pulse.

Su Bai's heart sank. Since he was called a miracle doctor, he would know whether she was pregnant or not just by taking her pulse.

Su Bai looked back at the Second Wife, who had no expression on her face.

It seems that this is the master's intention. He wants to confirm whether his daughter-in-law is pregnant.

Before he knew it, cold sweat had already appeared on Su Bai's forehead.