The Demon Concubine of God

Shen Wen waited in the room for everyone to leave. She came to Shen Shuyuan who was sleeping soundly on the bed and started talking to her.

Unexpectedly, the woman seemed to be really sleeping.

But Shen Wen thought she was pretending to be asleep and ignored her.

So she reached out and pushed her.

Unexpectedly, in an instant, Shen Wen's soul was sucked into this body.

In a blink of an eye, she entered a vague and illusory dream.

She walked in the misty mountain forest, and it seemed as if she had walked across a very large area.

She was alone in the vast misty forest. She finally saw a quiet path. She walked and walked! After walking for a long time, she finally reached the end and bumped into a towering tree.

The trunk of the tree was as big as a house, and Shen Wen walked around the trunk and measured it with his feet. He walked more than a hundred steps.

When she returned to the starting point, something appeared in front of her eyes. Shen Wen's head buzzed when she saw it.

It turned out to be the backpack she carried with her in modern times.

She was stunned for a few seconds, then quickly stepped forward, grabbed the backpack, unzipped it and checked.

Wallet, protective clothing, dagger, pistol...

And... a QR code sign?!

That’s not right!

This brand originally belonged to her, but she gave it to her only relative, Zhong Jie. How did it get back into her bag?

Then she turned over what she had grabbed in her right hand...

It’s a photo… Is it her and Zhong Jie’s graduation photo from the police academy?

"This backpack is new. It's not mine, it's Zhong Jie's."

She didn't understand why this thing was here. This equipment was only carried with her when she was on a mission. Could it be that Zhong Jie was on a mission nearby?

When she looked up and looked around, a person came up to her gracefully.

She was wearing a long robe with wide sleeves and a long gown, clearly a Hanfu costume, and her hair was tied up high, but her appearance was that all-too-familiar face.

"Zhong Jie? Is it really you? You actually came to this place?"

As she said this, she raised her hand and tried to touch his arm skillfully, but before she could touch him, Zhong Jie gently waved his wide-sleeved long gown and retreated three meters away.

Zhong Jie looked at her with a smile and said, "Yi Shi Ren, you came at the right time. It's just what I wanted."

Before Shen Wen understood what he meant, Zhong Jie disappeared in front of her. And the environment she was in also changed in an instant. Before Shen Wen could figure out what was going on, a scream of terror that pierced the sky exploded in her ears.

"Ah...someone's dead...Hurry up, someone jumped off the building."

In front of a pavilion, a man in shirtsleeves fell down, his head soaked in a large pool of blood.

"It's a severe head injury, and it looks like he's lost too much blood." Shen Wen thought that if it were in modern times, he might still be saved, but here he's afraid he can't be saved.

After seeing the accident scene, Shen Wen looked around. There were many people coming and going here, and there were many shops and restaurants around. The building where the deceased was was more prosperous than the surroundings. He jumped from a window on the left corner of the main building. She looked far away and saw the plaque on the front of the building read "Yixiang Building".

"Yixianglou? What kind of place is that? It sounds familiar."

But before she could think about it, her little soul was suddenly sucked away from behind by a strong force and went straight into the body of the dead.

"What's going on? I can't move. Strangely, I can't even open my eyes... Why do I feel like a human? Do I feel pain?" Although she had feelings, she couldn't move. She could only vaguely hear the noise around her.

It turned out that an official from the yamen was patrolling the streets not far away. When he heard that a murder had occurred, he rushed over to check.

The leading constable took a look at the body on the ground, then looked up at the plaque of Yixiang Tower and said, "I'm afraid it's a prostitute in this building. The prostitutes here are all official prostitutes. Even if they die, they are still criminals. It's not our turn to deal with them. Go and ask the pimps in the building to take the body away and bury it."

At this moment, someone called out, and the officers turned around to see that it was their immediate superior, followed by a military officer and his entourage. "It turned out to be the captain and General Ji." Everyone saluted, and at this time, the nanny and the turtle man in the building also rushed over.

Regardless of the polite greetings between the Bao Mama and Gui Gong and the others, the military commander took a look at the face of the corpse, his pupils trembled, and then he suddenly pushed aside the crowd and stepped forward to identify...

At first he thought the person was not dead yet, so he hurriedly felt the person's breath and confirmed that the person was completely cold. His eyes became moist for a moment, and then filled with pity.

The madam told the official that the man was indeed from their building, but because he refused to receive customers, she found the dagger, and she ordered people to bury the body. Afterwards, she politely invited the official to come into the building and sit for a while, in a flattering manner.

She was surprised to see a large hand clamped around her neck and strangled her to death.

The general angrily pinched her neck and asked with red eyes: "You black-hearted evil woman, this man is obviously a young man from an honest family. How can you say he is a guilty prostitute? It is obvious that you kidnapped her because you saw that he was alone and helpless. I will send you to prison to pay for his life."

The madam got anxious when she heard this and quickly argued, "General, you are wrongly accusing me. My Yixianglou was originally opened by the government, and the families of officials who committed crimes were all sent here. The ones with delicate bodies are all top-notch beauties, and they are all registered in the government. We will never accept some poor person with unknown identity."

As she said this, she asked Gui Gong to show the general the list of the deceased in the yamen, as well as the deceased's indenture.

The deed clearly stated who bought him, from which house and who sold him.

"The Duke's Mansion Ji..."

The captain who followed behind him read it out in surprise. He suddenly understood who the dead person was.

He quickly grabbed the general's arm and said, "Brother, don't be impulsive... It's too late to save the situation. I think we should find a place to bury him properly. His body is now exposed on the street in dishevel. It's really not a decent death."

The general was Ji Ziyin, the eldest son of the Duke of Shangzhu State. The captain was Ji Zichu, the youngest son of the Ji family. And the deceased... was Shen Wen, the concubine who had willingly taken the medicine pill to change her gender for Ji Ziyin and had given birth to a child for him.

After hearing what his brother said, Ji Ziyan felt even more guilty towards the deceased. Looking at the tragic appearance of the deceased, he had no choice but to not pursue the relationship between Yixiang Tower and the matter for the time being.

He called his servants to take the body home, keep it for two days, and then bury it with honor.

Ji Zichu stopped him and said, "Brother, this is inappropriate. The old lady will not agree to let a person who died suddenly be buried in our house. How could you forget that these two days are good days for you and your second brother to marry concubines? How can the old lady agree to let a dead person bring bad luck?"

Ji Ziyan then remembered that he had agreed to have a concubine arranged by his parents.

So he said, "Then we can arrange for him to stay in our family temple. If that doesn't work, I had planned to give him a farm. Then we can arrange for him to stay in the farm and hold a funeral separately."

Ji Zichu had no choice but to second the motion.

The chief of the yamen runners who was listening nearby whispered to Ji Zichu, "Your Excellency, you can't do that."

Ji Ziyan couldn't help but glare at the yamen runner.

He said embarrassedly, "I mean not right now. Think about it, the people in Yixiang Tower are all criminals. Our dynasty stipulates that after the death of a criminal, only Chaoting and Yixiang Tower have the right to deal with the body, and the rest cannot interfere. If you want to hold a decent funeral, you need a special pardon from the court."

The two brothers of the Ji family only then remembered this rule and were embarrassed for a moment.

At this time, the yamen runner said, "I have a plan. The deceased fell to her death from the upper floor for no reason. If this is determined to be a murder case, our yamen can intervene. First send the deceased back to the charity cemetery, and then wait for the adults to go to the palace to negotiate and remove the deceased's official prostitute status, and then we can take the deceased back and hold the funeral."

The list of official prostitutes was managed by the Music Bureau of the palace. Although official prostitutes were placed in brothels of various officials, they could be sent by the emperor at will in special occasions, and their life and death were determined by the emperor's words. Ji Ziyin was a favorite of the emperor, so she only needed to inform the emperor about this matter.

Ji Ziyan had no choice but to listen to the advice of the yamen runner. The runner was also very thoughtful. After getting the decision of the two young masters, he personally negotiated with the madam. He used his eloquent tongue to persuade the madam to obey him. She even smiled and respectfully saw them off after they collected the body and left.

At this point, Shen Wen's body was sent to the charity cemetery for temporary placement.

Speaking of the Duke Ji’s mansion, red lanterns were hung up at this time, creating a festive atmosphere.

Ever since the eldest son's concubine Shen Wen gave birth to a stillborn baby, the old lady had ordered that the eldest son of the first house and the second son of the second house take concubines.

This was a big deal. The two young masters actually prepared six bridal chambers. This meant that the two chambers were going to marry six concubines in a formal manner. They were from prominent families with three matchmakers and six betrothals, and were definitely not courtesans like Concubine Shen Wen and Concubine Liu.

Among these six concubines, the eldest son wanted to marry two, one was the concubine sister of Concubine Liu in the palace, and the other was the male princess Tong Xianyu of the West Palace. The second son wanted to marry four, but they were all female concubines, and all of them were noble ladies from large families.