The Demon Concubine of God

Shen Wen's casual and disrespectful attitude towards Madam Shishi angered the two maids beside her. One of them stood up and pointed at her nose and said, "My wife is asking you a question, why don't you answer?"

Shen Wen looked at the girl and asked, "Your name is Lang'er?"

The girl was startled and asked, "How do you know my name?"

Shen Wen said: "Of course Yuncai told me."

Just this one sentence scared Lang'er so much that she almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, another girl next to her pulled her back.

Madam Shishi scolded the girl with disdain, "Useless girl, she scared you like this with just a weird sentence."

Shen Wen smiled and said, "If you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door."

She turned her head and looked at Madam Shishi and said, "You really didn't see it? Yuncai is very dependent on you. You and your servant are separated by the Yin and Yang, but she still wants to serve you."

Mrs. Shishi didn't believe her nonsense. She looked at Shen Wen with a stern look and said, "Miss Shen, you have crossed the line. There is no seat for you at the banquet. You can only stand and serve... Oh! No... That is the qualification of a maid. You can only stand aside and sing and laugh."

Shen Wen said indifferently, "Why are you in such a hurry? The birthday people haven't arrived yet, so it's not my turn to be the first to sing, right? Besides, your second master ordered me to sit here. Let's not talk about my business, let's talk about your business! By the way, how did you poison your sister? I heard that you were playing two-timing before you married into the Ji family, which shows that you were not very infatuated with Chu Yanqiu. Then, wouldn't it be more harm than good if you killed your sister?"

Mrs. Shishi finally couldn't help but stand up when she heard this, and said angrily: "You witch, if you continue to slander me with fabricated lies, I will have someone tear your mouth apart."

Shen Wen looked up at her with a smile on his face and said, "Are you so easily angered? Your second master hasn't come yet. I'm not a tight-lipped person. I will definitely tell your master about this. You'll be in trouble then..."

Then she looked at the frightened maid Lang'er dimly, with a look of pity in her eyes as she saw the life passing away, and said: "Yuncai was her personal maid, she killed her if she wanted to, you can't escape, even if the Second Master didn't punish you, you would be killed by your wife, and it would be the kind that would be done without anyone noticing, and not even evidence of redress would be left behind."

The girl was in a daze and didn't know what she was thinking.

At this time, Chu Yanqiu had inexplicably appeared behind everyone. He asked, "Why are you all standing here? Isn't there any other place to sit?"

Mrs. Shishi immediately turned her head away with a wronged look, as if she had been greatly bullied.

Shen Wen did not stand up either. He glanced at Chu Yanqiu and said, "Can't you sit anywhere? People have to sit on seats. Madam Shishi saw that I was lonely and came over to chat with me, but she didn't know that I was not lonely. I talked with her maid Yuncai for a long time."

Madam Shishi quickly interrupted, "You are talking nonsense... Where have you seen my girl Yuncai? She has already returned to her hometown. When her parents came to pick her up, I specially gave her family some money."

Chu Yanqiu sat lazily aside, looking at Shen Wen.

Shen Wen smiled and said, "In that case, I won't mention it, but..."

Shen Wen looked behind Lang'er in surprise and said, "Lang'er... Yuncai asked me to tell you that you must hide the snacks she gave you. There are good things hidden in the snacks. Take them out and ask someone to check. Maybe they can save your life. Your young lady is very smart. Now she died unjustly. Even her parents and family members did not come out to testify for her. I am afraid that she will be a lonely ghost in this world for the rest of her life."

The maid Lang'er was so frightened that her legs were shaking and large amounts of urine flowed out of her crotch.

Shen Wen looked at Madam Shishi and said, "You too, you beat her to death, why didn't you ask them to clean her up decently before burying her? Look at Yuncai, her body is in tatters, her bones are broken, did you leave her body exposed in the wilderness without even burying her? It's a pity that you didn't see it at this time, one of the jade earrings you gave her that day fell off, look at how wronged Yuncai is, it's fine to be a hungry ghost who can't eat or sleep, but she has to accept such an ugly appearance, you know, she was the one who cared about her clothes and appearance when she was alive."

Lang Er knelt on the ground with a thud. She crawled to Madam Shishi's feet, grabbed Madam Shishi's legs and said in panic: "Madam, please don't kill me. I don't want to die like Miss Yuyan after eating the poisoned cakes... I don't know anything. I just serve Miss Yuyan... Me! And Yuncai, that girl, she is arrogant and deserves to be punished by the lady, but I am different..."

Madam Shishi was so excited that she didn't know how to hide it. She felt dizzy. She pointed at Lang'er with a shaking hand and said, "Shut up. Do you know what you are saying? You must be missing your old master and you are crazy. I will ask someone to send you back now!"

Lang Er became even more frightened when she heard this. She shook her head in fear and said incoherently, "Madam, you can't let them kill me. I don't want them to bury me in the locust tree forest on the ranch. They thought digging a hole was too tiring, so they only collected some soil to bury the body. In a few days, the hyenas and wolves that sneaked into the ranch will dig out the bones. I saw with my own eyes that the bones of Jian Er, who was killed by you, were dug into pieces."

Shen Wen suddenly laughed and said, "So that's it..."

Chu Yanqiu also looked at Madam Shishi with shining eyes and said: "I didn't realize you were such a powerful character. I used to think you were a slutty bastard, but now it seems that you are cruel and inhumane!"

Madam Shishi looked innocent and helpless, and said aggrievedly: "No...no...I didn't..."

Afterwards, she realized what was happening and threw herself at Chu Yanqiu’s feet and cried, “My husband, please save me. I am wronged… 呜呜…”

Chu Yanqiu looked happy and said, "Oh? You said you were wronged. Then I will take care of it for you! I will have someone take this girl to the Ministry of Justice and force her to reveal the mastermind behind this."

Mrs. Shishi glared at Shen Wen angrily and said, "It was her! She was the one who instigated it."

Everyone looked at Shen Wen, and Shen Wen shrugged innocently.

Chu Yanqiu tilted his head and called Chihe over to tell her to take the maid Lang'er away, and then ordered someone to inform the Second Mistress about this. Soon, the Second Mistress sent two maids to take Madam Shishi back to her own courtyard to take care of her.

Therefore, if she cannot climb to the position of the principal wife, she will be abandoned if she makes the slightest mistake, let alone a foolish and vicious concubine.

Shen Wen was very impressed that this second wife, who held a high position, was such a meticulous woman.

Chu Yanqiu looked at her expression and couldn't help asking, "What are you thinking about? Could it be that there is something wrong with that woman that you have discovered?"

Shen Wen glared at him angrily and said, "It's enough to find out her fault. She is a woman who has committed a crime. She would rather keep it secret than let outsiders know. On the other hand... you should leave some leeway for her family. I advise you not to offend too many people while you are in the officialdom."

Chu Yanqiu saw that she was relieved now, and crossed his legs again. He couldn't help but touch her injured ankle. Shen Wen seemed to want to kick her, but seeing that he was not going to use force, she relaxed and let him touch her. He touched her and said, "It's still swollen after all. Is the medicated oil I sent you useful? You won't be so stupid as to leave it alone and let it limp, right?"

Shen Wen rolled his eyes at her.

Chu Yanqiu pulled her arm again, with a smile on his face. He knew that this woman was very strong. No matter how painful it was, she still set her own bones.

Chu Yanqiu sat up straight and said, "Cao Chen's case has been determined. His godfather Gu Jia reported all the things he did in the West Mansion to Zichu. Some of them were witnessed by witnesses and physical evidence, so he was sentenced to death. Those people in the pigpen saw that he had fallen, so they accepted their fate and told everything they had done. One of the three corpses was the eldest master's concubine Lin Baozhu, one was Chu Yao's maid Yuqing, and the other one has not been found out yet. There are two suspects, one is Aunt Zhihua who used to live in the other courtyard, and the other is..."

Shen Wen just smiled at him.

Only then did he realize that the second one was likely the one.

This person is very difficult to investigate. There is no physical evidence left on her body. Her age can only be inferred from the bones. However, there is an old wound on the arm bone, which is an arrow wound. The interesting thing is that the arrowhead is left in the bone. The arrowhead was taken out and it was very interesting. It turned out to be a special arrowhead for the soldiers of the Ji Mansion, and it was made more than 20 years ago.

Chu Yanqiu sighed and said, "Lin Baozhu was killed by the eldest master's concubine, Hong. Lin Baozhu was found to be pregnant, and Hong knew about this in advance. Hong had been pregnant before, and she believed that Lin Baozhu caused her miscarriage. So she was jealous and vengeful, and secretly hired someone to kill Lin Baozhu, threw her into the pigpen to feed the pigs, and then half-truthfully created the illusion that Lin Baozhu eloped with an adulterer, deceiving everyone for so many years."

Shen Wen looked around casually and said, "It's very glorious to be your concubine. You have such a grand celebration for your birthday. I just want Madam Shangguan to be a little more pregnant. I beg you to let Madam Xu out as well so that we can have fun together."

Chu Yanqiu always felt that something was wrong with Shen Wen's body. He reached out to touch her body and asked with concern: "Did you really ask the doctor to see you? Are you really not feeling unwell?"