The uncle borrowed some merits, and the princess drew the talisman fiercely

The Holy Scale Guard was so frightened that his whole body turned cold.

Those faces seemed to be imprisoned under the bark of the tree, but they wanted to break free, so their facial features were distorted.

He cried out, took a step back, tripped over his heel and fell down.

The marquis's wife seemed to sense something as well, and she turned her eyes away from the fire and looked around.

She was standing on the other side of the tree without the firelight blocking her way.

"Sister-in-law, did you hear any noise?" she asked her sister-in-law next to her.

"What sound?" My sister-in-law was stunned and didn't understand.

There were sounds all around, the discussions of the people, the shouts of the Holy Scale Guards, the curses of Marquis Qing Fu outside, and even the occasional noise from the things burning in the fire breaking.

Besides this, what other sounds are there?

"It's hard to say," the Marquis didn't know how to describe it. It sounded like the cloth was stretched to its limit, and then something was pulling at it. "Didn't you hear it? It's a weird sound."

She said, turning around.

The sound seemed to come from behind.

When she turned around, she saw up close the twisted and surging human faces on the tree, those facial features that seemed to be trying to break through the bark!

There are also some mouths that seem to be opening and closing.

The Marquis’s wife’s face changed drastically. She screamed in fear and quickly stepped back.

Her sister-in-law realized something was wrong and reached out to pull her away, but the marquis's wife was so scared that she waved her hands and slapped her hand away.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

She screamed and continued to back away.

"Ma'am, be careful!"

The Holy Scale Guard shouted.

But it was too late. The Marquis's wife stepped back into the fire, stepped on a burning robe, lost her balance, and fell backwards into the blazing fire.

"what!!!"

The shrill screams made Qing Fuhou, who was standing outside, feel his heart shrink.

lady!

A fire man rushed out.

Qing Fuhou’s eyes were about to pop out.

The people around were screaming and everything was in chaos.

Qing Fuhou looked at the fire man rushing towards him and instantly hugged him.

"what!!!"

Everyone was stunned.

The officers who were holding Qing Fuhou instinctively let go of their hands and dodged the moment the fire man pounced on them.

Then they watched helplessly as Qing Fuhou was hugged by the fire man, and both of them started burning at the same time.

The people were terrified and retreated.

Some people also shouted, "Hurry up and bring water to save people!"

"Take off your clothes and shoot!"

But, it's too late.

For some reason, the fire burned so quickly and vigorously and was difficult to put out.

By the time the fire was put out, Qing Fuhou and his wife had turned black.

Some people took one look and cried out of fear.

The Holy Scale Guards quickly expelled the people and took control of the place.

When others looked at the tree again, it was still black, but they didn't see anything strange.

They didn't know why the marquis's wife suddenly became so frightened as if she had seen a ghost that she fell directly into the fire.

So, once the word got out, there were various versions.

Lu Zhaoling was also surprised when he heard the news.

Qingyin went out to inquire around and then came back to tell her the details.

"They said that the Marquis' wife was frightened when she saw the tree suddenly turn black. But I find it a little strange. Even if the tree turned black strangely, it wouldn't be enough to scream like a ghost. Besides, other people didn't scream when they saw the tree turn black. They just thought it was very strange."

In any case, this is not the reaction that the Marquis's wife would have.

"She fell into the fire, and the people around her didn't have time to save her?" Lu Zhaoling asked.

Qingyin said, "Yes, this is also a very scary point that has been spread outside. They said that the fire burned in a strange way and was extremely fierce. When the Marquis fell down, some people saw that the flames seemed to be alive and immediately surrounded her completely."

There was no chance for the people around to rescue him.

In an instant, Mrs. Hou's head, face and whole body were surrounded by flames.

Qing Bao's focus was on the back, "After the Marquis' wife was burned, she must have been in great pain. How could she still rush towards Marquis Qingfu at that time?"

Lu Zhaoling knew the inside story of Zhu Minghao's life.

In fact, she sympathized with the Marquis's wife on this point.

"She hated Qing Fuhou so much that she knew she was going to die, so she wanted to take him with her."

"The emperor had already granted her divorce, and did not include her in the confiscation of property and exile. She was allowed to return to her parents' home to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures until the end of her life, but she still ended up like this..." Qingbao sighed.

"It turns out that the Marquis is very pitiful and worthy of sympathy."

Lu Zhaoling said, "But, as Zhu Minghao's mother, she doted on him and allowed him to do many evil things. She also made him clean up the mess, so she must have done some evil as well."

So, even though she felt sympathy for him, it did not prevent her from actually hating the Marquis's wife.

Qing Xiao's voice came from outside.

"Miss."

Lu Zhaoling looked over and saw him jumping over the wall, feeling a little speechless.

Like master, like guard.

What? Are they all addicted to circumventing the firewall?

"Please don't blame me, young lady." Seeing Lu Zhaoling's expression, Qing Xiao guessed what she was thinking and immediately explained, "The prince taught us that it is much more troublesome to come to the Lu family through the main gate. If we climb over the wall, we can only go to the courtyard. We are not allowed to get close to the young lady's boudoir."

"Zhou Shiyue asked you to come?"

"Yes."

Lu Zhaoling looked at him and said, "Your injury is not serious, but you still need to rest well. Why did he force you to work so soon?"

"The prince asked me to come here and ask Miss to help check my injuries."

"Okay, I've checked it out, it's nothing serious." Lu Zhaoling looked at him again and frowned, "However, because of that injury, your luck will still be lower than that of ordinary people. For the time being, don't go to too unlucky places and don't come into contact with corpse qi."

"Yes." Qing Xiao took note of her words carefully.

"What else?"

"The prince said that if the young lady heard about the death of the wife of the Marquis Qingfu, she might have mixed feelings, so he asked me to tell the young lady what the wife of the Marquis had done."

Lu Zhaoling: “Ah?”

Qingyin whispered, "Miss, the prince is so careful that he actually guessed this. But, Miss, you must know it."

Lu Zhaoling knew that Madam Hou must have done something bad. After all, Zhu Minghao could be indulged to this extent and do so many bad things. How could his family education be good?

However, she really didn't know the details.

She also didn't expect Zhou Shiyue to be so thoughtful and even asked Qing Xiao to come and tell her about it.

"Then tell me."

Qing Xiao took out a piece of paper and handed it over with both hands.

"These are the lives that Zhu Minghao has taken. There are a few other cases where no one died, but they were extremely bad."

Since he wanted to overthrow Marquis Qingfu, Zhou Shiyue would naturally not miss the crimes committed by the Marquis' Mansion over the years.

All of these are the fault of the Queen Mother.

Lu Zhaoling took it and his face turned cold when he saw it.

"It is not a pity to die for sins."