roccoschili Chapter 256 Living Burial
Chapter 256 Living Burial
Chapter 156 Living Burial
Sun Yihai was quite eloquent, although he was drunk and his words were fragmented.
But as he spoke, he gestured wildly and occasionally made a loud, exaggerated tone.
He managed to turn what seemed like an ordinary case into an unsolvable mystery.
Ironically, the male protagonist of this story is his own older brother.
This sounds really weird.
However, Ye Shaohong did not stop him, nor did he question him further.
He just sat there, being a good listener.
Then Sun Yihai began to recount what happened next.
That evening, when the old lady of the Sun family learned of this terrible news, she was so shocked that she turned pale. She immediately gathered everyone and went to the seventh concubine's room despite the wind and rain.
Upon entering the house, the elderly Mrs. Sun nearly fainted.
Sun Yihui is indeed dead.
Moreover, he died a very tragic death; he lay on the bed, his face ashen, blood flowing from his seven orifices.
Even more horrifying is that Sun Yihui's eyes were wide open when he died.
It's like dying with eyes wide open in disbelief.
Upon seeing this, the third concubine, who had entered the room with the old lady and the eldest mistress, immediately jumped out.
She accused the seventh concubine of murdering her husband.
The seventh concubine was frightened, but she wasn't stupid; she dared not take the blame. She immediately cried out that she was innocent.
However, the third concubine did not believe her at all, and the other concubines were jealous that the seventh concubine had won Sun Yihui's favor as soon as she entered the house, so they criticized her.
For a time, the seventh concubine was almost trapped in a hopeless situation with no way to defend herself.
In the end, it was the matriarch of the Sun family who suppressed her grief and stepped forward to stop this family strife.
Then she immediately arranged for people to go out and find a doctor.
We would like to ask a doctor to come and investigate the true cause of Sun Yihui's death.
The Sun family was a prominent and influential family at the foot of Jiuzhen Mountain. When the Sun family went to invite a doctor, even on a stormy night, the doctor would not dare to refuse.
Soon, Dr. Zhou from the town arrived at the Sun family's house with his medicine kit.
On the way, he also learned about the incident from the servants of the Sun family. After Doctor Zhou entered the house and met with the old lady of the Sun family, he immediately began to examine Sun Yihui's body on the bed.
After a thorough examination, Dr. Zhou was unable to find the true cause of Sun Yihui's death.
Just as the third concubine was about to continue speaking and make things difficult for the seventh concubine, Doctor Zhou suddenly noticed that Sun Yihui was still tightly clutching a porcelain bottle in her hand.
He used a great deal of effort to take the porcelain bottle from Sun Yihui's hand, and only after testing it did he discover that it was actually a rare Western poison.
As for his name, Dr. Zhou is just a rural doctor and cannot make an accurate judgment.
Then came the conclusion that Sun Yihui committed suicide.
By this point in the story, Ye Shaohong had essentially learned the details.
But he still had a few questions in his mind that remained unanswered.
Since Sun Yihui committed suicide, why did he return to the mansion? If he wanted to die, where couldn't he have died outside? Why did he have to go home, change his clothes, drink ginger soup, and then favor his newlywed concubine before quietly drinking poison after the seventh concubine fell asleep?
This is so bizarre.
That doesn't make any sense at all.
Furthermore, according to tradition, Sun Yihui should have been buried long ago after her death.
Why is the body kept at the Sun residence?
There are even terrifying rumors of corpses coming back to life. Could there be some other secrets hidden here?
If these two questions are not answered and there is no proper explanation, then the case of the death of Commander Sun Yihui cannot be closed.
He was also unable to return to Jinling.
Of course, Ye Shaohong could not ask these two questions directly.
Asking directly might arouse Sun Yihai's suspicion. He could only give Li Yunlong and Zhuang Yifan a wink, signaling them to continue pouring alcohol into Sun Yihai's drink while pressing for further details.
Sun Yihai truly loves wine.
Even though he was already completely drunk, he accepted all the drinks offered by Li Yunlong, Zhuang Yifan, and Zhou Haichao.
While drinking, he recounted what happened next.
According to Sun Yihai, after the town doctor, Dr. Zhou, concluded that Sun Yihui had committed suicide, the elderly Mrs. Sun was unwilling to accept it.
After all, he was the son she raised herself.
The old lady knew Sun Yihui's personality well, and she felt that Sun Yihui was not the type to commit suicide.
I was thinking of having Dr. Zhou examine Sun Yihui more carefully to see if there were any signs of a fight or any indication of resistance on his body.
Doctor Zhou examined her again, but still found nothing. Just then, the Third Concubine jumped out again, saying that this matter must be related to the Seventh Concubine.
Even if Sun Yihui committed suicide, he died in the Seventh Concubine's room, so the Seventh Concubine cannot escape responsibility.
If the seventh concubine hadn't slept so soundly tonight, she could have stopped the master's reckless act when he attempted suicide.
Sun Yihui might not have died then.
The other concubines of the Sun family also agreed with the third concubine's opinion.
When the old lady and the eldest wife heard what the third concubine said, they were also very dissatisfied with the seventh concubine. Then the old lady called over the old housekeeper and prepared to have the seventh concubine be buried with Sun Yihui according to the village tradition.
Who could blame them when Seventh Concubine was Sun Yihui's favorite woman?
She enjoyed Sun Yihui's affection during his lifetime, so let her go to the underworld to accompany him.
Upon hearing the old lady's words, the seventh concubine was so frightened that she fainted on the spot.
Doctor Zhou was a physician and had some medical ethics. When he saw someone faint in front of him, he took the pulse of the Seventh Concubine.
It would have been better if he hadn't taken his pulse, because taking it startled him again.
He immediately stood up and stopped the old steward who had brought people over to tie up the seventh concubine and bury her with him. Then he told the old lady that the seventh concubine had the blood of the Sun family.
To put it simply, the seventh concubine is pregnant.
The news was so sudden that it left the old lady, the eldest grandmother, and all the concubines dumbfounded.
Then the old lady called out to the old housekeeper.
They then arranged for someone to move the seventh concubine to another room and lock her up temporarily.
But the third concubine wouldn't have it.
She felt that even if the seventh concubine was pregnant, it would not change the guilt she bore and she had to be buried with Sun Yihui.
In the end, it was the old lady herself who stepped in and gave the third concubine a severe scolding.
The reason is quite simple.
It's because Sun Yihui is over forty years old and still has no successor.
Over the years, Sun Yihui has married eight women, including his first wife and concubines.
She gave birth to five daughters in a row.
But he has no sons.
The old lady of the Sun family was a traditional person with old-fashioned ideas. In her mind, only sons could continue the Sun family bloodline, so she placed her hopes on the seventh concubine.
He claimed that he would spare the life of the seventh concubine for the time being.
They'll decide the final outcome based on the sex of the child she gives birth to. If it's a boy, they'll spare the Seventh Concubine's life; if it's a girl, she won't live and will be buried with Sun Yihui...