readsfreenovel Chapter 27 Three Corpses in the Basement of Jiang's Residence
Chapter 27 Three Corpses in the Basement of Jiang's Residence
He had people search the entire ruins, but found nothing. Neither the bodies of Ruan Jinyi and her daughter, nor the bodies of the servants, were found.
Later, he suddenly remembered that there was a dungeon in his house, so he hurried to find the entrance to the basement.
He arranged for people to move away the rubble that was pressing on the basement entrance, and it took a lot of effort to pry open the entrance door.
Everyone immediately smelled a pungent stench of decay. Jiang Qinian and the others smelled the extremely foul odor coming from the basement and they vomited bitterly.
"Sir, this basement stinks so badly, let's seal it up quickly."
An attendant beside Jiang Qinian suggested him.
After hearing this, Jiang Qinian's eyes swept coldly towards him and his followers, and he said sternly, "Why do you want to seal them? My wife and daughter have not been found yet. You must see them alive or dead."
After that, he paused for a few seconds, then suddenly pointed at the man who had suggested that he seal the door to the basement and the man standing next to him, and said, "You two should take precautions and go down to check if there are any rotting corpses or dead rats in there. It stinks."
After hearing what Jiang Qinian said, the two followers immediately turned pale with fright.
"Sir, we just opened the door to the basement and the stench is unbearable. If we were allowed to go down, we would be suffocated to death in there."
"Yes, sir, it's summer now, the weather is so hot, and it stinks inside. The lady and the eldest lady wouldn't be so stupid as to hide in there. They should have escaped from the house."
The two followers immediately protested, saying that they did not want to go down. As soon as they opened the door to the basement, they could smell the stench so bad that they wanted to vomit. If they were allowed to go down, the smell would be unimaginable.
"You two don't want to go, right? All right, come here, these two dogs dared to openly disobey the orders of their master, drag them away and beat them to death immediately."
When the two followers heard this, their legs trembled and they immediately knelt in front of Jiang Qinian to admit their mistakes.
"My Lord, I know I am wrong. I will go down and take a look. Please let me go this time."
"I don't need you now. Come! Drag them away and beat them to death."
The two followers' hearts sank suddenly. In order to let Jiang Qinian spare their lives, they continued to beg, "No, no, sir, we know we were wrong. We promise that we will never dare to disobey your orders in the future. Please give us a chance."
"Oh! It's no use knowing you're wrong. I don't dare to employ you. Didn't you hear me? Drag these two away and beat them to death right now."
Jiang Qinian not only rejected the two men's pleas, he also yelled at the other followers around him, asking them to execute the two men quickly.
However, the two followers were still unwilling to give in and kept begging for mercy, but Jiang Qinian was unwilling to pay any more attention to them and ordered other followers to drag them away and execute them immediately.
Next, he asked two other followers to go down.
Because of the precedent of the two people just now, the two followers did not dare to disobey. They found a piece of gauze from somewhere, covered their mouths and noses, and went down.
When they went downstairs and saw the scene in the basement, their stomachs, which had been emptied by vomiting, began to churn again, and a strong feeling of nausea surged directly into their throats.
Not only was the basement extremely smelly, but there were also many rats running around in the basement, and even a few snakes coiling around in the basement...
What made them even more unable to bear the sight was that there was an extra-large bathtub in the middle of the basement with three female corpses soaking in it.
The flesh on the heads of the three female corpses had been eaten by rats, leaving only a skull and a clump of hair.
The clothes of the three bodies that were exposed above the water were gnawed to shreds by rats, but their identities could still be distinguished based on their clothes. The woman in bright red must be Madam Jiang, the woman in a skirt embroidered with plum blossoms must be the third young lady, and the woman in linen clothes must be a servant.
Just as the two were discussing the identities of the three bodies, Jiang Qinian's voice was heard outside the basement door.
"What's going on in the basement? Did you two see it clearly?"
The two of them quickly replied.
"Sir, there are three female corpses here. The heads of their bodies have been eaten by rats. We can't tell their identities."
Although the two followers did not resist Jiang Qinian's order to take the lead, in order to retaliate against Jiang Qinian, they deliberately told him that they could not recognize the identities of the three bodies and asked him to come down to see whether the wife and the third lady were among the three bodies.
After a while, Jiang Qinian really gritted his teeth, sealed his mouth and nose with gauze, and walked down the stairs very carefully, cursing under his breath.
When he saw the scene in the basement, he vomited again, spewing out all his bitterness.
After he finished vomiting, he looked up at the three corpses in the big wooden barrel, turned around and ran far away from the basement door, took a deep breath of fresh air outside, and felt much better. After a while, he turned around and said loudly to his followers behind him: "Let those two people come out, and quickly seal the entrance to the basement. The remains of the lady and the third lady should be buried here, and there is no need to move them out--"
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Half Moon Island
Feng Wuhen had already received news that Jiang Qinian would rush back to Haicheng today.
But he hasn't had time to take care of Jiang Qinian these days, so let him jump around for a few more days.
Wait until he brings that little girl Jiang Yimo to see his mother for a checkup, and then we’ll deal with him.
On the same day that Yang Qinian returned to Haicheng, Feng Wuhen got up early in the morning and went to Jiang Yimo's yard. He saw her jumping and dancing in her own yard, doing all kinds of strange movements. Feng Wuhen felt very strange.
"Little girl, what are you practicing? Why do you look like you are playing with a monkey?"
"I practice a kind of close combat."
"Close combat? How come I have never heard of this kind of martial arts?"
"Uh, haha, Your Majesty, this close combat technique was invented by me. Since my daughter doesn't know martial arts, we can only practice some punches and kicks to protect ourselves."
Jiang Yimo didn't know how to explain it to him, so she could only lie.
Feng Wuhen nodded in agreement, and then he said, "Little girl, I want to take you to see my mother while I'm free today. What do you think?"
Jiang Yimo stopped what she was doing and shrugged.
"I have no objection. The prince will arrange everything."
Feng Wuhen smiled and nodded again.
Half an hour later, Jiang Yimo and Feng Wuhen had breakfast together, and then they came to Concubine Xian's residence, but Concubine Xian was not there.
Ever since Concubine Xian was assassinated that day, Feng Wuhen moved her to a secret and safe place.
However, since the last time an assassin broke into Feng Wuhen's island, Aunt Meng was also seriously injured by the assassin while trying to save Concubine Xian.