Chapter 280: Lingering like a ghost

Lou Shi had a very, very long nightmare.

Dreamed that her stepson Yang Dian Feng was locked in the county Ya Men prison for intentional murder and was about to be exiled to the frontier.

She wanted to save him, but had no way to do so.

Really had no choice, she had to take a risk and go to Fengyang Prefecture to find a savior.

But never expected, before seeing the savior, she actually met the evil star first!

She was terrified, so she ran and ran, ran and ran.

Unfortunately, in the end, she still couldn't run away.

A fierce man approached step by step and swung his fist at her...

"Ah!!"

Lou Shi suddenly opened her eyes.

Before her eyes was pitch black, couldn't see her hand.

A smell of damp firewood drilled into her nose, as well as an aura similar to the rotting of a dead mouse.

Where is this?

Why is she here?

Lou Shi tentatively reached out to touch, but found that her hands and feet were tied by something, chafing in pain, and she couldn't break free at all.

Along with the pain, memories also returned in full.

So, that wasn't a dream.

She really came to Fengyang Prefecture and met that evil star Su Jin Xiu.

Su Jin Xiu would absolutely not let her go.

She didn't care about dying, she had come back with the determination to die anyway.

But what about Feng'er?

Feng'er was still waiting for her to save him!

Thinking of this, Lou Shi gritted her teeth, rolled to the ground with all her might, and tried to find a way out.

Just at this moment, the door suddenly creaked open.

A woman walked in carrying a lantern.

"Yo, awake?" The woman kicked Lou Shi, her tone disdainful. "I said Dong'er, twenty years have passed, why haven't you made any progress, still so stupid?"

She shone the lantern around. "Look clearly, what kind of place is this, do you think you can run out?"

Lou Shi looked around in horror.

In front of her was a dark and damp prison cell, with a few bundles of moldy straw placed on the uneven ground.

On the wall not far away, whips and fire tongs were hanging, as well as a pile of messy torture instruments that made one feel cold in their heart just by looking at them.

It was clearly...

A privately set up torture room?

"Where is this? This is not the Su mansion!" The old lady is kind-hearted, and absolutely could not allow the Su mansion to have such a dirty place.

"This is of course not the Su mansion." The woman sighed pretentiously. "I know, you want to enter the Su mansion and tell the old lady about what happened back then, right? Unfortunately, you don't have a chance anymore."

Lou Shi stared at her fixedly, her eyes splitting with rage.

"Shang Chun, you will not die well!"

Shang Chun sneered. "Rest assured, I will definitely live longer than you, and live better than you."

"Alright, no need to play those useless lip-service games with her." Su Jin Xiu walked in from outside, still wearing the luxurious clothes she wore during the day, looking at Lou Shi coldly. "Dong'er, I ask you, where is Su Qing Ci now?"

Lou Shi turned her face away. "I don't know."

Don't know?

Su Jin Xiu's complexion became even colder. "I advise you not to test my patience, you will regret it."

Shang Chun also echoed, "Exactly, I heard everything you said at the gate of the Su mansion. You admitted it yourself, saying you knew the news about the second young lady, what are you pretending to be stupid for now?"

"And when the second young lady went missing back then, only you were by her side serving, if you don't know, who knows?"

Lou Shi was silent.

Of course she knew, but she couldn't say.

Not saying it still gave her hope of living; saying it, she would definitely die.

Shang Chun was a bit impatient.

She walked over, took down a whip made of thorns from the wall, and lashed at Lou Shi fiercely.

"Are you going to say it? Are you going to say it?"

Lou Shi rolled on the ground in pain, a painful wail issuing from her mouth.

Su Jin Xiu didn't stop her, just watched coldly from the side, until Lou Shi was about to faint, then raised her hand to stop her. "Dong'er, I'll ask one more time, where is Su Qing Ci?"

Lou Shi endured the severe pain and looked up weakly.

She knew that if this continued, she wouldn't be able to hold on much longer and would soon go to the underworld to see the second young lady.

But what face did she have?

Back then, in order to prevent her younger brother, who was addicted to gambling, from having his hands and feet chopped off, she had to accept Su Jin Xiu's bribery and betray her master.

Now her stepson, however, was in jail because of the second young lady's son and daughter-in-law.

All of this, perhaps, is retribution.

Forget it, forget it, anyway, she had already betrayed once, betraying again didn't make any difference, at worst she would go to the eighteenth level of hell after death.

At least Feng'er could be saved.

Lou Shi finally spoke, "If you want me to say it, you can, but I have one condition."

Su Jin Xiu frowned first, then relaxed.

"Tell me first."

Lou Shi closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "As long as you can save my stepson Yang Dian Feng, I will immediately tell you the whereabouts of the second young lady."

She briefly told the story.

Of course, she omitted the identities of Jiang Li and Du Ruo, only saying that Jiang Li was a constable in Wutou Xian.

After listening, Su Jin Xiu raised her eyebrows. "How do you hope I save him? Hijack him halfway?"

"No." Lou Shi shook her head. "Feng'er did do something wrong, and deserves to be punished. I just hope to reduce his guilt, whether it's jail or a beating, as long as he doesn't go to the frontier and his life is saved."

So...

Su Jin Xiu only thought for a moment and agreed. "Okay, this matter is not difficult to handle."

"Now, can you say it?"

Lou Shi didn't dare to believe it easily. "I want you to swear, swear a poisonous oath!"

The veins on Su Jin Xiu's forehead jumped.

Shang Chun lashed another whip down and scolded: "Bitch, you dare to push your luck? What is the Princess Consort's status, and what is your status, what qualification do you have to make the Princess Consort swear?"

Lou Shi raised her thin neck stubbornly and smiled miserably. "Whether you swear or not is up to you."

Meaning, not swearing is fine, but she would rather die than say it.

Shang Chun wanted to hit her again, but was stopped by Su Jin Xiu.

"Okay, as you wish."

She stretched out two fingers. "Heaven is above, I, Su Jin Xiu, swear here that I will do my best to save Lou Dong'er's stepson Yang Dian Feng from death, if I violate this oath, then let me... let me be ruined and die a horrible death!"

Shang Chun was anxious. "Princess Consort, you..."

Su Jin Xiu ignored her, just looking at Lou Shi. "Speak!"

Lou Shi felt relieved, a mocking smile curling at the corners of her mouth. "The second young lady, actually, as early as eight years ago, she was already dead..."

Eight years ago, Su Qing Ci died in childbirth.

Leaving behind three young sons, and one daughter who had just been born.

The four siblings relied on each other, and their days were very bitter.

She secretly went to see them several times, but only dared to watch from afar, not daring to help them.

She was afraid of revealing her identity and inviting disaster.

Fortunately, the children had all grown up, and they were promising, the eldest became a constable, and even married a powerful wife; the second became the county's top scholar, and his future looked bright.

The guilt in her heart was finally reduced a bit.

But never expected, the eldest son Jiang Li, who became a constable, would be at odds with her stepson Yang Dian Feng, finally causing such a situation...

"Jiang Li?"

Su Jin Xiu interrupted Lou Shi and asked: "The county you are in, is it called Wutou Xian?"

Lou Shi nodded. "Correct."

Su Jin Xiu laughed out of anger.

No wonder it sounded so familiar, it turns out this Jiang Li is the little constable who snatched Bin'er's credit!

Su Qing Ci, oh Su Qing Ci, why are you still lingering like a ghost?

Back then, you snatched all my limelight;

Now that you're dead, the good son you gave birth to actually came to snatch my son's limelight again.

If I had known, I should have done it once and for all back then.

Killed you!

(Recently, many new characters are being introduced, the pace will be slow, if you feel bored, you can wait a few days to watch together, it will be better.) ===== CHAPTER 281 =====