Author: I am hopelessly handsome

In three days, it will be the death anniversary of Liu Piaopiao's mother, who died in childbirth. Liu Yirong felt it was unlucky. After Hu Rui died, she was hastily wrapped in a straw mat and buried in a mass grave. Liu Piaopiao wanted to pay homage, but never

Didn't get permission. Maybe Liu Yufu went too far. Liu Piaopiao mentioned worshiping her mother again, and Liu Yirong unexpectedly agreed this time.

Liu Piaopiao has prepared a lot for this in the past few days. She has never met her mother. The servants in the mansion have also kept silent about this. For so many years, Liu Piaopiao’s only impression of her mother is that of Yunjing courtesan, who is both beautiful and beautiful.

. She had also heard from others how beautiful and lovable her mother was. But if that was the case, why would she be rejected by her father later? Even, he was not even willing to prepare a thin coffin for her after her death.

She folded a lot of paper ingots by herself, but her hands were sore and her eyes hurt, but she refused to rest. Seeing that Hezhi felt uncomfortable, she made almond butter tea. The fragrance of milk overflowed, and Liu Piaopiao raised her head from the pile of paper.

Her eyes were red and she looked like she had cried.

"Give some to A Jing and Shuan Zi."

Hezhi sat down next to her: "Girl, take a break, you've been folding all morning."

Liu Piaopian shook her head, "I always want to do something for my mother. If it weren't for me, she wouldn't die."

"How can I blame you?" He Zhi comforted her, "Mrs. Hu will be very happy if she sees that you are doing well now."

"I hope so." Liu Piaopian lowered her eyes, "I haven't worshiped her in the past sixteen years, and I didn't have the chance until today. How could she have such an unfilial daughter like me."

"That's because the master doesn't allow it, and there's nothing you can do about it. Can't we go worship Madam now?"

After listening to He Zhi's explanation, Liu Piaopiao felt a little more relaxed, "Yes, so I want to burn more paper for my mother so that she can live a more comfortable life down there. When can I put my mother's place in the ancestral hall?"

That’s good, so she can enjoy more incense.”

He Zhi brought the almond butter tea to Liu Piaopiao, as if she had to drink it. Liu Piaopiao had no choice but to put down what she was holding, took the tea and drank it in small sips.

"Yes, when the girl becomes the crown princess, madam, she can enter the ancestral hall."

Liu Piaopiao didn't speak, her eyes were lowered and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Liu Yirong always felt that Hu Rui was unlucky, and even the things prepared for worship could not be temporarily placed in the house. It would be too contrary to say that Liu Piaopiao didn't have any resentment in her heart. The husband and wife are grateful for a hundred days, and Hu Rui also gave birth to Liu Yirong's son.

Raising a daughter involves hard work without any merit, why should he hate Hu Rui so much.

Liu Piaopiao suppressed the bitterness in her heart. When she was a child, she had heard people gossip about how her mother begged to see Liu Yirong before she died, but she only got a half-cut sleeve. It meant that you and I had to cut each other off.

There was no longer anything to do with the marriage. Soon after, my mother died of anger.

How heartless.

Inadvertently, the yellow paper cut Liu Piaopiao's fingertips. Blood flowed out. Liu Piaopiao came back to his senses and piled up all the sacrificial supplies. When he went to the wine warehouse, the rose liqueur he brewed a few days ago was already there.

Okay. A faint fragrance floated out, which was a bit intoxicating. Liu Piaopiao closed her eyes and smelled it carefully.

Recalling that he had promised Lu Ji to treat him to a drink, a lot of time had passed in the blink of an eye. After worshiping his mother tomorrow, he would treat him to a taste of his rose bar.

Liu Piaopiao woke up early the next day, and it was still dark when we arrived at the mass grave. The jackdaws were neighing, and the noise was unpleasant. The grass branches were shrinking, but Liu Piaopiao didn't seem to be in such a terrifying scene.

What does it feel like.

There were countless bulging graves, and it was easy to step on a flattened grave without even noticing. He didn't know how long this mass grave had existed. He Zhi only knew that his grandfather knew about this place, and so did his grandfather's grandfather.

The grave bag was pressed against the grave bag, and the shallow burial was washed out by the rain. There was a solitary bone on the edge. Groups of wild dogs were eating the carrion, and the grass branches twitched their noses, and they always felt the smell of decay.

lingering around.

Those dogs looked at this side maliciously, with green eyes and sharp fangs. It seemed that they were going to rush over and tear apart their own flesh and blood in the next second, eating them up and turning them into withered bones lying there.

Hezhi was startled by his imagination and hugged Liu Piaopiao's shoulders.

"Girl, I'm scared."

Liu Piaopian patted her and said, "Don't be afraid."

The boy who followed immediately approached and drove away the wild dogs, and then lit a bonfire. The flames dispelled the coldness before dawn, making Hezhi breathe a deep sigh of relief.

"Burn these papers. The people buried here are all poor people."

Hezhi pouted, "No wonder it has been folded for so many days. It turns out that these lonely ghosts have been brought with them."

Liu Piaopiao covered Hezhi's mouth: "Shh, don't talk nonsense here, be careful they follow you."

One sentence frightened Hezhi so much that he shut up and didn't dare to speak anymore, and he honestly started burning the paper.

Liu Piaopiao turned around and knelt on the ground. The grave in front of her was very low. The tombstone was just a piece of wood that had long been worn away by the wind and rain. Even the words on it were blurred. Only two Hu Rui could be vaguely distinguished.

words.

It seems that Liu Yirong did not want to admit that Hu Rui was from the Liu family, so he did not sign the name of his husband's family.

Liu Piaopiao looked at it, and her eyes became wet without realizing it. She lit the yellow paper, and the flames swept across and illuminated her face instantly.

"Mother," she choked, "the unfilial child is here to see you."

She was lying on the ground, and there seemed to be countless things to say in her chest, but she could not say a word. Her tears fell into the mud and disappeared quickly. Liu Piaopiao opened her mouth, and the smell of paper dust and mud mixed.

She choked in her heart, and her tears couldn't stop flowing when she coughed. She clung to the tombstone with both hands, and Liu Piaopiao rubbed the tombstone, as if her mother was touching her face. But the wood was always cold, not like real hands.

It's warm but not soft at all.

"Mom, I miss you so much."

Naturally, there would be no response, but even this was enough to comfort Liu Piaopiao's heart.

She just sat there, feeling very warm next to her late mother's grave. It seemed that after many years, she finally found a place that could accommodate herself.

The mother who gave birth to her with her life must love her. Thinking of this, Liu Piaopiao couldn't help but curl her lips.

She moved her lips and said, "Mother, my child will definitely move you into the ancestral hall."

Liu Piaopiao patted the dirt on her skirt and was about to leave. At this time, she suddenly saw a woman carrying a basket of paper money coming to worship. Liu Piaopiao thought she was coming to worship someone else, but unexpectedly the woman walked up to her neck.

Hu Rui knelt down in front of Hu Rui. Liu Piaopiao was stunned. Others said that her mother had no father or mother. She came alone and left alone. Logically speaking, no one came to worship except herself. So, this

Who is the woman?

Liu Piaopiao stepped aside and asked, "Auntie, did you visit the wrong grave? This is my mother's grave."

The graves in the mass graves were placed one next to another. If you were not careful, you might worship the wrong person and make a fool of yourself. However, when the woman looked up, she was so frightened that she dropped the basket in her arms.

"Ghost, ghost, I didn't harm you. You went to Liu Qian, she ordered me!"

She yelled and tried desperately to escape from here. Liu Piaopiao quickly grabbed the woman with quick eyes and hands, and they fell to the muddy ground together.

Thinking about what she just said, Liu Piaopiao keenly realized that her mother might not have died in childbirth, but was harmed by others.

Blood surged in Liu Piaopiao's chest, and she held the woman's arm firmly with such force that the other woman couldn't help but scream. He Zhi also pounced on her at this moment, and slapped the woman dizzy.

"Who are you? How dare you hit my young lady!"

Seeing that the woman stopped moving, Liu Piaopiao cautiously let go of her hand.

"Who are you and why did you run away when you saw me? Tell me honestly, otherwise don't blame me for being merciless!"

The woman raised her head and glanced at the boys guarding around her with some embarrassment. Liu Piaopiao made a gesture, and Hezhi immediately gave the leading boy two taels of silver.

"You guys go and wait nearby." She turned around, "Can we talk now?"

Liu Piaopiao stood up straight and looked at the woman condescendingly. At this angle, Liu Piaopiao's face was hidden in the shadows. In such a ghostly environment like the mass grave, in addition to a sense of oppression in terms of momentum, Liu Piaopiao stood up straight.

In addition, her outline is more like Hu Rui, who died long ago.

The woman raised her head tremblingly and said, "I am Mrs. Lin, and I was Mrs. Hu's maid."

Mrs. Lin crawled towards Liu Piaopiao on her knees. Now she finally recognized that the woman in front of her was not the Hu Rui who had come back from the dead, but Liu Piaopiao, whom she had witnessed being born sixteen years ago.

She said, almost piously, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, Liu Qian forced me to do it. I didn't mean to kill Mrs. Hu, please let me go!"

Liu Piaopiao was trembling all over. If He Zhi hadn't been by her side, she would have fallen to the ground immediately.

She held He Zhi's hand, her eyes widened, and she could hardly speak. She only repeated: "Kill him to death, kill him to death, kill him to death."

He didn't react until half a moment later, staggering down and grabbing Lin's arm.

"I originally had a mother, right? She was supposed to be alive, right?"

She cried and shouted, shaking Mrs. Lin's arm. She asked again and again: "Tell me, why did you want to harm my mother!"

Liu Piaopiao turned around again, crying and laughing and said to Hezhi: "Hezhi, my mother didn't deserve to die, I should have had a mother!"

She was like crazy, hugging Hu Rui's tombstone and crying loudly: "Mother!"

Mrs. Lin just knelt down and kept repenting.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it was Liu Qian who forced me, she forced me!"

Liu Piaopiao turned her head suddenly, her eyes were scarlet and her eyes were fierce: "Liu Qian forced you, how did she force you, please tell me clearly!"

Mrs. Lin then cried and told Liu Piaopiao everything about that year.

She wiped her tears, looked at Liu Piaopiao, and said carefully: "When Mrs. Hu was pregnant with you, the doctor said that the fetus was not in the right position, and she would probably die if she gave birth. After the eldest lady found out, she used my father to blackmail her.

I asked me to put safflower in the ginseng soup that Mrs. Hu was dying on the day she gave birth."

Hearing this, Liu Piaopiao's heart felt like a knife. Safflower is a medicine that promotes blood circulation. Pregnant women who drink safflower have a high chance of miscarriage. What's more, Hu Rui is giving birth at this time, which is the time of bleeding. Liu Piaopiao

Piao almost couldn't breathe. She gritted her teeth and chanted Liu Qian's name, wishing to cut her into pieces.

She braced herself and asked again: "Is this how my mother was killed by the two of you working together?"

Mrs. Lin shook her head, "Madam, she was lucky enough to give birth to you smoothly. After that, Madam asked me to falsely accuse Madam Hu of having an affair, so she died of postpartum hemorrhage and exhaustion."

To cheat, to cheat.

No wonder, no wonder my father hates my mother so much that she hates her so much that she refuses to see her again until she dies.

She took a deep breath, her heart pounding.

"You have done these things and are not afraid of retribution in the future?"

Mrs. Lin lowered her head deeply, her forehead was already red.

"I know that the eldest lady was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so she beat me up and threw me into the river. Who knew that I was lucky enough to survive? It's just that my father was lit by her and burned to death. I didn't dare

Reporter, I know that if the eldest lady knows that I am not dead, she will definitely kill me without anyone noticing. Therefore, I come back to pay homage to Mrs. Hu on every memorial day, including the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. I just hope that in the future, I can be safe under Jiuquan.

Go and kowtow before her to atone for your sins.”

Liu Piaopiao could no longer cry. Her mother had suffered such pain. After going through all kinds of hardships to give birth to her, not only did she not receive sympathy from her father, but she was instigated by Liu Qian and never saw Liu Yirong until her death.

Liu Qian is vicious, but Liu Yirong is ruthless.

Liu Piaopiao traced her mother's tombstone with her fingers and whispered: "Mom, my child is unfilial. I didn't know until today that you have suffered such humiliation. It's useless for me to be a child. I haven't been able to live up to my expectations for so many years. I want to seek justice for you. It's my child.

They are cowardly and don’t know how to fight for it. They have been humiliated for so many years for nothing. Now that I know the truth, I will definitely return all this humiliation to them in the future."

She wiped away her tears and asked, "How did Liu Qian slander her mother?"

Mrs. Lin raised her head and glanced at Liu Piaopiao, she seemed a little timid, but now she had to risk everything to tell the truth.

"Mrs. Hu was already weak after giving birth. Although the bleeding had stopped, she still had to have needles placed by the doctor every day to prevent another hemorrhage. The eldest lady asked me to find a strong man among the people to hide in the house, and deceived Mrs. Hu at night.

The master will go to see her. Wait until late at night, when Mrs. Hu sleeps until she is confused, and then let the man in. But in fact, at that time, due to the instigation of the eldest lady, the relationship between the master and Mrs. Hu had already fallen apart. When the man goes in

, the eldest lady asked the master to catch the traitor again, and after such a tight layout, the master completely broke with Mrs. Hu. In sadness, Mrs. Hu suddenly died, and she passed away in two days, leaving you, miss."

After saying that, Mrs. Lin went to hit the tree with grief and anger.

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Hu, I'm not a human being!"

Liu Piaopiao grabbed her and gritted her teeth: "What's the use of dying now? The thing has been done. Can you live if you die now?"

"If you really feel sorry for my mother, then live a good life, and you will be useful in the future!"

Liu Piaopiao stopped crying and wiped away all her tears. She glanced at Mrs. Lin on the ground: "As long as I am alive, I will definitely clear my mother's grievances and enshrine her in the ancestral hall. Just live well and identify Liu in the future."

Qian’s sin.”

He Zhi supported Liu Piaopiao, and he knew without looking that Liu Piaopiao was feeling extremely depressed.

She spoke softly, "Don't be afraid, girl, I'm still here."
Chapter completed!