No one knew why Chen Guanxi committed suicide, including Zhang Xiaowu. He could not imagine the reason why Chen Guanxi committed suicide. At first, he thought that Chen Guanxi was murdered by someone else, creating the illusion of suicide. He thought that others killed Chen Guanxi as a warning to him and to send a message to him.
He demonstrated.
However, after repeated investigations, Zhang Tongming concluded that Chen Guanxi indeed committed suicide, but the reason for Chen Guanxi's suicide has become a mystery.
In fact, Chen Guanxi's suicide did have something to do with Zhang Xiaowu. If it hadn't been for Zhang Xiaowu, maybe Chen Guanxi would not have died.
One day two months ago, it was Chen Guanxi's turn to have a day off, so he came to the largest brothel in Yanjing City, Yanjing Prefecture, Youzhou to drink and have fun. Recently, he liked a girl with a slightly sad look in her eyes, and even others wanted to fight for her.
, was also directly beaten away by Chen Guanxi. Others did not recognize Chen Guanxi, but how could the senior officials of the Qinglong Army and the officials of the Yanjing Mansion not recognize the important confidants in front of the commander-in-chief. If Chen Guanxi had not been unwilling to lead troops, he would have said less.
He is also a deputy general, and at worst he is a military commander.
Chen Guanxi didn't know what attracted him to this girl. Maybe it was the sadness in her eyes or her forced smile. Chen Guanxi decided to buy her. The girls in brothels were different from the sisters in brothels. They were prostitutes rather than prostitutes.
, but does not include redeeming it.
After Chen Guanxi redeemed the girl, she naturally became his woman. Although Chen Guanxi had been living in a military camp without a home of his own, he bought a house in Yanjing City for the girl and also bought several servants to serve her.
That night, after Chen Guanxi hugged the girl and had fun with her for several times, he discovered that the girl had a burn on her back. He couldn't help but ask: "What happened to your back? Why are there so many burns? Was it burned when you were a child?"
The girl shook her head and said: "It was two years ago. There was a fire in my hometown two years ago. My brother escaped with me on his back. My brother ran all the way, but my back was still burned by the fire and a piece of it fell.
Scar. And my brother ran away for seventy or eighty miles because he carried me on his back, and then he ran to death." At this point, the girl couldn't help crying, and she was afraid of offending Chen Guanxi.
I wanted to hold back from crying, but I couldn't stop the tears.
Chen Guanxi said: "There is no love between fire and water? Your brother is so kind to you."
The girl said: "Our entire county was burned down by fire? The entire county, more than 20,000 people? Only a few hundred people escaped."
"Where is that? So tragic?" Chen Guanxi asked.
The girl said: "My home is Wuguan County, Longdu Prefecture? I am from Wuguan County."
Chen Guanxi was stunned and looked straight at the girl. He stammered and asked: "You are from Wuguan County. When did the fire in your county happen?"
"In August of the third year of Dade." The girl stared at the lights and recalled: "My family makes clothes for wealthy families. My grandmother's craftsmanship is very good. Several wealthy families in Wuguan County have ordered clothes from my grandmother.
. I remember that day, my sister-in-law and I helped my grandma tailor clothes, and my grandma said: "What if we learn this craft?" In the future, even if we marry into other people's families, we can also make decisions in their homes with our craftsmanship. My grandma said
"Although women are attached to men, they must be able to support themselves. After all, men are prone to die early."
"Death early..."
"That's right? Several of my uncles were arrested and sent to the army. They died fighting outside."
Chen Guanxi was filled with guilt. Was he the one who set the fire in Wuguan County? He was the one who burned the people of Wuguan County to death. Is this the knot in his heart? Unexpectedly, the woman he ransomed turned out to be Wuguan.
Survivors of Guan County.
Naturally, the girl didn't know what the person in front of her was thinking, so she still said to herself: "That day the fire blew from the north and burned into the county. Did you know? Most of the houses in Wuguan County have thatched roofs, because thatch
It is most comfortable to make a roof that is warm in winter and cool in summer. However, the biggest problem with thatched roof is that it is easy to burn. People in Wuguan County pay the most attention to fire prevention. If a house catches fire, the surrounding neighbors will help. But that day, the fire was too
When the fire got bigger, everyone tried their best to put out the fire, but everyone was surrounded by the fire and no one could escape. I watched my neighbors burn to death in front of me, and watched the children burn into charcoal..." She added
She cried, crying until her heart broke. Perhaps it was the first time in so many days that she told others about her experience, and it was also the first time she recalled the fire.
The sadder she became, the more guilty Chen Guanxi felt. He wanted to tell her several times about his sins, but he did not dare to open his mouth. A majestic general was actually ashamed to face a sixteen-year-old girl.
"I'm sorry, I..." Chen Guanxi stammered.
The girl cried but smiled and said: "My brother said, let me marry a good family in the future and go to a plain place. There is no need to be afraid of fire in the plain place, and the fire will not burn on the plain. My brother said,
When I have children in the future and I start a family, I can just take my family to Wuguan County to pay homage to them. Master, will you accompany me to Wuguan County?"
Chen Guanxi did not dare to answer, so he smiled bitterly and put on his clothes. The girl was afraid that he would leave, so she grabbed his hand and asked cautiously: "Master, where are you going?"
Chen Guanxi said: "I'm hungry, let's go get some food."
The girl hurriedly said: "I'll do it, I can do it."
Chen Guanxi comforted her into the quilt and said, "It doesn't matter, I'll let my servants do it."
The girl stared into his eyes and said, "Don't you like me anymore? Is it like the other sisters said, as long as a man gets a woman's body, women will no longer be what men like?"
Chen Guanxi said: "I spent five hundred taels of silver, is it just for something I don't like?"
The girl stuck out her tongue and suddenly asked: "Then why, you spent five hundred taels of silver to redeem me and you didn't even smile. Aren't you happy?"
Chen Guanxi said: "I'm so happy."
"But you didn't laugh."
"Really? I remember laughing, but you didn't notice."
"Then please smile." The girl begged.
The corner of Chen Guanxi's mouth twitched, as if he was smiling, but this smile was more like a smile, which was very scary.
The girl pouted and seemed angry. Chen Guanxi sighed, got out of bed and blew out the lamp, then returned to bed. The girl immediately got into his arms and hugged him coquettishly, but he felt like a ball of fire.
It was burning him, burning him. At this time, Chen Guanxi was in great pain, but he didn't dare to be discovered by her, because he felt guilty, not only for her, but also for the tens of thousands of people in Wuguan County.
In the middle of the night, Chen Guanxi woke up from his dream. He dreamed of a fire rising into the sky. He dreamed of tens of thousands of people with their bodies on fire rushing toward him, pounced on him, bit him, and asked him to apologize and be buried with him. The girl's whole body was burning with fire and she shouted:
"Why, why do you want to kill me, why do you want to kill us -"
