C115 (1/2)

Hearing this, Guo Caiting knelt on the ground, step by step she crawled over, kowtowing heavily as she wailed, ”Master, you're avenging for Xin Ting!”

Qiao Zheng looked deeply at Guo Caiting who was kneeling on the ground, her voice filled with a bitterness she never had before: ”Caiting, you … ”Let's go back first. I'll take care of it.”

Meanwhile, A Qing's face was full of tears as she tried to help Guo Caiting up, but she couldn't.

Qiao Liangjin let out a sigh, walked to Guo Caiting's side, knelt down, and said with his head lowered, ”You have to see her alive, you have to see her corpse, your daughter wants to see her body with her own eyes, making decisions. Also, your daughter also wants to meet the person who eloped with her, don't you know if she's caught?”

Qiao Maoshan immediately objected: ”What a joke, how can such a dirty body enter our mansion?”

Zhen Yuxin also replied, ”Jin'er, it doesn't make sense.”

At this moment, Qiao Liangjin turned her head towards Guo Caiting and said, ”What a pity that Qiao Xinting isn't present in such a scene. If she was here, what would she have thought?”

Before he could finish his words, the door suddenly opened with a ”bang”. It was very quiet outside, and there was only the dark, ink-like night.

When they heard Qiao Liangjin's words, a gust of cold wind blew in, causing them to shiver uncontrollably.

Lin Fang Li immediately hid behind Qiao Mao Shan, grabbing his sleeve and whispering: ”Did he cause a ghost?”

When the madame heard Lin Fanli's not so soft mutterings, she pointed her cane and scolded, ”Even if she dies, she's still a troublemaker. If I had known earlier, I would have let her die in the womb!”

Guo Caiting's face paled as she stared in shock at the madame who had spoken so maliciously.

On the other hand, the crying Qiao Siyuan was not afraid at all. He shouted at the madame, ”Fifth Sister is not a troublemaker!” Then he rushed to the door and shouted towards the night: ”Fifth Sister, come back and tell me, who killed you, I will avenge you!”

Just as she cried and shouted these words, Qiao Liangjin suddenly laughed out loud. She turned her head to look at the weeping Qiao Siyuan outside the door and smiled. ”This house is actually not even comparable to a nine-year-old child.”

The corner of Guo Caiting's mouth slightly pursed as she lowered her head.

Qiao Zheng inadvertently saw Guo Caiting's actions and her heart fell into chaos. He waved his hand and said: ”Go bring the Fifth Miss' corpse in as well as that little brat.”

Chastity was about to continue to stop him when she heard Qiao Lianjin say sinisterly, ”I wonder who died. If they really find someone to kill, would they come knocking at night?”

Chastity sighed and said, ”Well, in the end, she's still the young miss of our Prime Minister's Estate. It's better for her to come back.”

The madame did not think that Qiao Zheng would actually have his corpse brought in. Even his breathing became rough as he slammed his palm on the tea table and scolded angrily, ”I'd like to take a good look at what this is like and how he came to find me.”

Qiao Liangjin's long eyebrows creased. She got up and walked over to the madame's side. She used a handkerchief to wipe her forehead and advised, ”Madame, you are too old. Don't always get angry.”

The madame did not like Qiao Liangjin to begin with. She pushed him away and scolded angrily, ”It's all your fault. You still have the nerve to speak. From tomorrow onwards, you are not to leave the ancestral hall for three months!”

Qiao Liangjin sighed and took a few steps back. ”Yes, madame,” he responded.

As he spoke, the servant brought Qiao Xinting's corpse in. There was a white cloth over one of the doors. Only a few strands of hair were visible.

When Qiao Ya and Qiao Yue-er saw the corpse, they were so frightened that they embraced Qiao Ningzi's arm.

An extremely ordinary-looking man was also pushed through the door by a servant. As soon as he entered, he kneeled on the ground, exclaiming that he was wrongly accused.

The ruckus in the room annoyed Qiao Liangjin. She touched her earlobes and walked over to Qiao Xinting's corpse. She crouched down and abruptly opened the cloth.

”Ah …” All the women in the room screamed and covered their faces.

The moment Qiao Liangjin saw the corpse, she almost thought that she had seen wrongly. The corpse in front of him seemed to be Qiao Xinting. If she hadn't saved her, she would have definitely been moved at this moment.

The moment Guo Caiting saw the corpse's face, her eyes rolled back in her head and she fainted.

Qiao Liangjin turned around and helped Guo Caiting up. Only then did Guo Caijing slowly wake up. She rushed over as if she was crazy, and carefully looked at her face. She even wanted to feel the corpse's arms.

Qiao Zheng could not bear to watch any longer and advised: ”Cai Ting …”

The old mistress snorted and turned away, refusing to look at the corpse.

Qiao Liangjin turned around and looked at the man who kept mumbling to herself. ”Who are you?”

Hearing someone ask him, the man raised his head in fear, but looked around and replied, ”I …” ”I am a scholar.”

”And then?”

”Fifth Miss said she likes me, but she's the young lady of the Prime Minister's Estate. The Residence definitely won't allow her to marry me, so we made an appointment to elope …” The man opened his mouth and spoke very smoothly.