Chapter 137 Revealed
The crying of the little girl suddenly rang out in the yard, and everyone was startled. Some of the more timid maids burst into tears.

Jiang Li hung her head, as if she had lost all her strength, but she managed to keep her body upright.

This movement also startled Taoist Chongxu. There was no such scene in his play. Logically, the medicine mixed in the glutinous rice could make people temporarily lose their minds. As long as Jiang Li kept this look, it would be scary enough, and all the incomprehensible things she did could be explained as "encountering a ghost".

Taoist Chongxu had used this move countless times and succeeded countless times without a single failure. He was already familiar with what to do next. But Jiang Li's next move today was not in his plan.

Before I could react, the girl's voice burst out even louder, almost sounding shrill.

"Woo-woo-woo", along with the dark clouds in the sky and the Taoist altar with burning incense and candles, it was particularly strange.

Ji Shuran hugged Jiang Youyao tightly, and Jiang Youyao had already crawled into her arms out of fear. She was still a little scared just now, but now Ji Shuran was not scared anymore. She was so happy that she could not wait to think that Jiang Li would be treated as an evil thing and abandoned by everyone. She sighed in her heart that Taoist Chongxu was indeed quite good at bluffing. No wonder he dared to enter the palace and was not afraid in front of the emperor. It was rare for her eldest sister to have such a capable person.

Thinking of this, she went to see Taoist Chongxu. However, when she saw Taoist Chongxu, she saw that he did not take any further action. Instead, he seemed to be stunned, staring at Jiang Li straight, and even took a step back.

Ji Shuran frowned. Although she had to be more realistic, shouldn't a master be upright and stand up at this time to show his demeanor? Taoist Chongxu did not do well this time.

Looking at Jiang Li again, she blew her head and stumbled. She didn't know where she was going, and her steps were stumbling. No one from the Jiang family dared to approach her, except for a few maids from Fangfei Garden. Qingfeng Mingyue was frightened and at a loss, but Tong'er chased after her and called out to Baixue anxiously, "Miss!"

Jiang Li didn't tell them the complete plan. Although Bai Xue and the others prepared according to what Jiang Li said, they didn't know how it would develop. Seeing Jiang Li like this, they panicked. Bai Xue said, "Our girl is not a ghost, absolutely not! There is no one in the world who is kinder than her, how could she be an evil creature?"

"That's right! This Taoist must have played a role in this!" Tong'er's heart moved, "How on earth did you make our girl look like this!"

Ji Shuran said to Madam Jiang, "Mother, Li'er is gentle and kind, and the maids in Fangfei Garden have become arrogant. Taoist Chongxu is recognized by the emperor. Not to mention the maids, even we, the masters, dare not make arbitrary judgments. If what these two maids said gets out, it will be said that our Jiang family does not respect the majesty of the royal family..."

Madam Jiang shook her head: "The second girl is indeed too indulgent to her maids. She dares to act unbridled in front of the master."

"No, old lady!" Tong'er knelt down in front of Old Lady Jiang, crying, "It doesn't matter what happens to me, but the young lady was really wronged. You must believe her!"

"It's really too rude." Ji Shuran said disappointedly: "Mammy, take these two maids away. Li'er doesn't have the heart to teach them, so as a mother, I have no choice but to do it for them."

Qingfeng and Mingyue's eyelids jumped violently. Their daughter had just gotten into trouble, and Ji Shuran couldn't wait to attack the people around her? This was too much!

Madam Jiang glanced at Ji Shuran without leaving any trace. She didn't know why, but before Jiang Li came back, this lady of the first house rarely made mistakes and looked virtuous. But since Jiang Li came back, she became more and more impatient, and even she couldn't stand it.

"Okay, there's no rush to teach the maids." Old Madam Jiang said, "Let's wait until the second girl's matter is settled first."

Mrs. Lu said, "Master, please let her... stop crying!" Her voice was trembling, she was really scared.

The girl's voice became clearer. At first it was just a vague cry, but gradually, it seemed to contain some words. Then, like the dust peeling off, revealing the brick wall inside, the voice gradually echoed.

"father!"

The little girl's voice was calling daddy.

Jiang Yuanbai was startled. When he heard the voice of "Dad", a strange sense of familiarity emerged in his heart. This familiarity made him no longer show a fearful expression when facing Jiang Li, but instead took two steps towards Jiang Li.

Jiang Li lowered her head, the crying sound of the little girl seemed to come from her mouth, and it seemed to be close to her ears. But there was one thing that was beyond doubt, Jiang Li's voice was definitely not like this, whether it was Jiang Li when she was young or Jiang Li now, this was not Jiang Li's voice, it was clearly another person's voice.

Taoist Chongxu couldn't help but take two steps back. The pride he had just felt when he was performing the ritual had long since disappeared. He had never encountered such a situation before. At this moment, he felt an inexplicable panic in his heart, and he had to force himself to calm down.

Aunt Hu in the crowd suddenly screamed. She was standing in the corner. This scream caused several people to look at her. When they looked again, they saw Aunt Hu stumbling towards Jiang Li. When she ran in front of Jiang Li, she seemed to be afraid to come closer. She cried and laughed, saying: "Yue'er, my Yue'er..."

Yue'er? Who is Yue'er?
This name is so unfamiliar that everyone who hears it is puzzled.

Ji Shuran's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but ask, "Why did you call Aunt Hu out? Aunt Hu is probably having a hysterical attack at this moment. Hurry up and take her back to her room, don't let her disturb the Taoist priest's exorcism."

But Aunt Hu didn't even give Ji Shuran a chance to call for help. She turned to look at Jiang Yuanbo, tears rolling down her cheeks: "Master, don't you remember? This is Yue'er's voice, Yue'er's voice! Your eldest daughter Yue'er!"

Jiang Yuanbai was startled, and his mind suddenly became clear.

Yes, he felt that the voice was very familiar. It was his eldest daughter, Jiang Yueer who passed away early!

Ji Shuran was stunned. She didn't expect that Aunt Hu would suddenly rush out at this critical moment. In the first few years after entering the Jiang Mansion, she felt that Aunt Hu was a thorn in her side and wanted to get rid of her. Later, Jiang Yue'er died, and Aunt Hu had hysteria. The old lady protected her, so Ji Shuran let her go. Anyway, she couldn't make any waves, and the master couldn't favor Aunt Hu anymore.

Over the years, Aunt Hu rarely left the house. If it weren't for the holidays, Ji Shuran would have forgotten that there was such a person in the house.

This person who had long been forgotten by her suddenly appeared in front of her today, and kept mentioning her short-lived daughter. Although she didn't know what kind of madness she was going through, Ji Shuran thought that she couldn't let Aunt Hu continue to make such a fuss. Besides, this was clearly a trap set by Taoist Chongxu, and she didn't know what this crazy woman was so excited about.

Ji Shuran said, "Mrs. Hu must be thinking of Yue'er. Master, please send Mrs. Hu back to her room."

"Madam," Aunt Hu turned her head and smiled miserably, "I am not crazy. How could I not recognize my own daughter's voice? Master," she shouted foolishly, "Listen, the eldest daughter is calling daddy." The voice of her saying the last sentence was gentle, with a smile on the corners of her lips, but there was a creepy madness in it.

Ji Shuran suddenly broke out in a thin layer of cold sweat.

The little girl's voice was still calling "Dad", sometimes far away, sometimes near, as if it came from Jiang Li's mouth, but not quite.

Ji Shuran suppressed her uneasiness and said, "Master, I think Aunt Hu must be ill..."

"She's not sick..." Jiang Yuanbai interrupted her: "This is Yue'er's voice."

Ji Shuran was speechless.

Jiang Yuanbai stared at Jiang Li blankly, and a small figure emerged in his mind.

He actually had three daughters. When Ye Zhenzhen had been married to the Jiang family for three years without a child, Aunt Hu became pregnant first. Ye Zhenzhen was soft-hearted and let Aunt Hu give birth to the baby. Jiang Yuanbai had just become a father at that time, and he actually loved Jiang Yue'er very much.

It seems that he dotes on Jiang Youyao, but in fact, before that, he was also very kind to Jiang Yueer. Jiang Yueer satisfied his fantasy of becoming a father, and Jiang Yueer was indeed smart and cute when she was a child.

Ye Zhenzhen and Aunt Hu were good friends, and she didn't think it was a big deal. Jiang Li was spoiled when she was young, and Jiang Youyao was naive, but when it comes to being smart and sweet, it's this concubine's eldest daughter. So even though she was born to an aunt, Jiang Yuanbai didn't treat her badly. At a young age, he even taught Jiang Yue'er to read, wanting to train her to be a female champion.

Who knew that when Jiang Yue'er was four years old, she fell from the rockery and he lost his daughter.

During that time, because Ye Zhenzhen passed away, Ji Shuran came into the family, and Jiang Youyao had just been born, so many things happened one after another that he was a little distracted and didn't take care of her as well as before. But he didn't expect that Jiang Yue'er would die just like that.

He was furious and severely punished everyone who took care of Jiang Yue'er at the time. For a long time, the word "young lady" was not allowed to be mentioned in the mansion.

After so many years, that clever voice had long faded from his mind, leaving only a vague shadow. From deliberately not remembering it to forgetting it after a long time, Jiang Yuanbai himself could not remember it clearly.

But I didn't expect to hear the little girl's voice again at this moment.

Aunt Hu was right, that was Jiang Yue'er's voice.

Jiang Yuanbo's expression was so serious that Ji Shuran couldn't help but take a step back.

Forget it. She forced a smile and said, "How is this possible..."

She couldn't laugh anymore. She saw that Taoist Chongxu had already hidden far away from Jiang Li, and the panic in his eyes didn't seem fake.

How...isn’t this...a play?
Seeing Jiang Yuanbo coming over, Jiang Li, who didn't raise her head, suddenly stopped talking and said, "Dad, Yue'er is in so much pain. Yue'er was killed by someone. Yue'er is in so much pain..."

Ji Shuran was scared to death.

Mrs. Lu had long been so scared that she hid behind her son. She didn't hesitate to think about it after hearing this. Jiang Li was clearly possessed by the ghost of the dead Miss Jiang. Jiang Li was really unlucky to have encountered such a ghost. But... killed? What do you mean killed? Didn't Miss Jiang accidentally fall off the rockery that year?
"Yue'er, who hurt you?" Jiang Yuanbai's voice seemed to come from far away.

"My mother harmed me." The girl's voice was still childish, but with a bit of resentment. She said, "My mother harmed Yue'er. She killed Yue'er and even pretended that Yue'er fell to her death." She said, "My mother harmed me!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Jiang Youyao was already panicking, but she couldn't help but reply, "This is clearly a trick used by evil spirits to confuse people! Taoist priest, why don't you quickly eradicate this evil spirit!"

"Master Chongxu, why are you still standing there?" Ji Shuran said incoherently: "Exorcise the evil spirit quickly and get her away!" Unconsciously, Ji Shuran, who knew from the beginning that this was a show and was just pretending to watch the show, actually became really scared.

Taoist Chongxu gritted his teeth and took the peach wood sword. The little Taoist boy had already slipped away, and there was no trace of him. He was a fake master, how could he kill demons and monsters. Today was supposed to be a fake, but who knew that he would really attract evil spirits, which made Taoist Chongxu complain bitterly. He held the peach wood sword, but he didn't dare to approach it no matter what. He just said: "This evil thing is too powerful. I... I may not be able to subdue it."

"But she is spreading lies here to confuse people!" Ji Shuran couldn't help but scream! Her palms were full of wet sweat. She was scared. It was impossible for anyone to know what happened back then. Those who knew were already dead. This was impossible... Someone must have known and used this method to harm her!

The girl's voice suddenly changed, becoming the voice of a young woman, much older than Jiang Yue'er's childish voice. She said, "Madam has a cruel heart. She asked the eldest daughter to play with the third daughter, but because the third daughter cried, she took her anger out on the eldest daughter and kicked her hard. The eldest daughter's head hit the doorstep and died, but she still wanted people to pretend that she accidentally fell off the rockery... Siqi wanted to rush back to report to the master, but you killed her!"

"Siqi..." A maid standing next to Aunt Hu suddenly said in a daze: "This is Siqi's voice..."

In fact, after so many years, who would remember what the voices of a maid and a dead lady were? Even fewer people could recognize them. But Aunt Hu and Baoqin were the people closest to Jiang Yue'er and Siqi, so if they said yes, no one would doubt it. Jiang Yuanbai turned his head and looked at Ji Shuran.

"No," Ji Shuran shook her head, tears falling all of a sudden. She pulled Jiang Yuanbo's clothes, "Master...it wasn't me, it really wasn't me, I didn't do such a thing..."

Jiang Youyao also cried, "Dad, you would rather believe a wicked lie than believe Mom?"

"That's hard to say." When Mrs. Lu heard that Ji Shuran was in trouble, she was no longer afraid. Of course, she wanted to add insult to injury. She said, "When a dying person is about to die, his words are kind, let alone when he is already dead. In this world, human hearts are much scarier than ghosts. Who knows what kind of vicious heart is hidden in those who appear kind on the surface?"

Old Madam Jiang's expression changed drastically. For her, it was her responsibility to make the Jiang family prosperous and the offspring grow up. That was why Jiang Li pushed Ji Shuran into miscarriage and caused Ji Shuran to lose her son, which made Old Madam Jiang particularly angry. In the Jiang family, she turned a blind eye to some of Ji Shuran's behaviors, but it did not mean that she could tolerate some people harming the offspring of the Jiang family in the mansion!

Ji Shuran saw the cold eyes of Jiang Yuanbo and Old Madam Jiang, and her heart sank. She was extremely scared, but she didn't know whether she was afraid of the evil spirits coming to claim her life, or how she would face the treatment of Old Madam Jiang and Jiang Yuanbo next.

She could only shake her head desperately and said, "No, this is evil nonsense, how can I believe it? Master, why would I want to harm the young lady for no reason?"

At this time, Jiang Li stumbled forward two steps. When she walked forward, the servants of the Jiang Mansion all moved aside and stayed away. After all, Jiang Li looked like a ghost and was possessed by a ghost. It was really scary. Jiang Li walked forward. Her walking posture was very strange. Some black smoke came out from the bottom of her feet, which made her look like she was not stepping on solid ground.

Jiang Li walked to the locust tree in the garden, squatted down and started digging. The buried object was very shallow, and she dug it out quickly.

"Oh my God." Aunt Hu covered her mouth and burst into tears, "These...these are Yue'er's things..."

Jiang Yue'er's belongings were buried deep in the ground along with the coffin after Jiang Yue'er's accident. At that time, they were afraid that Jiang Yuanbai would be reminded of his past, so they didn't keep Jiang Yue'er's belongings in the mansion. That's why she has been like a stranger for so many years, leaving no trace in the Jiang family.

However, the rattles and cloth tigers that Jiang Li dug out were all things that Jiang Yue'er had played with before, and there was even a swaddling cloth. Aunt Hu fell to her knees, crying and saying, "Yue'er, Yue'er..." in a shrill voice.

In this strange and terrifying moment, only this woman did not feel fear, but sadness, so the dark courtyard was also stained with a trace of mournful color. She cried loudly, and it sounded like tears.

No one would believe that Aunt Hu was fake.

Seeing this, Ji Shuran became even more frightened. She knelt down, grabbed the corner of Jiang Yuanbo's clothes, and said, "Master, this evil spirit is really powerful and can deceive people. Didn't you see that Taoist Chongxu couldn't subdue her? Master... Master, you can't believe what he said. Taoist, what are you still doing!"

Taoist Chongxu shuddered and looked at Jiang Li, not daring to use the demon-binding rope in his hand. He was complaining in his heart, what was going on with the Jiang family? It was just a show, why didn't Concubine Li tell him in advance that there was really a ghost in this mansion?

What to do now?
Then, Ji Shuran saw Jiang Li raised her head again.

Her facial features became more delicate, but because of the blood, they became more hideous. She looked at Ji Shuran gloomily, and suddenly laughed strangely. After laughing, she lowered her head again.

"Yueru, you have such a cruel heart!"

These words stunned Ji Shuran and everyone in the yard.

This voice is clearly a man's!

Jiang Yuanbai couldn't help but take two steps forward to see if these words came from Jiang Li's mouth, but after he took two steps forward, he stopped again, wondering if it was because he was afraid in his heart.

"Yueru...Yueru, have you missed me during these years since I died?" His tone was so gentle that it gave people goose bumps, as if it came from the depths of hell.

"Who is Yueru?" Jiang Jingrui asked.

Jiang Yuanbo looked at Ji Shuran coldly, and Ji Shuran was already staring at Jiang Li blankly. If the voices of Jiang Yue'er and Siqi had made Ji Shuran suspicious before, when the voice of this strange man came out, Ji Shuran couldn't say anything. She just felt her head buzzing and she lost all her strength.

"Yueru" is Ji Shuran's nickname.

The only person who could call her by her nickname, besides her parents and relatives, was her husband. And this voice was not Jiang Yuanbo's. In fact, this voice sounded very much like someone else.

Liu Wencai who has passed away.

"Yueru, my cousin came to Yanjing City to look for you. We agreed to live together forever. You agreed, but then you had me killed in the inn. A husband and wife should be bound by love for a hundred days. Yueru, you are so cruel!"

One stone caused a thousand waves!

Mrs. Lu widened her eyes. Although she liked watching Ji Shuran's antics and knew that Ji Shuran was not a good person, she did not expect that Ji Shuran was so bold as to cheat on Jiang Yuanbo.

"You promised to marry me, but you married Jiang Yuanbo... and even gave birth to children for him. Yueru, you betrayed me!"

Ji Shuran took a step back and shook her head: "No, who are you... I don't know you..."

"I am Liu Wencai, your cousin, your lover, the man you killed with your own hands, and the father of your child!" the voice said with a sneer.

"Father?" Madam Jiang covered her chest, as if she couldn't accept this fact. Jiang Youyao, who had been in a daze, loosened her hand and stared at Ji Shuran blankly, her eyes full of suspicion.

Ji Shuran seemed to be hurt by Jiang Youyao's gaze and said, "Youyao!" She was about to pull Jiang Youyao's hand, but Jiang Youyao dodged her and avoided her gaze.

She was afraid that she was the daughter of an illegitimate child. If that were the case, she would no longer be the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family.

Jiang Yuanbo looked at Jiang Bingji.

"No," Ji Shuran's heart ached, "Master, Bingji is your own flesh and blood, don't listen to his lies."

"Haha," the strange man's voice also sounded, he said: "Yueru, do you still remember that our flesh and blood was killed by your own hands. You suspected that Jiang Li had seen you and I having a tryst, which angered Jiang Li and made you roll down the stairs. You sent Jiang Li away and got rid of the adulterer, you were able to sleep soundly, killing two birds with one stone, but have you ever thought about my feelings?"

"That's your own flesh and blood, Yueru!"

Everyone in the yard looked at Jiang Li.

Back then, Jiang Li was sent to Qingcheng Mountain with the reputation of killing her mother and brother. How come Ji Shuran had planned this all along? Ji Shuran was afraid that people would find out about the evil child in her belly, so she set up this trap to eliminate the evidence? In this way, Jiang Li did nothing wrong back then, but was sent to Qingcheng Mountain for nothing and stayed there for eight years without anyone paying attention to her!
Jiang Yuanbai took two steps back, and the servant helped him stand. His face was as gloomy as water, and for a moment, he didn't know what expression to make. He just felt that everyone in the yard was laughing at his ignorance and stupidity!

"No," Ji Shuran struggled for a while and said, "No..."

"Yueru, you dare to swear in the name of your two children that you have not done these things, otherwise your two children will die suddenly within three days and go to hell and never be reborn!"

This oath was a vicious one. If it hadn't happened today, Ji Shuran might not have dared to make it. But she couldn't make an oath to her children casually, especially since she had seen with her own eyes that there were ghosts and gods in the world. How could she dare to take this risk with Jiang Youyao and Jiang Bingji?

Ji Shuran didn't say anything.

The people in the yard understood what was going on from Ji Shuran's expression.

Being looked at in such a way, Ji Shuran suddenly sneered, and her eyes seemed to be growing with madness. She said to Jiang Li—or rather, the dead Liu Wencai, "Liu Wencai, I didn't betray you, you betrayed me! Back then, you said you would marry me, but you turned your back and married someone else! You were the one who was unkind first, don't blame me for being unjust!"

"Oh?" Liu Wencai said, "Then you killed Ye Zhenzhen?"

Jiang Yuanbai's lips were trembling. He said, "What did you say?"

Ji Shuran's heart tightened at first, and she seemed to have figured something out. As soon as it happened today, she was going to die. She had no way out, so she simply said in revenge: "Yes, I want to marry someone better than you, but my father only wants me to marry a playboy. Ye Zhenzhen had just given birth to Jiang Li and was in poor health, so I bribed the maid of the Jiang Mansion to put less medicine in Ye Zhenzhen's medicine, and Ye Zhenzhen died soon. I became Madam Jiang. Liu Wencai, I am much better than you after all!"

"I will get everything I want. But who are you, Liu Wencai? You deceived me and abandoned me. After the Liu family fell, do you think I still care about you? You came to me and fawned on me. I was very happy, but I no longer love you. Your existence is just a reminder of my unbearable past, so you must die, because I hate you!"

Tears slowly flowed from her eyes, but her expression became more ferocious, with sharp hatred: "Liu Wencai, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be what I am now! Everything I have is thanks to you! Since you've already left, why do you still show up? Since you're already dead, you shouldn't come back!"

She described the madness as that of a ghost, and it was clear that there were ghosts in the yard, and Jiang Li's bleeding was the most terrifying. But people standing in the yard felt that the most terrifying person was not Jiang Li, nor the ghost hiding in the dark, but Ji Shuran.

How vicious does a person have to be to reach such a state. She looks gentle and kind, but she has so many lives on her hands. She has harmed so many people, but she can still act as if nothing happened and sleep peacefully. If you think about it carefully, when Ye Zhenzhen was still alive, Ji Shuran was just an unmarried girl. At that time, she could harm a woman who had no grudges against her for her own benefit without hesitation.

The most vicious heart of a woman was perfectly demonstrated, at least in Ji Shuran's case.

Jiang Yuanbo suddenly laughed.

He laughed sarcastically, and it was unclear whether he was mocking others or himself. The laughter echoed in the yard, and it was particularly desolate and sad.

He said: "I was actually... deceived by you to this extent, Ji Shuran!"

He spoke the last three words with gritted teeth, using all his strength to pronounce each word, as if he wanted to drink Ji Shuran's blood and eat her flesh.

The closest and the most distant.

　Zhao Ke: Photographers, get in place, sound engineers, get ready to record, lighting engineers, go for it! Extras, get in place, props team, check the microphones, come on, pass the microphone to this comrade, please start your performance!
　　
　
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