Chapter 2 Letter of Announcement to Wife’s Death
The Northern Army patrols the city and captures the suspect, who will be escorted to Tingwei Temple to await trial.
Zhou Zhao dusted off the wrinkles on his clothes, found a relatively clean corner of the cell and sat down.
She looked around calmly. On the right side of her cell, sat a strong man like a hill. The flesh on his face was bulging, and his hands kept hitting the wall, making banging sounds.
On her left side, there was a handsome young man in his twenties sitting. He was huddled in a corner and looked listless.
In the cell opposite her, there was a motionless bloody man lying on his back.
There was almost no good piece of flesh on that man's body. If it weren't for the slight heaving of his body, Zhou Zhao would have thought he was dead.
This is not the first time Zhou Zhao has returned to Tingwei Temple Prison.
Her grandfather was an iron-blooded imperial officer of the previous dynasty, and her father, Zhou Buhai, was called "Qingtian" by the people of the Great Qi Dynasty until four years ago. Because of his family background, he is known as "Tingwei Zhou" by well-known people.
When she was young, she would often squat outside the cage and look at everyone inside.
But this time she entered the cage as a new person, and was looked at fiercely by every old person.
Zhou Zhao closed his eyes with some regret and thought about the case that happened today.
She didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but just tonight she saw with her own eyes the ghostly figure with a bloody mouth on the edge of the window, and there were clear teeth marks on the face of the female corpse. How did the murderer do it?
"Little girl, I advise you not to sit in that place..."
An old voice sounded. Before Zhou Zhao had time to react, he felt his throat tighten. A pair of big hands came from behind, grabbed her throat, and suddenly pulled her to the railing on the right.
A sharp pain hit his back, and Zhou Zhao clearly felt that many people in the prison were getting excited.
She was attacked by the strong man in the cell on the right!
"Anu, please be gentle this time. You have recognized it, right? This girl is Zhou Buhai's daughter. Although her father has arrested you before, tsk tsk..."
Zhou Zhao felt as if her chest was going to explode, and she couldn't breathe. She moved her wrist, and a black coffin nail fell from her sleeve pocket, and suddenly pierced the back of the strong man's hand.
The coffin nail instantly penetrated the back of his hand, and the extra length even directly punctured her own skin, causing blood to flow down.
Zhou Zhao pulled out suddenly, and the strong man let out a groan of pain, let go of his hand, couldn't help but step back, and distanced himself from Zhou Zhao.
Zhou Zhao coughed a few times, turned his wrist, and put the coffin nail back into the armhole.
She didn't even raise her eyelids. She didn't seem to have any intention of getting up and changing positions. She raised her hand and raised it diagonally forward. The prisoner who was calling Anu so volubly was startled and raised his hand to cover his cheek.
But the expected coffin nails did not hit him, but instead hit the bloody man lying motionless.
Only then did everyone realize that a fat-headed rat with big ears was lying straight on his back, with a piece of hay that could be seen everywhere in the prison running through the rat's body.
There was silence for a moment in the prison.
Anyone who has been imprisoned in Tingwei Temple has heard of the name Tingwei Zhou.
The most important thing in the Zhou family this time is convincing people with reason. When did the fists and kicks become so brutal?
"Little girl from the Zhou family, I have something to ask you. There is a person who was sentenced to death for his words and deeds. I would like to ask for a chance of survival. Is there any solution?"
Zhou Zhao used his skills to scare these monsters and monsters. Just when she was about to close her eyes and think about the case, she heard a familiar voice again. It was the old man who reminded her to change seats.
She followed the sound and looked past the sick young man on the left. There was an old man in his fifties or sixties sitting in the cell over there.
When the old man asked this question, the young man suddenly opened his eyes.
"There are three explanations. The upper explanation has the good words of noble people, and your Majesty personally pardons it. This explanation is probably difficult to achieve;"
"Zhongjie... Dare I ask if that person has a title? Does he have a fortune?" Zhou Zhao said, with a flash of ridicule in his eyes. The old man sighed and shook his head, "Without the ancestral shade, it's just a few taels of silver."
Zhou Zhao was not surprised, "According to my Daqi Law, the title can be redeemed with gold and silver. Since there is none, there is still an explanation. May I ask if that person has any heirs?"
The old man was startled and shook his head, "Nine generations have been passed down alone, and there are no heirs yet."
Zhou Zhao raised her eyebrows, and her eyes fell on the face of the young man who was lying half down. She took out a handkerchief from her sleeve pocket and tied the wound on her neck, "Decapitation or annihilation of descendants, you choose one... The next solution was to use castration instead, and he was still alive."
The young man was so horrified that he clamped his legs and curled up into a ball. This time he couldn't even see his face.
There was deathly silence again in the prison.
Many people shrank back without leaving a trace.
The strong man whose hand had been pierced was completely naked. He stepped forward and said to Zhou Zhao, "I choose to have no descendants!"
Zhou Zhao glanced at him lightly and shook his head, "You can't. The murderer must pay for his life."
This strong man named A Nu had just wanted to strangle her to death after a disagreement. He was obviously a cruel person, and most likely he was imprisoned for indiscriminate killing.
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Sure enough, I heard Zhou Zhao's answer. The strong man sat back again and banged the wall with his bloody fists.
The old man who asked the question before sighed sadly for a long time, and said with some nostalgia, "The last time I met your Zhou family, it was your brother Zhou Yan who was debating scriptures with other families in Taiping Tower."
When Zhou Zhao heard Zhou Yan's name, he lowered his eyes and said no more words.
She felt her back was burning. She suddenly remembered the baggage she was carrying on her back, and she didn't know if the strong man had damaged anything inside when he pulled her.
Zhou Zhao thought, took down the bundle, spread it on the ground and opened it.
There was a roll of blood-stained bamboo slips inside. Over time, the blood stains soaked into the bamboo, making it look like it had grown on it originally.
There is also a sealing cloth affixed to the bamboo slip, with the words "Min Zangzhi on June 15th, the seventh year of Tianyi" written on the cloth.
Zhou Zhao's eyes darkened, and he stretched out his hand to touch the bamboo slips. The temperature made her heart tighten. It wasn't that her back was hurt because of the pain, or was it the bamboo slips that were burning?
She no longer hesitated, quickly tore off the seal and opened the bamboo slips, but her pupils shrank sharply and she almost screamed!
On the originally blank bamboo slip, a few lines of words appeared out of thin air: "Book of Announcement to the Dead Wife" The sun and moon are shining brightly, hanging on a long tassel. On the first day of the year, I met the straight road, and on the ghost night, I said goodbye to Tianying...
This character is written with flying dragons and phoenixes, very bohemian. Just from those strokes, she seemed to be able to see the familiar young man in bright clothes and an angry horse! You can hear that man's wanton laughter!
Even if this word turned into ashes, she would recognize it.
This is the name of Su Changying, her fiancé who has been missing for four years.
On June 15th of the third year of Tianyi, that is, four years ago today, a tragedy occurred at Shanming Academy in Wujin Lane, Puningfang. Her brother Zhou Yan died there, and her fiance-in-law, Xiaolu Hou Su Changying, died there. Then it disappeared without a trace.
How could characters appear out of thin air on the bamboo slips?
What does "Letter to the Dead Wife" mean? Did the missing person bring her a death omen?
It was like hell.
But there are no ghosts in this world.
Zhou Zhao was shocked. She had always remained calm even when the mountain collapsed, but at this moment, her lips trembled uncontrollably.
What does Guiye mean by saying goodbye to Tianying? Ghost Night is the middle of July, that is to say, on the night of July 15th, will she, Zhou Zhao, die in Tianying City?
She was about to continue looking down when she heard a sound above her head.
"Zhou Zhao, what is written on the bamboo slips?"
(End of chapter)