Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 94 A worthy death
The innermost cells in the prison were filled with death row inmates. It was dark there, and the air was filled with the smell of decay and mold.

As soon as Yan Ciwan walked in here, he felt the cold and damp air penetrate into the bones.

The jailer knocked on the cell door and shouted inside.

"Someone's here to see you."

After saying this, he unlocked the cell door and pushed it open.

Yan Ciwan walked in carrying a food box and a bundle.

There was only Chao Yue in the small, dark cell. He was wearing a worn-out piece of coarse cloth, his hair was messy, and he had a layer of blue stubble on his chin. His whole body was dirty and smelly.

He sat on the ground, facing the wall in a daze. When he learned that someone came to see him, he immediately turned around and saw that the person was Yan Ciwan. He was stunned: "Why is it you?"

There were no tables or chairs in this place, so Yan Ciwan could only put the food box on the ground. She said, "They all don't want to see you, and I'm the only one willing to see you off. Come and eat. This should be your last meal."

After saying that, she opened the food box, revealing the food inside.

Chao Yue reached out his hand and took out a hot nut steamed cake.

In the past, he was used to eating delicacies, so he wouldn't even look at such bland food.

But since he was locked up in the cell, he had only rotten vegetable porridge and hard dried vegetable cakes to eat every day, which made him vomit.

At this moment, holding the soft steamed bun, Chao Yue opened his mouth and took a big bite without hesitation.

Yan Ciwan watched him eat with relish and suddenly asked.

"When Chao Yuanzhi was trying to murder Fang, were you there?"

Chao Yue stopped suddenly.

Then he opened his mouth, spit out the steamed bun, threw the remaining half of the bun on the ground, and shouted angrily: "Get out, I don't want to see you!"

Yan Ciwan stood still, staring at the other person's face, which had turned red due to his excitement, and said calmly: "You didn't deny it, it seems that I guessed right."

Seeing that she didn't leave, Chao Yue picked up the lunch box and threw it at her!

"I told you to get out, don't you understand what I'm saying?!"

Yan Ciwan dodged sideways, and the food box fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

The jailer not far away heard the noise and immediately ran over to check the situation.

"What are you doing?"

Chao Yue rushed to the prison door, peeked through the small window on the door and shouted at the jailer: "Get this woman out! I don't want to see her!"

The jailer opened the cell door and looked inside, and found that only the food box was broken, and Yan Ciwan was still fine. He didn't care and closed the cell door again.

No matter how Chao Yue shouted, the jailer ignored him.

Yan Ciwan continued to ask: "Why did Chao Yuanzhi want to kill Fang?"

Chao Yue kicked the prison door hard twice, but it didn't move at all. Instead, his feet hurt badly.

He turned to look at Yan Ciwan, panting and cursing, "None of your business!"

Yan Ciwan was not angry, she spoke calmly.

"Chao Yuanzhi is dead."

Chao Yue was stunned.

Since he was put in prison, no one has visited him. Only the jailer would visit him from time to time every day, but the jailer would not tell him what was happening outside.

Therefore, he didn't even know Chao Yuanzhi was dead. Chao Yue's first reaction was to question: "Impossible, you lied to me! You have no evidence to identify my father, you can't convict him, he can't be dead!"

"He escaped from prison and was killed on the spot after being caught by the internal guards. His body has been taken back by Madam Chao for burial. If you don't believe me, you can ask the jailer when he comes."

Chao Yue seemed to have all his strength drained away at once.

He leaned his back against the cell door and slid down to the ground, his face drained of all color and he looked dazed.

"How could this be?"

Yan Ciwan said: "Chao Yuanzhi killed your mother. Now that Chao Yuanzhi is dead, your mother can get justice. This is also a good thing for you."

"How can this be considered a good thing? I already lost my mother, and now I also lost my father. I have nothing."

As he spoke, Chao Yue's eyes turned red and he actually started to cry sadly.

Yan Ciwan reminded: "It was Chao Yuanzhi who killed your mother. Have you never thought about avenging your mother?"

"Revenge?" Chao Yue pulled the corners of his mouth, his face was crying and laughing. "How can I take revenge? He is my father! He taught me to read and write, and raised me safely. Even if he is a murderer, he is still my father!"

"Have you never thought about your mother? How innocently did she die?"

"She is not innocent! She cheated on her father behind his back. She is unfaithful and fickle. She deserves to die!" Chao Yue suddenly became agitated, his eyes were red and he yelled like a madman.

Yan Ciwan was not frightened by his appearance, she still looked at him calmly.

Her gaze was so penetrating that Chao Yue felt as if she had seen through him. He glared at her viciously and cursed, "A slut like her is not worthy of being my mother! She is not worth me betraying my father!"

Yan Ciwan saw that he was a tough guy but weak inside.

The louder he shouts, the more guilty he feels.

"Your wet nurse once came to the palace and asked you to borrow money for emergency. Instead of helping her, you scolded her and ordered people to drive her out." Yan Ciwan mentioned the past suddenly.

Chao Yue's eyes flashed, and he said loudly: "She relied on the fact that she fed me for two years and wanted to come to my house to take advantage of me. I won't indulge her!"

"No, you kicked the wet nurse out because she mentioned Fang's death to you. She knew Fang's death was suspicious, and she probably wanted to remind you to be careful and stay away from Chao Yuanzhi, but instead of being grateful, you got angry and hated her."

"I didn't!" Chao Yue denied it flatly.

Yan Ciwan suddenly changed the subject: "You said Fang was cheating on her, but if she really did such a thing, the best solution would be to divorce her, but Chao Yuanzhi didn't do that, why?"

At this time, Chao Yue's mind was completely confused. Faced with Yan Ciwan's sudden questioning, his brain was stuck for a moment, and his mouth gave the answer first.

"Because the two of them were arguing, and they were arguing so fiercely that the father accidentally pushed the mother into the well. The father didn't mean to do it. He didn't intend to kill the mother. It was all just an accident!"

Yan Ciwan continued to ask, "If it was really just an accident, why didn't Chao Yuanzhi rescue Fang immediately? People who fall into the well will not drown immediately. He had enough time to save people, but he didn't do it. Why?"

Chao Yue covered his head with his hands, cold sweat streaming down his cheeks.

At this moment, he felt like his brain was about to explode and it hurt so much.

"I don't know, don't ask anymore!"

Yan Ciwan opened the bag he brought and took out a scroll.

She pulled the string and the scroll unfolded, revealing the painting of a lady that was hanging in the study in Qionghua Tower.

The woman in the picture is Fang.

Yan Ciwan placed the portrait in front of Chao Yue so that he could clearly see the woman in the portrait. She said, "Look at Fang's portrait and tell me again, did Fang really have an affair? Does she really deserve to die?"

　I have a stiff neck. My neck hurts when I move it. It's painful.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)