A raincoat wind and snow to the small garden

Chapter 41: Liangzhou Ghost Soldiers ()
Wang Rou was certain that she must return to the Zheng family to avenge her parents.

Even though she knew that the road ahead would be filled with difficulties and that she might not even make it home alive, she had no regrets.

If there is one regret, it is that Wang Rou carries a deep blood feud. In order not to drag others down, she can no longer celebrate the New Year with her sworn brother Wang Qinghao, eat Qingming fruit, and set off fireworks and firecrackers.

Once she leaves the Wang family, she will never come back. This is also Wang Rou's way of protecting Wang Qinghao and his adoptive parents.

But what Wang Rou didn't know was that her momentary decision would bring disaster to the Wang family.

The person who came to take Wang Rou home was Zheng Sirou's father, the fourth master of the Zheng family.

Not only did he come by himself, he also brought a beautiful woman with him. He called that woman "Fifth Sister", but she was not Zheng Sirou's biological mother.

Wang Rou did not suspect anything and she got on the carriage home.

But the fifth sister stared at her adoptive parents and kept saying, "I like it, I want it."

Wang Rou didn't know what it meant at first, but soon she realized that her fifth sister wanted to kill her adoptive parents.

The fourth master of the Zheng family, who loved her very much, agreed to his sister's request without hesitation, and helped her cover up and deal with the body.

It was not until her sworn brother Wang Qinghao sneaked into the Zheng family in disguise that Wang Rou learned the truth.

When Wang Rou thought about how her kind adoptive parents had died at the hands of Zheng Jia Wu Niang, she covered her face and cried uncontrollably.

She felt guilty towards the Wang family. If she had not been so determined to avenge her parents, her adoptive parents would never have died in vain at the hands of her fifth sister.

That day, Wang Rou knelt before Wang Qinghao and kowtowed to her brother: "Brother, I will avenge my parents. After the revenge is done, I will end my sins and atone for them."

Wang Qinghao was shocked. He hugged his sister and stopped her from doing these things. He told Wang Rou over and over again: "This is the Zheng family's fault, it has nothing to do with you. This is the adults' business, I will do it, you just continue to be your little wife, your hands must be clean, you must live better than anyone else. Ah Rou, you don't deserve to suffer like this."

Wang Qinghao sincerely hopes that his sister can be happy, even if he is the one who sacrifices in the end.

Therefore, he was the one who served chicken soup to the fourth master of the Zheng family, and he was the one who helped in the act. Wang Qinghao accepted all the blame because he didn't want anything to happen to his sister.

Just stop here. The man is gone. How can Wang Rou, a weak woman, compete with Duke Zheng?

But Wang Rou couldn't stop. Since she entered the Zheng family, there was no turning back.

She killed Duke Zheng and made the final move.

Wang Rou left herself no way out.

She wanted to redress her father's innocence and seek justice for the military uncles who died unjustly... If even she couldn't lend a hand, then all the deaths of the Wang family army would have been in vain.

However, Wang Rou did not expect that Zheng Sirou's biological mother, Madam Zheng Si, had already known that she was not her biological daughter.

Madam Zheng Si had known for a long time that her daughter had died of illness outside, but she had remained silent and tolerated Wang Rou entering the house, hoping that by some chance, God would be able to bring her child back to life.

It’s a pity that Wang Rou is not her daughter. Good people in this world may not be rewarded, and all her extravagant hopes have become a bubble.

For a long time, Madam Zheng Si wondered how she could have avoided this inevitable death. Should she have killed the Fourth Master the moment she saw him in such a state of despair? Or should she have killed Zheng Wuniang first? Finally, Madam Zheng Si finally understood that she should never have entered the dangerous Zheng family from the very beginning.

She hugged Wang Rou and shed tears for this nominal daughter. She called her "Arou."

She knew Wang Rou was also a pitiful person. If she hadn't been forced to do so, who would have stepped into this filthy Zheng family? Wang Rou could feel the love that Mrs. Zheng Si was giving her. She leaned on Mrs. Zheng Si's knees, rubbing against her affectionately, and she called out, "Mother."

I don't know if he was calling his biological mother Cui Qiong, his adoptive mother, or the poor mother who had lost her child.

Madam Zheng Si also hugged the little girl. She wiped away the tears that were about to fall and said to Wang Rou, "Go and do what you want to do. Mother will do her best to help you."

Wang Rou looked up in shock. She saw the determination in Mrs. Zheng Si's eyes and heard her say, "I have already ruined one daughter. They must not ruin my second. I hope to die as a 'mother'."

"I wasn't brave enough before, but this time, I hope I can protect you."

Wang Rou looked at her mother's determined eyes and nodded heavily. She would succeed and she would keep working hard.

Because...she is also a child with a mother.

Wang Rou bid farewell to Madam Zheng Si, packed up her belongings, rented a carriage, and headed to Liangzhou.

She had heard the conversation between Xiang Xiaoyuan and Chu Daofu, and she knew that Xiang Xiaoyuan was kind-hearted. She wanted to vindicate Wang Jiajun, so she could only beg Xiang Xiaoyuan for help.

Wang Rou was actually not sure whether Xiang Xiaoyuan would help her.

However, she remembered that day when she was bullied by her sisters at home, and Xiang Xiaoyuan stood in front of her without hesitation to help her block the malicious intent.

Wang Rou thought that in this world, perhaps only Xiang Xiaoyuan could empathize with her suffering.
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A few days later, Xiang Xiaoyuan was browsing the military roster of Wang's army at his private residence when a servant came in with a message: "Coroner Xiang, someone's looking for you outside."

Xiang Xiaoyuan was a stranger in Liangzhou, so who could she turn to? She waved her hands impatiently and asked, "Who is it? I haven't ordered any roasted lamb legs recently. Could the shopkeeper have deliberately delivered it to me to extort money from me?"

Ever since Xiang Xiaoyuan treated Ah Qi to a meal last time and was severely ripped off by the store, he no longer wanted to see any store selling lamb legs.

She is busy and has no time to deal with these messy things.

But the servant said: "It's not the shopkeeper, it's a young lady..."

Xiang Xiaoyuan sat up straight abruptly. "Why? Knowing that I'm friendly towards the young lady, he sent his daughter to tease me?"

"Oh, never mind, let her in."

The servant invited someone in, and it turned out to be a pretty young lady wearing a veil hat.

Xiang Xiaoyuan was stunned. She jumped down from the stool, holding the dagger at her waist, and approached cautiously: "Who are you?"

The person who came was Wang Rou, who had come from thousands of miles away.

She took off her veil, her cat-like eyes filled with tears as she called out, "Xiaoyuan."

Xiang Xiaoyuan had already ascertained her identity, and instead of trying to identify her with anyone, he calmly asked, "Are you Zheng Sirou or Wang Rou?"

Wang Rou didn't expect that Xiang Xiaoyuan had already found out this far.

She bit her lower lip, as if she had made up her mind.

Wang Rou lifted her skirt and knelt, bowing her head towards the small garden. "I am Wang Rou, the people of China. I am the daughter of Wang Junyang, the governor of Longyou. Eight years ago, Duke Zheng accused the Wang family of treason and slaughtered 30,000 of our soldiers and horses, killing loyal officials. I would like to ask the coroner for help. Please help me redress this injustice and comfort the souls of these martyrs!"

(End of this chapter)