A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 385 Dongguo rescued the wolf, but the wolf was ungrateful

Xiaolu returned to the outer hall from the north courtyard in a state of shock, and found that the maid who was guarding there was gone. So he planned to continue to the west courtyard to look for Si Yao. The Bai residence was so scary that they could not stay there any longer.

But when he was about to enter the inner courtyard through the outer hall, he bumped into Su Ma who happened to be walking out. Xiao Lu raised his palm hidden in his sleeves slightly, wanting to knock the other person out, but Su Ma looked at Xiao Lu's pale face and asked worriedly, "Hey, little brother, are you okay? Why do you look so bad?"

"Ahem, I don't know why I feel a little nervous and dizzy. Could you ask Sister Si Yao to come out and take a look at me?" Seeing that the old lady cared about him so much, Xiao Lu couldn't bear to do anything, so he simply went with the flow and pretended to be sick, took two steps back, slumped in a chair beside him, and spoke weakly with his hand on his forehead.

Su Ma naturally had no idea of ​​Xiao Lu's thoughts. She thought he was really sick, so she hurriedly called a servant to help him back to the guest room in the east courtyard, and then she turned around to look for Si Yao.

Si Yao and Cai Yi were surprised when they heard that Xiao Lu suddenly fell ill, but they hurriedly followed Su Ma to the guest room in the east courtyard.

"What's wrong with you?" Seeing Xiaolu lying on the bed with a frightened look, Si Yao asked as she grabbed his hand and took his pulse. Although the pulse was a little rapid, it was strong and powerful, not like that of a sick person.

"Sister Si Yao, are you guys okay in the West Courtyard?" Seeing Si Yao looking at him thoughtfully, Xiao Lu knew that he couldn't pretend to be sick in front of her, but Su Ma was still in the room, so he couldn't say it clearly. He could only wink and still pretend to be weak and asked.

"Well, we have to stay here for a while." Si Yao saw that Xiaolu had something to say, so after answering, he turned to Caiyi and Su Ma and said, "I want to give him acupuncture, I'm afraid it's not convenient for you to be here."

Upon hearing the sound, Caiyi and Su Ma turned around and walked out, closing the door.

"Sister Si Yao, do you really want to stay? Are you here to treat the young lady of the Bai family? What disease does she have? Sister Si Yao, don't you think this Bai residence is very strange?" Seeing that there was no one else in the room, Xiao Lu suddenly turned over and got down from the ground, nervously asking Si Yao a series of questions.

"What happened?" Si Yao asked without responding directly.

When she first entered the Bai residence, she naturally felt it was strange, but after she diagnosed the illnesses of the Bai family's master and servants, she seemed to understand this unspeakable secret.

"This Bai Mansion... is simply inhumane. Although there are always appalling secrets in large mansions, this... is too scary..." When Si Yao asked, Xiao Lu couldn't help but think of what he had just seen in the north side room. He couldn't help trembling all over and shaking his head and sighing.

Si Yao didn't say anything else, but just stared at Xiaolu intently, waiting for him to continue.

"There is a utility room in a remote place on the north side of this house. I saw with my own eyes a man with a face full of sores, his eyes gouged out, and his voice hoarse. He was put into a wine jar and wailed in pain." Xiaolu came to his senses and glanced towards the door of the room before frowning and clenching his fists. Fright appeared in his eyes again, and he whispered to Si Yao.

Si Yao opened her eyes wide in shock when she heard this, but she soon realized. Combining this with what the young lady from the Bai family had just said, she guessed that the man who was cruelly punished was probably the one who caused both the master and servant of the Bai family to be infected with syphilis.

"I never thought that someone would use such cruel torture in this small farmhouse. This man doesn't look very old. I wonder who he is? Could he be the owner of the Bai residence? But what is the relationship between him and Miss Bai?" Seeing that Si Yao didn't say anything, Xiao Lu continued to wonder. He was still confused, so he shook his head and simply advised: "Sister Si Yao, this Bai family is very weird. Let's leave as soon as possible?"

Si Yao hesitated for a moment and was about to speak when she heard a bang. The door was suddenly pushed open by Su Ma, and Caiyi followed in helplessly. She shook her head blankly at Si Yao and Xiaolu.

While they were waiting outside the house, a servant hurried over and whispered something in Su Ma's ear. Su Ma's face suddenly changed and she rushed in without saying a word, which naturally caught Caiyi off guard.

"This is an unspeakable secret in the Bai residence, but since my young brother has seen it, I can't hide it from Doctor Si Yao." When the room was quiet, Su Ma closed the door again and sighed, then walked to the window and couldn't help crying as she spoke.

The Bai family is the landlord of this farm. They make a living by collecting rent from the land in their hands, but crops always depend on the weather. It is good to have a good year, but if unfortunately there is a natural disaster or man-made disaster, then there will be no harvest. The Bai family can do nothing if the tenants cannot pay the crops.

Later, Master Bai went out to do business, and after a lot of hard work, he managed to buy a lot of shops in the past ten years. Master Bai's first wife died early, and he was busy working hard to build his family business and did not remarry or take a concubine. He only had a weak daughter. Seeing that his beloved daughter gradually passed the age of marriage, he was reluctant to marry her off, so he delayed for another two years.

One day, Mr. Bai brought back a poor scholar who was seriously injured. It turned out that the poor scholar was bullied and beaten half to death by a villain on his way to another town for an imperial examination. Mr. Bai saw and heard about it and came to his rescue in time and took him home to recuperate.

The scholar stayed in the Bai family for more than half a year. During his recovery, he used his good looks and good words to make Miss Bai, who had never left the farm, very happy. In addition, he was well-behaved and sensible, which made Mr. Bai like him. Soon, the scholar naturally married into the Bai family and became a son-in-law of the Bai family.

After becoming the son-in-law of the Bai family, the scholar failed the provincial examination due to neglect of his studies, so he followed Mr. Bai to manage the business. Under the supervision of Mr. Bai, he was quite down-to-earth and dutiful, and he and Miss Bai were very affectionate in front of others and behind their backs, which made others envious.

However, three years after their marriage, Miss Bai was unable to conceive due to her weak health. Not long after that, Mr. Bai suddenly suffered a sudden attack of his old illness and passed away before a doctor could be called, leaving his daughter and son-in-law to take over the farm and the outside business.

Without the shock of Master Bai, the son-in-law of the Bai family immediately acted like the master of the house. Miss Bai loved her husband so she indulged him and handed over all the Bai family's assets and businesses to him. She also agreed to let him take Chunyun, her personal maid, as a concubine after the three-year mourning period.

Miss Bai thought that her husband would be grateful to her for being so humble and obedient, but he was so ignorant that he exposed his bad nature and often spent money on wine and women under the pretext of going out for business. It was not until the shopkeeper could not stand it anymore and came to the Bai residence to complain that Miss Bai was shocked to learn that her husband had squandered nearly half of the shop that her father had worked so hard for.

After all, this scholar was just a foreigner who married into the Bai family. His rights in the Bai family were given to him by the young lady. So when the young lady was furious and ordered the son-in-law to be kidnapped back, the servants did not dare to neglect him.

Seeing her husband tied up and crying in front of her, Miss Bai, who still remembered the love between husband and wife, could not help but soften her heart, so she did not punish him severely, but scolded him a few times and then confined him to the Bai residence. The son-in-law of the Bai family also became much more honest in an instant, and often took the initiative to please his wife. Although Miss Bai was occasionally happy with him, she never let him interfere in the family business of the Bai family again.

She thought her husband would stay in the Bai family and she could forget the past. But after the maid Chunyun had a miscarriage, and the two of them became seriously ill, she learned from the doctor that they were infected with syphilis. Miss Bai was shocked and angry.

After questioning her husband, she found out that he had contracted the disease because he often stayed drunk in brothels. He concealed the fact and secretly found someone to find medicine for him, but he was never cured and was later kidnapped back by the Bai family.

Miss Bai was furious when she heard this, and her hatred and disgust for her husband went deep into her bones. She suddenly realized that she regretted not knowing how to judge people. She didn't know that her husband, who had slept with her for so many years, was actually a heartless and ungrateful villain. It was in vain that her father saved his life and kindly took him back to the Bai family to recuperate and never treated him badly. She didn't expect that Dongguo would save the wolf!

"The young lady was so angry that she asked us to chop off this bastard's limbs, gouge out his eyes, poison him into a mute state, and then soak him in a jar of medicinal wine, making him wish he could neither live nor die." Su Ma said angrily, and after wiping the tears from her face, she couldn't help but let out a long sigh, but the hatred in her eyes had not subsided.

The other three people in the room were all silent after listening to Su Ma's story. Even Xiaolu, who had just stood up for the injustice, just sighed silently. It seemed that the man got what he deserved.

"But this punishment is too cruel, isn't it?" After a moment of silence, Caiyi, who was hiding behind Si Yao with a pale face, couldn't help but mutter weakly.

"Cruel? The young lady was tortured to the point of being exhausted physically and mentally because of the disease and was nearly killed by him. This punishment is still not enough to vent the hatred in our hearts." Su Ma, however, changed her usual kindness, snorted coldly, and still said hatefully.

After hearing this, the three of them naturally stopped talking.