Chapter 71 Son Becomes Nephew
Chapter 71 Son Becomes Nephew
Steward Ding stared at Xie Lan, "What nonsense! If you dare to talk nonsense again, I can go to the government to sue you for slander!"
Xie Lan was speechless. Are these people blind? They all like to threaten her with reporting to the police. Does she look so timid and naive?
Since he wouldn't cry until he saw the coffin, Xie Lan didn't bother to argue with him.
He took out three incense sticks from the bag that Tiechui was carrying, lit them, and placed them in front of the coffin.
Everyone looked at her movements curiously.
Although Mrs. Ding and Butler Ding didn't know what she was doing, they had a bad feeling in their hearts.
They wanted to stop it, but unfortunately one of them was being held by Commander Dou's men, and the other was caught by the guards of the Ding Mansion, so they could only watch Xie Lan cast the spell.
"Ding Zheyan, I know you have some last words to say. I'll give you a chance now. Tell me everything you want to say."
Although many people in the Zhou Dynasty knew that ghosts existed in the world, few ordinary people had seen them with their own eyes.
At this moment, everyone stared at the direction of the coffin with wide eyes, feeling nervous but also inexplicably excited.
However, everything was quiet all around, and the coffin didn't move at all.
Mrs. Ding and the housekeeper felt relieved at the same time when they saw this.
"Miss Xie, a forced melon is not sweet. Since you do not agree to the daughter of the Wang family marrying my son, then the marriage is cancelled.
I don't mind you for breaking into the Ding Mansion, you can go now."
Although the ghost marriage was ruined, Mrs. Ding was still angry.
But she was also worried that Miss Xie might say something inappropriate and ruin their plan. She could only pretend to be magnanimous and try to persuade these people to leave.
Tiechui saw through her thoughts and was worried that she would disturb Xie Lan's practice. He raised his arm and pressed her mute point again.
"Ding Zheyan, you obviously don't agree with your mother arranging a ghost marriage for you, don't you plan to stop her?
You saw what happened today. If you don't let her stop, she will continue to harm other girls. Can you bear it?"
Seeing that there was still no movement in the coffin, some people began to wonder if this Miss Xie was playing tricks.
"Ding Zheyan, the head of the Ding family has returned. Although you are not his biological child, he has spent a lot of effort to raise you.
In order to treat your illness, he went through so much trouble to find doctors and medicine for you. Can you really bear to see him get killed?"
It’s not that Xie Lan has no way to capture Ding Zheyan’s soul, he just wants to give him a chance.
But if he still ignores her, don't blame her for being rude.
Just when Xie Lan was about to take action.
Ding Zheyan's soul slowly sat up from the coffin and then floated out.
Just now, Xie Lan performed a ritual and cast a soul-revealing talisman on him, so everyone could see this scene.
Seeing Ding Zheyan's spirit coming out, they were surprised and frightened at the same time. Some timid ones retreated tremblingly, but they couldn't give up the opportunity to listen to the melon.
Mrs. Ding was surprised and happy to see her son. She wanted to rush forward, but she was unable to move.
Ding Zheyan didn't look at anyone and quietly floated in front of Ding Shilin.
He opened and closed his mouth again and again, and after a long while he said in a hoarse voice, "Dad, I am indeed not your son. I am the product of Mom's affair with the housekeeper.
Dad, I overheard that they put drugs in your food, which made you unable to have children.
And while you were out doing business, he bribed some bandits to kill you, and then seized the Ding family's property."
"Dad, my son's death has nothing to do with others. It's because I don't want to live anymore.
When I learned that they wanted to harm you, I did not stop them, let alone tell you the truth. I am sorry for you.
I know I am not qualified to address you as such, and this is the last time I will call you, Dad, I hope you will take care of yourself in the future." Ding Zheyan looked painful, he had been familiar with the books of sages since he was a child, and suddenly he learned that he was not Ding Shilin's son, but a son born out of wedlock.
He was shocked, angry, and in pain, and his life collapsed at that moment.
Although Ding Shilin is not his biological father, he spent countless efforts to raise him.
When he learned that his mother was having an affair with the housekeeper and was planning to murder Ding Shilin, he should have stopped them. At the very least, he should have told Ding Shilin the truth so that he would be on guard.
But he was worried that Ding Shilin would kill his mother after knowing the truth, so he chose to turn a deaf ear and dumb, and cowardly chose to end his own life.
He felt guilty about Ding Shilin's upbringing, and it wasted all his time reading so many books by sages.
He is the son of adultery, even the blood on his body is dirty, how can he deserve to live in this world?
Ding Zheyan kowtowed to Ding Shilin with a bang, then quietly floated back into the coffin and lay down.
From beginning to end, he didn't even look at his mother and Butler Ding.
Ding Shilin didn't move, but just looked at Ding Zheyan with complicated eyes.
He had spent countless efforts in educating this sickly son since he was a child and loved him deeply, but he never expected that he was not his own child.
It's impossible to say I don't hate you.
But after all, he was the one who raised the child with all his heart for so many years, and now the child is dead, so what can he do with all his resentment?
When Mrs. Ding saw that her son ignored her, she felt regretful and angry.
Butler Ding said nothing. He clenched his fists and was still thinking about how to escape.
Ding Shilin looked at him with a cold face, "I thought I treated you well, but I didn't expect that I raised an ungrateful person.
I really regret that I shouldn't have taken you in when I saw you were an orphan fleeing to Beijing and I was soft-hearted.
If I had known you were so ambitious, I would have killed you."
"You are wrong. He is not an orphan, but your brother."
Ding Shilin suddenly turned around and stared at Xie Lan in surprise, "What did the girl say?"
Not only Ding Shilin couldn't believe it, the crowd was even more excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood. There was actually another big news?
Butler Ding stared at Xie Lan intently. How could it be possible? How on earth did she know about such a secret matter? !
"Hammer, tear off his face."
Everyone present was shocked. What does "tear off one's face" mean?
The onlookers were confused, but Commander Dou seemed to be thinking about something.
When Butler Ding saw Tiechui coming towards him, he subconsciously wanted to escape.
But as soon as he turned around, he was caught by a hammer, and the human skin mask on his face was torn off in a few seconds.
"Why is it you?" Ding Shilin looked at the familiar face and was shocked beyond words. The adulterer turned out to be his second brother!
"Yes, it was me. You didn't expect that I not only survived, but I also slept with your wife. I cheated on you and asked you to raise my son. How is it? Is it painful?"
Ding Shilin asked angrily, "Why did you do this? Although you are a concubine's daughter, I believe I have never done anything to let you down. Why did you fake your death and pretend to be a housekeeper to lurk around me..."
Perhaps because he saw that his identity was exposed and he had no chance to seize the family property, Ding Yunpeng no longer concealed it and vented all his dissatisfaction in one breath.
"You ask me why? Back then, your mother hated my aunt for competing with her for favor, so she poisoned her to death. She also wanted to get rid of me, her illegitimate son, as soon as possible.
It was obviously me who fell in love with Qin Jingyuan first, but just because I am a bastard, your mother wanted to marry her to you and separated the two of us..."
(End of this chapter)