I was a conman in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 647 Selling Oneself to Bury One's Sister

Chapter 647 Selling Oneself to Bury One's Sister

Accompanied by Jian Fengyu and others, Wang Wenzhou strolled over to see the people who were blocking the road and crying out for justice.

When Wang Wenzhou arrived at the scene, he was completely dumbfounded. He saw a woman dressed in mourning clothes kneeling in the middle of the road with her head down. Behind her was a crystal coffin, which looked very familiar to Wang Wenzhou.

"You son of a bitch!" Wang Wenzhou pointed at the woman and cursed, "You dare to dig up my baby's grave! I'll skin you alive! Men, drag her away and skin her alive!"

Wang Wenzhou was furious because he recognized the crystal coffin behind the woman as belonging to his deceased baby, Gao Guilan. Whether in ancient or modern times, digging up someone's grave is an irreconcilable enmity!

"Wait a minute!" Gao Guiying raised her head, looked at Wang Wenzhou, and said softly, "Young Master Lei, you are now a high-ranking official of the court. Killing a mere woman like me is just a matter of a word. But before you kill me, could you at least let me die knowing why?"

At this point, Gao Guiying burst into tears and sobbed as she asked, "Is it wrong for a young woman to sell herself to bury her own sister?"

"Shut up! Stand up!" Several sedan chair bearers stepped forward menacingly, about to drag Gao Guiying away to have her skinned alive.

Wang Wenzhou immediately shouted, "Stop! All of you, step back! This is Xiao Lanlan's older sister!"

Upon hearing this, the men's expressions changed, and they quickly retreated, knowing they shouldn't meddle in the adults' family affairs.

Wang Wenzhou walked up to Gao Guiying, squatted down, looked at her, and said with a wry smile, "Sister, stop fooling around. Why did you dig up Xiao Lanlan's coffin? And why did you go all this way to bring her here? If Xiao Lanlan knew this in the afterlife, she would be furious!"

Gao Guiying's intention was certainly to assassinate Wang Wenzhou, but she also knew that Wang Wenzhou was cowardly and afraid of death, and with so many guards around him, killing him was virtually impossible. Therefore, Gao Guiying devised this plan: to get close to Wang Wenzhou. Wasn't Wang Wenzhou a lecher? She would kill him while he was sleeping with her!

Gao Guiying had considered killing Wang Wenzhou right now, but his guards were tightly protecting her. She feared that if she acted now, she wouldn't be able to kill him, and she would never have another chance to get close to him. To ensure a fatal blow, Gao Guiying decided to suppress her anger and proceed according to plan.

"Is that so?" Gao Guiying wiped away her tears and scolded, "My sister has met the wrong person and fallen in love with the wrong man. That heartless man is not only lecherous and promiscuous, but he also has a bunch of wives and concubines at home and often goes out to cheat on her. Xiaolan often writes to me. Although she never says anything about being unhappy in her letters, I can see the bitterness in Xiaolan's letters between the lines."

As Gao Guilan spoke, tears streamed down her face; her emotions were truly overflowing. The eldest sister was like a mother to Gao Guilan; although she was Gao Guilan's older sister, she was also Gao Guilan's mother. Gao Guilan's love was both sisterly affection and the reality of motherhood.

Wang Wenzhou felt a sharp pain in his heart, as if being stabbed with needles. Of all his babies, Xiao Lanlan was the cutest. And what Wang Wenzhou regretted and felt most guilty about was Xiao Lanlan's death.

The adorable Lanlan is exceptionally clever. Even though she knows she's being lied to, she pretends not to know. It's like a girl cheating on a man, but the man deeply loves her. If the truth is revealed, they might never be able to be together again. To stay with the girl, the man knows the truth but can only play dumb.

How much must a man love this girl to do this? But if he loves her so much, how much pain must he be in?

"Sigh..." Wang Wenzhou sighed, as if he were comforting his own baby, and gently wiped away the tears on Gao Guiying's face.

Gao Guiying was already heartbroken and crying her heart out, but Wang Wenzhou's actions terrified her so much that she couldn't cry anymore. Although Gao Guiying was mentally prepared that she would have to pretend to be with Wang Wenzhou to avenge her sister, and that physical intimacy with him was inevitable, she was still truly distressed at this moment.

What a tragedy! Gao Guiying lamented in her heart, "Xiao Lan! How foolish you were to fall in love with Wang Wenzhou, that lecherous and heartless man! Xiao Lan, if you know this in the afterlife, open your eyes and see that the man you love is flirting with your own sister!"

"Sister, don't cry! It's all my fault! But you can't dig up Xiaolanlan's coffin!" Wang Wenzhou was on the verge of tears. He already felt guilty and remorseful for Gao Guilan's death, and now her family had come knocking on his door. Although Gao Guiying's actions were somewhat inappropriate, Wang Wenzhou was too ashamed to lash out at her.

"Young Master Lei, you've mistaken me for someone else. Who's your sister?" Gao Guiying said irritably, "Take your lewd hands away! This humble woman wants to sell herself to bury her sister, are you going to buy it or not?"

"Huh?" Wang Wenzhou frowned. What's going on?

"Young master, how could I forget this?" Wang Wenzhou suddenly remembered the imperial gazette he had read a few days ago. Li Zicheng was ambushed and defeated by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting in Tongguan South Plain, Weinan. He fled with 17 remaining troops, including Liu Zongmin, to the Shangluo Mountains in southeastern Shaanxi.

It turned out that ever since Gao Guiying left a letter informing Li Zicheng that she was going to assassinate Wang Wenzhou, Li Zicheng had sent men to chase after her, but they couldn't catch up with her. This threw Li Zicheng into turmoil. He and Gao Guiying were a couple who had gone through thick and thin together, supporting each other through thick and thin, starting as small rebels and rising to become the King of Chuang.

It can be said that without Gao Guiying, Li Zicheng would not be where he is today. Now that his wife has gone to her death, Li Zicheng has no time to think about anything else; he just wants to quickly bring his simple-minded wife back. As a result, during the march, he was careless and fell into an ambush by the Ming army, suffering a crushing defeat. The battle had only ended a few days ago, and Gao Guiying was truly unaware of this.

Thinking of all this, Wang Wenzhou shook his head with a wry smile, thinking to himself, "Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng, you're the same kind of person! You'd even sell your wife for profit? I may be a womanizer, and I can sleep with my brothers' wives, but I'm not going to sleep with my baby's sisters again!"

Last time, Wang Wenzhou slept with Liu Rushi's sister, and Liu Rushi almost committed suicide. Moreover, after Gao Guilan died, Wang Wenzhou vowed to himself that he would never lie to his own child again, and never make his child sad again.

Although Gao Guilan had passed away, Wang Wenzhou felt that if he slept with Gao Guilan's older sister, Gao Guilan would be heartbroken if she knew. Therefore, Wang Wenzhou had no intention of sleeping with his sister-in-law.

Wang Wenzhou thought for a moment and then asked, "Sister, we're family, so let's not be formal. Is five million taels of silver enough?"

"Huh?" Gao Guiying was stunned for a moment, then cursed inwardly: Wang Wenzhou, you bastard, what do you want? Do you think I'm that stupid? You're willing to spend five million taels of silver just to sleep with me? Even if I were a beautiful young girl, let alone a broken branch, that amount of money could buy a million pretty young girls.