mynovelweb Chapter 181 Farewell and Longing
Chapter 181 Farewell and Longing
Fang Duobing carefully examined the ledger. "This is the donation of incense from the temple across the street. Ten days ago, you donated one hundred taels of gold, which persuaded them to advance the midnight bell."
"There is probably no other person in the world who is so greedy as to lose his arm and his entire fortune."
Fang Duobing: Is this some kind of charlatan?
"Young Master Murong, I truly admire your willingness to sacrifice your life for the lives of all the ladies. But after you ladies killed Yu Louchun, are you destined to live in darkness forever?"
"Dr. Li, are you saying that Yu Louchun's death is related to all the girls in this women's residence?"
Shi Wenjue and Lu Jianchi: This is another bombshell news we've heard today.
"Of course, Miss Bihuang. This place is isolated from the world. How did Murong Yao know where Chilong was imprisoned?"
Li Lianhua still couldn't figure this out. She searched the women's residence all night but found no clues. It wasn't until she passed the cliff and waterfall behind the mountain that she had a slight idea.
Fragrant Hills is surrounded by water on all sides, so water is the only way to transmit messages. However, no clues have been found to support this conjecture.
"Yes, I've always had a question that I can't answer: the girls were imprisoned here without anyone knowing, but how did Young Master Murong know the whereabouts of the Crimson Dragon?"
Fang Duobing couldn't figure it out either.
“Let me speak,” Bi Huang stepped forward.
“Ever since I was sold here and suffered so much, I have never thought of accepting my fate. I am always thinking about how to escape.”
"But this place is surrounded by water on all sides, and the whole mountain is deserted. There was no other way, so I pretended to comply while looking for a way to contact the outside world."
"After staying here for a while, we discovered the cliff waterfall that flows to the outside world. After discussing it with my sisters, we came up with the only way to contact the outside world."
“Whenever a sister passes away, we bury her in water, letting her float downstream so her soul can return to her hometown. And through this act of remembrance, we place our most cherished possessions on our deceased sister.”
Upon hearing Bi Huang's explanation, Li Lianhua instantly grasped the key point.
"It may look like an act of mourning, but it is actually a way to send a distress signal to the outside world, hoping that the bodies that have drifted away can be recognized so that their families can know their whereabouts."
Li Lianhua continued, "So much time has passed, and only one girl's ornaments have been recognized. So when Yu Louchun received the Thunder Dance Manual, Chilong already knew that Young Master Murong had discovered her."
"Therefore, Young Master Murong became the only hope for every girl in the women's quarters."
"Why would a woman's residence practice water burial? Is this a local tradition? Didn't Yu Louchun have any doubts?"
Fang Duobing didn't understand this point, and many others present also didn't get it.
"That year, on the hillside covered in red leaves, a sister was beaten to death by the guests who came to the banquet." Bihuang wiped away her tears and paused for a moment.
“We took this opportunity to propose a water burial, but Yu Louchun naturally disagreed. We all refused to serve the guests, and even though we were beaten and bruised all over, none of us sisters gave in.”
"Because there were other guests present, and fearing it would be disrespectful, Yu Louchun had no choice but to agree. After the 'Red Mountain' incident, we were also severely punished and almost all of us were beaten to death. In the end, we still kept the water burial method of farewell."
This possible method of contacting the outside world was built with human lives.