Daughter of aristocratic family

Chapter 258 Inquiry
On the third day after attending the gathering, Zhao Wangshu asked Lady Qiao to take her to see the midwife and two maids.

Seeing people, Zhao Wangshu understood what it meant to be miserable that words could not describe.

The midwife's eyes were empty and desperate, and the various scars on her face looked like they had been burned with a soldering iron.

The two maids were even more miserable. Their hand tendons were severed, their fingers were twisted and drooped, and they could no longer bend. Their tongues were cut off, and they could only make indistinct whimpers. Their bodies were covered with whip marks and burns, and old and new scars were intertwined. .

Is this Fan Jinyao's method?

Chilling.

Zhao Wangshu took a deep breath, calmed down, and asked, "Can they still talk?"

Mrs. Qiao shook her head and whispered: "The doctor said that both of their tongues were cut too deep. It was a fluke that they survived. The medicine Wen Po took was very overbearing and was a secret medicine. The doctor said that she Don’t ever think about talking again in this life.”

Zhao Wangshu nodded lightly, his eyes swept over the three of them one by one, and stopped at the midwife, "Do you know why I came to you?"

The midwife screamed wildly, and although her voice was hoarse and broken, Zhao Wangshu could still hear the regret and curses in it.

"Can you write?" Zhao Wangshu asked.

The midwife shook her head. She was illiterate, so Fan Jinyao didn't destroy her hands.

"I'm asking, if yes, you just nod, if no, just shake your head, do you understand?" Zhao Wangshu glanced at the green branch that followed, and asked her to take a pen and paper to record.

The midwife nodded hurriedly and stared at Zhao Wangshu without blinking.

"Is the person who harmed you Fan Jinyao?" Zhao Wangshu asked.

The midwife nodded solemnly, gesturing in her hand as she was being given medicine.

"Did Fan Jinyao ask you to kill a newborn baby?"

The midwife shook her head first, then nodded.

Zhao Wangshu frowned, what did she mean?
After thinking about it, "You killed the child before he was born?"

The midwife told Zhao Wangshu with gestures that she used some tricks to turn the baby around in her belly so that the baby would be born on the buttocks.

The child couldn't be born, so she kept pressing the mother's belly, causing the child to suffocate to death in the mother's belly.

Zhao Wangshu felt chills all over his body, "What benefit did Fan Jinyao give you to make you so heartless?"

The midwife touched her neck and let out a few strange screams, as if to say that she had received retribution, and now that she was like this, life would be worse than death.

"You deserve it." Zhao Wangshu said coldly.

The midwife's eyes were full of tears and she was gesturing quickly with her hands.

Zhao Wangshu figured out what she meant and said: "Fan Jinyao gave you five hundred taels of silver, and you had the leverage in her hands, and even captured your grandson. That's why you listened to her and did this."

When the midwife heard Zhao Wangshu's words, tears fell from her eyes and she twisted her fingers in the air to express her helplessness.

"What's the reason she grabbed you?" Zhao Wangshu asked next.

The midwife lowered her head, avoiding Zhao Wangshu's sight, and wrung her hands together.

"You are like this, what else can't you say?" Zhao Wangshu said sarcastically.

The midwife looked up at Zhao Wangshu. The tears in her eyes had dried up, leaving only endless sorrow and regret.

She gestured and told Zhao Wangshu that she was young and widowed, raised her son alone, and did many disgraceful things to make a living.

"You are avoiding the important and taking the easy." Zhao Wangshu saw that she did not tell the truth. The midwife lowered her head and once again avoided Zhao Wangshu's gaze.

"There is no one you can protect except your children and grandchildren. This handle should be related to your children and grandchildren." Zhao Wangshu analyzed calmly.

The midwife trembled. She knew that Zhao Wangshu was right. She was indeed trying to protect her son.

Zhao Wangshu continued: "I can make people find you, and it will be easy to find out about your son. Your concealment is unnecessary. I advise you to tell the truth and maybe leave a way for your son to survive."

The midwife looked up suddenly, her eyes filled with fear and despair.

She knew that Zhao Wangshu had the ability to do all this. Once her son's affairs were found out, his future and life would be threatened.

The midwife gestured slowly, and Zhao Wangshu carefully identified what she wanted to express, "Your son killed someone, and you paid the government servant to replace him with a seriously ill person?"

The midwife's eyes were full of pain and helplessness. She nodded and acknowledged everything Zhao Wangshu said.

"Did Fan Jinyao give you the silver?" Zhao Wangshu asked.

The midwife told her with gestures that Fan Jinyao had given her the money on her own initiative.

She collected the money and took it to save her son. Fan Jinyao seized the opportunity and threatened her to do something. In order to protect her son, she had to obey Fan Jinyao's orders.

Zhao Wangshu frowned, why are these things like matryoshka dolls, one after another?
But now that we know it, we have to find out the matter and not let the real culprit escape.

Zhao Wangshu asked the midwife a few more questions, "Let's make a fingerprint and make a pledge."

Luzhi put the paper in front of the midwife, but she refused to press her fingerprints. She snatched the paper away and stuffed it into her mouth.

Fortunately, Luzhi was quick to grab the paper ball and slapped the midwife twice.

Zhao Wangshu sneered, "You are really a loving mother."

The midwife looked at her imploringly, gesturing for mercy.

"I'm not a court official. It doesn't matter whether I have a confession or not. It's just your actions that pissed me off. You are a vicious person by nature, and you don't deserve to be treated."

"Mrs. Buckwheat doesn't need to give her any more medicine. Just let her drink a bowl of porridge and eat a steamed bun a day, and don't give her anything else." Zhao Wangshu ignored the midwife and went to ask the two maids.

The hands of the two maids were broken and they could not make gestures. Zhao Wangshu had to say to them: "If I ask you a question, just blink once, if not, just blink twice. If you understand, just blink once."

The two maids blinked, and Zhao Wangshu began to ask, "Is your master Fan Jinyao?"

The two maids blinked, and Zhao Wangshu asked: "Were you in the delivery room at that time?"

They blinked again, and Zhao Wangshu continued to ask: "Fan Jinyao asked you to help Po Wen harm people, but didn't you ever think that she would kill people and silence her afterwards?"

The two maids cried silently, opened their mouths, and said something silently.

"Do you want revenge?" Zhao Wangshu asked.

More tears flowed. They wanted to take revenge, but how could they take revenge when they were like this?

"I can help you." Zhao Wangshu said.

Their eyes showed gratitude, their mouths opened, and they said silently: "Thank you."

Zhao Wangshu told Lady Qiao, "Let the doctor treat them carefully, especially the injuries on their faces."

"Don't worry, girl, I will let the doctor use the best medicine to restore some of their original appearance." Lady Qiao replied.