Mistress

Chapter 22

Aunt Zhang suddenly smiled coldly, and said contemptuously: "Su Bo, if you have the guts to wipe my neck directly! You are just the master's dog leg, how dare you show off your power on my head? My father can kill you with just one order. Get caught in prison, you just wait to eat in prison!"

Su Bai remained expressionless from beginning to end, without blinking his eyelids, as if he didn't hear Aunt Zhang's words at all, and he didn't care whether he was in prison or not.

Xu Cheng stepped in with his hands behind his back, glanced at Aunt Zhang's crazy woman, her eyes seemed disgusted and regretful, then walked to the upper hall and sat down, then said lightly: "Su Bai can't eat that prison meal, because Your father has gone to prison himself."

Seeing Xu Cheng approaching, Su Bai put away his sword and inserted it into the scabbard.

Aunt Zhang's pupils dilated, she was dumbstruck.

Li Yan knew that the truth was about to be revealed, and Xu Cheng must have grasped everything, but which room were Cui Nanny, Qi'er and others locked in?Why don't you let them out?
"Ma'am, come here." Xu Cheng gave Li Yan a gentle smile, which made Li Yan feel at ease, but also a little flattered, she couldn't help but glance at Aunt Zhang, for fear that she would pinch her madly again.

Li Yan walked to Xu Cheng's side, and Wu Qingfeng immediately brought an arhat chair.Xu Cheng nodded his chin as a signal to Li Yan, and Li Yan sat down obediently.

Aunt Zhang, who had already been petrified, suddenly flew towards her like a flying swallow, and then prostrated herself on the ground, begging Xu Cheng pitifully, "Master! Master! Don't be deceived by her hypocrisy." Oh, all the evil things Cui Nanny and Qi'er have done these years are all instigated by her! She dared to murder Jun'er and Yue'er, she dared to murder my womb, and one day she dared to murder you, master! "

Li Yan finally understands what is meant by "I will never die until I reach the Yellow River". There is a living person in front of me, and it has reached such a point. Aunt Zhang even murdered one by one. Who murdered whom?Is she suffering from paranoia, or amnesia?

Xu Cheng hates women who cry, make trouble, and hang themselves, and even more hate being vicious and framing.

Originally, he still had some pity for Aunt Zhang, but now he was only disgusted, and he sternly shouted: "Shut up!"

Aunt Zhang choked up in her throat and dared not speak out.She was lying on the ground all over her body, just raised her neck and looked at Xu Cheng expectantly, with endless desolation, endless grievances and endless sorrow, "Cousin, don't you remember your affection for my concubine back then? You said in front of the two of us that you wanted to get married, why didn't you say 'no'? Doesn't that mean that you are willing to take a concubine as your wife? But then by mistake, you actually married her !” Her resentful eyes shot at Li Yan.

Li Yan felt that she was innocent, Xu Cheng married Li Nianyun had nothing to do with her, not to mention that Li Nianyun married Xu Cheng was married by an official matchmaker, Xu Cheng didn't say "no" back then, did it mean that he loved his cousin Zhang Yuliu?

Zhang Yuliu continued to cry and complained: "She still acts as a concubine all day long. The reason why the concubine has not reported to the master is that she is worried that the master will misunderstand and think that the concubine is sowing dissension. She has no choice but to swallow her anger. But this time the concubine I really can't bear it any longer, if the master hadn't been able to return to the mansion in time, she would have moved all the money in the mansion, and I'm afraid I would have been murdered by her..."

The miserable state of her crying is really unbearable to witness, because it looks so pitiful.

Li Yan didn't bother to refute who murdered whom, but looked at Xu Cheng to see how he answered Aunt Zhang, could it be that his first love was really Aunt Zhang?

There was a trace of sympathy in Xu Cheng's eyes just now, but now it's gone, "Who are you showing such a pitiful appearance to? You committed a crime and planted it on your wife, how did your heart become so vicious? Are you still The cousin I knew back then? The reason why I didn’t say no was not because I had feelings for you. At that time, I didn’t have feelings for any woman. It’s just that I followed the words of the matchmaker and the orders of my parents. Since I later learned that my father and General Li had already arranged the marriage between me and my wife in the military camp, then I had to marry her according to the order. You should understand the principle of first come first come first, you should not do evil things one after another with resentment in your heart .”

Auntie Zhang shook her head desperately, and she burst into tears, "I don't have a body! I don't have a body! The evidence is conclusive, those things were all done by Li Nianyun, didn't the master interrogate all night, so much evidence is not enough to prove the innocence of the body Is it?"

"What evidence?" Xu Cheng frowned.

Aunt Zhang was dumbfounded, he interrogated all night and still didn't know there was any evidence?In a hurry, she said, "It's the evidence and the account books that were found from Qi'er and Nanny Cui's house!"

"How do you know that Nanny Cui and Qi'er have evidence in their room? How do you know that they have something hidden in their room if you are not themselves? You can tell from the ledger that it was recently made up. Are you fooling me for a fool?" Xu Cheng opened the drawer, took out a thick stack of ledgers and threw it in front of Aunt Zhang, "I have practiced calligraphy for many years, and I can guess the general idea just by looking at the ink marks!"

Then Xu Cheng took out a few more notes from the drawer and slapped them on the table, "This is the note I found from Qi'er and Madam Cui. It is true that Dr. Xu and Sun Deng were colluded with to loot the gold, silver and jewelry warehouses." There is also the matter that Madam ordered Qi'er to poison Jun'er and Yue'er the year before last, and the matter that Nanny Cui pushed you on purpose."

Li Yan was dumbfounded, she knew that Xu Cheng had something to say.

Aunt Zhang did not wait for Xu Cheng to finish speaking, and argued anxiously: "Since everything in black and white is irrefutable evidence, why did the master let Su Bai tell me that I committed a crime? I just argued a few words, Su Bai actually dared to drag the concubine's life over, what's the face of the concubine? What's the face of Su Bai's master?"

Xu Cheng threw the note in front of Aunt Zhang, "You can see clearly, these words don't look like Madam's writing? Although there are seven or eight similarities, they can't escape my eyes!"

Xu Cheng took out another steamed bun, the one that was still open, that is, the one that Su Bai took away when Ju'er came to deliver the meal in the morning.He also threw the steamed buns to Aunt Zhang, because they had already been ripped open, and the note fell out, "You can't be a dog if you draw a tiger. Those words were not written by your wife at all, but it seems that you want to send a message secretly in the morning." Written for Li Qing's family!"

Aunt Zhang opened the note, "I didn't write anything on my body, I just told Li Qing's family not to worry, she is my slave, and I can't bear to see her suffer."

"What was written on the note was: 'Don't worry, don't panic. If something goes wrong, the whole family will be in trouble, remember!' This is clearly you threatening Li Qing's family, which means that if she confesses your crimes, you will have her whole family. Fate, isn't it? Don't argue anymore, Qi'er and Nanny Cui are not fools, if they did such a thing, they wouldn't burn the evidence and keep it for you to know? Are you a servant serving them, you know? They have such things? What's more, Li Qing and his mother-in-law have confessed that everything is controlled by you behind the scenes. I don't want to waste any more time with you. I just want to ask you, have I ever treated you badly these years? ?”

Aunt Zhang didn't answer the question directly, but grabbed the note on the ground, "These are really not written by my concubine, they are obviously Li Nianyun's handwriting, and my concubine can't write such words. Master, if you don't believe me, you can take the paper Here comes the pen, I will write it for you..."

Xu Cheng felt a little headache, and was really dizzy from being quarreled by Aunt Zhang.He gestured to the side, and Su Bai went into the next room, taking Ma Xing, Nanny Cui, Qi'er, Li Qing, Li Qing's family, Mei'er, and the children of Nanny Cui and Li Qing's family. , and the accompanying girls and servants were all brought out.

Aunt Zhang got up, rushed in front of Li Qing's house, and slapped her hard across the face, "You lowly slave, how dare you slander me!"

Seeing that his mother-in-law was being bullied, Li Qing pushed Aunt Zhang to the ground with all her strength, and said angrily, "In the past few years, you have threatened us every now and then, asking us to do evil things for you, causing us to live in anxiety every day. We don't want to live like this anymore!"

Aunt Zhang was so angry that she got up from the ground again, and Li Qing's family backed away in fright, for fear that Aunt Zhang would come and beat her again, and Li Qing opened his arms to protect his wife tightly.Aunt Zhang was so angry that her eyes almost popped out, "You...you dare to push me?"

Li Qing knew that Aunt Zhang was going to be in trouble, so he became more confident, "Is it reasonable for you to beat someone?"

Aunt Zhang was dumbfounded, and in desperation she yelled at Meier next to her: "Are you slandering me too? You agreed to the matter between you and Dr. Xu, so don't blame me!"

Mei'er was so frightened that she fell to her knees, "I didn't slander my aunt, but just told the truth about what I knew. Didn't my aunt say... that as long as Dr. Xu agrees to do things for you, I will give my servant to be a concubine? I don't want to be his concubine, but this is arranged by my aunt, and the slaves dare not disobey, so... I agreed."

Aunt Zhang raised her leg and kicked Mei'er fiercely.

"Enough!" Xu Cheng roared angrily, "She was just telling the truth. Li Qing's family testified for her and didn't arrange you. Why did you beat her? You usually discipline slaves like this?"

Aunt Zhang choked, she looks like a lunatic now, she wants to bite anyone she sees, "Master, these two lowly slaves are ganging up on me!"

Xu Cheng didn't bother to entangle her with this, but asked: "Aren't you going to ask about your father?".He was a little curious, just now he said that her father would not be able to eat in prison for a few days, but she didn't ask a word.

Aunt Zhang knew that she was finished, and so was her father. How could she not know about her father's embezzlement and bribery? She didn't ask just now because she was afraid that her father hid money for her.

Aunt Zhang still kept silent.

"Before I went to Jiaoyang City, someone had impeached Zhang Guangli, and the emperor had already ordered people to investigate secretly. He had four murders in his hand, but he didn't expect to find two more this morning. It was... Dr. Xu And Sun Deng. Your father sent back [-]% of the money to the Xu family, and the remaining [-]% was not taken away by Dr. Xu and Sun Deng, but your father embezzled it privately, do you know?"

How can Aunt Zhang not know, but she is really stubborn, and now she pretends to be beaten to death and refuses to admit it, wailing: "No! No! You must have made a mistake, Li Nianyun sent someone to kill them, Not my father!"

Xu Cheng really can't believe that his cousin has become like this. The word "shrew" is no longer enough to describe her. He feels that he no longer knows this cousin, "Why do you refuse to admit the mistakes you made? Don't you Don’t you think these things are wrong at all?”

Aunt Zhang wanted to defend herself, but Xu Cheng didn't give her this chance, so he continued: "General Manager Wu has taken over your father's position, and has already sent someone to wait outside. I don't want to ask about your affairs anymore. Everything will be left to Chengtian Mansion. Let's deal with it, come on!"

"Slow!" Aunt Zhang knew that her situation was over, it was caused by her own haste, and it was caused by Li Nianyun's anger, but she could still make the last effort, "Master, the reason why I don't admit it is because Because doing these things is not out of the concubine's heart, it is the wife who forced the concubine to do this, and the concubine is afraid of her and dare not disobey. Everyone in the mansion does not know that the wife wants to drive Li Nianyun out Mansion? The concubine has always kept her duty, she just wants to serve the master, but the concubine really dare not disobey the order of the wife!"

Xu Cheng couldn't vent his anger, his forehead was full of veins, and he roared: "You don't repent, why? You dare to frame Mrs. Tai, you really are hopeless!"

Aunt Zhang rushed to Li Qing's house, tore off her sleeves, took out two letters, and then quickly ran to Xu Cheng, "Master, look at these two letters, they are indeed Mrs. Tai's own letters, The concubine’s body can’t be imitated. Master, although the concubine’s body is wrong, but she just listened to Mrs. Tai’s instructions, why don’t you just let the concubine’s body go this time? You are the prime minister, you can completely refuse to let the concubine Entering Chengtian Mansion, you will punish my concubine for three months, even a year. I must be taught with humility, and I will not cause trouble again, master, master!"

Xu Cheng looked coldly at Zhang Yuliu who was kneeling below, and Zhang Yuliu's heart was trembling at the sight.Xu Cheng spoke, simple and clear, "From now on, you are no longer my concubine. Come and take Zhang Yuliu away!"

(End of this chapter)