CHAPTER XLIII

Xie Shi completely collapsed, his eyes widened, and he said with hatred:

"You're going to divorce me? We have been married for ten years, I gave birth to a son and a daughter for you, and now I just made a little mistake, and you want to divorce me? I've promised to give them all my stuff back, what do you want from me? ”

Yan Xiu seemed to be a little unable to hold on, Liu Cheng saw this and hurriedly went over to help, after Yan Xiu sat down, he eased his breath before replying to Xie:

"You still don't know what you're doing wrong. Do you think it's a trivial matter that you covet your sister's dowry? What did you say when you first got married? You want to take care of the house and the children on behalf of your sister, but have you done it? You are greedy, and you don't even let go of the pearls and hairpins left by your sister, do you think that I have been married to her for two years, and I don't even recognize the things she keeps close to me? Sister Hua said, you gave her Xie Wei's things a few days ago, and there were only three thousand taels of silver and a few boxes of unusable rouge gouache, how could you be so lowly and even greedy for those things? And now you still ask me why I divorced you? For so many years, I thought that you were conscientious and dedicated to this family, and I didn't care about some small things like stealing chickens and dogs, but I didn't expect that you didn't know how to repent if you were a small adulterer and raised a big adulterer? ”

Xie Shi's expression was cruel: "What do I repent of? In the final analysis, it's just because you look down on me, you all look down on me, just because I was raised by my aunt, I am not a concubine, from childhood to adulthood, there is only Xie Wei in the eyes of the people in the house, all the good things are given to her, all the good things are hers, why am I greedy? Because I've never gotten it, you may not believe it when I say it, but some of the good things she used, some of which I hadn't even seen before I got married, can I not be greedy? I did this one thing wrong, and you were said to be worthless, I have taken care of your family affairs for all these years, can't you see such a big credit? ”

Yan Xiu's feelings were also a little excited, pointing at Xie Shi and wanting to say something, but the wound on his waist and abdomen seemed to be involved, so that he couldn't speak very smoothly, Xie Shi saw that Yan Xiu didn't speak, so he simply struggled to stand up, and in a blink of an eye, he looked at Yan Zhaohua behind the bamboo curtain, pointed and scolded:

"It's because of you stinky girl, am I not good enough for you? Am I not good enough for you compared to the stepmother who tortures you day and night? You don't have to worry about food and clothing, you don't have to worry about your use, you are kind to you every day, and you treat each other kindly, but I didn't expect me to treat you like this, but you are a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised! I'm here today because of you! ”

Xie Shi's words have already reached this point, Yan Zhaohua asked Qingzhu to lift the bamboo curtain for her, and walked out calmly, not afraid of Xie Shi's madness at all, and said to Xie Shi with his head high:

"I respect you as my aunt, I have endured you in every way, and you think you are very good to me, so I ask you, how are you good to me? Do you think that I should be tortured by a stepmother and that life is better than death, and you don't want my life even if you are merciful, right? ”

Yan Zhaohua glanced at Liu Cheng, Liu Cheng knew what she wanted to do, took out a stack of things from his sleeve, and presented them to Yan Zhaohua, after Yan Zhaohua took it, he spread out the things, revealing a few pieces of paper full of words inside, and two small pieces of rags cut into the size of a handkerchief, after this thing was taken out, Xie Shi didn't know why, Yan Zhaohua put it on the coffee table next to Yan Xiu's hand, Xie snorted coldly:

"I'm playing tricks again, I want to see what else you have to quibble about as an unfilial daughter today, you don't respect my stepmother is a matter on the surface, not to mention that I am still your nominal aunt, but what you have done recently, do you have the slightest respect for me? You unfilial daughter, you should really let you be pointed at by thousands of people and scolded by thousands of people! ”

Lin Bao is an outsider, since Yan Xiu began to try this family matter, he has been watching silently from the side, and has not expressed any opinions, but when he heard Xie Shi say this, the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed, and he stood up and said:

"Your standard is not for others and not for yourself, the eldest lady doesn't respect you, the stepmother who has repeatedly harmed her, so you should be pointed at by thousands of people, and you have done so many bad things, but you want people to forgive you unconditionally? I've never heard of anything like this in the world. ”

Xie's resentful eyes glared at Lin Bao again, and he was about to speak, but he heard Yan Zhaohua say again: "Mrs. don't be angry, Lord Lin is quick to talk, but just tell the truth, Mrs. doesn't have to be in a hurry to deny it, wait for me to tell this matter, see if Mrs. can still say something that I am not filial." ”

After Yan Zhaohua finished speaking, without waiting for Xie Shi to refute, he walked to Yan Xiu's side, Yan Xiu took the things she had placed on the coffee table and looked at them, his face became more and more solemn, and he asked in a deep voice:

"Where is this fabric, and where do you come from?"

Yan Zhaohua glanced at Xie Shi and replied, "There is more cloth like this." Where did it come from...... Father should ask his wife about this. ”

Xie frowned and retorted: "What is it, I have never seen it, you want to hold back a bad idea and harm me?" ”

"Hmph." Yan Zhaohua snorted coldly and said, "Do you need me to hurt you with my bad ideas?" If my wife doesn't harm me, I should burn incense and worship the Buddha, thank God. My wife said that she didn't know what it was, so I would tell you that I cut this fabric from my futon and mattress. ”

Xie Shi woke up suddenly, looked at Yan Zhaohua in disbelief, Lin Bao and the others didn't know why, and asked Yan Zhaohua:

"What's wrong with this fabric?"

"The eldest lady of the cloth dragged the old lady to find someone to investigate, looking for the imperial doctor Cui in the palace, and the conclusion reached was true and credible, the imperial doctor Cui found out that the cloth was poisonous, in addition to some fragrant incense with flowers, there is also a very thin smell of strychnine, this strychnine is poison, if it is placed in water and rice, it cannot control the dose, and it is likely to kill on the spot, but if it is smoked into the cloth together with incense, the person who comes into contact will not be fatal in a short time, but it can also cause convulsions, headache, loss of appetite, chest tightness and shortness of breath, cold hands and feetFor women, it may not only be a problem of damaging the heart, liver, spleen and lungs, it is possible to have no children and no blessings for a lifetime. ”

These words were said by Liu Cheng instead of Yan Zhaohua, everyone was shocked, and Lin Bao was even more speechless, who could do such a vicious method?

Yan Zhaohua took a piece of fabric and sent it to Xie Shi, and said:

"Madam, don't you even remember the futon you asked Hongqu to smoke for me that day?"

When Yan Xiu heard this, he could no longer suppress his remorse, his face was pale, and his wounds were painful, but he couldn't withstand the chill after knowing these evil things.

Xie Shi swallowed her saliva, she really forgot that there was still this stubble, she thought that the red canal would be solved, and this matter would be turned over, and no one would know about it from now on, but where did she think that Yan Zhaohua, the stinky girl, actually hid this matter so deeply, and waited until this critical time to take it out and say, Xie Shi secretly gritted her teeth, she was not stupid, the reason why she said those scoundrel words just now was just to fight for a little last chance, if it was just to secretly transfer the things that Xie Wei pretended, She has the confidence that Yan Xiu will not divorce her at least, but if she adds a charge of poisoning her eldest daughter, then she has absolutely no hope of staying by Yan Xiu's side in her life.

So far, she can only kill and deny it, Xie shook his head:

"What red canal, what futon, I don't know what you're talking about."

Yan Zhaohua seemed to have expected Xie Shi to say this, and then took over the conversation: "You said you don't know? Does that Zhang Ping and Wang know? This strychnine is not a forbidden drug, but because it is toxic, there is a clear account for the purchase in every pharmacy, who bought it back, there are also records, Zhang Ping and his second uncle are in your Shengping Pharmacy as a dispensing gentleman, as long as you check the account of Shengping Pharmacy, you will know whether Zhang Ping and his second uncle have taken medicine in private, whether they have prepared spices for Zhang Ping, or, directly interrogate Zhang Ping Yecheng, is it Mr. Zhang? ”

Zhang Ping was sweating profusely in a panic, and his fluttering eyes betrayed him, Yan Zhaohua saw him like this, so he simply walked up to him and said to Zhang Ping:

"Mr. Zhang, with what you know about Mrs., do you think she will put all the blame on you? Hongqu risked her life for her and did something to poison me, but what about her? After the Hongqu was finished, she was not needed for a short time, just because of a little mistake in the Hongqu, she directly sent someone to kill the Hongqu, do you think she will finally identify the person who let the Hongqu poison me, in fact, it is you and the couple? ”

Although Yan Zhaohua's words sound a little plausible to outsiders, they have a different meaning in Zhang Ping's ears, because Xie's temperament is very clear to him, typical crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, crossing the wall and removing the ladder, if everything does not hurt her, then she will be more tolerant of you, but once something offends her, she will mercilessly put the responsibility on others, even if it is to let others die for her, she has not done this kind of thing once or twice, Zhang Ping is really afraid at the moment, afraid that Xie will shirk responsibility, Let him become the target of the public, if Xie's crime of poisoning is confirmed, she still has a chance to live, but if he and his mother-in-law bear the blame for her, Xie will definitely not even say a good word for them, and they are subordinates, murdering the master's family, that is to be punished by death.

Thinking about it, Zhang Ping seemed to have cleared the thoughts in his mind a little, glanced at Xie Shi, and his expression seemed to betray him, letting Xie Shi know that he had been shaken, and he was provoked by Yan Zhaohua, and was ready to stand up and identify her, Xie Shi's heart tightened, and he stood up without saying a word, pointed at Zhang Ping and said:

"A qiē is made by their husband and wife, and it has nothing to do with me! Hongqu is the person they found, this came from his mother-in-law Wang's idea, I don't agree, but they keep instigating, no, they did it, and it has nothing to do with me! ”

Zhang Ping knelt down in despair, and finally couldn't help but say to Xie Shi: "Mrs. is so vicious, is this killing me and my mother-in-law?" Such a big matter, how can the two of us decide it, the eldest lady and we have no grievances, what reason do we have to harm her? It's not that Mrs. thinks that the eldest lady is getting more and more beautiful, and is worried that she will steal the limelight of the third lady in the future, so she came up with such a vicious method, wanting to completely collapse the eldest lady's body, so that she will have defects in the future, and she will no longer be able to compete with the third miss. How can my wife now put all the blame on us and my wife? ”

Zhang Ping is Xie's confidant, how can anyone not believe his words, what is the truth, everyone's hearts are already transparent, Xie sat paralyzed on the ground, Yan Xiu couldn't hold it anymore, let Liu Cheng stand up, and said to Xie:

"This poisonous woman, what do you want her to do, Lord Lin, please take care of it. Bring her into Shuntian Mansion and file a case for a thorough investigation, even if I am embarrassed in the end, I will never interfere in this matter, take her down. ”

Lin Bao immediately called someone to come in, set up the confused Xie family, and was about to go out, when he saw two quite decent grandmothers walking in outside, which were the two most favored grandmothers around Aunt Gong of the Guogong Mansion, after coming in, he said:

"Look who dares to take people! Our aunt and grandmother have just been given an edict, and they want to see Miss Fourth at this moment, and they ordered us to invite Miss Fourth to go back to the house to talk about it. ”

Yan Zhaohua was stunned, Aunt Gong was given a decree?