Chapter 33 Settle accounts after the autumn
Although she was politely invited to the old lady's yard, the fourth aunt had already foreseen the danger in her heart, and she kept thinking about countermeasures on the road.
She did let her mother's family invite some recognized mountain bandits to do this vote, and chose an opportunity she thought was better to do it, the eldest lady and Jiang Xiaoyu already had a holiday, if something happened in the Qin family, it would inevitably be associated with the eldest lady, she could not only get out, but also take the opportunity to get rid of Jiang Xiaoyu.
She knew that the matter was probably exposed, probably someone was arrested, and then it was found on her head, but what she didn't know was that things had progressed to that point, and whether Jiang Xiaoyu had an accident? Even if she doesn't die, but just catches those mountain bandits, then public opinion will make her no longer have a place to stay!
Even if she expected that the matter would be revealed, the fourth aunt did not regret it, after all, if Jiang Xiaoyu lived dazzlingly in the future, it would be a thorn in the hearts of their mother and daughter, not only that, but she would definitely take revenge on their mother and daughter in the future, what she could do was to remove it before she had the ability to do it, and fight for a peace for Hui Ran. She has been a slave maid in front of that woman for half her life, and she will definitely not be able to make Hui Ran unable to hold her head up in front of her daughter!
If Jiang Xiaoyu really had an accident, even if she died, she would have no regrets! The only thing she regrets is that she wasn't patient enough to wait for a better opportunity, an easier chance to succeed.
It's just that things haven't reached the last step yet, and she still has a chance to fight back.
Thinking about it all the way, the fourth aunt finally came to the old lady's residence, her biggest wish along the way was that Jiang Xiaoyu had an accident, but after entering the house, when she saw the girl sitting next to the old lady, her eyes shrank suddenly, and her eyes showed great resentment and resentment, why, she had been planning for so long, why did she have nothing to do!
"Old lady!" Although the fourth aunt's heart has been turned upside down, she still has a faint smile on her face, "I don't know what the old lady is saying about letting the concubine come?" β
"Nothing else!" The old lady glanced at her with deep eyes, "There is something I want to ask you to understand!" β
"Oh? What's the matter? The corners of the fourth aunt's mouth were slightly stiff and asked.
"Last night, she encountered some accidents in the Qin Mansion, the place where she lived was broken into by a group of strongmen, thanks to God forbid, nothing happened to her, and those strongmen were also burned to death by themselves, but they left a living mouth, after the overnight interrogation of the Qin Mansion, the strongman confessed that he was instructed by Zhou Qi, and there are also handwritten letters from Zhou Qi, Zhou Qi is your brother, what do you have to say about this?"
"What! There is such a thing! The fourth aunt said with a look of surprise, "Don't dare to deceive the old lady, the concubine doesn't know anything!" The concubine's unsuccessful brother has always been timid and afraid, and the concubine believes that he will not dare to do such a thing of losing his conscience and hurting the eldest lady, is there any misunderstanding in this? β
"If there is a misunderstanding, we will find out when your brother arrives!" The old lady said coldly, "The strongman has been sent to the yamen, but this is a scandal in the family, especially now is the critical moment of Yuan'er, I don't want to make extraneous branches, so I called your sister and brother here, if you are willing to confess, I will be at home on this matter, if you dare to be hard-mouthed, I am afraid that you can only be sent to Shensifang, where to learn the rules!" β
Shen Si Fang is a place in Beijing where those noble ladies who are not easy to go to prison are held, but I heard that people who enter Shen Si Fang have to work day and night, and they have to be reprimanded and whipped from time to time, which can be said to be worse than death!
The fourth aunt's body trembled, but she still insisted that she didn't know about it.
Jiang Xiaoyu just looked at this scene coldly, she could understand the old lady's thoughts, there was a scandal in the Pingjin Marquis Mansion, and the old Marquis was entangled in all kinds of evidence and it was difficult to get out, if Jiang Yuan was dragged down by the things at home at this moment, it would be extremely bad for his reputation, so although the Qin Mansion sent the thief to the official mansion, there should be a tacit understanding between the two families in advance, and they would not lead their eyes to the Jiang family on the surface.
So even for the sake of Zhao Ling's face, if the people of the Jiang family want to give her an explanation, they will only come secretly, so the so-called sending to Shensifang is just a threatening word.
The old lady's movements are still very fast, and after a while, the younger brother of the fourth aunt of Kung Fu was brought by the Jiang family's nursing home, it is said that this guy was wandering around the Qin Mansion very early, and as soon as he noticed that the momentum was wrong, he planned to run away, who knew that he would go home and clean up the soft, and he had just taken a few steps before he was knocked unconscious, and then he was tied up here.
"In the past!" Kong Wu's powerful nursing home pushed Zhou Qi a hand, he walked a few steps unsteadily, before he stabilized his figure, squeezed out a smile towards the old lady, and said flatteringly with a hint of fear, "I've seen the old lady, I've seen the old lady!" What do you do here? Am there something wrong with me that has offended you? β
"If you just offend my old bone, why bother!" The old lady said coldly, "My Jiang family treats you well, you have such a vicious mind, and you actually colluded with thieves to intend to mistreat my Jiang family!" β
"Where is this, the juniors don't know anything, is there some misunderstanding!" Zhou Qi said bitterly, "Look, the eldest lady is not here in a good manner!" β
He rolled his eyes, and shouted angrily: "I know, someone must want to blame me and provoke my relationship with the Jiang family!" Look at this man's mind, old lady! β
The old lady sneered: "If there is no evidence, I won't tie you up!" That strongman has confessed that he was instructed by you, and he still has your handwritten letters on him, do you still want to deny it? Do you still have to confront people face to face? If you don't want to see the coffin and not cry, now I will send you to the yamen! β
She waved her hand, and the housekeeper took the transcript of the thief's confession and the letter, Zhou Qi saw this, swallowed his saliva, immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, slapped himself a few times, and cried: "Old lady, spare your life!" I'm a lard blinded to my heart, I deserve death, I don't dare anymore, if you have a good heart, just spare me this time! Miss, isn't she okay with dignity! β
"If I spare you this time, it will inevitably make people think that my Jiang family's flesh and blood are too worthless!" The old lady sneered, "What's more, it's not just the flesh and blood of my Jiang family, she is also the fiancΓ©e of the son, spare you, how do you explain to the son?" β
Zhou Qi immediately climbed to Jiang Xiaoyu's feet and cried: "Miss, I'm a ghost, I don't dare to have any bad intentions anymore, please spare me!" β
Jiang Xiaoyu frowned in disgust, and asked lightly: "Actually, I'm very curious, I have no grievances with you, why do you want to harm me?" What's in it for you to hurt me? Could it be that he dared to offend the Jiang family just on a whim? β
"This ......" Zhou Qi hesitated for a moment, turned his face sideways to look at the fourth aunt, and said anxiously, "You have something to say!" β
The fourth aunt took a deep breath and said stiffly: "I thought it was a misunderstanding, but I really didn't expect you to really want to harm the eldest lady, what else do you want me to say?" β
"You, you, you!" Zhou Qi tilted his head and pointed at the fourth aunt's nose and stammered, "What are you talking about, why did I do this, don't you know it in your heart?" β
"I only found out about this today, how do you know how you can put your mind on the eldest lady?" The fourth aunt rolled her eyes, and said coldly, "I know, it must be because you owe a lot of bad debts because of gambling money these days, and you can't help but want to gang up with your fox friends to kidnap the eldest lady, right?" Just because you asked me to borrow money a few days ago and I didn't agree, are you going to hurt your own sister like this? β
Since the old lady has scruples, the fourth aunt has confidence in her heart, as long as she is killed and does not admit that it has anything to do with her, the old lady will not pursue it, and make outsiders uneasy in the Jiang family!
"How can you talk, it's obvious that you asked me to do it, and then you gave me money to pay off my debts, how can you put the responsibility on me alone now!" Zhou Qi pointed at the fourth aunt and said angrily, "I shouldn't have believed your woman's words from the beginning!" β
He knelt down in front of the old lady again, licked his face and said, "Old lady, she asked me to do this, I am innocent, I am innocent, don't send me to the official mansion!" β
The fourth aunt glanced at her brother in disappointment, she didn't expect him to be so stupid, if she was good, she could still find a way to save him, if even she was pulled into the water, who could save them!
The Qin family.
The eldest lady arranged the affairs of the family in a big way, and she couldn't let last night's fire affect the marriage a few days later, and she worked hard all day, plus she didn't sleep well last night, so she pressed her temples tiredly at this time.
"You saw her drink all the ginseng soup with your own eyes?" The eldest lady asked with her eyes closed.
Next to her was her henchman Chunlan, who was also the one who delivered ginseng soup to Jiang Xiaoyu in the morning, nodded and said, "The slave maid saw it with her own eyes, she drank all the ginseng soup!" β
The eldest lady opened her eyes, and her eyes immediately shot a hint of coldness, but they closed them again in an instant, and said lightly: "That's good!" β
Chunlan hesitated for a moment and asked, "The matter of the fourth aunt has been exposed, she won't betray you, Mrs. You, right?" β
"Humph!" The eldest lady snorted coldly and said firmly, "First of all, there is no evidence to prove that I have anything to do with this matter, and secondly, it is impossible for her to involve me, and she also understands that if the incident last night cannot hit me, then her daughter will fall into my hands in the future!" β