Chapter XVI: Confession
Mrs. Xu struggled with all her might, but found that the arms were like iron hoops, unable to shake a bit, and the fingers seemed to be piercing into her flesh like dead branches.
"The murderer is killed, and you can't escape.
Heaven is unjust and has allowed you to live for so many years, and you should have paid the price a long time ago. ”
As soon as the words fell, the other hand reached over and grabbed Mrs. Xu's throat.
Second Mrs. Xu's eyes widened, she was out of breath, and her feet kicked back in a panic, but in vain.
She could only make a "gurgling" sound in her throat, and her eyes were black for a while, and she was almost about to faint.
The housekeeper's mother noticed that something was wrong, and hurried over, and when she saw this scene, she immediately exclaimed: "Second wife...... Second Wife...... Come on! Third wife, let go, what are you going to do? ”
Under the pull of several people, the hand was finally removed from Mrs. Xu's neck.
Mrs. Xu Er gasped and coughed too much, her face was full of tears, and after a while, she raised her head to look at Mrs. Xu San next to her.
Mrs. Xu San stood there, her face gloomy, the corners of her mouth slightly curled up to reveal a sneer, like a desperate ghost,
Second Mrs. Xu finally relieved herself: "You...... You, you're going to kill me. ”
Mrs. Xu San didn't have the slightest wave on her face, and said lightly: "I said a long time ago, if you hurt others, I will kill you, don't you believe it?" ”
"Crazy, you're crazy...... Someone come," Second Mrs. Xu looked at the steward, "lock up Third Mrs. for me." ”
"Big sister, second sister-in-law," Mrs. Xu San suddenly chuckled, "The person who is locked up should be you!" ”
Mrs. Xu's face froze.
Mrs. Xu San said: "The people of the government are in the front yard, and they have detained all the people who do things for the second sister-in-law on weekdays, you framed the prince of An Yi Hou and killed your niece, this time you can't escape." ”
Second Mrs. Xu couldn't help but clench the handkerchief in her hand: "What nonsense are you talking about...... Who killed someone? ”
"You know it well," Mrs. Xu San suddenly smiled, "Besides, you have blood on your hands many years ago, do you want me to help you think about it carefully." ”
Mrs. Xu's heart seemed to jump out: "Shut up......"
Mrs. Xu San took two steps forward, but her body, which looked very thin, pressed Mrs. Xu Er involuntarily retreated.
Mrs. Xu San lowered her head and smiled weirdly: "I can't kill you this time, and next time, even if I become a ghost, I will drag you to hell together." ”
Mrs. Xu Er pushed at Mrs. Xu San's indiscriminately: "You poisonous woman...... You...... I'm going to ...... you"
"You should have killed me a long time ago, and when you killed him, you should have cut the grass and eradicated the roots, killed me together, and reunited us as husband and wife," Mrs. Xu San suddenly lowered her voice, "No, it shouldn't be us who died, when the rebels found you, he shouldn't have saved you, let you be pulled out of the secret passage one by one, and see if you still have the glory you have today." ”
"Mother." Xu Qingshu's voice came.
Hearing her son's voice, Second Mrs. Xu seemed to have calmed down a little, and hurriedly said in a trembling voice: "Qingshu, come quickly, someone is trying to harm your mother." ”
Xu Qingshu walked a few steps quickly and held the trembling Second Mrs. Xu up.
"She's going to kill me." Mrs. Xu's tears kept falling, and she pointed in the direction of Mrs. Xu.
"Who? Third aunt? Xu Qingshu turned around, but found that the place where Mrs. Xu San was standing was empty.
It was like a dream.
"Mother," Xu Qingshu waited until Mrs. Xu Er came to her senses, "The yamen has caught the murderer." ”
"Really?" Second Mrs. Xu's voice changed in surprise, "Really caught?" ”
On the morning of Cao Ruwan's abduction, Mrs. Xu went to Cao's house, and there were two carriages that entered the gate of Cao's house with her, and the carriages were loaded with fresh vegetables from the warm cellar.
When the Cao family saw Tan Da who was driving the car, they immediately opened the back door, and the carriage went straight into the big kitchen in the backyard of the Cao family.
Tan Da and the Cao family's stewards have long been acquainted, while the other people unloaded the car, the two of them went to the hall to gossip for a while, and when they came back, everything was done properly, and the Xu family had tea at the Cao family, and drove the carriage out of the Cao family.
Almost at the same time, the Cao family found that Cao Ruwan was missing.
The Xu family and the Cao family are in-laws, and the death of Cao Ruwan should not be suspected of the Xu family, but the evidence indicates that the most likely thing to take Cao Ruwan away is the carriage of the Xu family.
All the people involved have been arrested and interrogated, and now only Mrs. Xu's henchman Tan Da is left, as long as Tan Da arrives and further testimony is obtained, Mrs. Xu will be punished.
Mrs. Xu's hands and feet were cold, and as soon as she walked into the hall, Mrs. Cao rushed over at once, staring at Mrs. Xu Er tightly with a pair of bloodshot eyes, as if she was going to cut her with a thousand knives: "Is it you, is it that you let people kill Sister Wan'er, she is your niece, you return my Sister Wan, you return my daughter." ”
Mrs. Cao shouted heartbreakingly, no matter how the subordinates pulled, she held Mrs. Xu Er tightly, Xu Qingshu stepped forward to rescue her mother, in the chaos, Mrs. Cao grabbed Mrs. Xu's hair, and the two of them suddenly rolled together.
The Cao brothers saw that the situation was not good, so they stepped forward to stop them, and finally separated the two people.
Old Mrs. Cao got up and looked at Mrs. Xu: "Big girl, come in with me." ”
In the midst of Mrs. Cao's crying, the mother and daughter entered the inner room.
"Big girl, I'll just ask you," said Mrs. Cao, "Sister Wan'er did you let you kill you." ”
"No," Mrs. Xu shook her head in a panic, "How could I kill my niece in a frenzy, mother, save me, I really didn't let people kill Sister Wan'er, I just wanted people to kidnap Ruzhen and frame Xu Qing'an, but even if it is Ruzhen, she will come back without danger, at most, when she gets married, I will add more dowry to her, and I will definitely let her marry the scenery, we have raised her for so many years, and she should also repay our Cao family."
Mother, you go and tell the eldest brother and sister-in-law that the murderer has someone else, and tell them not to bite me, we are a family, and if I die, what good will it do them? ”
"Sure enough, it's you," Mrs. Cao said coldly, "You actually did such a thing, and you still want me to help you cover it up." ”
Second Mrs. Xu knelt down and hugged Mrs. Cao's legs: "Mother, my daughter can't lose her reputation, Qingshu...... Qingshu is about to enter the office, and he still has a great future. ”
"The matter has come to this," Mrs. Cao said, "If Tan Da confesses, your charges will be confirmed, even if your brother and sister-in-law don't pursue it, the Xu family won't be able to tolerate you, you want to harm the Hou Mansion of Anyi, and now you have been caught by the Hou Mansion, this is all your own sin." ”
After Mrs. Cao finished speaking, she was about to walk out.
"Mother," Second Mrs. Xu said in a trembling voice, "you must have a way, you saved the reputation of the Cao family and everyone's lives that year, and now there must be a way to save your daughter." ”
Old Lady Cao's eyes were sharp, and she said coldly: "You are threatening me, if I don't help, I will tell you about the events of the year, you want everyone in the Cao family to die with you, that's good...... Let's go to your father together. ”
Second Mrs. Xu panicked: "My daughter didn't mean this, mother, you have to believe me, someone is trying to harm me," she seemed to think of something, and her eyes lit up, "Second sister...... It's her, it must be her who knows my plan, deliberately let people tie up Ruwan by mistake, and kill Ruwan, think about Ruwan's death...... This is revenge, it is not enough to kill Ruwan and frame me, she almost strangled me in the garden.
She said it would cost us. Mother, even if her daughter dies, she will not stop, she will continue to kill, and she will not say that next time it will be your turn. ”
Old Mrs. Cao looked at Mrs. Xu coldly: "Then let her kill, we already owe her a life, so why not die." ”
Mrs. Xu completely collapsed on the ground.
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Tonight was the scariest day for Tan Da.
He watched his son fall in front of him, and the men in black who suddenly appeared were obviously going to destroy him.
When the second wife Xu handed over this matter to him, he had already figured out that the worst outcome might be that the matter would be exposed, then he would bear all the charges, at most one would die, and the second wife would try her best to take care of his family, and he didn't have anything to worry about.
But I didn't think that on this day, it would be like this, and the whole family would die because of it.
Yes, as long as they are all dead, this case will be closed, what crime will the Xu family give him? He colluded with the murderer to kidnap Miss Cao and was ready to ask for money, but he didn't expect the Cao family to report to the official, and they killed Miss Cao, and now that the murderer has been arrested, seeing that he can't hide it, he went crazy out of fear, and simply killed his family and committed suicide.
It all sounds ridiculous, and big families just have a way to turn black into white.
"Please," Tan Da finally spoke, "Please, let me meet the second wife, I won't say it, I'm dead and I'll be gone, let my family go, they don't know anything." ”
However, it was useless, and the man in black put the knife on Tan's wife's neck again, and with just a slight force, the woman fell to the ground.
Tan Da's eyes widened, and suddenly he burst out like a bison, crashing into the black-clothed man beside him, the pain made him bent on death, it was better to live like this than to die cleanly.
The man in black drew the sharp weapon in his hand, and Sen Ran's blade swung at him.
Tan Da only felt that his body suddenly became soft, and his whole body fell to the ground.
Is this going to die?
Although he couldn't move, his eyes could still see everything around him, and he saw a pair of embroidered shoes stop in front of him, and she squatted down, a smile on her pretty face.
Tan Da knows this person, she is Xu Qinghuan, the eldest lady of the Marquis of Anyi.
Xu Qinghuan said: "If you die, your family will also die, you are loyal and willing to give up your life, but not everything is what you think, why not give you and your family a chance to survive." ”
As soon as the crisp words fell, Tan Da suddenly heard a faint moan, and the son who fell to the ground first actually moved.
Tan Da couldn't help but be stunned, and when he came back to his senses, he had already been pulled up from the ground.
Xu Qinghuan continued: "Knowing too many secrets of the master will eventually be extinguished, and it is up to you whether you say it or not." ”
"I said," Tan Da said hoarsely, "I said it all." ”
Seeing the yamen leave with people.
Feng Xiao was still unsatisfied: "Miss, let's leave now?" ”
Xu Qinghuan raised his head and looked at the sky, not knowing what he was thinking.
Xu Qingan was about to step forward to help his sister into the carriage, when someone came out of the darkness.
"Will the eldest lady think that this case is too easy?"
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Wrote a long chapter.