Chapter 319: Exposed
Things have developed to this point, and the banquet is naturally going to end, and the guests are willing to stay.
The people of the Zhang family were careless and didn't want to have no people to come and go in the future, but the guests were perfunctory, and the sarcastic and defensive look in their eyes couldn't deceive people.
Today, the old lady's plan did not succeed, but instead took the face of Zhang's mansion to enter, which was also the biggest shame in her life, and it really outweighed the loss.
The girl who was slapped in the face, seeing that Song Yao had been gone for so long, was suddenly anxious, and wanted to catch up and ask for an explanation.
It's just that she got up late, and this will be blocked again, where can she catch up with Song Yao.
"It's useless!" Princess Suya opened her mouth hatefully, and left with the palace people without looking back.
Song Yao has left, and it makes no sense for her to stay in Zhang's Mansion.
After today's events, the reputation of Zhangfu will also be completely stinky.
No matter how Zhang Zhenqi's matter is dealt with in the end, Mrs. Zhang's design of Song Yao is enough to make people disgusted with Zhang Fu and will not befriend him again.
Of course, those with lower status who want to get benefits from Zhangfu are another story.
Let's say that Song Yao and his party soon returned to the old mansion, to be exact, the back door of the old mansion.
There are too many people watching the excitement, unless Song Yao and the others are squeezed in from the crowd, but it is easy to get into trouble.
The area of the old mansion is not small, and it takes more than half an hour to walk from the backyard to the front yard, Song Yao will not work so herself, and she doesn't want to tire the old father and son of Song Ge.
Therefore, Song Yao instructed the coachman to drive the carriage to a place where he could go with him, changed the sedan chair and sat for a while, and then walked to the meeting room.
There are a lot of people watching the excitement outside, and Song Yao doesn't plan to satisfy everyone's desire to watch the excitement, otherwise it will be easy to be disturbed in handling family affairs.
And no matter what the result is, it will end up in the face of the old mansion.
"Let everyone come in and talk." Song Yao ordered to go down, thinking that she hadn't eaten enough, maybe Song Ge Lao and them were the same, so she said to Red Sleeves: "Let the small kitchen prepare some tea and snacks and send them, and then stew some bird's nest porridge." You arrange for someone to go to the restaurant and order a few tables of food, and then let someone lead the stewards to eat. ”
Those shopkeepers and stewards, Song Yao didn't intend to entertain them personally, but they were just some people who had betrayed the master.
But after making people wait for so long, they have to use it for the time being, so Song Yao thought about letting people eat in the restaurant, just so that those who are trustworthy have the opportunity to find out the results, and it can be regarded as appeasing these people's uneasy hearts.
Red Sleeves answered and went down to make arrangements.
Seeing that Song Ge's face was very ugly, Song Yao softly comforted: "Father doesn't have to do it for outsiders, it's just a loss of money, it's not worth it." ”
"Those are your mother's hard work, your mother left you, but your father failed to keep the ...... for you"
Song Ge Lao opened his mouth sadly, but he didn't know what to say to express his inner anger and self-blame, so he pointed the finger at Mrs. Song, who was sitting in the first place.
"Is this your virtuous lady? Zhang, how does your heart grow? How do you deal with those innocent people? Greedy for the dowry of the official's wife, your Zhang family is really good and well-educated! If I had known that you were such a wicked woman, you would not have been worthy to come in at the side door in the first place. ”
Mrs. Song's face had always been very pale, and at this time, she understood that today's incident was not a coincidence, and that Song Yao was starting to take revenge on her.
There were so many guests at the old lady's birthday banquet, and they all knew that she Zhang Zhenqi was greedy for the dowry of the deceased wife of the Song Pavilion, and she was about to be abandoned and become a laughing stock in Beijing.
If Song Yuyao insisted on pursuing it, Zhang Zhenqi didn't dare to imagine what would be waiting for him.
But Song Ge Lao's words are saying that she is not even qualified to be a concubine, which is the biggest humiliation and blow to her.
Seeing that Mrs. Song didn't speak, Song Ge Lao's anger became even stronger, and he shouted angrily: "Zhang, don't you still admit your guilt? ”
Mrs. Song's face stiffened, and Song Ge Lao called Zhang Shi, hooking up all her hatred.
"The master has already determined that the concubine is guilty, what is the use of the concubine's confession? The eldest lady has the ability to reach the sky, and with the Nine Emperor Uncles as a backer, no matter how the concubine body shouts injustice, who will believe the concubine? ”
Mrs. Song clenched her fists tightly and accused:
"For so many years, how could the master have regarded his concubine as his wife? But how much did the concubine do for this family and the Song family? Just based on a sentence passed down by the housekeeper, does the master not even need to verify it, so he wants to convict the concubine? ”
Mrs. Song refused to admit that she did the thing, and Song Yao, a scoundrel who beat her up, framed her.
Song Ge's old-fashioned beard was cocked, and he couldn't speak when he pointed at Mrs. Song.
Song Ge Lao is capable of arguing with hundreds of officials in the court, but the back house has always been peaceful, but he will not quarrel with a woman.
Song Yao hooked her lips and smiled lightly, she didn't want to see a person like Mrs. Song who didn't cry when she didn't see the coffin.
Under Song Yao's signal, Song Zhiyuan chose to remain silent.
At this time, Mrs. Song has no better way than to admit her guilt.
However, under the premise that there are human and material evidence, Song Yao is not afraid that she will not be able to move Mrs. Song, and she wants Mrs. Song to be ruined, so she will not waste her lips and tongue.
Soon, a group of shopkeepers and stewards came to the living room to greet Song Ge Lao and others.
And they made a list of the money and the things that had been returned, and the men below them took the books of accounts and checked them.
"Please also ask the Pavilion Boss and the eldest lady to make decisions for us!" After the salute, everyone knelt on the ground, admitting their mistakes and accusing Mrs. Song.
What has happened over the years, what should be said, these spirits naturally understand.
Under the crying and accusations, Mrs. Song's face became whiter and paler, but Song Gelao's face became more and more heavy.
Even if he only looked at one or two account books, Song Ge Lao understood that these were true, not even the whole truth.
Mrs. Song didn't admit what she had done, but these people all had an account book in their hands, which was Mrs. Song's receipt for the silver, and Mrs. Song's seal was there.
As for the coercion, as long as people investigate it, they can have clues, after all, many people's family members have been substantially harmed.
And the shopkeeper who cooperated with Mrs. Song sent all the family funds over, and some of the objects turned out to be Mrs. Song's dowry, which she could not deny.
"Zhang, what else do you have to say?" Song Ge asked in a cold voice.
Thinking that he had married a poisonous woman and entered the door, not only had so many innocent people been disabled for life, but also that his beloved daughter had disappeared for several years, Song Ge Lao hated to kill Mrs. Song.
Elder Song Ge's body trembled, and Mrs. Song moved her lips, but found that she couldn't make a sound.
"Father, when the daughter went to check the account books a few days ago, she found that something was wrong, so she sent the two shopkeepers to the yamen. It's just that there have been a lot of things in the past two days, but I forgot to ask what the result was. Now that there are new human and physical evidence, my daughter doesn't know what to do. Song Yao looked at Song Ge Lao in embarrassment.
No matter how bad Mrs. Song is, she also bears the title of Mrs. Ge, and Song Yao is really not good at sending her to the yamen.
If the person injured by Mrs. Song has an identity, even if it is an ordinary person, Song Yao can also make a righteous move to kill her relatives.
But Mrs. Song's instructing people to threaten her mother's subordinates is tantamount to hurting her own long-term worker, and as long as no one is killed, she does not need to go through the Yamen trial.
"Such a woman without a wife, my Song family can't keep it." Song Ge said hatefully: "The Zhang family has a bad moral character, and he disrespects his wife, which is already a violation of the seven rules. Remembering the hard work of running the house's affairs for many years, he was immediately sent to the family temple to wash away his sins, and he was not allowed to return to Beijing in this life! ”
On the way back, Song Ge Lao was thinking about how to deal with Mrs. Song, and he weighed it again and again before he came up with such a decision.
If a woman is abandoned, it is equivalent to having no way to live, and even her reputation cannot be preserved when she enters the yamen.
Even though Song Ge hated Mrs. Song for poisoning, he had to think about his poor treatment of Mrs. Song, which harmed her for most of her life.
There is another point, after Song Ge Lao didn't want to divorce his wife, he was pressured by the clan to marry another woman back, so that they could not fulfill each other like this.
Song Yao didn't expect Elder Song Ge to arrange it like this, and her expression couldn't help but be a little cold.
Song Ge Lao waved his hand and motioned for everyone to get up, and said apologetically: "You are also victims, and you have Yu Yao to deal with your betrayal of the owner." The Zhang family has hurt your family, and this official is also responsible for negligence, and will definitely compensate for it, so that your family will not suffer in vain. ”
For those who were hurt, Song Ge always felt sincerely sorry.
But the incident has happened, and if there is no direct evidence, the government will not sentence Zhang Zhenqi, after all, the government pays attention to evidence.
The crowd was busy and didn't dare.
They had already been compensated by Song Yao, and after so many years of cooperating with Zhang Zhenqi and greedy for ink, it was already the best result for Song Yao not to hold them accountable.
"Father, there is one thing that the son has never made clear to his father." Song Zhiyuan suddenly spoke when Zhang Zhenqi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Say it." Song Ge Lao hesitated for a moment, feeling that Song Zhiyuan was not an ignorant person, and he would say this in front of so many people, and he definitely didn't need to hide it from outsiders.
When her son was in distress, he was rescued by Yu Yao, and accidentally found the jade pendant she was wearing, so he suspected that Yu Yao was her sister who had been missing for many years. Therefore, after entering the house, he secretly investigated, and found that ......"
Song Zhiyuan's eyes fell on Zhang Zhenqi, and seeing that her body was tense, he pointed at Zhang Zhenqi angrily and said:
"The disappearance of Yu Yao back then had a great relationship with the Zhang family."
Song Zhiyuan's words were undoubtedly a thunderclap on the ground, and most people in the bombed house thought they were hallucinating.
Song Yao had known about this for a long time, so she had no special reaction.
But although Song Ge Lao had doubts in his heart, he was still a little shocked when he heard Song Zhiyuan say this.
But seeing Zhang Zhenqi's dejected look, he knew that this matter might be true.
"Zhiyuan, do you have any evidence?" Elder Song Ge asked.
"Back to his father, the son traced some clues, and with the assistance of the Nine Emperor Uncles, he found a few people who were involved in this matter back then." Song Zhiyuan stood up and saluted to Song Ge Lao, "Please also ask my father to uphold justice for Yu Yao!" ”
Song Ge glared at Zhang Zhenqi hatefully, hating to beat people to death at this moment, so that he could breathe a sigh of relief in his heart and seek justice for his poor daughter.
"Where are the people?" Song Ge asked with his teeth grinded, his eyes always fixed on Zhang Zhenqi.
If eyes can kill, Zhang Zhenqi must have died countless times.
Song Ge Lao, who has always been elegant, actually moved with a murderous aura, and he did not lose to those who practiced martial arts, and the people in the room did not dare to gasp.
"Son, this will bring people." Song Zhiyuan arched his hand, glanced at Zhang Zhenqi with a gray face when he turned around, snorted and walked away.
"Let's go to the restaurant first, what should you do next, Miss Ben will send someone to inform you." Song Yao waved his hand and asked everyone to leave first.
It's good that this news leaks out, so that outsiders look at Song Ge Lao and get angry, this is not what Song Yao wants.
Everyone understood Song Yao's intentions, and hurriedly got up to say goodbye, and soon disappeared from the sight of the Song family.