Chapter 40 Asking for Hardship
There is an unwritten rule in Jinping Street that if the woman cheats, the husband's family has the right to control the way to punish her. The general punishment methods include dipping in the pig cage, cutting off the fingers, riding a wooden donkey, and so on.
Su Zhangming chose the method of dipping in the pig cage to punish Concubine Su. But after all, he still had feelings for him, and when he was tortured, Su Zhangming excused himself not to come to watch it, and let Su Ling take charge of the punishment on his behalf.
Concubine Su's eyes turned red, and she was locked in an iron cage and begged Su Ling bitterly, "Su Ling, let me go, you can't treat me like this!" ”
"Mother, what I said doesn't count, now that the evidence and material evidence are gathered, my father can't protect you, what can I do." Su Ling said with an innocent face.
Concubine Su argued hoarsely, "I didn't write those letters, and I didn't give him the handkerchief, I don't know him at all!" ”
Su Ling saw that the people in front of him didn't want to admit that he knew Guan Hao, so he didn't say more, and ordered Steward Zhang to send the rope in his hand, and Concubine Su fell into the water heavily.
Concubine Su was tied with her hands and feet unable to move, and she suffocated in the water little by little. The river choked her lungs, and she struggled desperately to cry out for help, but the people on the shore looked at her like a mayfly, their eyes full of ruthlessness and indifference.
The cold words passed through the river to Concubine Su's eardrums:
"This woman is really shameless, Lao Su is such an honest person who doesn't treat him well."
"She's really not a thing, I remember that she treated her daughter harshly, and the cold weather didn't make people happy."
"It's the eldest daughter of the Su family, I also remember that she was beaten by this woman as soon as she was found home, why is this person so ruthless."
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Su Ling listened to the words in her ears coldly, for so many years, she has been living under the suppression of Concubine Su and has been raised as a waste, if she hadn't met Jiang Duanchen, she would have been casually sold to others by Concubine Su.
She looked at the letters floating in the water and sneered, Concubine Su would never know that these were copied by her until she died, after all, in Concubine Su's heart, Su Ling was a waste who couldn't read big words.
The splash in the river gradually shrank until it disappeared, and Su Ling motioned to Steward Zhang to pull the rope up, allowing Concubine Su to emerge from the water. At the moment of the air in the respiratory tract, Concubine Su opened her eyes instantly, took a big gulp of fresh air, and choked on water from time to time.
"Ahem"
Concubine Su raised her head weakly, looked at Su Ling, and begged her again, "Please let me go, I'll recruit, I'll recruit anything, I have no personal relationship with Guan Hao." ”
Su Ling raised his eyes and said in a light tone: "Oh? If he has no personal feelings, then why did he provoke you? ”
"You let me go, I'll say anything!" Concubine Su thought in her heart that as long as she confessed to that incident, at least she didn't have to accept such torture.
Even if her daughter would hate her, she would save her life.
Seeing that Concubine Su finally agreed to tell the truth, Su Ling decided to spare her life and ordered someone to release her from the iron cage.
Concubine Su lost her strength and lay on the ground in a daze like the rest of her life, Su Ling ignored it, and then went home. Before leaving, she instructed Steward Zhang: "Steward Zhang, when my mother has rested enough, take her to the hall quickly, I don't want to wait too long." ”
"Yes, Miss." Steward Zhang was surprised by the indifference of the girl in front of him. In his eyes, Su Ling has always been an unknown person with no sense of existence. Although Concubine Su confessed when she was in charge of the house, she didn't need to take this Miss Su too seriously, but he felt that she was pitiful and would always have no intention of taking care of her.
But I don't know when this little girl has her own temperament and is no longer weak.
He looked at Concubine Su lying on the ground, sighed helplessly, and thought silently in his heart: Why did you know today.
"Ma'am, are you resting?" Steward Zhang reminded Concubine Su who was in a daze.
Concubine Su came back to her senses, stood up tremblingly, and glared at everyone, "Look at it!" What to see! Get lost! ”
Everyone said she was a crazy woman, and then they dispersed. Concubine Su tidied up her appearance, and still took out the fan who was the housewife and said to Steward Zhang: "Go, go home!" ”
She didn't believe that Su Zhangming could abandon her ruthlessly, after all, she gave birth to two children for him, a boy and a girl. As long as she tells the truth and proves that she is not cheating, then there is still a way to live.
She firmed her eyes and walked towards Su Zhai, but she didn't know that Su Ling had already prepared a way to deal with her.
When Concubine Su returned home, she saw Su Zhangming, Su Ling and Guan Hao sitting in the hall.
"Why is he here?" Concubine Su said like a ghost.
Su Ling glanced at Guan Hao, looked back and said, "Didn't my mother say that she had something to explain?" Ling'er specially summoned someone to explain things clearly with you. ”
Guan Hao also followed Su Ling and said, "Liu'er, is this a decision to confess to you and me, and then go away with me?" ”
When Su Zhangming heard this, his expression became a little serious, and Concubine Su immediately retorted, "Who wants to fly away with you, we are just an employment relationship, master, you believe me, he is a person who takes money to do things, and there is really nothing between us." ”
She wanted to step forward and grab Su Zhangming's arm, but was stopped by Steward Zhang.
Su Ling said expressionlessly: "Employment relationship? My mother began to speak. ”
Concubine Su immediately said: "I just hired Guan Hao to do something for me...... Su Ling interrupted her sharply and asked, "What is it?" ”
"That's it...... It is to let Jiang Gongzi and Mu'er have something to do, so as to force Jiang Gongzi to marry Mu'er" Concubine Su was forced to speak in a hurry.
Su Zhangming's pupils widened, and he said in disbelief: "So you are in charge of the matter of Drunken Township Building?" ”
Concubine Su nodded sadly.
"How can you do such a thing!" Su Zhangming slapped the table hard and stood up.
"I don't want Mu'er to have a good marriage, do you really want Su Ling, a beast, to marry someone like Jiang Gongzi? She doesn't know anything, and it's a shame to marry her, so it's better to let us marry Mu'er. Concubine Su was furious when she saw Su Zhangming, and she didn't care about it, she said all the words in her head, and shed two tears.
Guan Hao silently glanced at Su Ling, and Su Ling motioned to him with his eyes to tell the truth.
Guan Hao sneered on the side: "Since Mrs. confessed to me, then I don't care, master, she is right, the matter of the drunken country building is what she asked me to do, she also said that she has long been tired of living a hard life with you, she wants to wait for her daughter to climb the branch and become a phoenix, so her mother is noble, and she will be with you and me, but I didn't expect her to suddenly regret it, such a woman is really fickle." ”
Concubine Su looked at Guan Hao in disbelief, "You're lying!" I didn't say that! ”
"Mother, are you such a person? Do you even care about your daughter's innocence for the sake of money? Su Mu suddenly walked out from behind the screen where the master was sitting, with tears in his eyes, and looked directly at Concubine Su.
Concubine Su's face turned black in an instant, and she immediately stepped forward and grabbed Su Mu's arm and said, "Mu'er, don't blame your mother, your mother is all for your good." ”
Su Mu shook off her hand fiercely, and said with a sad smile: "For my good?" Send me to my brother-in-law's bed for my good? Let everyone criticize my innocence? Mother! How can you do such a thing! ”
Concubine Su was questioned by her own daughter, and suddenly lost her strength and fell to the ground. She reacted and glared at Su Ling viciously, "That's not right! You're hurting me! You little slut deliberately led me to say these things to turn my daughter against me! I didn't find out that you little beast was so good at playing tricks! ”
Su Ling sneered and said: "My mother said that she wanted to explain the matter, I just wanted Mu'er to come to the hall to eat something, after all, she has experienced such a thing and has not eaten or drunk for several days, but you don't care at all as a mother." ”
"Han Liu'er, you are unvirtuous for your mother and unfaithful for your wife, I, Su Zhangming, have severed the relationship between husband and wife with you at this moment!" Su Zhangming angrily threw out this sentence, "You are not allowed to take any of Su Jia's family business, and my son and daughter are all mine, you can go." ”
After hearing this, Concubine Su's face turned pale, and she cried: "You can't do this to me!" I gave birth to a son and a half daughter for you, how can you let me go out of the house! ”
She cried and pounced on Su Zhangming, but was pushed away by him, and he said with a cold look in his eyes: "It seems that you still haven't realized your own mistakes, I not only want to divorce you, but also send you to the extremely cold land as a slave, and you will not be able to come back for the rest of your life." ”
Concubine Su is just a concubine, Su Zhangming has the right to arrange her life and death, if she is willing to bow her head and admit her mistakes, she will not end up with such a ruthless treatment, but people like Concubine Su will not find problems in her body until she dies.
She hugged Su Zhangming's leg and begged like crazy, but he kicked her away. She crawled to Su Mu on her knees again, begging her to plead with Su Zhangming, but Su Mu looked at her like a stranger, and her eyes were full of coldness.
"Steward Zhang, take this crazy woman away! I didn't want to look at her again. Su Zhangming turned his back and ordered.
Steward Zhang stepped forward to drag Concubine Su, but she broke free. Concubine Su laughed maniacally: "If you want me to be a lowly slave, it's impossible!" ”
With that, she slammed into the pillar next to her, and blood splattered everywhere.
Su Ling hurriedly covered Su Mu's eyes, Su Mu cried silently, and Su Ling looked coldly at Concubine Su lying on the ground. Now everything is her own doing.
Su Zhangming's body trembled slightly, refusing to turn around. Guan Hao glanced at Su Ling, and Su Ling signaled that he could leave, so Guan Hao said hypocritically: "Liu'er, since you don't want to go with me, forget it, why did you commit suicide, alas, it's a pity." That being the case, Master Su, then I'll go first. ”
Su Zhangming waved his hand in frustration, and Guan Hao would leave willingly.
Su Ling looked at Concubine Su's corpse and said, "Steward Zhang, bury her." ”
"Where are you buried?"
"In the wilderness, set up a wordless monument, such a woman is not worthy of being buried in the ancestral grave of the Su family." Su Ling said coldly.
Steward Zhang was ordered to drag Concubine Su's body out. Su Ling breathed a sigh of relief, she finally avenged her revenge and resentment for several years.
She stroked Su Mu's back and comforted: "Mu'er, my sister will find a good family for you, let's go eat something and rest first." ”
She looked at Su Zhangming's back and said, "Daddy, I'll take Mu'er down first." ”
Su Zhangming nodded, and after everyone left, he turned around and looked at the blood stains all over the ground, leaving tears of remorse.
If he hadn't spoiled her, she wouldn't have become what she is now, and in Su Zhangming's memories, when she first saw Han Liu'er, she had an excellent demeanor and was obedient. After Su Ling's biological mother died, she seemed to be a different person.
He looked at Su Ling's back as they left, and secretly swore in his heart that what he owed to his daughter before would be doubled. He had already lost two wives and could not afford to lose any more children.