Chapter 229: Shocking
Xie Rongzhao's heart was also very chaotic, this was the first time in her two lives that she had personally dealt with this kind of thing.
In her previous life in the Fang family, she had never seen the masters of the Fang family deal with slaves, and some of them even beat them to death directly.
Since Xie Rongzhao's rebirth, the biggest knot in his heart lies in the Fang family, and then there are three things: his father's future was blocked and his fiancΓ© was killed.
Since the first two things were changed by her, her anger has weakened a lot, and the leisurely and comfortable life in the past few years has also kept the nightmare of her previous life away from her for a long time.
After this incident, she realized that even if her father is now an official, she can't be careless, and even be more cautious than before.
Liu Ruolan's poisoning this time is not deep, and it is not difficult to remove the residual poison, and she will be fine after taking a few doses of medicine.
And for the evil servant who poisoned, Liu Ruolan didn't know what to do.
This was the first time she had been in charge in the true sense of the word since she became an official's wife, after all, she had never encountered such a wicked servant betraying her lord before.
Fortunately, there is still the Gu family by his side.
"Madam, this wicked servant must have been bribed, and she does not dare to admit her guilt, because she is afraid that we will want to interrogate the master behind her. She has a family, and she has weaknesses. Her family is not a servant of our family and is not under our control, so in order to protect her family, she will not say a word even if she dies. β
Liu Ruolan was a little frustrated for a while: "So, even if we take her to the official mansion, it won't help?" β
Gu Shi knew Madame's mood at this time, and nodded very sensibly.
"What she signed with our government is not a death contract, all we can do is to drive her out of the mansion, or escort her directly to the yamen. However, in my opinion, even if she enters the yamen, at most she will shout a few grievances, and in the end, if she kills herself in the yamen, and then she is used by someone with a heart, it will be bad for the reputation of our house. β
Liu Ruolan was a little upset for a while, but more of an anger that had nowhere to vent.
"Is that all?"
Gu Shi soothed: "Madam Mo Qi, of course it can't be just like that!" It is a fact that she poisoned her master, even if she doesn't admit it, the poison found in her house is true, and someone testifies against her, we can reward her with twenty boards, and then drive her out of the house, and it is best to let outsiders know as much as possible that she is the first to betray the master, so that if someone mentions it in the future, it will save the master from bothering again. β
The two servant women who had been interrogated by Xie Rongzhao before were also called over for questioning.
He was originally the wife of a six-rank official, but because of her husband's involvement, she was sent to the frontier for several years, and now she has returned to the capital.
"Since you used to be an official and sent by Zhao Shizi, you must have a passable character, so you will be on an errand in the young lady's yard in the future."
He hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him, and did not forget to show his loyalty.
There is also a Yu family, the husband's family was originally surnamed Wang, but the husband's family was all cut down, the Yu family was originally the wife of the Wang family, and later the man spoiled the concubine and killed his wife, and the Yu family was divorced a month before he was convicted.
Rao is like this, the Yu family is still implicated by the Wang family, and someone is obstructing it, so the Yu family was sent to the frontier by the official to stay for a few years before he was able to turn back.
But what about coming back?
Yu only gave birth to two daughters, which is the main reason why she is not treated by her husband's family.
Now the two daughters are married, but they all dislike her as a prisoner, so no one wants to associate with her, Yu was angry and wanted to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river, but fortunately was saved by Zhao Yue's people.
Liu Ruolan pitied her life experience, and in fact, Yu's background was not bad, and she had received a good upbringing since she was a child, so she simply let her stay in her own courtyard to do things, and if she didn't make mistakes in the future, it would be good to be promoted to be a manager.
Xie Rongzhao wrote everything in the family in the letter, and also wrote down his suspicions, at this juncture, if he wants to do something to his mother, there must be someone who wants to make his father uneasy and can't do a good job outside.
Xie Rongzhao mentioned in the letter that he had already thought about it, and after his mother's poison was resolved, he would take her to live in Zhuangzi, hoping to stay away from the rights and wrongs of the capital.
After this incident, Xie Rongzhao basically sent a letter to Xiangzhou Mansion every three days, and he was not too troublesome, and he was not afraid of spending money, anyway, there were people in the family now, if the caravan was not good to send the letter, she would simply send the little maid in the family, anyway, she must reassure her father first, lest he make any mistakes or omissions.
Xie Xiuwen was far away in Xiangzhou Mansion, and the more the case was investigated, the more frightened he became.
Unknowingly, this case has included nearly forty local officials!
Is this a case that he can try as a four-grade Shangshu Zuo Cheng?
Xie Xiuwen knew that the people around him were staring at him, so he had to turn to Feng Shu for help.
Feng Shu brought a hundred people to help him this time, which sounds like a lot of people, but compared to the local snakes here, it is simply not enough to see.
And even if Xie Xiuwen got the right to act cheaply from the Holy Lord, it didn't mean that he could do whatever he wanted, at least, on the premise that he didn't endanger his own life, he still dispatched the Governor's Mansion.
Even if he could be mobilized, he would not dare to act rashly without knowing whether the other party was friend or foe.
Xie Xiuwen didn't dare to take it lightly, there were a few people around him, there were only a few in total, once the assassin Shi and others found out that they had made a move, they were afraid that the other party would jump off the wall in a hurry.
It was Xie Xiuwen who took the opportunity to write letters with his family from time to time, and even sent some things over, to prepare some famous local specialties for Xie Rongzhao to bring back to the capital.
Xie Xiuwen left the merchant ship on the front foot, and someone came over to interrogate him with a strange face on the back foot.
When the caravan saw that it was the official, it naturally did not dare to resist it, and obediently unpacked all the goods so that the official could inspect them.
"What is this?"
That small box was a special product sent to the capital by Xie Xiuwentuo's caravan, because it was not their goods, but the official master, so the merchant hurriedly explained.
However, the official didn't listen to this at all.
"Open the box!"
The official opened the box and checked it one by one, and made sure that there was nothing else suspicious, so he snorted and stepped back from the boat.
"My lord, the little one has already sent someone to find out, and Xie Xiuwen sent some specialties of our Xiangzhou Mansion to the capital, which is said to be for his wife and daughter. Our people have even checked the wooden box one by one, and there is nothing wrong with it. β
Thorn Shi still can't rest assured: "He is the fourth grade, why don't you send things to the post station and then transfer them?" β
"My lord, the little messenger has inquired, Xie Xiuwen just sent a bunch of earthen instruments to the Weixin Hou Mansion, and the post station doesn't deliver supplies to the capital every day, so he asked a caravan to help."
(End of chapter)