Chapter 66: Miss, Save Me

The jar was ordinary, the kind that ordinary people use to pickle vegetables, with a dark glaze on the outside, which shone in the sunlight.

It was a frightening, chilling light.

"The test is very simple. Just put your hand into the jar. If there is no movement, then nothing is wrong."

As Ai Cao explained, he demonstrated to everyone, put his hand in, and took it out after a moment, "Look, it's safe and sound."

"These bugs only recognize the murderer who murdered Master Yi. As long as you have a clear conscience, you don't have to be afraid. Who will be the first to try?"

Although there would be no problem as long as they had a clear conscience, everyone still felt a little scared when they thought that there were bugs in the jar and did not dare to go forward.

But there are also brave ones.

The servant who always served Zhou Ruoyi stretched out his hand first, "I'll do it!"

I put my hand in and took it out, everything was normal, nothing unusual.

The servant heaved a sigh of relief and grinned, "It's okay, everyone, don't be afraid."

Since someone had done it as an example, the others naturally felt more at ease and just followed the boy's example and reached their hands in.

Soon, more than half of the suspicious people who were originally to be checked had passed through the yard.

Su Yujin narrowed her eyes and said, "Let Mother Zheng check it first. Mother Zheng accidentally spilled the tea and her clothes got wet. The sooner she checks it, the sooner she can change into clean clothes."

Mother Zheng subconsciously shrank her neck, looked at Su Yujin, and laughed, "Thank you Miss Su for your concern. I will come and check it out right away."

After hesitating for a long time, Mother Zheng rubbed her hands on the wet clothes again and again, and then with slightly trembling hands, she reached deep into the jar in Ai Cao's hand.

As soon as the finger was half inserted, Ai Cao's face suddenly changed.

Her eyes widened and she even stuttered, "Girl, bug, bug, bug..."

Are there bugs?

Mother Zheng was startled and hurriedly pulled her hand away.

"Mother Zheng, don't move!" Su Yujin shouted immediately, "The bugs are moving right now. If you pull your hands away, the bugs on your body will be frightened and will start to bite you. I'm afraid your whole body will turn into bones in an instant!"

Will the whole body be bitten to the bone? Mother Zheng's face turned pale with shock, and she dared not move.

I even felt as if the tips of my fingers were covered with furry bugs crawling around, and there was a dull tingling sensation like being pricked by needles.

Those bugs must be biting her fingers!

But, hadn't she just spilled the Lu'an tea, and even got a lot of it on her hands? Logically, shouldn't the medicinal smell have been eliminated? How could it have attracted the bugs out?

After a moment of thinking, Mother Zheng felt a piercing pain coming from her ten fingers. It seemed that the insects had already eaten all the flesh and bones! Mother Zheng screamed "Wow!" and looked at Li palely, "Miss, Miss, save this old slave, Miss, Miss..."

"Mother Zheng!"

Mrs. Li screamed at first, and hurriedly wanted to save Mother Zheng, but when she changed her mind, she suddenly froze in place.

Su Yujin said that this insect would only react when it smelled the allergy-suppressing medicine.

When other people reached out their hands, nothing happened. However, when Mother Zheng reached out her hand, bugs crawled out.

This will harm Zhou Ruoyi...

It’s Mother Zheng!

Mrs. Li's expression suddenly changed, and when she looked at Mother Zheng again, her gaze changed from previous worry to anger.

"It's you?" Li shouted angrily, "It's you who wants to murder Yi'er?"

Mother Zheng's face was pale and she knelt on the ground. "Miss, this old slave..."

"You still dare to deny it at this point?" Li shouted, "If you don't tell the truth, I will leave you alone and let those bugs eat your whole body!"

Gnawing on your fingers is excruciatingly painful, but if the whole body is eaten by insects, it would be even more terrible than being tortured to death! Mother Zheng was trembling, her lips were quivering, and her head was nodding like a chicken pecking at rice. After hesitating for a long time, she finally spoke, "It was the old slave, it was the old slave who did it..."

It’s one thing to guess, it’s another to actually hear the answer.

When Mrs. Li heard these words coming out of Mother Zheng's mouth, her body swayed twice, and she stood still for a long time. "You watched me grow up, and now you have watched Yi'er for so many years. If you think about it carefully, I have treated you well over the years. Why did you do such a thing!"

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"It was because I, this old servant, was blinded by my own greed that I agreed to work for the Second Madam..."

Mother Zheng said with tears in her eyes, "My son, who was not very worthy of me, was originally a steward of the farm because of the young lady's kindness. He helped the young lady collect rents on the farm. But after that bastard drank two bowls of yellow soup, he became evil and dragged a 13-year-old girl from a farmer's family into the house and did that to her."

"The little girl couldn't bear the humiliation and jumped into the well. Her parents cried and wanted to complain, but the bastard was afraid that he would be arrested and thrown into prison, so he had the legs of the couple broken. He also threatened that if they dared to make trouble again, they would be reunited with their daughter in the underworld."

"With this incident as a head, the bastard became more and more daring. All the pretty women among the farmers were killed by him. Anyone who dared to tell others would be beaten. The farmers could not bear it and finally reported him to the government. They arrested him and said that his crime was serious and he should be exiled for life."

"I was extremely anxious when I heard about this, but I didn't dare to tell the young lady about it. I was afraid that she would offend me and lose face. I was also afraid that she would get angry if she knew about this and not only would she not help me, but she would punish me again."

"Somehow, the Second Madam found out about this. She came to me and told me that if I was obedient and willing to work for her, she could rescue my disappointing son and send him away far away, thus avoiding a disaster."

"I thought about it for several days, and then I listened to the Second Madam and put the plum blossom dew and the medicine she sent me into Yier's tea..."

Li's lower lip was bitten by her teeth and was bleeding, and her mouth was full of an indescribable fishy smell.

After a long while, he finally spoke, "Then was it you who caused Yi'er to choke on his food when he was eating at Su's?"

Things had come to this point, and Mother Zheng no longer had the heart to hide it, and just answered honestly, "The young master choked and it was an accident. When I saw that something happened to the young master, I was very scared at first, but then I thought that if the young master really had a problem, it would be an accident, and I would not be able to report to the Second Madam, and my sin would be less. So I pretended to be scared and did not call the doctor in time..."

"If you just think you are like this, then you are not harming Yi'er?"

Li's voice trembled, "Come here, tie up this cunning slave and lock him up in the woodshed first, then call the second wife over, report to the old lady, and send them to the county government office together!"

He Yanxiu: On the first day before my debut, I miss my readers...

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