Chapter 76 I Really Underestimated Her

Everyone gasped in horror and took a half step back.

How could the Madam be so cruel? She tortured me without even asking any questions?!

This... this is simply the female king of hell!

Some of the timid maids gathered outside the courtyard collapsed to the ground, and the sound of their teeth chattering was particularly clear in the dead silence.

Liang Weiyuan lowered her eyes to look at the bloodstain on the edge of her skirt and gently wiped it away with a handkerchief.

Her movements were so graceful as if she was appreciating a painting or calligraphy. She only raised her eyes slowly when she heard Chef Su's faint groan.

He swept his eyes over the silent crowd, and finally stopped at the pale-faced maid from the second room who was standing outside, and paused.

"It doesn't matter if he doesn't admit it. This is just a minor punishment. Take him away and continue the trial."

She had no intention of dirtying the yard.

But since everyone was here, she had no choice but to make an example of the servants to scare the monkeys, and then give the second house a warning.

The slaves kneeling on the ground stared at the bloodstains left when Chef Su was dragged away and swallowed hard. Liang Weiyuan's cruelty was engraved in their bones at this scene.

Inside the house, Wei San stared when he saw the commotion outside, and Huo Jin, who was serving him, saw the water splashing when he drank.

"Master, the lady's cruelty is as great as yours ever was!"

Wei San couldn't tell whether he was sighing or admiring, and he wanted to give a thumbs up.

Seeing this, Huo Jin just raised his eyebrows and glanced at him with a hint of disgust.

As Liang Weiyuan approached, the smell of blood filled the room.

Seeing Wei San staring at her, Liang Weiyuan was still confused: "What?"

There was a hint of coldness in her voice, which immediately made Wei San shiver.

His eyes grew more awed. "No, no, I just think you, Madam, are very clever, even more capable than the Queen of Hell!"

Huo Jin saw the tall figure half-leaning, looked at the woman's slender but upright figure, and slowly threw the blood-stained handkerchief into the brazier.

"My husband, you are staring at me like this, but do you also think that I am too cruel?" Liang Weiyuan's tone softened unconsciously when she met his dark and burning gaze.

Huo Jin saw that his throat was rolling but he couldn't speak, so he could only smile steadily, shake his head slightly, and write: "Well done."

His expression was generous and full of appreciation, but Liang Weiyuan was stunned.

I almost forgot that this man's inherent cruelty was even more frightening, so how could he be so swayed by a mere scream?

The bloody smell in Qingzhu Courtyard has not yet dissipated.

At this moment, in the west wing, Yu was listening to the news brought back by the maid. Especially when she heard that Liang Weiyuan cut off Chef Su's fingers without saying a word, her hand holding the handkerchief trembled slightly.

"She is indeed a cruel and ruthless girl. I really underestimated her!"

Huo Siyuan lay in bed recovering from his injuries, his face pale and gloomy. "Mom, Liang Weiyuan will definitely torture him. What if that man can't bear it and confesses about the Soul-Eating Grass..."

"Shut up! Do you want someone with ears to hear you?!" Yu covered her son's mouth with her hand, her heart filled with chills as she swallowed.

She lowered her voice, her eyes wide, "The account book showing him embezzling 50,000 taels of public funds half a year ago is still in my hands. I don't think he'd dare to say anything nonsense!"

"Besides, his wife and children are all in our hands. If he dares to reveal even a little bit, it would be because he doesn't want his whole family to live!"

Huo Siyuan calmed down, unaware of the sharp pain in his injured shoulder, and said hurriedly: "And those letters——"

"Burn it now." Yu opened the wooden box decisively, and more than a dozen crumpled letters were scattered on the table.

She grabbed the tinder, and the moment the flames shot up, the words "Soul-Eating Grass" and "Pond" on the letter paper flickered in the flames.

Fearing that the remaining ashes would reveal clues, the two men crushed the ashes into powder.

The next morning, Liang Weiyuan received a report from the bamboo book.

Chef Su endured the torture all night without saying a word, and finally hanged himself in the woodshed in the middle of the night.

When Liang Weiyuan arrived, he saw the fat body hanging on the beam, with its tongue hanging out and its eyes wide open, as if it had died with its eyes open.

The news quickly spread throughout the Marquis' Mansion, causing rumors. People thought that Liang Weiyuan's methods were too cruel, which caused Chef Su to commit suicide.

Not long after, Shou'anyuan called and asked her to come over.