Chapter 115: It's Hard to Guard Against Traitors Within

Su Shengsheng hurriedly approached the bed, but saw that her father's face was pale and bloodless, only his breathing was still regular, and she felt a little relieved.

When she checked her injured leg that was bandaged and hung high, her mother was surprised to realize she had returned.

"Sheng'er, thanks to the snow on the mine, your father was lucky enough to escape." Mother spoke with relief, tears streaming down her face.

Bai Shuo also turned around and carefully washed his hands in the basin of water handed to him by Yunxiang.

"Miss Su, please don't worry. The Third Master only scratched his leg, no bones were broken."

Su Shengsheng nodded slightly when she heard that, but when she saw that the clear water in another basin on the ground was dyed red, her brows couldn't help but frown again.

"My father is unconscious and his condition is still unclear. I hope the doctor will wait for a while until he wakes up and confirms that he is fine before leaving. Is that okay?"

Su Shengsheng was full of worry, fearing that her father would fall into a coma due to a concussion.

Upon hearing this, Bai Shuo responded, "Of course it should be so."

Su Shengsheng finally breathed a sigh of relief and ordered Yunxiang to take the doctor to the central hall to have tea and rest.

After the doctor left, Su Shengsheng noticed that her aunt was looking at her hesitantly as if she wanted to say something.

She turned her gaze to Cen, who was about to give birth, and said, "We'll take care of you here, don't worry, sister-in-law. Go back and rest first."

After saying that, she ordered Yun Yi and two maids to escort Cen back to the main house.

After the scene was cleared, Jiao looked at Li, who was wiping her tears, and pulled Su Shengsheng aside: "Your fourth uncle is becoming more and more difficult to deal with. He keeps pestering your eldest uncle for money."

Su Shengsheng wasn't surprised to hear her aunt mention the people over there. "We provide them with delicious food and drinks, and they're still not satisfied?"

In fact, she only provided one meat meal a week, and the charcoal she provided was of inferior quality.

It's not that she is hard-hearted, but she really understands the principle of being well fed and well clothed, so she wants to save them from sitting back and enjoying the fruits of their labor and causing trouble every day.

Now that the aunt mentioned the fourth room, it was obvious that she couldn't help but feel excited after hearing that the business here was booming.

How could Jiao not know what the other side was thinking?

Since they were exiled here, they have never had to go without food, and their situation is getting better day by day compared to before.

But they are unaware of the blessings they have. Even after making such a big mistake, they still do not repent and just keep their eyes on other people's pockets.

Seeing that Su Ruilin refused to give them money, they teamed up with the prisoners in the mine to demand money from the Su family.

Moreover, Su Shengsheng's business is booming now, and the officers at the mine often mention it. How can those prisoners who can only rely on robbing to fill their stomachs all day not be tempted?

This time, the Su family's embroidery room won the fabric order for hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and the fourth room was extremely anxious.

Jiao was really at a loss and could only tell everything to Su Shengsheng, who had finally returned home.

"It was your fourth uncle and others who sent your father back today, but he was still talking nonsense, saying that the son-in-law had a broken leg and if the father-in-law was dead, how could the marriage be possible?" Jiao was still angry when she mentioned it.

Upon hearing this, Li was also furious. She called a few shop assistants and beat the incompetent person from the fourth room out.

However, the mine guards who sent people back today actually asked for a lot of running fees.

Seeing their appetites growing day by day, Jiao didn't know what to do.

It is difficult to strike a balance between severity and severity. All the men in the Su family work in the mine, and if they are neglected, they are afraid that they will secretly harm them.

"Aunt, let me handle the affairs of the fourth room." Su Shengsheng explained without further explanation.

To deal with such scoundrels, you can never simply give in and the situation will be peaceful.

Just as everyone was discussing, Su Jingshan finally woke up slowly. He first glanced at Li who was crying beside him, and then looked at his daughter Su Shengsheng with a confused look.

When Su Shengsheng saw her father wake up, she quickly sent for Doctor Bai Shuo.

At the same time, he picked up a cushion and carefully placed it behind Su Jingshan to help him sit up.

However, even such a simple action made Su Jingshan seem a little overwhelmed, and his breathing became rapid.

This made Li's heart sad again. "If anything happens to you, how will my daughter and I live..."

When Su Nianwei saw the doctor coming in, she hurriedly comforted her stepmother, helped her leave, and made room for the doctor to take her pulse.

Su Jingshan looked at the people in the room and let out a sigh of hatred, but did not say anything.

Su Shengsheng noticed something was wrong and asked softly, "Fourth Uncle just brought Father back and said it was an accident. Is that true?"

When these words came out, Jiao was stunned.

A look of resentment quickly emerged on Su Jingshan's face, but he neither acquiesced nor refuted.

Even Mrs. Zhong noticed something was amiss and asked doubtfully, "Could it really be the Fourth House's doing?"

She also heard what Su Deyong said. His words were much more intense than Jiao's retelling at this moment. He even mentioned ominous words such as turning Su Shengsheng's happy event into a funeral.

He also said that since Su Shengsheng, the filial daughter, could not enter, he would ask someone inside to take care of the men of the Su family.

Li stopped crying when she heard something wrong: "If he really pushed you, then he was deliberately trying to kill you!"

Just now she was wondering why it was someone from the fourth room who sent it back.

Later, when I heard his nonsense, I just thought he was there to laugh at the misfortune of their third branch.

But after her daughter asked, she felt that things were far from as simple as she thought.

Since the snow was thick and caught the person, how could he slip and fall?

Besides, my husband is only responsible for clerical work now, so why would he go to such a dangerous place?

With so many questions, everyone's attention was focused on Su Jingshan.

Su Jingshan was not good at lying, and after hearing Li's crying, he could no longer hide the truth and had to tell it.

After taking the pulse, Bai Shuo confirmed that there was no vital injury, but the atmosphere in the room was still extremely solemn.

Su Shengsheng took a deep breath, sent Bai Shuo out with a smile, and then left without looking back.

Su Deyong, you actually dared to collude with outsiders to rob and kill people.

People who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, right?

"Go call Bao Da and Bao Er over." Su Shengsheng ordered Zai Qing.

…

“Woo-tu-tu… Woo-tu-tu…”

The man in charge of guarding the mine was so startled by the unusual noise that he put down the pancake in his hand.

Before he could figure out where the noise came from, he felt a tremor in the ground.

"The earth dragon has turned over, the earth dragon has turned over!"

This kind of earthquake is what the miners fear most. Once a collapse occurs, all the mines that have been dug with years of effort will be buried.

The prisoners who were walking on several inches of snow inside rushed out of the mine as soon as they heard the earth dragon turning over.

But when they came outside, they found that there was no movement at all.

Everyone looked at each other in confusion.

The warden, pulled out of his warm bed by the roar, kicked the guard who couldn't find the situation and said, "Did you fall asleep, kid? Where did the earthquake come from?"

But the next moment, before that person could speak again, everyone felt the ground shaking.

Their faces changed drastically and they ran towards the open space in the center of the mine in panic.

Before they could figure out what was going on, they saw eight huge monsters rushing in from the door and knocking down the door and walls.

The prisoners were so frightened that they scattered and ran away, "Monster!"

They work in the mines all day long and have never had the chance to see these excavators flying all over the fields in the Tianqianguan Pass.

The warden was the first to recover. He hurriedly ordered his men to gather around him, "Who are you? How dare you come and act like a troublemaker in my territory?"

At this moment, Su Shengsheng, who was sitting in the front car, smiled and opened the car door. She slowly stepped out and said, "Master Supervisor, my father is seriously injured and at home. You have shown me great mercy by allowing him to recuperate at home. I have come here to express my gratitude for your kindness."