Chapter 61: Murder
Song dragged her heavy steps back to her yard, feeling inexplicably uneasy.
"Has anyone come here?" she asked the maid guarding the yard.
The maid shook her head, "No one has come. The second young lady did try to go see the eldest young master a few times, but was stopped by the mistress's orders."
Song didn't want Qu Lianzhi to go out at will, so she locked her in the room and asked her to prepare for the Queen's birthday seriously.
The maid cautiously glanced at Song, whose expression was extremely bad, and swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
Some foolish person knocked over a candle and burned a corner of the warehouse curtain. Fortunately, it was discovered early and everyone rushed to put out the fire, so no major disaster occurred.
Madam is worried about the eldest son's affairs, so let's not talk about such trivial matters.
Song walked into the room thoughtfully.
No, none of this is right.
Xu Yu is missing, Qu Ling's abnormal attitude, the Duke of Dongyang's mansion comes to ask for people, and Ah Heng's leg.
Trivial things were spinning in her mind, but she felt like something was missing.
"Go down, I want some quiet time." She waved her hand to stop the person outside and walked into the inner room alone.
In the bronze mirror, she looked haggard.
"Let's get ready."
After a long time, she called out.
Even if the sky falls, the Song family will still hold it up.
The maid came in from the outer room, fetched water and brought a basin, then made the bed and served.
"ah--"
A shrill scream suddenly broke the silence of the night.
Song's hand shook and the comb fell to the ground.
She didn't bother to put on her clothes and stood up suddenly. "What's going on?"
The trusted old woman could still stand, but her eyes were full of panic.
The maid who made the bed collapsed on the floor, pointing at the large carved bed with trembling fingers, "Someone, someone is on the bed."
Song looked in the direction they pointed, and the blood in her body instantly froze.
Xu Yu was lying under her quilt, tied up with his hands and knees tied, with a piece of sackcloth stuffed in his mouth.
The most terrifying thing was that he had a wooden sign hanging around his neck with a few shocking words written in blood: "Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor."
Only then did Song discover that there was a severed finger on the bed, and those words were obviously written by the severed finger.
She resisted the urge to vomit and held on to the bed rails tightly to prevent herself from fainting.
Qu Ling.
Qu Ling!
Song screamed and cursed in her heart.
She must kill that bastard!
"Madam, this is..." The little maidservant was frightened and burst into tears.
"Shut up!" Nanny Yan, Song's confidante, shouted harshly.
After the death of the original Madam Cao in the main courtyard, she became the most capable maidservant around Song.
Just when I was anxious to do something to gain the Song family's attention, the opportunity came to me.
She gave a few orders, "Close the door, no one can come in."
My mind was racing with thoughts of how to deal with this hot potato.
The little maidservant was still in shock and hadn't recovered yet when Nanny Yan started scolding her, "Useless thing, hurry up and get out of here. Watch out for your skin."
Then he came to Song's side and gave her advice, "Madam, we can't keep him here. If this gets out, it will be the end of us."
The little maids stumbled to close the door, leaning against it with terrified faces, at a loss as to what to do.
Song suppressed her fear and walked closer to the bed, and Xu Yu suddenly opened his eyes!
Those were a pair of bloodshot eyes filled with resentment.
Song gasped and stumbled back.
Xu Yu twisted his body desperately, hatred in his eyes.
Nanny Yan ripped off the bedside belt and said ruthlessly, "The only solution now is to kill him and take him out of the house under the cover of night."
Song was still hesitant, and Nanny Yan continued, "Look at his behavior. Even if we let him go, he won't be a prudent person. He will definitely bite Madam and won't let go. We might as well do it once and for all."
"Don't worry, ma'am, I won't get your hands dirty."
Nanny Yan had been relegated to second place for so many years, and now that she had finally made it out, she wished she could tie herself to the Song family.
A man appeared in the lady's bed. No matter what the reason was, she would definitely not have a good ending in the end.
It’s better to strike first, kill the person and abandon the body, and get everything done.
Whether the Dongyang Marquis' Mansion files a complaint with the emperor or causes a huge uproar, it has nothing to do with the Marquis' Mansion.
"Okay, let's do it." Song finally nodded, and the uneasiness in her eyes turned into sinisterness.
Xu Yu heard it, opened his eyes wide and struggled, making "wuwu" sounds in his mouth that were inaudible.
Only then did Song see clearly that what was stuffed into his mouth was actually her own bellyband.
One corner of her bellyband was still stained with Xu Yu's saliva, which stung her eyes.
"Bitch!" Song squeezed out these two words from between her teeth.
Qu Ling actually dared to humiliate her by stuffing her underwear into the mouth of a foreign man.
Song subconsciously tried to pull it, but then stopped.
What if the sound attracts people...
Her eyes swept over a bronze paperweight on the table, her eyes fierce, she grabbed the paperweight and smashed it hard at Xu Yu's temples.
With a muffled sound, Xu Yu's eyes suddenly widened, his pupils dilated, and then his head tilted and he fainted.
Blood slowly flowed down from his forehead and soaked into the quilt.
"Quick." Song panted and threw the bronze beast aside, "Kill him."
Nanny Yan was eager to make a contribution. She immediately took the belt and stuffed it into the hands of the two little maids who had already been paralyzed by fear. "Go, strangle him to death."
The little maidservant was shaking like a sieve, tears streaming down her face as she shook her head frantically, "This servant... This servant dare not."
Nanny Yan grabbed their hair and said sinisterly, "If you don't go, I'll sell you to a brothel."
She pointed at the unconscious Xu Yu on the bed and said, "Go, from now on you are one of our own. Madam will ensure your prosperity and wealth."
The two maids were disheartened and moved towards the bed tremblingly under Nanny Yan's fierce gaze.
The older one stretched out his hand first, but as soon as he touched Xu Yu's neck, he pulled his hand back as if it was burned.
"Useless thing," Nanny Yan slapped him in the face. "Think about it, your parents are still working on the farm."
This sentence became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
The little maidservant cried as she wrapped the rope around Xu Yu's neck. The two of them shivered, closed their eyes, and pulled hard.
Even in a coma, Xu Yu's survival instinct still made him struggle.
His face quickly turned purple, veins popped out on his forehead, and his feet kicked the bed so hard that it made a thumping sound.
"Hurry!" Nanny Yan held down Xu Yu's kicking legs.
Song watched coldly as Xu Yu's struggle gradually weakened and he finally died.
"This old servant's son is working in the kitchen, doing the shopping. Tomorrow morning, when you leave the house, take him out of the city first. When it gets dark, find a random place to bury him, and no one will know about him anymore."
Song's initial panic had subsided. "That's it."
Nanny Yan and two maids wrapped Xu Yu in a soiled quilt and threw him aside.
After working for half a day, I was out of breath.
I finally made the bed again, but before I could lie down, something happened outside again.
"Madam, something bad has happened. There's a fire in the Forest Garden. The old lady wants you to come over and ask for an explanation—"
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