Chapter 7 Don't Blame Your Heart
Despite the screams from the eldest wife, Yue Fuli was not afraid at all. She looked up at Luo Ming and said calmly, "Sir, I have no intention of teasing you. Everything I said is true. My mother, Su Yuanniang, is indeed the mistress of the mansion, and she is indeed lying in the mourning hall at this moment. Because before you came to confiscate the house, she had already hanged herself."
"Hanging himself?" Luo Ming looked at Yue Fuli, thinking of the missing items in the warehouse, and said lightly, "I think he committed suicide out of fear of punishment?"
"Sir, please be careful with your words!"
Luo Ming and Yue Fuli stared at each other for a long time without saying a word. He felt that Yue Fuli was a bit tricky and a little different from the rich ladies he had met.
At least in this situation, no one else would be as calm as her.
If the Yue family committed a crime, Yue Fuli might become a big figure in the future.
Thinking of this, Luo Ming stopped trying to embarrass the first wife. But he was still pent up with anger, and he needed to find someone to vent it on. If the first wife wasn't an option, then the second wife would be the next best option.
So he turned to look at the people in the second house and said, "The things in the first house's storehouse might have been hidden by the deceased Su Yuanniang. So what about your second house's things? Could she have hidden them too?"
"The second house's warehouse is also empty?" Mrs. Wu was surprised.
The second branch of the family had three brothers, all born from the same mother. The eldest, Yue Zhenhu, married a woman named Jiang and had a son and a daughter. The second, Yue Zhenjiang, married a woman named Wu and had a son and two daughters. The third, Yue Zhenhe, married a woman named Hu and had two sons and a daughter.
Yue Zhenhu was the confidant of General Yue Zhenhai and was also the eldest son, so the storehouse of the second house was managed by his wife Jiang.
Although the second branch is not as wealthy as the first branch, nor as wealthy as the public branch, it is still the private property shared by the two branches and three families.
Now the warehouse is empty, could it be that the Jiang family has embezzled it?
Thinking of this, Wu turned to look at Jiang and asked, "Sister-in-law, what's going on?"
"What's going on? How should I know?" Jiang was also confused. It was true that she was in charge of the second house's warehouse, but it had always been there and she had never touched it.
"How could you not know? The key to the warehouse is in your hands." Wu screamed, looking at Jiang as if she were an enemy. There was no trace of the friendship she had when they were discussing taking control of the general's mansion in the house.
Jiang's face turned grim. She really didn't know what was going on with the storehouse, but what about this second sister-in-law? Why was she looking at her like that, as if she had actually embezzled money?
Luo Ming heard the noise and looked at Jiang and asked, "Are you in charge of the second house's warehouse?"
"yes!"
"Then tell me, where did the things go?"
"I don't know." Jiang shook her head. She really didn't know. But Wu didn't think so. She said, "Sister-in-law, you'd better confess. Otherwise, if you anger the master, you will suffer the consequences."
"Mrs. Wu, shut up!" Mrs. Jiang was furious. After scolding Mrs. Wu, she looked at Luo Ming again and said, "I really don't know. Please investigate."
Luo Mingke had no patience. The entire storehouse in the general's mansion was empty. One blamed it on the dead, and the other said he didn't know. In this case, then he should just stay in jail.
He just didn't believe it. How could they still be so stubborn even in prison?
Thinking of this, Luo Ming directly said to the commander of the Imperial Guards, "Shall we take them to jail? Since none of them want to talk, I will interrogate them one by one. Don't blame me for being cruel when the time comes."
When Yue Lingxue heard that she was going to be thrown into prison, she immediately burst into tears, grabbed Wu's hand, and shouted, "Mother, mother, I don't want to be thrown into prison, please ask the adults for mercy."
Not to mention Yue Lingxue, no one present wanted to go to jail, so everyone's eyes fell on the main house and the old lady.
The old lady has the highest seniority and the most noble status. She is a second-rank imperial lady.
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