Chapter 23 Women's Intuition
After listening to what 011 said, Shen Shixu looked at Ma Zhennan with deep sympathy in his eyes, and couldn't help but remind him: "Master Ma, I know it's a bit offensive to say this, but you still have to check some things clearly."
In fact, Shen Shixu didn't want to get involved in this trivial matter, especially this kind of emotional matter. But Ma Zhennan is so sympathetic, and if nothing unexpected happens, the two of them will continue to work together for many years to come.
He felt really bad for having to watch Ma Zhennan hanging around in front of him indifferently with a green hat on his head.
[Brother, you obviously don’t want to get involved in this matter, especially a matter of love, so why did you suddenly remind him? What if this adult misunderstands and scolds you? 】
Shen Shixu was not surprised by 011's question. 011 communicated with him intellectually, and he knew what he was thinking.
[I don't like to meddle in other people's affairs, especially when there's nothing good to be gained from managing this kind of things well, and if I don't manage them well, they will blame you.
But Mr. Ma is such a good person, and especially since we are going to be colleagues in the future, I feel a little guilty just watching him being deceived.
I'm just reminding him this once. If he listens, that's good. If he doesn't, then it's just his fate. 】
Ma Zhennan listened to the conversation between 011 and Shen Shixu. He was grateful that Shen Shixu was willing to remind him out loud.
He was not the kind of person who was ungrateful. He had no relationship with Shen Shixu and at best he was just a colleague he had just met.
People are willing to take the time to give me some advice. Although their words are quite hurtful, they are truly well-intentioned because they are worried that he might be cheated.
The Dali Temple Minister also heard what Shen Shixu said. He was afraid that Ma Zhennan would not know what was good for him, so he also advised, "Yes, what Shen Shaoqing said is not wrong. Zhennan, you need to investigate your successor wife carefully. Some things are too coincidental.
If you don't want to check, then I can help you. If she is really a good person, then everyone will be happy. My checking will not harm your relationship. If it’s not good, you know it in your heart…”
The Dali Temple Minister and Ma Zhennan had worked together for many years, and they were also somewhat related. The Dali Temple Minister's wife and Ma Zhennan's deceased first wife were cousins.
The mother-in-law of the Dali Temple Minister was the aunt of Ma Zhennan’s original wife, so the Dali Temple Minister and Ma Zhennan were both superiors and subordinates, and were also half-brothers-in-law.
There are some things that only the Dali Temple can interfere with. Ma Zhennan knew that his boss and brother-in-law was worried about him. He bowed to Shen Shixu and said, "Thank you for your reminder, Mr. Shen. I will go back and check it out. The thing I asked you to do just now will be put on hold. I will take my leave now."
Ma Zhennan wanted to get to the bottom of the matter as quickly as possible, so he hurriedly pulled the Dali Temple Minister away.
Shen Shixu watched the two people leave, found the file he hadn't finished reading in the morning, and continued reading it.
Here, Ma Zhennan and the Dali Temple Minister called their confidants and tried their best to investigate Ma Zhennan's second wife. Their confidants also knew that the two adults were anxious, so they killed two horses and rushed to find out everything by the afternoon of the next day.
Ma Zhennan's second wife turned out to be the innkeeper's wife. The Dali Temple's confidant asked people around the inn and learned that the innkeeper's wife had a mole between her eyebrows. Because it was in a good location, people joked that she was a blessed person.
One of the people who went with the investigation had seen Ma Zhennan's second wife, and that second wife did have a mole on her forehead. He was a very good painter. He drew the appearance of Ma Zhennan's second wife based on his memory, and then showed it to people who had seen the innkeeper's wife to confirm that it was the same person.
Just when they wanted to capture the innkeeper, they unexpectedly discovered that the innkeeper had disappeared from Yongcheng a few days ago.
Ma Zhennan and the Dali Temple Chief Justice were drinking tea and waiting for news in the courtyard purchased by Dali Temple Chief Justice Dong Daqiang when the Dali Temple Chief Justice's wife Xu Shumin walked in with a group of people.
When Dong Daqiang saw his wife coming, he quickly stood up from his chair, put on a flattering smile on his face, and welcomed his wife to sit down.
"Wife, why are you here? I'm telling you I'm not doing anything bad here. My brother-in-law has some problems and wants to discuss them with me. We're waiting for news here!"
As Dong Daqiang spoke, he winked at Ma Zhennan, indicating that he should help explain. His wife had a bad temper, and if there was a misunderstanding, he would probably have a hard time in the next few days.
After receiving the look, Ma Zhennan quickly chimed in: "Yes, sister, I'm in trouble here and I want my brother-in-law to help. We're just drinking tea here and waiting for news, and we haven't done anything else."
Upon hearing this, Xu Shumin first glanced at her husband with satisfaction, then rolled her eyes at Ma Zhennan and the others as if she had thought of something, "I don't think he would dare to do anything to let me down. As for the news you are waiting for, you don't have to wait. I have brought the person here for you."
"Cui Liu, bring the person up to me."
Cui Liu, the maidservant beside Xu Shumin, walked in with a disheveled man. Ma Zhennan felt that the man looked familiar. He stared at him for a while before realizing that this was the innkeeper from before!
"Sister, when did you catch him?"
Xu Shumin took the tea that Dong Daqiang had poured for her and sipped it carefully before answering, "When I first met your second wife, I felt that she was not a good person, and her eyes were full of restlessness.
But I didn't take it seriously at the time, thinking that it might be because a poor woman had suddenly become rich and her bad habits couldn't be changed in a short time.
It wasn't until not long after that I heard that she was pregnant, and then I realized something was wrong. ”
Xu Shumin glanced at Ma Zhennan and revealed the secret that had been hidden for many years, "Zhennan, you don't know that you and Yuan'er had no children for many years, so Yuan'er asked someone to look for them.
There is nothing wrong with her body; the problem lies with you. In order to prevent you from feeling inferior, she takes the blame on herself.
Although you will not be childless for your entire life, you will have some difficulties in having offspring. When Yuan'er was still alive, she cooked nourishing soup for you every day to nourish your body. However, your body was not well until Yuan'er fell ill and passed away.
From that time on, no one would make nourishing soup for you anymore, because your body simply could not allow a woman to get pregnant so quickly.
So I suspected at the time that you were plotting for that woman. In order to find evidence, I arranged for people to keep an eye on him, and finally found a clue.
On the sixteenth day of every month, she would ask someone to send out some money. I asked someone to follow her and found this man.
I arrested him directly, beat him up severely, and starved him for a few days. I only explained everything to him this morning. ”
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