Chapter 68: Dog bites dog, a mouth full of fur
"Second brother, what you said is really light. Everyone knows that although Second Sister-in-law has a bad temper and likes to make some jealous things, she has always followed Second Brother's lead in major matters outside. Now that Second Sister-in-law has done such a thing, Second Brother said that he knew nothing about it. Who would believe it?"
Zhou Hezhi curled his lips.
"What do you mean, Third Brother?"
"Second brother knows very well what it means. Second sister-in-law is a brainless person to begin with, and now she has come up with such a well-planned thing. It's impossible to think about it. I think it must have been second brother who ordered it." The third lady also echoed.
"You guys!" Zhou Yingzhi gnashed his teeth in anger and kowtowed to the old lady several times, "I really didn't know about this matter, please let me know! The third brother's family has always been dissatisfied with the eldest sister-in-law, and they are eyeing Yi'er covetously. They even regard me as a stumbling block. Now they are talking like this to slander me and get rid of me so that they can benefit from it!"
"If the old lady doesn't believe it, then ask this bitch and see what she has to say. If she says that this matter has something to do with me, then I will definitely not refuse!"
"You say!" The old lady shouted angrily at the second lady.
It turned out that after the second lady arrived here, she started to make a lot of noise and cry, so the old lady asked someone to cover her mouth with a towel.
Now that the old lady was asking questions, the person next to her had already pulled off the towel.
The Second Madam felt her mouth loosen up, and then tears fell. She kowtowed to the Old Madam, "This was my idea alone. It has nothing to do with the Second Master. I just don't like Young Master Yi. I thought that if he died, the family property would be given to our Second House more, so I came up with this foolish idea..."
"Third brother, third sister-in-law, do you have anything else to say?" Zhou Yingzhi shouted at Zhou Hezhi.
Zhou Hezhi and the Third Madam looked at each other and gritted their teeth.
This second wife really listened to Zhou Yingzhi.
Obedient to the point of being stupid! Damn it!
"Madam, this is only the second sister-in-law's one-sided statement. Who knows if she said that just to protect the second brother?" The third lady was full of indignation.
What a fool! Li frowned and sighed in his heart.
It is understandable that the third wife wanted to use this opportunity to bring down the second wife, but she was too eager for quick success and instead made the second wife and her husband stick together.
After all, for the Second Lady, as long as Zhou Yingzhi was saved, the Second Branch would still have hope of making a comeback, and her son would have hope of getting the family property.
Li paused and said, "Come to think of it, why didn't Aunt Qiao come over?"
"Aunt Qiao is pregnant and this matter has nothing to do with her, so she begged the old lady to let her stay in the yard to avoid being frightened and having a miscarriage." Zhou Yingzhi explained.
"That's right. Although Aunt Qiao is just an aunt, the baby in her belly is still the grandson of the Zhou family. The child is innocent. There is no reason for the crime committed by the Second Madam to involve the baby in Aunt Qiao's belly."
Li said, "Plus, Aunt Qiao is smart and polite, and the children she will give birth to in the future will surely be very smart and successful, so we cannot afford any mistakes."
As soon as Li finished speaking, the second wife's face turned pale.
Yes, Aunt Qiao is a smart one.
On the surface, Zhou Yingzhi instructed her to do this, but who knows if it was Aunt Qiao who instructed her to do it? Zhou Yingzhi always protected Aunt Qiao, and Aunt Qiao was not a good person. After she got into trouble, her child had to suffer a lot of grievances at the hands of Aunt Qiao. If Zhou Yingzhi made Aunt Qiao his wife, then Aunt Qiao's child would become a legitimate son, and would be more favored than her, a legitimate son who had lost his mother. What would happen to her child? Now she has shouldered all the responsibilities alone. Isn't this making wedding clothes for others? This is really like being sold and still having to count money for others!
There is absolutely no such thing in this world!
The second lady's anger rushed to her head, and she stiffened her neck and shouted at the old lady, "Old lady, this matter, this matter was ordered by the second master to do me!"
"He was the one who brought the plum blossom dew and medicine powder and asked me to instruct Mother Zheng to find an opportunity to put them into Master Yi's tea or food. He was the one who asked me to do it. It was all him!"
"He also said that as long as Master Yi was gone, and my eldest sister-in-law was a widow and unreliable, the second house would definitely entrust her with important tasks, and the Zhou family's assets would all belong to us. I was blinded by greed, and I was afraid that if I didn't do as he said, the second master would divorce me, so I did such a thing..."
Since she can't live well, then no one should live well! Zhou Yingzhi was furious when he heard this. He slapped the second wife with his hand, and then punched and kicked her. "Bitch, who told you to talk nonsense here!"
"I'm telling the truth, old lady!"
"You bitch, you stupid pig, how dare you betray me!" Zhou Yingzhi punched her again, even harder.
"See, I told you, it was definitely my second brother who did this." Zhou Hezhi raised his chin.
"You're not a clean person either!" After beating up the second wife, Zhou Yingzhi glared at Zhou Hezhi viciously, "You were the one who instigated this!"
"What does this have to do with me? Second brother, please don't drag me into this!" Zhou Hezhi was suddenly panicked.
"Why is it none of your business? Why did you pick plum blossoms and send them to our courtyard? If you hadn't been behind this, how could I have easily won over Mother Zheng? It was you who was causing trouble behind the scenes, and you pushed our second branch to act as a shield in front of us?"
"The only thing I can give as a gift in winter is plum blossoms. My second brother is so vicious. Why do you blame me? I don't know anything about what happened to Mama Zheng..."
"Are you still making excuses here?"
Zhou Yingzhi gritted his teeth and swung his fist towards Zhou Hezhi's face.
Zhou Hezhi was not a good person either, and he and Zhou Yingzhi started fighting.
The yard suddenly became a mess.
None of them are good people. When dogs bite each other, both end up with a mouth full of fur!
Li snorted coldly, bowed, and said to the old lady, whose face was already livid, "Mother, let's leave this matter to the government."
"Tie up these black-hearted bastards and hand them over to the yamen runners to take them back to the yamen and let the county magistrate decide their fate!" the old lady shouted.
The servants and maids in the yard rushed over and tied the man up, gagging those who needed to be gagged and dragging those away.
In an instant, the yard returned to its previous silence.
"After all, this is the stuff that crawled out of my belly. It has evil intentions and is not worthy of being on the stage!" The old lady knocked the cane in her hand loudly and looked at Li, "I am sorry to have wronged you and Yi'er."
"With mother in charge, we won't feel wronged." Li forced a smile.
"I am a person who cares about my reputation the most. No matter how much intrigue there is in my family, I never want to tell others about it. But this matter..."
It's Friday, I wish you all a happy weekend~ I'm invited to play mahjong again tonight, I hope I can win money today...
(End of this chapter)
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