Everything happened too fast.
The man, knife in hand, shoved aside the servants and maids, and charged straight at the old lady!
"Ah—" Song Ruoying screamed in fright. Ignoring her own grandmother, she grabbed her maid to shield herself and fled backward.
The man's eyes were bloodshot and bulging like copper bells.
He exuded a murderous aura.
Especially that fish-killing knife, the blade is so sharp!
The old woman was so frightened that she kept backing away, but because of her age, she couldn't run away. The people around her saw the man wielding a knife and committing violence, but they didn't dare to step forward.
Her clothes were ripped off, and the man held a knife above his head, shouting, "You old vile woman, give me back my daughter!"
In the old woman's eyes, all she saw was a cold, gleaming blade slashing straight down at her—
"No, no!" The old woman's aged face turned deathly pale with fear, devoid of any color.
His fingers trembled, and the prayer beads fell to the ground.
Just as the man's knife was about to fall, Xiao Zhongxuan suddenly made a move, holding only a pebble in his hand. He flicked the pebble at the man's leg, causing him to groan in pain. As the knife fell, it struck the wrong spot...
It grazed right past the old lady's cheek!
Her hair was instantly disheveled after the hairpin was cut off.
His clothes were torn, and he fell to the ground in a sorry state.
At this moment, the guards of the Duke's mansion stepped forward and seized the man.
"Grandmother!" Shen Zhiyi rushed forward to support the old lady. "Are you alright? Are you alright?"
The old woman's lips were deathly pale. She was so frightened that she was trembling all over. When Shen Zhiyi helped her up, she grasped at the straw as if it were a lifeline. Her lips trembled, and she couldn't utter a single word.
"Where did this thug come from? In broad daylight, he dared to commit murder with a knife and kill my grandmother! Men, beat him to death!" Song Ruoying finally jumped out.
"Let me go! Let me go!" The man struggled violently. He looked to be in his forties and was dressed in a coarse linen shirt. "Kill her? I'd rather tear everyone in your Marquis's mansion to pieces!"
"Who exactly are you?" Shen Zhiyi frowned. "My grandmother is a Buddhist and has always been kind to others. Why would you want to take her life?"
"Sister-in-law, why waste your breath talking to this madman! Just kill him!" Song Ruoying sneered.
"Ruoying!" Shen Zhiyi interrupted her, lowering her voice, "With so many people around, killing someone without asking why, if word gets out, it will be bad for the reputation of the Marquis's mansion and for Grandmother's reputation."
"Listen to your sister-in-law," the old lady finally came to her senses.
At my age, such a shock caused my heart to pound and my breathing to become rapid and disordered.
"What grudge do you have against your grandmother!" Shen Zhiyi stared intently at the man before her. "If you can't give me a reason, I'll immediately hand you over to the authorities, and you'll be in for a world of hurt."
As soon as Shen Zhiyi finished speaking, a middle-aged woman squeezed out from the crowd.
Seeing the man being held down by the guards, she rushed over, shouting, "Master!"
"What are you doing? In broad daylight, are you trying to kill people?"
"He's an absolute scoundrel!" Song Ruoying exclaimed angrily. "It was clearly your husband who tried to kill my grandmother with a knife. He deserved to be beaten to death."
"That's because you got rid of my daughter..."
As the woman spoke, she suddenly sat down on the ground and began to wail and wail loudly:
"Everyone come and see! My daughter, Lin Yaoyao, has been with Song Yuxiu, the heir of the Marquis of Xuanhua's mansion, for more than three years without any official status or title. Now she has disappeared without a trace, neither alive nor dead."
"Heavens above! My daughter is missing, and they even want to kill my husband."
Is there any justice left in this world?
"Just because your Marquis's mansion has power and influence, does that mean you can bully us common people like this? Everyone, come and judge for yourselves! My perfectly good daughter entered the Marquis's mansion, and now she's gone."
Lin's mother threw a tantrum like a shrew, and when the maids tried to stop her, she shook them off.
...
The people immediately started discussing it.
"These are actually the parents of the young master Song's mistress?"
"Didn't the old lady say that she had already let them leave? How come we can't find them?"
The old lady and Song Ruoying both turned pale.
They never expected that the couple in front of them would be Lin Yaoyao's parents. They felt guilty and Shen Zhiyi frowned and said, "Uncle and Aunt, you must have misunderstood. Grandmother said that Lin Yaoyao has already returned to the manor and is probably home by now."
"Don't talk nonsense, my daughter has never left the Marquis's mansion!" Lin's father had already broken free from the guards' restraints.
“We are law-abiding citizens, how can you humiliate us like this?” Lin’s mother started to throw a tantrum again. “When my daughter married Prince Song, she was a virgin.”
Song Ruoying sneered: "A virgin?"
"Your daughter was with my brother, yet she cheated on him, and even dared to have two bastard children claim to be from the Marquis's bloodline!"
"So what! So what!" Lin's mother was a shrew. "My daughter just slept with two more men!"
"She may have made mistakes, but is your Marquis's mansion without fault?"
"Instead of marrying, keep a mistress first!"
"You are just faking marriage, coveting the power and wealth of the Duke's mansion."
"Even if those two children aren't of your Marquis's blood, so what? Your heir did sleep with my daughter for three years!"
These words left everyone speechless.
The language is too rough!
That makes perfect sense.
Regardless, Song Yuxiu did indeed sleep with someone's daughter for three years.
"You must hand over my daughter and two children today, or we will report you to the authorities. Anyway, we have nothing to lose, so why should we be afraid if your family isn't ashamed?" Lin's mother sneered.
The old woman looked embarrassed because she was surrounded by mocking voices.
"Don't worry, we will help you find Lin Yaoyao."
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