Chen Chuan kicked him away, and it took him a long time to react.
Ignoring him, Li Lao Er pried open the old woman's mouth again and said, "Tell me how you poisoned your old lady to death."
poison?
Everyone present gasped in shock.
The old woman cried with snot and tears streaming down her face, and she too immediately cried out that she was innocent.
"It wasn't me, it wasn't me who killed the old lady!"
"It was the second master who found me and said he could help me send my children to Luo'an Academy to study, sob sob."
“Our family has been slaves for generations, but in this generation, a promising student has emerged and redeemed himself, becoming a free person. I couldn’t resist agreeing to the second master’s request.”
"The second master said that if the medicine powder is added to the tea, it will make the old lady sleep better."
"I didn't know it was poison that would cause the old lady to fall into a deep sleep and die!"
"I'm innocent! I really didn't mean it! I was just tricked by the Second Master!"
Before she could finish speaking, Madam Chen Er jumped up and started yelling like a cat with its fur standing on end.
"You lowly servant, how dare you slander your master? Do you have a death wish?"
"In Xinduli, everyone knows that our Second Master is the most filial, even the First Master and the Third Master can't compare to him."
"You can't frame our master, no matter who you're framing! You're blind as a bat!"
The old woman got really anxious when she was questioned, and she started yelling.
"It's all fake, fake! The Second Master wasn't born to the Old Madam at all! How could he possibly be truly filial to the Old Madam!"
"My mother was the old lady's dowry maid, and the second master was even born under my mother's watch!"
"My mother said that as soon as the Second Master was born, his biological mother suffered a massive hemorrhage and died, and then he was taken to be raised by the Old Madam. The old folks back then should all know this!"
"The old lady is kind-hearted and has always raised the second master as her own son. The family genealogy is also recorded under her name."
"But the Second Master... the Second Master suddenly came to me and asked me to drug the Old Madam. I was quite surprised!"
The Chen family members were so shocked that their eyes almost popped out of their sockets!
I originally thought the Chen family was a happy and harmonious family, with brothers getting along well.
Who would have thought that such a big secret was hidden?
But Chen Chuan and Master Chen still couldn't believe it. After all, they had been brothers for so many years. While the two of them were away on official business, the second son had been in charge of all the household affairs. He had never caused them any trouble and had always helped them in any way he could.
Even when the second son goes out shopping, he always brings back a box of good snacks to show his respect to his elderly mother.
They are afraid of the heat in summer and the cold in winter, so they are taken care of very thoroughly.
Even the old lady herself said that the second son was the most filial of her three sons.
How is that possible?
How could the second son have killed their mother?!
"No, you're talking nonsense! It absolutely couldn't be the second brother!" Chen Chuan's eyes were red. He wanted to say that the Li family had bribed the servants to frame his second brother and embarrass his family.
But the Li family has already cleared themselves of the blame for Chen He's death, so there's no need to falsely accuse the second brother of killing their elderly mother.
Even if it's a frame-up, it should be him who's being framed!
Master Chen also said, "That's impossible. Even if the second son isn't our mother's biological son, he wouldn't kill her. He's the most filial son!"
Li Lao Er glanced at the two brothers with pity, and when he saw people coming from the village in the distance, he said, "The filial brothers you mentioned have arrived. Ask them yourselves."
"If it weren't for your insistence on pinning Chen He's death on my family, we really wouldn't want to get involved in any of your messy affairs!"
The Chen family members looked grim, but there was nothing they could do but suffer in silence.
Chen Lao Er has been kept at Dr. Zhang's place for some time now.
Firstly, it's safe there; no one who goes in can escape.
Secondly, it's also a way to make use of waste; Chen Lao Er made a lot of contributions to the prescription for quitting Furong Ointment...
Unfortunately, Dr. Zhang was never thorough or meticulous.
Once the prescription was figured out, Chen Lao Er tossed it aside.
I'll throw in a steamed bun if I remember occasionally, and go hungry for a few days if I don't.
So, if given the choice, Chen Lao Er would rather join his family in wielding a pickaxe!
By now, he was so thin he was barely recognizable as a human, and his face was ashen from the cold. Upon seeing the Chen family, he rushed forward as if he had seen his saviors, and burst into tears.
"Big brother, third brother! Quickly give me some food, I'm starving!"
After saying that, he spotted his wife again with his sharp eyes, and jumped for joy.
"Madam, are you here to pick me up? Can we go home now?"
Madam Chen's expression was complicated, a mixture of heartache, unfamiliarity, and guilt.
When her husband asked her a question, she not only didn't reply, but instead stood back a little further.
Master Chen paused for a moment, instinctively sensing something was wrong.
Looking at the servants and old woman on the ground, his heart suddenly plummeted from his chest and shattered into pieces.
It's happened!
He instinctively took two steps back, his eyes darting around. Before he could come up with a solution, Chen Chuan pounced on him and grabbed his collar hard.
"Second brother, tell me! Did you kill Mother? Did you send Chen He's hibiscus ointment to the army camp?"
"Cough cough, let go of me, listen to me!" Chen Lao Er tore at Chen Chuan's arm.
Perhaps he was too excited, because he suddenly had difficulty breathing, and snot and tears streamed down his face.
Chen Chuan was startled. As soon as he let go, Chen Lao Er collapsed to the ground, trembling and convulsing as if his heart was being torn apart.
No one knew what had happened, especially since Madam Chen the Second had already begun to complain to Chen Chuan, "Third brother, the matter hasn't been clarified yet! How could you strangle your second brother to death!"
Chen Chuan frowned. He had been working for so long and had indeed become much stronger, but he shouldn't have been able to strangle someone without realizing it.
At this moment, Li Lao Er spoke up.
"He didn't have a problem from being strangled; he was having a nicotine craving."
Sure enough, Chen Lao Er caught his breath and, not caring who was in front of him, pulled up his trouser leg and started shouting.
"Give me a cigarette! Give me a puff, quick! I'm dying, give me a puff!"
Li Lao Er disgustedly shook him off and took two steps back.
Chen Chuan, suppressing his shock, squatted down and asked, "Second Brother, as long as you tell the truth, I'll find you some hibiscus ointment!"
"Did you have the old woman poison Mother to death? Did you give Xiao He the hibiscus ointment?"
Chen Lao Er was in extreme distress, rolling on the ground and shouting.
"No, no! I don't know! Give me a puff, I'm going to die!"
"Give me some tobacco! Give me some tobacco!"
Chen Chuan was about to speak when Li Lao Er said, "Wait until you have half a cup of tea, then he won't be so stubborn anymore!"
Everyone remained silent, except for Chen Lao Er, who rolled on the ground, even grabbing stones and hitting his head. Finally, he couldn't hold on any longer and started shouting like a madman.
"It wasn't me who harmed Xiao He! Xiao He went to Yaochi with me before and we tasted the hibiscus cream together."
"Later, I heard that Xiao He went to the military camp, and the manager of Yaochi asked me to send Xiao He some hibiscus cream."
"He would give me a free portion as long as I delivered it! I didn't know it would kill Xiao He! I didn't know!"
Chen Chuan could no longer hold back. He straddled Chen Lao Er, raised his hand and slapped him hard several times, crying and cursing, "You're his own uncle! How could you take him to get hibiscus ointment?"
"You still have the nerve to lie? After Xiao He died, you kept urging us to seek revenge on the Li family."
"You just want to cover up the fact that you killed Xiao He, don't you?"
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