Zheng Bingyi was stunned for a moment, and the blood red in his eyes faded.
Chen Zhao ignored him and poured himself a glass of wine. He drank it in one gulp and said, "You must be resentful of me for luring you into this trap and hurting you like this, right? But I don't think I did anything wrong, because you deserved it all!"
Zheng Bingyi was probably not convinced, so he started to go crazy again and smashed the wooden fence hard.
Chen Zhao sneered and looked at him with contempt, his expression full of relief.
"I still remember that year when my sister suddenly told me she'd met her soulmate, how talented he was, how kind and upright he was, and how happy she was, looking forward to getting married and having children with you. Although I can see that you're not a good guy, but my sister likes you, so it's okay for me to support you, a coward.
"What a pity! My sister treated you so well, yet you still left her to become an official. You used the excuse that the south was humid and you were worried that my sister wouldn't be able to adapt. In fact, you just took advantage of the situation, but you were afraid that others would say you were a gigolo!"
"I know all about you running south and marrying Cui, and getting promoted thanks to your father-in-law. But when I told my sister, she didn't believe me!"
A flash of pain flashed across Chen Zhao's eyes, but it disappeared in an instant.
"No, actually my sister believed you, but she didn't want to admit that you had changed your heart. She has been living in a fantasy, and you have been taking the money my sister gave you and supporting your new family with peace of mind! Even your mother's funeral was paid for by my sister!
"My sister died. I admit that half of the blame is on her, but most of it is your fault! Why is she alone in the afterlife while you are so happy in the world? You even want to usurp Ruiyang's title. You are so shameless!
"Now that the Cui family is dead, my sister is probably watching them being tortured in the eighteen levels of hell. I will be there soon.
"How about it, brother-in-law, are you happy?"
Zheng Bingyi's true colors were exposed, and all his viciousness and selfishness disguised as innocence came out to bask in the sun. He was like a punctured ball, deflated and piled up in the wooden fence.
Chen Zhao continued drinking and said with a smile, "Oh, I forgot to tell you. The Sixth Prince will soon be the Emperor. Not only did I help him arrange a lot of military rations and pay, I even gave him most of my wealth. Most importantly, I have a good relationship with the Third Prince of the Grassland. I facilitated the Third Prince to send troops to join forces with the Wei Dynasty to kill the Rakshasa demons. Each of these is a great achievement!"
"I don't want to be an official, so all the credit will go to Ruiyang in the end. He won't be a prince, at worst he's an earl! A ten-year-old earl, isn't that impressive? I was a little worried that he wouldn't be able to hold on!
"But even if you can't make it, it doesn't matter. The worst that can happen is that you won't be an earl! What a pity! It's a pity that you like being an official so much. The earldom will never fall to you anyway!"
Zheng Bingyi was already in despair, his eyes became empty, and it was unclear whether he heard it or not.
Chen Zhao finished his wine and talked happily, so he stood up to pick up the food box.
"Alright, I've said everything I need to tell you. Don't worry too much. I won't really make you wait until autumn. Someone will naturally send you off in a few days. Go and atone your sins. Try not to be a human in your next life. If you don't do well, you will have to suffer this retribution again."
Zheng Bingyi suddenly remembered something and reached out to pull Chen Zhao's robe.
Chen Zhao understood and replied with an even more malicious tone, "You want to meet Ruiyang and expect him to plead for you? You are too naive! This kid and I planned this situation together! He can't wait to eat your flesh and drink your blood!"
"I asked him before I came here, but he wouldn't even look at you! You're such a failure as a father!"
Chen Zhao threw his robe, not caring about Zheng Bingyi falling and roaring silently in unwillingness, then walked out slowly.
The death row is dark, but it is a sunny day outside!
Chen Ruiyang was currently taking a steward to a large compound in the north of the city, where many human traffickers lived. Among them, the one with the largest business and the best connections with the government had just received a lot of good goods.
The human traffickers had just starved these animals for three days to calm them down, and they planned to train them again before selling them.
At this time, the buyer came to the door.
The manager walked aside with the human trafficker and talked in detail for a long time. The human trafficker secretly glanced at Chen Ruiyang and went to the room where the person was imprisoned.
Soon, he brought out a woman, a middle-aged man, a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, and a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old.
Obviously, this is a family of four.
Before the human trafficker could speak, the woman knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chen Ruiyang. "Sir, please buy all four of us away! Please don't separate us! Please have mercy on us, please have mercy on us!"
Chen Ruiyang bent down and helped her up, and asked, "Do you still recognize me? You helped me escape from that yard!"
The old woman was a little confused, but after carefully analyzing it for a while, she suddenly burst into tears of surprise, "Woo woo, little master! It's the little master born to the lady from the north!"
Chen Ruiyang nodded, but didn't say much. He whispered, "You helped me before, and now you're in trouble. It's my turn to rescue you."
After saying that, he signaled the steward to deal with it.
The human trafficker couldn't see through Chen Ruiyang's identity, so he didn't dare to charge him any more and just asked for a fair price.
The four members of the old woman's family are all strong laborers, and they are sold for one hundred taels no matter where they are sold.
When the four government-issued indentures were returned to the old woman, she felt as if she were dreaming and couldn't believe it.
The slaves who were just animals became free people in the blink of an eye. As long as the indenture was submitted to the government office, they would become ordinary people, able to buy property and land, which was better than their previous life in the Zheng family!
This time, the old woman and her family all knelt down, crying and kowtowing, refusing to stop until their foreheads turned purple.
Chen Ruiyang stood up again and helped them up, saying, "Evil will be punished, and good will be rewarded. I just did what I should do. But you must also remember that no matter where you go in the future, don't talk too much about my time in that house. This will only benefit you, not harm you!"
The old woman nodded vigorously. She was not a fool. Although she didn't know the whole story, her masters were all dead, and the young master who had been treated harshly by their masters suddenly appeared. She could guess some clues.
Chen Ruiyang took out a few small-denomination silver bills, stuffed them into the hands of the old woman, then waved his hand and left.
The old woman cried even harder. Actually, she had only been moved by compassion at the time. She felt that all the money she received was actually given by the lady in the north. She couldn't bear to see her son suffer, so she lent a hand.
Who would have thought that she and her entire family would be saved because of this...
As the sun was setting, the aroma of food wafted from the Tai family's courtyard. Yang Lihua was standing in front of the door, holding Zhuzhu.
Yang Lihua whispered, "Zhuzhu, let's go back and eat. Your uncle and Brother Ruiyang won't be back at this time! If you miss them, I'll send someone to tell them to come back for dinner tomorrow."
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