Chapter 105 Miss Mo Knows the Truth
Miss Mo Er was not as gentle and graceful as the women of Jiangnan. Even though she was pregnant, she had a heroic air about her and seemed to have a very straightforward personality.
After hearing Zhang Qiuhe's words, she took out a lot of incense pills and handed them to Zhang Qiuhe, asking, "How much silver is there in total?"
Zhang Qiuhe was stunned and stood there, not reaching out to take it for a long time.
Du Wanchun quickly came over and roughly calculated, "Madam, it's a total of six taels of silver."
Miss Mo quickly took out six taels of silver from her bosom and handed it to Du Wanchun.
After taking the silver, Du Wanchun smiled at her and said, "Madam, I don't think I've seen you before. You must be from out of town."
Miss Mo liked the Zhou family's incense quite a bit, so she was happy to chat with Du Wanchun. "No, we are from Cheng'an County, but we used to live outside the Great Wall for many years."
Du Wanchun feigned surprise and said, "Outside the pass, there are frequent battles there. My sister Zhang's husband is serving in the army there."
After saying that, he looked at Zhang Qiuhe to the side.
Miss Mo nodded slightly and said, "There are indeed many wars outside the pass, but things have gotten much better in recent years."
Du Wanchun immediately added, "Madam, could I ask you for a favor?"
Miss Mo asked, "What is it?"
Du Wanchun quickly said, "My sister Zhang's husband went to the border to join the army three years ago. Now the child is over two years old and he still hasn't returned. So I would like to ask you, madam, to help me inquire and see if he is still alive."
Upon hearing this, Miss Mo suddenly remembered what happened yesterday and looked at Zhang Qiuhe, "Is the Sister Zhang you're talking about her?"
Du Wanchun nodded.
Miss Mo frowned slightly. "Yesterday, she almost mistook my husband for her husband."
Zhang Qiuhe listened with her head down, biting her lower lip, her body trembling slightly.
Du Wanchun deliberately shielded her behind her and continued, "Sister Zhang is indeed missing her husband too much."
Miss Mo was quite kind-hearted and asked directly, "What is her husband's name? I'll send someone to find out."
Du Wanchun slowly said, "Her husband's surname is Liu, and his name is Shengyuan."
Miss Mo was taken aback. "My husband's surname is also Liu."
Du Wanchun then added, "Liu Shengyuan is his nickname; he also has a formal name, Liu Hansheng."
He didn't have a formal name or a nickname; Liu Hansheng was the name he specially changed for himself after he married the second young lady of the Mo family.
Miss Mo looked shocked. "Really named Liu Hansheng?!"
As she spoke, she cautiously sized up Du Wanchun.
Then, Du Wanchun stopped being mysterious and asked, "Madam, have you heard the story of Chen Shimei?"
Miss Mo remained silent with a sullen face.
Du Wanchun slowly said to herself, "There was a man named Chen Shimei who was very loving towards his wife. Later, he went to the capital to take the imperial examination and became the top scholar. He was then chosen by the emperor to be the emperor's son-in-law. His wife saw that Chen Shimei had not been heard from for several years, so she took her son to the capital to find her husband. However, Chen Shimei not only refused to acknowledge her, but also sent people to chase and kill the mother and son in the middle of the night."
As Miss Mo listened, her face gradually paled. Fortunately, she was not a weak woman who had been confined to her chambers for a long time. She asked Du Wanchun seriously, "So, you want to tell me that my husband is Chen Shimei, and that he abandoned Sister Zhang who is by your side."
Du Wanchun nodded with her eyebrows curved.
Miss Mo snorted coldly and said, "Why do you think I would believe you instead of my own husband just because of a few words from you?"
Du Wanchun calmly said, "Madam, you should know from your time in the army that every Han soldier who joins the army will be registered in the household register. If you don't believe me, you can go back to the manor and check your husband's household register to see if he is from Changliu Village, Cheng'an County."
Miss Mo was taken aback.
Then, Du Wanchun turned her head and whispered a few words in Zhang Qiuhe's ear.
Zhang Qiuhe took out the poisoned pastry from her bosom and handed it to Miss Mo. "Madam, actually, Liu Shengyuan came to see me yesterday after he saw me. He also brought these pastries with him."
Miss Mo raised her eyes and recognized it immediately. It was a pastry from Su Xiang Pavilion. She had asked Liu Shengyuan to buy it several times after she returned.
Zhang Qiuhe's hands trembled slightly. "He bought these pastries for me and my child. They looked nice and smelled delicious, but they were poisonous."
The words "poisonous" struck Miss Mo like a bolt from the blue.
Miss Mo suddenly realized the seriousness of the matter, and her brows slowly furrowed.
Her husband was indeed acting strangely last night. He said he was going out to buy her some pastries, but he didn't come back until midnight, and when he did, he was covered in wasp stings.
There are generally no wasps in Cheng'an County; they are only found in nearby villages.
How could someone who just went out to buy pastries suddenly get stung by wasps? And their feet were covered in mud.
So her husband lied to her last night.
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