Chapter 1539 Finding Out the Truth
Shu Yu took the child from her arms, sat opposite the old lady, and while playing with Xiao Zaozao, recounted what had happened in the courtroom.
The old lady sighed upon hearing this, "That Chen family is really good at causing trouble. Chen Ji is so calculating. Even if he is a scholar who has read many books, his character is really bad. Qiu Ju deserves it. If she hadn't gotten involved with Scholar Chen, she would still be Miss Kong's maid. If Chen Ji wanted to give her away, he would have to get Miss Kong's consent."
As it turned out, she wasn't Kong Zhiyou's maid, but a concubine of the Chen family. So, what did the Chen father and son have to say?
The old lady shook her head and sighed, then asked, "How is Miss Kong?"
The old lady was unaware of the discord between Kong Zhiyou and Shu Yu Ding Yuehua. She only knew that when her granddaughter came of age, the girl had also come to give gifts. Although she didn't seem very familiar with A-Yu, they were acquaintances and had some connection, so she couldn't help but pay some attention to her.
This was the first time she had heard that Miss Kong had been murdered while six months pregnant. The Chen family was like a den of wolves, even more unreasonable than the shrewish families in their village, actually protecting the murderer, Qiu Ju.
If she encountered something like that, the old lady would definitely fight her husband to the death.
Shu Yu shook her head. "I don't know, but now the Chen family only has Chen Xiucai. Without his father as an elder to keep him in check, he probably wouldn't dare to do anything. Kong Zhiyou also has the Kong family behind her, which is bigger and more powerful than the Chen family. Having already learned her lesson, she probably won't suffer again."
The old lady thought about it and agreed. After sharing her thoughts on the incident, she changed the subject.
In the afternoon, Meng Yunzheng arrived. He acted quickly, having already understood the intentions of the aunt in Liufang Lane.
It was indeed related to Chenji.
"Chen Ji deliberately approached that aunt and praised her son for being intelligent, saying that if he studied and learned to read, he would surely pass the imperial examinations. Later, he said that he was eager to find talented people and wanted to take him as a student, but although he had the title of Xiucai, he was too old and his performance in the examinations was so-so. He was afraid that taking him in would mislead other students."
Chen Ji guided the aunt to automatically think of Meng Yunzheng. Chen Ji had analyzed it for her: Meng Yunzheng had passed the imperial examinations three times, showing great ability, and was the most suitable person to mentor her. In addition, the other party lived in Liufang Lane, among the neighbors, so it would be inconvenient to collect money from them.
That auntie was tempted, wasn't she? But she also knew that Meng Yunzheng, though he seemed kind, was actually not easy to talk to.
So Chen Ji gave her another idea: to leave her son at Meng Yunzheng's door to guard him.
Chen Ji then pretended to be very concerned about the progress of the child being accepted as an apprentice, coming over from time to time to inquire and offer suggestions.
Whether it was the auntie or the child, how could they be a match for Chen Ji? Most of them were coaxed into saying everything by him.
In other words, Chen Ji placed a child who wouldn't be suspected next to Meng Yunzheng to keep an eye on his movements, and Meng Yunzheng was completely unaware of this and was thoroughly used.
However, now that Chen Ji is dead, and murdered in such a manner, the aunt knew he wasn't a good person and began to doubt his claims, deeming him unreliable. At the very least, when Meng Yunzheng came to their door, the aunt was still cursing Chen Ji, so she probably wouldn't let her son guard the Meng family's door anymore.
However, even after figuring out the truth, the mysterious person still had no clues.
(End of this chapter)
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