The night wind suddenly picked up speed, whistling in through the window like the cry of a ghost.
Lu was even more frightened, and every part of her body was trembling.
Even so, she still held the box tightly in her hand.
The sneer on Gu Qing's lips grew thicker as he played with the dagger in his hand. The blade shone coldly under the candlelight.
Mrs. Lu widened her eyes and looked at her warily and cautiously.
"It seems that you don't accept my toast and have to drink the penalty wine."
Gu Qing suddenly stepped forward and the dagger fell with lightning speed.
Seeing this, Lu suddenly shouted, "No, no!"
"I'll give it to you! I'll give it to you!"
The dagger stopped just before Lu's heart. The atmosphere in the room was extremely heavy. Gu Qing finally laughed out loud: "It would have been better if we did this earlier. It wouldn't have been hard for either of us."
Mrs. Lu handed the box to Gu Qing, her face as pale as death.
Who are these two people?
Just now they called Zhang Bin "Master Zhang" and threatened to be buried with Zhang Bin. Could they be Zhang Bin's men?
But Zhang Bin is dead, why would his subordinates come to find me?
Across from him, Gu Qing weighed the sandalwood box in his hand, his eyes wandering towards Mrs. Lu: "Is this box filled with the silver that Master Zhang gave you?"
"Are you Zhang Bin's man?"
Knowing that she couldn't escape, Mrs. Lu actually adopted an attitude of facing death with indifference, and her previous fear also subsided a lot.
Chen Zhizhou raised his eyebrows and tightened the sword against her neck.
The stinging sensation of the blade piercing her skin hit her. Mrs. Lu bit her lower lip tightly and said with her neck stiff, "Kill me, and you won't be able to ask anything!"
"interesting."
Gu Qing couldn't help but admire the second wife.
No wonder the Chen family was played around in her hands in the previous life. Mrs. Lu is really not a simple woman.
"You're quite courageous. Every banknote bears the seal of the government, and its origin can be traced. Even if you deny it, we can still find a way to convict you."
Gu Qing's words made Mrs. Lu, who had just raised her head, retract it again.
Mrs. Lu was furious. "Who are you? Zhang Bin gave me this silver. Is he going to take it back?"
Chen Zhizhou sneered.
Only now did he truly understand that the Chen family would sooner or later be corrupted from within.
The third wife spends all day thinking about how to plot against the first wife, while the second wife is trying to kill the first wife in a roundabout way. No matter how successful they become, the Chen family will eventually perish in their hands!
Seeing Chen Zhizhou's cold and gloomy expression, Gu Qing was afraid that he would lose his temper and kill Mrs. Lu, so he continued, "We are Mr. Zhang's people. If we want to protect Mr. Zhang's family, the silver must not fall into your hands."
"Are you Zhang Bin's men?"
Hearing this, Mrs. Lu seemed to relax a bit, but then she angrily said, "Since you're Zhang Bin's man, take the money and get out of here. How dare you do this to me?!"
"Don't you know that I'm the Second Madam of the Chen Mansion? My third nephew is a favorite of the current Third Prince and His Majesty. He's very popular in the capital and has a promising future. Watch out for your heads!"
Gu Qing and Chen Zhizhou's expressions became even more strange after hearing this.
After a moment's silence, Chen Zhizhou spoke first, his face full of sarcasm: "This is truly a joke. You know what you did today will lead to the death of your promising nephew."
Mrs. Lu's expression changed slightly, but she didn't respond. She frowned and said, "I've already given you the silver. Why aren't you leaving?"
"Madam, why are you so anxious? Do you know a maid named Cuiping?" Gu Qing did not explain clearly, but just looked at Lu's expression carefully.
She looked suspicious. "This is the maid of the Chen family's third daughter-in-law. What happened to her? Did Gu Qing discover something and ask her to follow me?"
Lu's observation and perception were very sharp. Even Gu Qing's face under the mask became a little serious. "Maybe. She disappeared before we could make a move. But was it you who did it?"
"How is it possible! I didn't even know she was here! How dare this damn girl follow me?!" Mrs. Lu talked to herself.
Chen Zhizhou and Gu Qing looked at each other.
Did Lu really not know?
Her reaction didn't seem fake, but this woman's cunning was evident just now. What if she was deliberately trying to confuse people...
"You really don't know?" Chen Zhizhou grabbed her collar, the knife almost touching her neck, leaving a bloody mark.
"I don't know! I don't know! I really don't know!" Mrs. Lu was extremely frightened, and the arrogant attitude she had just shown disappeared.
Only then did she understand that the two men around Zhang Bin were desperate criminals who even dared to kill the families of officials.
"You better behave yourself these few days and don't make any moves, otherwise we will take your life at any time!" As soon as Gu Qing finished speaking, the candle in the room was blown out.
The two of them disappeared in an instant.
Mrs. Lu was like a kite with a broken string. She collapsed to the ground powerlessly, gasping for breath, and her tears fell to the ground uncontrollably.
All her plans were ruined! Ruined! The silver she had worked so hard to obtain was snatched away.
Even after Zhang Bin died, he was still looking for trouble with me! And Gu Qing!
She must have suspected me, otherwise why would she be so attentive today?
That way, everything fits together!
Lu raised her head in the darkness, staggered back to the bed, clutched the corner of the quilt tightly, and vented in a low voice.
Zhang Bin is under investigation, and sooner or later the investigation will reach the second wife. It would be better to go all out and put the blame on the idiot in the third wife, and watch them fight each other.
Thinking of this, she hurriedly lifted the pillow and carefully took out the silver note from under the pillow.
Under the night.
Moonlight streamed through the thin window, and a crazy smile played on Lu's lips.
Third wife, just be a scapegoat this time. You look down on the Chen family anyway, so just consider it as helping your second sister-in-law.
On the other side, Chen Zhizhou and Gu Qing returned to their own rooms.
The two men took off their masks and sat on the couch, with the stolen money they had just snatched from Lu in front of them.
Gu Qing pushed the box towards Chen Zhizhou and said, "We now have evidence that the Second House and Zhang Bin embezzled the stolen money. You can take it back and report it to the Third Prince."
Chen Zhizhou's face looked extremely ugly, and Gu Qing knew what he was thinking.
It's just that he was disappointed with the second wife.
Over the years, the first wife has been patient with the second and third wives, and has always considered them when there are benefits. Now they are repaying her with evil!
Gu Qing held his hand and comforted him softly: "It's better to see it clearly to prevent hidden dangers in the future."
Hearing this, Chen Zhizhou pulled the person into his arms and said, "Thanks to you, Madam. If you hadn't reminded me, I might have missed the second room."
"Zhang Bin bribed the Second House in order to confuse me in my investigation of the stolen money. If one day my power declines, I'm afraid the Second House will push the stolen money onto me!"
Gu Qing couldn't deny it.
After all, this was the truth in her previous life, and she felt heartbroken when she thought of it.
"What are you going to do with the second room?"
Gu Qing frowned, fearing that it would be difficult to talk to Chen's parents.
"They have committed such a heinous crime that they deserve to be put to death!"
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