Chapter 404 He's really gone mad
Mei Qingyun was completely stunned, staring blankly at him, not understanding why he had suddenly gone crazy. But seeing his ferocious face and his eyes fixed on her, it seemed that something really was wrong. However, she hadn't done anything recently, and even those glamorous concubines hadn't made things difficult for her. So she immediately concluded that he was unhappy and was looking for trouble, wanting to make her unhappy as well.
Thinking this, Mei Qingyun glared at him coldly and said irritably, "Wei Heng, if you're going to go crazy, go find your concubines. They're obedient and well-behaved and can go crazy with you. Don't spout nonsense to me."
Lord Wei, however, thought she was pretending to be stupid. His face grew even darker, his gaze turned icy, and he gritted his teeth as he questioned, "Don't play dumb with me. Hand over the thing. If it falls into someone else's hands, it's no laughing matter."
Upon hearing this, Mei Qingyun was slightly taken aback. Looking at her husband's tense and urgent expression, and even a hint of panic in his eyes, she frowned and belatedly realized that he was not acting crazy for no reason. So she asked, "What is it?"
"Are you still playing dumb with me?" Lord Wei frowned, his anger intensifying. He tightened his grip on her shoulders and warned in a low voice, "Mei Qingyun, I can let other things slide if you make a fuss with me, but this is no joke. It concerns the fate of our whole family. Hand over the things now, and I can let bygones be bygones and pretend this never happened."
However, Mei Qingyun genuinely had no idea what he was talking about. Her shoulders ached from his grip, and although she tried to break free, she couldn't. She was furious: "Wei Heng, what are you asking me to hand over? What have I taken from you? What do you have that I would want to take?"
Lord Wei stated directly: "Only you have access to the account books and letters. Only you can secretly take the key to the secret room in the study while I'm asleep. Even now, are you still pretending to be stupid?"
"Account books, letters?"
Upon hearing this, Mei Qingyun was completely stunned. Her eyes widened in surprise as she looked at Wei Heng. Based on her years of understanding of Wei Heng, she knew what he was talking about. But she really hadn't taken it. The key was always with Wei Heng, and no one else could have gotten it. The fact that he was questioning her like this today meant that someone must have tampered with the ledgers and letters. But who could it be?
Wei Heng slowly released her shoulders, stood in front of her, looked down at her, and said coldly, "Do you think that if you give these things to Gu Jingxi, he will treat you differently? If it were before, before he got married, he would have been obsessed with you and would have saved you from your predicament if you had gone back to him. But now, he has a young and beautiful wife. Even if you give him the things, it doesn't mean he will save you. Maybe she will still hold a grudge against you for abandoning him back then, and in the end, you will only suffer along with me."
After hearing this, Mei Qingyun stared at him quietly for a long while, then suddenly burst into laughter, laughing so hard that she shook her head. Her laughter was tinged with madness, and her voice was filled with amusement: "So, you mean the account books and letters have disappeared? Wei Heng, are you so sure that I took them and that no one else did?"
Lord Wei retorted, "If not you, then who?"
Mei Qingyun scoffed and said disdainfully, "I, Mei Qingyun, have always been someone who either does something or doesn't do it. I haven't touched your account books and letters. As for who might have touched your account books and letters, you should use your brain and think carefully about who is most likely to do so."
Now, Mei Qingyun had a vague suspicion that Gu Jingxi might not be simply returning to his hometown to pay respects to his ancestors, but rather had ulterior motives. She knew who was responsible for the deaths of the two former magistrates of Deqing County. The imperial court had sent officials to investigate the matter twice. The first official who came died a violent death, which was also caused by her husband, Wei Heng. The second official who came was too incompetent and failed to find anything, which is why he was able to return alive. Gu Jingxi was most likely here for this very reason.
Gu Jingxi?
Lord Wei was in turmoil and found it hard to believe, because after Gu Jingxi arrived in Huzhou, he had been keeping an eye on him and had not seen Gu Jingxi go out to do anything. Even if he did go out, it was only to accompany Madam Gu on outings, and there was no sign of him investigating the case at all.
Looking at his shocked and panicked expression, Mei Qingyun curled her lips and smiled, "Wei Heng, look at this, this is the difference between you and Gu Jingxi. Before you even knew what he was doing, he had already obtained evidence to kill you. You can never compare to him in this lifetime."
"You crazy woman, you've really gone mad!" Lord Wei glared at her with a mixture of anger and resentment, and said angrily, "You hate me that much? You'd rather both of us be injured than let me die?"
Mei Qingyun naturally knew that he was in trouble and that she couldn't escape unscathed either. But looking at his murderous expression, she felt unusually calm. She had been fighting and entangled with him for so many years, and she was tired. Wasn't death a kind of relief? If only she died, it would be a loss, but now that Wei Heng was taking the fall, it was quite good.
Mei Qingyun smiled faintly, her tone unusually calm: "Wei Heng, I have never said a bad word about you to Gu Jingxi. In front of him and his wife, I always acted as if we were loving and harmonious. Who knows how he knew there was something in your study? Perhaps this is retribution for you and me. I am vicious, but how good are you? You didn't even spare that craftsman's three-year-old child, just because he saw with his own eyes how his father died."
Lord Wei naturally didn't believe her words and was so angry that his eyes turned red: "If it wasn't you, then who was it? The person who secretly built the secret room back then has already gone to see the King of Hell. Besides me, only you know about it. Moreover, the entrance to the secret room is so well hidden that the mechanism cannot be opened without my key, unless the mechanism is destroyed, but there are no signs of damage to the mechanism."
Upon hearing this, Mei Qingyun was taken aback. In a flash, she suddenly remembered something. Last time she talked to Meng Jinyao, she mentioned the study more than once, but she was talking about things that had nothing to do with her husband’s embezzlement and bribery. How could Meng Jinyao know that she was implying something?
Seeing her stunned, Lord Wei became even more certain that it was her doing. Enraged, he raised his hand and slapped her across the face, saying hatefully, "Mei Qingyun, you are truly despicable! You were the one who abandoned him back then, and you are the one who can't forget him now. He has already married, yet you are still shamelessly clinging to him. Do you think that if you report me for him, he will abandon his current wife and be with you?"
Mei Qingyun's face was numb from the slap. Just as she was about to stand up and retaliate, she saw him turn around and stride away, leaving her with a resolute back view.
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