Chapter 55 The Sucker
"Young Master He?"
He Xing was lost in thought, and Xiao Xi called out to him.
Jiang Baozhu gave a cold laugh, then continued to stare at Jin Shi and Li Niang. Her father didn't know that He Xing was an ingrate, but she did.
In her past life, she also experienced some things. She was unable to speak and always felt insecure. Whenever she encountered a small problem, she would seek help from her parents or hide away.
By the time Jiang Baozhu turned eighteen, there was still no improvement. Her parents were very loving. Her mother had been in poor health when she fled famine with her father, and she was also bedridden because of her mother's worries.
Mrs. Xu was worried that she would not be able to continue her marriage and that her daughter would have to observe three years of mourning, so she insisted on letting Jiang Baozhu get married so that she could close her eyes in peace.
Jiang Huai was at a loss. Choosing someone he didn't know was not as good as choosing He Xing, who often visited Jiang Baozhu at the Jiang family.
Not long after their marriage, Madam Xu passed away, and Jiang Huai's health deteriorated further.
Just then, He Xing brought a courtesan home from the brothel. In front of Jiang Huai, he hugged and kissed her, which made Jiang Huai so angry that he vomited blood and died on the spot.
Jiang Baozhu lost her parents one after another and was in a daze, unaware of the truth.
He Xing treated her very well, being extremely considerate, and subtly inquired about the Jiang family's wealth in his words and conversations.
Jiang Baozhu never participated in running the shop and knew nothing about it.
Finally, one day, He Xing spent a large sum of money to sell off all of the He family's shops, and through connections, he became a minor official.
Because he didn't have much money on hand, He Xing finally couldn't hold back and tortured Jiang Baozhu severely, forcing her to reveal the whereabouts of the gold and silver treasures hidden by the Jiang family.
"Miss Jiang, you don't know, do you? Heh, you're just a pawn in my game."
"Your sickly mother should have died long ago. You don't know how your father died, do you? Haha, he was driven to his death by me!"
He Xing revealed his ugly side, making no attempt to hide what he had done.
Jiang Baozhu hated her own cowardice back then, knowing only how to cry but having no other recourse.
That very night, Xiao Xi, who was already married, secretly returned and let her go. However, Xiao Xi was caught by He Xing and tortured to death.
At that time, Xiao Xi was already pregnant. The shock caused her to miscarry and bleed to death.
Jiang Baozhu ran to the riverbank and thought about her life. She felt truly sad and realized she had let her parents down.
The He family has fallen, and she has no relatives left. Alone, where can she go?
What's the point of living? If she could do it all over again, she would definitely expose He Xing's true colors, make him pay for his sins, and avenge her parents, herself, and Xiao Xi!
Filled with intense hatred, Jiang Baozhu jumped into the river to commit suicide, but unexpectedly, when she opened her eyes, she found herself back at the age of fourteen.
Unlike everything else, not long after she woke up, a little maid named Lin Yuesha came to the manor.
Lin Yuesha was someone who had never appeared in her previous life. She thought of asking her father about her, but she couldn't say too much and expose herself right away, so she could only proceed step by step.
It seems the little girl is really clever, especially seeing He Xing's constipated expression, it's just so satisfying!
With her blood feud with her enemy right before her eyes, Jiang Baozhu used all her strength to suppress her hatred and prevent He Xing from noticing.
Inside the courtroom, Jin and Liniang continued their struggle.
Jin insisted that Li Niang, being in the Ma family, could not possibly be unaware of the situation.
"My lord, I truly had no idea."
Li Niang was a delicate and timid girl who seemed like she deserved a beating, but she was actually quite cowardly. After she became pregnant, she often fell into a deep sleep. That night, she was sleeping soundly, and the Ma family was not at home, so she did not notice anything amiss.
"You say you didn't notice anything? Chen Dahua is dead, so you're Lao San's second wife."
Jin was determined to drag Li Niang down with her. She now hated the young widow to the core. In her heart, Jin believed that without the flirtatious Li Niang, the Ma family would be peacefully waiting for the New Year.
Li Niang's seductive charm was too much for Ma Laoda, a hot-blooded man, to handle, which is why he set his sights on Chen Dahua.
"Do you think I'd be interested in being Ma Laosan's wife?"
Seeing that she couldn't explain herself, Li Niang sneered. Now that things had come to this, she decided to just tell the truth.
"My lord, the child in my belly is not Ma Laosan's."
Li Niang's words caused Jin Shi's eyes to widen, while outside the courtroom, it was as quiet as a chicken's.
The onlookers all thought they had misheard. If Liniang's child wasn't Ma Laosan's, then whose was it?
Lin Yuesha was not surprised at all by the truth. How could someone as disgusting and vicious as Ma Laosan be worthy of having descendants?
Did he think that just because his older cousin died, he could marry a widow and live a peaceful and happy life? He's nothing but a cuckold who's taking over someone else's wife.
"How...how is this possible?"
Ms. Jin stared wide-eyed, her face filled with disbelief.
“My lord, what I said is true, and there are witnesses to testify to it.”
Li Niang took a deep breath. Now that things had come to this, she had to clear herself of the murder case. So after thinking for a long time, she decided that it was better to confess.
"The child in the woman's belly is the son of Sun Mao from the town's herbal medicine shop."
When Li Niang's husband was alive, he was bedridden for many years and always asked Sun Mao to come to their home for medical treatment. Over time, the two became involved in an affair.
After losing her husband, Li Niang became a widow and became even more unscrupulous.
Sun Mao's wife was a pig butcher. She was fierce and easily swayed by rumors. Suspecting that Sun Mao and Sun Mao were having an affair, she even hired thugs to vandalize their home.
Li Niang got scared and changed her place of residence, and then she started dating Ma Laosan again.
Unexpectedly, when she met Ma Laosan, she was already a month pregnant, and the father of the child was Sun Mao.
The two discussed that they must not let Sun Mao's wife know, so Li Niang had no choice but to have sex with Ma Laosan, who knew nothing about her. Hearing that he had no children, she decided to put the child in her belly on Ma Laosan's head.
"Old Ma had no son and was desperate for one. Sun Mao and I discussed it and decided to pretend to go for a medical consultation. Sun Mao said that I was carrying a son, and sure enough, Old Ma took the bait."
Everything was planned. Ma Laosan was cuckolded and raised Sun Mao's child. Sun Mao also promised Li Niang that when the opportunity arose, he would divorce the butcher's wife and marry her.
Before this, Liniang was simply looking for a place to settle down.
Sure enough, after she got together with Ma Laosan, Sun Mao's butcher wife never bothered her again.
"Someone, bring Sun Mao of Baicao Herbal Hall here for questioning."
The information Li Niang gave was very important; if the child wasn't Ma Laosan's, she really had no reason to get involved.
About half an hour later, Sun Mao appeared before everyone, startling them.
Sun Mao's face was bruised and swollen, with blood gushing from his nostrils; his face was swollen like a pig's head.
The officers brought the man up and shrugged.
They arrived a step too late; some of the onlookers were relatives of the pig-slaughtering woman, and they had sent her a message beforehand.
Upon learning that her husband and the widow had fathered an illegitimate child, the butcher was furious and insisted on taking the butcher's knife and castrating Sun Mao.
When the officials arrived, Sun Mao was being held down on the chopping board, just one cut away from being killed.
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