Chapter 576: Abandoned Mother Schemes against Zhang Heyao
It took five or six days for the matter to be fully investigated.
It was exactly the same as what Zhang Heyao thought.
Zhang Heyao felt he had no face to see Lu Qiniang again.
He traveled thousands of miles but failed to help her at all, and ended up throwing dirty water on her.
Although it was not his intention, the incident was indeed caused by him.
He prepared himself mentally for a long time, but still didn't know how to face Lu Qiniang.
Even Xiaoman didn’t dare to send it over anymore.
Because the posthouse and Lu Qi's mother's home were both closely watched.
Until San Ya came to find Zhang Heyao.
"Come with me." She said straight to the point.
"Where are you going?"
"Go find my mother."
"Where is your mother?" Zhang Heyao subconsciously felt something was wrong.
"On the stage in the city." San Ya's eyes were sharp. "My mother said, 'If words are not spoken, they will not be clear; if drums are not beaten, they will not sound.' Since everyone in the city wants to know the ending of this play, then she will do it in the brightest place, in front of everyone, and make it clear what should and shouldn't be said!"
Zhang Heyao's heart sank suddenly, and a feeling of being out of control instantly gripped him.
San Ya grabbed his sleeve and brought him to the crowded stage in the city.
On the stage, Lu Qiniang was wearing plain coarse cloth clothes, her hair was combed meticulously, and she stood with her back straight.
There was no crying, no pleading, only a kind of calmness and tenacity that came after experiencing wind, frost, rain and snow.
The audience was in an uproar, with all kinds of unbearable discussions coming like waves, but she was like a reef in the rapids, standing still.
When they saw Zhang Heyao being brought up by San Ya, the crowd became even more agitated.
Countless gazes pierced the two of them like needles.
Lu Qiniang glanced at Zhang Heyao and nodded to him.
She turned to the audience, her voice clear and penetrating the noise.
"My fellow countrymen! I'm sure you've all heard enough of the gossip about me these days. Today, I, Lu Qi Niang, will stand on this stage and make things clear."
She paused, looked at everyone with an open gaze, and recounted the events and people she had experienced, from the time she was sold as a child to the present.
However, she did not say that Zhang Heyao divorced his wife and remarried. Instead, she said from the beginning to the end that she was the adopted daughter of the Zhang family and Zhang Heyao was her brother.
"...I'm just a humble servant, why would I dream of marrying the Fifth Young Master?"
"...It was only because Xiao Yan fell into trouble that I had the opportunity to be his wife for a few years."
"...If I really want to marry my brother, then Princess Zhaoyang has nothing to do with it."
"Now that Xiao Yan is gone, my brother is all alone. If I really wanted to marry my brother, I should shut up now and follow him to the capital."
"But I won't! Because we are brother and sister, and only brother and sister!"
"I am Xiao Yan's widow, and my brother is the Minister of Revenue. There is no need to lie about such a thing."
Lu Qiniang's gaze turned to Zhang Heyao again: "Tell the truth in front of all the elders of Changzhou! Is the relationship between you and me just that of brother and sister?"
This question was like thunder exploding in Zhang Heyao's ears.
In a flash, he finally understood everything.
This was not just Lu Qiniang's clarification, but also a public "trial" of him by her using the dead end set by Song Mingzhen.
She was pushing him.
Force him to cut off all unrealistic thoughts in his mind in front of everyone.
She used this overwhelming stigma and this desperate situation of being criticized by thousands of people to force him into a corner where he had to make a public statement and draw a clear line between himself and others.
Song Mingzhen plotted against him and Lu Qiniang with his own death, but Lu Qiniang, in turn, used this desperate situation to force him into the position of "brother".
Not only did she want to clear his name, she also wanted him to publicly admit the relationship and completely cut off all his possibilities.
From now on, he can only be her brother.
Unspeakable bitterness and coldness instantly swept through Zhang Heyao's body, and his internal organs seemed to be grabbed tightly and almost crushed.
Song Mingzhen plotted against him, and he felt only anger and disgust.
But this time it's different.
This time it was Lu Qiniang who plotted against him.
How did the two of them end up like this?
Lu Qinniang would actually use tricks and schemes against him.
She has changed.
She is no longer the Lu Qinniang whose eyes and heart are filled with him and who can only smile foolishly in front of him.
What can he say?
Zhang Heyao didn't know how he walked onto the stage and how he cooperated with Lu Qiniang to establish the relationship between brother and sister.
He felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave and it was all a dream.
He seemed to have lost his memory of what happened afterwards.
He traveled thousands of miles, tried everything to win her back, and finally, in front of everyone, he was forced by her to personally establish the relationship between them as brother and sister.
Abandoned mother.
good.
The knife he stabbed at her that year was now returned by her own hands.
Lu Qiniang bowed to the crowd and said, "Rumors stop at the wise. My brother was simply worried about me carrying the coffin to the northwest, so he came to see me. However, he was busy with official duties, and my sister-in-law was so depressed about the affairs of the palace that she committed suicide. I hope everyone can distinguish right from wrong and give us two poor siblings some time to deal with family affairs. My brother will also be leaving for the capital soon, and I will stay in the northwest to protect the general."
After saying this, she walked off the stage calmly.
This matter ends here.
The rumors may not disappear all at once, but she has clarified what needed to be clarified, and she has no regrets.
and--
It also solved Zhang Heyao’s problem.
She and he understood each other from then on.
Although it is a bit cruel, it is better to stop having such inappropriate thoughts as soon as possible and put an end to it once and for all.
The situation in the northwest is not peaceful, but Erya is doing very well in Guangzhou.
——The government finally announced that the maritime ban was lifted.
The businessmen had been looking forward to this for so many years and had almost given up hope on it, but suddenly such a big pie fell from the sky.
All of a sudden, many wealthy businessmen were eager to get a piece of the pie.
According to her established plan, Erya successfully sold all the previous orders at a markup ranging from three thousand to five thousand taels of silver.
If Song Yubai's belief in her was only 30% before, it has now become 70% to 80%.
"Zhou Zhou, you really did what you said. Not a single ship was left behind."
"I was telling the truth."
"So what should I do now?"
"I can't control what you do." Erya said, "Second Young Master, why do you need me to teach you? I've already told you everything I need to say. Believe it or not, it's up to you."
She doesn't have that much time to argue with him.
She is busy!
"What if I believe it and want to cooperate with Zhou Zhou? Would Zhou Zhou be willing to take me with him?" Song Yubai's tone sounded like a joke, but his eyes were fixed on Erya without blinking.
Erya thought to herself, I’m just waiting for you to speak!
"That's probably not very convenient," she said, pretending to be embarrassed. "What I'm about to do is risky. It's okay if I lose money, but I'd be embarrassed if it meant causing the Second Young Master to suffer losses."
"I can, but I'll just have a taste. Don't worry, I'm prepared to lose the money I can take out." Song Yubai said.
He decided to take a gamble.
He trusts his own judgment.
However, Erya received 100,000 taels of silver in support from Song Yubai.
Erya exchanged all the 60,000 taels she had on hand for supplies and hired a boat to head north.
Once the war breaks out and prices soar, these goods will bring in more profit than before - she didn't intend to make huge profits from it, but compared to others who increased their prices several times, it wouldn't be a big problem for her to make a few more percent.
Moreover, these goods are to be sent to all corners of the world, and the profit is from the money of the richest people in the capital.
Erya has no psychological burden.
After exchanging the money for silver, she used it to purchase discounted ships to transport military supplies.
You know, in the past few months, King Yan's people have begun to quietly and frantically purchase goods along the coastal areas.
Eat one's food one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. Erya is full of confidence in the future.
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