Chapter 269 Deception

"What did you say?" Wang Hongyun stared at Dan Niang in disbelief. After a long while, he spoke with trembling lips, "You said Xiao Rui is your son? No, Chunfa clearly told me that he picked up Xiao Rui. Dan Niang, you also teamed up with these people to deceive me, right?"

Dan Niang roughly knew what Liao Chunfa was doing, but as long as she didn't see it with her own eyes, she kept telling herself to ignore it. Just like what the adults said just now, she didn't do anything and she couldn't be caught. If she was caught, what would happen to Xiao Rui?

Dan Niang's expression gradually became firm. She took small steps towards the door, away from Wang Hongyun, and said, "I didn't lie to you. Xiao Rui is the child of Chunfa and me. He said he can't divorce you."

“You’re talking nonsense! You’re talking nonsense!! Ah——!”

Wang Hongyun had gone completely insane, and the handcuffs on her hands were making a creaking sound from her struggles.

Dan Niang now just wanted to finish what she had to say as soon as possible so that she could leave early. She simply told everything without caring about anything else. This would definitely be beneficial to the Dali Temple's handling of the case. Shen Yun and Tao Sizhi sat there calmly without saying anything. Only the chief clerk in charge of recording was holding a pen in his hand and waiting seriously.

"Sir, I am originally from Qingzhou. I met a peddler in Qingxing County in my early years, and then I married him in Shentan Town, Qingxing County. However, less than two years after I got married, my husband died of illness. Since my parents were no longer around and my sister-in-law was the head of the family, I never thought about going back... My husband saved some money as a peddler, and then I moved to Qingxing County, where I met Brother Chunfa by chance. Brother Chunfa had told me before that when he saved enough money, he would divorce his sister-in-law and take me and Xiaorui to settle in another state."

After Dan Niang finished speaking, she looked at Wang Hongyun who was looking down, not knowing what she was thinking. "Sister-in-law, we lied to you before, but I am a widow and it is not easy for me to raise a child alone. Chunfa said he would take Xiaorui home to raise him. Later, I missed Xiaorui so much that I pretended to be Chunfa's cousin and went to your house to see the child."

Tao Sizhi couldn't stop shaking his head after hearing this. If Wang Hongyun was not a human being, he would feel sorry for her. Look at the kind of person she married!

"Hahahaha what a joke, what a joke! I raised Xiao Rui, it was me! He was only a few months old at that time, and I fed him little by little with goat's milk. When he just started to speak, the first word he said was 'mother'. Now you tell me that he was born by you? Did it happen between you and Liao Chun?"

Wang Hongyun's eyes were red and her lips were trembling. She wanted to say that she didn't believe these words at all. She wanted to say that her husband Liao Chunfa was really a very good man. But the things that she had never cared about before suddenly jumped out and occupied her mind.

"Chunfa, why do I think Xiaorui looks a bit like Danniang?"

"Everyone says that my nephew Xiao Gu, although Dan Niang is not my biological aunt, she is my cousin. Xu and the others must look like an ancestor of our Liao family, right?"

"Hongyun, you should come with me this time. I'll let Danniang look after Xiaorui."

"Sister-in-law, I made some clothes for Xiao Rui. Don't be polite to me. Although Chunfa is not my biological brother, he is no different from my biological brother."

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“Tsk——”

Wang Hongyun suddenly laid on the table and started vomiting. Tao Sizhi was worried that something might happen to her, so he quickly asked someone to call a doctor. After a long while, Wang Hongyun was able to speak again.

"I want to meet Liao Chunfa. I want to hear what he has to say to me in person."

"No." Shen Yun rejected her without hesitation. "This is the Dali Temple, not a place to discuss with you. Since you have been captured by us, you should explain what you have to say."

"That's right! Sister, don't be silly. What do you want for a man like this? To tell you the truth, I brought this Danniang here from Qingxing County today. She was in your house when I found her! The Dali Temple doesn't have time to find someone to perform for you. If you want to know, we can always ask someone to check for you whether Liao Chunfa has such a sister from the same clan!"

Tonight has been delayed too long, and it will be dawn soon if they don't talk. Tao Sizhi wants Wang Hongyun to tell the truth as soon as possible so that they can go to rest earlier!

"Uncle De." Wang Hongyun raised his head and named a person expressionlessly. "I only know that the man is called Uncle De. Liao Chunfa would give him all the kidnapped or stolen children. A boy would be given 50 taels, a girl 30 taels, and a particularly pretty one 80 taels."

Shen Yun glanced at the clerk who was taking notes. His pen was almost smoking. So Shen Yun paused before asking, "Where is this Uncle De from? Is there anyone above him?"

Wang Hongyun shook her head, "I don't know. Liao Chunfa only asked me to help him kidnap children. I don't know about other things. He often took me to other prefectures, and the place was different each time. He said that if there were too many missing children in a place, it would be easy for the government to target it. Every time, he took me directly to the place. I didn't know which children he chose. Many children would follow me if I stood at the entrance of the alley and asked them to give him candy. So I always told my son Xiaorui not to eat other people's candy."

"Do you still know that you are a mother? Your Xiao Rui is a child, but other people's children are not?"

Wang Hongyun sat with his head down and did not answer. Instead, he said, "That's all I know. For the rest, you can ask Liao Chunfa. Has he done enough to deserve beheading?"

Shen Yun stood up and said to the chief clerk, "Master Nie, please continue to interrogate her and ask her when and where she kidnapped the children. Try to get her to describe their characteristics clearly. Write them down so that you can send the children back when you find them in the future."

"Yes, sir!"

Shen Yun then went out to interrogate Liao Chunfa, but before that, he ordered people to call all the painters from the Dali Temple and the Jingzhao Prefecture after daybreak, all those who were free, to paint a portrait of "Uncle De". All the prefectures and cities were looking for this person.

"Liao Chunfa, you really have a good plan. You let a woman outside give birth to a child for you, and then you bring the child home for Wang Hongyun to raise. You also want to take advantage of her guilt and make her join you in kidnapping the child."

After listening to what Shen Yun said, Liao Chunfa's face turned ugly in an instant, "You all know it?" Liao Chunfa knew that if this matter was exposed, that woman Wang Hongyun would definitely not help him cover it up again.

"Not only do I know that your son is now in the Dali Temple, but also your...sister Dan Niang from the same clan."

Because the chief clerk was still interrogating Wang Hongyun, Tao Sizhi had to temporarily act as the chief clerk. He was so anxious that he had no time to speak.

Shen Yun continued, "Tell me about Uncle De. You sold all the kidnapped children to him, and then where did he sell them to?"