Zhang Hui Niang always believed that women still had to get married, but her daughter's situation was special now, so she had to postpone it. Moreover, her own family's situation had just improved, and she had not saved enough dowry for her daughter, so she was not in a hurry.
Lianyi coaxed Huzi to sleep, and while Hui Niang was making dinner, she took out the envelope. There was a lacquer seal on the envelope, which would be easily damaged if opened. She put it aside temporarily, then took out the gold bars. After taking a look, she found that there was a mark on the top of each gold bar, with the word "Yao" printed on it.
"Is it such a coincidence?"
Lianyi raised an eyebrow and muttered to herself.
"Shijiu, what's going on?"
"Congratulations to the tasker for discovering another hidden task."
The sound of the mortar rang out at the right moment.
"Tell me about it!"
Lianyi was already used to triggering hidden tasks, so she spoke directly.
"If you hadn't found the man in black and Song Dashan today, this letter might never have seen anyone."
After Shijiu sighed for a while, he continued.
"In the previous life, Song Dashan was also wandering around Wankou Mountain. He said he was chopping wood, but he was actually avoiding work. Then when he climbed up a tree to take a nap, he found the seriously injured man in black. He was the one you found first.
Song Dashan followed him as if possessed, and when he found the man, he was already dead. He was illiterate, so he only took the small bag of gold. The letter and the jade pendant were left on the man in black.
He was very smart. He did not return the same way he came. Instead, he ran into the belly of Wankou Mountain. Then, like you, he left Wankou Mountain from the other side and arrived at Zhangjia Village. He also stayed at his second brother's house for a night under the pretext of visiting Song Dachuan.
Although Song Dachuan disliked his younger brother, he couldn't just chase him away. He waited until the next afternoon before returning to Songjia Village.
Not long after he left, someone found the body of the man in black and found the letter and the jade pendant on him. After getting these two important things, they withdrew.
Song Dashan was silent for a few days, then ran to the capital. A year later, he returned home wearing silk and satin, bringing a beautiful prostitute with him. He said that he had helped a nobleman outside and received a reward, and that he had married a wife when he had the money. He was praised for a while.
"It seems that I am the one who blocked his way to wealth this time."
Ripple said nonchalantly.
"He's already dead. The letter and jade pendant were not found on the man in black, and Song Dashan was the only person present. After being tortured, he was killed by them to silence him."
Shijiu replied immediately.
Lianyi had no opinion on this. From the moment Song Dashan wanted to sell his original body and find a wife for herself, his humanity had been lost. She didn't care whether such a person was alive or not.
"What's the matter with this letter and that jade pendant?"
"There is a secret in this letter. The eldest son of the Yao family, Dong Qinglian's future husband, is not a member of the Yao family. He is the child of Madam Yao and her childhood sweetheart who had sex behind Master Yao's back.
The illegitimate son of the Yao family is the child of Master Yao, but Madam Yao suppresses this child in every way on the grounds that she does not like illegitimate sons. These are the usual methods used by the mistress of Kyoto, so it did not arouse many people's suspicion.
But Madam Yao wanted to get rid of the bastard completely, because she knew that if her child's identity was exposed, then this bastard would be the only heir to the Yao family. Master Yao was already fifty years old, and even if he wanted to, he was powerless to have another child. "
"Then how did Mrs. Yao's secret come out?"
"That bastard discovered it. He knew that the wives of the head of the family all hated concubines and treated their children normally, but it was rare for them to hate him so much that they wanted to kill him. After all, the wealthy families in Kyoto all valued the demeanor of a legal wife.
The emperor does not like illegitimate sons and will suppress them, but no matter how outstanding a illegitimate son is, he cannot surpass the legitimate son.
In addition, Mrs. Yao's consistent behavior for ten years also aroused Mr. Yao's suspicion. However, he did not think that the legitimate son was not his own. He just felt that his wife did not like the illegitimate son, so he sent the illegitimate son directly to the academy.
This illegitimate son was very hardworking. He made some classmates of the same status in the academy and studied hard enough. He actually passed the exam and became a scholar. This gave Mr. Yao an unexpected surprise, but Mrs. Yao could not sit still and she directly hired someone to kill someone.
However, when she was withdrawing the silver, she was discovered by Mr. Yao, who secretly stopped Mrs. Yao's actions and began to investigate the reason.
On the other hand, the illegitimate son also learned from a young boy from the same class that Madam Yao had an affair with his cousin when she was young. He immediately told this to his father, thinking this was an opportunity to bring Madam Yao down.
Even though Mr. Yao knew that he might have been cuckolded, he couldn't get angry on the spot. After all, Madam Yao was not a girl from an ordinary family, and her father was the Imperial Censor. If he just spoke without any evidence, he would definitely be bitten back, so Mr. Yao arranged for people to start looking for evidence.
And that letter contained the evidence of Madam Yao's infidelity. It contained a letter she wrote to her childhood sweetheart cousin, which clearly described the life story of the current eldest son of the Yao family. The jade pendant was a token of their love, and also a mark of recognition with the child, because the young master of the Yao family had the same birthmark, and the cousin also had the same birthmark. "
Shijiu told Lianyi the story as gossip.
"How can we be sure that this letter was written by Madam Yao? She can say that it was copied by someone else in order to frame her."
Lianyi picked up the envelope again and weighed it.
"It has Madam Yao's personal seal on it. Besides, it's useless for her to argue. We just need to arrest that cousin and have him examined his body and everything will be clear."
"What if Madam Yao is cruel and kills my cousin? You know, once a person dies, the birthmark will be gone."
Lian Yi said directly.
"It's possible to do that, but her cousin is not stupid. Is he waiting to be killed? This is the handle he uses to blackmail Madam Yao to support him. He will definitely hide himself."
Shijiu said immediately.
"Neither of them is a good person! If they are not from the same family, they will not marry. Young Master Yao has Dong Qinglian as his wife. For the sake of their common interests, the two of them will definitely not let go of that bastard."
"Yes, in the previous life, because there was no evidence, Madam Yao's adulterer hid again, and Master Yao had no choice. In order to protect his only bloodline, he directly separated the illegitimate son from his family on the grounds that he had passed the imperial examination.
When the bastard passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi, Master Yao used his connections to have him sent to a remote place close to the border."
"I can understand that, but I think Mr. Yao will definitely not accept this. Isn't this just a cuckoo occupying the magpie's nest?"
"Master Yao is not stupid. When he was still alive, he quietly transferred all the property of the Yao Mansion to his illegitimate son, leaving Young Master Yao with an empty shell. Moreover, when he was seriously ill, he directly found someone to complain, saying that Young Master Yao killed his father for the title."
There is still time before ten o'clock.
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