Chapter 414: The Demon Concubine Who Brings Trouble to the Nation vs. the Bandit Emperor of the Founding of the Country 25
Liu Mei's eyes flashed with panic, but she quickly calmed down and argued: "You are alive and well, and we are not the only ones awake. How can you say that I did it? I said it was you who did it!"
"There are so many people coming and going near the well. Who knows which bastard is colluding with the bandits to kill us all? It's not me. I'm upright and honest. Stop slandering me!"
Ji Yunhuan said meaningfully, "I didn't say anyone put drugs in the well. Are you admitting it yourself, Second Aunt?"
Ji Yuan glared at Liu Mei and cursed her in his heart for being an idiot who fell into her trap with just a few words.
Ji Yunhuan used to be very stupid, but now he is very eloquent and very difficult to deal with.
Ji Yuan seemed to be frightened. He shrank back and whispered, "So many people fainted. It can only be that there is something wrong with the water. Anyone can guess it. I think everyone who boiled the water for drinking that day is a suspect."
This sentence was like blowing up a hornet's nest, and many people still boiled water and cooked porridge.
BANG BANG BANG!!!
Guo Yi banged the gongs and drums hard a few times and shouted, "Silence! Stop making noise! I've checked and found that someone did put drugs in the well water. I also drank the raw well water, which made me dizzy and almost let the bandits succeed!"
"Damn it! If I find out who drugged you, I'll chop him to pieces!"
Guo Yi's gaze swept across everyone's faces. Liu Mei did not dare to confront Guo Yi and lowered her head in fear.
With a click, a small medicine bag suddenly fell out of Liu Mei's arms.
Everyone looked over there. Liu Mei's heart started to panic and her face turned pale with fear. She immediately went to pick up the medicine bag and tried to hide it.
Guo Yi rushed over and broke Liu Mei's wrist with a snap. He picked up the medicine bag and opened it, finding some white powder still inside.
He pinched a little powder with his hand, put it in his mouth to taste it, veins popped out on his forehead, and he was so angry that he kicked Liu Mei.
"You bitch! You really were the one who drugged me! Three of my brothers died, more were injured, and two prisoners died, and it was all your fault!"
Liu Mei was kicked to the ground and rolled twice. Her head hit a tree and was bleeding.
She remembered that she had clearly thrown away the medicine bag, so how come it suddenly appeared on her? Could it be that she was too busy last night and she remembered it wrongly, and she didn't actually throw away this deadly thing?
Liu Mei exhaled, and lay on the ground crying, "My Lord, I have seen clearly! I didn't do that. Who would be so stupid as to hide the evidence on their body? Someone must have framed me!"
She pointed at Ji Yunhuan and shouted, "It must be her! She has disliked me for a long time. She often harmed me in the mansion before. She is cunning and treacherous. My Lord, please don't be fooled by her!"
Ji Yunhuan looked innocent. "Second Aunt, what you said is really interesting. I just came back, how could I have the time to hide things from you? You should think before you frame someone."
Liu Mei was speechless for a moment. Apart from shouting that she was innocent, she had no idea how to defend herself.
Ji Yuan knew that Liu Mei could not be saved. This idiot was actually caught red-handed with evidence of his crime. If he was further interrogated, he might give him away. He could not let Liu Mei be implicated.
Ji Yuan winked at Ji Yuncheng, telling his son to stop talking nonsense. He squeezed out a few tears and put on a look of deep grief.
"Liu, you are so confused! You caught poisonous insects and harmed my eldest brother and sister-in-law before. I didn't expose you because of our old friendship. I didn't expect you to go even further and even colluded with the bandits to kill my eldest brother. You are such a vicious person!"
"When I married into our Ji family, I had a grudge against my eldest sister-in-law. I always felt that my eldest sister-in-law's housekeeper had embezzled your dowry, but my eldest sister-in-law is not that kind of person. It's all because of your narrow-mindedness that you misunderstood my eldest sister-in-law! You always complain that it was my eldest brother's fault that our family was exiled, but my eldest brother didn't mean to implicate us."
"As a family, we should help each other. Even if we are dragged down, we should not bear grudges. I have always advised you to be more generous, but you refused to listen. Now that it has become like this, I can't do anything about it. Please let the adults handle it!"
Ji Yuan covered his face and started to cry, "We were husband and wife, I will take good care of your body."
Liu Mei was so frightened that her whole body froze. It was obvious that Ji Yuan was always complaining about the mistreating of the first wife and that Fang had stolen her dowry. Everything she did was for Ji Yuan and for their family!
Now that the truth has been revealed, Ji Yuan didn't say a word to defend her, and it was clear that he wanted to push her to death!
Liu Mei glared at Xia Sanniang who was hiding at the back watching the fun, and she realized that if she killed her, Ji Yuan and that bitch would both be happy. Even if she died, she would not let Xia Sanniang have an easy time!
"No! It wasn't me! I saw that Xia Sanniang had given the drug. She was the one who hooked up with the bandits. She's a fickle person and had been sleeping with the bandits for a long time..."
With a loud slap, Xia Sanniang was not a soft persimmon that could be bullied by anyone. She rushed over and slapped Liu Mei in the face.
"You are about to die and you are still making random accusations. First you framed Miss Ji and then you blame me. You never tell the truth. Who are you going to blame next?"
Liu Mei screamed and wished she could die together with the bitch Xia Sanniang, but she was seriously injured and was no match for Xia Sanniang.
"You...you bitch! How dare you hit me? How dare you hit me? You are just a piece of slut, what qualifications do you have to hit me?"
Xia Sanniang clapped her hands and stood up, sneering, "We are all prisoners, why are you trying to act like a master to me? If you really want to live, you should reveal the mastermind. He doesn't care whether you live or die, so why are you still hiding it?"
Liu Mei was caught by two officers, one on the left and one on the right, and was tied up and forced to kneel on the ground.
Guo Yi waved the big knife in his hand, "I'll give you one last chance. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll cut off your tongue!"
Liu Mei looked at Ji Yuan who was not far away. Ji Yuan completely avoided her gaze, lowered his head, and shrugged his shoulders, as if he was crying very sadly.
She finally realized that this man had no heart at all. He always stayed behind in everything, but could coax her forward with just a few words. He would not show any sympathy for her even if something happened. He was like this in the mansion and he was still like this on the road to exile.
Liu Mei cried so hard that she couldn't utter a complete sentence.
"I am... a woman, I obey my husband in everything. The drug was... it was him..."
Ji Yuan suddenly looked up, rushed over, hugged Liu Mei and started crying, "Mei'er, you really made a big mistake this time, just admit it!"
"I will take good care of Cheng'er. Cheng'er is a filial child. In the future, we will go to worship you during festivals and burn money and paper for you. Please take one last look at Cheng'er. Cheng'er, come and kowtow to your mother."
Ji Yuncheng was so frightened that he was stunned. His mind was a mess and he could only cry. After listening to his father's words, he crawled over and knelt in front of Liu. Apart from calling her mother, he could not say anything nice.
Ji Yuan touched his son's head and sighed, "Mei'er, you don't want to harm our only son, do you? Everyone has their own responsibility. Stop making random accusations and implicating innocent people. Just admit it."
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