Chapter 68: Successful Song Jin wanted to sew Lao Lu's mouth shut
Lu Junnian and Ji Shubai had a meal in Shidinglou. By the end of the meal, he wished he could live in the toilet. When his stomach was a little better, he brought everyone to the Bai family to demand an explanation.
Song Jin admitted everything, saying that she was the one who did it, because Ji Shubai hired her without paying her. However, Lu Junnian seemed to have forgotten this reason, and bluntly said that Song Jin was a vicious woman and that Wen Ya had not disciplined her well.
Wen Ya was so frightened that she broke into a sweat. She wanted to push Song Jin out, but she was afraid that Song Jin would yell out her private affairs on the spot. After all, the lawsuit was known to everyone, and she was not the one who was liked. At this moment, she had to be humble and swallow her anger.
Ji Shubai, who was supposed to take croton seeds, was sitting in the hall watching the show. He gave Song Jin, who was beginning to panic, a smile that made her even more panicked.
A group of people suddenly came to the Bai family, including two officials, and the family was in an uproar.
Some went to look for Bai Yuanhuai who had not yet returned home, some went to look for the detained Lao Lu and Chen Pozi, and some ran to the corridor to watch a show.
In short, no one is idle.
"Sir, this is indeed my fault. Considering my age, please forgive me."
"Let you go?" Lu Junnian snorted coldly, "I didn't bring the bailiffs with me because I wanted to let you go. Otherwise, you would have thought you were talking in your living room and would have been in the yamen long ago."
Lu Junnian sat there with a stern look: "I tell you, your people were doing business outside, and ended up trying to murder this official. Although it was not fatal, it was really hateful."
At this point, he suddenly changed his mind: "However, considering your age and the difficulty of this matter, I will give you a compromise."
"What is it?"
Lu Junnian pointed at the group of people and said, "Tell them to go to my kitchen from now on and make amends for their crimes. I will not pursue the matter any further."
"Sir, this..."
This means taking everyone away.
Song Jin understood what he meant and turned to look at Ji Shubai again, only to see him sitting there playing with his fingers out of boredom. But she was still kneeling on the ground, her knees aching from kneeling on the stone ground, and she couldn't move.
Song Jin leaned slightly to the side, trying to relax one of his knees, but the other one hurt even more, so he had to give up.
"I won't get entangled with you. Who is the boss of this room now? Tell him to come out!"
Lu Junnian wanted to drag Bai Yuanhuai into this, and Wen Ya couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
Unexpectedly, before Bai Yuanhuai returned home, Old Lu and Mrs. Chen ran out first.
"My Lord, I am innocent. I am not someone who can do such a bad thing!"
"My lord, it's unfair!"
When an elderly couple heard that their daughter had poisoned an official, their first reaction was that it was an injustice, but they didn't know that Song Jin had already admitted it. At this moment, Song Jin heard the two people complaining for her, and she couldn't help feeling guilty.
If the two old people knew about this, they would be scared to death.
"Who is this again?"
When Lu Junnian was in the middle of making a fuss, an old couple suddenly came out and he was also puzzled.
Song Jin was even more angry: "They are my parents."
"Oh——" Lu Junnian dragged out the voice and glanced at Ji Shubai who was sitting there watching. Ji Shubai looked at Song Jin again.
Song Jin was peeking at the two of them. Seeing Ji Shubai's questioning look, he quickly added, "My parents are my life. Wherever they are, I will be there. If you forcibly separate my family, wouldn't that make me unfilial? I cannot bear this accusation."
"Nonsense! What do you mean you can't bear the charge of being unfilial? It's as if you can bear the charge of poisoning me."
Song Jin lay on the ground and only heard Lu Junnian scolding her, but did not hear Ji Shubai say a word. She thought to herself: It turns out that an honest person who has learned bad things can be worse than a bad person.
The two maids behind him started to cry and wailed, "My lord, I am innocent. Although I am in the kitchen, I would never dare to poison anyone."
Song Jin tilted his head, and after making sure Ji Shubai was looking at him, he shook his head slightly. Sure enough, after a while, he heard Lu Junnian say, "Since you two old ladies don't want to go, that's fine. You can't do things well when you're old. Let's take them both away together."
Song Jin breathed a sigh of relief. Now that the whole family was out, things would be easier.
However, as soon as this breath died down, someone brought it up again.
"My Lords, what is going on?"
Bai Yuanhuai is back.
Song Jin saw a pair of dark blue boots walking past him, with a smell of alcohol wafting towards them. He guessed that they had been asked to come back from a certain wine table.
When Lu Junnian heard the question, he didn't even bother to answer him.
"You should ask about your own family affairs yourself!"
Bai Yuanhuai had no choice but to cast his gaze on Wen Ya: "Aunt, what's going on?"
This is what Wen Ya fears the most.
It would be fine if only Shidinglou was gone, but if Song Jin implicated her in Wenxin and the money-lending business in Mati Lane, then the loss would outweigh the gain.
"In the past... the servant in my family was doing business outside, and now he has caused trouble..."
"Business? What business? How come nephew doesn't know about it?"
Wen Ya felt uneasy and turned to look at Song Jin.
Song Jin remained the same, lying there obediently, not mentioning Ma Ti Lane or Wen Zijin's fake identity.
"Some small business."
Song Jin smiled where no one could see.
"Small business?"
"Alright, alright, we can slowly settle your family's business later. Now I just want to ask you whether you want to settle the matter of poisoning me privately or in person."
"Sir," Wen Ya leaned forward, "If you want these servants to atone their sins, then take them back."
Lu Junnian stretched out his hand and waved it: "Things."
Wen Ya had no choice but to signal Du Juan to get it. Soon, a stack of red deeds came into Lu Junnian's hands. He flipped through them one by one. After he finished reading them, he remembered that he didn't know the real name of this fake Wen Zijin, so he threw the red deeds to Ji Shubai.
"Help me collect it. Where is the toilet? My stomach hurts again."
Lu Junnian walked away again, holding his stomach. Ji Shubai looked at him slowly as if nothing had happened, but Song Jin knew in his heart that the situation was settled.
Unexpectedly, at this time, someone still jumped out.
It was none other than Arong.
"Sir, I have already decided to spend my life with your maid Du Juan. If we are separated this time, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to reunite. I hope you can help us."
"Really?" Ji Shubai replied calmly, "It is said that a gentleman helps others achieve their goals. Today, I will make the decision on behalf of Lord Lu and allow you two to go together. Madam, name a price and I will buy it."
Wen Ya didn't dare to make an offer, so she just said she would send him off, and then ordered someone to get Du Juan's red deed.
As for Quan Rui and Hong Yun, Song Jin was too lazy to care about them, so he let Wen Ya and Wen Xin talk to them.
Soon, Lu Junnian came out, and seeing that the work was almost done, he stood up and was about to leave. When he passed by Song Jin, he glared at him angrily: "Follow me, you will definitely suffer the consequences!"
Song Jin pouted and moved her legs to get up, but she still didn't kneel enough and her knees hurt so much that she couldn't get up. Chunyun was sharp-eyed and helped her up.
While she was rubbing her knees, she heard Bai Yuanhuai's cold remark: "It turns out that Auntie has another business."
Wen Ya didn't dare to say anything. She watched Bai Yuanhuai go out to see the guests off, then turned around and glared at Song Jin.
"Remember, I was your mistress in the past, and I will always be your mistress. Whenever you see me, you are inferior to me. Don't think that you can climb to the top just by marrying up to Lord Lu."
Song Jin sneered, "Grandma, you are wrong. Today, I am out of the Bai family and have nothing to do with you. You should abide by your own rules. As for where I am, it has nothing to do with you. It is not up to you to decide whether I can ascend to heaven or not."
Song Jin and Wen Ya glared at each other, while Old Lu asked Mrs. Chen to pack up their things, and everyone was about to follow them.
As for himself, he did something that made Song Jin drop his jaw.
He caught up with Ji Shubai.
"Master Ji, Master Ji, please save my daughter."
Song Jin: “…”
"Master Ji, you said you wanted to marry my daughter..."
The sky exploded!
Song Jin didn't care about the pain in his knees at this moment. He ran and jumped over and covered Lao Lu's mouth with his hands: "Dad, stop talking!"
However, Old Lu was not one to listen to advice. He stretched out his hand and pried Song Jin's hand away: "Master Ji, since you care about my Mancao, how can you just watch her die? I beg Master Ji to save Mancao, and I beg Master Lu to show mercy..."
Old Lu knelt on the ground crying. Song Jin couldn't pull him up or pull him up. When he turned to look at Ji Shubai, he saw that his face, which had been so elegant just now, was now red with anger.
"Hehe, misunderstanding, misunderstanding..."
"When did you two hook up?"
Lu Junnian believed Ji Shubai's lies that she had beaten someone in prison, and he couldn't bear it, so he wanted to help her once. So he worked as a thug for the whole night, but at the end he heard such news.
He is already thirty years old and still unmarried. In the eyes of outsiders, he is a gentleman, but he is having an affair with a servant in Shidinglou who is dressed as a man. If this gets out...
Lu Junnian twirled his beard, imagining how lively the yamen would be at that time. Wouldn't everyone come to ask him about it?
"How many lies have you told?"
Ji Shubai asked in a hoarse voice. Song Jin felt her legs trembling. She didn't dare to answer at all and almost knelt down with her father.
"......Master Ji......Misunderstanding, it's not you......"
"If it's not him, then who is it? Is there another Ji Tongzhi in the government office?"
Song Jin: “???”
God is going to kill me!
Song Jin wanted to explain, but Ji Shubai had already frowned and got into the sedan chair with a flick of his sleeves.
Lu Junnian stood there and looked Song Jin up and down: "You really can't judge a person by his appearance. I was wondering why he suddenly wanted to help you get rid of your citizenship. It turns out there is such a thing. Interesting."
By the time he finished speaking, Ji Shubai's sedan had already set off. Lu Junnian seemed not to have had enough fun: "Hey, Brother Shubai, wait for me——"
Song Jin was feeling uneasy and followed Lu Junnian's sedan chair with a group of people. A Rong tugged at her sleeve.
"What should we do next?"
Song Jin said, "Get the red deed and get rid of the citizenship first. I have money, we can do business on our own."
"Can Master Lu give it to us?"
Song Jin was originally very confident, but now...
"...I guess so."
Halfway through the journey, Ji Shubai lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and said a few words to Qingshan. Then Song Jin saw Quan Rui and Hong Yun being taken away alone.
The sedan did not go towards the government office, but went to Ji Shubai's private residence. When Old Lu learned about it, he became more certain.
"It's inappropriate to live together before getting married, right?"
Song Jin wanted to sew Old Lu's mouth shut: "Dad, don't mention this again."
"What's the matter? Master Ji doesn't want to marry you again?"
"That's not the case. I was afraid that you would agree to Master Wen, so I used it to deceive you."
"Ah? You are too brave. What should we do now? What if..."
"Don't worry, Master Ji is generous and won't bother with me."
Song Jin said that it was okay, but she was already thinking in her heart: If it doesn't work, she will just kneel down. Anyway, Ji Shubai is soft-hearted and will not respond to tough measures. As long as she doesn't go against him, there is still hope.
She regretted it now. She regretted not listening to Chunyun on the street that day and going to Ji Shubai to beg him despite her injuries. Otherwise, with Ji Shubai's personality, she should have been free long ago.
What was I so stubborn about back then?
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