Looking more closely, there was someone sitting in front of him. It was Miss Xu II whom he had met during the day!
Grandma He almost screamed out loud. Isn't this more thrilling than seeing a ghost?
However, her rationality after the drug made her shut up in time. This Second Miss Xu was able to kidnap her from her heavily guarded home, so she must have an accomplice. Although she couldn't see him now, the danger was everywhere.
"Xu...Miss Xu, what do you mean?" She forced herself to stand up straight, but her hands and feet still felt weak.
"Grandma He, we meet again. What a coincidence! This afternoon, after I returned home, I recounted everything you told me in front of my ancestral hall. Who knew that everyone would appear in my dreams, accusing me of being gullible. Alas! I have no choice but to invite you out again to ask for clarification."
"You, I don't understand what you are saying. If you send me back now, I will pretend nothing happened!" Grandma He was extremely nervous. Although she couldn't figure out the person in front of her, she felt disappointed when she saw that she didn't hide her identity at all.
Oh no, this is to kill and silence someone!
"Okay, but before I send you back, please bear with me and tell me about the childbirth experiences of my three wives." Xu Yixing was sitting at a height that was just eye level with Grandma He. There was no expression on his face, and he just waited quietly.
"Didn't I already tell you this during the day? Why are you making things difficult for me, Miss?"
"What you told me during the day were stories, not the truth. I want to hear the truth!" Xu Yixing suddenly glared, and without waiting for Si Wen to do anything, he picked up the branding iron and pressed it against Grandma He's thigh.
"ah!!!!!!"
A pig-slaughtering howl sounded, but soon died down. Grandma He saw that the Second Young Lady in front of her didn't even blink.
Is this a boudoir lady? She's clearly a living devil!
"You...you, lynching is against the law!"
"oh."
Seeing Xu Yixing's indifference, Granny He immediately softened: "What exactly do you want to know?"
"If you make me ask a second time, I'll brand you a second time."
"No no no no no! I'll tell you, I'll tell you!"
Xu Yixing threw the branding iron back into the charcoal basin. She had already figured out this man's thoughts. This kind of person seems smooth, but in fact he is very afraid of death. Even though he is seventy years old, he still wants to live.
"You, when your mother gave birth, it was indeed Mrs. Gu who asked me to do something! But she only asked that Madam Liu be unable to have children in the future, she didn't want to kill her. So I, I..."
Just as Xu Yixing thought, she had portrayed herself in such a positive light during the day, which was simply nonsense.
"How much did she give you?"
"Three hundred taels..." Grandma He's morale dropped, but she still had hope in her heart. After all, Aunt Liu's death had nothing to do with her directly, and her crime was not serious.
"Oh. Then what did you do?" Xu Yixing was actually not too upset. After all, Mrs. Gu was already dead, and the Gu family would settle the score sooner or later. He could still bear this.
"That's right... although the baby was out, the placenta wasn't expelled. I told Mrs. Liu to take it out, that's how it happened."
Xu Yixing closed her eyes. Although she had never given birth, the feeling of imagining someone touching her with their hands was enough to make her never want to have a baby again.
"So when you say she's sick, it's because of you. She didn't get sick on her own."
"No, that was a trigger. It's true that her body is not clean..."
"So, Aunt He, you also did something?" Xu Yixing interrupted her. Even at this point, she was still trying to make excuses. Regardless of Yi Yanniang's previous status, it was undeniable that Mrs. Gu and the Gu family were more responsible.
"Uh..." Granny He originally thought she just wanted to know about her mother, so why was she asking this question? "Mrs. Gu hopes she will die. After all, it's a boy, and the mother can't be left alone."
As Granny He was speaking, she looked up and saw Xu Yixing's poisonous gaze. She immediately changed her story: "But I didn't agree! Really! I said I was a midwife, not a murderer! It was Granny Gu herself who insisted on telling the woman in labor that only by sacrificing the mother could the child be saved. That provoked Concubine He to commit suicide!"
"How much is it this time?"
"Five hundred taels... It's hush money. After all, Mrs. Gu said Madam He was dead, and she asked us to come up with a unified story, saying that Madam He committed suicide for the sake of the Xu family's bloodline. Actually, this isn't wrong... After all, no one really forced Madam He to die. I figured that if I took the money, it wouldn't be considered a mistake..."
Xu Yixing took a deep breath. He had let Mrs. Gu die too easily. If he had known this would happen, he should have let her experience what it felt like to be talked to death.
"The last Madam Bai, it couldn't be that Mrs. Gu said she was killed, right?" Xu Yixing raised his eyebrows and continued to tease Grandma He. Unexpectedly, Grandma He didn't say a word this time. She just lowered her head and looked at the ground, not caring whether Xu Yixing would brand her again.
There's a ghost!
The more this happened, the more Xu Yixing felt firmly that there was still a secret about Grandma He. The causes of death of the previous two people had nothing to do with her directly, but this time she didn't say anything. There must be something wrong.
"Okay, that's it. You go down and explain to my mother yourself. Do it." Xu Yixing shouted at the air. Grandma He looked up in panic, only to feel that there seemed to be another person behind her.
If I don’t shout this time, I’m really going to die!
Unfortunately, she still didn't scream, because a piece of hemp rope had already been put around her neck and was slowly tightening, and was about to reach its limit.
Granny He waved her hands in vain, staring at Xu Yixing intently. Xu Yixing still didn't move. She had been strangled by Lu Anyuan before, so she understood how Granny He felt.
A smell of urine began to fill the air. Xu Yixing waved his hand and asked Ying Jiu to go up. Then he personally massaged Grandma He's chest and finally saved her.
"Cough cough cough cough cough! I...you..."
"Stop it, or I'll do it to you again!"
"Cough cough cough cough!" Grandma He really wanted to die. She had clearly just walked to the Hall of Yama, so why was she dragged back?
"Okay... okay..." She had just been strangled, so her words sounded like leaky window paper.
"Yes, it was General Xu... General Xu ordered..."
"You're talking nonsense!" Xu Yixing stood up and turned around three times, furious. This old woman was full of nonsense. She said that Dad was very sad during the day, so how could it be said that it was Dad's order!
Grandma He was not surprised by her reaction, which was why she kept her mouth shut. She was afraid!
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