Chapter 47
Chapter 4
What Song Zhehao did the next day was to clear out from Yubi Villa all those servants who had sworn to serve Song Zheming to death and who, in the original plot, had followed the original owner and become accomplices of the evil.
Although some people have not reached that stage yet, Song Zhehao doesn't care. Anyone suspected of committing a crime will be eliminated.
Upon hearing this, Song Zheming, who was still lying in bed recuperating from his injuries, was extremely annoyed.
There were several housekeepers among the servants, and Song Zheming spent a lot of money to bribe them.
In the blink of an eye, he was driven out by Song Zheming.
Song Zheming was so heartbroken.
After dismissing a group of servants, Song Zhehao wanted to recruit a new batch of servants. He didn't have any special requirements, as long as they were honest, obedient and had no ulterior motives.
Of course, Song Zhehao would personally review every newly recruited servant.
Upon hearing the news, Song Zheming became angry again.
After finishing these things, Song Zhehao prepared to go into seclusion to recuperate and begin to pass on the Jade Face Skill. The day before his retreat, he made a special trip to visit Song Zheming who was recuperating from his injuries.
Even though Song Zheming was not convinced after being beaten this time, he behaved much more obediently in front of Song Zhehao.
When Song Zheming saw Song Zhehao, he said gratefully, "Thank you for your guidance a few days ago, Young Master. I was careless in many ways when I was young. Since you taught me that, I have suddenly become more enlightened. I will definitely be more cautious and down-to-earth in the future."
Song Zhehao listened to these contradictory words, smiled and said, "It's nothing. If you still need this kind of education method in the future, you can come to me. I'm happy to help."
After hearing this, Song Zhehao was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Who likes to be whipped for no reason? He was not a masochist, but he had to bite the bullet and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Master. I don't have such a need at the moment."
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Song Zhehao happily walked out of Song Zheming's bedroom.
Ever since the incident in the council hall, Song Zheming and his mother Lai Juanxiu's status in Yubi Villa plummeted. Lai Juanxiu was beaten black and blue, and she has not been seen since she was carried into the bedroom. After Song Zheming was beaten, even if his wounds healed, he would probably not go out for a while.
After clearing these two obstacles, Song Zhehao focused on the Jade Face Skill.
After dinner that night, Song Zhehao returned to his bedroom and prepared to begin his retreat.
In the evening, before Song Zhehao entered the cell, Zhang Hu ran to tell Song Zhehao about Song Zheming's recent movements.
Zhang Hu said that although Song Zheming had been recuperating in his bedroom recently and had not gone out, he had sent a few of his close associates out of the villa to deliver letters. Zhang Hu sent people to follow those close associates and inform Song Zhehao as soon as there was any news.
After hearing this, Song Zhehao raised the corner of his mouth and thought to himself that his guess was right. Even if he was whipped, Song Zheming would not be content. As long as he inherited the martial arts and family business, he would probably not be content.
Song Zhehao instructed Zhang Hu to pay close attention to Song Zheming's movements and not to be careless.
Zhang Hu agreed immediately, but then asked Song Zhehao, "Since the Second Young Master has second thoughts, why don't you take action and foil his scheme once and for all?"
Song Zhehao shook his head and said, "That's not necessary! Given Song Zheming's personality, he can't come up with any profound ideas. We just need to be careful. We can deal with him in many ways!"
After saying this, Song Zhehao turned back and entered the retreat room. As he walked, he said, "Father asked me to retreat, so I will do it. Being an obedient son always pays off."
After saying that, he let out another long laugh.
The days of seclusion began. Song Zhehao stayed indoors every day, ate light meals, and lived a simple life. Zhang Hu came twice, but Song Zhehao did not listen to him. He just told Zhang Hu to make his own decision and be prepared. If he did not have such an idea, he would no longer use him.
Originally, Zhang Hu's personality was that he was unwilling to lag behind others. He was intelligent and courageous, but he had never been valued in the past, so he was always depressed.
Now, he was appreciated by Song Zhehao and jumped from a servant to a housekeeper. He was so excited and happy that he couldn't describe it in words.
Now that Song Zhehao trusted him so much, Zhang Hu's belief in being loyal to his master became even stronger. He kowtowed three times respectfully at the door of the cell, and then left to do his work.
Song Zhehao was not wrong in his guess. When his retreat was about to end on the fifth day, several servants came hurriedly and said that Song Zhentian had ordered Song Zhehao to come out quickly and go to the meeting hall as he had something to ask.
Song Zhehao immediately understood in his heart that it seemed that Song Zheming had already taken action.
No one knows the importance of the Jade Face Skill inheritance better than Song Zhentian. If it weren't for an extremely urgent matter, Song Zhehao would never let him come out.
Well, Song Zhehao has never been afraid of Song Zheming, so he pushed open the door of the closed room without hesitation.
Even during these few days of seclusion, Song Zhehao ate light meals and maintained a pure and simple state of mind. In addition, the original owner's appearance was already good, and now he looked even more handsome and extraordinary, with a more extraordinary temperament.
Song Zhehao was wearing a loose robe and had long hair. After all, he had been a king in the past. As soon as he looked at Song Zheming, the aura of crushing everything and seeing through everything suppressed Song Zheming.
Under Song Zhehao's gaze, Song Zheming suppressed his arrogance and slowly lowered his head.
In the meeting room, there was a corpse lying on the ground, covered with a white cloth. Next to the corpse, a girl was kneeling and crying.
Seeing Song Zhehao coming in, the girl yelled, "Father, you died so unjustly!"
On one side of the meeting hall, there were two old men dressed as farmers. Because of the original owner's memories, Song Zhehao felt that the two men looked particularly familiar.
The two men glanced at Song Zhehao and knelt down crying, "Please, Master Song, make this decision!"
Seeing everyone crying on the ground, Song Zheming lowered his head and a smug smile appeared on his face.
Song Zhentian slowly opened his slightly closed eyes and asked in a tone that made it impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry: "Hao'er, do you know these people?"
Song Zhehao said honestly: "It looks familiar, but I can't remember where it is."
After listening to this, Song Zhehao said to the butler beside him, "Tell the young master what happened!"
The butler bowed and told the whole story...
It turned out that these people were farmers living next to the private school where the original owner went to school.
The woman's name was Xiaolian. The corpse on the ground was her father. The other two old farmers were Xiaolian's uncles.
It turned out that when the original owner was studying in a private school, he often went to Xiaolian's house. There was a lotus pond in front of Xiaolian's house. In the lotus pond, there were small fish with delicious meat and lotus roots with excellent taste.
The original owner accidentally discovered this delicacy, and he often brought his friends to eat fish and lotus roots, and gave the old man some money in return.
Xiaolian's father, seeing that the original owner was from a wealthy family and had good manners, wanted the original owner to act as a matchmaker and find a marriage for his daughter Xiaolian.
Xiaolian's father said it very clearly, no matter if they were servants in the original owner's family or poor students in a private school, as long as they were upright, honest and kind, they would be fine.
After hearing this, the original owner immediately introduced a classmate named Zhu Guangxue next to him to Xiaolian's father, saying that Zhu Guangxue had a kind and honest character, and her family was an ordinary family, so she would be a virtuous daughter-in-law.
If Xiaolian married him, it would definitely be a happy marriage.
When Xiaolian's father heard this and saw Zhu Guangxue's honest and upright appearance, he was extremely happy and immediately said that he liked him very much.
The original owner asked Zhu Guangxue who was present for his opinion. Zhu Guangxue had an elderly mother at home, so he had to go home and ask his mother's opinion before making a decision.
Unexpectedly, a few days later, the original owner and Zhu Guangxue came again and said that Zhu's mother agreed to this matter.
At that time, Xiaolian's father was very happy and said, why not let the elders from the two families meet?
When the original owner and Zhu Guangxue heard this, they hesitated and said that his mother had caught a cold recently and would come to visit her when she felt better.
He also said that in order to prevent the two parties from promising to marry someone else after agreeing to the marriage, they signed a written contract.
Xiaodie's family is illiterate, so since the original owner said so, they didn't say anything.
Unexpectedly, this promise turned out to be an excuse to prevaricate.
What Xiaodie's family didn't expect was that since this matter was decided, Zhu Guangxue came home every few days on some excuse, and whenever he came, he wanted to be served wine and meat, and Xiaodie had to be by his side.
As time went on and it happened more often, Xiaodie's father felt something was wrong!
Zhu Guangxue usually looks like an honest man, but when someone comes and he drinks, he becomes unruly, behaves frivolously, and speaks frivolously. He is really not someone you can entrust your life to.
Xiaodie's father took a look and told Zhu Guangxue that he wanted to cancel the marriage.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Guangxue became furious and said that Xiaodie's father was not trustworthy. He also took out the original receipt and said that it was clearly written on it. It said that it was Xiaodie's indenture contract. Zhu Guangxue spent fifty taels of silver to buy Xiaodie, and Xiaodie's father had personally put his fingerprints on it, so he could not deny the responsibility.
When Xiaodie's father found out that he had been deceived, it was too late to regret.
Zhu Guangxue's eyes turned red from drinking. He said that he would have sex with Xiaodie tonight and then he would come to bully Xiaodie.
Xiaodie's father fought with him, and while holding Zhu Guangxue back, he told Xiaodie to escape quickly.
Xiaodie hurried out to look for her uncles and aunts. When she returned home, she found her father lying on the ground, covered in blood and dead.
Several people rushed to the government office overnight and reported the matter to the county magistrate.
After hearing this, the county magistrate sent yamen runners to arrest Zhu Guangxue, but they found Zhu Guangxue in his hometown.
Zhu Guangxue was dragged to the county government office and beaten with a stick. He was so scared that he peed his pants and immediately told the whole story.
Zhu Guangxue said that he had made a bet with the original owner not long ago. The original owner lost fifty taels of silver. As a result, the original owner had no cash on hand, so he discussed with Zhu Guangxue, how about compensating him with a beauty?
After hearing this, Zhu Guangxue thought that she was a servant of the Song family, and as long as there was a contract to sell her, it would be legal.
However, the original owner told him that Xiaolian's father asked him to be a matchmaker, so he came up with this trick of using the indenture contract to deceive people.
The entire scheme was planned by the original owner, and Zhu Guangxue did such a foolish thing because he listened to him.
Now that the truth is out, Xiaolian comes with the corpse to demand an explanation.
Hearing this, Song Zhehao couldn't help but sigh that Song Zheming really put a lot of effort into framing him!
That's right! Judging from the original owner's memory, this incident did happen, but the truth is not so...
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