Chapter 27 All villains
The slaves guarding the dowry knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
But the servants holding sticks had already surrounded them.
Luo Zhen took a deep breath and said, "Wait a minute!"
Xu's vicious gaze turned to her: "You protect these sons of bitches?"
Luo Zhen tried to ignore her vulgar and dirty words and explained, "Mother, you misunderstood. My dowry is lost, so how can I not be angry, annoyed, and anxious? But these servants are so cheap and worthless that even if they were all sold together, they would not be worth the price of a vase of mine. If I beat them all to death, they would be worthless.
Once this man dies, there will be no way to find out anything, and his wife's dowry will never be recovered!"
What she said made sense, and Xu Shi did listen to her, but her brain was like paste, and when something happened, she just knew how to act according to her own will and throw a tantrum.
If she gets out of this, she won't be able to do that.
Suddenly, he slapped his thigh in anxiety and said, "I can't hit him, so what do you say I should do? Will your dowry be returned if I just sit there and watch?"
Seeing that she was still listening, Luo Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Of course, we'll search her body and her residence first, and at the same time, we'll take stock of the losses. We'll slowly investigate and find out who the thief is."
Xu's mind was full of the stolen money.
She had always taken other people's things, but no one had ever taken hers, let alone so much. She was filled with anger. When she heard Luo Zhen really come up with a solution, she immediately shouted at the servants holding sticks without thinking: "Go, search them and check their rooms!"
The servants with sticks responded quickly, stepped forward to hold down the slave guarding the dowry, and began to search him.
Naturally, nothing can be found.
Then search the residence again.
Luo Zhen also called his people to search.
At the same time, he took advantage of the chaos to glance at Qiuwen and Cailu.
The two of them understood and immediately followed him out.
But he did not follow to search the servants' rooms.
Instead, he quietly turned a corner, returned to the inner courtyard, and walked towards Pei Yu's yard.
Pei Yu was sitting in front of her dressing table at this time, trying on jewelry and head ornaments one by one.
At her feet lay a sandalwood box with gold horns.
The lid of the box was open, and the gold and silver jewelry and sets of head ornaments inlaid with kingfisher feathers inside were dazzling.
In addition, there are several exquisite antiques on the dressing table.
Without a doubt.
The dowry that Luo Zhen lost was stolen by her.
Yesterday, Luo Zhen and Pei Ji got married, and she stared at Luo Zhen's phoenix coronet and bridal robe in a trance.
I hadn't come to my senses since the people left.
It was Zhou who came over and tapped her forehead to bring her back to her senses. She smiled and said to her, "My dear little aunt, you are so mesmerized by the phoenix coronet and bridal robe. When you see your second sister-in-law's dowry, won't you faint?"
She snorted disdainfully at the time: "Don't look down on me. It's not like I haven't seen good things before. Do you think I'm short-sighted?"
Seeing her angry, Zhou hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, you are wrong. Our second daughter's dowry will definitely be greater than hers in the future. How can we envy her for such a small amount?"
She felt relieved when she heard it.
But after going to the front hall with Zhou, she felt uneasy again.
There was a huge commotion in the main hall of the front yard, especially Xu's howling which could be heard from far away.
It's not like she didn't hear it.
At first, she was a little panicked and asked the maid beside her to go and find out.
When she learned that Xu and Luo Zhen focused their attention on the servants, she immediately stopped panicking.
Then she was the second daughter of the Pei family, so how could anyone suspect her?
Even if they suspect her, can't they just search her yard?
She felt more at ease and dragged out the hidden box again and continued to try on the jewelry.
She didn't go to pay her respects to Mrs. Xu in the morning, but was enjoying these wonderful things.
"Bang!"
The outer door was pushed open and hit the wall with a loud noise.
Pei Yu was startled and shuddered suddenly. The cloisonné peony hairpin in her hand fell to the ground. The ruby inlaid on it was immediately thrown out and rolled under the dressing table.
"girl!"
Her maid stumbled over, her face pale as she said, "No, this is bad, Second Madam, Second Madam wants to..."
The hairpin was broken, and Pei Yu was furious. She raised her hand to hit the maid, but when she heard the words "Second Madam", her palm softened instantly. She glared and asked, "What does the Second Madam want? Do you dare to come to my courtyard to search?"
"No." The maid trembled, "She wants to go to the government office to report the case..."
Pei Yu's face immediately turned as pale as the maid's, and her body began to tremble. "Don't scare me with nonsense. Didn't they think it was the servants who stole it? Why, why are they reporting it to the police again?"
The maidservant said anxiously, "How could I dare to scare the young lady? I have been sitting at the gate of the courtyard listening to the noise outside. I didn't expect two maids to come over. I saw them yesterday. They were the head maidservants beside the Second Madam. They looked very hurried.
Is the girl really going to report the crime? Will it cause unrest in the family?
Another said, "The young lady just entered the house and there was a thief. If we don't catch this thief, the family will be in turmoil. Since we can't find him, let's report it to the police and ask the people in charge of this matter to search. If they can't find him, let's report it to our house and ask our master to bring people here to catch this thief!"
As the maid repeated the story, her legs went limp and she collapsed to the ground.
Although it was Pei Yu who took Luo Zhen's dowry, it was also Pei Yu who used other people's dowry.
But who told her to be the master?
If the truth came to light, the master would at most be scolded, but as a servant who helped the master steal things, she would probably be subjected to more than just a beating.
Pei Yu was not much better than her.
Her mind was dazed and she slid off the stool.
There was only one thought in my mind.
It’s over!
Luo Zhen's father was a third-rank provincial judge, a higher position than his second brother.
And looking at the dowry he prepared for Luo Zhen, you can tell how much he dotes on his daughter.
Even if the second brother wanted to protect her, he would not be able to do so.
What will she do then?
Will she be arrested and put in jail?
Pei Yu has been to jail.
Two years ago, when she was bored, she took advantage of Pei Ji's power and asked Xiao Qi to take her to the prison to play.
After she came back she fell ill.
She still remembers the screams of the prisoners when they were tortured.
Pei Yu's teeth were chattering, and his somewhat dull eyes unconsciously fell on the sandalwood box with the lid still open. Suddenly, as if it was half burned by fire, he screamed and kicked it with his foot: "Throw it out, throw it out! This is not mine, why is it in my room!"
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Her maid was stunned by her action.
Pei Yu kicked for a while, and then suddenly remembered something and changed his target, kicking the maid.
Before the maid could even get up, he pounced on her, grabbed her hair, and slapped her in the face: "It's all your fault! You were jealous of my second sister-in-law's dowry, so you stole it from the front hall at night! You could have hidden it anywhere else, but in my room! I'll beat you to death, you thief!"
The maidservant was slapped until the corner of her mouth bled. She subconsciously resisted, pushed Pei Yu to the ground, got up and tried to run away.
Pei Yu shouted, "If you dare to run, I'll sell your mother and your sister to a brothel!"
The maid stopped abruptly.
She turned around slowly, with blood on the corner of her mouth and red eyes, and knelt down: "Miss, I know what you mean. You want to use me to take the blame, but, but Miss, I am just a servant. Once I am identified as a thief who stole the master's things, even if the mistress and the second wife don't beat me to death, they will sell me out. No master will want a thief who stole the master's things as a maid. I have no way out!
But you are different. You are the master. As long as you go to the front and admit your mistake, you will be scolded at most. The Second Mistress just got married, so she won’t keep pursuing you.”
Her tears mixed with the blood at the corners of her mouth and flowed down. Her head hit the ground with a dull thud of blood and flesh. "Please, young lady, be kind. Considering that I have served you for six years, please spare my life!"
“How many reprimands can you get at most?”
Pei Yu had already climbed up, but kicked the maid on the shoulder and cursed arrogantly: "Don't I have any shame! So many people know that I took my sister-in-law's dowry. If it gets out, how can I get married in the future? Besides, this is your fault in the first place! If you hadn't instigated me, how could I have thought of taking my sister-in-law's dowry! You've hurt me like this, and you actually want to use your master as a scapegoat? Bah!"
Pei Yu spat at the maid: "You thief, you'd better admit your crime so that I can save your mother and sister. Otherwise, if you dare to embarrass me, you, your mother and sister will go to the brothel to entertain customers!"
"No! Don't!"
The maid was kicked and curled up on the ground, gasping for breath.
Hearing Pei Yu say this, he no longer cared about the pain. He gritted his teeth and struggled to get up and said, "I will listen to you, young lady. I will do whatever you ask me to do. I just hope you won't break your promise and keep my mother and sister safe."
Seeing that she finally gave in, Pei Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Isn't that right? This is how a servant should be loyal to her master. Since you are loyal to me, I will naturally not treat you unfairly. I said I would keep your mother and sister safe, and I will keep them safe!"
As she spoke, she looked outside, reached out and grabbed the maid's clothes and pulled her up: "Okay, stop wasting time, help me move these things to your room."
The maid looked ashen and could only do as she was told.
Pei Yu now regarded those dazzling jewelry and head ornaments as a scourge. He even crawled under the dressing table to pull out the broken hairpin and ruby. He took a handkerchief from the maid's arms and wrapped the hairpin and ruby together. Then he grabbed the maid and shouted, "Help! Help! I caught the thief!"
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