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525: Sanlang tells the truth

When Sanlang heard Mu Chengzhi's words, his frightened heart stopped beating for a moment, and then began to beat rapidly again, as if it was about to jump out of his throat.

Sanlang wondered why Mu Chengzhi would suspect him. No, it was impossible. He did these things very secretly, no one could know about it. He must be lying to him!

"Uncle Mu, don't scare me. What have I done wrong that you treat me like this? Are you treating me like this just because of what I did in your mansion? My fourth uncle and the others don't care about this matter, why do you still care about it? Please let me go. I swear I will never want to rely on my fourth uncle and the others to make money again. My hands are about to break, it hurts so much, Uncle Mu, you can't treat your relatives like this!"

Sanlang thought that Mu Chengzhi must be deceiving him because he had offended his fourth uncle and his friends. They now suspected that the poisoning in the restaurant was his revenge. It was indeed done by him, but they certainly had no solid evidence that he did it. They were just suspecting him. Humph, they wanted to trick him into confessing voluntarily. What a dream!

Mu Chengzhi looked at Sanlang's face, and saw that this kid was so young, yet he could do bad things and control his emotions so well. He was really cunning to the extreme. Thinking of the things he had heard about Sanlang, he felt that he was a born bad guy, the kind of ungrateful person who would sell out and hurt outsiders and family members for profit. Such a person must not be let off, otherwise he will only continue to harm the world!

It will especially harm Su Zhi.

Mu Chengzhi didn't want his sister to be stared at by such a villain all the time, who might bite her at any time. He was worried when he thought about it, so he made up his mind. He thought that if Sanlang was really convicted, he would be exiled to a cold and bitter place at the border, but in fact he would make sure that Sanlang would never have a chance to come back!

"Uncle Mu! Please let me go! Otherwise I will call for help!"

Sanlang looked at Mu Chengzhi's face. Although that handsome face was calm, he felt that the cold light in those eyes was getting brighter and brighter. He felt cold all over, shivered with fear, and couldn't help but scream. He struggled again even though he knew he couldn't get out.

Mu Chengzhi looked at Sanlang and said, "If you scream, I will have your left leg broken. If you scream again, I will have your right leg broken. Then I will have your left and right hands, and your ribs broken one by one. You can scream as much as you want. No one will be able to save you. I came here with an imperial decree this time. Even if I beat someone to death, it will be in vain."

Sanlang listened to Mu Chengzhi slowly saying these threatening words, his face turned blue with fear, and he finally realized that the man in front of him was his fourth aunt's brother. He was also a young marquis and a general, who could beat and kill people at will, and he was not a country boy like him who could fight against him!

"Uncle Mu, if you treat me like this, my family will blame my fourth uncle and the others! Do you want my fourth uncle and the others to be blamed? Please let me go, I beg you!"

Mu Chengzhi said, "No one will blame them. Because there is an imperial edict here. Do you know what an imperial edict is? It is the emperor's will. If the emperor wants to beat you or kill you, no one can blame you! If you blame them, you will die! Do you think your parents dare to blame them? They will wish you dead by then. Forget it, I won't waste my words with you. Do you want to tell me or not? If not, I will have someone do it."

Mu Chengzhi waved his hand as he spoke, and a follower stood in front of Sanlang, holding a door bolt in his hand, staring at Sanlang's left foot, as if he was thinking about how to hit it so that it would break in one go.

Sanlang shrank back in fear, and was held down firmly. He thought the young marquis was serious! Even if he was not serious and was just trying to scare him, he didn't dare to gamble. He was afraid of the pain. If the door bolt really came down, it would definitely hurt like hell. He didn't want to be beaten. Sanlang was so scared that tears came out, and he almost wet his pants.

"Uncle Mu, I say, I say!"

When Sanlang saw Mu Chengzhi wave his hand and the man lifted the door bolt, he was so scared that he immediately screamed.

Mu Chengzhi sneered in his heart, thinking that this guy was really a coward who was afraid of pain and death. He confessed after being scared for a while. He really wanted someone to beat him up before he confessed. He decided to vent his anger on the girl first!

Mu Chengzhi waved his hand, and the follower holding the door bolt retreated to the side, but not too far away, still holding the door bolt in his hand.

"Okay, tell me what happened from beginning to end, starting with how you knew your uncle had the seasoning. If you don't tell the truth, watch out for your legs!"

Sanlang shivered as he looked at Mu Chengzhi, thinking that he was obviously a young master, and he was obviously such a calm and handsome man, how could he say such cruel things and do such cruel things? He was a relative of his, was this the difference in status? Sanlang was discouraged, thinking that Mu Chengzhi even knew that he knew about the seasoning from his second uncle, so he must know almost everything else, and now he was just waiting for him to confess!

Sanlang saw that his fourth uncle and his family had gone to the capital, and there was usually no one in the courtyard. He wanted to steal something, but he overheard the conversation between his second uncle and his wife.

"When I heard that, I thought that my fourth uncle and his family were so rich. They not only had the vermicelli business, but also the seasoning business. These were businesses that could easily make a lot of money. I thought if I had even one of the recipes, I could get rich. Vermicelli was too hard to make, and I thought that a small bag of seasoning was worth a lot of money, and it would be easier to sell than vermicelli, so I was attracted to the seasoning. But I didn't do it at the time because I didn't know how to start. Then I followed my parents to the capital, and so many things happened."

As Sanlang spoke, he felt very sad, thinking that something that was almost successful was over just like that!

Mu Chengzhi asked, "How did you get involved with that Zhao guy?"

Sanlang was even more depressed when he heard this. He thought that even Zhao Daliang knew about it, so Zhao Daliang must be more afraid of death than he was, and he would confess when the time came. This plan was completely over. He gave up and told Zhao Daliang how he met him.

It turned out that Sanlang and his parents had returned from the capital in a carriage. When they arrived in the county, they went to a restaurant to eat. It happened to be a restaurant owned by Zhao Daliang. Zhao Daliang was very enthusiastic to them and said that the dishes on the table were free. He also chatted with them and sighed when he talked about his business. He said that the business was not good and all the business was taken away by those restaurants that had seasonings. He also asked them to help ask the money family to sell the seasonings to their restaurant.

When Sanlang heard about the seasoning, he became excited and asked Zhao Daliang if the seasoning was really profitable. Zhao Daliang told him how good the business of the restaurant that used the seasoning was. Sanlang thought that he had eaten dishes cooked with the seasoning several times and they were indeed delicious. It was certain that it could make money. He also thought about what he had heard about his second uncle having the seasoning, and he became more open-minded.

"At the time, I was thinking that my second uncle had this seasoning at home, and whether it could help me make some money, and then I would go to see Zhao Daliang."

Saburo said, rolling his eyes.

"Zhao Daliang told me that the seasoning was not available in every restaurant. He said that if he used it, people would know that his seasoning was not obtained legally. He said he didn't dare to take my seasoning. Then he gave me an idea, saying that if the seasoning was ours, we could use it as we wanted, and that we would make endless money. I was tempted. Uncle Mu, this was Zhao Daliang's idea. I was young, and I was confused when I heard that there was money to be made. You have to forgive me!"

As soon as Mu Chengzhi saw Sanlang's eyes rolling, he began to doubt the truthfulness of what he said, but he thought he would know the answer as long as he found Zhao Daliang and asked him.

"Did you poison the seasoning? How did you do it?!"

"I know where my second uncle and his family put the seasonings. I took advantage of the fact that they were not at home and then poisoned them. The poison I used was not lethal, so it's okay!"

Sanlang thought it was a good thing that no strong poison was used, otherwise his life would be in danger now.

Mu Chengzhi then asked them how they planned to get the seasoning.

Sanlang said, "One of the poisoned people is someone we arranged. As long as that person dies, Fourth Uncle and the others will definitely be in trouble. If they want to save their lives, they have to exchange the seasoning formula. Now that person is not dead yet. Uncle Mu, whether that person lives or dies has nothing to do with me!"

"And you said it has nothing to do with you! You know all this!"

Mu Chengzhi thought that Sanlang and Zhao Daliang were ruthless enough, and although this plan was not very clever, it could still work. If Chunhua hadn't come to report the incident and named Sanlang, and Sanlang was afraid of death and confessed, his sister might really be in trouble. Mu Chengzhi was even more determined to get rid of Sanlang. And Zhao Daliang, he couldn't let him go either!

Sanlang shrank his neck and immediately said, "Uncle Mu, I am also a child. Zhao Daliang and his men said these things to me, which means they want to pull me onto a boat. If I dare to get off the boat, I will die. Zhao Daliang's wife Zhang Qingniang is not someone you can easily mess with. She is the sister of a bandit!"

Sanlang told about the relationship between Zhang Qingniang and the group of bandits who suddenly arrived in Hebian Village.

"Zhang Qingniang hates the Shen family, especially Fourth Uncle and his people. She wants revenge, and this time she can make some money, killing two birds with one stone. This plan was thought up by her."

Mu Chengzhi asked someone to keep an eye on Sanlang, then went to find Su Zhi and Shen Zian and told them everything Sanlang had said.

After hearing this, Shen Zian and Su Zhi thought about the matter of Zhao Daliang. When the couple left Hebian Village, they thought they might have no contact with them in the future. It turned out that they still hated them. Now they found an opportunity and used such a cruel method. This is really hard to guard against.

Finally I told Mr. and Mrs. Zhao Daliang about it. I was so hot that I almost didn't want to code anymore. Dear ones, please don't complain that it's too late.

(Lishu Literature)