Chapter 144 Wronged

Shang Ji was not a soft-hearted person, so after taking a sip of the tea at hand, he began to speak.

"Xue Niang has received a reply to the letter she sent to Grandmother. She said she would go north, so I talked to my cousin Zhao yesterday and asked him to take Ping'er with him."

Du Jingyi has been "recuperating" these days, so he has not had the opportunity to meet and talk with his sister-in-law.

Unexpectedly, my husband was very efficient and finished the task quickly, so I asked out of curiosity.

"Sister-in-law agreed so quickly?"

"Maybe she has also realized that we are going to attack the neighboring courtyard. It may not be peaceful to stay in Sui'an City, so it is better to leave."

Du Jingyi also thought this made sense.

There was no condition to send him away before, but now it is just a matter of following Xing Zhao.

He would be back in a month at most, so my eldest sister-in-law Liu didn't object much. Instead, she thought it was a good thing.

So, even though he was seriously ill, he still packed his son's luggage.

And those things had been sent out a few days ago under the pretext of moving.

At that time, Shang Zhiping only needs to follow Xing Zhao.

The two of them talked about this for a while, and not long after, Butler He rushed in in a hurry.

"General, Madam, there's an incident at Taoyuan."

"Oh? What did you find?"

Butler He looked at Shang Ji with a serious face and answered.

"We found many witchcraft dolls in the Third Old Master's house. Some belong to the Duke, some belong to our East Garden, and some belong to Yunjin Courtyard and West Garden. In short, almost every master with a reputation has one."

Du Jingyi raised her eyebrows and glanced at her husband, but didn't say much.

Mrs. Wei is good at shifting the blame to someone else. It seems that she also wants to kill the people from the third house with one blow.

"What about the others? Are there any more?"

"There are two thousand five hundred taels of unknown silver in the Second Young Master's wife's room."

Du Jingyi knew about this money.

That was what Shang Liuniang sent to the third house when she came last time to prepare dowry for Shang Si Niang.

Only five hundred taels have been spent now?

They are a family that only cares about their own lives.

Shang Liuniang deducted some, Erlang's wife deducted some, and in the end, Shang Si Niang, who had to suffer the most, only got a fraction of the money.

It’s really pitiful just thinking about it.

"What did she say?"

"You are hesitating and hesitating. I didn't give you a precise answer before I came here."

Then Butler He seemed to remember something and added.

"The Third Young Master did curse a few times, but he didn't say anything specific."

Apparently, everyone in the third room knew that Erlang's wife was doing something.

There's really no need for a disaster to happen before things get really messed up inside.

"What do the people in Gyeonggi-si say?"

"It is said that the old servant who bribed the killer has been found. She is Madam Qin who is beside the Second Young Master's wife."

Mother Qin? Du Jingyi had some impression of her.

However, her figure and age are not much different from what the assassin said, no wonder Mrs. Wei used her as a scapegoat.

"How did the deputy commander determine it?"

"It is said that Mother Qin found an excuse to go to the woodshed and looked around for a long time. If it weren't for the tight guards from our East Garden, I'm afraid she would have been silenced long ago and would not have had the chance to bite back."

Hiring someone to kill someone, unidentified money, witchcraft dolls.

Although Mrs. Wei's trick was cliché, it was very useful.

Especially since the person who came was her own brother, he would naturally side with her. With such a series of schemes, the third room had no chance of turning things around.

Du Jingyi looked outside calmly, then said to Shang Ji.

"The fire is burning so fiercely, let's give it a little help, so that Madam Wei won't have too much comfort."

A hint of ruthlessness flashed across Shang Ji's eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

Then, several branches of the dead trees outside were broken by the wind and snow.

He fell to the ground and looked exactly like the man from the third room who was struggling to death on the ground just now.

In Baotao Courtyard, the cries were getting louder and louder.

The Third Old Master was completely confused. When did he hide these things in his room? If this wasn't a blatant frame-up, what was it? He immediately started to curse.

"Who is this shameless person who dares to do this to me? We are all relatives in the same house, why should I curse them?"

Unfortunately, the person standing in front of him now is not a relative of the Duke's Mansion.

But it was Wei Mingxian.

So he looked over coldly, and saw two or three soldiers coming forward and slapping him several times, making the third old man dizzy and his face burning with pain.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"How dare you talk nonsense in front of an adult? I'll slap you ten times to serve as a warning to you."

Last time, they were dragged back to Baotaoyuan by Shang Ji's men. Although it was a bit ugly, they were not really hurt.

But now, the serious injuries of the Third Old Master made everyone in the Third House afraid.

They are not from the Duke's Mansion and they will not show any mercy.

As a result, everyone hid themselves away like turtles, and no one stood up for the Third Old Master.

Erlang's wife, who usually has the sharpest tongue, now cried out that she was wronged.

Mother Qin, who was beside her, had done nothing, so how could she be accused of hiring someone to kill her master? Besides, what good would it do them if the Duke died? So even though the man was tied up, he was still crying and shouting.

"It's unfair, it's unfair, my Lord, please be more discerning. Mother Qin has done nothing wrong, how could she hire someone to kill my uncle?"

"She didn't do it, could it be that you did it?"

Wei Mingxian doesn't care about all this. He will nail anyone he can to death.

Those involved are all from the third house, so he spoke with a murderous look on his face.

"I think she is the most suspicious, so take her away with the old servant. And the third old master, please go to the Jingji Division to explain where these things came from!"

After saying this, he glanced at his men.

Erlang's wife, Qin's mother, and the third old master were all tied up and taken away.

They did struggle in the process.

But struggling is useless.

Without the support of the Duke's Mansion, they were just common people.

As the saying goes, people do not fight against officials, let alone officials who want to put them to death.

"take away!"

People from Gyeonggi-si came in a hurry and left with full loads.

When they left, many people gathered at the gate of the Duke's Mansion, all just to join in the fun.

Seeing that someone was really being brought out, they rushed forward one by one, muttering something.

"No way, is there really a ghost?"

"I think it's someone from the third room."

"How do you know?"

"The old one is the third old master in the Duke's Mansion. He used to come to our teahouse to drink tea!"

After hearing that man's explanation, everyone came out and started making various statements.

The three people who were taken away had rags stuffed in their mouths. They tried to defend themselves, but it was of no use.

The people from Gyeonggi-si left, leaving a mess behind.

(End of this chapter)