Chapter 710 Suicide to Clear Innocence

"Brother, what is this..." Yu Mingzhu pretended to be confused and asked in surprise.

Yu Chongjie wrapped the still unconscious Zou Pingping in a cloak and placed her on the Luohan couch in Yu Mingzhu's room, and told her how he met Zou Pingping.

Yu Mingzhu sucked in a breath of cold air and made an expression of disbelief: "In this Buddhist pure land, such a thing could actually happen!"

Yu Chongjie frowned and said, "Zhuzhu, next time you and others come to worship Buddha, you must bring more people with you and not be careless."

When Yu Mingzhu saw that Yu Chongjie's concern was only for her, a glimmer of joy flashed across her eyes, but her face still looked worried, and she responded.

Yu Mingzhu sighed again with pity: "... Miss Zou is in this state, I can't find a monk doctor to see her. It's getting late now, what can I do?"

Qi Huang whispered, "…The second Madam Xing who came to worship Buddha next door brought a woman who knows medicine. Today, a pilgrim fainted, and it was that woman who helped to get medicine. Otherwise, I will ask that woman who knows medicine to come over and take a look at Miss Zou?"

Yu Chongjie hesitated for a moment, but then felt that his life was more important: "This is the only way."

Yu Mingzhu gave Qihuang a look.

Qi Huang knelt down and said, "Then I will ask the old woman who knows medicine to come over and take a look at Miss Zou."

Yu Chongjie said "hmm".

Yu Mingzhu whispered, "Brother, you are here right after your shift. Have you eaten yet? I had dinner with my second brother tonight. I tried the vegetarian dishes from the White Horse Temple and they were quite delicious. Should I ask the maid to bring another portion of food?"

Yu Chongjie glanced hesitantly at Zou Pingping, who was still unconscious on the Luohan couch.

Yu Mingzhu took another step forward, sighed, and whispered: "Brother, you also know that this Zou family girl is obsessed with you. If a girl encounters such an accident, she will probably hang herself immediately. Not to mention being caught by her lover? How embarrassing would that be? ... I know that you want to be a good person to the end and send the Buddha to the west, but if you stay here, what will happen if the Zou family girl commits suicide? I think it’s better to let Miss Zou recuperate here first, and we will go to Second Brother together, and I will have someone send the vegetarian food over."

Yu Chongjie thought about it for a while and felt that what Yu Mingzhu said was very true.

He felt that he had done his best by saving the man and asking his sister's maid to help invite a middle-aged woman who knew medicine.

Thinking of this, Yu Chongjie agreed and went to Yu Chongen's room with Yu Mingzhu.

As soon as Yu Chongjie and Yu Mingzhu left, the room suddenly felt empty.

Zou Pingping woke up slowly after an unknown amount of time.

There were no lights on in the room, and one could only make out the general outline of the room's furnishings through the dim light coming in through the window from the moon outside.

Zou Pingping had just regained some consciousness, her voice still a little hoarse: "Water..."

As soon as she spoke, she frightened herself to death.

My throat has become so hoarse and torn!

She also remembered what happened before she fell into a coma.

She was given...

Zou Pingping's face turned pale.

At this time, a whispered conversation was heard from the corridor outside: "...Oh, if I were her, I would have jumped off the cliff. I wouldn't have the nerve to ask for help!"

"That's right, I just live my life shamelessly."

"Didn't you hear what the old woman who knows medicine from Madam Xing's family said? The marks on Zou Pingping's body were not left by one person... Even so, how can she still have the nerve to pester our eldest young master!"

Two maids were whispering outside, and Zou Pingping pulled the quilt covering herself tightly when she heard it.

Different from the filthy and sticky things on her body before she fell into a coma, the painful part of her body now gave her a cool feeling, probably because of the medicine.

Zou Pingping didn't dare to think about the nightmarish experience and only felt despair.

But at this moment, the maid outside was still talking about her body and her experience without restraint...

Zou Pingping looked pale.

When Mingzhu and Yu Chongjie came back, they found that Zou Pingping had twisted the bed sheets into a rope and hung herself from the beam.

Fortunately, he was hung up for a short time and was still breathing faintly when he was rescued.

Zou Pingping cried bitterly: "Just let me die!"

Having said that, she threw herself into Yu Chongjie's arms, crying and shaking all over.

Yu Chongjie felt a little embarrassed. Since it concerned a woman's reputation, he didn't know how to persuade her, so he looked to Yu Mingzhu for help.

However, when Yu Chongjie subconsciously looked at Yu Mingzhu, he found that there was something wrong with the look in Yu Mingzhu's eyes when she looked at Zou Pingping. It was gloomy and seemed to contain deep malice.

At that moment, Yu Chongjie thought he had seen it wrong.

But when he looked again, he found that Yu Mingzhu's face was full of sympathy and pity. She even stepped forward and hugged Zou Pingping's shoulders, urging her to think more positively.

However, Zou Pingping held on to Yu Chongjie's clothes tightly.

The situation was a bit awkward for a moment.

Later, Zou Pingping was too tired to cry and almost fainted. Yu Mingzhu then winked at the maid and asked her to "take" Zou Pingping away.

Yu Chongjie also went to rest.

Yu Mingzhu and Qi Huang were the only ones left in the room.

Yu Mingzhu's face looked even gloomier under the flickering candlelight.

"I didn't think she could be so shameless. Her body is already so dirty and defiled, yet she still dares to covet my elder brother!" Yu Mingzhu's expression was distorted, and she was obviously furious.

Qi Huang advised, "Young lady, please don't be angry. It doesn't matter if Zou Pingping is shameless or not. In a few days, she will be burned to ashes by the fire."

Yu Mingzhu sat at the table with a sullen face and said coldly: "... Before I leave tomorrow, Qihuang, go and urge those people to make sure they take action as soon as possible."

Qihuang bowed his head and responded gently.

…

The next day, Yu Chongjie escorted Yu Mingzhu down the mountain in a carriage and also took Zou Pingping with him.

Yu Chongjie rode a horse, following the carriage not far away.

When the carriage reached a certain point on the mountain trail, Zou Pingping suddenly started trembling and screaming.

"It's right here... They dragged me into the woods..." Zou Pingping cried and shook non-stop, insisting that Yu Chongjie come over, "I want the young master to come over!"

There was actually a commotion.

Yu Chongjie was riding a horse not far away, so he naturally heard Zou Pingping's crying.

He showed some hesitation.

Yu Mingzhu rarely showed a cold look in front of outsiders and looked at Qihuang coldly.

Qi Huang understood and raised his voice slightly: "Miss Zou! Please stop making a fuss! You have encountered such a thing, and it will be bad for our young lady's reputation if she gets involved! But our young lady still sympathizes with you for having just encountered an accident, and she has hired a maid who knows medicine for you, and sent people to take care of you. Now she is sending you back without caring about the possible damage to her reputation. Are you really not moved at all? Do you have to make such a fuss to get close to the eldest young master? Don't you think about our young lady at all! Don't I say, Miss Zou, you are too heartless?"

Qihuang spoke harshly and with a look of disdain.

After such a long string of words, Yu Mingzhu said in a scolding tone: "Qi Huang, how do you talk to Miss Zou? Miss Zou just encountered an accident, I can understand that she is in a bad mood."

Zou Pingping was filled with shame and anger, and she wanted to get off the carriage again: "I heard it, you master and servant just dislike me, dislike that I am dirty, right? I will get off the carriage, is it not okay for me to get off the carriage!"

However, to Yu Chongjie, this sounded like Yu Mingzhu was compromising and Zou Pingping was taking advantage of the fact that she was in great trouble and doing whatever she wanted.

Yu Mingzhu was still in the carriage, trying to stop Zou Pingping: "Miss Zou, calm down! If you are dissatisfied with me in any way, just tell me directly, and I will change, isn't it okay if I change..."

Zou Pingping didn't want to hear anything and just kept clamoring to get off the bus.

Yu Chongjie suddenly said in a cold voice: "If she wants to get off the car, just let her get off! We saved her, does she really think we owe her?!"

Yu Chongjie said angrily: "Miss Zou, if you don't like it, then get off the car!"

Zou Pingping froze, and dared not say anything. She shrank back into the corner of the carriage sobbing and became obedient.

Yu Mingzhu glanced at Zou Pingping lightly, and the disgust in her eyes was obvious.

Just wait. Even though she will be burned to death in a few days, how can Yu Mingzhu let Zou Pingping get away so easily?

You must know that Mrs. Xing Er is famous for her loud mouth.

When the old woman who knew medicine came to check on Zou Pingping, she asked her what had happened.

I think that Zou Pingping’s loss of innocence will soon become known to everyone.

Yu Mingzhu lowered her eyes and curled the corners of her mouth.

She would like to see by then whether Zou Pingping still has the nerve to come out and harass her elder brother!

The carriage of Duke Xin's mansion stopped in front of the gate of Zou's mansion.

It was the first time for Yu Mingzhu to come to the Zou family. She looked at the entrance of the Zou Mansion with disdain, and then signaled Qi Huang and Zou Pingping to go down together.

Although Zou Pingping had taken medicine, she still felt pain all over her body, and her legs were shaking when she got off the carriage.

When Zou Wan heard the news, she ignored Zou Pingping and looked at Yu Mingzhu who was sitting in the carriage with a very attentive face: "Miss, how come you have time to come here today?" Her words were full of flattery and surprise.

Yu Mingzhu wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief: "... Miss Zou met with misfortune near the White Horse Temple yesterday, and even wanted to commit suicide... We in the Xinguo Mansion are kind-hearted, and we can't just stand by and watch her die. Now that Miss Zou has been sent back, I hope Madam Zou will take care of her more."

Yu Mingzhu's words made Zou Wanshi dizzy!

What does "suffering from misfortune" mean?

Zou Wan mechanically turned his head to look at Zou Pingping. Zou Pingping's eyes were red and swollen, obviously she had been crying.

You can still vaguely see the purple bruises spreading from the neck to the depths of the clothes.

A bad guess flashed through Zou Wanshi's mind, and her legs felt weak: "...No, Third Girl, you?"

Zou Pingping was extremely embarrassed and cried with her hands covering her face.

There was nothing Zou Wanshi couldn't understand. She rolled her eyes and almost fainted.

Qi Huang stepped forward and supported the man.

Zou Wanshi was trembling all over, pointing at Zou Pingping: "You, you..."

Her mind was filled with worry that her daughter had lost her innocence and that the Duke of Xin's Mansion had found out about it. This meant that the Duke of Xin's Mansion's future was completely blocked!

Not only that, even the previous eighth-rank Lord Ge would probably avoid her daughter!

How is her daughter going to live the rest of her life?

Moreover, with such a girl who has lost her chastity in the mansion, which daughter of a good family would be willing to marry Ming Lei? !

Her son Minglei will be going to Zhizhi Academy next month, which is full of young men of noble character. After what happened to her daughter, her son will not be able to hold his head up in the academy!

Thousands of thoughts were swirling in Zou Wan's mind, and the look she gave Zou Pingping was extremely complicated.

Yu Mingzhu saw it and curled her lips.

She was not surprised at all that her biological mother was such a cold-hearted person.

Yu Mingzhu naturally didn't care what kind of trouble the Zou family would cause, and she left leisurely in her carriage.

For the first time, Zou Wan was in no mood to "connect with Yu Mingzhu". She grabbed Zou Pingping's arm and dragged her into the yard.

Zou Wanshi's eyes were bloodshot and her expression was somewhat frightening. She suppressed her anger and asked Zou Pingping: "What on earth happened!"

Zou Pingping cried so hard and choked up as she told the story that Zou Wanshi almost fainted!

It took a while for Zou Wanshi to come back to her senses. She seemed to have calmed down a little, and it was obvious that she had made some important decision.

Zou Wan looked at Zou Pingping dimly: "...Since ancient times, chaste women would commit suicide to preserve their innocence. Pingping, you have no other choice."

Zou Pingping had hanged herself when she was completely hopeless, but at that time she actually had a little thought in her heart that Yu Chongjie would pity her, and she didn't really want to die.

But now she no longer wanted to die, but her mother asked her to die!

Zou Pingping broke down and cried even harder: "Mom, why? It's not my fault! Why should I commit suicide?"

Zou Wanshi was troubled by Zou Pingping's crying, but the look she gave Zou Pingping was even colder than usual: "On what basis? Because you have already lost your innocence!"

Zou Wan called the servants and, regardless of Zou Pingping's struggle, had them lock Zou Pingping in the house and prepare to starve her for a few days.

In the evening, Zou Haigui came back with the scent of makeup on her body, and a teacup greeted her!

Zou Haigui dodged and yelled, "What are you crazy about!"

Zou Wan sneered: "Why am I crazy? You spend all day out there having sex and you don't even know your daughter has been raped!"

Zou Haigui took a deep breath and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, you vicious woman!"

Zou Wanshi sneered in revenge, "I said, your daughter was dragged into the woods by a group of thugs and raped when she went to the White Horse Temple to burn incense! Not only that, her awful appearance was seen by the eldest son of the Xin Guo Mansion. When she came back today, it was Mingzhu who sent her back!... I feel ashamed! Our Mingzhu is pure and noble, but Ping girl can't even keep her innocence!"

Zou Haigui hesitated for a moment, but soon he made a decision: "... Let's find a good day and let Ping go! This will also be considered a good story."

This idea coincided with Zou Wanshi's, and she snorted reluctantly.

Zou Haigui shed a few tears: "They are sisters, why is there such a big gap between Ping and Mingzhu..."

The couple was sighing, but they didn't know that Zou Pingping behind the wall was desperately covering her mouth to prevent herself from screaming out in shock!

Compared to the fact that her biological parents wanted to kill her, she was more shocked by another piece of information revealed in her parents' conversation.

Sisters? ...Sisters!