Chapter 459: Eliminating the Root of Evil
To be honest, Song Liyun felt that she had seen all kinds of confident and conceited people, but she had never seen anyone as familiar and outgoing as Xia Hong.
We became a family within less than five minutes of meeting each other, and he even saved five lives.
Tsk tsk tsk!
What a great gift.
There is a murder case, and he and I are on the same boat. If I am not the main culprit, I am an accomplice. If I don't die, I will be skinned alive.
Since they are a family, Song Liyun speaks frankly.
"Your sister fell into my uncle Kui's arms for no apparent reason. This was a trap set up specifically for her. Did she learn this trick from some whore in a brothel?"
Xia Hong didn't even raise his eyebrows when he heard the sarcasm. He just raised his chin and said, "My cousin is only sixteen. She's getting a bargain for that old man Song Dekui by marrying him."
This is not denying digging a hole.
Song Liyun sneered, "I'm just confused. Why do you believe I'll just be so obedient and let you control me?"
This time, Xia Hong was more energetic, his eyes flashing with excitement: "Young Madam, you killed those five lives over there.
The three of us can testify that you first shot him with an arrow and then killed him with a knife."
When Xia Hong was investigating the Song family, he already knew that Song Liyun was heartless and would not be persuaded by anything. She even looked down on her own uncle. If he wanted to touch her, he had to use a trick.
This idea has been in Xia Hong's mind for more than a year, but there has been no opportunity.
This is a godsend opportunity and cannot be missed. The people here are just five thugs from Songfeng County. As long as they can set a trap for Song Liyun, it is not a pity to die.
Those five people were wounded by arrows, and this is an undeniable fact. Even if Song Liyun said that she did not kill anyone, who could testify for her?
Song Liyun has connections in Qili County, but not in Songfeng County.
If we report this to the government, Songfeng County will certainly not let him off easily because of the previous grudge against Cao Jing.
If Song Liyun wants to get rid of the suspicion of murder, she must beg for mercy.
Song Liyun just felt it was ridiculous. She didn't know why there were always people who thought they were the chosen ones and must be smarter than others and could dominate everything.
She walked over to Xia Hong and lowered her voice, "You said it all, the three of you can testify that I killed someone, what would happen if there was no witness?"
Xia Hong's eyebrows jumped: "Song Dekui is my brother-in-law. If you dare to do this to me...ah! You bitch!"
Song Liyun thrust the knife that had been inserted into his abdomen further inward until it went past the handle.
Xia Hong's eyes were red and all the strength in his body receded like the tide. He tried to grab Song Liyun's arm tremblingly.
Song Liyun kicked him in the stomach again, and Xia Hong fell to the ground like a sack.
"Ah! Fifth brother!" The two people who came with him only saw Xia Hong being stabbed at this time, and rushed over with screams.
Wu Dan didn't need Song Liyun to remind him at this time, he just raised his hand and shot an arrow.
The whole arrow shot into the man's eye socket, and blood splattered on his face. He fell on his back with a scream, and after struggling for a few times, he stopped moving.
The man behind was so frightened by this scene that he turned around and ran away.
The horse was right next to him, so he mounted it as fast as he could and headed straight for Songfeng County.
He wants to report the case.
Song Liyun calmly wiped the blood off Xia Hong's body with the dagger and said in a deep voice, "Wudan, go kill him!"
Wudan also ran to his horse, jumped onto its back nimbly while the horse was running, and chased after the fleeing person.
At this time, the scene was littered with corpses, in a mess, and filled with the smell of blood, but Song Liyun didn't even frown.
Xia Hong was deliberately plotting against the Song family, so how could she let him go?
You can't just wash your neck clean and wait for others to chop it off.
Originally, for the sake of the two horses, she had no intention of killing. She just wanted to give the five robbers a light punishment and a severe warning, so that they would suffer a little.
The only thing to blame is Xia Hongtai's scheming. Not only did he scheme against Song Dekui, but he also framed himself with a life.
Everyone wants to achieve success overnight, but they don’t know that this road is not easy to walk.
Only a cup of tea later, Wu Dan came back, followed by a black horse.
The man on top had collapsed on his horse's back, a hardwood arrow deeply embedded in his vest.
"Young Madam, what should we do?"
Although the man fled first, he was no match for Wu Dan in terms of riding a horse. He caught up with him in just a few leaps and shot an arrow through his heart when he got close enough.
Things were so easy that Wu Dan's heart was still pounding.
This was his first time going out with the young lady and also his first time completing a mission.
"What to do? Leave, of course!"
Song Liyun moved smoothly and collected several corpses and stuffed them into the space.
On the other side, Wu Dan untied the girth and reins of the mules and horses ridden by Xia Hong and others, and then stabbed each horse's butt with an arrow.
The mules and horses felt pain, neighed a few times, and ran into the woods, quickly disappearing behind the trees and weeds. No one knew how far they had run.
Song Liyun and Wu Dan mounted their horses and galloped straight ahead.
On the official road, there were a lot of hoof prints, and blood seeped into the sand, leaving dark red patches. The wind blew dead leaves over it, spreading the bloody smell. Anyone passing by would notice something was wrong.
Song Liyun had no intention of hiding it.
Captain Jiang and his men will surely follow.
The crime scene was found, but there were no witnesses or evidence, so even if I suspected something was wrong, I could do nothing.
Song Liyun was in a good mood.
When she learned that Song Dekui's new wife's family was involved in the construction of Mida City, she felt a little embarrassed.
Uncle Kui has feelings for his family. It would be more trouble than good to turn against them for the Xia family.
But the Xia family is obviously a family of villains who have succeeded and do not know their place. Keeping such people around would be a disaster.
Now that Xia Hong has brought it to me, I don’t have to bother thinking of a solution.
However, after this incident, Song Liyun and Wu Dan also took notice and no longer went into villages or towns along the way. At night, they found a quiet place, took out straw bundles to block the wind, and wrapped themselves in woolen mattresses to sleep comfortably. The two of them galloped on horseback and reached Hecheng in just three days.
Song Liyun did not go to the back house of the garrison, but went directly to the government office in front.
Upon hearing that it was his sister-in-law who had come to visit and was already waiting in the hall, Zhao Tinglei, who was discussing matters with his subordinates, suddenly changed his expression and summarized the matter: "We'll discuss this matter tomorrow. For now, everyone should collect taxes according to the law. All goods passing through customs must be strictly inspected, especially ironware. Any negligence will be severely punished."
After all the officials had obeyed his orders and left, Zhao Tinglei said to the staff beside him, "Old Yu, you know that my sister-in-law is a difficult person to deal with. I'll trouble you to deal with her. I'll notify the third brother to go into the customs and take her away."
After saying this, he didn't care whether Mr. Yu agreed or not. He lifted his robe and ran away with the gait of a dragon and a tiger.
He already knew that the Queen Mother and his father had taken advantage of Song Liyun's wedding to add to her dowry and sent a maid to his third brother.
Now the news from the tribe has arrived. Among the four maids, three were rewarded to the vassal tribe, and one was assigned to Abu, the follower of the third brother.
My third brother didn’t leave any behind.
When he first saw that Zhao Tingduo didn't want a concubine, he thought that the two of them were not married yet and it would be inappropriate to accept one in front of Song Liyun.
Now he completely understood that this sister-in-law had his third brother under her thumb and would not accept anything even from the Empress Dowager.
They came here to cause trouble for me, because those slaves were sent by the lady of the garrison.
Seeing the general abandon his hard work and slip away, Old Yu smiled bitterly, but still mustered up his spirits and got back to work.
Song Liyun didn't wait long in the flower hall of the garrison before she saw Elder Yu rushing in with a smile on his face: "Oh! The Third Young Master's wife is here, why didn't anyone notify the First Young Master?
"Alas! Judging from my poor memory, the Third Young Madam must have come here for something. I'd better ask her to go to Anhua Courtyard and rest first!"
(End of this chapter)
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