Chapter 383 Case Closed
The Yu family originally ran a grain shop.
The family is just well-off, not rich in Yuzhou City.
After Yu Zhao spent a large sum of money to redeem Yu Niang, Master Yu was so angry that he wanted to expel Yu Zhao from the Yu family. Everyone in the Yu family also looked down on Yu Niang, calling her a shameless vixen.
But soon, everyone in the Yu family changed their minds.
Because Yu Niang helped the Yu family negotiate a big deal.
That deal brought huge profits to the Yu family. Not only did they accept Yu Niang, they also handed over the power of the family to Yu Zhao.
From then on, the Yu family's business flourished, from a small grain shop to a large silk shop. Yu Zhao soon developed other businesses. In just a few years, the Yu family became famous in Yuzhou City.
Even the governor of the state had to give Yu Zhaojing some respect.
Yu Zhao was no longer satisfied with living in Yuzhou City, so he moved to the most prosperous capital city, Hanjing, with his family.
"The Yu family is able to reach where it is today thanks to Yu Niang's advice and strategies behind the scenes. However, Yu Niang doesn't have any business acumen. All she can do is help Yu Zhao train his dancers, who then go out to curry favor with merchants, gather information, and profit for him."
Jiang Tao's eyes were red and swollen from crying, her throat was hoarse, and her face revealed a faint sense of death.
Chunxi and Xiao Qinghe didn't interrupt her. Jiang Tao continued, "Those dancers were all selected by Madam from the newly arrived maids. Their families are very poor. Madam, if you say a few nice words to them and give them some money as a reward, they will be extremely grateful to you."
"Of course, there are those who are unwilling. Madam will drug them. If they still refuse to obey after losing their virginity, Madam will tie them up and throw them into the well in the backyard to avoid upsetting the guests and spreading bad news about the Yu family."
Xia Tao's eyes widened when she heard this, and she couldn't help but retort, "Sister, Madam is a very kind person. When she was in Yuzhou, she often did charity to help beggars. How could she do such a thing?"
Jiang Tao curled her lips and revealed a mocking smile: "Madam is not doing a good deed, but using those beggars to spread a good reputation, so that more people will sell their daughters to the Yu family. Those with good facial features and good bones will be picked by Madam, saying that they will be taught dancing skills, but in fact they are learning some ways to please men."
Soon after Jiang Tao was chosen, she accidentally discovered the secret. She knelt down and begged Yu Niang to let her sister go. Yu Niang was old at that time and had a good reputation. It was not convenient for her to continue doing these dirty things. She agreed to let Xia Tao go, but on the condition that Jiang Tao take her place.
Over the years, for the sake of her sister, Jiang Tao has helped Yu Niang train many girls, and her hands have been stained with several lives.
After arriving in Hanjing, Yu Zhao was afraid that Jiang Tao would have other thoughts, so he forced her to marry him and promised that as long as she gave birth to a son, he would make her his concubine.
Jiang Tao originally wanted to wait until she gave birth to the child safely and became a concubine before arranging a good marriage for Xia Tao. Unexpectedly, Yu Zhao coaxed her to give Xia Tao to someone else as a concubine.
"After Madam taught me all the skills, I was the one who did all the dirty work. I deserve death, but my sister really knows nothing. I beg Miss Xiao and Madam Shen to spare my sister's life."
After telling the whole truth, Jiang Tao knelt down and kowtowed with a deathly pale face.
Xia Tao knelt down and said, "My sister did all those things to protect me. She was forced to do them. I beg Madam Shen and Miss Xiao not to execute my sister."
Jiang Tao’s words have yet to be verified, but the deep sisterly love displayed by the two is still very touching.
Chunxi asked them to stand up. After thinking for a moment, he looked at Jiangtao and asked, "How did your voice get damaged?"
Jiang Tao's face turned pale, and she whispered, "It was Madam who gave me a mute drug. She was afraid that I would know too many secrets and that it would harm the Yu family in the future, so she gave me a mute drug. But I was lucky, the drug only damaged my throat, not completely made me mute. To protect myself, I provoked the relationship between Madam and Master."
Although Yu Niang did all these things for the Yu family, she was so heartless and cruel that it was inevitable that people would be wary of her.
Yu Zhao was also afraid that one day he would displease Yu Niang and be poisoned by her.
With Jiang Tao's testimony, Chunxi immediately asked Uncle Hu and Uncle Bao to ride to Yuzhou as fast as possible.
Although the Yu family moved to Hanjing, they did not sell the old house in Yuzhou. Instead, they asked Yu Zhao's distant uncle to help look after it.
Uncle Hu and Uncle Bao sneaked into the Yu family's old house and found piles of bones in the well that Jiang Tao mentioned.
The two of them found the Yuzhou government with Shen Qingyuan's handwritten letter. The government brought officials into the Yu family's old house, and the bones finally saw the light of day.
After examination by the coroner, it was found that the bones were all from young girls in their prime.
When this incident happened, the people of Yuzhou City were all shocked.
Boss Yu and Madam Yu are both well-known philanthropists. How come there are so many corpses of young girls in their mansion?
Uncle Hu and Uncle Bao immediately sent a pigeon back to Hanjing, and Chunxi handed all the evidence to Jingzhao Prefecture.
When Yu Niang was arrested, she was hanging out with Xie Fu. Xie Fu coaxed her to get as much of the Yu family's property as possible. After being arrested, Xie Fu changed his words on the spot, saying that Yu Niang had deliberately seduced him, and he was with Yu Niang out of gratitude and sympathy. He had no idea about the evil things that Yu Niang and Yu Zhao had done.
After entering Jingzhao Prefecture, the Yu family members started to blame each other, trying only to exonerate themselves. In this situation, the evil of human nature was fully revealed.
After several days of interrogation, Yu Zhao and Yu Niang both confessed their guilt.
Yu Niang originally used the skills she learned in the entertainment industry to help Yu Zhao win the big deal in order to stay in the Yu family. She wanted to make the deal and then live peacefully as the eldest lady of the Yu family. However, Yu Zhao became greedy and asked her to secretly train dancers to help him win over customers and expand his business.
At first, Yu Niang felt guilty, but as the Yu family's business grew bigger and bigger, her life became better and better, and that uneasiness gradually dissipated and turned into greater desire.
But perhaps because she had too many lives on her hands, she lost several pregnancies, which not only hurt her body but also created a rift between her and Yu Zhao.
Upon learning that Yu Zhaoqiang wanted Jiang Tao, Yu Niang felt a huge sense of crisis. Xie Fu appeared at this time, filling her emptiness and loneliness, and gave her an idea, asking her to make up a miserable story to complain to Xiao Qinghe, use the power of the Xiao family and Princess Hengyang to divide the family property from the Yu family, and live with Xie Fu.
Yu Niang, Yu Zhao and Xie Fu each had their own calculations, but they didn't expect that they had miscalculated from the very beginning. The momentum they wanted to take advantage of became the knife that exposed their hypocritical masks.
The case was over, all the property of the Yu family was confiscated, Yu Zhao and Yu Niang were taken back to Yuzhou for execution, and all the members of the Yu family received different degrees of sentencing. As for the women who were harmed, Uncle Hu and Uncle Bao would rescue them based on the list provided by Jiang Tao.
After reading the government notice, Xiao Qinghe felt very heavy.
Yu Niang fell into prostitution and was a miserable person. However, she knew the pain and suffering, but she was still blinded by greed and harmed so many innocent women.
How can human hearts be so sinister?
Just as she was thinking about it, Quezhi suddenly rushed into the room and said cheerfully, "Miss, General Xiao is here to propose marriage!"
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