These words made Mrs. Ke's face change drastically, and Village Chief Xu, who had been listening the whole time, suddenly realized what was going on. He pointed at Mrs. Ke angrily and said, "I can't understand why the news of my visit to the Fulai Inn reached the villagers so quickly. Mrs. Ke, tell me the truth. When Jiaying and I arrived in town, did you have someone secretly follow me?"
"I...I didn't!"
Xu Liren knew that with Ke's personality, she would never admit what she had done, so he tried hard to recall who was on the boat from the moment he and Shu Jiaying boarded Erleng's boat. He filtered through his mind one by one, and finally he recalled who was on the boat when he boarded Zhu Lao Da's boat.
After eliminating the candidates again and again, Village Chief Xu looked at Aunt Wei, who was standing behind the door with an unnatural look on her face.
"Aunt Wei, could you please come forward and talk?"
When Aunt Wei was called out by Village Chief Xu, she took a few steps back guiltily.
"Xu...Xu Lizhang, what do you want me to say?"
Seeing Aunt Wei's confessing expression, Village Chief Xu immediately understood what was going on. He asked two young and strong villagers to guard the door of his house and not let Aunt Wei escape.
He then asked, "Aunt Wei, I remember you went to Fengyun Town on the same boat as us this morning, and on the way back, you also took the same boat back to Guangming Village with us. What a coincidence!"
"Hehehe... Yes, yes, what a coincidence!"
"Then how could there be such a coincidence in the world that you left with us and returned with us?
I ask you, are you the one who secretly followed me in Fengyun Town?
Speak quickly!
Aunt Wei was so frightened by Xu Lichang's yelling that she almost peed herself. However, she was not stupid enough to admit it on the spot. She shook her head and said, "No...it wasn't me. I...I didn't follow you!"
"Aunt Wei, don't think I'll be helpless just because you deny it. I'm telling you, I have plenty of contacts in the government. If I send all the officers out to track down your whereabouts in Fengyun Town yesterday, and they find out you're the one who followed me and spread the rumor that Jiaying and I had an affair...
What do you think the county magistrate will do to you if you alert the government?"
Hearing this, Aunt Wei panicked and uncontrollably knelt on the ground, begging for mercy from Village Chief Xu.
"Master, this matter...this matter must not be reported to the government. I...if I had known that this matter would have such serious consequences, I would not have taken the five cents from Mrs. Ke to help her spread rumors about you and her maid."
"oh……"
There was a burst of shouting in response, and Aunt Wei no longer cared about anything else. She continued to cry, "I'm sorry, Chief Xu, please forgive my momentary confusion. I was really wrong, wuwuwu... I shouldn't have followed you secretly when you were asking people about the eldest daughter of the Shu family in order to make this matter seem more believable.
Please forgive me...
Miss Jiaying, please forgive Aunt Wei..."
Shu Jiaying did not express her opinion, she just kept sneering in her heart. Those who harmed her pretended to be sympathetic and pitiful when the truth was revealed. If she let them succeed, wouldn't she be in big trouble?
But now that someone has stepped forward, she is happy to join in the fun. After all, she knows that if she is asked to handle this matter, even though she is a victim, the villagers will definitely feel disgusted with her afterwards.
So when it's time for her to be a little white rabbit, she should just be a good little white rabbit and be protected.
Pretending not to hear Aunt Wei's words, Shu Jiaying turned her head away.
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