One sentence silenced everyone present, who stared nervously at Master Zhang, wondering what his reaction would be.
Older people know that Master Zhang came here to be a son-in-law. Originally, the family was surnamed Sun. They were a large and wealthy family business owner, but they were very kind and often helped the villagers, so they were loved by the villagers.
This family was unlucky; they never had a son and only had a daughter. So they tried to find a husband for their daughter, hoping he could help her manage the family business and make it bigger and better. But they ended up with a wolf in sheep's clothing.
A few years later, the two elders of the Sun family passed away one after the other. When Sun's wife was giving birth to her second child, she had a difficult childbirth and died along with her unborn child. At the time of her death, her first son was only three years old.
This wealthy man didn't even keep vigil for his wife. He had just sent his late wife to the mountain, and a few days later he went to the government to change the family name, changing his son's surname to Zhang, and the Sun family name to Zhang family.
What's even more infuriating is that he had always behaved well over the years, the kind of son-in-law who would be praised wherever he went. But this same man sent his father-in-law, mother-in-law, and wife to the mountains one after another, and then instantly seized the Sun family's property.
By then, he had already taken control of the Sun family's business. Even if he changed the Sun family's surname to Zhang, no one would say anything. Even if there were objections, he would quickly resolve them. It was then that people realized that this person was there to exploit the family's ruin.
A perfectly healthy family was wiped out one after another as soon as he arrived. It's impossible to say there wasn't something fishy going on, but by the time people realized what was happening, it was too late. Even if they had some suspicions, it was too late to change anything.
Jiang Jiuniang knew all this because their neighbor was an elderly woman who would sit in the sun in front of her house. Jiang Jiuniang would run into her when she took Xiangxiang out to play and hear her talk about her past.
They talked about a lot of things, including the story of this wealthy man.
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'm going to teach you a lesson today!"
Master Zhang was so angry that he didn't even think about the scene of those servants being kicked away by Jiang Jiuniang. He rushed towards Jiang Jiuniang and, as expected, received a merciless kick from her.
Master Zhang was kicked away, and Jiang Jiuniang looked down at him and said, "Originally, I was just going to listen to this as gossip, but you insisted on provoking me, so I'll let you experience for yourself why flowers are so red."
Master Zhang fell to the ground, feeling as if all his old bones were about to fall apart. But he didn't care about the pain. He looked at Jiang Jiuniang with great vigilance, not knowing what she wanted to do. But he felt a strange tension and a deep unease. This feeling was not good.
Jiang Jiuniang deliberately raised her voice, "This man ate the children of the deceased, and his methods were very shady. It happened decades ago, and those who knew about it are probably all dead. Finding witnesses is impossible. It would be better to exhume the bodies and perform an autopsy. Whether the Sun family died a natural death or not, an examination will tell us!"
She dared to say this not without evidence, because the old woman next door was a servant of the Sun family back then. According to her, the Sun family members were all quite healthy back then, and Mr. and Mrs. Sun were still young, only around forty years old. Yet they died one after the other without any illness or disaster, which must be suspicious.
And Miss Sun, she's already had two children, she has experience, and she's young and healthy, how could she possibly have a difficult labor? Even if she did have a difficult labor, she would most likely have survived. Unless someone interfered, how could it have resulted in the death of both mother and child?
The old woman sighed as she finished speaking, saying that she was lucky because she had some family matters to attend to at the time and was able to take leave to go back home. She didn't know what had happened in the house. Anyway, not long after, all the people who had worked for the Sun family were sent away, but whether they survived or not was unknown.
At the time, Jiang Jiuniang never expected to meddle in this matter; she could only lament that good people don't live long, while evil people live for thousands of years.
But now, seeing this old scoundrel's arrogant appearance, not only has he usurped the place, but he's also bullying the local people. Looking at the faces of the people around him who dare not even show a smile, she knows that he has suffered a lot of mistreatment.
Furthermore, this old scoundrel did all this to rob women, which is utterly filthy and shameless, so we have to get involved.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Upon hearing her say this, Zhang Laozei burst out laughing. He thought she had some great abilities, but it turned out to be nothing special.
"Do you think the government is your personal domain? You think you can just order an autopsy to be performed?"
In comparison, his relationship with the county magistrate was certainly better.
Otherwise, how could he have occupied the Sun family for so many years without encountering any trouble?
"Then let's see if it's your house or mine."
Jiang Jiuniang smiled, her gaze towards Zhang the Old Thief was quite ruthless.
Zhang Laozei was startled and then noticed that Jiang Jiuniang was dressed in an extraordinary manner, clearly from a wealthy family. He wondered if she really had connections. If he really had a conflict with her, would the magistrate protect him or this woman?
Based on my long-standing relationship with the county magistrate, he should be able to protect him, right?
He was feeling uncertain and decided to meet with the county magistrate tonight to get some information beforehand so he could get a good night's sleep when he got back.
Jiang Jiuniang turned to look at Zhu Zi's family and said, "Now that the horse has recovered, there's nothing more for you to do. Go back and find another job. Don't work for people like that anymore; it's not worth it."
As she spoke, she looked at Zhu Zi's father and said, "And you, don't think about selling your daughter as soon as something happens. Children are your own flesh and blood. Don't hurt the little girl's heart."
Zhu Zi felt a pang of bitterness when he heard her tone as if she were giving her final instructions. He knew that going against Master Zhang would only lead to trouble!
He blamed himself, feeling that he shouldn't have dragged Jiang Jiuniang into this mess, but if he didn't do it, his sister would have to become Zhang Yuanwai's concubine. For a moment, he was completely at a loss.
Before he could speak, Master Zhang glared at him and said, "Don't even think about running away! You deliberately killed my horse and then found two other sick horses to fool me. Just wait and see how I deal with you!"
Yes, that's the excuse Zhang the old scoundrel came up with. He insisted that this wasn't his horse, that his horse was dead, and that Zhu Zi's family was just trying to fool him.
When he brought up the matter again, Zhu Zi's father visibly shrank back and dared not speak.
Only Zhu Zi, with tears in his eyes, defended himself: "These really are those two horses, but my family can't afford them!"
"Hmph, if you can't afford it, someone else can! If the person next to you wasn't close to your family, would she have stood up for you? Your dad wouldn't dare utter a word, and she's standing up for you without even knowing what kind of shady business you have with her!"
Old Zhang was full of disdain and started spewing filth as soon as he opened his mouth.
Jiang Jiuniang: ...
Your insults are really sophisticated.
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