Chapter 660, Reaction (Two chapters in one)
Daohua's words were like a bolt of thunder out of the blue, making everyone in the Yan family dizzy.
Sun was incredulous. She stared at Yan Zhiyuan blankly and asked expectantly, "Master, what's this about a concubine? What's this about a concubine's son? That girl Yiyi is talking nonsense, isn't she?"
Yan Zhiyuan was a little afraid to look at Sun and turned his head away.
Seeing him like this, Sun felt as if her chest was hit hard by a sharp weapon. Just as she was about to turn around to question Daohua, she caught sight of the little boy next to Yan Zhiyuan out of the corner of her eye.
Looking at the little boy's eyebrows and eyes, which were 70% similar to Yan Zhiyuan's, Sun collapsed.
When she got married to the head of the family, it was not arranged by her parents or a matchmaker, but they fell in love with each other privately. They both ignored their families' opposition and finally got together. So over the years, even though Yan Zhiyuan was a little distant from her, she didn't take it to heart, because she firmly believed that they had feelings for each other.
But looking at the little boy in front of her, she suddenly realized that everything she believed in was just a joke.
“Hehe~”
Sun suddenly laughed, and as she laughed, tears rolled down her eyes.
Fortunately, she was still complacent all these years and felt that she was the happiest of the three daughters-in-law of the Yan family.
Although the eldest sister-in-law is the wife of an official, the eldest brother has a concubine. Aunt Lin has caused her a lot of trouble in the past few years. There were several times when she saw her sad and depressed, and she secretly sympathized with her behind her back.
Although the third brother is not a playboy, he is too honest and dull. His wife has been with him for so many years, but she has hardly ever accepted any gifts from him, let alone any warm and thoughtful words from him.
She is the only one who is in charge of the household and has no concubines. She is also very capable and will be given a surprise from time to time.
She never dreamed that the head of the household would have a mistress.
"mother!"
Seeing that Sun's face looked bad, Yan Wenjie and Zhu Qiyun hurried forward to support her as she was about to fall.
Yan Zhiyuan was a little flustered when he saw Sun like this. Sun was always a person who would not give in even if she was right. He would have thought it was nothing if she wanted to have a big fight with him, but when she looked at him so calmly, he didn't know what to do.
Mrs. Li was caught off guard by this sudden news. She looked at Sun, then at Yan Zhiyuan and the little boy beside him, and her head felt swollen.
Yan Zhiqiang and Wu stood aside, looking at each other, not knowing what to do.
Daohua ignored everyone's reactions and turned to go into the house. What she was most concerned about at the moment was whether the Jiang family had any evidence against the Yan family.
Yan Zhiyuan saw Daohua leaving and wanted to call her back, but then Madam Li pointed at the little boy and said, "Second brother, what is going on? Shouldn't you explain it to us?"
Yan Yihan and Yan Yile finally came to their senses.
Yan Yile immediately rushed to Yan Zhiyuan and asked loudly, "Dad, who is this child?"
Facing his daughter's questioning, Yan Zhiyuan felt a little embarrassed. Under normal circumstances, he would have reprimanded her, but today, he was the one who made the mistake first, so he lacked the confidence to speak. He could only swallow his anger and say, "This is your brother, Wen An."
Yan Yile shouted angrily and anxiously, "I don't have a brother. Dad, are you getting senile and confused? Why are you bringing any bastard home?"
Hearing the word "bastard", Yan Zhiyuan flew into a rage. He raised his hand and slapped Yan Yile in the face with a "slap", causing Yan Yile to stagger several steps.
"Dad, what are you doing?"
Yan Yihan quickly ran over to support Yan Yile, and looking at her sister's red and swollen face, she looked at Yan Zhiyuan with a look of accusation and reproach.
Seeing both of his daughters looking at him angrily, Yan Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment and felt a little regretful. He was also furious. He had been mad at that girl Yan Yiyi before, and now his own daughter dared to yell at him. He couldn't help but slapped her.
Yan Wenjie stepped forward and protected his two sisters behind him, looking at his father with disapproval: "Dad, my sisters are still young and can't stand you beating them like this."
Just as he finished speaking, a figure suddenly rushed over, and then two slaps were heard in the yard.
"Yan Zhiyuan! Who the hell are you? How dare you hit my daughter!"
When Yan Wenjie saw his mother slap his father twice and looked like she wanted to continue, he was shocked and quickly stepped forward to hold Sun.
"You shrew!"
Yan Zhiyuan was also stunned by the beating. When he came to his senses, he was so angry that he raised his hand and wanted to hit Sun.
Seeing this, Sun Shi didn't show any fear at all. She even raised her face and said, "Yan Zhiyuan, go ahead and beat me. It would be better if you beat me to death!"
Looking at Sun's eyes that were red with anger, Yan Zhiyuan paused with his hand raised in the air. After a few seconds of silence, he withdrew his hand and snorted, "Shrew!"
Madam Li was furious when she saw the people from the second house fighting in front of her. She raised her voice a few notches and said, "I've had enough of you all. Look at how you look now. Do you still look like a family?"
Seeing that Madam Li was angry, Yan Zhiyuan suppressed his anger. Yan Wenjie and Zhu Qiyun also pulled Sun, Yan Yihan and Yan Yile aside.
Seeing that they had quieted down, Madam Li looked at Yan Zhiyuan again and said, "Second brother, can you tell me about your concubine now?"
Seeing that the matter had become public, Yan Zhiyuan simply stopped hiding it and quickly told the story of his mistress, Li.
When Sun heard Yan Zhiyuan say that he had already kept Li as his mistress when he was in Xingzhou, her body trembled.
Yan Wenjie, Yan Yihan and Yan Yile all looked extremely ashamed and embarrassed.
"Sister-in-law, this is what happened. I know it's wrong for me to have a mistress. I should have told my family earlier, but I haven't found the right opportunity. I'm not keeping it a secret from my family."
Hearing this, Han Xinran and Zhu Qiyun both sneered in their hearts. They had been keeping the concubine for several years, and their son was already three years old. How could they not find an opportunity in the meantime?
This second uncle (father-in-law) really knows how to lie with his eyes open.
There was a hint of sarcasm on Madam Li's lips. This second brother had always been smooth and tactful, and he was always good at making excuses for her. She didn't want to get involved in the second house's affairs at all, especially when he came over just now and blamed her daughter like that, she felt very annoyed.
Yan Zhiyuan was still defending himself, but Mrs. Li and others didn't want to listen anymore.
In the living room, Daohua ignored what was happening in the yard and waited quietly for Cao Chuan's interrogation.
Cao Chuan was blind in one eye, and had been on the edge of a knife for years, so he was very violent. He didn't need to use any tricks, as Li told him everything about her dealings with the Jiang family's housekeeper.
Seeing Cao Chuan coming out of the next room, Daohua looked up and asked, "What did she say?"
Cao Chuan replied, "Ms. Li still wanted to enter the Yan family and have her son included in the Yan family tree, so she never handed over the evidence of the Second Master accepting bribes to the Jiang family."
"This time, the location of the grain ship was told to the Jiang family because the Jiang family had captured her brother. If she didn't tell them, they would kill her brother."
Daohua narrowed her eyes and said, "Jiang family." After a moment of silence, she took out a white pill from her purse and handed it to Cao Chuan, "Feed this to Li, and then go and interrogate her again."
Cao Chuan looked at the pill in his hand, and thought that the girl in front of him had used the drug to knock out the assassins and guards of Sishan Village before, and he felt a little more awe in his heart.
Seeing Cao Chuan staring at the pill, Daohua smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, it's not poison, it's just an ordinary hallucinogen. After taking it, no matter who it is, I guarantee that he will tell everything he knows, and he will lose his memory of it afterwards."
Hearing this, Cao Chuan's eyelids twitched. Is this kind of drug ordinary? It's not ordinary. He has never gotten such a good thing before.
Cao Chuan didn't dare to dawdle. He turned around quickly and went to the next room. He came out again after a while.
"Li didn't give anything to the Jiang family, but she hid the evidence of the Second Master's usurpation of other people's land and property and his betrayal of his household registration at her brother's house."
Hearing this, Daohua's eyelids twitched violently. After a long silence, he spoke: "You go to Brother Li's house in person and make sure to find these two things."
Cao Chuan nodded and was about to leave when he heard a noise coming from the yard.
"Girl, something bad has happened. The old lady is coming." Wang Man'er ran in hurriedly.
When Daohua heard this, her face changed and she walked out.
"Tell me, is the missing military rations related to your mistress?"
Old Lady Yan covered her chest and looked at Yan Zhiyuan with great sorrow. She knew the granddaughter she had raised, and that girl would not take the initiative to care about the second son's mistress. As soon as the eldest son was captured, she secretly brought the person back to the mansion. If this had nothing to do with it, she would never believe it even if you beat her to death.
Daohua walked out of the house and saw that Old Lady Yan's face was pale with anger. She quickly ran over with her skirt lifted up: "Grandma."
Seeing Daohua, Old Lady Yan hurriedly grabbed her hand and said, "Daohua, tell grandma, is your second uncle okay?" She couldn't catch her breath and fell straight back.
"grandmother!"
"mother!"
Seeing Old Lady Yan faint, everyone panicked.
Yan Zhiyuan wanted to go forward to help the old lady, but was pushed away by Daohua.
Daohua looked at Yan Zhiyuan fiercely and said, "Second Uncle, you'd better pray that Grandma is okay." Then she gestured for Bishi to come over and carry the old lady. "Quick, take Grandma back to the yard."
Daohua quickly followed, and when she reached the gate of the courtyard, she turned and looked at the bald man: "Li, please keep an eye on her. If anyone wants to take her away, no matter who it is, don't be polite."
Hearing Daohua's fierce voice, everyone in the Yan family was stunned and subconsciously glanced at Yan Zhiyuan.
Zhu Qiyun's eyes showed deep worry. Her elder sister was so ruthless and almost openly slapped her father-in-law in the face, which showed how angry she was. This time, her father-in-law had offended the eldest wife.
"Grandma, Dad will be fine, don't worry."
Not long after Old Lady Yan returned to her yard, she woke up slowly, and Daohua hurriedly comforted her.
"What did your second uncle do? Don't hide it from me. If you don't tell me, I will start to have wild thoughts."
Seeing her grandmother's determined expression, Daohua hesitated a bit. Seeing her sister-in-law bringing in the medicine, she immediately said, "Grandma, drink the medicine. I'll tell you later."
Old Lady Yan glanced at Daohua, struggled to sit up, took the medicine from Han Xinran, and drank it in one gulp: "You can speak now."
Daohua said helplessly: "Grandma, I told you not to worry."
Old Mrs. Yan nodded.
Daohua looked at Han Xinran and said, "Sister-in-law, please call everyone in. I'll tell you all at once so that no one can guess."
Han Xinran hesitated a little: "Call everyone in?" Wouldn't it be too disrespectful to his second uncle to do so?
Daohua nodded. She knew what her sister-in-law meant, but she didn't care whether her good second uncle had the face or not. Since he dared to do it, he must be prepared to bear the consequences.
Han Xinran had no choice but to turn around and go out to call for help.
Soon, everyone in the Yan family entered the old lady's room.
Daohua cast her gaze on Yan Zhiyuan. "I brought Li and her son into the mansion, and my second uncle was very angry. I wanted to interrogate Li, and my second uncle was also very angry. Now I will tell you why I did this."
"Since last year, Li has been in contact with the Jiang family's housekeeper. The military rations were lost this time because Li told the Jiang family the location of the grain ship, which led to my father's imprisonment."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the Yan family changed their expressions. Old Mrs. Yan closed her eyes in pain, and her breathing became heavier.
Daohua looked at her worriedly, hesitating whether to continue.
After a moment, Old Lady Yan opened her eyes and said harshly, "Continue."
Daohua had no choice but to continue, "I interrogated Li because I had someone search her house and found some evidence of my second uncle accepting bribes. I was worried that she would give these things to the Jiang family."
Yan Zhiyuan's face turned pale and he pointed at Daohua: "Did you search Li's house?"
Daohua looked up and said, "Shouldn't I have searched? If I had discovered it later, the evidence of your bribery would have already been in the hands of the Jiang family."
"The military rations are lost, we can still raise food to make up for it, but if the evidence of you accepting bribes were to be known, do you know what kind of disaster it would bring to the Yan family?"
Yan Zhiyuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said stubbornly, "Don't be so alarmist here. Yes, I did accept some things from my subordinates, but it's not as serious as you say."
Looking at Yan Zhiyuan who was still trying to excuse himself, the disappointment in Old Lady Yan's eyes almost overflowed: "Daohua, ignore him, just continue talking."
Daohua looked at Yan Zhiyuan with disdain and disappointment: "Second Uncle, I really don't know what's going on in your head. You actually gave your secret to a mistress for safekeeping. How much do you trust her?"
"Unfortunately, you believed Li, but she's wary of you. She specifically gave evidence of your usurpation of other people's land and household registration to her brother for safekeeping. Tell me, if one day you let Li down, what will she do to you?"
Yan Zhiyuan was incredulous: "You're talking nonsense."
Daohua sneered and was too lazy to talk to him anymore.
When Yan Zhiyuan saw it, he shook his body. The bribe was not something he could take home in public, so he left it with Li.
Madam Li asked tremblingly, "Yiyi, did Mrs. Li give the evidence against your second uncle to the Jiang family?"
Daohua quickly said, "No, I found them all."
Hearing this, Madam Li breathed a sigh of relief and fell into the chair with her hands and feet somewhat weak.
Daohua looked at everyone and said, "This is what happened. I'm telling you all so that everyone knows what's going on. It's not that I'm disrespecting my elders, but Second Uncle did something that harmed the Yan family, so I had to step in."
(End of this chapter)
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