Chapter 199 Wu Shi is dead, killed by the eldest son's family?
The team continued their journey.
Nothing happened these past two days.
Yang was too ill to walk, so he was made to lie on a cart, and Zhuiying was responsible for pushing the cart.
Xiao Xuanwu pushed the wheelchair.
On the second wife's side, Ye Hongying was lying on a cart after being beaten, and Xiao Xuanjing was pushing her.
Ms. Wu was also injured and wanted to lie on the cart and be pushed around, but she couldn't bear to do it when she thought that it was her own son pushing the cart.
He tried to pull Ye Hongying down several times, but Xiao Xuanjing stopped him each time, accusing her of abusing her status as a mother-in-law to mistreat her daughter-in-law...
That afternoon.
Ms. Wu felt the pain in her wound growing worse, as if she were about to die. She went to her son's side and asked, "Son, my wound hurts, my whole body hurts, and I can't walk anymore. Can you let her get down? I'll go upstairs and lie down for a while."
Sweat streamed down Xiao Xuanjing's forehead, making it difficult for him to open his eyes. He staggered, pushing with all his might, but the car remained stationary. He had no strength left to ignore the cold indifference and simply replied, "Oh."
Seeing that he didn't respond, Wu continued, "She's been lying down for two days. Even if she were dying, she would have recovered by now. Besides, her injuries aren't serious. Let her come down so I can go up and lie down for a couple of days."
“Mother, your injuries have lasted for so many days. You didn’t even need to ride in a carriage a few days ago. Hongying is too badly injured. She needs to be served meals and can’t walk yet. Stop targeting her. Go walk by yourself.”
If one person can't push it, wouldn't two people be the death of him?
His mother is selfish.
Ms. Wu was heartbroken. Her son, whom she had treated with utmost kindness, was indifferent to her and only cared about his wife.
And yet, just the other day she mocked Yang for raising a son for nothing. It's karma that the boomerang has hit her back! Karma!!!
"Waaah..." Wu cried sadly, then suddenly felt a surge of anger and her chest heaved. Her eyes rolled back and she vomited blood and collapsed to the ground.
Uncle Xiao rushed over and helped her up, shaking her body frantically, but she didn't respond at all. He then raised his hand to check her breath.
"She's...she's dead, she's dead, ahhh..."
He was so frightened that he wanted to throw her out. After all, she was his wife of several decades; how could he possibly throw her out?
Uncle Xiao held Wu's body and wept bitterly, "Old woman, old woman, don't die! Our family still depends on you. What will we do if you die..."
Exile ages people prematurely. After a month of exile, those pampered gentlemen and ladies seemed to age ten years in an instant, with dozens more gray hairs appearing.
Ms. Wu was injured several more times, and her appearance became haggard, like that of a sixty-year-old woman.
Xiao Xuanjing heard his father crying and turned around to see Wu Shi lying on the ground.
Dragging her weary body, she turned back, her tone helpless, "Mother, please stop making a fuss. I'll push Hongying today, and I'll push you tomorrow, okay? You should get up and continue on your way."
"You unfilial son, your mother is already dead."
Xiao Xuanjing was taken aback, then chuckled and said, "She's out of breath? How could that be? Father, don't lie to me."
"Why would I lie to you? All you care about is your wife, and you don't care about our lives."
Only then did he believe that Wu was really dead, and he shook Wu's body desperately, "Impossible, this is impossible, how could Mother be dead?"
Ye Hongying, lying on the trolley, continued to play dead.
The main family's procession was not far behind them. Yun Zhaoxue, sitting on horseback, could see far and noticed that her eyes moved.
She shouted, "Ye Hongying, you're finished! You've angered your mother-in-law to death!"
Ye Hongying, who had originally planned to go all the way with the diamond, couldn't sit still any longer. She pretended to be weak and got up, saying, "It wasn't me! I didn't do anything! Don't make false accusations!"
Yun Zhaoxue said, "Your voice is full of energy, and you can plow ten acres of land in one go. Your mother-in-law wanted to ride in the cart, but you didn't say anything, and she died from exhaustion. Isn't that indirectly caused by you?"
"I don't know why my mother was so badly injured. If I had known earlier, I would have put her on the cart. Father-in-law, Xuanjing, you must believe me, I really didn't know." Ye Hongying's eyes reddened and moistened, her face full of self-blame, and she lowered her head to wipe away her tears.
Xiao Xuanjing held her hand and comforted her, "Hongying, don't be afraid, I believe in you."
He then said to Yun Zhaoxue, "Stop trying to sow discord. Our second branch's affairs have nothing to do with your first branch. Hongying didn't do it on purpose. Blame me if you must."
Yun Zhaoxue shrugged. "Fine, I can't be bothered with it."
When Lao Liao saw that the group behind him was not moving, he rode back and told them to follow, only to find out that someone had died.
The last few are all families with sick or injured members.
Old Liao pointed to the open space ahead and said, "We'll rest here tonight."
The line behind them bypassed them and quickly moved to the front to secure a good spot.
In the following days, almost every other day, people would walk past him without a second thought, as if nothing had happened.
Yang, sitting on the cart, reached out her hand in their direction.
Zhuiying didn't give her a chance to speak, and pushed her forward faster.
Ye Hongying looked at Wu's wide-open eyes, which seemed to be staring straight at her as if she had died with her eyes open. She calmly raised her hand and covered her eyes, making her close them.
"My third aunt and my mother were almost injured. She was fine after applying herbal medicine, so how did my mother suddenly pass away?"
Once everyone in the group had passed them and there was no one around, they pulled open Wu's clothes, removed the gauze from her shoulder, and revealed a red and swollen wound.
"Look... there's something wrong with the wound."
They noticed large patches of purplish-blue bruising around the wound on Wu's shoulder, clearly indicating poisoning.
"What happened to the wound?" Uncle Xiao asked, puzzled.
He applied medicine to Wu's body these past two days, but didn't notice anything unusual.
"The wound is so black, it means she's been poisoned. Who wanted to kill Mother? Was it someone from the eldest son's family?"
"The medicine must be the one Yun Zhaoxue gave us, and there must be something wrong with it."
Xiao Xuanjing thought that he had angered his mother to death by not letting her get on the carriage, and he was filled with deep self-blame and guilt.
It turns out he was murdered by the first wife.
He picked up a few sharp stones from the ground, clutching them tightly in his palm, oblivious to the cuts on the edges, and gritted his teeth, saying, "They killed my mother? I will make the eldest son pay for my mother's life."
"Xuanjing, calm down. You can't go. What can you do without evidence?" Ye Hongying stopped him and tried to take the stone from his hand.
Xiao Xuanjing roared at her with bloodshot eyes, "Then did Mother die in vain? You really watched the murderer go unpunished. I am unworthy to be a son."
"Don't be impulsive. I'm not stopping you from taking revenge, but you can't beat them. Not only will you not be able to take revenge, you'll also alert them."
Uncle Xiao also stated his position, "Then tell me what to do? As long as it can get revenge, I'll listen to you."
His wife was murdered, and he already knows who the killer is. If he doesn't avenge her, he's not worthy of being a man.
Ye Hongying's eyelashes trembled slightly, and a cunning glint flashed in her eyes as if her scheme had succeeded.
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