Zhang Qiaonv: "Is it...is it really necessary...can't we sit down and talk things out?"
"Just now, I was just returning the beatings I received to my child. Now you can tell me properly what happened?"
"What are you all doing coming to my house! Huh?"
As Liu Yingying spoke, she gave her a cold glance, and Zhang Qiaonv subconsciously swallowed.
“My son Tongxi died in the bamboo forest at the entrance of your village. My niece Dongxi said that the last thing she saw was you and Zhaodi with my son. You must be the ones who killed my son!”
"In short, you have to give us an explanation today!" Liu Lanjuan demanded angrily.
Liu Yingying knew what was going on, but instead of answering her directly, she gave Zhu Dongxi a cold look.
"You said it?"
Having been called out, Zhu Dongxi had no choice but to step forward, saying, "So what if I said it! Do you dare swear that my cousin's death has nothing to do with you?"
Before being kidnapped by bandits, she personally witnessed Liu Yingying going to the bamboo forest to find Zhang Tongxi.
Although she didn't know what happened later, it was definitely related to Liu Yingying!
"You widow Liu, I never thought you were such a vicious person! Give me back my nephew's life!" Zhang Qiaonv pretended to be heartbroken.
"I understand, you're trying to pin Zhang Tongxi's death on me!"
Everyone:...
“Sister-in-law, there are witnesses and physical evidence. If it really was you, just admit it. After all, confessing is the best policy!” Ma Qiumei said gloatingly.
Liu Yingying couldn't be bothered to pay any attention to this idiot.
"Where are the witnesses? Where are the physical evidence?"
Netizens commented: "Isn't Dongxi a witness?"
Liu Yingying said, "Since you insist on slandering me like this, then I have a few questions I'd like to ask everyone."
"Zhang Tongxi is from Zhangjia Village, which is far from our Taoyuan Village. What is he doing here?"
The crowd exclaimed, "His aunt, Zhang Qiaonv, married into our village..."
Liu Yingying: "You all said that Zhang Tongxi is in our village because he has an aunt here, so what does that have to do with me?"
"Furthermore, you said the body was found in the small bamboo grove outside the gate, and Zhu Dongxi even testified that Zhang Tongxi was with my daughter and me at the time. So how did Zhu Dongxi see it?"
"It's impossible that Zhang Tongxi came to his aunt's house, and then, under Zhu Dongxi's constant surveillance, I took him to the bamboo grove to kill him, right?"
“There must be a motive for killing someone. I had no grudge against Zhang Tongxi, so why would I kill him?”
Everyone: That sounds like it makes a lot of sense...
Even the Zhang family looked at Zhu Dongxi with suspicion.
Zhu Dongxi panicked and loudly protested in a trembling voice, "How would I know? I saw Liu walking towards the bamboo grove, and my cousin was in the bamboo grove too!"
Liu Yingying snorted lightly; "And then what? Did you see me kill your cousin with your own eyes?"
Everyone looked at Zhu Dongxi, waiting for her answer.
Zhu Dongxi was somewhat flustered; "No...no, that's not true...then the bandits came, and I was kidnapped myself, how would I know so much!"
"You don't know any better and you still dare to spout nonsense! Don't you know that rumors can kill people?"
"You yourself said that the bandits entered the village later. I heard that many people died at the hands of the bandits. Your cousin happened to die at the entrance of our village. Judging from the time, the murderer must have been that group of bandits!"
"Zhu Dongxi, Zhu Dongxi, what exactly are you up to by slandering me like this?"
Liu Yingying angrily questioned her loudly.
Zhu Dongxi didn't dare to look her in the eye.
The villagers who had been watching the commotion suddenly realized that Zhu Dongxi was just making baseless accusations against others.
Someone couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Dongxi, how come you have so many bad intentions at such a young age?"
Zhang Baoqing and his wife also came to their senses and realized that they might have been used as pawns by Zhu Dongxi.
"Dongxi, explain this to us, what exactly is going on?"
"I...I don't know either. I just saw those bandits were terrified, but I can't remember the specifics!"
Zhu Dongxi mumbled a sentence, covered her face, and ran out.
"Dongxi, where are you going?" Zhu Guanbao and his wife also took the opportunity to quickly chase after him.
Only Zhang Baoqing and his wife remained, looking heartbroken.
Liu Yingying felt no sympathy for the two men who had raised such a beastly son as Zhang Tongxi. She said indifferently, "I certainly didn't kill your son. If you don't believe me, you can report it to the authorities. I'm not afraid!"
"However... I suggest you go and ask Zhu Dongxi why she was with her cousin on the day the incident happened..."
The Zhang Baoqing couple were already suspicious of Zhu Dongxi's words, and now they were even more suspicious. After glaring at Liu Yingying in resentment, they helped each other and fled the courtyard in a disheveled state.
They need to find Zhu Dongxi first and get to the bottom of this!
Liu Yingying's cold gaze then fell on Ma Qiumei and her sister-in-law; "Is there anything else?"
Only then did the two realize that the boy had already disappeared!
"It's nothing! We just came to check on you out of concern... Now that you're back, we won't bother you any longer!"
After saying that, Lü Sufeng grabbed Ma Qiumei and ran away quickly.
When the villagers who had been watching realized there was no more excitement to be had, they all dispersed.
"Liu Niang!" The three children gathered around her pitifully.
Even the two carefree brothers knew at this moment that the woman in front of them was their only support.
The courtyard was a mess. Liu Yingying instructed her two brothers to take the supplies she had bought from the county to the kitchen.
The children were shocked again. "Liu Niang, didn't you just flee back like everyone else? How come you brought so much stuff with you?"
"This is a reward from the county magistrate..."
Zhao Di urged her younger brothers, "Don't ask so many questions. Can't you see how tired Liu Niang is? Let her go back to her room and get a good night's sleep first!"
Liu Yingying gave Zhao Di a satisfied look.
Girls are so considerate!
Meanwhile, Cheng Zhuo had returned to the county government office to report back to Shen Shangxu.
"Have you sent Liu home?"
"Yes, but I am incompetent and failed to get any information out of Liu!" Cheng Zhuo said with a self-reproachful expression.
He felt quite guilty towards Liu Yingying, because this time, while sending her back, he was actually carrying out orders from Lord Shen.
Shen Shangxu didn't completely believe Liu Yingying's words; he wanted to know the truth about last night.
"It's alright, you can go now!"
Shen Shangxu waved his hand, seemingly not blaming him for his poor performance.
Chen Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief and stepped back.
Taoyuan Village
Liu Yingying went back to her room and dozed off for half an hour. After her fatigue subsided, she went out again.
Zhao Di had already prepared two vegetable dishes and steamed four bowls of brown rice. Seeing her come out of the pen, she ran up to her and asked, "Liu Niang, why didn't you sleep a little longer?"
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