Chapter 191 Orb
Wei Zhu was silent for a long time before she slowly told her past: "I am originally from Luozhou, my surname is Wei, my parents were very old when they had me as a daughter, they loved me like a jewel, so they named me Wei Zhu. I lived a carefree life when I was young, my parents were very loving, although my mother only gave birth to me as a daughter, but my father believed that children are all determined by fate, so he did not take concubines, and he did not believe that women should take care of their husbands and children. My mother often followed my father to do business. Under the joint efforts of my parents, the Wei family's business grew bigger and bigger, In Luozhou, he was known as the richest man. In fact, my parents did not take the false reputation seriously. They always acted down-to-earth and kept a low profile. During the New Year, my mother would take me to the temple to donate incense. Who would have thought that the innocent man was guilty of possessing the jade? year of Tianshou, when I had just turned eight, my father was going to do business in other places. Because the order was very large, my mother was afraid of any mistakes, so she went out with my father. Then they and the Wei family's caravan never came back. Later, I learned that this "big order" was a trap from the beginning. "
Ming Huashang's expression was not surprised. The tragic death of all the members of the Wei family caravan caused a sensation, and it was even recorded in the files of Shangzhou. Ming Huashang searched for a long time tonight.
Her real name was Wei Zhu. She was only eight years old when the Wei family was in trouble. How could a young, ignorant girl who was unable to protect herself have a good ending? In the end, she became a slave, changed her name to Baozhu, and entered the Feng family as a maid.
Perhaps, it was true that she was reduced to slavery, but entering the Feng family was something she had worked hard to obtain.
The tragic case of the Wei family was recorded in a few files. The dead were just cold numbers in the official records. But in Wei Zhu's mouth, those people were alive. They were her parents, the uncle who played with her since she was a child, and the uncle who taught her how to use an abacus. Ming Huashang sighed and asked, "How do you know it was a trap?"
"Because there are flaws everywhere!" Wei Zhu's emotions became excited, and he said, "My father has always been cautious, and the guards accompanying him are also our family's habit. The Wei family has also escorted more valuable goods than that one, and they always returned safely. But when they reached Huanglong Mountain that time, bandits suddenly appeared on the trade route that was supposed to be kept secret, and killed everyone as if with divine help, not even one escaped. Later, when the government sent the bodies back, many guards had only one fatal The owner of the goods knew that the goods were lost, and he brought people to the door, refusing to give him even a day's grace, as if he was deliberately telling the whole city that the Wei family had no one in charge and that everyone could bully them. the wall fell, everyone pushed it. My father's wet nurse and her family took the opportunity to squeeze out my mother's dowry, and in the name of the wet nurse, they made decisions for me, and sold the Wei family's properties to others at low prices one after another. Later, they sold me to a human trafficker. "
Wei Zhu narrowed her eyes when she said this, and said with deep hatred: "My grandmother died early, and my father always treated them as a wet nurse because he was my nurse when I was a child. Even when the husband and son of that old woman got addicted to gambling, my father still refused to drive them away and quietly made up for their losses. However, good people in this world are not rewarded. My father treated them with kindness, but they colluded with outsiders and plotted to seize the Wei family's property. The Wei family's shop was bought at a low price, and I don't know how much kickbacks they took from it! If I were five years older at the time, no, even if I was three years older, I would not let that group of people make trouble."
Ming Huashang sighed as she listened. With Wei Zhu's ability, if she was five years older, she would have been able to stabilize the situation and prevent the Wei family's industry from continuing to flow away. After the crisis had subsided, it would not be impossible for the Wei family to make a comeback. However, the most stingy thing in the world is if.
Ming Huashang did not ask about the fate of the wet nurse's family. Almost all of the Feng family members died, not to mention the wet nurse's family who pushed Wei Zhu into the abyss with their own hands. Ming Huashang asked: "Then how did you find the Feng family?"
Wei Zhu said: "After I was bought by the human traffickers, I moved to many places. My companions came and went. Some were sold by their brothers and sisters-in-law after their parents died, and some were driven out by wealthy families. I learned a lot of worldly wisdom from them, and gradually realized that something was wrong with the Wei family. Later, I returned to Luozhou. The wet nurse's family was once again penniless because of gambling debts. I used a little trick to make them tell the truth.
"It turns out that when the so-called big customer asked the Wei family to do an urgent order, it was because Old Lady Feng coveted the Wei family's wealth. He first placed the order under a false identity, and then bribed the wet nurse's family with money to urge my father to take the order. After the caravan set out, Old Lady Feng colluded with the bandits to reveal the Wei family's trade route and time in advance, and the insider he left in the caravan would put a knockout drug in the water. When lost the ability to move, the bandits rushed out from the ambush and killed in the Wei family, and the batch of goods was lost. It was a reward. The Feng family rich today. The Feng family's house and the Jiangnan garden they built were all built with the Wei family's money. Oh yes, he also took the Suihou Pearl at a low price. He was reluctant to sell it, so he kept it at home, hoping that it would be a family heirloom of the Feng family. "
"Then, you came to Shangzhou and deliberately let the traffickers sell you to the Feng family. You became a maid in the Feng family, waiting for an opportunity to take revenge?"
Wei Zhu did not deny it, so Ming Huashang took it as her acquiescence. Ming Huashang sighed, "From your description, the trafficker was quite good to you. With your talent, it would not be difficult for you to make a living by doing some small business outside. You originally had a great youth and unlimited choices, but after entering the Feng family, you had to serve tea and water, swallow your anger, and endure Feng Dalang's harassment. You could never get away from it. You successfully retaliated against the Feng family, but you also sacrificed your own life. Wei Zhu, is it worth it?"
This time, Wei Zhu was silent for a long time, and said through gritted teeth, "It's worth it. Old Lady Feng killed my whole family, how can they live a good life? As long as the Feng family is not dead, I will never be at peace."
"So you killed Old Lady Feng and still felt unsatisfied, so you also killed Dalang Feng, Erlang Feng, and the housekeeper. If we hadn't come, Da Madam Feng, Er Madam Feng, and even the children of the Feng family would have been killed by you, wouldn't they?"
Wei Zhu remained silent. She did not answer not to avoid the question, but because she did not know either.
Old Lady Feng planned the conspiracy against the Wei family, and deserved death; the mountain bandit personally killed her parents and relatives, and deserved death; the housekeeper followed Old Lady Feng and carried out the buy low and sell high back then, and also deserved death. Feng Dalang and Feng Erlang enjoyed the wealth stained with the blood of the Wei family, and also deserved death, so what about their wives and children?
The oldest of those children is only the same age as Wei Zhu back then. After their parents die, it is not difficult to imagine that they will suffer the same fate as Wei Zhu. But will they be lucky enough to meet a human trafficker who sympathizes with her and treats her like his own daughter?
Wei Zhu was at a loss.
After she learned the truth about her parents' death, she was in a state of anxiety and could not sleep or eat. She asked a trafficker to send her to Shangzhou, changed her name to Baozhu, and entered the Feng family as a maid. The trafficker advised her several times, but Weizhu was as hard as a rock and did not waver. She had suffered a lot of unknown suffering and injustice in the Feng family, and she had the idea of retreating, but every time she saw the bossy face of old lady Feng, the deep hatred burst out from the bottom of her heart, supporting her to endure and persevere.
Finally, she made it to Old Lady Feng's side and became his most trusted maid. To this end, she flattered Old Lady Feng, endured the odor on his body, took care of his enemy's excrement and urine, and endured the physical and verbal molestation of two young men, the embarrassment of her by the two wives in person, and the weirdness of the servants. Wei Zhu endured it all.
She entered the Feng Mansion at the age of thirteen and hid for five years, always looking for a chance to take revenge. She served Old Lady Feng personally, and actually had many opportunities to take action, but she wanted not only to kill Old Lady Feng, but also to make all the executioners suffer the consequences. Therefore, even though she was burning with hatred, she endured it silently and waited quietly for the best opportunity.
In June this year, a new governor came to Shangzhou. It was said that he was the son of the world-renowned Crown Prince Zhang Huai, and was made the Prince of Yong by Empress Wu Zetian as an exception. He was a more legitimate heir to the throne than the current emperor. After the old lady Feng had money, she began to dream of changing the status of the Feng family and becoming an official family. The Feng family rushed to show their goodwill, but were rejected as expected.
As people get older, their obsessions become deeper. Old Lady Feng was unwilling to be a rich but powerless country gentleman, and had long that without the Wei family, their family would not even be able to live the rich life they have today. Old Lady Feng was like a madman who wanted to leap up the social ladder by following the dragon's merits. Since forgotten Prince Yong was unwilling to be this "dragon", Old Lady Feng turned his attention elsewhere.
As autumn turned to winter, Old Lady Feng kept in frequent contact with the outside world. At the end of November, when Wei Zhu was serving in the courtyard, she heard Old Lady Feng and Feng Erlang chatting, saying that they wanted to invite Prince Yong to visit the Feng family.
But the Prince of Yong never interacted too much with the local gentry and merchants. Many people wanted to invite the Prince of Yong and his wife to a banquet, to watch a play, to appreciate flowers, and to invite them to dinner. But they both politely declined. Why did the Feng family have more face than other families?
No matter how arrogant Old Master Feng was, he knew that the Feng family alone could not invite Prince Yong, so he came up with a plan and reported the case.
If the Feng family had lost something and invited Prince Yong to come in the name of solving a case, then Prince Yong would have no reason to refuse. Sure enough, just in December, a letter from a thief was found at the bedside of Old Lady Feng, claiming that he would come to the Feng family in three days to take the Suihou Pearl.
Old Lady Feng was willing to blow herself up to summon Prince Yong. If he said he had no request, Wei Zhu would not believe it. Wei Zhu was keenly aware that her chance seemed to have come.
Old Master Feng and Feng Erlang have something to hide, and Feng Dalang is not on the same page with his father and brother. This is her opportunity.
On the third day of the twelfth month, the day the thief said in the letter that he would come to take the treasure, Wei Zhu knew that this was the main event of Old Lady Feng. She watched coldly as Old Lady Feng scolded the thief in anger and insisted on living on the third floor to personally guard Sui Houzhu. Wei Zhu had an idea in her mind. She knew that there was no thief, but Sui Houzhu would definitely be robbed tonight. This was a rare time when Old Lady Feng was alone, and no matter what happened to him, it would not be linked to the maids and servants.
Wei Zhu is determined to kill Old Lady Feng tonight, but she needs to make more plans if she wants to escape unscathed. When she is helping Old Lady Feng move her belongings for the night, Feng Dalang comes over and says some dirty words. Wei Zhu stares into Feng Dalang's greedy and lustful eyes, and a plan comes to her mind.
She pretended to be weak, saying that it was not easy for her to stay with Old Lady Feng, and she also wanted to retire and become a concubine, to live a leisurely life of taking care of her husband and children, but she was in charge of Old Lady Feng's property, and if she married Feng Dalang, Old Lady Feng would definitely not agree. Wei Zhu cried for a while, and Feng Dalang was hooked, and he vowed that he would vouch for her in front of Old Lady Feng and would never let anyone embarrass her.
Wei Zhu sneered in her heart but put on a caring face, saying that she was willing to stay with Old Lady Feng and keep an eye on Old Lady Feng's property for Feng Dalang, so that Feng Dalang would not be left vulnerable when the family was divided in the future. If Feng Dalang didn't believe her, she could tell him a way to make money in advance, and when Feng Dalang got the money, he would know that her heart was with the first wife.
Feng Dalang was overjoyed and asked where the money was. Wei Zhu told him reluctantly that the so-called visit of the thief was just a play performed by old lady Feng for King Yong. In fact, the Suihou Pearl had been moved by old lady Feng and was not in the treasure box. Tonight, only old lady Feng was in the Zhaixing Tower. All he had to do was give the old lady some sleeping pills, go upstairs through the secret passage when no one was there, and secretly take the Suihou Pearl from the old lady. After that, he just had to die without anyone knowing. Who would know that the Suihou Pearl was in Feng Dalang's hands?
In fact, Wei Zhu had already figured out that when Old Lady Feng closed the treasure box, she had quietly hidden the Sui Hou Pearl in the secret compartment at the end of her walking stick. But she did not tell Feng Dalang, and only asked him to go upstairs at night to look for it. Anyway, with his brain, he would definitely not be able to find it.
Feng Dalang was overjoyed after hearing this and kept telling Wei Zhu that she had a face that would bring good luck to her husband. Wei Zhu suppressed her disgust and reminded Feng Dalang to be careful. If people knew that he had drugged the old lady, the situation of the first wife would be even worse. To be on the safe side, she could provide Dalang with a drug that was prepared by a descendant of the Mohist school and was guaranteed to be odorless, colorless and tasteless, so that no evidence would be left.
Feng Dalang was not completely stupid. Hearing that Wei Zhu had even prepared drugs for him, he was skeptical and asked Wei Zhu to go with him. Wei Zhu pretended to agree, and after sending Feng Dalang away, Wei Zhu returned to the main courtyard to get the drugs and poison needles. All the maids in the courtyard were busy, and no one noticed that she walked to the annex and quietly opened the parrot's cage.
Afterwards, she returned to Zhaixing Tower to continue her work. On the way, she met many people including the Yong King and his wife, Erlang, and the guards, all of whom were her witnesses. At midnight, she finally finished her work. She knew that Old Lady Feng had the habit of drinking tea before going to bed, so she took the initiative to make tea for Old Lady Feng. However, when she went downstairs, she met the little maid in the main courtyard, who said that the old lady's parrot had flown away and asked her to go back and catch it.
Feng Dalang wanted to follow Houzhu's idea and volunteered to take over the task of delivering tea. Weizhu handed the teapot to Feng Dalang. To outsiders, this was entirely Feng Dalang's own request and had nothing to do with her. On the way to the tea room, Weizhu gave Feng Dalang a drug and said helplessly that an accident had occurred and she could not act with him. She asked Feng Dalang to go upstairs first and come to support her after she caught the parrot.
Feng Dalang believed it to be true, went to the tea room to get the tea, quietly added medicine, and personally brought it to the Zhaixing Tower. Wei Zhu slowly caught the parrot, and waited until the time was almost up before going to the Zhaixing Tower. In front of Prince Yong and his wife and Feng Erlang, he repeatedly hinted that he had not touched the tea the whole time.
After that, everything went as Weizhu expected. At about 11:00 p.m., Old Lady Feng got up to drink tea, and Prince Yong and his wife went back to their room to rest. After waiting for a while, Feng Erlang found an excuse to go out, and Feng Dalang followed. Baozhu waited leisurely in the flower room. She calculated the time to pass through the secret passage, knowing that Feng Dalang must be upstairs looking for Suihouzhu at this moment, and Feng Erlang might also be in the secret passage, doing some unknown activities.
A long time passed before Feng Dalang finally came back. Because there was someone in the greenhouse, he didn't come over to ask directly. Later, Feng Erlang also came back. Wei Zhu was afraid that Feng Dalang, this idiot, would say something and ruin her whole plan, so she found an excuse to serve cakes and took the initiative to avoid it.
She calculated the time of the fast midnight and returned at a leisurely pace. Coincidentally, Wei Zhu ran into someone setting off fireworks behind the corridor, and the person leading the group was none other than Feng Erlang's close confidant.
Feng Erlang is really a good son of old lady Feng, who carried out his father's orders so meticulously. Wei Zhu watched them light the fuse and escape coldly, and then blended into the attendants brought by Feng Erlang. Prince Yong and his wife also came soon. Wei Zhu knew that if she didn't show up again, she would be suspicious, so she pretended to show up as if she had just run over.
The group returned to the Zhaixing Tower in a grand manner. Feng Erlang kept looking upstairs while talking to Prince Yong, with a look of doubt and uncertainty. Wei Zhu knew what Feng Erlang was wondering about. According to the agreement, Old Lady Feng should stand up and shout "Catch the thief". Why was the old lady still lying on the chair, motionless? How could he know that Old Lady Feng had drunk the tea sent by Feng Dalang and had been in a trance for a long time. She would not wake up until she had slept for four hours.
Wei Zhu knew that the time had come, and pretended to be scared and shouted, "Old Master Feng is not moving. Is something wrong?" The crowd really cried out after he said this, and even Feng Erlang showed a suspicious look. Wei Zhu pretended to be worried, and rushed upstairs in one step. Taking advantage of the movement of shaking Old Master Feng, he stabbed the poison needle into the back of his head without hesitation.
Old Lady Feng's eyes suddenly widened, and he instinctively struggled under her hand. Wei Zhu held him down tightly, and when Feng Erlang rushed up, Old Lady Feng had not yet died. But Wei Zhu pretended to be sad and cried, saying that Old Lady Feng was dead. Feng Erlang was frightened and did not go forward to check. At this time, Old Lady Feng also lost the strength to struggle and died completely.
In fact, Wei Zhu originally planned to take the opportunity to change the old lady Feng's burial clothes to pull out the needle, so as to completely destroy the evidence. However, the couple who looked harmonious were very strong when faced with trouble. King Yong would not let anyone get close to the body of old lady Feng, not even the Feng family. Wei Zhu tried to no avail and had to give up, secretly praying that no one would find the fine needle in old lady Feng's skull.
Except for not removing the needle, everything went as Weizhu expected. The famous Prince Yong looked like the previous governors, and did not seem to have such great powers. Weizhu continued to push forward her plan. She deliberately spread the rumor that Suihouzhu was cursed to pave the way for the death of other members of the Feng family.
In the evening, Hubo came back from the second room and casually mentioned that Erlang and the second wife had a quarrel. Although the speaker was unintentional, the listener took it seriously. Weizhu hid a drug and went to the waterside pavilion to find Feng Erlang under the pretext of walking the birds. Feng Erlang was reluctant to open the door for her at first, but Weizhu said that she saw someone around Feng Erlang setting off fireworks last night, and Feng Erlang panicked and let her in.
Wei Zhu asked Feng Erlang why he did this, but Feng Erlang hesitated and talked about other things. In fact, Wei Zhu didn't intend to know the answer. Her real purpose was to divert Feng Erlang's attention and put drugs in the wine glass. Wei Zhu asked again, those guards outside were not right, what were they doing, Feng Erlang seemed to be angry and told her to leave it alone.
Outsiders all praised Feng Erlang for his youthful talent, but Wei Zhu knew best that Feng Erlang was a weak and incompetent boy who followed his father's instructions in everything. After the death of Old Lady Feng, he was like a child who had lost his parents and had no idea what to do. Last night, he should have taken the opportunity to lead Prince Yong into the secret passage, but the death of Old Lady Feng made him flustered and he did not dare to act. He was already anxious today, and after being questioned by Wei Zhu, he became even more emotional and drank the wine in one gulp.
This was exactly what Wei Zhu wanted. Soon the drug took effect. Wei Zhu waited until Feng Erlang lost consciousness and then pushed him into the lake. Feng Erlang spit the ice water and woke up in a daze. Wei Zhu pushed him into the water without mercy. This happened several times, and Feng Erlang drowned in disbelief.
Weizhu calmly cleaned up the scene and wiped out the traces of her presence. When she was almost done, someone came. Fortunately, Weizhu was careful and put the bolt in advance, but that was not enough. Agate knocked on the door for a long time without any response, and she gradually became suspicious. If someone came in at this time, everything Weizhu had done would be in vain. She still had enemies to kill, so how could she be willing to be caught like this? In a hurry, Weizhu noticed the parrot in the corner and had an idea.
This parrot was raised by her and could learn many different voices. She gestured to the parrot and asked it to imitate Feng Erlang's voice and sent Manao away. Although Manao felt that Erlang's tone was not right, he did not think much about it and turned away.
After finishing her last job, Weizhu pulled the bolt with a fishing line, closed the door from the inside, and quietly left when no one was paying attention. After returning to the main courtyard, she immediately asked someone to check the room, deliberately creating an alibi for herself.
She thought that Feng Erlang's death was handled very well and no one would be suspicious, and it would soon be ruled an accidental death. Unexpectedly, the Prince Yong and Princess Yong, whom she had not taken seriously, were much more sensitive than she had imagined, and were not the spoiled brats she had thought. She instinctively sensed the danger and accelerated her revenge, regardless of the possibility of exposing herself.
Old Mistress Feng and Feng Erlang died one after another. Perhaps only Feng Dalang was truly happy. Others who knew the inside story smelled an ominous smell. The housekeeper didn't know how the old Mistress Feng and Feng Erlang died, but he knew what Old Mistress Feng was planning some time ago. He was scared and didn't care about the Feng family where he had worked all his life, and fled with all his property.
Wei Zhu had been the housekeeper's maid for many years, and had spies all over the second gate. When she heard the housekeeper withdraw a large sum of money from the bank, she immediately realized that the housekeeper was planning to run away. She was familiar with the people in the stable, and easily found out that the housekeeper had just come and asked them to feed a horse. Wei Zhu sent the people away and pinned a needle under the saddle of the horse.
This is all she can do. Whether she can kill the butler by throwing him down depends on whether God is wise enough.
After Wei Zhu came back, she took the parrot with her again and went to the place where the so-called Jianghu people, but in fact the bandits, lived. Old Lady Feng had once paid the bandits to kill the Wei family caravan, and this time she wanted to do the same thing again, but they didn't know that as soon as Wei Zhu saw Dong Hai, she recognized him as the villain who killed her parents. She had been asking about the news of the Huanglong Mountain bandits for years, and she could recognize the faces on the wanted list even if they turned into ashes.
Wei Zhu knew Dong Hai was behind the wall, so she lowered her voice and pretended to be Feng Dalang's follower, saying that Sui Houzhu was still in Zhaixing Tower. Now that the old lady and Erlang were dead, it would be better to kill the bandits, take the Sui Houzhu, and then say that the Sui Houzhu was stolen by the bandits, so that there would be no evidence. Then she asked the parrot to imitate Feng Dalang's voice and agreed to go to Zhaixing Tower tonight to take the Sui Houzhu, and never let the news leak out.
It was a very crude plot to sow discord, but now that the Feng family knew the details of the transaction with the bandits, all the people were dead. Dong Hai was originally worried that the Feng family would not admit their deal, and now Feng Dalang showed his intention to destroy the bridge after crossing the river. Even if he couldn't be sure that the words were indeed said by Feng Dalang, Dong Hai would not take the risk.
They are mountain bandits, their business is to lick blood on the tip of a knife, and they would rather kill by mistake than let the victim go. Although they have an agreement with Old Lady Feng, Old Lady Feng asked them to do a killing job, and no matter how high the reward is, they may not live to see the reward. In comparison, they would rather rob the money and run away.
Wei Zhu instigated the thieves, but they didn't know where Sui Houzhu was hiding, so they could only lie in wait in the Zhaixing Tower. Later, Wei Zhu found Feng Dalang and inadvertently revealed that there was a mechanism in the cane that Old Lady Feng always carried with her, which was just big enough to hide a pearl.
With Feng Dalang's arrogant and suspicious character, he would never tell anyone the whereabouts of Sui Houzhu, even if it was his bedmate. Late at night, Feng Dalang quietly returned from the secret passage and went to Zhaixing Tower to look for his walking stick. He was ecstatic when he opened the mechanism, and the bandits ambushing on the third floor were also ecstatic. This was a priceless jewel, so Dong Hai killed Feng Dalang without hesitation and fled with Sui Houzhu.
In Wei Zhu's plan, Feng Dalang should not be discovered until the next morning. After the government officials arrived, Wei Zhu found an opportunity to guide the government officials to discover the secret passage, reveal the identities of Dong Hai and others, and naturally put all the murders in Feng Mansion on the heads of the bandits. The new official Yong Wang will definitely suppress the bandits. If she can kill Dong Hai and others with the help of Yong Wang, her revenge plan will be completely successful.
However, she had calculated the thoughts of everyone in the Feng family, but she had not calculated the thoughts of Prince Yong and his wife. Now Prince Yong had indeed led people to chase the bandits. As long as she could achieve revenge, she would die without regrets even if she was caught.
Wei Zhu said calmly, "The evidence is as strong as a mountain. I have nothing to say. I only hope that Prince Yong and Princess Yong will wipe out those bandits and redress the souls who died in vain under their knives. If so, I will be willing to be torn into pieces."
There were still a few unclear points, so Ming Huashang did not make a statement. She asked, "How did the Wei family get the Suihou Pearl?"
"It was passed down from my grandfather," Wei Zhu said. "When my grandfather was young, the Wei family was very poor. When he went to the mountains to do business, he met a dead man. Even though he was dead, the man clenched his hands tightly. My grandfather thought it was strange, so he opened the other person's hands to check and found this pearl. At first, he didn't know what it was, so he just treated it as an ordinary pearl. Later, my grandfather's fortune suddenly improved and he made several businesses in succession. He thought it was this pearl that brought good luck, so he asked an expert to take a look. Only then did he know that he had picked up the famous Sui Hou Pearl. My grandfather knew that wealth should not be revealed, so he never told anyone that he had the Sui Hou Pearl, but who would have thought that the one who betrayed the secret was actually a family member. Perhaps this is the curse of the Sui Hou Pearl."
Ming Huashang said, "Your grandfather was able to start from scratch, not because Sui Houzhu brought him good luck, but because he was hardworking, smart and prudent. Your parents were murdered, not because of Sui Houzhu, but because human nature is too evil. It is clear to all that it was the fault of human beings, Mingzhu is innocent."
Wei Zhu smiled sarcastically: "Perhaps. Prince Yong and Princess Yong are members of the royal family. They have status and reputation. No one dares to covet them. They can safely own the Suihou Pearl."
Ming Huashang herself raised her eyebrows. It turned out that Wei Zhu thought Ming Huashang wanted to take Sui Hou Pearl for. She immediately said, "No, I have said it before. I am not interested in jewelry, let alone such a famous Sui Hou Pearl. I don't believe in ghosts and gods, nor do I believe that Sui Hou Pearl carries a curse, but the human heart is unpredictable. As long as others know that you have Sui Hou Pearl, they will always miss it. From the result, it is not wrong to say that Sui Hou Pearl will lead to the destruction of your family. Why should you live in endless suspicion for a piece of jewelry that cannot be eaten or used? Caring about living people and certain happiness is always more useful than a shining jewelry. For example, now, compared to the whereabouts of Sui Hou Pearl, I am more concerned about the safety of King Yong."
Ming Huashang stared at Wei Zhu and said, "I just want to live a peaceful life with my husband. I'm sure you're unwilling to do that. You're staying with Old Lady Feng. No matter what he wants to do, I'm afraid he won't be able to hide it from you. As long as you tell the truth, you may have a chance to atone for your crime."
Wei Zhu was silent, obviously knowing that if she didn't say those words, she would die, and if she said them, she would die faster. Ming Huashang observed her expression and calmly gave her a strong dose of medicine: "Don't you want to go back and see how the matchmaker who rescued you and raised you is doing now? If you cooperate, even if the Dali Temple still sentences you to death in the end, I can show mercy and let someone take you back to your hometown to see the matchmaker for the last time."
Wei Zhu's expression was calm and tough until she heard the matchmaker's name. She was slightly startled, revealing a rare softness under her hard shell. Ming Huashang saw that she was already wavering, and said, "Tell me, why did Old Lady Feng lie and claim to have received a threatening letter from the thief, why did she do everything she could to lure us to live in the Feng family, and why did she let the bandits to be people of the underworld to guard the Zhaixing Tower?"
Wei Zhu was torn between inner and outer thoughts, but in the end he was defeated by Gua Gua and slowly said, "Because Old Master Feng followed the order of Prince Qiao to kill Prince Yong in the name of an accident."
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