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? In the fourth 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. As soon as she saw the records of the Wei family in Luozhou, she knew that the young master who was "unable to protect himself" and "sold his family property" in the files was Baozhu, the delicate and tactful maid in the Feng family mansion.
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 wound on their bodies, as if they were hacked to death without any resistance. Unless they were The people had been drugged, otherwise how could a group of young, strong and skilled escort guards lose to the bandits who were even smaller in number? Everything was linked up very quickly afterwards. 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. When 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 everyone lost the ability to move, the bandits rushed out from the ambush and killed everyone in the Wei family, and the batch of goods was lost. It was a reward. When the news of the Wei family's misfortune reached Luozhou, he sent people to smash and destroy the house, promised the wet nurse a high reward in private, bought the Wei family's property at a very low price, and then sold it at a high price. The money he got was injected into the Feng family, which made 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 forgotten 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 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.
如果封家丢了東西，以破案的名義請雍王來，那雍王就沒道理拒絕了。果然，才進十二月份，封老太爺的床頭就發現一封盜聖的信，聲稱三日後要來封家取随侯珠。
封老太爺不惜自爆随侯珠也要叫來雍王，若說他無所求，衛珠無論如何不信。衛珠敏銳地感受到，她的機會好像來了。
封老太爺和封二郎心裏有鬼，而封大郎和父親、弟弟不是一條心，這就是她的機會。
十二月初三，到了盜聖信中說要來取寶的日子，衛珠知道這是封老太爺的重頭戲。她冷眼看着封老太爺義憤填膺罵盜賊，執意要住到三樓，親自守着随侯珠。衛珠心中靈機一動，她知道根本沒什麽盜聖，但今夜随侯珠一定會失竊，這是難得只有封老太爺一個人的時候，無論他出什麽事，都牽扯不到丫鬟下人身上。
衛珠下定決心在今夜殺死封老太爺，但要想全身而退，還需要再多籌謀。她替封老太爺搬過夜物件時，封大郎又過來說不幹不淨的話。衛珠盯着封大郎貪婪好色的眼睛，計上心頭。
她假意示弱，說自己在封老太爺身邊立足很不容易，她也想洗手做姨娘，過相夫教子的清閑日子，但她掌管着封老太爺的財物，若她嫁給封大郎，封老太爺肯定不允。衛珠哭了一通，封大郎果然上鈎，信誓旦旦說他會在封老太爺面前替她作保，絕不讓人為難她。
衛珠心裏冷笑，面上卻做出貼心樣子，說她願意留在封老太爺身邊，替封大郎留意封老太爺的財産，将來分家時封大郎也不至于被動，如果封大郎不信，她可以提前告訴大郎一條財路，等封大郎拿到了錢，就知道她的心向着大房了。
封大郎喜不自勝，忙問財路在哪裏。衛珠半推半就地告訴他，所謂盜聖來訪只是封老太爺給雍王表演的一出戲，其實随侯珠早被封老太爺轉移了，并不在藏寶匣裏。今夜摘星樓上只有封老太爺一人，只需給老太爺下些昏睡的藥，沒人時從暗道去樓上，偷偷從老太爺身上摸走随侯珠，之後只要咬死了不知道，誰能知道随侯珠在封大郎手裏呢？
其實衛珠早就看出來封老太爺關藏寶匣時，悄悄将随侯珠藏到拐杖頭的暗格裏了。但她沒有告訴封大郎，只讓封大郎晚上上樓後去找，反正以他的腦子，肯定是找不到的。
封大郎聽後欣喜若狂，不住對衛珠說她有旺夫相。衛珠忍着惡心提醒封大郎小心，如果讓人知道他給老太爺下藥，那大房的處境就更糟糕了，為了萬無一失，她可以為大郎提供迷藥，這藥是墨家傳人配出來的，保準無香無色無味，不會落下任何把柄。
封大郎也不完全是蠢的，聽到衛珠連藥都給他準備好了，将信将疑，要求衛珠和他一起行動。衛珠假意答應，等打發走封大郎後，衛珠回主院取迷藥和毒針。院裏所有丫鬟都在忙，沒人注意到她走到抱廈，不動聲色打開了鹦鹉的籠子。
之後她回到摘星樓繼續忙，路上碰到了雍王夫妻、二郎、侍衛等許多人，所有人都是她的證人。亥時，她終于忙完了，她知道封老太爺有睡前喝茶的習慣，主動替封老太爺去沏茶，但是等她下樓，毫不意外地遇到主院的小丫鬟，說老太爺的鹦鹉飛了，讓她趕緊回去捉。
封大郎打着随侯珠的主意，自告奮勇接過送茶的任務，衛珠順勢将茶壺交給封大郎。在外人看來，此事完全是封大郎自己要求的，和她毫無關系。在去茶房的路上，衛珠交給封大郎迷藥，無奈說發生了意外，她不能和他一起行動了，讓封大郎先上樓，等她捉住鹦鹉後就來支援。
封大郎信以為真，去茶房取了茶後，悄悄加了藥，親手提到摘星樓上。衛珠慢悠悠捉鹦鹉，等時間差不多了才去摘星樓，在雍王夫妻和封二郎面前再三暗示，自己全程都沒有接觸過茶水。
之後一切如衛珠預料，快亥正時，封老太爺起身喝茶，雍王夫妻回房休息。等了沒一會，封二郎找了個借口出去了，封大郎随後也出去了。寶珠悠然等在花房裏，她算着通過密道的時間，知道此刻封大郎定然在樓上尋找随侯珠，封二郎恐怕也在密道裏，幹一些不為人知的勾當。
時間過去很久，封大郎才氣勢洶洶回來。礙于花房裏有人，他才沒直接過來問，之後封二郎也回來了，衛珠怕封大郎這個蠢貨口不擇言說出什麽，壞了她全盤大計，她就找了個端糕點的借口，主動避出去了。
她掐算着快子時了，才不緊不慢回來，也是碰巧，衛珠在回廊後撞到有人放煙花，而為首的人，正是封二郎身邊的親信。
封二郎可真是封老太爺的好兒子，如此一絲不茍地執行父親的命令。衛珠冷眼看他們點燃引線後逃走，之後順勢融入封二郎帶來的侍從裏，雍王夫妻也随即趕來，衛珠知道她再不出現就有嫌疑了，也裝作剛跑過來的樣子現身。
一夥人浩浩蕩蕩回到摘星樓，封二郎和雍王說話時一直在往樓上看，神色驚疑不定。衛珠知道封二郎在疑惑什麽，按約定，現在封老太爺應該站起來喊捉賊，為何老太爺還躺在椅子上，一動不動？他哪裏知道，封老太爺喝了封大郎送去的茶水，早就被迷暈了，不睡夠四個時辰不會醒來。
衛珠清楚是時候了，裝作害怕地大喊封老太爺一動不動，是不是出事了。這話說出後人群果然大嘩，連封二郎都露出懷疑的神色。衛珠裝作擔心，一個健步沖上樓，借着搖晃封老太爺的動作，毫不猶豫将毒針紮入他後腦。
封老太爺猛地瞪大眼睛，在她手下本能掙紮，衛珠牢牢壓制着他，封二郎沖上來時，其實封老太爺還沒咽氣。但衛珠裝作悲痛的樣子哭泣，說封老太爺死了。封二郎被吓呆了，沒有上前檢查，這時封老太爺也失去了掙紮的力氣，徹底死去。
其實衛珠本打算借着給封老太爺換壽衣的機會将針拔出來，如此才算徹底銷毀證據，天衣無縫。但那對看着和氣的夫妻遇事時卻十分強勢，雍王不讓任何人靠近封老太爺的屍體，連封家人也不行。衛珠嘗試無果，只能放棄，暗暗祈禱不會有人發現封老太爺腦骨裏的細針。
除了沒拔針，一切如衛珠預料，盛有美名的雍王看起來和歷任刺史一樣，似乎也沒那麽神通廣大。衛珠繼續推進自己的計劃，她有意放出随侯珠有詛咒的傳言，為封家其他人的死做鋪墊。
傍晚時，琥珀從二房回來，随口說起二郎和二太太吵架了。說者無心，聽者有意，衛珠藏了迷藥，借口要去遛鳥，去水榭尋找封二郎。封二郎最初無意給她開門，衛珠說出昨夜看到封二郎身邊的人放煙花，封二郎才驚慌失措讓她進來。
衛珠質問封二郎為什麽這樣做，封二郎支支吾吾，顧左右而言他。其實衛珠沒打算知道答案，她真實目的是轉移封二郎的注意力，實則在酒杯裏下藥。衛珠再追問，外面那些護院也不對勁，他們到底在做什麽，封二郎似乎惱羞成怒，罵咧咧讓她別管。
外人都贊美封二郎青年才俊，其實衛珠最明白，封二郎就是一個軟弱無能的男孩，事事聽父親安排，封老太爺死了，他就像一個和家長走失的小孩，沒有一丁點主意。昨夜他本該趁機将雍王引入密道，但封老太爺的死讓他心慌意亂，他沒敢動手，今日他本來就焦慮，被衛珠質問後，他情緒越發激動，将酒一飲而盡。
這正中衛珠心意，很快藥效發作，衛珠等封二郎失去意識後，将他推到湖裏。封二郎嗆了冰水，迷迷糊糊醒來，被衛珠毫不留情按到水裏。這樣反反複複幾次，封二郎在不可置信中溺死了。
衛珠冷靜地收拾現場，抹去她來過的痕跡。她善後快結束時，竟然有人來了。幸虧衛珠謹慎，提前插上了門栓，但這還不夠，瑪瑙敲門久久沒有回應，漸漸起疑了。如果這時候有人進來，衛珠所做的一切都會功虧一篑，她還有仇人沒殺，怎麽甘心就這樣被抓住。緊急中，衛珠注意到角落裏的鹦鹉，靈機一動。
這只鹦鹉是她養大的，會學許多種聲線。她用手勢指揮鹦鹉，讓鹦鹉模仿封二郎的聲音，打發瑪瑙離開。瑪瑙雖然覺得二郎的音調不太對，但也沒有多想，轉身離開了。
衛珠做完最後的工作，用魚線拉着門栓，從裏面關上門，趁沒人注意悄悄離開。她回主院後立刻喊人查房，刻意制造自己的不在場證明。
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 raised her eyebrows. It turned out that Wei Zhu thought Ming Huashang wanted to take Sui Hou Pearl for herself. 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 pretend 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."