Why are you still trying to take it back?
"Moreover, I think it was a real waste for your lady to marry you. Even if she were dead, she would never want her name to be associated with you again."
"So you should just keep this jade pendant in my hand."
"After all, the Ji family still owns a portion of their businesses, and this jade pendant seems to be able to access some of them!"
"You want it back so badly, but I'm just not going to give it to you."
"Let's see what you can do to me?"
Ji Kangyuan's eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at the jade pendant.
He originally had a better and brighter future.
After all, it was he who led the troops to open the city gates and let the Marquis of Zhenxi into the city when he attacked it.
But all of this was destroyed at some point!
His proud son is dead, while another bastard is still alive and well.
Moreover, since his wife died, he had never worried about money before. But after his wife died, some of the shops under his management actually started to rebel, and somehow, they even reconnected with that bastard child!
Even if he goes to their door every day to make trouble, he won't get a single penny out of them.
Meanwhile, all the concubines and mistresses in the house were asking for money.
Nobody cared how he was doing outside.
That's why he's ended up like this.
He's older than an old man.
"Give me back this jade pendant right now! This jade pendant originally belonged to my wife. Why is it in your hands? Did you, you witch, use some kind of sorcery on my wife to make her give this jade pendant to you?"
"And my wife has never died for the city."
"My wife was just going back to her parents' home when she encountered bandits on the way and was killed by them."
"Ji Wenxuan was just a deserter who abandoned the city and fled."
“I don’t have a son like him.”
"You mustn't say anything out of the ordinary."
“My son Ji Wenzhuo is the real hero.”
Ge's scalp ached from Ji Kangyuan's excited tug.
She screamed!
"Stop right now."
"My hair is about to break."
"Could you please separate us?"
Ji Kangyuan was already furious, and upon hearing this, he immediately shouted angrily, "What are you shouting for?"
"You think I want to be with you?"
"Does any of you have a knife on you?"
"Cut off the hair that's connected between the two of us."
"I don't want to be with her either."
Madam Ge was furious.
Who was the person who just reacted on the ground?
Now you don't want to be with her anymore?
He clearly wanted to get the jade pendant back.
Who doesn't know? Madam Ji's family is quite wealthy, and the entire Ji family lives off Madam Ji's dowry. But Ji Kangyuan doesn't know how to cherish it at all, and he keeps taking concubines and mistresses one after another.
Moreover, there is a strong possibility that the emperor is favoring his concubine over his wife!
After Madam Ji died, the Ji family's standard of living declined significantly.
There are also some elderly people from the Ji family who have all passed away one after another.
When Ji Kangyuan's most beloved son died, it was as if his hair turned white overnight.
If it weren't for the Marquis of Zhenxi spending a fortune to appease them!
He's probably capable of turning the world upside down.
Thinking of this, she said sarcastically, "You're just eager to get that jade pendant, aren't you?"
"I don't know how a spineless man like you has survived to this day. If it weren't for your wife, you would never have gotten to where you are today. And yet you betrayed her after using her, sending her and their son to such a remote place. My husband told you before that Mianzhou is not safe!"
"And yet you've done just that, not only did you bring him to Mianzhou, but you also brought him to the border area between Mianzhou and Luzhou. I'm really afraid your legitimate son won't die."
Ji Kangyuan was hit where it hurt, and he went completely insane.
"What nonsense are you spouting?"
"If it weren't for me, would you have been able to enter the city so smoothly? Would you have been able to reach your current positions?"
"It was you who crossed the river and burned the bridge that caused my Wen Zhuo to die."
"If my Wen Zhuo were still alive, he would definitely be more powerful than that beast!"
And so, the two of them, one after the other, revealed all their secrets.
Moreover, the movements became more intense.
Several strands of hair were ripped out.
I don't know what they did right, but the two of them finally broke up!
However, after the two separated, their rationality returned completely, and they immediately shut their mouths and remained silent.
Lin Ru smiled and watched their awkward interaction.
At this moment, Madam Bai suddenly spoke up, "Didn't you say you were coming to catch a thief? Now you can see for yourselves, my daughter is right here in this side hall, she's not a thief at all."
"But if the national treasury is emptied, that's a big deal."
"We need to find the person as soon as possible, otherwise you'll start throwing mud at us again."
"And given how serious this has been, shouldn't we report it to the Marquis of Zhenxi?"
Lin Ru chimed in, "You'd better investigate thoroughly. We're right here now, so don't wait until we leave before you send people to surround my post station and accuse me of being a thief or something. After all, you've done the same thing before."
"Once is fine, but if it happens a second time, don't blame me for turning my back on you."
"You know, if I get angry, you won't have an easy time either."
"The artifact in my hand doesn't discriminate."
"If you want to experience what it feels like to turn to ash instantly, you can continue to throw dirty water on me."
Upon hearing this, Madam Ge immediately remembered that she had important matters to attend to.
She simply didn't believe a word Lin Ru said.
She looked at Lin Ru and then at the group of young men, "You guys tell me, was this Lin girl with you the whole time, or did she go out in the middle and only come back when things got chaotic?"
“I’m telling you, you must tell the truth, this concerns the national treasury.”
“If there is any deception, you and your family will not get away with it.”
The young men immediately knelt on the ground, saying, "We were indeed in the same room as Miss Lin."
"But after talking to us for a while, she got a little tired and went to rest in the inner room. We were only separated by a screen."
"If you want to get out, you have to go through the main gate, because there are no windows inside at all."
“We’ve been keeping watch outside the screen the whole time, but we’ve never seen Miss Lin come out.”
"Yes! Miss Lin came out because she heard the commotion outside."
"If we tell even one lie, may we be struck by lightning and die a horrible death."
Somewhat unwilling to give up, Madam Ge repeated the question, "Are you sure you've never seen her come out?"
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