In the lobby of the Capital Mansion, Wen Zhong saw Huo lying on the ground, her head and face covered with blood, and fell to his knees paralyzed, crying out in pain, “Mother ……”
He was the minister of the Ministry of Household and his father-in-law was the minister of the Ministry of Household, the governor of the capital gave him some face, and only after he had cried a few times did he heavily slap the wood of the hall, “Wen Zhong, Xu Qingwan accused you of being in cahoots with Huo to bewitch her back then, do you plead guilty?”
“I confess!”
I didn’t expect him to confess so readily, and the capital magistrate was stunned in turn.
Wen Zhong choked back a sob, “But we didn’t want to hurt her back then, it was only because she suddenly barged in and we panicked for a moment that we put medicine in the tea, originally we wanted to send her to the Meng family in Jiangnan without a sound, but who thought that halfway she jumped off the carriage with her maid.”
“I ask you ……”
Meng stared at him, “Did they have a first and last back then?”
“No. Before my mother married my father, there was always a clean slate between them, and my father only went to our house to teach me about learning.”
“If that’s the case, why did you panic?”
Meng pressed on step by step.
“I, we …… are afraid that if she goes back and says so, you will come over indiscriminately to find fault with us and drag Father’s reputation down with you.”
“You lie, you were only panicked because you had long plotted to have Huo marry into the Xu family, that’s why you panicked the moment you saw Wan’er, that’s why you bewitched her, you sent her out of the capital because you knew that with the prestige of the Xu family, you would surely turn the capital upside down. You were afraid that even if you killed Wan’er and threw her out in the middle of nowhere, she would still be found and you didn’t dare to take the risk, but you counted on everything, but you didn’t count on Wan’er escaping, and you were so terrified when you got the news that you were afraid she would come back and tell us the truth, so you did not stop at anything and told Xu Wen half-truths, using his true feelings for Huo to make him believe it completely, so that he would marry her in order to protect you married into the family ……”
“It’s not.”
Meng’s words had not even fallen, Wen Zhong retorted loudly with a weak heart, “Madam cannot wrong us like this, back then we did panic before we did something wrong, Madam wants to pursue the matter, we admit our guilt, but you cannot put trumped up charges on us, is it not enough for you to force my mother to death, do you want to force me to death as well?”
“You and I both know clearly what caused Huo’s death, Wen Zhong, my daughter’s suffering for so many years cannot be in vain, and Zhi Shu and Shu Xiang cannot just die in vain.”
After saying this, Meng bowed towards the capital’s governor, “Your Excellency, my wife suspects that they killed the person who sent Wan’er out of the city back then as well, please investigate clearly, Your Excellency.”
Wen Zhong’s face changed slightly.
“Meng, that’s enough, don’t bite whoever you catch like a mad dog.”
Mr. Big couldn’t stand it anymore, Lian’er was already dead and Meng was still slandering her.
“Father be careful what you say, mother is trying to get justice for her sister and give an account to the dead Zhi Shu and Shu Xiang, unlike father, who for the sake of the woman he supposedly loves, links his hair wife and children without them.”
“Shut up, is that what I teach you on a regular basis?”
“If you were a loving father, you would not teach us like this, but what you do is for the sake of outsiders, you do not deserve to be our father!”
“You ……”
Mr. Big’s chest rose and fell in anger.
“Silence!”
The governor of the capital heaved the alarm, “Wen Zhong, I ask you, where did all those people go back then?”
Wen Zhong had calmed down this moment, “Your words, Your Excellency, they didn’t come back in the first place.”
This was obviously a lie, but the governor could do nothing about it, after all, so many years had passed and it was difficult to verify what had happened back then.
“First Lady, how about this, you go back first, I’ll ask someone to investigate what happened back then, as soon as there are results, I’ll let you know.”
“As for Servant Wen, there is not enough evidence to imprison him now, I will order him not to leave the capital for a single step, and he will come as he is summoned.”
“Everything is at your disposal, Your Excellency.”
……
When the group left the capital residence, Gu Yi heartily helped Song Wan Yue into her carriage and squatted down to rub her knees.
“I’m fine.”
Song Wan Yue let him sit beside her, “Wen Zhong should have killed the people back then, to cure Wen Zhong’s crime, we must find someone who knows about what happened back then, but we ……”
“Find Shen Yan.”
Song Wan Yue’s eyes lit up, “You’re right, after we return to the house later, uncle and I will go find him.”
……
“Father ……”
Wen Zhong’s eyes blurred with tears as he looked at Mr. Big, “What should I do about my mother’s afterlife?”
Mr. Big leaned down and picked up Huo’s corpse, “Once a Xu family woman, always a Xu family woman, I will give her an honorable funeral.”
……
In front of the Xu House, many things were piled up, even the table and cases in Mr. Big’s study were brought out.
Meng’s few people got off the carriage, didn’t even look at it and walked straight in.
Mr. Big’s carriage then came to a stop, and he had just come down with Huo’s corpse in his arms when Uncle Xu came forward with a piece of paper, “Mr. Big, this is the letter of severance written by Mr. Old, Mr. Old has said that from today onwards, he has severed his relationship with you as husband and son, and your things in the mansion have also been removed for you, from now on, you cannot set foot in the mansion again.”
“I want to see my father!”
The eldest gentleman was about to barge inside.
Xu Bo waved his hand and immediately five or six boys blocked him.
“Great Sir, you should not make things difficult for us either, please be considerate of us.”
“Get out of my way, all of you!”
The boys stood motionless.
Mr. Big cursed and growled, and they fell on deaf ears. Mr. Big soon lost his strength and fell to the ground, panting heavily, “Go and tell them that if they don’t let me in, I will build the spirit hall in front of the door of this house.”
“I advise you not to do this, you are no longer a member of the Xu family, if you build a shrine in front of our house, we will report it to the authorities, then you will go to jail and there will be no one to take care of her funeral.”
“You ……”
Fire emerged from the elder gentleman’s eyes.
Xu Bo ignored it.
……
Inside the government, Xu helped Meng to rest, while Song Wangyue and Gu Yi accompanied Xu Yan to the old man’s house. Seeing that the old man looked very bad, he gestured for him to hold out his hand.
The old gentleman shook his head sourly, even his great-granddaughter, whom he had not seen for more than ten years, was so concerned about him, but his own son, whom he had brought up with great care, hated to be angry with him.
The second gentleman and the second lady were also present.
They hadn’t heard the commotion over here, but it was Uncle Xu who went over to tell them, and when he came over, he was shocked to find out what had happened.
The second gentleman advised, “Father, it’s better to let Yue’er take your pulse.”
“No need, I’m not dying ……”
Before he finished his words, a mouthful of blood spurted out from the old gentleman.