Transmigrated As Cannon Fodder To Marry - Chapter 53

Little Zhou took He Lishu from Wei’s house and fantasized about marrying a good man who satisfied him with the dowry, but the dowry was taken away by Zhou Shangcheng first.

The little Zhou family chased back to the Zhou family to ask for her dowry, and only got a slap in the face. The whole family accused her of reconciling and leaving, and accused her of ruining the reputation of the Zhou family.

She couldn’t get the dowry, and the little Zhou family didn’t have any money, so she could only live in Zhou’s house aggrieved. Taking her seriously, even the servants in the house would despise her.

Xiao Zhou felt that her life was getting worse, so she began to look for someone to marry for herself, but Zhou’s family members were obviously more active than her in this matter. Xiao Zhou herself was not optimistic about it, and Zhou’s family began to accept gifts from others. up.

Zhou’s family appointed Xiao Zhou’s family as a rich businessman from the state capital adjacent to Shengjing. He was over 60 years old and married Xiao Zhou to fill in the house. silver.

The Zhou family is not rich, so what they value is the wealth of the rich businessman. The young Zhou family married, and the wealthy businessman can give a lot of money to the Zhou family every year. Marrying a daughter who is no longer useful for so much money, except for the little Zhou family, no one else in the Zhou family would not agree.

When Xiao Zhou found out, it was like a bolt from the blue, and she refused to agree to anything, no matter how rich she was, she was over sixty, who knew what would die, and she would still be a widow when she married.

Little Zhou also asked someone to inquire about it quietly, saying that the wealthy businessman had married several step-wives, and none of them lived for more than two years, and they were all tortured to death by him. The more Xiao Zhou heard, the more frightened she became, she threatened the Zhou family with her own life, saying that if they insisted on forcing her to marry a wealthy businessman, she would kill herself and then have someone go to the Yamen to sue the Zhou family for forcing her daughter to death for money.

The reputation of the Zhou family has been ruined, and there must be people who believe this news. The Zhou family is very afraid of being exiled from Shengjing like the Dong family, and they dare not force the little Zhou family anymore.

It’s just that he was even more harsh on Xiao Zhou’s family. He used her to be manipulated by others, and Xiao Zhou’s family was also raised up pampered. How could she endure such hardships? As long as he is successful, let Xiao Zhou marry whoever he wants to marry, and give her all the dowry.

Little Zhou naturally agreed. When she found out that her daughter was kidnapped to threaten the Wei family, Little Zhou hesitated, but for a short while, what she thought was that it was just kidnapping anyway, not Wei Yunxue. Anyway, the Wei family will come to save her. And if she doesn’t agree, she will really die, so under Zhou Shangcheng’s arrangement, Xiao Zhou joined Yin’s family as a maid.

The plan was actually very smooth, the only change was that Jiang Lin came too fast and didn’t give Xiao Zhou a chance to send him out of Yin’s house, even though he hid it so tightly, he was found out.

Now that it was in Jiang Lin’s hands, Little Zhou knew she was doomed, and Jiang Lin would definitely not let her go.

She also regretted that if she hadn’t left Wei’s house with Li, she might have had a better life. When Xiao Zhou heard about Jiang Lin and Wei Yunzhao taking the widows from the Wei family to the theater to listen to an opera a few days ago, she was very envious.

But she suffered so much in her own home, the more Xiao Zhou thought about it, the more sad she became, and she burst into tears, crying out for regret.

Jiang Lin looked at her coldly, covered Wei Yunxue’s ears, and asked Wei Yunxue to cover her eyes, not listening to or seeing Xiao Zhou’s ugly behavior, no matter how miserable she was crying, Jiang Lin would only say that she deserved it .

Little Zhou cried for a long time, but Jiang Lin ignored her, and later he couldn’t stand it any longer, so he pleaded with Jiang Lin instead, “I know I was wrong, and I was also forced, Jiang Lin, just look at me It’s your Fifth Aunt who spared me this time, okay? I won’t dare again. I swear, even if I die myself, I will never kill the two sisters Yun Xue and Yun Wan again. Jiang Lin, let me go May I go, I beg you.”

“Don’t worry, I will let you go. After all, I won’t ruin myself for killing a femme fatale like you. I will send you to the government office. As for whether the people in the government office will let you go, it’s not me. It’s up to you.”

“Oh, by the way,” Jiang Lin kindly reminded, “The current governor of Shengjing is the same person as the master behind your elder brother, maybe your elder brother will ask his master to let you go, after all, you are brothers and sisters, right?” ?”

There was hope in Xiao Zhou’s eyes, but it was only for a moment, and she was soon discouraged. These days after her divorce, Xiao Zhou has already seen clearly the face of the Zhou family.

The eldest brother can sacrifice her for something that is beneficial to the Zhou family, but he will never sacrifice the Zhou family for her. He will not treat her.

Jiang Lin saw Xiao Zhou’s reaction and smiled, “Look, this is the Zhou family. You are no different. You can kill your own daughter for yourself, and your elder brother can sacrifice his own sister for him. You are worthy of being a family.” .”

Little Zhou’s eyes had turned into despair, but Jiang Lin didn’t let her go, “I will even send someone to get rid of you in the prison to protect the secret. I guess you will have a few days to live.”

Little Zhou’s pupils dilated and retorted sharply, “Impossible, no, he won’t kill me!”

Jiang Lin touched the red mark on Wei Yunxue’s neck and asked her, “Does it hurt?”

Naturally, it hurts. The little girl is already delicate and has been pinched, so how could it not hurt.

Jiang Lin pointed to the red mark and showed it to Mrs. Zhou, “This is also your daughter. You almost killed her.”

“Not to mention a younger sister.”

Little Zhou’s disbelief turned into panic. She couldn’t hide it from herself, knowing that what Jiang Lin said was true, and she would die if she entered the cell.

Little Zhou stretched out her hand and grabbed Jiang Lin in a panic, “I don’t want it, I don’t want to die, Jiang Lin, help me, can you help me, as long as you help me, I will listen to you in the future, I will do whatever you ask me to do.” He even raised his hands and swore to God.

Jiang Lin smiled mockingly, and agreed, “Yes, but there is only one way for you to survive, and it depends on whether you are worthy or not.”

Little Zhou said he would cooperate, and asked Jiang Lin what to do, but Jiang Lin didn’t say anything.

The carriage stopped at the door of Wei’s house, Wei Yunzhao was waiting at the door in a wheelchair, Jiang Lin hugged Wei Yunxue and walked towards him, “Although he was a step late, luckily he found it and didn’t let him take it away.”

In order to survive, Xiao Zhou followed honestly. Jiang Lin pointed at her, “This guy sneaked into Yin’s house by some means and pretended to be the servant of the servant girl.”

Wei Yunzhao didn’t know how long he stayed at the door, his whole body felt cool, he glanced at Mrs. Zhou, and Mrs. Zhou felt chills all over her body. The words she wanted to defend herself came to her lips, but she couldn’t say them. .

Wei Yunzhao took Wei Yunxue and put him on his lap to hold him, and asked Wei Yunjia and Wei Yunwan sisters to make sure they were all right before letting them go back to rest.

He and Jiang Lin will naturally have to interrogate Xiao Zhou next.

Little Zhou naturally did not dare to hide anything in order to survive, although she didn’t know much, she only saw that Zhou Shangcheng often met a masked man in black in the study.

Wei Yunzhao said in a cold voice, “It’s useful to say something, but you can’t protect yourself if you know too little.”

Little Zhou racked his brains for a long time with a bitter face and said, “Yes, once I heard what they said about Dengzhou, and there are soldiers, tens of thousands of people. It seems that they want Zhou Shangcheng to become an official in Dengzhou. So, I was cleaning outside the door at the time, and I didn’t hear it very clearly, so I know this.”

Jiang Lin and Wei Yunzhao looked at each other and had a guess in their hearts.

After Xiao Zhou said this, she cried and begged them to save her life. Jiang Lin called the housekeeper and asked the housekeeper to send Xiao Zhou to the government office, explaining what she did at Yin’s house today, and hoped that the housekeeper would be fair deal with.

Jiang Lin also left a message for Xiao Zhou, “If someone wants to attack you, then you can just say ‘Dengzhou’ to the other party, and it may save your life.”

He didn’t care about Little Zhou’s life or death. In his eyes, this kind of person who killed his own daughter was a beast, and a beast deserved to die.

Little Zhou struggled and refused to go to the yamen, but it was obviously useless, so she was forcibly dragged away.

Jiang Lin pushed Wei Yunzhao back to Zhaoyun Garden. On the way, Wei Yunzhao told Jiang Lin, “The two young masters of the Zhou family and the Du family came to look for you when they heard that there was a fire in the house. I told them that you went to the Yin’s house. They said they would come back tomorrow.”

“Well,” the two good brothers were determined, but Jiang Lin felt that he would have nothing to do in the future.

After returning to Zhaoyunyuan, Jiang Lin went to the kitchen to cook. So many things happened today, so I made something delicious for the children.

Wei Yunzhao accompanied him and lit a fire for him, and the two talked about the second prince’s intentions today.

Jiang Lin: “Judging from the premeditated firewood today, the second prince did plan to set fire to teach us a lesson. Du Yuling probably heard it right that day.”

The three sisters of Wei Yunjia went to Yin’s house to attend Yin Feifei’s birthday banquet, which was also planned by the second prince, so that they could take care of one end and ignore the other, so the people who sent to rob Wei Yunqi were not very skilled, they just came to die .

There should be something wrong with the Yin family, otherwise the little Zhou family wouldn’t be able to get in and be a maid, let alone hide her in Mrs. Yin’s Buddhist hall.

“But it’s not bad, at least the second prince has offended Yin Shaoqing this time.” Yin Ji is a pure minister, only loyal to the emperor, and the second prince offending him is of no benefit.

Especially since he has committed so many things.

Wei Yunzhao has a different opinion, “Maybe, he is trying to win over the Yin family, but Yin Ji doesn’t know his plan yet.”

Wei Yunzhao’s idea was confirmed during the meal. Wei Yunjia said, “Sister Feifei said that her family wants her to marry the fourth prince and become the prince’s concubine.”

“Does the whole family think so?” Jiang Lin asked, if so, it would be a bit bad.

Wei Yunjia shook her head, “No, she said that her father didn’t know about it yet, Sister Feifei didn’t want to be a concubine, she wanted to be punished as a female, investigate the case like her father, and tell Mrs. Yin after saying her birthday .”

In this way, it is easy to explain why someone from the Yin family cooperated.

Jiang Lin: “The second prince’s situation is very wide, and his ambition is too big. He wants to win over all the civil and military officials of the dynasty.”

Wei Yunzhao said: “Dig your own grave, that person will not allow it.”

There were no other princes in the court to contend with him, so the second prince thought he could do whatever he wanted.

“So, let’s just add a fire to him and let him burn up.” The fire on Wei’s house did not cause much damage to Wei’s house, but it is not necessarily the case that it burned on the second prince.

Jiang Lin raised the corners of his lips and smiled lightly.

…

“Hey, you said you heard that the quarry outside Shengjing City is haunted.”

“Haunted, how could it be haunted?”

“Is it the quarry that was struck by lightning not long ago?”

“Exactly. Hundreds of people were killed by a strike of lightning. I’m afraid they died unwillingly, and the ghosts are haunting them, so they will come back and make trouble.”

“That can’t be, isn’t this lightning strike God’s intention? God wants you to die and still call for grievances?”

“If it’s what God meant, then of course we can’t call for injustice, but what if it’s not?”

Soon there were rumors in Shengjing that the haunting of the quarry was caused by wronged spirits. If the grievances were not redressed, they might turn into ghosts, endangering the whole of Shengjing and even Da Viet.

The rumors became more and more widespread, and many people even said that they heard someone shouting grievances in their ears when they were sleeping at night, causing panic for a while.

When the incident came to court, the officials who went to investigate the scene swore that he was struck to death by lightning, and there was absolutely no grievance. Someone must have spread rumors with the intention of harming Da Yue.

However, some people think that it is unjustifiable that so many people were killed by a single lightning strike, and they demanded a re-investigation of the case, and pushed Dali Temple out, thinking that this matter is of great importance and should be handed over to Dali Temple for re-examination.

This rumor is not just about being haunted, there is another kind, that is, a lightning strike killed so many people, it was a punishment from heaven, because the emperor is a foolish king. Those ants and insects were a warning before, but the emperor didn’t change it, which angered God.

Emperor Changde would never admit that he was stupid, he would get angry if he was foolish before, let alone now that he was sober, he would rather believe that someone had tampered with the quarry.

Emperor Changde ordered the matter to be handed over to Dali Temple for a thorough investigation.

And Yin Ji, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, stood up and reported another matter, “Report to the emperor, I have something to play.”

Emperor Changde glanced at him, “Zuzao.”

Yin Jidao: “I have recently received several complaints, suing the governor of Shengjing, Zhao Shichuan, for disregarding human life, not accepting the case, and ordering the government servants to beat the people.”

Yin Ji took out the petition, and Qian Yongfu came down to take it and presented it in front of Emperor Changde.

Emperor Changde flipped through the petition, the handwriting of the complaint was different, but the things he said were similar, they all went to the government office to report the case, but the government office refused to accept it and asked the government officials to beat them out. The reported cases were all missing family members, and they couldn’t find them everywhere, so they went to the Yamen to report the cases.

After reading the complaint, Emperor Changde’s face turned cold, “Declaration to Zhao Shichuan.”

The second prince yelled inwardly that it was not good, whether it was re-investigating the quarry or Zhao Shichuan’s failure to do things would affect him, the second prince gave Yin Ji a sneaky look, meddling in his own business.

Yin Ji stepped back and stood upright.

Emperor Changde was not happy, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty didn’t even dare to speak loudly, and the guilty person broke out in a cold sweat.

After waiting for a long time, Zhao Shichuan finally arrived. He didn’t receive any news on the way, but he had an ominous premonition in his heart. After the bowing ceremony, Emperor Changde directly threw the complaints in front of him.

Zhao Shichuan picked it up and looked at it, and he was in a cold sweat. He didn’t expect these unscrupulous people to sue.

Zhao Shichuan hurriedly defended himself, “Your Majesty, these are all troublesome and troublesome people. I ordered people to check their homes and found that no one was missing, but these people kept saying that someone was missing, which seriously hindered me from handling other cases. This is why we have no choice but to let the servants drive him away, please ask the emperor to investigate clearly.”

Emperor Changde named Yin Ji, and Yin Ji stood up again, “Your Majesty, I also checked after receiving the complaint. What these people say is true. Someone in their family is indeed missing. I also saw a commoner go to the house with my own eyes.” The yamen reported the case and was beaten by the yamen, I remember the appearance of the beating yamen, and I can call the people who were beaten to confront in court.”

Since Yin Ji dared to say such things in the court hall in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and even the emperor, no one doubted that what he said was false.

The ministers’ gazes on Zhao Shichuan were either disappointed or proud, and there were many others who were looking forward to the show.

The second prince also gave Zhao Shichuan a hard look, calling him an idiot in his heart, it’s useless to dare to act like this just after taking the position of Governor of Shengjing.

The second prince thought in his heart, even if he pretended to deal with the matter and procrastinated, it would be better than driving people away, such an idiot is really useless.

The second prince was about to stand up and take the initiative to participate in Zhao Shichuan, but Zhao Shichuan suddenly opened his mouth to defend himself, “Your Majesty, I have been wronged, and I did order people to investigate. There is no one missing in these families, and I have never ordered them to.” The yacha beat people up, please let the emperor know.”

Zhao Shichuan knew how he came to be the governor, and these days he has been working hard to be a good governor. If someone comes to the yamen to complain, he can’t beat him out without paying attention.

The yamen servant who was sent out to investigate the matter came back and said that no one was missing in these families, and asked the neighbors that there were none, but these people insisted that someone in their family was missing, so he asked the yamen servant to drive them out to teach a little lesson.

Zhao Shichuan played with his mind, he only said a lesson, he didn’t say to beat people, he just wanted to fool this level.

There was also a faction of the second prince who stood up to speak for Zhao Shichuan, saying that he had only been in office for a short time, and he would not do such a thing unless he did not want to be an official in the court.

The officials of Dali Temple stood by Yin Ji, thinking that it was even more impossible for Yin Ji to tell lies, and those complaints were evidence.

The two sides insisted on their own words, and almost quarreled.

Emperor Qian Yongfu and Changde became unhappy, and called out softly, “Quiet.”

The ministers shut up for a moment, and Yin Ji spoke again, “Your Majesty, can you allow me to ask Mr. Zhao a few questions?”

Emperor Changde agreed.

Yin Ji looked at Zhao Shichuan and said, “Master Zhao, can you ask the yamen servants to check whether anyone has disappeared from these families recently?”

Zhao Shichuan nodded, “Exactly, the yamen servant said that no one from any family was missing.”

Yin Ji bowed to Emperor Changde, “Your Majesty, then this matter is not Mr. Zhao’s responsibility. I have checked and found that the missing persons were at least a year ago, and these families have one thing in common. They moved away from family members who used to be addicted to gambling. The former governor of Shengjing should be held accountable for the disappearance of these people.”

“And the missing people who suddenly appeared to report the case were also lured out on purpose. It is hoped that the court can find out where these missing people have gone. The quarry incident was handled too hastily before, and they were not even notified. The common people took the corpses, and they have not investigated where these people came from. Now I suspect that the dead people in the quarry may be related to these disappearances. I implore the emperor to hand over this matter to Dali Temple for a thorough investigation!”

Following Yin Ji’s words, the second prince’s heart gradually sank to the bottom. He couldn’t tell whether Yin Ji was targeting him or really just wanted to investigate a case.

But as long as Dali Temple takes over the case, he will definitely be involved.

The second prince himself could not come out to stop this matter, so he could only hint to the courtiers on his side to stand up and refute.

There were ministers and these people who were all buried. If they opened the coffin for an autopsy, it would be an excuse for being disrespectful to the deceased, but they were quickly blocked by the haunting of the quarry.

Some ministers demanded that the instigator be found out before discussing other matters on the grounds that someone was deliberately instigating the matter behind the scenes, but they were also blocked back. No conflict, no need to discuss later.

The people from the Second Prince’s faction racked their brains to try to stop him, but there were many rumors outside, and there were too many hundreds of lives.

Emperor Changde knew very well who these people were standing up to stop, he was too lazy to listen to nonsense, so he directly pointed out the second prince, and asked, “Second, what do you think about this matter, should we investigate it or not?”

The second prince naturally doesn’t want to investigate, but if he says not to investigate, it will prove that he has a ghost in his heart. The second prince has no choice but to pretend to be righteous and considerate for the people and say, “I think it should be investigated, and it must be thoroughly investigated.” , to give justice to those innocent people.”

Emperor Changde showed a satisfied look, “Okay, then according to the second brother’s wishes, investigate, I will investigate this matter thoroughly, if anyone dares to interfere, I promise Dali Temple to arrest people directly, no matter who it is.”

Emperor Changde glanced over the crowd, and the courtiers collectively lowered their heads and acted like quails.

After retiring from the imperial court, Emperor Changde left the second prince behind, “Second son, tell me the truth, does this quarry matter have anything to do with you?”

The second prince hurriedly knelt down, “Father, the emperor clearly learned, this matter has nothing to do with my son.”

“Really?” Emperor Changde obviously didn’t believe it.

The second prince bit the bullet and continued to promise, so swearing, it was almost a swearing oath.

Emperor Changde stared at him for a long time before saying, “Get up, it’s not the best, I will trust you this time, second child, don’t betray my trust.”

“Yes,” the second prince said loudly, but his heart was trembling. If people from Dali Temple found out, he would be worse than the prince, and his father would never simply ground him.

As soon as the second prince came out of the Xuanzheng Hall, his face was gloomy, as if he wanted to kill someone.

The incident was revealed suddenly, and the second prince had already guessed who did it. He gritted his teeth and read the names of Jiang Lin and Wei Yunzhao, and took Xiao Yang to Wei’s house as soon as he left the palace.

Xiao Yang asked, “Your Highness, you need to bring more people there. I’m afraid it will be difficult for one of the subordinates to silence all the Wei family members.”

The second prince looked back at him and sneered, “Silence, my hall is now going to beg them not to silence my highness!”

Xiao Yang was stunned, “How come…”

“These two people are very capable. My Highness just taught them some small lessons, and they wanted my Highness’s life. My Highness really underestimated them.”

The second prince clenched his fists tightly, his eyes were ruthless as if poisoned.

Of course, he wished to get rid of these two people immediately, but he was even more afraid that all his secrets would be exposed, and then it would be all over.

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