Mr. Shi did not believe everything the woman in front of him said.
After all, he still didn't take Lou Jiaojiao seriously. The adopted daughter of the Lou family had never heard of anyone who was good at medicine. Therefore, he seemed to be threatened by this, but privately he still sent people out to do various things.
Visit famous doctors everywhere.
Many doctors came but could not find out the cause of Shi Zhilin's coma.
Mr. Shi has been mentally and physically exhausted recently. He tried to find the county magistrate, but he was blocked by all kinds of prevarications and couldn't even get in. This family is about to be broken up.
Ultimately, it was because my son didn’t wake up.
Pregnant women tend to think too much and need someone to take care of them, but Shi Zhilin was lying on the bed like a dead person. If things went on like this, until the little love between husband and wife was exhausted, the two of them
They will become strangers, and even if the son wakes up, he will no longer have this enviable marriage.
Mr. Shi didn't want to talk to Lou Jiaojiao anymore.
On this day, the steward next to him came to Chu Yunli and said: "The master said that the eldest son must wake up today, otherwise the maid named Hong'er will not survive."
Chu Yunli raised her eyebrows: "I want to see Hong'er."
The steward nodded, stretched out his hand and said, "Auntie, please follow me."
Has Hong'er really been brought back?
She was just a little girl. Chu Yunli felt angry, stood up suddenly, and followed the steward to the side courtyard.
Hong'er was unconscious at the moment, with her hands tied behind her back and leaning in the corner. Chu Yunli stepped forward to loosen her bonds, but as soon as she took a step, the steward reached out to stop her.
"Auntie, please don't embarrass me. As long as the eldest son wakes up, Hong'er will definitely be safe and sound!"
Chu Yunli glanced sideways at him, turned around and left.
She went directly to the room where Shi Zhilin was. As soon as she entered, she smelled the smell of medicine all over the room. As if she couldn't feel it, she walked directly to the bed, took out a porcelain bottle from her sleeve, poured out a pill, and poured it into the bed.
Before the steward could react, he stuffed it directly into the person's mouth.
Guan was overjoyed at first, thinking that it was the antidote to the young master's coma. But then he felt that the porcelain bottle looked familiar, as if the master had given it to Lou Jiaojiao before so that she could commit suicide.
"Stop it."
The voice was urgent and harsh, but it was already too late.
The steward's expression changed drastically: "What did you feed the eldest son?"
Chu Yunli looked sideways at him: "I told you before that your master should not do anything to Hong'er. Since he is disobedient and always threatens me to let the Lou family clean up the house... Then, it is better to let him clean up the house by himself.
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The steward couldn't understand what he said, but he didn't have the time to think about it. He hurriedly stepped forward to take out the medicine from Shi Zhilin's mouth, but the medicine melted when it saw water, and it was gone from his mouth now.
"Quickly call the doctor, and then send someone to fetch the master back."
The doctor came very quickly, but Shi Zhilin still only had a weak breath left, and could not even see the rise and fall of his chest. It was obvious that he could not be saved.
Mr. Shi didn't want to be pestered by Lou Jiaojiao, so he asked the steward to deliver the message, but he deliberately avoided it. After receiving the news, he hurried back and found that his eldest son was already out of breath.
He felt that his eyes were going dark, his ears were buzzing, and he couldn't react for a long time.
"You...how dare you?"
He was furious and excited: "You intentionally killed someone, and I'm going to sue you."
If the matter is of great importance, someone in charge will immediately turn around.
Chu Yunli said calmly: "Go! Your Excellency has investigated to the end. As I just said, it is you who want to clean up the house, not me who poisons people."
Master Shi was so angry that he was shaking all over. The only two points of reason he had left allowed him to think about these words, and he immediately understood the meaning of Lou Jiaojiao's words.
Lou Jiaojiao is locked up in the house and rarely goes out. She is even less likely to buy these things and come back, and these things are indeed made by him... If you want to investigate, you will definitely investigate the source of this medicine.
When the time comes, it will be found on his head.
He bought something, but the person who died was his own son. What else is it other than cleaning up the house?
"I could not poison my own son."
Chu Yunli smiled half-heartedly: "That's not necessarily the case. The bastard thing Shi Zhilin did has completely offended the magistrate. You were afraid that you would follow in the footsteps of Mr. Luo, so you killed your son to make him feel angry. This kind of thing is normal! After all,
No one is as important as yourself."
Mr. Shi was so angry that he trembled: "You are talking nonsense... nonsense..."
"It doesn't matter if it's nonsense, as long as outsiders believe it." Chu Yunli looked at the bed: "He wanted to kill me before. Now that things have become like this, you'd better prepare for his funeral as soon as possible."
Master Shi stared at her fiercely, his eyes so vicious that he wanted to peel off her skin. He turned around and ordered: "Come here, prepare the things needed for the funeral." After a pause, he added: "The funeral will be simple."
Chu Yunli chuckled twice.
If Mr. Shi tried his best to seek justice for his son, would she still look down on him, but this is the result?
She was right. In Master Shi's eyes, no one is as important as himself.
Shi Zhilin is gone.
When the news came out, everyone was talking about it. This good man suddenly fell ill with a strange disease. It was also heard that the Shi family was looking around for famous doctors, but he died.
Many people came to express condolences. It is worth mentioning that Mrs. Li came back holding her belly. Her face was haggard, but she did not cry. She stood in silence in front of the mourning hall for a long time, then turned and went out.
Mr. Shi knew in his heart that the bond between him and the magistrate was the child in her belly, so he chased her out personally: "Yu Niang, you have to take care of yourself."
Li turned back to look at him with indifferent eyes: "It's really pitiful that the child has no father. Speaking of which, it's my fault for not being able to choose a good father for the child. It's okay if he is gone. Mr. Shi, in the future, you will just pretend that you don't have me."
Daughter-in-law."
Mr. Shi: "..." If it is there, it is there, how can it be treated as if it is not there?
The child in Li's belly is his only grandson.
"No, this child is of my Shi family's blood!"
Mrs. Li smiled: "Master Shi's words are wrong. Even if the other person is still alive, the child still has my surname. What's more, he is no longer here. He even apologized to me several times before he died..."
Mr. Shi believed that it was necessary to defend his son: "He was sorry for you but he couldn't help himself. He was plotted against you."
Li's face was full of ridicule: "Master Shi didn't know something. He already had a confidante outside before he was plotted against. If something hadn't happened to him, I would have gone to investigate, and now I would still be kept in the dark.
When our two families got married, you knew what I wanted, but he treated me like this... My father is very angry, please bear with it!"
Listening to these words, Mr. Shi seemed as if the matter was not over yet, and the county magistrate seemed to want to settle accounts with him. He suddenly became anxious: "I don't know about this! I have never heard of such a thing as a confidante. Is there someone deliberately doing this?"
Is maggots spreading between the two of you? That Lou Jiaojiao has no good intentions. She looks gentle, but in fact she is very capable. She must have done it..."
He was indeed too anxious, and had just been frightened by Lou Jiaojiao's methods, so these words blurted out almost subconsciously.
But when it fell into Li's ears, she felt it was particularly ridiculous: "She can't even get out of the door, and she always has someone by her side when she goes to see me. She has no money on hand, and no one to use, so you can't help but support me."
At least find someone decent and don't treat me like a fool."
Master Shi opened his mouth.
Li didn't want to listen anymore. She had already found it hard to forgive Shi Zhilin when he hid it from her after what happened. Later, when she found out about the woman outside Shi Zhilin, the relationship between husband and wife had been broken long ago. Otherwise, based on
The two had been married for several years, and it was impossible for her to never show up after he fell into a coma.
"I came here today. Firstly, I came to express my condolences, so as to fulfill the relationship between husband and wife. Secondly, I wanted to speak clearly to you. What needs to be said has been said. You will have less relatives with my family in the future." She turned around and said, "That's it.
How about this."
Mr. Shi was unwilling to give in and wanted to pester him. As soon as he took two steps forward, he noticed that the guards around Mr. Li were surrounding him.
He could only say angrily: "Then take good care of yourself. If there is anything you need, send someone to let you know, and I will try my best to find it for you."
Li didn't seem to hear this and didn't look back.
Mr. Shi watched her go away, but when he saw that she never looked back, he couldn't help but muttered: "She is still a daughter of an official, so uneducated!"
During the funeral, Luo Xiang'er tried to come out again, but was pushed back.
Externally, both the Shi family and his son said that she had smallpox, and they were afraid that outsiders would shun their family. Sometimes doctors were not sure. Anyway, it was a very difficult disease to treat.
People who get smallpox are rare and almost certain to die. Luo Xiang'er learned about this from the maid who came to ridicule her. She was angry and full of fear at the same time.
She was locked up in this courtyard and never saw anyone else. If she really died, no one would suspect her.
She doesn't want to die!
So she spent a lot of money to send a message to her mother.
In fact, there was no need for her to deliver the message. After hearing the rumors about her daughter outside, Mrs. Luo broke out in cold sweat. She knew what her daughter had done. It could be said that the Shi family was now under the control of the county magistrate.
Disgust, the separation of two families, are all directly related to the daughter.
If she had such a daughter-in-law, she would be willing to strangle her to death. Especially the Shi family has never been easy to get along with. After learning about her daughter's request for help, she immediately visited the Shi family's door.
Anyway, the Li family has already broken up with the Shi family, and it is impossible to help the Shi family. So, it doesn't matter whether her daughter has the identity of the Shi family. She will die if she stays here, so how can she watch?
Mr. Shi has been busier recently.
When Mrs. Luo arrived, only Shi Zhikang was there.
"Zhikang, I'm here to pick up Xiang'er."
Shi Zhikang lost his mother and his brother, and he has been very depressed recently.
He used to be quite jealous of his eldest brother. Not to mention Shi Zhilin's marriage, only Shi Zhilin could give birth to children, and his mother always wanted to pass off his brother's children as his... In other words, all this big business will belong to his brother, let alone his brother.
I still have a serious job and have my own children.
If the elder brother's children have a grandfather like the county magistrate, they will definitely have an official career in the future. There is not a single word difference between officials and businessmen. From the day they got married, the two brothers have completely distanced themselves.
These are just his little thoughts. His brother is gone, his sister-in-law no longer intends to recognize the Shi family, and the past is no longer important. After a person dies, the living people will always think of him. Shi Zhikang also regrets himself a little.
I didn't spend more time with my brother, and I even regretted not being with him during the last period of time.
"no!"
Shi Zhikang refused without thinking.
Mrs. Luo had guessed before she came that it would not be so easy, and she advised her earnestly: "You two can't blame anyone until now. Xiang'er is indeed at fault, but you are not innocent either. If it weren't for the fact that you only have Lou Jiaojiao in your eyes,
, she would not do such a wrong thing."
"Shut up!" Shi Zhikang scolded angrily: "At this point, you still blame me? It's obviously you who failed to raise your daughter well and raised such a poisonous woman to harm me. I didn't ask you to settle the score, and you still said it was me.
It's my fault... Anyway, it's useless what you say, she is my person in this life, and my ghost in death! Get out!"
To my mother-in-law, these words were extremely rude.
Mrs. Luo's expression changed: "Zhikang..."
"Aren't you eager to send her back?" Shi Zhikang's face was full of ridicule: "Why, seeing that my family has no relatives like the county magistrate, and seeing that my family is not as good as before, you are going to take her back and marry someone else? I tell you
, as long as I live one day, this thing will be impossible!"
Seeing that there was no room for negotiation, Mrs. Luo did not dare to stir things up. Shi Zhi was furious, and this anger would definitely be vented on her daughter. Therefore, she believed that this matter must be discussed in the long run.
In fact, Mrs. Luo's idea was right. Shi Zhikang immediately went to find Luo Xiang'er after she left.
Luo Xiang'er is now confined to her own house. Compared to the time she was in the woodshed before, Luo Xiang'er is living like a fairy now.
"My mother is here, right?"
Shi Zhikang snorted: "Do you think I will let you go?"
Only then did Luo Xiang'er clearly see the cruelty in his eyes, and couldn't help but take a step back: "I...I'm sorry for you, but you haven't been worthy of me either. Let's write off the past and let go of it from now on."
Let’s get past each other, okay?”
"Impossible!" Shi Zhikang said fiercely: "You have harmed my family like this, and we will never have a good life!"
The couple resented and cursed each other. At the same time, in another courtyard only separated by a path, Chu Yunli once again saw the housekeeper sent by Mr. Shi.
The four women came together, holding a porcelain bottle in their hands. Chu Yunli recognized it because the medicine Shi Zhilin took before his death was poured from this bottle.
After taking the medicine, there was really no pain. There was no movement in the whole person. Even though the person was no longer there, the skin color was quite rosy, and it looked like he was asleep.
"Auntie, take the medicine!"
These people actually came to send her on her way.
Chu Yunli found an opportunity to send Hong'er away, and met these people when she came back.
"What if I don't eat?"
Several women came forward directly and stretched out their hands to pull her.
Chu Yunli was thinking about how to defeat these people without exposing herself, so she saw the women looked at each other and quickly retreated.
This is very strange.
Just now he looked like he was going to kill her, now he gave up?
Chu Yunli was confused when she suddenly smelled the smell of kerosene. Her complexion changed slightly, and when she looked out the window, she saw several barrels of oil poured in the yard, and she happened to meet one of the women lighting the kerosene.
A proud look.
"Being burned to death is also an accident."
Actually want to burn her to death?
Thinking of this, Chu Yunli laughed angrily. The weather has been dry recently, and it is indeed easy to catch fire. But the Shi family's yard is not big, so they are not afraid of setting the whole yard on fire?
In her last life, Lou Jiaojiao wanted to burn down this dirty Shi family, but unfortunately she couldn't find the opportunity. After Chu Yunli came, she was still hesitant to do it, but she didn't expect these people to take action first.
The fire was already on fire, even if he couldn't light it all, Chu Yunli still had to push it!
The firebrand fell to the ground, and several people ran away quickly. The fire spread. Chu Yunli jumped out of the window, picked up a bucket of kerosene that had not been poured next to it, ran for a few steps, and pulled it out of the wall. She poured the oil on it.
When we were in the garden, we shouted to get out of the way and ran towards the side door.
The Shi family is not big, but her voice is loud enough.
As long as you are not deaf, you should be able to hear.
Many servants escaped one after another, and in an instant, the Shi family was plunged into a sea of fire. During the days when Mrs. Shi was seriously ill, Chu Yunli also accidentally looked at the account books and knew that there were more than ten servants in the house. At this moment, he took a quick look
Look, most of them are there.
She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly she saw two more maids running out of the sea of fire, shouting: "Quickly put out the fire, the master is still inside."
Neither Shi Zhikang nor Luo Xiang'er ran out.
When the two heard the shouting outside, they could have run away, but Luo Xiang'er had another idea.
She desperately wanted to leave, but Shi Zhikang expressed his unwillingness. If he was burned to death, she would become a widow... The current law encourages widows to remarry, and they can stay widowed if they are willing. But if the husband's family voluntarily wants to return to his natal family and remarry, if his family prevents it
, will be convicted according to the law. She is still so young, and the Shi family cannot stop her as long as they don't want someone to stab her in the spine.
So, not as fast as Shi Zhikang, she picked up a vase and threw it at the man in front of her.
When Shi Zhikang heard the wind, he turned around and saw something flying towards him. He subconsciously turned his head to avoid it. The vase fell to the ground and broke into pieces. He suddenly became furious and stepped forward to push Luo Xiang'er back. But Luo Xiang'er didn't do it either.
Silly, he grabbed his sleeve and the two fell to the ground together.
After only a short delay, the fire had spread to the door and neither of them could get out.
People outside tried their best to put out the fire, but in the end they just prevented the fire from spreading and did not burn other people's homes.
Shi Zhikang and Luo Xiang'er were burned to death in the same room.
When Mrs. Luo heard the news, she fainted immediately, but she did not ask about the matter again.
Master Shi got the news and rushed back. The Shi family had become an empty frame. He also saw his son and daughter-in-law in the ruins. He suddenly became weak and collapsed on the ground for a long time, unable to recover.
Chu Yunli said loudly: "Someone set a fire! I want to report it to the official!"
This shocking sound attracted the attention of the onlookers. It finally woke up Mr. Shi who was in a trance. He knew what was going on and knew that this matter could not be investigated in detail. In his heart, he hated the women who were doing the work.
, it was simply too little success and too much failure. He had clearly said that he would only burn down the courtyard where Lou Jiaojiao was, but in the end it ended up like this.
No matter what happened, the yard would burn down because a few people listened to his orders. He didn't know how much Lou Jiaojiao saw. If he really saw the people who set the fire, he would definitely tell them all.
He had no doubt that if he went to court, the women who set the fire would not help him hide it.
This matter cannot be investigated.
"No one set the fire!"
Mr. Shi said in a determined tone: "It's that lunatic Luo Xiang'er. She didn't know her mind after she got sick. She said that my son was sorry for her and that he shouldn't take a concubine... She was the one who started this fire."
He looked at the pale-faced women in the crowd: "Are you right?"
Even if the women were ordered to set the fire, they would definitely not be able to escape if adults were to investigate. Who would want to go to jail and suffer if they could live well? After hearing Mr. Shi's suggestive words,
Several people nodded hurriedly.
Luo Xiang'er was indeed forced very hard, and other servants of the Shi family who were unaware of this had no doubts at all.
With their testimony, the matter will be settled.
However, Chu Yunli is an insider. If she insists on making trouble, it will be difficult for this matter to end.
Mr. Shi also thought of this: "I want to have a good talk with you."
What Chu Yunli wanted from the beginning to the end was to leave well.
Lou Jiaojiao grew up in the Lou family. Regardless of whether she wanted it or not, she was favored by the Lou family. In her opinion, obeying Mrs. Lou's instructions and becoming a concubine was repaying the favor. And she suffered the last days.
, the Lou family didn’t show up from the beginning to the end, so they treated him as if he didn’t exist.
Now that the Lou family has given up on her, she doesn't want to have anything to do with the Lou family anymore.
"I want to leave."
Master Shi was silent: "Where are you going?"
"You have nothing to do with this!" Chu Yunli's tone and attitude were very strong: "You give me a hundred taels and a concubine release letter, and I will pretend that these things have not happened. I will leave this city after I get the things.
Here, I will never come back for the rest of my life."
For Mr. Shi, as long as he didn't file a complaint and didn't hand the matter into the hands of Mr. Li, who was already dissatisfied with him, everything was easy to discuss. He agreed without much hesitation.
That evening, Chu Yunli got what she wanted and got on the carriage the next day to leave.
When the carriage reached the outskirts, it ran into Jie Dao.
She had expected this for a long time, so when she was going to leave that night, she deliberately moved it to the next day. It was by chance that she heard about this. She knew it very well, because Master Shi would never let him take advantage of it.
She left. She used a little trick to make those people think she was riding in another carriage.
Those people ran to surround others. The carriage belonged to the city's escort agency, and one of its owners was a relative of Mr. Li.
Based on this alone, Mr. Shi wants to escape, which is just a fool's dream.
When Mr. Shi was approached and told that he had gone to rob the escort agency, he felt as if he was dreaming.
The escort agency was not that clean either. This matter was never brought to court. After Mr. Li found out about it, he severed the relationship with the relative. After that, many people came to divide the Shi family's business.
The Shi family's house was burned down, and many properties were destroyed. Mr. Shi was already trying to support the family, but they robbed him of his business, and he quickly ran out of money.
Mr. Shi seemed to have offended many businessmen, including Mr. Li. Everyone avoided him and no one dared to help. So, within a month, the Shi family was destroyed. But Mr. Shi couldn't bear the blow, so he
Can't afford to be sick.
He finally died of illness in a small, dilapidated courtyard, with no one around him. Looking back on his life, he discovered that the source of all this was Luo Xiang'er's plot against his eldest son and Lou Jiaojiao.
At that time, he didn't think it was a big deal. Lou Jiaojiao was an adopted daughter and no one would care about her after she died. So, he really didn't care about it, and then he ended up where he is now.
Thinking about it now, all I have left is regret.
But it's too late to regret.
The Lou family wanted to find their ninth girl, find out the reason, and try to get benefits from it, but after digging almost three feet, they still couldn't find anyone, so they had to give up!
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