Mrs. Yan was being suppressed, her eyes were looking in the direction of Chu Yunli for help, and tears were streaming down her face.
After the woman finished drinking, she violently shook off Mrs. Yan's hand that was tightly grasping her arm and shirt, and spat, "I'll give you an advantage."
The mother-in-law left quickly, closing the door behind her before leaving.
The room became quiet again. When the footsteps outside faded away, the room remembered her frightened voice, "Girl, help me...it must be poison!"
In the darkness, Chu Yunli walked out. Mrs. Yan's face was full of joy, "Save me...ahem...I'll tell you where I hid the money. Also, there is the seal that the master gave you. That is
I also kept the bank’s tokens.”
Chu Yunli looked down from a high position and asked, "Where is it?"
Mrs. Yan shook her head and looked at her persistently.
Chu Yunli bent down to touch her hand, and then put it down. It was hopeless.
Shaking her head and getting up to go out, Mrs. Yan said anxiously, "Don't you want the money and the seal?" Seeing that she was unmoved, she yelled, "You heartless little whore, I should have sold you back then and walked away with the money..."
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Chu Yunli did not look back or repent, and she was really not wronged by her death.
As for the seal in her mouth, Chu Yunli is not in a hurry. As long as the thing is there, she will definitely find it.
When I passed by Lin's yard on my way back, I found that it was crowded with people. There were people walking back and forth in the middle of the night. There was a bright light in a room in the corner.
Chu Yunli's heart moved. After returning to the yard, she went directly to Mrs. Yan's house. Except that this house was smaller, it was no different from the one she lived in. Even the furnishings were similar. She lit a fire and searched around.
, and no box was found to hide valuables.
Chu Yunli held her chin in thought, hesitating whether to go to the front yard to ask Mrs. Yan. Suddenly her eyes fell on the bed. Mrs. Yan had no other hobbies but just liked to sleep. It was the end of October and it was cold outside.
She was on this bed in the house.
After Chu Yunli touched the quilt layer by layer, she didn't feel anything was wrong. She simply took all the quilts away to expose the bed board underneath. She found that there was a patch near the middle, which was not very conspicuous. She reached out and pulled it out, revealing a patch.
There was a thin layer one foot square, with a thick stack of silver notes inside, a few precious jewelry on the side, and a delicate little box as big as a palm in the corner.
She put all the things away without looking at them. When she was about to leave, she thought about it and went back to bed to restore her original position. While she was recovering, she spotted a piece of patched wood on the bedpost that held up the curtain, and reached out to dig it out.
, there was a little gap inside, and a few banknotes folded together fell out, but they were restored as before, and soon I found another place on the window lattice.
It's really painstaking.
Chu Yunli collected them all. The total amount of banknotes and silver was nearly five thousand taels. Several pieces of jewelry were valuable and old. They might have been secretly hidden in the Sun family. There was a seal in the small box, which looked ordinary.
Odd, it looks like a ring.
This amount of money is considered very wealthy for a servant. Even ordinary people's families can live a comfortable life with this.
She put everything away and went back to bed to sleep.
At dawn the next morning, Ziyou knocked on the door and said, "Girl, Madam said she has something important to ask you, and she has already taken a seat in the main room."
Chu Yunli put on her clothes and stood up. Sure enough, she saw Mrs. Lin sitting outside. Her face was not very good and she was very haggard. Even with the makeup on, she could tell, "Aunt, what can you do so early?"
Ms. Lin sighed, "I found out that Mrs. Yan was gone in the morning. Please relax and don't feel too uncomfortable."
Chu Yunli: "..." It's not uncomfortable, okay?
"Death is the most important thing. No matter what crimes you have committed during your lifetime, it is best to be buried as soon as possible." Mrs. Lin paid attention to her expression, "I know you are still angry with me, and also angry with her for deceiving you. Why don't you buy a coffin?"
You don’t need to pay for her money. I’ll ask someone to see if there is any money in her house, and use her monthly money to buy a thin coffin for burial. This can be regarded as the friendship between you."
Chu Yunli yawned, "It's up to you."
"It's just that I didn't find any money in the house where she lived." Mrs. Lin looked at her, "Maybe it's on your side..."
It turned out that I wanted to search Mrs. Yan’s house.
Although it doesn't matter whether he searches or not, Chu Yunli just doesn't want to let Lin get what he wants, "She has moved away a long time ago, and the house has been empty for a long time. What else can be found?"
"Let's look for it." Mrs. Lin stood up and ordered, "Clean up that house so that people can live there in the future."
Chu Yunli stopped talking. Lin's last words clearly meant to declare that she was the master.
Saying that you treat Sun Yanlan as your daughter is really just a sentence.
"I have something to go out today." Without saying a word, Chu Yunli stood up and went into the inner room to change clothes.
When she went to see Shao An today, she specially found a bright outfit to wear. After sitting in front of the dressing table and dressing up, when she came out, she saw Mrs. Lin sitting at the table with an extremely ugly look on her face.
Lin's ugly face softened when he looked at her again, and he noticed at a glance that she was specially dressed, "Where are you going?"
"Didn't my aunt go see how much money could be found in Mrs. Yan's house?" Chu Yunli did not answer her words, but continued, "I asked Mrs. Yan to send me to Zheng's house. Maybe she still keeps the money that my aunt gave me.
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Mentioning this matter, Ms. Lin suddenly felt weak and said, "Yanlan, my aunt is really in trouble. She didn't even buy any meat or vegetables for the big kitchen at home this morning..."
Chu Yunli smiled half-heartedly, "Auntie was joking, no matter how destitute the Zheng family is, it will not reach this point."
After saying that, he got up and went out, not forgetting to take a look at Mrs. Yan's house over there. At this time, many people were rummaging inside. The woman who delivered medicine to Mrs. Yan last night stood at the door with her arms akimbo, "Look carefully, take a look."
In the gap.”
Chu Yunli looked away and took Ziyou to the front yard. She found Ziran standing at the gate with an embarrassed look on her face, Fu Shen said, "Girl, the carriage driver in the mansion is unwell and said he can't go out today."
Don't let her go out?
Chu Yunli smiled and said, "Go buy a carriage and pick a driver back."
Zi Ranfu left. It took a while to buy a carriage. Chu Yunli turned around and entered the front hall, intending to wait there. It was really cold outside.
The main room was not much better than outside. Ziyou asked in a low voice, "Do you want a brazier, please?"
Chu Yunli folded her cloak and said, "No need to bother."
Not long after we sat down, Zheng Yanming came, "Cousin, I heard you are going out?"
Chu Yunli held her chin with her hand, "Go to the inner city. There are many restaurants there, and the food, tea and snacks are good. I want to try it again. It was Miss Wu who treated me yesterday."
When he mentioned Miss Wu, he saw Zheng Yanming looking away with a guilty conscience, "Is she a girl from the Shang Shu family? I just met her by chance. She seems to have some thoughts about me. Don't think too much about it. The person I like is
You, the person I want to marry the most is also you."
"Really?" Chu Yunli said with a smile, "I can't find my banknote."
Zheng Yanming looked embarrassed, "I'm not doing it for the money."
It sounds like it's true. Why are you so loud if it's not for the money?
At this moment, Mrs. Lin also arrived, "Yanlan, you'd better not go out today. It's important to find the banknote first."
"I didn't take the banknote," Chu Yunli spread her hands, "My aunt asked me to look for it, but I don't know how to find it."
Mrs. Lin's face turned cold, "The door is closed, no one in the family is allowed to go out today!"
Chu Yunli also became serious, "What are you doing?"
Mrs. Lin said seriously, "Yanlan, I'm not kidding you. If you can't find the money, your uncle will be really doomed, your cousin's reputation will be damaged, and it will not be good for you. You will be the Zheng family in the future."
As my daughter-in-law, I hope you will understand and forgive me."
After saying that, he raised his voice and ordered, "Search every yard. If you can't find it, no one in the family is allowed to go out today!"
So urgent!
Chu Yunli was not in a hurry. Normally, no one would think of hiding things in a small room. Frequent washing would easily cause dampness. Especially things like banknotes, they would basically not go there to look for them.
The first thing to search was Zheng Zi's house, and dozens of taels of silver were found. Lin looked at Chu Yunli and said, "Yanlan, can my aunt help you find the silver?"
Searching the house was said so nicely, Chu Yunli shook her head, "Not good."
Seeing that she was not allowed to search, Mrs. Lin's eyes lit up, "Yanlan, you can help my aunt, right?" After saying that, she told her mother-in-law, "Go search my cousin's yard. Be careful not to break my cousin's things."
Sure enough, she would search whether he agreed or not.
The mother-in-law over there took the order and left. Chu Yunli got up and followed. She watched the mother-in-law rummaging around, even Ziyou and the others' house. In addition to finding hundreds of taels of silver in Chu Yunli's dressing table,
There were no notes or loose silver. Not to mention hundreds of thousands of taels of silver notes, even a thousand taels could not be found.
As for the small room, a mother-in-law went in, but she came out after a few breaths. As time passed, Mrs. Lin's face became increasingly ugly as she stood in the yard.
A group of people did not dare to stop without Mrs. Lin's instructions. An hour later, Ms. Lin sneered and said, "Check everyone's house in the family, and go to each room in pairs to check."
The mothers-in-law looked at each other, many of them lowered their heads and dared not speak, "Go quickly!"
In the main room in the front yard, another half an hour passed. Mrs. Lin looked at the pile of scattered silver and various things in front of her with an extremely ugly expression.
Just at this moment, there was an urgent and violent knock on the door outside. Mrs. Lin stood up in shock and looked at the concierge, "Go and ask someone..."
Before he finished speaking, the door had been pushed down from the outside, and a group of people in short black clothes squeezed in, twisting one person during the process, it was Zheng Zhi.
The leader was casual, but his tone was harsh, "Today is the day. If you don't give me any money, we will cut off your hand."
While he was talking, someone was already kneeling Zheng Zhi on the ground. The person on the side pulled out his right hand, and there was someone on the other side holding a big knife and hanging it above his arm.
The atmosphere in the courtyard was quiet, and the servants were quite frightened today. In fact, as early as yesterday, they had vaguely heard that the master of the family owed a large sum of money, but they did not expect that he would have his hand chopped off.
The man was quite satisfied with the reaction of everyone present, smiled, and looked at Ms. Lin with a sneer, "Will you give it to me?"
Zheng Zhi was so frightened that he lay on the ground, "Give it, Mrs. Lin, why don't you hurry up!"
Mrs. Lin's face turned pale, "We... really don't have it, can you please give me some mercy..."
Chu Yunli reminded in a low voice, "You can sell the yard."
Mrs. Lin suddenly realized and said hurriedly, "Yes, yes, yes, give it two days, and we will sell the yard."
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