Chen Jiqing did not want to associate with her and could not find a reason to refuse.
Chu Yunli liked such a lively little girl, "Come in first, I just bought a tea set."
She was in the Yang family's shop just now, listening to the news, and bought the tea set at hand.
There was a spoiled guest at home, and it was inconvenient for Chen Jiqing to stay.
After he left, An Qiaoqiao really drank tea and chatted with Chu Yunli. She never mentioned Chen Jiqing from the beginning to the end.
In the next few days, Chu Yunli basically spent the day outside waiting for news, and finally learned that after the death of the eldest daughter of the Yang family, she was indeed covered in wounds, with not a single piece of good flesh on her body.
No news came out from the Yang family, but there was no burial. Every day, the Yang family and his wife would go to the Zhao family to discuss the funeral. In Chu Yunli's view, rather than discussing the funeral, it was better to say that they were discussing compensation.
The Zhao family is so rich that even if someone dies, they can still use the money for personal gain.
While Chu Yunli was secretly investigating the matter, something happened to the Yu family again.
As mentioned before, Yi Niang is remarried, and the man before her ended their marriage within two years. She is a widow herself, and she secretly had an affair with Yu Tongxi.
But now, she has become the target of Yu's wife, and Yi Niang's husband's Du family has come to visit her again.
The reason why he came to her was to bring back Yiniang and the child she married into the Yu family.
Originally, Yiniang's child was a posthumous child, and the Du family liked her at first. After all, it was good to leave an heir after she was gone. Because of this, the Du family was quite fond of Yiniang, a woman who was willing to give birth to a child.
accommodate.
But later, the Du family found out that Yi Niang was interacting with Yu Tongxi, and they disliked her.
If a widow really gets remarried, the Du family is not unkind. Maybe they will prepare a dowry for her for the sake of their children. But she is so secretly interacting with married people. If word spreads,
, which is not good for herself or the Du family.
Because Yiniang and Yu Tongxi interacted a lot, as time went by, the Du family didn't like Yiniang's child very much. So later, when Yu Tongxi and Li asked to marry Yiniang, she remarried and wanted to take the child with her, so the Du family
Didn't stop.
What to stop him, maybe that child is a member of the Yu family.
Nowadays, the reason why the Du family comes to visit is because two of the Du family's grandchildren have died in infancy. One of them died of illness two months ago, and one was too cold a few days ago to swim in the river and was drowned
died.
The Du family was so sad that they wanted to take back Yiniang's son Du Ya.
Anyway, all told, Du Ya only lived in Yu's house for half a year. He was brought back early to be well-fed.
Yu Tongxi himself did not regard Yiniang's child as his own. Although she kept saying that it was his, Yiniang had given birth to the child prematurely. Calculating the time, it seemed that it belonged to the man in front of him. He always believed that he was the only son.
Afu.
But after getting along with this child these days, the father and son developed a relationship. At this time, the Du family suddenly came to ask for someone, and his first reaction was to quit. The Du family insisted, and the two sides started arguing. I don't know how to say it, but Yu Tongxi
He said that the child was his seed.
The Du family was just suspicious at first. Since there were no grandchildren in the family, all their hopes were placed on Du Ya. When they heard that the child was not theirs, one can imagine their grief and anger. In addition, Yu Tongxi hooked up with the Du family's daughter-in-law, and also
No one could stand the anger when he yelled so loudly. They immediately started pushing and shoving.
Somehow, Yu Tongxi pushed the man out, and Old Man Du kicked a stone with his heel when he backed away. He couldn't control himself and fell over. Then, the back of his head hit the stone, and he fainted. Within half a day, Old Man Du was gone.
The Du family was indignant and went directly to the Yamen to file a complaint.
Over there, Yu Tongxi was arrested, and Chu Yunli learned about it from the people who came to buy buns.
Because of this matter, both Yu Tongxi and his wife were arrested, so the Yu family's bun shop was not open today. The business here has improved a lot. Listening to everyone talking about it, Chu Yunli felt bad for a while.
It’s time to tell whether the Zhao family had any hand in this matter.
After all, this method is too roundabout.
Regardless of whether the Zhao family was involved or not, they would not let her go. Chu Yunli was a little anxious. After watching the Yang family for a long time, she found that the person had been buried. From the beginning to the end, there had been no trouble in the Yang family.
Although she recently found out that Mr. Zhao's concubines were frequently changed, she didn't hear that those women's natal families went to trouble the Zhao family. The only one was the Fan family that Grandma Ya mentioned at the beginning.
She was just thinking about whether to go to Fan's house when An Qiaoqiao came to her door.
Recently, this girl has been bringing tea leaves to her for tea every three days, and the two of them get along quite well.
The water hadn't boiled yet, and someone knocked on the door outside.
Standing at the door was an old lady with white hair, her face was wrinkled, her body was stooped, her face was sickly pale, and her eyes were full of tiredness.
Chu Yunli was quite surprised to see such a person, "Auntie, are you okay?"
"I have something to ask you about." The old man spoke out, his voice hoarse, and added, "About the Zhao family, I have a grudge against them."
Chu Yunli was a little surprised that the old lady was so open-minded and hurriedly invited her in.
"I heard that you are asking about people who know the secrets of the Zhao family?"
As soon as she sat down, the old lady spoke straightforwardly, without even hiding the truth from An Qiaoqiao next to her.
An Qiaoqiao was pouring tea. She looked surprised when she heard this, then quickly calmed down. The old lady lowered her eyebrows and gave her a cup of tea.
Chu Yunli rubbed her tea cup, "I wonder where did you hear this?"
The opponent is the Zhao family, so no one can be too cautious. The old lady seems to want to seek revenge from the Zhao family, but Chu Yunli doesn’t know if it’s true or not!
"I heard it from my grandmother." The old lady sighed, "She told me half a month ago. After thinking about it for a long time, I still can't swallow it."
Seeing the sadness in her eyes, Chu Yunli couldn't help but believe it, "How did Miss Fan die?"
Before the old lady could speak, tears had already burst out of her eyes. She was so excited that she choked and couldn't speak.
After a long while, she calmed down and said, "My granddaughter is very good-looking. Before the Zhao family came to ask for her hand in marriage, many people had come to ask for her hand in marriage. The Fan family is an ordinary family, and we didn't want our daughter to climb into any high-ranking family, but my
My granddaughter somehow fell in love with Mr. Zhao, and she cried and begged her mother and me, and we agreed."
"She was carried into Zhao's house in a pink sedan, which always made me feel uneasy. Sure enough, when she came back a month later, she actually told us that Mr. Zhao likes to torture women in bed!"
"When her mother and I heard this, it was like a bolt from the blue. Fortunately, Mr. Zhao made a clear distinction between women who gave birth to children and those who made playthings. My granddaughter is the former, and Mr. Zhao's methods were not used on her.
But..." The old lady burst into tears, "My granddaughter is the only woman that Mr. Zhao used to give birth to his child. My wife couldn't tolerate her. Once Mr. Zhao was drunk, she tied up my granddaughter and sent him to Mr. Zhao.
In front of us, and later...we didn't even see the corpse."
The old lady collapsed and cried for a long time before she said again, "These things were told to us by the girl next to my daughter. Originally we wanted to ask the Zhao family for justice, but my son was hit by a carriage on the street when he went out to buy paper money.
He was knocked away and paid for. Not long after, my grandson was dragged into the alley and beaten. He also injured the place. Somehow, the news spread. After that, he felt depressed and committed suicide not long after.
. Later, someone targeted my daughter-in-law again and insisted on coming to ask for her hand in marriage. They made trouble for our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law several times... Later, my daughter-in-law remarried, and I, an old woman, didn't go out all day long, so I managed to survive until now."
An Qiaoqiao was a little confused, "Why don't you complain?"
The old lady sighed, "It was all an accident! It was an accident when my son was hit by a carriage, and the time my grandson was beaten violently was because he wore the same clothes as a gambler in a gambling house."
An Qiaoqiao didn't believe it, "How could such a coincidence happen?"
"Yes." Tears fell from the old lady's eyes again, "I wanted to file a complaint, but at worst I would risk my life. But before my daughter-in-law remarried, she knelt down and begged me to give up, saying: How can the dead be as important as the living? Moreover,
Although these things are full of doubts, if you really think about it, the Zhao family can always turn them into true coincidences. The last time your buns poisoned people, didn’t the Zhao family feel pain in the end? "
"She wants me to live well! But living like this is worse than death, and it would be better to die happily! I came to you just because I want you to accompany me to file a complaint."
An Qiaoqiao looked angrily, "I'll go with you."
The old lady looked at Chu Yunli persistently, "My daughter-in-law came back to see me at first, but then she had a child and never came back. I have no relatives, and you have no relatives either."
That night, Chu Yunli stayed with the old lady. It was only later that she found out why the old lady had to be led to complain. First, her legs and feet were not good and she had to use crutches. She walked very slowly. Don't look at it.
Yesterday she arrived in the afternoon, but he actually went out at dawn.
Also, her eyes were blurred from crying too much, and she could barely see a figure. She was able to find Chu Yunli accurately yesterday, and it was Yapo who showed her the way.
Early the next morning, Chu Yunli helped the old lady go to the Yamen. Before she got there, she met Mrs. Zhao on the road.
The old lady just came yesterday, and Mrs. Zhao came to block the two of them early in the morning. The Zhao family must have put someone around her to keep an eye on them.
Master Zhao was sitting in the carriage, with the half-lifted curtain revealing her fair and round chin, "Chen Chunhua, if you don't want to die, take this old woman back with you!"
Chu Yunli sneered, "You make it sound like you're going to let me live when I go back. I'm going to die anyway, so why should I listen to you?"