Chapter 127: Who else could it be?

When Shi Qingluo saw him, he just came in.

She then raised her hand and waved: “Come here and speak.”

After the toffee was served, the long-term worker of the Xiao Family went out first.

Although Liang Youxiao was here, Shi Qingluo did not let him avoid suspicion.

Her young husband’s scumbag father was so disgusting, so of course the things he did should be heard by the young masters from the noble families in the Capital.

When he came inside, Shi Laosan saw that the noble young master from the capital was also there. He was stunned for a moment and was still thinking about whether to say anything.

Seeing Shi Qingluo beckoning, he walked in.

After Shi Qingluo asked him to sit down, she rarely poured him a glass of water.

She asked: “What’s going on?”

After that, Shi Laosan glanced at Liang Youxiao.

Shi Qingluo said: “There’s nothing bad to say, just pretend he doesn’t exist.”

Liang Youxiao: “……”

He is such a big person, why doesn’t he exist?

However, he was bored and saw that the two of them were mysterious, so he didn’t leave and wanted to hear what was going on.

Shi Laosan: “……”

Such a noble young man was sitting here and looking at him with interest, how can he pretend that he doesn’t exist?

This girl has such a big heart.

He bit the bullet and said, “The Wu family looked for your Fourth Uncle.”

“2 days ago, he wanted your mother, me, and your grandparents to come to Xiao Family’s house to cause trouble, saying you were unfilial.”

“He wants us to go to the county government to sue you.”

He looked at Shi Qingluo flatteringly and said, “I refused directly and said that A daughter married off is water poured out. We can’t sue you.”

“Besides, you are our daughter, and it will not do us any good to sue you.”

Shi Qingluo didn’t believe this. If he had not asked for a son, Shi Laosan and his wife would have gone to the county government office with the Shi Family to accuse her of being unfilial.

She looked at Shi Laosan with a half-smile, “After you refused, they have new ideas now?”

Shi Laosan felt a little uncomfortable when she saw him, “Yes, today the Wu family asked your fourth uncle to secretly drug your husband at the flower viewing banquet in the county town in a few days.”

A few days later, a scholar held a flower-viewing banquet at his home and invited all the children and scholars in the county to watch the flowers.

These words surprised Shi Qingluo. She originally thought she would be the first to be cleaned up by that scumbag father and that woman in the capital.

She frowned and asked: “Are they looking for a woman to mess around with my husband at the flower viewing party?”

Shi Laosan discovered that this daughter was very smart.

He nodded: “Yes, the Wu family wants a concubine daughter from their family to be with your husband, and then be caught by everyone.”

“I heard that the concubine daughter herself has taken a liking to your husband and volunteered to cooperate.”

Shi Qingluo raised an eyebrow: “The Wu family is willing to spend money and choose to come in person!”

She asked again: “What then? Are there more?”

Then Shi Laosan said sarcastically: “Then they ask me and your mother to lead you to the river and push you down.”

“Let everyone think that you are heartbroken and are forced to jump into the river by your husband.”

“After your funeral.”

Seeing that his daughter’s eyes were not kind, he immediately said: “They are talking about the funeral, not me.”

He doesn’t want his daughter to go find her master now, otherwise, what will happen to his son?

Shi Qingluo nodded to express her belief, “Continue.”

Shi Laosan said again: “In a few months, the Wu family will send the concubine here and force your husband to marry her.”

“They will also publicize this matter everywhere in the county.”

“Your husband is a scholar, but when a group of students gathered to enjoy flowers, he raped the concubine daughter of the Wu family.”

“He forced his kind wife to jump into the river and die. With this reputation, it’s impossible to continue taking the imperial examination.”

“After you die, the Wu family probably wants to swallow up several of the Xiao Family’s workshops.”

He added, “The last one is my just guess.”

Otherwise, why would the Wu family use a daughter from their family? They must be thinking about the Xiao Family’s workshop.

The Wu family may think that this girl was more powerful. Xiao Hanzheng, a scholar, doesn’t know how to run a business.

The Wu family has another handle, and it would be easy to take away the workshop’s making method.

Xiao Hanzheng’s expression remained unchanged, but a strong anger arose in his heart.

What he was angry about was not that the two scumbags wanted to ruin his reputation, but that they wanted to kill his little wife.

This completely stepped on his bottom line.

Very good, he will remember this.

Liang Youxiao was also startled. He didn’t expect someone to plot Xiao Hanzheng’s future so viciously.

“Is that Wu Family so courageous?”

He looked at Xiao Hanzheng and said, “You are Master Hou’s disciple.”

Although the old man has retired, his influence is not small, and he also has a protective temper.

The Wu family was just a small businessman with a relative who was a concubine to the prefect, which was nothing to Master Hou.

Xiao Hanzheng said: “Of course, they don’t have the courage, but what if someone instigates or pretends to support them? They don’t have to be afraid anymore.”

Shi Laosan added, “I heard from Laosi that someone from the capital was behind the movement of the Wu family.”

“But we don’t know who it is yet.”

Shi Qingluo curled her lips, “You can tell without guessing, who else can it be?”

“My young husband and his former father separated from each other and broke off their relationship. His ex-father and that newly married wife don’t want him to get ahead of them and sit in a high position.”

Liang Youxiao asked many villagers before, but the things they told him were all about Shi Qingluo.

So he doesn’t know the inside story yet.

He asked with a gossipy face: “Who is Xiao Hanzheng’s real father in the capital?”

Shi Qingluo said truthfully: “Xiao Yuanshi, General Xiao.”

Then she told him how Xiao Yuanshi used Xiao Hanzheng’s grandfather to learn martial arts and went to the battlefield to become a general.

Then he brought back an unknown woman who was only a few years older than Xiao Hanzheng.

The outer room deliberately caused the miscarriage and framed Xiao Hanzheng’s mother.

General Xiao took advantage of this incident to demote his wife as a concubine, but Xiao Hanzheng did not agree.

Ultimately, General Xiao drove out his sons and daughter, separated their families, and divorced Mrs. Kong.

The woman also succeeded in rising to the top but did not stop.

Previously, she bribed the doctor in the town to kill Xiao Hanzheng.

Liang Youxiao was stunned after hearing this, but he quickly calmed down.

After all, there was a lot of nastiness in the noble families. Although what happened to Xiao Hanzheng was quite excessive, he had seen something even more disgusting.

Of course, he now also felt disgusted with Xiao Yuanshi and his wife.

Then he remembered something, he looked at Shi Qingluo thoughtfully.

“There were a lot of jokes at General Xiao Mansion in the capital before. Could it be it’s your idea that the Xiao Family went to the capital?”

This woman never concealed her temper in front of them.

He heard about the Xiao family’s affairs before. They talked about it when their group of friends were drinking in private. They felt that someone wanted to mess with Xiao Yuanshi, so that person encouraged his family to make such a fuss.

Now when he heard what Shi Qingluo said, he felt that those people’s so-called selling of land and house to go to the capital to see his son might be her handiwork.

Otherwise, how could the timing be so coincidental? Not long after the riot in the capital, Xiao Yuanshi and his wife wanted to kill Shi Qingluo and ruin Xiao Hanzheng’s future.

This was revenge.

Shi Qingluo did not deny it, but admitted openly, “Yes, it was my handiwork.”

“But apparently they didn’t last long enough, and now I’m exposed, so they want to kill me.”

Unable to encourage her parents to sue her for unfilial piety, they decided to kill her and disguised it as a suicide, ruining the reputation and future of her young husband.

It was indeed something that scumbag father and that woman can do.

As for Liang Youxiao, she was not surprised. He was not a real dandy from a noble family. How could he be simple?

 


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