Chapter 242
Chapter 242
Jin Fuyun suppressed the anger in her heart and hated herself for being too soft-hearted time and time again.
Now facing Zhu San's attack, she tried her best to force out a sad expression, "Uncle San, what kind of trouble did you encounter that made you have such a vicious thought? I have never had any grudges against you. Today, your crime has been exposed, but instead of trying to atone for your crime in front of Lord He, you are biting a girl like me. How can this be justified?"
After saying that, he wiped the moisture from the corners of his eyes.
Zhu San felt even more uncomfortable after hearing Jin Fuyun's words.
They wanted to send him back earlier, but they didn't expect that Yu Cheng would come over soon and use both soft and hard tactics to make him take the blame.
"Everything is done by you. I'm sure you know how much the master has done for us, Third Brother." Yu Cheng, who had always been high and mighty, actually humbled himself and was willing to call him brother. However, the two words "Third Brother" were like a death warrant.
"Why should I do this? I have devoted my life to the girl, but now I have to suffer this fate?"
Yu Cheng sighed, "The eldest lady couldn't bear to leave you, and originally wanted to arrange for you to stay out of the spotlight, but you didn't want to. It was you who made a mistake, otherwise why would Lord He come to your house and arrest you by name!"
"Yu Cheng, it's you who's causing all this trouble. Are you trying to get rid of me?"
"Of course not. The eldest lady values you. With more people to help her, I can have some free time. There are so many businesses in Liyang. I come here for a day and worry about the other side for a day—"
Yu Cheng was so disappointed that he asked, "What on earth did you do at Wanxing Wharf to cause such a big commotion?"
Zhu San kept silent, thinking that Yu Cheng just couldn't stand the young lady's attention and deliberately made trouble for her.
After going back and forth to delay the time, Yu Cheng thought that as a girl, there was no way she could be a match for the evildoers in the yamen. Seeing that Zhu San was about to make some false accusations, he had to bring up the story of the daughter Zhu San had with his mistress.
When Zhu San heard this, he felt that there was no hope for him to live.
He pointed at Yu Cheng and cursed loudly, but he never expected that Yu Cheng's thugs next to him would come up and hit him hard on the waist with a few boards.
My waist ached and my legs were weak, and I fell to the ground.
Yu Cheng snorted and laughed, "I know that after your son with tuberculosis died, you tried everywhere to leave a child, but unfortunately, the only one you looked down upon, your mistress, gave birth to a girl with a horse face. Now she has been murdered by your mistress' husband. If I hadn't rescued her, the girl would have been sold to the ends of the earth. Now you don't know how to repay my kindness, but you still want to bite me. I'm afraid you are tired of living!"
Zhu San was pinned to the ground by several young men. The place where he had been stabbed by Lady Xian's son was connected to his vest at the back, and he was sweating profusely from the pain.
He had no choice but to beg for mercy, "You and the eldest girl are cruel and ruthless. If I obey the Jingzhao Yin and get imprisoned, I'm afraid I will have no chance of survival."
Seeing that he had become spineless, Yu Cheng couldn't help but speak kindly.
"You go in by yourself, and don't say you did it on purpose, just say it was unintentional. The eldest lady and I will do our best to rescue you later, and the eldest lady will also take care of your daughter with a horse face."
Zhu San was lying on the ground, his whole body in pain. He shook off the young men who were holding him down. He rubbed his waist and said, "Miss..., what crime do you want me to take?"
Will Yu Cheng kill to silence the witness?
In the past, Zhu San didn't think that this bastard was so lawless, but when he was with him in recent days, every time something happened, he became more afraid of Yu Cheng.
This man looks honest and somewhat gentle.
In fact, his face and heart are two different. I'm afraid he is the reincarnation of the ugliest wild ghost beside the Naihe Bridge.
He thought to himself that it would be better to just go along with it and find an opportunity to kidnap the girl, maybe that would give him a chance to survive.
Having made up his mind, he burst into tears.
He said some soft words, all for the girl whom he had only seen a few times. The general idea was to ask the eldest girl and Yu Cheng to take good care of her and not let her become a slave. When she is thirteen or fourteen years old, he should find a decent family to send her away.
In order to ensure that Yu Cheng, who was suspicious by nature, believed him, he also entrusted him with the place where he kept his private money.
Dig three feet deep under the third osmanthus tree in front of the back house. Brother Yu, please take the trouble to dig out the dirt. Give it all to the horse-faced girl.
He spoke with utmost sincerity, and even the servant who was being beaten to a pulp beside him felt a chill in his heart after hearing it.
It is so difficult to serve a grown-up girl.
Thinking that Zhu San had done his best, he was stabbed half to death by a gangster outside. Who would have expected that he would be thrown into jail not long after he was recovered.
Yu Cheng saw that he was talking more and more without restraint, and was afraid that these low-ranking guards might hear him.
After chasing everyone away and saying a few words to Zhu San, Zhu San fell to the ground and cried until his blue sleeves were all wet with tears. "Zhu San has been valued by the young lady in his life. Please have mercy on me one last time and treat my lady well."
"Of course, a young lady can't go back on her words once they've been spoken."
Hearing the noisy footsteps coming from outside, Zhu San raised his head and looked at Yu Cheng with tears in his eyes. Yu Cheng sighed, "Thank you, Third Brother!"
Then, he slipped away.
By the time Suohong led He Wenhan and a dozen other officials in, Zhu San had already endured the severe pain in his waist, holding the dagger he had hidden in the corner of the house earlier, and hid behind a round-headed evergreen that had not yet been planted.
"Third Uncle, Third Uncle——"
Suohong came in, but Jin Fuyun was not there. Zhu San sighed and said, "Never mind. Suohong is also Jin Fuyun's confidant, so let her be the one!"
This is why Suo Hong was locked in front of Zhu San, with the cold blade of the dagger touching the skin of her neck, which made her feel chilly.
"Uncle Three..."
It was useless to call anyone. When Jin Fuyun came in, she didn't mention anything about rescuing Suohong, but talked about all sorts of nonsense. Zhu San knew that the woman in front of him was cruel and ruthless.
So he tore his throat and said to Lord He, "Sir, the mother and son in the teahouse were also killed by the eldest lady. And the woman who was kidnapped and sold to Qingmei Garden was only killed because she looked a bit like the portrait -"
Just as he was about to say it, he saw a little girl tied up with hands and a handkerchief stuffed into her neck teetering in the air in a high pavilion not far away.
From behind, Yu Cheng grabbed the clothes on her back, and her hands and feet could not move.
Below...
It's two or three feet high. If you fall down, your brain will burst and you will have no chance of survival.
Zhu San's eyes were full of despair as he stared at that place. But when He Wenhan looked over there, it was gone.
Where is there any way to survive now?
He Wenhan didn't waste any words and scolded Zhu San, "You have been stealing and killing people without the knowledge of your master, and you have also kidnapped and sold decent women. Turn yourself in and confess your crime, so that you can get a lighter sentence in front of the master."
Zhu San staggered a few steps, dragging Suohong, who was crying with fear.
"Sir, after what I have done, how can I survive? I only ask you not to listen to me and implicate innocent people."
Following Jin Fuyun's voice, "Uncle San, don't be impulsive!"
Zhu San wiped Suohong's neck without any hesitation, and immediately Suohong gushed out fresh blood. He Wenhan gave an order, and when everyone was about to surround and capture Zhu San, Zhu San grasped the handle of the dagger with both hands, exerted force, and stabbed himself hard in the heart!
"Lock red!"
"Third uncle——"
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