Cheng Wanwan lowered his eyebrows.
It seems that Mrs. Cao chose to take action on the day of the wedding banquet in the Cao Mansion. There were many people and chaos, so that it could be concealed and convenient.
If she remembered correctly, the fetus in Aunt Meng's belly was at least eight months old. Aborting a woman who was about to give birth would most likely kill two people.
She asked in a deep voice: "Approximately how long has Aunt Meng been missing?"
Aunt Meng must successfully give birth to this child in order to form a rivalry with Mrs. Cao, otherwise Mrs. Cao will point all her fingers at Yingying, and Yingying will be really hard to resist as a little girl.
"As soon as the old slave found out that Aunt Meng was missing, he started looking for someone everywhere. He was delayed for a quarter of an hour in Cao's Mansion, and then he rushed to Dahe Village for half an hour. It was estimated that it would be almost an hour." The woman was very anxious, "Wait a minute. All the guests in the Cao Mansion have dispersed, and Madam is afraid that she is about to take action. Sui Ruren, we must ask the young lady to return to the Cao Mansion quickly to prevent this from happening..."
"When a married woman returns to her parents' home on her wedding day, what will outsiders say if they find out? Does your young lady still need to be famous?" Cheng Wanwan thought for a while, "I am the mother-in-law of the Cao family, so I can't go there rashly... Then we can only let the government come forward."
The mother-in-law was stunned: "This is a household matter, will the government take care of it? Besides, it is not clear whether anything happened to Aunt Meng..."
"When it is confirmed that something happened to Aunt Meng, it will be too late." Cheng Wanwan went into the house to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone, wrote a letter and handed it to the mother-in-law, "Hurry up and head towards Ping'an County, we should be able to catch up. As for the Shen family’s carriage, Magistrate Shen knew what to do after reading my letter.”
If there was no marriage recognition ceremony, she would be embarrassed to bother the Shen family, but now, she and the Shen family are considered a family, so it should be okay to ask her family to help.
The mother-in-law quickly understood, took the letter, and got into the carriage. The coachman shouted loudly, and the carriage quickly left.
The Shen family's carriage moved very slowly because of the old lady on board. It didn't take long for the old lady to catch up with the Shen family's carriage.
"County Magistrate Shen, please stay!" the mother-in-law said loudly, "Sui Ru people have something to ask for!"
Hearing the word Sui Ruren, Ah Fu immediately stopped the carriage, and Shen Zheng got out of the car: "What's wrong with my godmother?"
The mother-in-law got off the carriage, knelt down in front of the Shen family's carriage, and respectfully presented the letter with both hands: "Actually, the Cao family has something to ask for..."
Mrs. Shen was sitting in the car, listening to her mother-in-law telling her the story, plus Cheng Wanwan's letter, she suddenly became angry: "There is such a thing, the mother-in-law of the house, harming the concubine and the concubine, it is not allowed by heaven. ! This Boss Cao has such a big business, how come he can’t even control the affairs of the inner house..."
Magistrate Shen also looked very unhappy, but this incident happened in Hekou County, and it was really hard for him to intervene in the matter, otherwise Lao Fu would have objections.
However, Sui Ruren gave him a direction. According to Sui Ruren's method, neither Lao Fu nor the Cao family would have anything to say.
Magistrate Shen made a quick decision: "Go back to Ping'an County to take people with you first, and then go to Cao's Mansion!"
Half an hour later, Magistrate Shen arrived at the gate of Cao Mansion with four servants.
It was completely dark now, but the Cao Mansion was holding a wedding banquet, and the red lantern at the door was still on, giving off a red light.
Just as the two gatekeepers were about to ask, Master Yuan shouted: "The government is here to help, please open the door quickly!"
The boy took a closer look and saw that he was from the government. In the front was an official wearing a black gauze hat, and behind him was a government official wearing armor.
"Young man, go in and report to the master!"
The boy rolled in and crawled in.
Mrs. Cao was sitting in the flower hall drinking tea. She told her confidant maids behind her with a contented expression: "A child over eight months old can survive after birth. I can't touch anyone's life... Let's do this. Let's kill Meng's family." Strip naked, find a man to go to the woodshed, and make firewood, and the child will naturally fall away..."
"Madam, you are smart. If you do this, the master will be disgusted with Aunt Meng. Kill two birds with one stone." The maid respectfully accepted the order, "I will do it now."
"It's not good, madam, it's not good!" The gatekeeper hurried in, "The county magistrate is coming outside and said he is coming to Cao's Mansion to pick up someone. Madam, please go out and take a look!"
Mrs. Cao frowned: "Master Fu is here? To take someone? Who to take?"
She put down the tea cup and hurried out.
Originally it was not her turn to come forward, but Cao Defu was deliberately made drunk by her, and now she is the only one in charge of the Cao Mansion.
When Mrs. Cao walked outside, she realized that the person who came was not the Fu County Magistrate of Hekou County, but the Shen County Magistrate of Ping'an County next door. She bowed and said, "I wonder what the important business is for Mr. Shen to visit the Cao family at night?"
Master Yuan stepped forward and unfolded the arrest warrant: "The Meng family of the Cao Mansion set up a horse and injured people in Ping'an County three days ago. Today, the owner reported to the official that he is here to capture the prisoner. Please hand over the Meng family as soon as possible!"
Mrs. Cao was stunned: "Meng's family? Aunt Meng? She raises her baby at home every day and has never been to Ping'an County. Is there some misunderstanding about this!"
"If there is any misunderstanding, you can find out if you go to the government for interrogation." Magistrate Shen said softly, "Does Mrs. Cao want to protect the Meng family? In this case, I can only let people enter the government to search!"
Mrs. Cao secretly tightened her handkerchief.
The people from the government would come early or late, but they came just when she was about to take action. Wasn't this their intention to harm her?
She had been waiting for half a year before she finally got such a good opportunity. She couldn't miss it!
"Lord Shen doesn't know something." Mrs. Cao said with a smile on her face, "Meng is nearly nine months pregnant and is about to give birth. She will rest as soon as it gets dark. How about this? The woman asked someone to send her to Ping'an County to surrender tomorrow. It will never delay the government’s investigation of the case.”
"Ha!" Magistrate Shen smiled coldly, "Although this is the boundary of Hekou County, the victim is from Ping'an County, and I have the right to arrest prisoners in Hekou County! Mrs. Cao despised the king's law and prevented the government from handling the case. You know why? crime?"
Master Yuan shouted loudly: "Mrs. Cao, do you know your guilt?"
Mrs. Cao's legs shook due to the drink, and her liver and gallbladder trembled.
She took a deep breath and compromised: "Sir, please calm down. I will ask someone to bring Meng out now."
Meng was slightly injured, and if she was kept in prison for a day or two, her life might be lost. Then, she would be completely free, and Cao Defu couldn't blame her.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Cao completely calmed down.
After a while, Aunt Meng was carried out. There was a big blood bag on her forehead. She was unconscious and not much alive.
"She was restless when she was about to give birth. She insisted on going out and fell down the steps." Mrs. Cao casually arranged, "The woman has already asked the doctor to take a look. It's nothing serious..."
Magistrate Shen's face darkened: "Take the prisoner away!"
Four officials carried Aunt Meng and placed her on the carriage.
The car slowly drove away.
Mrs. Cao sneered: "I'll hide this from the master for now, and no one will say anything. Otherwise, I'll give you thirty sticks..."
Let Meng suffer a few days in jail first. Also, bribe a few people, arrange some accidents in the cell, and everything will fall into place...
