"Qingyao, she went hunting in the mountains and hasn't come back yet."
The Song family and the Ji family members felt panicked when they heard Ji Xiuwen asking about Ji Qingyao. Ji Qingyao had lived like a transparent person in the Ji family these years. If she hadn't brought some prey back from time to time, the Ji family would not have been able to do so. No one will remember her existence.
"Well, then she has been in the mountains for a long time, at least five or six days. She should come back today. If she doesn't come back today, she should come back tomorrow."
Ji Xiuwen clenched his hands tightly into fists and put them behind his back. He walked to the recliner where Ji Yunyuan was sitting and sat down, his expression calm.
"Did Yao'er really go up the mountain?"
Mrs. Song's heart was pounding and her palms were sweating. As Ji Xiuwen's pillow for so many years, she knew how cruel this man was.
"Plop" the sound of kneeling down.
"Even if Yao'er really goes up the mountain, you don't have to give me such a big gift. It won't be too late for you to wait until a hundred years later. Tell me what is going on. I want to listen to the truth, otherwise..."
Otherwise, what Ji Xiuwen didn't say, the Song family understands, but their children don't.
Ji Qingmei Ji Qingli curled her lips when she saw her mother kneeling down, thinking that her mother was too cowardly in front of her father.
Mrs. Song kept her head down, her thoughts turning over and over again. These years had been so comfortable that she had forgotten how ruthless Ji Xiuwen was. Back then, Ji Xiuwen was working for his stepmother, and was abused by her. He was only ten years old. Ji Xiuwen used a trick to take away the family's money, and also forged evidence of his alibi. A fire burned down the Ji family's old house, his biological father, stepmother, and the two children born by the stepmother. All buried in that crowd.
Why did Song know this? Ji Xiuwen told her that she went with Ji Xiuwen when he went to Fucheng to study. At that time, they already had a four-year-old eldest son, Ji Yunyuan, and a pair of twin daughters under two years old. After staying in Fucheng for a year, Ji Xiuwen got the chance to be elected as expected, but he also brought back a one-month-old baby girl, Ji Qingyao.
Mrs. Song wanted to cry, but was shocked by Ji Xiuwen's words. Ji Xiuwen said that the Ji family could not only divorce their wives, but also kill them. No matter which one, it didn't matter to Ji Xiuwen, as long as Ms. Song was obedient, The position of the head of the Ji family will always be hers.
There was also an old woman who came back with Ji Xiuwen. When Ji Qingyao was two years old, the old woman died of illness. Only she and Ji Xiuwen knew the details. She was killed by Ji Xiuwen's chronic poison, but the person who administered it was... It's her Song family.
Later, Ji Xiuwen returned to Dahe Village with his family and opened a private school in Dahe Village. He told the public that he had an accident on the way to the scientific examination and broke a finger and could no longer continue the scientific examination.
The Daji Dynasty stipulated that those who participated in the scientific examination must have a handsome face and must not have any physical defects. Although the elders of Dahe Village have regrets, there is no room for turning around after what has happened. Fortunately, Ji Xiuwen has the honor of being a civil servant, which is the first of the eight villages in Qinghe Town.
Only the Song family knew that Ji Xiuwen's severed finger was chopped off by Ji Xiuwen himself in front of her.
"She..., she was sold by me." Mrs. Song knew that if she didn't explain clearly today, there would never be a good outcome waiting for her.
"A few days ago, I took her to the town and sold her to a family as my wife. The man is tall and long. Although he is a few years older than the girl, his family background should be pretty good. I think that man All he wears are fine cotton clothes.”
"Oh, really. How much did you sell Qingyao for, and to which household? You don't need me to ask you one by one." Ji Xiuwen poured himself a glass of water from the table and took a sip. It was obviously just ordinary water. It was cold and white, but in the eyes of the Ji family's children, what he was drinking was more like nectar and jade dew.
The more Ji Xiuwen behaves like this, the more worried Ms. Song feels. She hates this man and can disown him.
"Sell...sell...sold for a total of seventeen taels of silver including the deposit. The man is said to live in the town. I don't know his last name. He was introduced by a middleman. I took the silver and left. I …”
Mrs. Song raised her eyes and looked at Ji Xiuwen. She knew that the man was waiting for her to explain, so she took out the divorce letter from her sleeve pocket and handed it to Ji Xiuwen.
She knew that even if she didn't say anything today, she wouldn't be able to bear the consequences when Ji Xiuwen was found out. If nothing else, she had to think about her children, especially her eldest son Ji Yunyuan, who would take the imperial examination in a few months. Both Ji Xiuwen and the teachers at the college said that he had a high chance of winning the exam.
Ji Xiuwen opened the paper handed over by Mrs. Song and saw three large characters on it, including the word "severance letter" and the red seal of the government office, which made Ji Xiuwen's eyes hurt.
