"No... this slave really does it for the good of the young lady..."
Xiaohui defended herself with twinkling eyes.
Qi Sisi stood up and pointed at her and said loudly: "You are such a tough talker! Mr. Song, I think I will throw her to the ground and give her a fifty-fifty beating to see if she admits it or not!"
"No, sir, I really don't have any..."
"Come here, bring me the board!" Mr. Song said sternly.
The boy turned around and was about to go.
"No!" Xiaohui grabbed the boy's feet to prevent him from going. She was afraid of being beaten, so she hesitated for a long time before deciding to tell what she had done:
"Master, it was... Taoist Zhang who asked me to do this!"
She pointed at Daozhang Zhang, who couldn't help but hide aside.
"That day, I was jealous of Xiao Rong being promoted to second-class maid by the young lady, so I kicked her deliberately. Xiao Rong fell onto the rose vine and her hand was pricked by a rose thorn and bled. The young lady punished me for picking roses, and my hand was pricked. There were many pricks and a lot of blood.
"Somehow, Taoist Zhang found out about this, so he gave me money to dye the young lady's clothes with turmeric water, and then cover it up with the smell of roses.
"He said she could help me take revenge on the young lady. I hated the young lady in my heart, so I agreed to him."
"Um?"
When Mr. Song heard this, his eyes pierced into Daozhang Zhang like a knife.
Zhang Daochang felt that his back was wet with cold sweat.
But if you think about it, it’s just turmeric. What can it prove?
He hurriedly said nonsense: "Sir, you don't know something. What I have learned is that turmeric can drive away evil spirits in people. It is because I saw that there are evil spirits surrounding the young lady that I let the maid do this! So did I. Such a good intention!”
Lu Ling sneered: "If you are really kind-hearted, why don't you tell me directly and go through all the trouble?"
"I...I'm afraid of bumping into the young lady..."
He lowered his head and said confidently.
"Okay, stop pretending!" Qi Sisi said unceremoniously, "It's disgusting for no reason! Bah!"
She spat at Taoist Zhang and said to Mr. Song: "Mr. Song, we are too lazy to show off. You may not know, oh no, except Taoist Zhang and me, no one here knows that turmeric is a very magical medicine." When medicinal materials and turmeric water come into contact with the alkali used to steam the steamed buns, they will produce a special reaction - that is, they will turn red.
"At that time, the liar asked Xiaohui to soak all Lu Ling's clothes in turmeric water. After that, he lied again and said that holy water would bleed when it comes into contact with evil spirits. He then used a bottle of alkaline water and lied about what kind of holy water it was. Spray the so-called holy water onto the whip, and the whip hits Lu Ling’s clothes. The turmeric reacts with the alkali, and blood oozes from Lu Ling’s clothes.”
After Qi Sisi finished speaking, Daozhang Zhang's face was already covered with large beads of sweat, slowly dripping down his cheeks.
His heartbeat seemed to burst out of his body, his chest heaved violently, and every breath was accompanied by a heavy gasp.
The clothes on the back were already soaked and clung to the skin, causing a cold and uncomfortable feeling. He couldn't help but tremble slightly, and there was an unconcealable panic in his eyes.
"Master, I am wronged... I am wronged..."
"Come here, bring the turmeric water and alkaline water for verification!" Mr. Song ordered loudly without even bothering to look at Taoist Zhang.
The servants did as they were told.
Everyone's eyes fell on the bowl of turmeric water and lye water, staring intently, as if they were afraid they would miss something in the blink of an eye.
As half a bowl of lye water was poured into the turmeric water, everyone made a startled noise: "It's really turned red!"
"It turns out that this liar deceived us!"
"The young lady is innocent!"
Mr. Song was so angry that his beard was trembling. He slammed the table, startling Mrs. Song beside him.
"What else do you have to say? Why did you want to harm my daughter-in-law?"
Zhang Daochang's body trembled violently as Master Song drank.
Now that the facts are in front of him, what else can he pretend to do?
After taking a look at Song Wenzhou, Daochang Zhang knelt down, knocked his forehead on the ground, and said loudly: "Master, it's——"
Before the next words were spoken, everyone stepped forward and saw Song Wenzhou kneeling in front of Mr. Song and loudly said: "Father, it was the child who instigated Taoist Zhang to do this!"
"Ah?" Everyone was in an uproar.
Lu Ling was a little confused. What was he going to do?
Zhang Daozhang hasn't identified him yet, so he's taking the initiative to admit it?
"You! You!" Mr. Song stood up from his chair in disbelief, too angry to speak.
"Father!" Song Wenzhou frowned, with a distressed look on his face, "Father, in the entire Song family, who doesn't know that Ling'er has no children since her marriage three years ago? When Ling'er was seriously ill before, she couldn't get pregnant. Now, She is in good health, but she has another problem: her whole body is cold, and the child cannot touch her at all!
"Father, for the sake of the heirs of the Song family, I asked around for ways to help Ling'er get rid of the cold. Zhang Daozhang said he had a way to get rid of the cold on Ling'er, so I let him do it!"
"You...you beast!"
Mr. Song's eyes widened, his face turned red, and he pointed at Song Wenzhou's nose. His chest heaved violently, and he was so angry that he could hardly speak.
Lu Ling couldn't bear it anymore and asked angrily: "You are so cruel. For the sake of the child, you did not hesitate to soak me in scalding water for an hour. If the eldest brother didn't come back at that time, were you planning to scald me, Lu Ling, to death!"
"Ling'er, I know I was wrong. I was confused for a moment, but I did it for us..." Song Wenzhou grabbed Lu Ling's hand with a look of remorse, admitting his mistake every time.
"You see, doesn't the coldness on your body disappear now?" A smile appeared on his face.
"Get away!" Lu Ling threw him away, the disgust on his face difficult to conceal.
Qi Sisi kicked Song Wenzhou in the chest and cursed: "Scumbag, you are really nothing!"
Song Wenzhou didn't expect Qi Sisi to kick him and knock him to the ground. A trace of anger quickly flashed in his eyes.
"This is what you, mother and son, did!" Mr. Song was so angry that he shed tears. He pointed at Song Wenzhou's nose with a trembling finger, "I helped you marry Ling'er and you actually abused him like this. Your conscience is being eaten by dogs. Got it!"
"Master!" Mrs. Song rushed over from Liu Qingyun, who was already stunned, and helped Song Wenzhou speak, "You can't blame Zhou'er entirely for this. If you want to blame her, you can only blame Lu Ling for not being able to give birth to an heir for our Song family! Zhou'er It was also for our Song family that we took this step!"
"Shut up!" Mr. Song looked at Mrs. Song, "You two, mother and son, have the same virtues, and your consciences have been eaten by dogs! I, Song Tiancheng, have been unlucky for eight lifetimes to marry a woman like you and have such a child." What a traitor!"
He was so heartbroken that he burst into tears.
Song Wenzhou and Mrs. Song knew they were in the wrong, so they both lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.
After a long silence, Lu Ling stood up and said when no one spoke, "Father, Ling'er doesn't want to suffer the disadvantage of being mute."
Master Song waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Come here, bring me the family law! My wife and the young master violated the family rules and abused the young lady in the house with the magicians. Xiaohui acted as an accomplice and beat the madam and the young master thirty times each. ! Kick Xiaohui out of the Song Mansion twenty times, and then beat this demagogue Taoist priest fifty times!"
"Wait a minute!" Lu Ling looked angrily at the ashen-faced Daozhang Zhang, "Do you still remember what I, Lu Ling, said?"
Daochang Zhang swallowed.
Lu Ling gritted his teeth and said: "You give me one whip, and I will give you ten in return. You cheated and deceived me. I ask my father to spread the fact that you are a charlatan throughout Weizhou. From now on, you can't even think about being in Weizhou again." Get a foothold!”
