Xie Rongzhao was also very confused. This was the first time in her two lives that she had to deal with such a matter personally.
In the Fang family in her previous life, she had never seen the Fang family masters deal with their slaves, and some even beat them to death with sticks.
Since Xie Rongzhao's rebirth, his biggest concern has been with the Fang family. After that, his father's future was blocked and his fiancé was killed.
Since the first two things were changed by her, her anger has become much weaker, and the leisurely and comfortable life in the past few years has also kept the nightmares of her previous life away from her for a long time.
After this incident, she realized that even if her father had become an official now, she could not be careless, and even had to be more cautious than before.
Liu Ruolan's poisoning was not serious this time, and it was not difficult to remove the remaining poison. She would be fine after taking a few doses of medicine.
As for the poisonous evil servant, Liu Ruolan didn't know how to deal with it.
This is the first time she has truly been in charge since she became an official wife. After all, she has never encountered such an evil servant betraying his master before.
Fortunately, there is Gu Shi around.
"Madam, this evil servant must have been bribed by someone, and she did not dare to plead guilty because she was afraid that we would want to interrogate the master behind her. She has a family, and she has weaknesses. Her family is not our servant, no She is under our control, so in order to protect her family, she will not say a word even if she dies."
Liu Ruolan was a little frustrated for a moment: "So, even if we take her to the government, it will not help?"
Gu knew Madam's mood at this time, so she nodded rationally.
"The death contract she signed with our house is not a death contract. All we can do is to drive her out of the house, or escort her directly to the yamen. However, in my opinion, even if she enters the yamen, at most Even if you complain a few times and commit suicide in the Yamen, and then be exploited by someone with ulterior motives, it will be detrimental to the reputation of our family."
Liu Ruolan was a little upset for a while, but more importantly, she had anger that had nowhere to vent.
"Is that the end of it?"
Gu reassured her, "Madam, please don't be angry. Of course we can't let it go like this! It's true that she poisoned the master. Even if she doesn't admit it, it's true that the poison was found in her house, and there are people who have testified against her. Let's You can reward her with twenty pieces of gold and then drive her out of the house, and it is best to let outsiders know as much as possible that she betrayed the master first, so that if someone mentions it in the future, the master will not have to worry about it. "
The two servant women who had been interrogated by Xie Rongzhao earlier were also called over for questioning.
He was originally the wife of a sixth-rank official. Because of her husband's involvement, she was sent to the border for several years. Now that she has returned to the capital, her life has changed.
"Since you were once an official's family member, and it was sent to you by Prince Zhao, you must be of decent character. From now on, you can work as an errand in the lady's yard."
He quickly kowtowed and thanked her, not forgetting to show her loyalty.
There is also a Yu family. Her husband's family was originally named Wang, but all her husband's family were cut off. Yu family was originally the head wife of the Wang family. Later, the man spoiled his concubine and destroyed his wife. He divorced her one month before he was convicted.
Even so, the Yu family was still implicated by the Wang family. In addition, there were people who interfered with it. The Yu family was sent to the border by official officials and stayed for several years before she was able to turn around.
But what if we come back?
Mrs. Yu only gave birth to two daughters, which was the main reason why she was not welcomed by her husband's family.
Now both daughters are married, but they both despise her as a convict, so no one wants to associate with her. Out of grief and anger, Yu wants to commit suicide by throwing herself into the river, but fortunately she is saved by Zhao Yue's people.
Liu Ruolan felt pity for her life experience. In addition, Yu's background was not bad and she had received a good upbringing since childhood, so she simply let her stay in her courtyard to work. If nothing went wrong in the future, it would be good to promote her to a manager. .
Xie Rongzhao wrote down all the family affairs in the letter, and also wrote down all his suspicions. At this juncture, if he wanted to do anything to his mother, it must be someone who wanted to make his father uneasy and helpless. Do your business well outside.
Xie Rongzhao mentioned in the letter that he had already decided to take his mother to live in Zhuangzi after the poison was cured, hoping to stay away from the right and wrong of the capital.
After this incident, Xie Rongzhao basically sent a letter to Xiangzhou Prefecture every three days. She didn't mind the trouble and was not afraid of spending money. Anyway, there were people at home now. If it was difficult to send letters to the caravan, she I simply sent the servant at home. Anyway, I must reassure my father first to prevent him from making any mistakes again.
Xie Xiuwen was far away in Xiangzhou Prefecture, and the more he investigated the case, the more frightened he became.
Unknowingly, this case has involved nearly forty local officials!
Is this a case that Zuo Cheng, a fourth-rank minister, can handle?
Xie Xiuwen knew that people around him were being watched, so he had no choice but to turn to Feng Shu for help.
Feng Shu brought a hundred people to help him this time. It sounded like a lot of people, but compared with the local snakes here, it was simply not enough.
And even if Xie Xiuwen obtained the power of the Holy Emperor to act expediently, it did not mean that he could do whatever he wanted. At least, he could not move the Governor's Mansion without endangering his own life.
Even if he could mobilize, he would not dare to act rashly without knowing whether the other party was a friend or an enemy.
Xie Xiuwen did not dare to take it lightly. He had many people around him, only a few in total. Once the governor and others discovered that he had made some moves, he was afraid that the other party would jump over the wall.
Therefore, Xie Xiuwen took the opportunity to frequently communicate with his family and even send some things over, so he prepared some famous local specialties for Xie Rongzhao to take back to the capital.
As soon as Xie Xiuwen left the merchant ship, someone came over to interrogate him with a strange look on his back.
When the caravan saw that it was the official, they naturally did not dare to resist him and obediently unpacked all the goods for the official to inspect.
"What is this?"
That small box was the specialty that Xie Xiuwen entrusted the caravan to deliver to the capital. Since it was not their goods and was entrusted by the official, the merchant hurriedly explained.
But the official didn't listen to this at all.
"Open the box!"
The officer opened the box and checked it one by one. After making sure that there was nothing suspicious, he snorted and got out of the boat.
"Sir, I have sent someone to find out. Xie Xiuwen sent some specialties from our Xiangzhou Prefecture to the capital. It is said that they are for his wife and daughter. Our people even checked the wooden box one by one. There’s nothing wrong with that.”
The governor still couldn't rest assured: "He is a fourth-level official, so why doesn't he send the things to the inn for transfer?"
"Sir, I have inquired about this. My predecessor, Xie Xiuwen, just sent a bunch of earthen rituals to the Weixin Hou Mansion. The post station does not transport supplies to the capital every day, so he asked the caravan for help."
(End of chapter)
