Chapter 283: Dizzy
Chapter 283: Dizzy
The lives of her two sons were in Xie Lan's hands, and Peng didn't dare to deny it at all, "Lan girl, I know about this matter. It was your grandmother and your second and third uncles who did something wrong.
But Yuan Ge'er and Rui Ge'er are completely unaware of these things. They are innocent. Can you let them go?"
"Innocent?" Xie Lan raised a mocking arc at the corner of his mouth and sneered, "How could the two brothers not know? With the little wealth of your second branch, how could you afford such a big house.
It can be seen that they have known about this house for a long time. It was the betrothal gift that his parents got in exchange for by selling me, their eldest sister.
They knew that the Song family was a hell from which there was no escape, yet they watched you push me into it and did nothing about it.
This shows that they are just like you, the heartless parents. They don't care about my life or death. How dare you tell me you are innocent?"
"Throw them out." Xie Lan showed no mercy and directly ordered Tiechui to throw the two Xie Yuan brothers out.
Although she did not take the lives of these two men, once what happened today became known, the reputation of these two brothers would be completely ruined.
In this world where reputation is valued, their future will never be easy. Being pointed at and talked about will become the norm. It is not impossible that they will even be expelled from the academy.
Since Mrs. Peng has publicly confessed that it was the old lady and the Xie Donghai brothers who betrothed her to the Song family.
Xie Lan immediately said to Manager Song, "Go in and count the betrothal gifts sent by the Song family and check if there is any shortage. This will prevent any unpleasant incidents from happening later due to the betrothal gifts."
Manager Song had already experienced Xie Lan's behavior and knew that she had a strong personality, so he did not dare to raise any objections.
He quickly led the servant into the house and counted all the things in the warehouse.
"This house is only half of the betrothal gift."
Seeing Xie Lan looking at her coldly, Peng was afraid that Xie Lan would do something to her two sons again, so she quickly confessed, "The other half of the betrothal gift is all with your third uncle."
Manager Song checked the account books in the warehouse and found that "a few jade pendants, two sets of head ornaments, and two thousand taels of silver are missing."
Xie Lan glanced at Mrs. Peng, pointed at her head and said to Aunt Zhang, "Take off all the head ornaments and jewelry on Second Aunt, and then search her body to see if she has any banknotes. Take them all out."
"Yes, young lady." Nanny Zhang responded, quickly stepped forward to take off Peng's jewelry, and then began to search her body.
Peng was shocked and angry, but because she was injured, she couldn't resist.
Watching the newly acquired jewellery being snatched away before she could even warm up to it, Mrs. Peng felt so heartbroken that she was bleeding.
Xie Lan thought of the jade pendants he had seen on Xie Yuan and the other man just now, and asked Manager Song to search them as well.
Coincidentally, at this time, Xie Yu also came back.
Before she could see clearly what was happening at home, she was tied up and gagged, and all the valuables on her were taken out.
After all of them were mortgaged to Manager Song, there was still a shortfall of one thousand taels.
Needless to say, the money must have been taken away and spent by her second uncle.
"Where is my second uncle?"
Mrs. Peng shook her head, "I don't know, he went out early this morning."
All three children were in Xie Lan's hands. Mrs. Peng did not dare to lie. She really didn't know where Xie Donghai had gone.
Xie Lan didn't care. No matter where Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe hid, she would find them. "Manager Song, since this house belongs to the Song family, it naturally doesn't make sense for outsiders to live in it. My second aunt and the others will move out now and return the house to you. It just so happens that you don't have to carry the betrothal gifts in the warehouse away. I will return them to you along with the house."
They said they were moving away, but in reality, the second wife and her family were kicked out. Apart from the clothes they were wearing, they were not allowed to take anything else with them, and were driven out empty-handed.
Thinking back to the time when she got this house which was even more spacious and magnificent than the Xie family's, Mrs. Peng would have woken up laughing in her dreams.
Who would have thought that after only two days, Xie Lan returned it to the Song family with just a few words.
Peng was filled with resentment, but there was nothing she could do.
The house and money that she had worked so hard to acquire were gone, and Peng could no longer bear the pain in her leg. She was about to ask her two sons to take her to the clinic for treatment, but she soon remembered that they didn't have a penny on them.
Mrs. Peng couldn't catch her breath, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.
Xie Lan glanced coldly at the unconscious Peng, then quickly looked away.
Here, Xie Lan was following Manager Song and his group to Xie Dahe's house.
On the other side, Xiao Jin was busy dealing with the official business at hand.
Suddenly, there was a sound of rapid flapping wings outside the window, followed by a black shadow rushing in from the window, "Gah, Master Xiao, something terrible has happened, something terrible has happened, your sweetheart is going to be taken away to be a concubine!"
Xiao Jin paused, frowned and looked at the parrot standing on the window frame, "What happened?"
The words it just said were quite loud. Fatty didn't believe that Xiao Jin didn't hear it. Seeing him so calm, she felt a little dissatisfied. She glanced down at him condescendingly, with one wing on her waist, "Gah, if you don't hurry up, the girl will become someone's concubine."
Xiao Jin narrowed his eyes. Since his junior sister refused to marry him, how could she become someone else's concubine?
As soon as Fatty saw his expression, she knew that he didn't believe it, and she couldn't help but gloat over it. "You don't believe it? Ha, the girl was tricked by the Xie family and promised to the Song family as a concubine. Even the concubine documents have been signed. If you don't go quickly, she will be caught by the wedding party and put on the bridal sedan."
Xiao Jin was aware of Fatty's gloating, but he also knew that the parrot raised by his junior sister would not joke with him about such things.
"Hurry up and lead the way. If anything happens to Xiaowu, you will be the first one I will kill."
Fatty rolled her eyes. If it weren’t for the order from the ancestor, she wouldn’t have come to report the news.
Xie Lan arrived at Xie Dahe's house, but found that he was not in the house, and even Xie Yan and Xie Mao were not there.
They quickly broke the lock with a hammer, and the group entered the house and went straight to the warehouse.
Manager Song checked the list of betrothal gifts and found that except for two thousand taels missing, all other items were in the warehouse.
"Don't worry, I will compensate you for the missing money."
Manager Song couldn't help but look surprised. He had originally thought that Miss Xie was bold and ruthless, and that she was someone who was difficult to get along with. He had never thought that she was so understanding and reasonable, which surprised him a little.
Xie Lan pulled the corner of her mouth. She would not pay for the missing money herself. Since the concubine document was signed by Brother Xie Donghai, the missing money should naturally be paid by them.
"But Manager Song has also seen that my second and third uncles are not at home. I hope you can give me two days. Once you find them, I will give you the missing silver."
"No need, your second uncle and third uncle are in Zuixianlou now."
Xie Lan looked at Xiao Jin who suddenly appeared in surprise, "Why are you here?"
Xiao Jin looked at her deeply but did not answer. "Aren't you going to get the silver? Come on, I'll go with you."