Chapter 285 Questioning the Cause of Death

Chapter 285 Questioning the Cause of Death

Chapter 285 Questioning the Cause of Death
"How can that be possible? My Yu'er is going to be the principal wife, how can she be a concubine?"

"Yes, Master Song, my Yan'er is still young, it's too early for her to get married."

Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe never expected that Mr. Song would suddenly change his mind and want to take their daughter as a concubine.

Although they all lost their official positions, they had not completely given up. They still wanted to marry their daughters to wealthy families, rely on their in-laws to help them return to officialdom, so how could they promise their sisters to be concubines of the Song family?

In fact, Song Yanwu was unwilling to change the candidate for concubine. Although Third Miss Xie and Fourth Miss Xie were also pretty, they were far inferior to Eldest Miss Xie.

But he knew that Miss Xie was not someone he could ever dream of.

Although he was an imperial merchant, he was nothing in front of Lord Xiao. Lord Xiao wanted to kill him, which was easier than crushing an ant.

Song Yanwu knew that his seizure of Zhou Xiucai's wife was not the worst. He had worked his way up from an unknown peddler to the position of an imperial merchant, using countless means, and his hands were already stained with blood.

If those things were discovered by Lord Xiao, not only would his own life be in danger, but the entire Song family would suffer a devastating disaster and would have no chance of survival.

Song Yanwu likes beautiful women, but he values ​​his life more.

In order to prevent Lord Xiao from hating him, Song Yanwu pushed all the blame onto Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe.

"Second Master Xie, Third Master Xie, you clearly promised to marry your daughter to me, but you accepted the betrothal gifts and secretly changed the candidate. If I report you to the government, you will be in big trouble."

The Xie Donghai brothers never expected Song Yanwu to be so shameless, but once the government really started an investigation and found that the betrothal gifts sent by the Song family were divided between the two of them, it would only confirm Song Yanwu's words.

I heard that Song Yanwu had hooked up with the Second Prince. If he offended him, and if he asked the Second Prince for help, the matter would be even more dire.

In order to save their lives, Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe could only smile aggrievedly, "Master Song, this is all a misunderstanding. It was the servants who were not careful in their work that made the mistake."

Seeing Song Yanwu's expression relax, the two brothers breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yu'er, when you follow Master Song in the future, you must be sensible and obedient. Don't act recklessly and bring shame to the Xie family."

Xie Dahe also said to Xie Yan with a stern face, "Yan girl, when you go to the Song family, remember to be filial to your parents-in-law, serve Master Song attentively, and expand the Song family as soon as possible."

Xie Yan trembled all over, staring at Xie Dahe in disbelief. Before this, she would never believe that Xie Dahe would agree to let her go to the Song family as a concubine.

Xie Yu was so angry that her eyes turned red. "Dad, are you crazy? How can you let me be a concubine? Master Song is older than you. I don't want to serve him."

Song Yanwu was already angry at Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe for not doing their job well, which prevented him from getting Xie Lan. Now, after hearing what Xie Yu and her sister said, his face became even gloomier, and he directly ordered the servant to take them away.

Xie Yu and Xie Yan fought back desperately, but they were no match for the servants. They could only cry and beg Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe to save them.

But Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe were afraid of offending Song Yanwu and cutting off their source of income if they could not open the shop and the clinic. Instead of saving their daughters, they scolded them for being ignorant.

Although Xie Lan disliked Xie Yu and Xie Yan, he had never thought of pushing them into the fire pit of the Song family. He wanted to speak up to stop this, but he didn't expect that Xie Yu and Xie Yan were about to be taken away, and he could no longer hold back the hatred in his heart.

"Xie Lan, it's all your fault, you damn bitch. You shamelessly seduced Master Song. Why do you want us to be your concubines in the Song family? You are really a disaster. You killed your mother and grandfather, and now you want to destroy the Xie family. Why don't you just die!"

Seeing that Lord Xiao had a gloomy face, Song Yanwu secretly said that it was not good. Just as he was about to speak, Xiao Jin had already coldly ordered Yang Feng, "Slap his face."

Yang Feng lowered his head and responded, then quickly stepped forward. To prevent Xie Yu and the other woman from saying anything unpleasant, he first pressed their mute points and then slapped them in the face.

Yang Feng was a martial artist and had great strength. After a few slaps, Xie Yu and Xie Yan's cheeks began to swell up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Xie Lan just looked on indifferently and did not plead for them.

Although Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe felt reluctant, they could see that Xiao Jin looked unhappy and dared not say a word.

Song Yanwu was even more nervous. He was just thinking about how to leave when he saw Xiao Jin said in a cold tone, "Master Song, now that you have figured out the candidate for the concubine, you should hurry up and sign the documents and have them recorded in the government files, so as to avoid any mistakes. Don't you think so?"

Although Xiao Jin's words seemed ordinary, the chill in his voice penetrated deep into his bones. Song Yanwu felt a chill on his back and almost broke out in a cold sweat.

He didn't dare to say a word of no, but answered "yes" respectfully, and immediately asked the servant to find the shopkeeper to bring the four treasures of the study. He quickly wrote the concubine document, and personally asked Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe to sign and put their fingerprints on it.

Seeing that the matter had become a foregone conclusion, Xiao Jin signaled Yang Feng to stop and let Song Yanwu take his men away. To avoid unnecessary complications, Xiao Jin ordered Zhao Chong to follow Song Yanwu's men and send the concubine document to the government for filing, and most importantly, to remove Xie Lan's concubine document from the file.

Xie Donghai suppressed his anger and stepped forward to apologize with a smile, "Master Xiao, we have something else to do at home, so I will take my leave first."

Xie Lan sneered, "Second Uncle, Third Uncle, you want to leave now? Have you asked for my consent?"

Xie Donghai's eyes were sinister. "Lan girl, Yu'er and Yan'er have already replaced you and gone to the Song Mansion to be concubines. What else do you want?"

He was very dissatisfied with Xie Donghai's words. His second brother was really short-sighted. The affairs of the Xie family had nothing to do with Lord Xiao, but he intervened in the matter and forced Mr. Song to change the concubine candidate, clearly to avenge that dead girl Xie Lan.

Xie Dahe said, "Lan girl, it was your grandmother who decided to marry you to Mr. Song. This matter has nothing to do with your second and third uncles..."

Xie Lan knew the truth of the matter very well, and she didn't believe Xie Dahe's excuse at all. She interrupted him without hesitation before he could finish.

"Third uncle wants to play dumb, but I'm not a fool. Ever since I returned to Beijing, I know everything about your second and third wives' plots against me. It was clearly your and second uncle's idea to marry me off to Master Song as a concubine, and you also signed the concubine document.

And you also sold me to Lei Tangzhu of the Beast Gang. Which of these things was not your evil deeds?

With all the new and old hatreds added together, it’s time for us to settle the score today.”

Xie Donghai and Xie Dahai's faces suddenly darkened. "What do you want to do?"

"How many children did my mother give birth to? How did she die?"

After hearing this, the two of them were stunned and looked at each other. They thought Xie Lan would ask them to apologize or even pay compensation. They never thought that he would ask about the cause of Su's death.