Chapter 126 Crazy
When Song Qingci arrived at the study, Feng Yi and Feng Er were already waiting there.
"Madam, everything has been arranged. We are just waiting to close the net tomorrow." Feng Yi saw Song Qingci sitting down and stepped forward to reply.
"Where are the family members of the Shan family now?!"
"My lady, in the dungeon."
"The dungeon in the General's Mansion?!" Song Qingci had never thought that there was such a thing as a dungeon in the General's Mansion.
"Yes, the dungeon existed before this house," Feng Yi explained.
Song Qingci understood that this was a dungeon built by the previous owner of the house.
After the General's Mansion took over the house, they did not abandon the place, but preserved it instead.
"Are Xu Chun's family also in the dungeon?!" Song Qingci thought of this.
"Yes, ma'am. Xu Chun's family is now in the dungeon. Including Xu Chun's grandchildren."
''Is anyone dead?''
"Not yet. They are all still alive, but..."
''Just what?! ''
"Xu Chun seems to be crazy." When Feng Yi said this, his body trembled noticeably.
"Oh?! Are you crazy?!" Song Qingci smiled playfully. "Have you asked someone to show it to him?"
Feng nodded and said, "I went to see a doctor, who said he was suffering from a nervous disorder caused by stimulation, and there was nothing he could do."
"Okay, I'll go see him and see what makes him crazy."
As he said that, Song Qingci stood up and said to Feng, "Lead the way."
When she reached the door, she suddenly stopped, reached into her sleeve, actually took out the things she had dug out from the guest house from the space, put them in a porcelain bottle and threw it to Feng Er.
"This was dug out from the yard where Xiao Yu'er and his friends live. It is made from a mixture of raw Chuanwu, Tiannanxing, and Nux vomica, among other poisons. When you close the net tomorrow, remember to feed this to the person who prepared it, the person who gave the order, and the person who carried it out."
Originally, Song Qingci just wanted to catch the traitor in the general's mansion, and he didn't intend to kill people.
It took her half a month to lay out the net, in order to obtain more evidence that could be brought to the table. After all, her mother-in-law and the old lady were still in the general's mansion.
She also understands some social ways and can't make things too difficult for them.
I didn't expect those people to be so desperate. Seeing that they were exposed, they actually thought of the desperate move.
Since Shan Li left, she has strengthened the security of the courtyard where the masters live, in order to guard against those who want to cause trouble in the general's mansion.
The guest house is relatively remote and not many people go there usually, so Song Qingci deliberately excluded the guest house from the key protected area.
This is actually relatively safer. Otherwise, there will always be a feeling of trying to hide something fishy.
The strengthened guards not only stopped those people, but also stopped those people in the mansion who were ready to make a move.
So they turned their attention to the Li mother and son who lived in the guest house.
She has never concealed her love for Xiaoyuer.
Almost everyone in the mansion knew about it. Especially after she went to the second house because Shan Yu had attacked Xiao Yuer, basically everyone in the mansion knew about it.
These people placed this medicine, which would kill people not only if they took it but also if they just smelled it, under the windowsill of the guest house.
She had just tested it with the detector in the space, and found that the ratio of this pill was an enhanced version.
If Xiao Yu'er hadn't discovered that something was wrong with the earthworm and she had happened to see it, Li and Xiao Yu'er would probably have been dead within three days.
So, they couldn't blame her for being cruel and ruthless.
Feng Er received the order and responded immediately.
Anyway, just do whatever the lady tells you to do.
Then, Song Qingci added, "Don't be curious and open the bottle to smell it. If you smell it too much, you will be poisoned and die."
After saying that, she went out directly. She still had to go to the dungeon to meet the crazy Xu Chun~
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The dungeon of the general's mansion was actually built in the garden in the backyard, and the entrance was behind the Taihu stone in the middle of the garden.
After Song Qingci followed Feng in, he found that this dungeon was quite large.
It is estimated that the entire underground of the garden is the dungeon.
Feng Yi took Song Qingci to the innermost cell, pointed inside and said, "Madam, Xu Chun's family is locked up in there."
The lighting in the dungeon is very poor. Except for a palm-sized air vent on the top of the cell that lets in a little sunlight, the rest of the place is basically covered in darkness.
There are a few wall lamps on the walls of the corridor, and you can barely see the ground clearly.
In this situation, Song Qingci could only see a bunch of shadows. He could tell that it was a person, but his face was not clear, and he had no idea who was who.
"Go get some more torches to light up this place." Song Qingci didn't like this kind of darkness.
It would remind her of a lot of bad things.
"Yes." Feng Yi took the order and left.
The people in the cell obviously knew that someone was coming, but they were all very quiet and didn't make any sound.
However, looking at the outlines of several shadows, they were obviously trembling.
It turns out that these people also know how to be afraid.
Feng Yi not only brought enough torches to illuminate the entire cell clearly, but also moved a chair to the corridor outside the cell, facing the door of the cell.
Song Qingci suddenly felt that Feng Yi had finally come to his senses. He no longer just ordered one thing to be done.
If the occasion wasn't wrong, she would have praised him.
"Hello."
Song Qingci sat on the chair and greeted everyone inside through the open cell door.
However, no one dared to respond to her.
Thanks to the lighting of many torches, Xu Chun and his family were finally able to see clearly who had come today.
"What?! You don't know me?!"
Seeing the confusion in their eyes, Song Qingci kindly explained, "That's right, you haven't seen me before. So, let me introduce myself."
Her eyes swept across the crowd, and finally landed on Xu Chun's face in the corner, "My name is Song Qingci, and I'm Shan Li's newlywed wife."
At this time, Xu Chun was curled up in the corner of the cell, a place that even so many torches could not illuminate clearly.
He turned his face sideways to the outside, his eyes fixed on the straw in his hand.
He held the straw in his hand, counting the straws one by one, and then picking out one of them and putting it into his mouth.
He really looked like he was crazy, and everything in the outside world had nothing to do with him. It seemed that the only thing left in his world was the straw in front of him.
Others seemed accustomed to her behavior.
No one stepped forward to stop it, and no one even said a word.
It seems that people from the same family really do not marry in the same house. The Xu family is really so cold-hearted.
The first time Xu Chun and his family saw Song Qingci, they all had some guesses in their hearts. When they heard the name Song Qingci, their guesses were confirmed.
It was like the knife hanging over my head had finally fallen down, and I felt a little relieved.
These days, their family was captured and taken to a dungeon in an unknown location.
At the beginning, they quarreled and made a fuss, asking who they were and why they were arrested.
They even moved out of the General's Mansion, but what they got in return was a merciless beating. No one said a word to them, not even one extra word.
Then, every day they were punished to varying degrees. Except for a few young children who were not beaten, none of the adults escaped.
They were just whipped and tortured, but no one asked them a single question from beginning to end.
It was as if the purpose of capturing them was simply to torture them.
"Do you recognize me now?" Song Qingci did not miss the subtle changes in everyone's expressions after hearing her name.
She sneered in her heart, alas, if you don’t know your place, your end will often be miserable.
"I know him, I know him." Cui leaned against the wall and stood up, then took a few steps forward, getting closer to Song Qingci. "You are the wife of the young general of the General's Mansion, and the daughter of the Minister of Rites Song Yuelin." This is something that everyone in the capital knows clearly. After all, this marriage was arranged by the emperor, and it can be said that the man is talented and the woman is beautiful, and they are well matched. It is a good story.
There was some flattery and fawning in Cui's tone.
However, she didn't know that she looked a little ridiculous when she said such words. With this attitude of Cui, could it be that she still thought about whether she had a chance to turn the tables?
"It's good to know you." Song Qingci's expression did not change. "Do you know why you were caught here? !"
This question stumped Cui.
After she knew Song Qingci's identity, she guessed that their deeds of embezzling money and oppressing tenant farmers behind the back of the general's mansion had been exposed.
However, she couldn't just say these things like that, and for a moment, the air suddenly became quiet.