Chapter 146: Master 3 Again
"Zhang Tianci, do you want to beg your father again? If he still doesn't want to talk, then I can assure you that you will lose more than just your right hand." Although Song Qingci was talking to Zhang Tianci, her eyes were always on Shan Huairen.
"Dad! Please, tell me what you know. My hand is really going to break! I have no feeling in my hand now! Dad! Please tell me!" Zhang Tianci has lived a better life than many young masters of wealthy families in recent years.
His adoptive father's family never let him do any work.
All he had to do every day was study. He had never suffered such a hardship before.
He really couldn't hold on any longer. If he continued, he would surely die from the pain.
"I said!" Shan Huairen finally compromised.
All the efforts he had poured into his son over the years made him unable to just watch him die in front of him.
"Madam, please relax! I will tell you everything you want to know! I will tell you everything!"
"It would have been better if you had done this earlier! You have to suffer before you are willing to speak. You are really sick." Song Qingci loosened his foot in disgust.
Zhang Tianci's right hand has been completely deformed, and it is visibly apparent that his ring finger and little finger are severely dislocated.
Lou and Shan Xi were a little afraid to look, but neither of them said anything.
The old lady had adjusted herself now, and there was no trace of strangeness on her face. She sat at the head of the table, watching Song Qingci act.
"Butler Shan, I don't believe that you can create such a large gray industry chain by yourself. There are too many barriers that need to be cleared. You are just a butler of a general's mansion. I believe you can cover the sky with one hand in Hexian County. But I really don't believe you can cover the sky in other places. So, think it over before you speak. There is only one chance."
"Besides, the accounts you recorded show that a large amount of money went to a place that doesn't match any of the accounts. It's impossible for that money to disappear inexplicably, so don't try to fool me."
Song Qingci was too lazy to listen to lies and nonsense. An advance warning was very necessary.
"What does the young lady want to know?!" Until now, Shan Huairen's behavior was like a man who had been caught doing something bad. The dejected and frustrated feeling made him look more than ten years older in an instant.
"Of course I want to know the whole story, including the cause, process and result. And of course, who is the person hiding behind this? ! "
"The cause?!" Shan Huairen pursed his lips, as if he was lost in some memories.
After a long while, he slowly said, "It was about eighteen years ago. Tianci was born not long ago. I spent a lot of money to make sure that Tianci's birth was not tainted and that he had a good family record. Whether it was to modify the household registration or to find a suitable adoptive father for Tianci. If you want others to help raise your son, you can't be stingy."
"I spent almost all the money I had saved in the past few years. Money and other things were spent. I didn't feel bad for Tianci. As long as it was for Tianci's good, I thought it was worth it. However, such good days did not last long."
"When Tianci was three years old, someone found me and brought me the silver lock that Tianci had worn since birth. At first, I thought that person was trying to blackmail me. But later I thought that was not true. No one else knew about my relationship with Tianci except my brother's family and his adoptive father's family."
"In order to make Tianci a good citizen and have nothing to do with me, I spent a lot of money to bribe people. After several conversations and tests, I realized that the people who came were not trying to extort money from me. They didn't care about the little money I had. They just wanted me to do something for them."
Having said that, Shan Huairen glanced at Tianci. He was covering his right hand. You could tell from his expression how much pain he was in. However, he didn't dare to scream out even a sound, and his lips were bitten until they were bleeding.
"I don't know who those people are. I only know that they call their leader Sanye. I once wanted to go back to the general's mansion for help, but they seemed to know my intention before I did. At that time, the county magistrate of He County directly arrested me and put me in jail on a trumped-up charge. The county magistrate came to the cell to see me and told me that if I didn't obey, I would never be able to get out again, and everyone related to me would die. "
"I have no choice. It doesn't matter if I die, but Tianci is still young and innocent. He can't die. So, I can only listen to them."
"They were the ones who gave me the idea of buying and selling people. Hexian was a very poor place. There were constant natural and man-made disasters. There were many people who couldn't survive. Even if we sold them all, wouldn't it give them a reason to live? Besides, I just did what they said. At the beginning, I didn't get much money. Everything was to save Tianci's life."
"Tianci and his adoptive father also lived in Hexian County at first, so that it would be convenient for me to go back and see him. After those people showed up, they took Tianci to another state capital, away from Hexian County. I know that they wanted to better control Tianci. They also wanted to better control me."
"As time went on, I helped them do more and more things. They were very generous and never gave me less than what they deserved. In the end, I actually benefited from these things."
"The gift from heaven became bigger and bigger, and the money needed to be spent also became bigger and bigger. So, I don't know when it started, I went from passively helping them to actively helping them. Even more, my desire for money became bigger and bigger. "
"In the first few years, those people often showed up and watched me do things, but later they showed up less and less. In the end, they even stopped showing up, and all they wanted was for me to hand over their profits every year."
"Madam, this is what happened. That's all I know. I really don't know who the Third Master is. He's not the same person every time he comes to see me."
"Since they are not the same person, how do you know who they are?!" Song Qingci asked.
"Token. I never recognize people, but tokens." Shan Huairen said as he pulled out half of a Tai Chi-shaped iron plate from the sole of his shoe.