Chapter 623: Aunt Lu really wants to slap Gui Ge'er away
Sun Shan asked Aunt Lu to be patient and not to panic.
Panic won't solve the problem.
Sun Shan asked calmly, "Auntie Lu, tell me the truth and tell me what you know. Humph, if you dare not tell the truth..."
The meaning is self-evident. It doesn't need to be said. Even the dumbest person will understand it.
Aunt Lu didn't want to tell the truth. She wished she could go back in time and not work at the Fugui Embroidery Workshop.
In the beginning, I had to use my connections here and there and give others a lot of benefits to get this odd job.
Who knew that it would be the source of the disaster? Aunt Lu wanted to cry out loud.
Gui Ge'er felt a little pity for Aunt Lu. She was just a middle-aged woman and she must be scared after being frightened by Sun Shan.
He said comfortingly: "Auntie Lu, just tell us what happened at that time. Our master is very easy to talk to and will not do anything to you."
Aunt Lu really wanted to slap Gui Ge'er away. What kind of easy-to-talk-to scholar is this? Does Sun Shan look like an easy-to-talk-to person?
Every word threatened her son's future.
Aunt Lu regretted her decision so much when she heard Mr. Sun asking her to wash clothes, so she ran over happily.
As a result, I found myself in a den of wolves and tigers, and I don’t know if I will have a chance to get out.
Aunt Lu had no choice but to confess: "Mr. Sun, I was indeed in the embroidery workshop that day, but I really, really didn't know anything."
Sun Shan pursed his lips and stared at Aunt Lu without blinking.
Aunt Lu was sweating all over and her scalp was tingling. She looked at Sun Shan's fierce eyes and swallowed.
He talked about this and that, mixing things up and talking about them over and over again, intermittently, repeating himself over and over again. In short, he said a lot of nonsense, but very little useful information.
The information Sun Shan extracted was: That day, Aunt Lu went to the Fugui Embroidery Workshop to clean, buy vegetables and cook as usual. It was about noon, and she was cooking in the kitchen when she heard the woman's voice, saying something like "No, please, let me go."
Aunt Lu curiously looked through the window and saw a beautiful woman being brought into the room by Yang Xiong.
Aunt Lu didn't care. County Magistrate Tang's brother-in-law was a pervert who often brought women to do that.
When Aunt Lu saw that the woman was pretty, she thought she was not a decent woman, so she ignored her and continued cooking.
After the meal was ready, I heard crying sounds in the yard. It was very miserable.
Aunt Lu was nervous, but she was timid and afraid of encountering something shameful, so she stayed in the kitchen and dared not come out.
Afterwards, she heard noises of noise and crying, intermittently, sometimes long, sometimes short, sometimes far, sometimes near. Aunt Lu became even more panicked and felt that something different had happened.
But she has always been cautious and meticulous, and thinks it is better not to watch or interfere with what happens in the backyard of a wealthy family.
I was in the kitchen and heard a lot of stick noises.
Afterwards, the manager of the embroidery workshop came into the kitchen and told her to mind her own business and pretend she hadn't heard anything that happened today.
Aunt Lu naturally agreed. She came here to work, not to be in charge, so she had to turn a deaf ear to what was happening outside.
Aunt Lu cried and said, "Mr. Sun, I didn't see anything and I don't know what they were doing."
He paused, looked into Sun Shan's eyes fearfully, and mustered up the courage to say, "I, I accidentally saw from the window that Young Master Yang's servants carried a bloody man out through the back door. After that, I don't know anything."
After Aunt Lu finished speaking, she collapsed on the chair. If she was on the ground, she would probably lie down.
Although I didn't see the scene, I knew something had happened.
The sound of sticks, the people covered in blood, the young man in light blue clothes, and the beautiful woman.
Aunt Lu vaguely felt that something was happening.
But she couldn't imagine what it would be.
Aunt Lu said whatever came to her mind: "Mr. Sun, I thought someone was killed at first, but after several days, I didn't hear that anyone had died. I thought the young man was just beaten up and then he was fine."
Aunt Lu didn't care whether it was rude or not. She wiped her tears with her wide sleeves and continued, "Mr. Sun, this matter really has nothing to do with me. I never thought that the fake young man would die. Besides, as a woman, how could I dare to go out and stop it?"
Although he didn't know who the young man was, since Mr. Sun cared so much about him, he must be his man.
Aunt Lu thought that Mr. Sun wanted to settle the score with her and blamed her for not going out to stop him.
Aunt Lu felt wronged. She didn't think so much at the time. Moreover, even if she did think about it, she would not have had enough time to run away, so how could she dare to go out to stop it.
He was the brother-in-law of County Magistrate Tang, a royal relative. How could she, a mere commoner, dare to do anything?
There was silence for a long time, and only the sound of Aunt Lu's soft sobs could be heard.
Sun Shan couldn't help but sigh. Hearing again the story of Yang Qingbei being beaten to death and Jin being humiliated, his heart still ached.
Without showing any emotion, he asked calmly, "Auntie Lu, is everything you said true? Nothing was left out, no lies?"
Aunt Lu wiped her tears and shook her head quickly: "Mr. Sun, everything I said is true. I am absolutely not lying."
Sun Shan nodded. When Aunt Lu heard the sound, saw Jin, and saw Yang Qingbei being carried out, she felt that it was more powerful than he had imagined.
This way, there would be no need for Aunt Lu to make a false confession; she could just tell the truth.
Sun Shan gave Gui Ge'er a look.
Gui Geer understood immediately and said to Aunt Lu: "Aunt Lu, the young man who died was a classmate and friend of our Juren master. They grew up together."
Gui Ge'er told the story of Yang Qingbei, Jin, Landlord Yang, and Landlord Yang's wife.
Aunt Lu's face turned even paler, and she trembled as she said, "This, this landlord Yang is too pitiful."
Women are always soft-hearted. After hearing about what happened to Landlord Yang, Aunt Lu was filled with sympathy, much more than Doctor Chang.
Sun Shan turned around and said to Aunt Lu, "Aunt Lu, in the near future, I will seek justice for my friend, and you will need to go to court as a witness."
Aunt Lu couldn't sit still again and almost fell off the chair.
She shook her head fearfully, "Mr. Sun, I can't do that. That's Magistrate Tang. I, I don't dare. Mr. Sun, you should find someone else, not me. Mr. Sun, I'm just a woman and child. How can I dare to go to court?"
Gui Ge'er immediately said, "Auntie Lu, you have to go even if you don't want to. If you don't, our master will not let you go. If you do, our master will promise to train your son well.
Aunt Lu, your son can pass the examination for a scholar, not to mention a student. If you don't think about yourself, think about your son.
Our master knows a lot of people, and one word from him is more useful than your son studying hard for ten years."
Aunt Lu looked at Sun Shan in shock and didn't say anything for a long time. This Mr. Sun seemed to be very powerful. Did she want to make a bet?
He also said that County Magistrate Tang was not a threat, just a small official, and only the ignorant people of Huangyang County like them were afraid of him. Outside, County Magistrate Tang was like an ant, nothing.
Aunt Lu's small outlook on life was impacted. She looked at the blue sky and white clouds through the gate in confusion, not knowing what to do.