Zhong Niangzi Wanfu

Chapter 85 Sleepy Confession
Early the next morning, Shen Feng set out for Yong'an to discuss with Wen Yi how to improve the official document.Zhong Lan still takes care of the whole family.

After seeing Shen Fie off, Ah Nian accompanied Yang for a walk in the backyard, while Zhong Lan drank tea in the main hall.

In fact, after Shen Yan took over the Shen family's business and became the head of the Shen family, Yuan Xiaoxiao also realized Shen Yan's methods, and most of them followed the rules, while the rest were taken care of by Zhong Yan and Shen Yan.

Now that the Grange shop has returned to normal, the Shen family and Le Anning, and Zhong Yan's butler are not difficult.

Zhong Lan was just a little worried about Shen Feng.

"Girl." Chang Huan entered the door and saluted Zhong Lan.

"Now that the girl has become the real mistress of the Shen family, it's time to call her the eldest lady." Feng Shuang reminded harmoniously from the side.

"I have been calling here for so many years, and now there is no outsider, so let her go." Zhong Lan put down the tea cup in his hand and said with a faint smile.

Chang Huan was overjoyed to receive the permission and bowed again: "Thank you, miss."

"What's the matter?" Zhong Lan asked in a leisurely manner.

"The concierge came to report that someone who claimed to be Miss Wen was sent to see the Lord and the Queen." Chang Huan said politely.

"Wen Shu?" Zhong Lan was confused for a moment, "Do you have the seal of the Wen family?"

Chang Huan shook his head.

"This is strange. Every time Wen Shu sends someone here, she will bring a seal to show her identity to prevent anyone from impersonating her." Zhong Lan rubbed the handle of the Huanghuali chair and said thoughtfully.

"Then slave girl, go and have him chased away?" Chang Huan asked for instructions.

After thinking for a moment, Zhong Lan shook his head slightly: "He pretended to be a clerk of the Wen family to ask for a meeting for no reason. He must have something to do, so let him come in."

"Madam, no, what if there is fraud?" Feng Shuang advised.

"Zuo is just cheating some money, I just don't give it." Zhong Yan waved to Chang Huan, "Bring him to see me."

"Yes." Chang Huan stepped back.

After a while, Chang Huan came in with a gray-faced man.

"Happy Madam Zhong." The man bowed his head and saluted Zhong Lan.

Zhong Lan felt that the voice sounded familiar, and was suspicious for a moment: "Raise your head."

The man raised his head and wiped his face casually with his hands, revealing his original appearance.

"Kongsi?" Zhong Lan recognized the person who came, it was Kunsi beside You Hanting, "Why did you come to see me?"

Sleepy face turned earth-colored, and he kowtowed to Zhong Lan: "I'm here to ask Mr. Shen and Mrs. Zhong for a way out."

"A way out?" Zhong Lan raised his eyebrows, "Did your master ask you to come?"

Sleepy quickly shook his head as if he was a child: "It was me who came here secretly, otherwise I wouldn't have disguised myself like this."

"You have served your master for more than 20 years as a personal servant." Zhong Lan did not want to believe him easily.

Jiang Si bit his lips and thought for a long time before speaking: "Once Mr. Shen's official document is handed over to Jinshang, if Jinshang punishes the You family, it will be a disaster for the family. And my family wants to live, and has already planned to push the little one out by then. Take the blame."

"So no matter what, the little one will die." Sleepy said with a miserable smile, "In the face of life and death, if you can survive, who would want to die?"

"Since ancient times, there have been loyal servants who have risked their lives to protect their master. Is your master treating you badly?" Zhong Lan raised his eyebrows, "It's worth betraying him like this."

Jiangsi lowered his head: "Young man, I dare not hide it. The man next to the deposed prince, Mao Xun, was killed by my family."

"In the eyes of my adults, the little one can only be regarded as a slave, just an object of the master. He lives to help the master, and even if he dies, he must die for the master."

"I'm afraid enough." Kunsi knocked his head heavily on the ground, "Now I will tell Mrs. Zhong everything I know. I just ask Mrs. Zhong to let me go."

Hearing this, Zhong Lan asked Chang Huan to fill up his tea with great interest: "Tell me about it."

Sleepy took a deep breath: "The first farewell letter written by an adult to Mrs. Zhong when he got an official position was actually written by a young lady."

Zhong Lan's hand holding the tea cup paused, then he blended the color without leaving any trace, took a sip of tea, and said in a neutral tone: "I see, I understand."

Seeing that Zhong Lan's expression was expressionless, Jiongsi hurriedly said: "Later, Xianggong Shen found out about the You family's affairs in Qin Lin. Except for some adultery and foolish things that were not brought to light, which were done by Mr. Yong, most of them were like obstructing county affairs, Seeking power and profit is actually done by the Lord and Uncle Kang."

"I know." Zhong Lan chuckled, "Shen Feng and I have never believed that You Hanyong alone can disturb the entire county affairs of Tan Lin, let alone have connections with the court."

Zhong Lan's interest was much less, and he was much less patient when he spoke: "If you only use these to send me away, then go back."

Jiang Si bit his lip and thought for a while, then finally gave in and kowtowed heavily to Zhong Lan: "There is also the matter of deposing the prince."

"Abandoned prince?" Zhong Lan asked back, gesturing for Sleepy to continue.

Kengsi made up his mind and thought: "After the decline of the You family, the Lord and Uncle Kang first went to the royal capital to seek refuge with the second master. The second master appeared to be a neutral figure in the court, but in fact he was a real man. Destroy the princeling."

"It's been hidden for so many years." Zhong Lan murmured, indicating to Sleepy to continue.

Sleepy nodded and agreed: "So if it is inconvenient for the second master to do, I will ask the master and uncle Kang to help me do it."

"Does this include Yu Wei marrying into the Duke of Qi's palace?" Zhong Lan asked with a smile, "Are they using their daughter's marriage as a front for themselves?"

Sleepy thought laughed twice: "When the Qin Linyou family was not in decline, the two masters of Wang Duchen and the Qin Linyou family were working hard for each other. Naturally, if one method declined, the other would no longer be able to stand. After the You family declined, the second master Chen naturally needed others. The nobles’ help will fill the vacancy in the Qin Linyou family.”

"Doesn't he have a daughter of his own?" Zhong Lan asked seriously. "My second husband is very poor, and he only has one girl who is not worth a pound of cardamom." Sleepy scratched his head, "What's more, the Duke of Qi is already old, so naturally my second master can't bear to part with his girl."

Although Yuvi is detestable, she is still pitiable when it comes to being forced to marry an old man who is older than her biological father.

Zhong Lan's face was slightly angry: "Go on."

Feeling sleepy, he nodded and said: "After the Lord and Uncle Kang took refuge with the Second Lord, the Lord helped the Second Lord in the royal capital, while Uncle Kang went to Dai and Bao Erzhou to help the deposed prince."

"Wait a minute," Zhong Lan interrupted Kangsi's words and said suspiciously, "You are the person close to the third master of your family. If I guessed correctly, you should have been with him in Wuding during that time, right? How could you treat others at home? Do you know everything so well?"

Sleepy thought lowered his head: "I dare not deceive Mrs. Zhong. In fact, my family was also involved in the iron mine matter: Danzhou is located in the extreme south, far away from the royal capital, and Wuding is in the west of Danzhou, close to Xiliang, and private mines They are all transported from Wuding. Every batch of private mines has actually passed through the hands of my family."

Zhong Lan was shocked, but he didn't show it too much on his face. He forced himself to be calm and said: "The governor of Danzhou is Mr. Zhang Yanzhang, so there is no way he didn't notice it. Is what you said true?"

"My lord is a Wuding County Lieutenant, and my father-in-law is also a Wuding County Magistrate. Over the years, I have already established a firm foothold in Wuding with one hand covering the sky. Naturally, I have a way to let the private mines transport other items to Xiliang in the name of others." ." Sleepy said uneasily.

Zhong Lan took a deep breath: "Go on."

"Ms. Zhong, I've told you all this. The adults in my family can't go back. You have to protect my life so that I can continue to talk with peace of mind." She thought it was wrong.

"If you tell everything, I will save your life; if I find out that what you said is false and you know the methods of your family, I will personally have you tied up and taken back to You's family." Zhong Lan. His eyes froze.

Sleepy thought couldn't help but shudder, realizing that the current Zhong Lan was very different from the one he met in Qin Lin when he was engaged to You Hanting. He felt as if he had just stepped out of the dragon pond and into the tiger's den, and he suddenly became trembling: " If you are young, of course you don’t dare.”

"Go on."

Kangsi gritted his teeth. Since there was a chance of survival, he should live for himself: "After the deposed prince was demoted to Shengzhou, Uncle Kang and his master went to Shengzhou to help the deposed prince. At the same time, my lords made great contributions in building the Great Wall. , was ordered to serve as an official in the royal capital. After that, my lords were busy establishing themselves in the royal capital and had nothing else to do. However, before the death of the late emperor, Xianggong Shen was demoted. It was actually a memorial written by my lords, and asked the second master to report to your majesty. of."

"So the false accusation against my lord was actually the work of two of them?"

Sleepy nodded: "Actually, Master Chen Er's memorial has been written for my adults to read. The younger one heard it clearly. My adults read it and said it was not enough, and added a few more words, saying that Xianggong Shen was not a simple man. Contradicting His Majesty, and also being suspected of criticizing Chao Gang, so..."

Sleeping slightly raised his head and glanced at Zhong Lan, and said in a trembling voice: "Only can he be unable to turn over."

"Bastard!" Zhong Lan was so angry that he threw the tea cup out and hit Keng Si's side.

Keng Si kowtowed a few more times: "Mrs. Zhong, please forgive me!"

Zhong Lan took a breath, frowned and rubbed his forehead: "Go on."

"After the Battle of Danzhou, the deposed prince had connections with both Xiliang and Nan'an. He ordered my master to find a way to use the influence of my father-in-law, the Lu family, in Wuding for many years to open Nanguan. He also stole the map of Danzhou and presented it to the Nan'an army."

"The Lu family?"

Sleepy nodded: "Afterwards, my master blamed the crime of opening Nanguan on my father-in-law, the Lu family. At that time, the Lu family had already been wiped out."

Kunsi looked embarrassed, and added with a ruthless heart: "Actually, the massacre of the Lu family was actually caused by my lord privately releasing the remnants of Nan'an soldiers who were trapped in Xiqiu to go to Wuding. I had an excuse not to go back to aid Tan Lin. Moreover, I can Using this as a cover, he personally killed his wife and his father-in-law’s family.”

Zhong Lan's pupils shrank: "Did he personally do the destruction of the Lu family?"

Sleepy Si didn't say anything, which was regarded as the acquiescence.

A sudden chill ran down Zhong Lan's spine. You Hanting was so ruthless and inhumane that he even didn't let go of his wife, who was his classmate.

"Wait a minute, does the deposed prince have anything to do with Nan'an?" Zhong Lan paused and asked, "What about Mr. Zhang Jue's death?"

Jiangsi said honestly: "It was the work of the deposed prince. Later, when the deposed prince sent Master Mao Xun to convey the message, Master Mao Xun said that the deposed prince asked Xi Liang and Nan'an to help him seize the throne, and he would make Yuzhou and Danzhou respectively. A gift of thanks to the two countries. But Lord Mao Xun is a little bit intolerant and wants to give my Lord a few words of advice."

Sleepy took a deep breath of air-conditioning: "But my family felt that Master Mao Xun had second thoughts, so we killed him directly by eradicating the roots."

Zhong Lan became even more frustrated: "What else?"

"Also, the death of Young Master Zhang." Sleepy closed his eyes, "My master wanted to kill Young Master Wen in order to eradicate dissidents and destroy evidence of collaboration with the enemy. He ordered me to pretend to be him and return to the camp. I disguised myself and led him The archers entered the forest and ordered people to pretend to be remnants of Nan'an soldiers to lure Mr. Wen and Mr. Wen, and poisoned them with arrows quenched with poison, but they were blocked by Mr. Zhang."

Zhong Lan gritted his teeth and slapped his palm heavily on the huanghuali wooden desk.

Sleeping incessantly, he continued: "There is also the death of Mr. Shen. In order to make Mr. Shen worry about it, and to stay out of it, I found out that Uncle Kang purchased Shengmian in Shengzhou some time ago, and he will As the head of the Long family, I will go to the Danzhou Family Conference."

"So I found Fuquan, the former handyman of the You family, and offered him a lot of money as a inducement. I gave him Shengmian and attached a thin layer to Mr. Shen's sweat towel. I also said hello to Magistrate Cai and Yu Zhizhou. Let Mr. Shen drink the extremely sweaty tea when he bids farewell."

"So my father-in-law was sweating profusely on the road, couldn't stop wiping the sweat with a sweat towel, and rubbed cotton wool into his mouth and nose?" Zhong Lan asked with a slightly trembling voice.

"That's not the case." Sleepy shook his head, "The sweat towel was also laced with medicine that can make people sleep. Your Excellency told Fuquan to create a commotion after Mr. Shen fell to the ground, and then stuff cotton wool into Mr. Shen's penis. Before the servants called for a doctor, Mr. Cai Shi arrived and determined that he was dead. He was then taken back to the Yamen and handed over to the widow for treatment."

"My lord was going to kill that gangster, but he had already killed Fuquan, and that gangster was a veteran of the county government. Mr. Cai was afraid of disturbing the situation, so he didn't let him do it. In the past two days, the gangster has arrived again. Xianggong Shen and Lady Zhong must have known something in Mr. Wen's hands."

Zhong Lan finally understood what Nie Yi said, and his body couldn't stop trembling.

Sleeping looked at Zhong Lan and added: "My lord also bribed the servants around Uncle Kang so that he could blame Uncle Kang after the Dongchuang incident happened."

"But your Excellency didn't expect that Mr. Shen is now like a madman, regardless of the truth and evidence, and is determined to kill the entire You family. That's why in a panic, he planned to bow down to plead guilty and take the blame on the younger one." Sleeping with a sad face, he put his head on his head. He knocked on the ground and said, "Everything you say is true. I beg Madam Zhong to see that my nature is not bad. When Madam Zhong came to You's house when she was young, she helped her deliver messages and speak. Now that she has changed her ways, she just wants to save her life." Let’s find a way to let go of the small horse.”

"In the future, I will make amends every day to repay my wife's great kindness."

Zhong Lan looked at Sleepy who knocked his head out and bled, and waved helplessly: "I understand, you go down first. I will ask someone to help you find a hiding place. After all, there will be a place where you can be useful in the future."

After thinking about it, he was overjoyed: "I'm willing to do my best for Mrs. Zhong."

(End of this chapter)