The daughter of the metaphysical fortune teller: she is the best at eating melons to prolong life

Chapter 68: Affair

Steward Ding spoke righteously on the surface, in order to scare Wang Youfu's family into not pursuing the matter of selling their daughter.

If they are unwilling to give up, then Lord Dou will arrest them, but he does not intend to hand them over to the Dali Temple for trial.

Lord Dou usually received a lot of gifts from the Ding family. As long as he helped to capture the people and put them in jail, they would give Lord Dou some benefits and ask him to help "take care" of the family.

In this way, I guarantee that the Wang family will be skinned alive if they don't die in prison. I don't believe that they will dare to shout about the ghost marriage arranged by the Ding family.

Commander Dou had dealt with Steward Ding several times, so he naturally knew what kind of person he was.

It was just a matter of driving the troublemakers away. Considering the benefits he had received, he didn't mind doing this small favor.

"No one is allowed to gather and cause trouble under the emperor's feet. Everyone, disperse."

Commander Dou shouted with a stern face. Although the onlookers stepped back, they did not leave and still looked over here curiously.

Wang Youfu was happy and wanted to take the opportunity to leave and then find that damn girl Qiu Shuang to get the banknote back.

It can be seen that Tiechui was holding the sword on his body as if threatening, and was so scared that he didn't move.

Seeing that no one had left, Commander Dou felt a little embarrassed. Xie Lan bowed to him and said, "Sir, we are not gathering to cause trouble.

Instead, the Ding family used deception to buy the second daughter of the Wang family, hoping to arrange a ghost marriage for the eldest son of the Ding family. The daughter of the Wang family was not dead yet, which was equivalent to burying a living person with her.

At first, Wang's family didn't know that the Ding family bought their daughter for a ghost marriage. Now that they know the truth, they will naturally not let their daughter die. "

Commander Dou's face darkened. Usually in a ghost marriage, if both parties are dead and both families agree, the matter will not be reported by the people and investigated by the officials.

But now one of them is alive and his family doesn't agree, so he can't just pretend nothing happened.

If the emperor knew that the emperor was burying living people as ghost marriages, and he turned a blind eye to it, his life would be in danger.

As soon as Steward Ding saw Commander Dou's expression, he knew that he was in trouble.

"Don't talk nonsense, young lady. Although our eldest master has been ill for some time, the doctor came to treat him and said that he has improved.

Although our Ding family is not powerful, we do have some wealth.

If the eldest young master wants to get married, there are many girls of equal status who would like to marry into our Ding Mansion, so why would he need to find a poor girl who came from nowhere? "

Xie Lan couldn't help but admire Steward Ding's ability to lie with his eyes open.

Unfortunately, I was unlucky and met her.

"Butler Ding, you call a last gasp a recovery? Your eldest master has been dead for three days. Tell me, which girl would marry a dead man?"

Butler Ding choked, his anger filled his chest but he had no place to vent.

When Master Ding passed away, Mrs. Ding was grief-stricken, but also felt sorry for her son who died before getting married. She couldn't bear to see him living alone down there, so in order to help him find a wife to take care of him down there, she kept the news of his death a secret.

How did this girl know such a secret matter?
Butler Ding was still trying to deny it, but Xie Lan had lost his patience and was ready to force his way in with his men.

While Steward Ding ordered the servants and guards in the mansion to stop them, he angrily shouted to the commander, "Master Dou, you can't just watch someone break into our mansion and cause trouble without any evidence."

Commander Dou's face was gloomy. It was difficult to ignore the matter under the watchful eyes of everyone.

"Miss, do you have any evidence?"

Xie Lan didn't say anything, but turned his head to glance at Qiu Shuang who was following him.

Qiu Shuang immediately shouted to Wang Youfu, "Dad, tell Lord Dou, did the Ding family trick you into selling your second sister to them?"

"I, I..." Wang Youfu hesitated and tried to deny it. When he saw the long sword being pulled out with a clang of iron hammer, he immediately said in a trembling voice, "Yes, Steward Ding bought my second daughter for five hundred taels."

"Nonsense, who saw it? Humph, I said you were eyeing our Ding family's wealth and wanted to join forces to blackmail us." How long will this argument end?
Xie Lan turned around and walked quickly to Commander Dou. "Master Dou, has your son been ill for half a month? Several doctors and imperial physicians have been invited to treat him but none of them can cure him?"

Commander Dou's eyes were sharp. "What did the girl want to say?"

"Nothing, just tell the adults that your son is not sick, but has something dirty stuck to him. I can make him back to normal."

"Is this true?"

"It is absolutely true. My teacher is Taoist Ling Feng from Sanqing Temple, and my father is Xie Changting, the chief clerk of Taipu Temple."

Commander Dou would not trust a strange girl so easily, but when he thought of his son at home, he did not want to miss even the slightest chance.

"What do you need me to do, girl?"

She didn't need him to do anything, just don't stop her from going in to save people to avoid any complications.

"Row."

Seeing that Commander Dou did not stop Miss Xie, Butler Ding immediately became anxious.

Before he could speak, Xie Lan said, "Didn't you say that no one saw Wang Youfu sell his daughter to you? I saw him send his daughter here half an hour ago, and he hired a carriage from Wang's Carriage Company.

The witness is the driver, and the five hundred taels are physical evidence."

Wang Youfu didn't know that Xie Lan had calculated it, and thought he saw it with his own eyes.

Steward Ding was in doubt and wanted to deny it, but Xie Lan said, "My purse was stolen by a thief. We chased him here and saw him enter your Ding Mansion. I suspect that the thief is from your house, so I want to go in and search.

If you continue to stop us, you will be harboring criminals."

"You bullshit!"

Xie Lan was indeed talking nonsense. With this reason, even Commander Dou couldn't stop her.

Butler Ding had never seen anyone lying so blatantly, and he was so angry that he brought his servants and guards to stop him.

They were all knocked down by Tiechui alone.

Xie Lan and his men rushed in directly, but were stopped halfway by a woman in a moon-white dress.

"How dare any of you break into our Ding Mansion? Come on, kick them out."

Judging from her clothes, Xie Lan guessed that this person was Mrs. Ding. His eyes moved around her face and then fell on her belly.

Mrs. Ding noticed her gaze and felt uneasy for no reason. She was about to speak.

Xie Lan had already retracted his gaze, motioning Tiechui to go in and look for Qiuxia first, and then said in a cold voice, "Mrs. Ding is so arrogant that she even dared to scold the commander of the military department. I wonder what crime she should be punished for?"

Mrs. Ding's face changed. She was so anxious that she didn't notice that Lord Dou had come, and no one notified her.

"Miss, please don't slander me. I am so happy that Lord Dou has come to visit me. How could I insult him...ah, it hurts..."

Mrs. Ding was explaining anxiously when her face suddenly changed and she screamed while holding her stomach.

Steward Ding was running over and subconsciously rushed over to hug her, "Madam, are you feeling uncomfortable in your stomach?"

Xie Lan looked back and forth between the two of them, and suddenly said in surprise, "Oh, it turns out that Steward Ding is the head of the Ding family. Forgive me for not recognizing you."

Butler Ding's face changed and he quickly withdrew his hands.

Although he moved quickly, he was still a step too late. Everyone saw that he had just put his arm around Mrs. Ding's waist.

Everyone present stared in surprise. These two people were actually having an affair?
(End of this chapter)