Raising a wife? The mistress of the Hou family divorced and remarried her younger uncle

Chapter 26 Intimidation
However, she had never been to the capital, and she had mostly corresponded with the Huainan assassins. She had no idea how Chen Feng acted with the assassins in the capital, or what their relationship was like. If he really had any letters...

Lu Jing held out his hand, palm up, and a Jinyiwei came over with a blood-stained letter. Lu Jing raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you talking about this letter?"

"Yes! It was written by the master to Chenfeng."

Lu Jing walked behind Su Qingwan with the letter. His tall and straight figure almost covered Su Qingwan from behind, and he slowly displayed the letter in front of Su Qingwan.

There was only one sentence on the letter: On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chen Wei will be ambushed and killed, and anyone who interferes will be killed without mercy.

There was no signature. It was a letter she wrote to Chen Feng two years ago, asking him to kill the Jinyiwei who threw her nephew to death. Twelve years had passed since the incident, and the Jinyiwei who broke into the Huainan Palace and killed people had been scattered to various institutions in the court. After Su Qingwan took over the Huainan Death Squad at the age of sixteen, the Jinyiwei who broke into the Huainan Palace that year continued to die mysteriously. Most of the dead had left the Jinyiwei Yamen, so no one was suspicious.

Two of them were still serving in the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei were hated by both humans and gods, so even if they were killed, they would only think of it as revenge. No one would think that it was her who was taking revenge.

This is her handwriting!

Su Qingwan's teeth chattered slightly. There was a gust of cold wind in the cell. Lu Jing leaned over slightly behind her. The letter was in front of her, but his voice rang in her ears, "Sister-in-law, do you recognize this letter?"

If they were uncle and sister-in-law, Lu Jing should have restrained himself and should not have gotten so close to her, his hot breath making her ears burn. But he was the deputy commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and he could not torture her when he suspected her identity. He cleverly used the power disparity between men and women to create strong pressure on her, hoping to force her to lose her composure. This was a psychological tactic.

If she panics, she loses.

Su Qingwan's thin shirt was soaked with cold sweat, and her back was filled with chills. Lu Jing almost had the blade of the knife against her throat.

"do not know."

Lu Jing stared at her pale face with a heavy gaze, without any sympathy, "Please write it again, sister-in-law."

Su Qingwan, "..."

The atmosphere in the cell was frozen and silent. It was difficult to forge human handwriting. Lu Jing had already pushed Su Qingwan to the edge of the cliff. She glanced at Lu Jing who was so close to her, "Third brother, do you suspect me?"

"I'm clearing you of suspicion." Lu Jing also stared into her dark and calm eyes, "Why? You don't dare to write?"

Su Qingwan stared at him in silence, angry and suspicious.

Lu Jing didn't give her a chance to refuse, "Come here, put pen to paper!"

The pen and ink were quickly prepared, someone quickly ground the paper and spread out the letter paper. Su Qingwan felt like she was walking on the tip of a knife with every step she took, her palms were full of sweat, and under Lu Jing's calm yet heavy gaze, she rewrote the words on the letter paper.

The handwriting on the letter was vigorous and powerful, like a man's handwriting. However, her new handwriting was graceful and gentle, two completely different styles.

Qiuxiang said that the palace was full of smart people, especially Lu Jing who worked in the Jinyiwei. If she wanted to replace Xie Zhaolan, she had to make sure there were no flaws. Therefore, she specially learned Xie Zhaolan's calligraphy and copied it for more than an hour every day.

"Excuse me, Lord Lu, can I leave now?" Su Qingwan's cold voice was filled with sarcasm and provocation, and she looked at Lu Jing coldly.

Lu Jing looked at the two pieces of handwriting that were completely different and thought to himself, could it be that he was just being too suspicious?
He looked at Su Qingwan again. He didn't care about her anger and provocation, nor did he care that she would be hated after being brought to the Jinyiwei dungeon and intimidated. It was his duty to find out any clues.

Lu Jing pulled out the sword of the Jinyiwei beside him. A cold light flashed, and the blade slashed across the throat of the assassin. The man's eyes were wide open, as if he would not close his eyes in death, "Liar..."

The wound on Su Qingwan's chest ached slightly, and the knife seemed to have cut through her old wound, bringing sharp pain and anger. Lu Jing took the silk cloth, wiped the blood off the Xiuchun Knife, threw it to the Jinyiwei, turned around and bowed to the frightened Su Qingwan, politely, "I have offended my sister-in-law, come, send her out."

"Yes!"

Su Qingwan turned stiffly, her legs almost unable to stand, her spirit was extremely tense. From the moment she entered the Jinyiwei dungeon, she was forced by Lu Jing step by step and almost exposed her identity.

She was almost the one who died in the Jinyiwei dungeon... just a little bit!
As soon as she came out of the Jinyiwei prison, the scorching light hurt her eyes. Her tense nerves just relaxed, and her vision went black. Her body fell forward and fell into the arms of Luzhu who was running towards her.

"Girl, what's wrong with you? Girl..." Lu Zhu was surprised to find that her girl's clothes were soaked. She had followed Su Qingwan for so many years and had never seen her in such a miserable state. She was very anxious.

"fine!"

Li An was still watching from a distance, and Su Qingwan said, "The wound hurts."

Lu Zhu helped her get on the carriage, and did not forget to scold Lu Jing for being so heartless and for tormenting her when her injury had not yet healed. Li An touched his nose and felt that the scolding was directed at him.

Li An said, "I'll take you back home."

"No need for that!" Lu Zhu waved the whip, and the carriage left the Jinyiwei Yamen, saying in a very aggressive tone, "We can't afford it!"

Li An, "..."

In the Jinyiwei prison, the Jinyiwei were collecting the body of the assassin. They hastily wrapped it with a straw mat and threw it into the mass grave.

Zhou Jingming had a good relationship with Lu Jing, and couldn't help but say, "She is your sister-in-law. You suspect her of something and you have to bring her to the prison to test her. We don't have any evidence."

The Jinyiwei did capture a Huainan death warrior, but unfortunately he was already dead. These death warriors were very loyal and when they were caught they committed suicide by biting the poison hidden in their teeth.

Lu Jing was suspicious of Su Qingwan, and found a death row inmate to make a deal. As long as he identified Su Qingwan, he would be spared after the deal was done. Lu Jing's investigation of Chen Feng in the past few years was not without results. The letter was left behind when they ran away and burned the letter during a search of Chen Feng's residence. He relied on his understanding of Chen Feng and the Huainan Death Soldiers to deduce a play, assuming that Chen Feng went to see the real master of the Huainan Death Soldiers that night. He made up the story without any flaws, taught the death row inmate how to deceive Su Qingwan, and did not miss any details. The letter was his last big trick.

Su Qingwan withstood his intimidation, coercion and trial, and was temporarily cleared of suspicion.

This death row prisoner... he never thought of sparing his life from the beginning to the end. The death sentence stamped by the Embroidered Uniform Guard could not be changed by anyone except the imperial edict, so it was useless and he was executed early.

Lu Jing said calmly, "Since you have suspicions, you must investigate thoroughly. I am the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei, how can I be partial to someone?"

"Okay, you are impartial and just. Once she tells your brother, you will be in trouble." Zhou Jingming really admired him. In fact, Lu Jing was the only one who suspected Su Qingwan.

No Jinyiwei saw Su Qingwan talking to Chenfeng, but Lu Jing became suspicious and insisted on investigating his sister-in-law. He turned a blind eye and no one in the Jinyiwei said anything. If ordinary people encountered such a situation, they would protect their families and cover up a few things. Who is so cold and ruthless like him?

Lu Jing didn't care, and he didn't think his sister-in-law would complain to her brother. Zhou Jingming said, "By the way, your sister-in-law is not an ordinary person. An ordinary woman would be scared out of her wits if she entered our Jinyiwei prison, but she is calm."

"My sister-in-law is a businessman and is often busy with social events. This little scene won't scare her."

(End of this chapter)