Divorced by her husband's family and rejected by her own! She defiantly turned her life around

Jiang Ping summoned the warehouse guards and patrol team members to inquire whether anything strange had happened recently, especially last night.

Everyone shook their heads, saying they hadn't found anything unusual. He himself hadn't noticed anything suspicious either. Seeing that he couldn't get any suspicious clues, he turned to Wu Lin, "Mr. Wu, let's go!"

The two mounted their horses and headed straight for the city.

The prefect was handling official business in the prefectural office when Wu Lin and Jiang Ping rushed in. Cai Mingqi's heart skipped a beat. Jiang Ping knelt down as soon as he entered and said, "Jiang Ping greets Your Excellency."

Cai Mingqi immediately dismissed the others, then looked at Jiang Ping with a grim face. Jiang Ping was terrified, his face turning deathly pale. "Sir, I am incompetent! The goods in the warehouse have vanished! Please punish me!"

From the moment Jiang Ping entered, he had a premonition, but when he heard the truth coming from Jiang Ping's mouth, he felt dizzy, spat out a mouthful of blood, and his vision went black. He collapsed to the ground and fainted.

This terrified Wu Lin and Jiang Ping. Wu Lin immediately sent someone to get a carriage and escorted Prefect Cai back to his residence, where he summoned a doctor to examine him. After examining him, the doctor said, "Sir, this is stagnation, a knot in your heart. Take good care of yourself, calm your mind, and you will gradually get better."

The doctor inserted silver needles into several acupuncture points, and Prefect Cai coughed up another mouthful of blood. His wife sat by the bed, wiping away tears, "My lord, what's wrong with you? Don't frighten me!"

"Madam, please don't be sad. As long as you take good care of yourself and avoid extreme emotional fluctuations, you will recover in seven days and there will be no serious problem." The doctor wrote a prescription and told them to send someone to get the medicine.

Cai Mingqi lay on the bed with his eyes closed, not uttering a sound. After a long while, he opened his eyes and said, "Madam, please go out first. I have something to say to them."

"Sir, please don't be angry. Your health is the most important thing."

After everyone left, Cai Mingqi forced himself to sit up. "What do you think we should do now? Without that shipment, how are we going to explain to the Crown Prince, and how are we going to get to the capital?"

"Sir, the disappearance of those items is suspicious; we must retrieve them."

"Do you think you can just find it and get it back? The things lost in Lingshui County still haven't been found. This is definitely not something that can be done by human effort. Be vigilant tonight, and keep a close eye on the women in the warehouse."

"There's no time to lose, let's move up our departure date. We'll leave tonight, everyone hurry back and prepare."

"But sir, your health..."

"We can't worry about that now, let's get ready!"

The Second Prince is coming soon, and there is such a dangerous person in the prefecture. He is afraid that if he stays any longer, he will lose his life here and never reach the capital.

After everyone left, Cai Mingqi immediately called out, "Someone come here!"

"Master, please give me your orders."

"Go and fetch the madam and the steward."

A moment later, the lady and the butler arrived. "Sir, how are you feeling?"

"Steward, quietly take care of things in the manor and send someone to fetch the head guard to see me." The steward accepted the task and immediately went out.

"Madam, we can't stay in the city any longer. Wen Song should have found that mysterious person. If the Second Prince comes, we'll die. If the mysterious person is in the city, we won't have any peace either. We'll just have to die. We need to leave here as soon as possible and go to the capital to find the First Prince. This is our only way out."

Pack your things, we're leaving tonight.

"I'm afraid the bumpy ride will take a toll on the master's health."

"It's alright, saving your life is the most important thing."

Chang Ning, the head guard of the manor, returned quickly. "My lord, what are your urgent orders for summoning me back?"

"Changning, the things in the warehouse in the north of the city have disappeared without a trace, just like the things in the house. Before you came, a batch of things were also lost in Lingshui County, and just like now, there is no clue at all. It is still an unsolved case. This matter is very strange and has a strange quality. It seems to be beyond human power."

You and Jiang Ping were both sent by His Highness. The things are lost and will definitely not be found. Now there are mysterious people in the city and the Second Prince will be arriving soon. If we don't leave, we will all lose our lives here. I hope that when you and Guard Jiang arrive in the capital and see His Highness, you can tell him the truth and put in a good word for me.

I've made my decision. We'll leave this place immediately tonight. The Second Prince will travel by land, while we'll take the waterway.

"Alright, I'll make the arrangements right away."

"How should you, sir, arrange things in the prefectural city?"

"Since you're leaving anyway, take all the treasury silver with you. Don't leave a single coin for the Second Prince. After dark, take your men and ransack the residences of officials at all levels. They've been following me all these years, and each of them has amassed at least tens of thousands of taels of silver. Especially in the residence of Prefect Yan, there's more than that."

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements right away."

Cai Mingqi got out of bed, took a dagger in his hand, and walked towards the courtyard where his son Cai Wensong lived.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard cursing and swearing. "You dog servants, why don't you grab this little bitch and bring her here? How dare you treat me like this? Don't think that just because I can't move, I have plenty of ways to deal with you."

Cries and pleas for mercy came from inside the room: "Second Young Master, please, spare this servant!"

"If you want me to spare you, hurry up and take your clothes off!"

Cai Mingqi pushed the door open and saw the mess inside. Cai Wensong asked in an unfriendly tone, "What are you doing here?"

Cai Mingqi ignored him. "All of you, get out!"

After everyone left, Cai Mingqi sat down on the edge of the bed and stroked his son's head. "Wen Song, it's all my fault for not teaching you well. I'll teach you properly in the next life."

"Father, what do you mean by that?"

"That's what I mean. You'll be bedridden your whole life, a useless person who can't even reproduce. Living is just suffering for you, so you might as well just die a quick death."

Cai Wensong looked terrified. "Father, what do you want to do? Do you want to kill me?"

"You went to Lingshui County and brought people you shouldn't have messed with to the prefectural city, causing chaos. Last night, the prefectural city was burglarized, and the warehouse in the north of the city was also burglarized. We can't stay here any longer. We plan to leave the prefectural city tonight and head to the capital."

The journey has been arduous, so I won't let you suffer along with me. I'll see you off on your journey, so go in peace and hope you'll be reborn as a good person in your next life.

If there is an afterlife, and we can be father and son again, I will definitely teach you well.

Cai Mingqi pulled out a gleaming dagger, and Cai Wensong's face turned pale instantly. "Father, Father, you can't do this to me! I'm your own son! Does Mother know what you're doing?"

"After you've left, I'll tell your mother that if she blames me, it's only temporary; she'll gradually understand."

"No, no, Father, you can't kill me. I'll listen to you from now on."

"It's too late, it's all too late. I brought you into this world, so let me send you off myself."

"Cai Mingqi, you cold-blooded beast! Even tigers don't eat their cubs! If you kill me, you'll be punished, you'll die a horrible death."

Cai Mingqi closed his eyes and stabbed him in the chest. He pulled out the knife and stabbed him again, this time hitting the mark, so he would suffer less.

Cai Wensong stared wide-eyed, blood flowing from his mouth, and soon he was dead.

Cai Mingqi closed his eyes with his hands, his eyes slightly red, and then turned and left the house.

"Madam, Song'er is gone."

"Where did Song'er go? His injuries haven't healed yet."

"I've sent him to meet his ancestors; please accept my condolences!"

"What? You killed Song'er?"