Ci Jinzhi

  Chapter 22 Witnessed

  Time is limited, and Xinyou is not going to give it away.

  The string of flowers swayed with the wind, she said softly, "I remember how I fell off the cliff."

  Duan Yunling was stunned for a moment, panic appeared on his face, he turned and ran away subconsciously.

   One hand grasped her wrist, slender but powerful.

   "Ling cousin, don't make any noise, look who is coming."

  Following Xin You's line of sight, Duan Yunling saw a familiar figure walking towards the pool.

   "Elder Sister!" She blurted out, looking at Xin You in surprise, "Did you know that Eldest Sister would come here?"

   "That's not true. I think there is no one in the garden in the afternoon. It is safer to make an appointment here."

  Xin You's calm answer made Duan Yunling put down his doubts.

   It was a coincidence that they came first and the elder sister arrived later.

  But in this way, she can't turn around and leave, otherwise, if she is called by cousin Qing, the eldest sister will find that she is with her cousin.

  She dare not!

  She was afraid of arousing the suspicion of her elder sister, and... the suspicion of her mother.

  Duan Yunling's face turned pale, and he looked at Xin You with some complaints and some intolerance.

   There were many moments when she wanted to tell Cousin Qing the truth and make Cousin Qing be more careful, but she was afraid that Cousin Qing would lose her composure and expose her.

  She admits that she is timid and selfish.

   "Cousin Ling also knows, it was Cousin Wan who pushed me down."

  Duan Yunling took a step back and looked at that calm face. Perhaps the weight that had been pressing on her heart for many days broke out for a moment. When she realized it, she had already said: "So what if I know? Help you testify in front of grandma?"

   Those black eyes that were as clear as water made her heart feel like needles, but she could only shake her head: "I'm sorry, I can't."

   "Are you afraid of the eldest lady?" Xin You asked softly.

  Duan Yunling trembled, his pupils shrank suddenly: "You know?"

  Because she was too shocked, her voice rose unconsciously.

  Xin You stretched out her finger to her lips, motioning for her to lower her voice.

  Duan Yunling panickedly glanced at the figure by the pool, then slammed into the dark eyes of the girl in front of her, and suddenly realized the purpose of the other party asking her out: "You want me to expose mother?"

  Xin You nodded.

   "No!" Duan Yunling shook his head violently, "Absolutely not!"

   "Why not?"

  Xin You asked it as a matter of course, which made Duan Yunling inexplicably think that it would be ridiculous for her to refuse so fiercely.

   But, of course not. She is a little concubine, luck and misfortune are in the hands of her aunt, how dare she.

   Thinking about how her eldest sister was forced to become a murderer by her aunt, she felt suffocated.

  Duan Yunling looked at Xin You speechlessly, with tears in his eyes.

  Let her go, why are you making things difficult for her, she just wants to grow up well and get married smoothly.

  As if aware of what Duan Yunling was thinking, Xin You took her hand.

   "Ling cousin, this time you were lucky enough to stay out of the incident, what about next time?"

  Duan Yunling shook his hand.

Xin You let go of her hand, and her voice was soft but with demagogy power: "Cousin Ling is a smart person, she should understand that it is better to let the poisonous snake do no more harm than to hope that the snake can do no harm. This is the real truth. way of self-preservation."

   "But even if I say it, will others believe it?" Duan Yunling murmured, her wavering heart quickly became firm, "No."

  She is just a concubine who speaks lightly, but her mother is the head of the house. Don't say that her grandmother and father can't believe it, even if she believes it in her heart, she won't believe it on her face.

   If you really want to admit that your mother murdered your cousin, what will happen to the reputation of the Shaoqing Mansion? What about the future of the eldest brother?

  Duan Yunling thought about this for a moment, and felt the pain of being unable to breathe under the pressure of the mountain, and then looked at the girl with expectant eyes, and sympathy surged out.

  She held Xin You's hand and said earnestly, "Cousin Qing, just pretend you haven't remembered it, forget it."

  Xin You didn't reply to her words, but stared straight at the direction of the pool.

  Duan Yunling looked over, as if a basin of ice water had been poured on her head, freezing her.

  The scorching sun was like fire, and under the bright sun, a woman stretched out her hands and pushed Duan Yunwan into the pool without hesitation.

  From here, you can see the person in the pool struggling hard, but those hands pressed her head firmly into the water, again and again.

  Duan Yunling was so frightened that she couldn't move, only her teeth were chattering.

   "Stop!" Xin You rushed over.

  Following her shout, Xiao Lian and Ning Cui also saw the scene of the mother-in-law's murder, and ran over one after another.

   "Come here, murder!" The little maid's scream went straight into the sky.

  The mother-in-law was stunned for a moment because she was discovered, and then ran away.

  Xin You threw out the brick hidden in her sleeve while running.

  The flying brick hit the old woman's right leg, and the old woman staggered and fell to the ground.

  Xin You didn't stop on her feet, and went straight to the pool. Xiao Lian and Ning Cui ran to the mother-in-law.

   Without those murderous hands, Duan Yunwan struggled to get her head out of the water.

"help me-"

   Then she saw Xin You stretching out her hand.

  The survival instinct made her think nothing of it, and she grabbed that hand tightly.

   That's a life-saving hand.

  Duan Yunwan was pulled up, fell to the ground and took a deep breath.

  Xiao Lian and Ning Cui also held the woman down.

   "Mother Zhao!" Ning Cui recognized it at a glance.

  Although Mother Zhao is just a poor woman, she is in the courtyard of the eldest wife. Ning Cui goes with Duan Yunling to pay her respects to the eldest wife every day, so she naturally knows her.

   At this time, many servants heard the movement and rushed over. They looked at the wet girl and Mrs. Zhao who was being held down. They couldn't figure out what was going on for a while.

   "Go to Ruyi Hall." Xin You said in a deep voice.

  Xiao Lian didn't hesitate at Xin You's order, Ning Cui didn't turn her head when encountering such a big matter, she subconsciously followed what Xiao Lian did.

   "Let go of me, let me go!" Granny Zhao struggled.

  She is used to rough work, she is strong, and she has a lot of energy. She is about to break free, so Xiaolian picked up the brick in a hurry and gave it to Mrs. Zhao.

   Mrs. Zhao screamed, be honest.

  Xiao Lian finally realized what she had done, threw the brick, and hurriedly glanced at Xin You.

  Xin You kicked Brick to one side of the flowers, nodded and said, "Good job."

  From the beginning to the end, she didn't pay attention to Duan Yunling.

  Duan Yunling moved out from behind the flower stand step by step, stared at the deserted garden for a moment, then staggered to catch up.

   A group of people rushed to Ruyi Hall in a mighty way, waking up the old lady who was sleeping soundly in the afternoon.

   "What's going on here?" Looking at Duan Yunwan who was drenched all over, the old lady asked sharply.

  Duan Yunwan's eyes were blank, as if she had lost her soul.

  The old lady frowned, and glanced at Mrs. Zhao who had a big bump on her forehead.

  Xin You said, "Grandmother, I saw this woman push Cousin Wan into the pool in the garden."

   "What?" The old lady was shocked.

  The word "pool" seemed to have stimulated Duan Yunwan. She trembled as if she had just woken up from a dream, and cried and threw herself on the old lady's lap: "Grandmother, please save my granddaughter!"

  (end of this chapter)