Daughter Reborn as the Head of the Family

Zhang Dingzhi was suspicious and followed his cousin towards the alley.

Only the sparse moonlight scattered down, and the narrow alley revealed its true appearance.

The bluestone inside is uneven, and deep or shallow mud puddles can be seen everywhere. The water surface is facing the half-moonlight, and the narrow alley can only accommodate two people walking side by side.

The road in front of the door was covered with many trivial things, occupying half of the space.

Grandma was in front holding a lamp to guide the way, and Song Jinyue was following behind.

I saw five doors in the alley, which meant that there were five families living there.

Every door was closed tightly, and Song Jinyue didn't see clearly which house the man just entered.

"cousin?"

Seeing his cousin stop suddenly, Zhang Dingzhi called out.

Song Jinyue raised her eyes and looked at the guards behind her, beckoned someone to come closer, and then explained to Cousin Tongzhi: "I don't know where they live. Ask someone to find out."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the guard and ordered: "Take a look, sneak in and check out which house the two girls live in."

"yes."

After receiving her order, the guards of the Zhang Mansion jumped up to the rafters and went to investigate.

Song Jinyue then explained to Cousin Zhi: "The acquaintances I saw just now are the two maids who used to serve me in my courtyard. A few days ago, they stole my jewelry and disappeared."

Zhang Dingzhi knew this.

"Are they really those two cheap maids who took advantage of the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard?"

Although her vision was weak, Song Jinyue could still recognize the two of them even if they turned into ashes.

Seeing her nodding, Zhang Dingzhi couldn't help but feel angry on his face. What a coincidence today, he found these two cheap maids like this.

How could these two humble maids get their hands on the jewelry of her noble cousin?

And what a lady in the boudoir is most afraid of is leaving her jewelry out. If someone else takes it and gossips about it, it will really harm the lady in vain.

Therefore, the Zhang Mansion also secretly searched the hiding place of the two maids, and also sent greetings to pawnshops and jewelry shops across the capital. If they saw the jewelry in the painting, they would immediately send someone to deliver a message to the Zhang Mansion.

During these days, no one found out where he was going, and nothing was seen.

Mrs. Xie also mentioned to her mother-in-law today that she wanted to ask someone to go out of the capital to search for it.

The guard who went to explore the road earlier reported that he had found their residence.

"Princess, there are two girls living in the house at the end of the alley. No one else was seen in the house."

Song Jinyue nodded and signaled the guard to leave first, and then took Cousin Zhi and her mother-in-law and maid towards the courtyard at the end of the alley.

At this moment, the door was closed tightly. Auntie stepped forward and pushed the door. After confirming that the key was unlocked from the inside, Zhang Dingzhi called the guards to jump into the door and opened the door from the inside.

Immediately, the sound of close footsteps could be heard at the door, and the two people who were talking inside the room immediately tensed up and looked out of the window.

Before he could react, the door had been kicked open.

When the two of them saw Song Jinyue standing in the house surrounded by his mother-in-law and maidservants, they were frightened and hurriedly stumbled off the couch.

The two of them knelt on the ground, their bodies shaking like sieves, hesitating and calling out, "Second Miss, this servant deserves to die."

There was a tremor in his voice.

Song Jinyue frowned and looked at the two people kneeling on the ground, full of displeasure.

Qiu Yun took a step forward, raised her hand and hit the two of them randomly.

He said angrily: "You two cheap maids have really taken advantage of you. How could my lady ever treat you two harshly?"

"You ungrateful bastard! Even dipping a pig cage can't offset the harm you have done to my lady!"

Qiu Yun blushed angrily and glared at the two of them fiercely. They did not dare to fight back and allowed her to hit them.

"Qiu Yun, please step back first."

Song Jinyue saw that Qiu Yun was out of breath from exhaustion, and then she softly called her behind her.

She looked down at the two of them and said in a cold voice, "Where are the things?"

Chunchan shivered and raised her head slightly, raised her hand to point to the couch, and replied tremblingly: "Yes, on the couch..."

Several maids hurriedly rummaged around on the couch, but within a moment they found a black lacquer box from under the soft pillow on the couch.

He held the box and brought it to the two masters.

Zhang Dingzhi stepped forward and opened the box, only to see Zhu Chai inside. He turned to look at his cousin and asked: "Cousin, come and take a look, is there anything missing?"

Song Jinyue stepped forward, rummaged through the box twice, then nodded and said, "They're all here."

Zhang Dingzhi felt relieved and ordered her nanny to take the black box. Then she pointed at the two maids kneeling on the ground and asked her cousin what she meant, "Cousin, how do you want to punish these two maids?"

"Send it to the government."

Zhang Dingzhi shook his head slightly, not satisfied with his cousin's decision, "These two cheap maids who deceived their master must be punished."

Chun Chan and Yun Xing were shocked. They kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Second Miss, please spare me... I have no choice."

Zhang Dingzhi was afraid that his cousin would be soft-hearted, so he pulled his cousin and walked out of the room.

Chunchan hurriedly shouted: "Second Miss, this is Madam..."

Song Jinyue was already pulled to the door of the room by Cousin Zhi. When they heard Chunchan's words, they were both stunned at the same time.

"Tell me, what's going on!"

Only then did Song Jinyue speak up.

Chunchan trembled, but looked at Zhang Dingzhi.

"If you don't tell me, I'll throw you into a mass grave outside the city and bury you alive! I'm not as easy to talk to as my cousin!"

Zhang Dingzhi was quite displeased and threatened the two of them with words.

Chunchan didn't dare to have other thoughts, so she hesitated and said: "It was the madam who was worried that the servants would do something bad, so she instigated the two of me to steal the lady's jewelry and run away..."

"Why is Mrs. Shen worried that you two will do something bad?"

"Because of us, we brought poison from outside for Madam..."

Song Jinyue was shocked and signaled Chunchan to continue.

"My servant doesn't know the use of the poison, nor the name of the poison. However, the Duke fell off his horse the next day..."

Ever since Song Guogong fell off his horse, Chunchan and Yunxing instinctively remembered the poison they had brought into the mansion for Shen.

The two of them were on tenterhooks all day long and couldn't sleep well.

Later, Aunt Zhao came to send a message and revealed, intentionally or unintentionally, that the madam wanted them to steal the second lady's jewelry and leave the house.

Aunt Zhao walked forward, and the two of them moved together, fearing that if she didn't follow Shen's wishes, her life would be lost.

Originally, the two of them were just speculating and not sure.

But after Aunt Zhao came to deliver the message, their suspicions were confirmed.

Mrs. Shen left the house on some other charge, so that everyone's attention would only be on the two of them stealing the master's jewelry, and they would not be suspicious of anyone else.

They had no choice. They thought that by following the Shen family, they would be rewarded and promoted in the future, but who knew that they would end up with a worrying end to their lives?

The two hid here for many days, originally planning to wait for the storm to pass before escaping the capital.

But who would have expected that today was like every other day, when I went out shopping after dark, I was actually caught by the second lady.