Wishful Things

Her demeanor and tone were firm: "My lord, it is this person who ordered people to kidnap, imprison, torture and humiliate the women! The women were imprisoned in that secret room for two full months. Even if the person in front of me turns into ashes, I will definitely not admit my mistake!"

Xia Han chuckled inwardly.

He, Miss Xu, is really good at inciting public opinion with words, knowing what kind of words to say can cause the greatest sensation.

very smart.

But it's really disobedient, and he still barks at his master like this.

He calmly looked at the other's scarred cheek.

At first when he heard about this, in order to reduce the impact in time, he sent someone to attack her...

I didn't expect to miss it.

But now that I think about it, that's fine.

It's a pity to die so early...

"Does Xia Hanlin have anything to say?" Ji Dong asked.

Xia Han looked at Xu Ying whose eyes were full of resentment, frowned slightly, and said: "It's really strange, Xia has never seen this girl before, I don't know if the girl lost her mind under torture, As for admitting to the wrong person—or is the girl being instigated by someone to deliberately falsely accuse Xia?"

Xu Ying sneered.

"In order to get rid of the crime, Mr. Xia separated himself from me, and he didn't hesitate to tell such ridiculous lies... I remember that when I was working in Shangyu Pavilion, I also saw Mr. Xia accompanied Mrs. Xia to Shangyu. Yuge made custom jewelry, once, Mr. Xia praised me for my exquisite craftsmanship-why haven't I seen it before?"

There were murmurs of discussion among the crowd watching outside the hall.

"Shangyu Pavilion? No wonder I saw this girl familiar to me just now... It turned out to be Master Xu Ying from Shangyu Pavilion!"

"Master Xu Ying? Is that the famous jade carver?"

"It's actually her..."

"So, isn't Second Young Master Xia lying..."

Xia Han didn't show any signs of panic.

Only looked at Xu Ying in surprise, and then said: "So it's Miss Xu... just a one-sided relationship, not to mention that Miss Xu has an injury on her face at this time, and Xia really couldn't recognize it."

Xu Ying grasped her fingers slightly.

The other party deliberately pretended not to know her just now, and it was not a flaw in desperation.

Instead, wait here for her——

It's true, but it's just a "fate", and she looks like this now, if the other party recognizes her at a glance, it is really suspicious.

Until now, he was still able to deal with it so meticulously...

Is this really him calm enough?

No……

He is actually very easily angered.

She is so calm at the moment, but because she has nothing to fear!

He was sure that it was impossible for her to touch him, and he was sure that this crime would not be convicted!

I'm afraid it's not just the confidence brought to him by his identity——

Rather, maybe there is already a countermeasure...!

Xu Ying embedded the broken and uneven nails into her palms to calm herself down.

The more this is the case, the more she needs to face it calmly. Otherwise, in the eyes of everyone, she will really become the crazy woman he said just now that she was "tortured and lost her mind"... A crazy woman's words , without any credibility.

It can be seen from this that everything he says and does is setting a trap!

Just when Xu Ying was about to speak again, a yamen servant came in and whispered to Ji Dong: "My lord, the servant brought back from the other courtyard is now awake."

Ji Dong nodded slightly.

"Bring people up."

The man who was holding a poison dart outside the other courtyard and was about to kill himself had killed himself by biting poison on the way back to the Yamen.

The servant was trying to escape from the Bingmasi's men, but during the fight between the two sides, he suffered a head injury and passed out.

As an insider, his confession is undoubtedly very important.

The servant was quickly escorted in by two yamen servants, his face turned pale and he knelt down on the ground.

"I want to ask you, who ordered you to imprison Miss Xu in a secret room in another courtyard—and who is the person who attacked Miss Xu?"

"Small... the villain doesn't know anything, my lord!" The servant knocked his head on the ground, shaking it like chaff.

Ji Dong glanced at him.

Obviously this is not ignorance, but underplay.

"Conceal the facts of the case, cover up the criminal, come here, drag this person down and beat him twenty-"

"yes!"

Two yamen servants stepped forward, one on the left and one on the right, and dragged the man up.

The servant turned pale with shock, struggled to crawl forward, and said repeatedly: "My lord, spare my life, my lord, spare my life!...The villain is willing to recruit!"

"If there is even the slightest inaccuracy in what you said, I will definitely not forgive you lightly." Ji Dong's face was serious.

"Yes...the villain dare not..."

The servant, covered in cold sweat, trembled his lips, and opened his mouth in a trembling voice——

...

At the same moment, Qingyunfang.

In the front yard of Zhan's house, in the study with the door closed, Zhan Qian read the letter in his hand, his hands trembled uncontrollably.

Since today he heard that something happened in the other courtyard in the west city, he has been restless.

Still at the worst step...

After a moment of blankness in Zhan Qian's mind, he took a deep breath, folded the letter again neatly, and put it back in the envelope.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the study.

"Master, the son is here."

The servant knocked on the door twice and said loudly.

Zhan Qian restrained the ups and downs of his voice: "Come in."

The door was pushed open, Zhan Yunzhu walked in, and raised his hand to close the door.

"Father, what is the Xia family's response now?"

Since morning today, he has been studying in the study room, not knowing what happened outside, and he didn't hear anything about it until lunch break!

Why didn't my father let people tell him about such a big thing!

Zhan Qian looked at his son fixedly, without speaking.

Zhan Yunzhu walked two steps closer to him, saw the envelope in his hand, and felt uneasy: "...Xia family wants to push father to take the blame?!"

Zhan Qian's eyes darkened a little bit: "This matter has caused a lot of trouble in the city. If you want to calm down, you must give a fair explanation."

"Then they... want father to bear all these crimes?!"

Zhan Yunzhu lost his former composure, and his eyes were full of unwillingness and unacceptability: "...such a big matter, how can father be manipulated by them!"

"Is there any choice for being a father!"

Zhan Qian, who had been restraining his emotions all this time, suddenly raised his voice, his eyes were red and he said: "This matter was originally in the hands of our family, even if I refused to agree, it would be easy for them to place the blame on me! Instead of struggling meaninglessly, it's better to have a good time and be interesting, so as to leave a way out for you and your mother!"

Hearing these facts before his eyes, Zhan Yunzhu felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

He calmed down almost instantly.

But this calmness also made him fall into despair.

"No one else can blame this matter, the Xia family is unfeeling, that's the norm." Zhan Qian closed his eyes, and said, "It's only our Zhan family's bad luck..."

Zhan Yunzhu stood there stiffly.

Really bad luck?

A bright young girl's face slowly appeared in his mind.

Good evening, everybody.