vrcanaries Chapter 145: News from Inquiry [Goddess Chapter 2! ]
Chapter 145: News from Inquiry [Goddess Chapter 2! ]
Su Qingwan and Jiang left Rong'an Hall together. When they came out, they could still see the backs of the first and second wives walking away.
"Qingwan, I didn't expect Liu to pin Su Yingxue's affair on us. Fortunately, you reminded me early on."
Jiang couldn't help but sigh when she thought about what happened to Su Yingxue after being beaten.
Su Qingwan smiled with satisfaction when she heard that her mother no longer called Liu "sister-in-law".
After this incident, my mother will be on guard, and Liu and Xiaokang will hate each other.
"Mom, let's go back!" Su Qingwan supported Jiang and walked towards Helin Courtyard.
As soon as she stepped into the courtyard, Zhenzhu saw a woman in simple clothes standing under the eaves of the corridor. She gave her a look.
Su Qingwan naturally saw it as well. After she sent Jiang back to her room, she asked Zhenzhu to bring the woman to see her.
"Miss, I have found out the family that Miss Seven is engaged to." The woman greeted Su Qingwan and began to speak.
"What's going on?" Su Qingwan asked.
"The man Miss Seven is engaged to is Zhou Jinliang, a clerk in the Guanglu Temple. He is 27 years old and lives in the outer city. His parents are still alive and he has a younger brother named Zhou Yinshan." The woman replied.
Su Qingwan frowned, "Twenty-seven years old? You wouldn't remarry at this age, would you?"
"Miss, you are right. It is indeed a second marriage. Mr. Zhou's wife died of illness a year ago."
"Then why is he engaged to the young lady of the Marquis' Mansion?" Su Qingwan was puzzled.
Even if the seventh sister is a concubine's daughter in a marquis's mansion, it is impossible for her to marry a seventh-rank accountant as a second wife, and we don't even know if he has any children?
"It's like this. Lord Zhou's younger brother, Zhou Yinshan, is very close to our eldest young master. It is said that he was the one who facilitated his elder brother's marriage."
"Does Zhou Jinliang have children?" Su Qingwan asked.
"Yes, he has two sons and one daughter. The oldest is ten years old and the youngest is four. I have seen these three children. They look nothing alike. Later, I spent some money to find out that only the youngest is the child of his wife who died a year ago. The other two children are said to be born to his previous wife."
"Madam in front? How many wives and concubines does he have?"
Su Qingwan was shocked!
Is Liu going to marry her seventh sister to some widowers?
"Five!" The maid stretched out a hand and looked forward.
Everyone who heard this number gasped.
Zhou Jinliang was so unlucky that five of his wives died. Is this the legendary fate of a man who is unlucky with his wife?
"Do you know how they died?" Su Qingwan was very curious and she wanted to know the reason.
"It is said that they all died of illness, but I felt that they could not all have died of illness, so I worked as a maid in their house for a few days. I happened to hear Zhou's mother asking Lord Zhou not to kill anyone again, because the person she was going to marry this time was a noble lady from the Marquis's house."
Upon hearing this, Su Qingwan had a bold guess in her mind.
"This Lord Zhou is probably a tyrannical person."
After hearing this, Su Qingwan couldn't understand why five wives of the Zhou family had died. Most likely they were beaten to death by Zhou Jinliang.
"Yes, yes! Miss guessed it right. When I was eavesdropping at the wall that day, I saw him beating the maid he bought home so badly that I was scared by her screams. If Miss Seventh married him, she would probably be beaten to death like the previous five." said the maid.
Su Qingwan naturally knew that if she really married him, this would be the consequence.
"I understand. You can go back." Su Qingwan said.
Pearl sent the maid out and gave her the reward. The maid took the reward and left with a smile on her face.
"Miss, I'm afraid it's difficult to cancel Miss Seven's wedding." Shanhu felt that this matter was difficult to handle.
Su Qingwan didn't say anything, she was deep in thought.
Liu had no reason to let her seventh sister marry into the Zhou family, and the Zhou family lived in the outer city, which showed that their family was not well-off.
With Liu's love of money, a concubine's daughter who could get married was a grown-up cash cow. It was the harvest season, so there was no reason to cut the tree down!
"Xiao Nian, go check what Su Yuejie and Zhou Yinshan did. The more detailed the better."
Su Qingwan intuitively felt that Su Yuejie might have something secret that was held in Zhou Yinshan's hands, or that Zhou Yinshan was very helpful to Su Yuejie, which was why he forced Liu to agree to the marriage.
Xiaonian hummed, turned and walked out.
Aunt Rong's gossipy heart was burning, and her mind was full of shouting:
Oh my god, what a lot of fun this is!
Five of his wives died in succession, all of them were beaten to death, and now he wants to sleep with the daughter of a marquis. That Zhou is really bold.
"Aunt Rong, please spread the word about this. I'm afraid the people in the capital city have never heard of this story. By the way, make sure to spread the news to the five deceased's families. They should also know how their daughters died."
Su Qingwan said.
The most frightening thing about this kind of thing is that it will be exposed to the public. If the five relatives of the deceased are indifferent, it doesn't matter. She can arrange "new relatives" for the deceased and she will always be able to get things done.
"Hey! Don't worry, Miss. I will definitely take good care of the Zhou family." Aunt Rong responded quickly.
Su Qingwan picked up the candied date tea that Shanhu had made for her and took a sip.
The people she wanted to deal with were not the Zhou family, but Su Yuejie. The Zhou family was just a by-product.
At this time, Su Yuejie had just returned to the Marquis' Mansion after hanging out outside.
What a pity! My luck was not good today and I lost more than one thousand taels. It’s really bad luck.
"Mom, I'm back."
Su Yuejie walked into Liu's room, didn't see anyone, and sat down directly.
"Master, please have some tea!" a maid said in a delicate voice.
Su Yuejie took a few more glances at the man, who looked unfamiliar.
"You just came to serve my mother? Why haven't I seen you before?"
"In reply to the young master, I used to serve in the old lady's courtyard, and today I come to serve the young lady." The little maid lowered her eyes slightly, hiding the anxiety in her eyes.
Today, the Marquis came back, and when I served him tea and snacks, he asked me a few more questions. Then, Madam Xu arranged for me to come to Tinglan Courtyard and asked me to serve the eldest lady.
But everyone in Rong'an Hall knew that the eldest daughter would be sent to the family temple.
I was assigned to serve the eldest lady, so doesn't that mean I have to go to the family temple with her?
But no matter how he pleaded with Aunt Xu, she refused and said that it was the old lady's intention.
She could only come to Tinglan Courtyard with all hopelessness, waiting to suffer in the family temple with the eldest lady.
But she didn't expect that the eldest young master would come. Although he hadn't married yet, if she became his maid, she wouldn't have to go to the family temple anymore.
This was her only hope, and she wanted to hold on to it tightly.