Chapter 69: Dealing with It

Wen Zhaoyin turned her head and looked at him, saying…

Wen Zhaoyin turned her head and looked at him, saying, “Wang Gui bought a mansion in Yuzhou.”

Wang Gui bought a house? What does that have to do with her appearing here today? Meng Huan was a bit confused.

“He was supposed to be guarding his father’s tomb in Laolin, but instead he went to Yuzhou, thousands of miles away, taking silver notes that his father never gave him, bought a house, and even keeps a bunch of servants.”

So, it seems that Wang Gui found guarding the tomb boring, so he took the money and fled far away to enjoy himself?

Meng Huan didn’t know what to say for a moment, “This…”

Wen Zhaoyin raised her hand and pulled his, tugging him to squat down, and then continued to recount the subsequent events.

She sent someone to capture Wang Gui and bring him back, originally thinking it was a simple theft and planning to handle it leniently. But unexpectedly, as soon as Wang Gui was brought before her, he confessed many unknown things.

It turned out that the money was given to him by Xie Yunjin. He didn’t know the source, and the reason Xie Yunjin gave him so much money was to buy him to instigate Zu Jun to come up with the idea of sending wine.

“The Xie family has raised a man like Yun Huan, how could they also raise such a…” Wen Zhaoyin realized that if she continued, what she said might be very unpleasant, so she stopped talking.

Knowing this matter, considering the relationship with the Xie family and Zu Jun’s death, she wanted to quietly resolve it without making a fuss, after all, Zu Jun had always hoped that she could take more care of the Xie family.

Unexpectedly, when she sent someone to clean up the courtyard where Xie Yunjin had lived, they found some poisonous powder in the corner of his bedroom.

“Father didn’t die of a sudden acute illness at all, he was poisoned to death by that bastard!”

Seeing Wen Zhaoyin say this, Meng Huan suddenly became agitated. She, who had never shown a sad expression, actually shed tears this time.

He quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears and analyzed rationally, “The timing doesn’t seem right. If he made a move against Zu Jun at that time, there wouldn’t be any benefit for him. Could there be other hidden secrets in this…”

Saying this was not with the intention of exonerating Xie Yunjin, but rather feeling that it didn’t seem very logical, so he expressed his thoughts.

Wen Zhaoyin also only shed a few tears before returning to her usual expression. She shook her head and said, “The person has already been interrogated on the way, and it’s confirmed without a doubt that it was him.”

Xie Yunjin originally prepared the poison for self-defense, but later had the idea of using it against Meng Huan. Unexpectedly, Meng Huan happened to run out of the mansion and escaped a disaster.

That day, after delivering the wine, he was angry, furious, and very ashamed. The next day, when he went to pay respects to Zu Jun, he accidentally broke the medicine bag he usually hid in his sleeve, and it coincidentally spilled into the water bowl.

By the time he noticed something was wrong, it was already too late. He was afraid the drug dose was not enough and feared that Zu Jun would settle accounts with him after becoming sober, so he added more, an amount that could thoroughly poison someone to death.

“I shouldn’t have agreed with Father to keep that treacherous bastard. Even if I had a falling out with Father at that time, I should have driven him out of the Wen family!”

Never expecting it to be like this, Meng Huan felt that fate was really unpredictable. Zu Jun usually visibly doted on Xie Yunjin, almost treating him like his own son, but unexpectedly, he was killed by the junior he liked the most.

He put away the handkerchief, also understanding why those people had to carry the person in through the back door. Wen Zhaoyin probably wanted to use private punishment to deal with Xie Yunjin.

“By the way, Lingyi, you were in such a hurry to find me here this time, is there something urgent?”

She sat up from the rattan chair. After telling him these things, her suppressed mood was much relieved, and her emotions were not as low as before.

Meng Huan was stunned for a moment, “Well, I saw Xie what’s-his-name being carried in through the back door… and then came to find you.”

His words were a bit vague, deliberately omitting the speculative parts, lest she think he was always thinking about irrelevant things.

Really afraid that she would overthink, he even asked in a diverting manner, “You secretly tied him up and brought him into the house, it wouldn’t be to use private punishment, right?”

Wen Zhaoyin held him and shook her head, “As a supervisor, the most taboo thing is to use private punishment. I only tied him up and brought him here to kowtow and atone for his sins in front of Father. When everything is over, I will directly send him to the yamen.”

“Let’s go, the person should be at the ancestral hall by now, so let’s go take a look.”

Meng Huan swallowed his words about the current relationship with the Xie family, probably not very good either.

The two walked to the ancestral hall, just in time to see that sedan chair stop at the door.

Don’t be fooled by the sedan chair used to carry Xie Yunjin. He was not sitting comfortably in it at all, being tightly tied up and gagged.

After he was carried out of the sedan chair by someone, Meng Huan happened to glance and found that at the back of the sedan chair, sharp blades were erected, probably used to prevent Xie Yunjin from resting at ease.

Watching the two people drag Xie Yunjin into the ancestral hall and press him to kneel down, Wen Zhaoyin explained on the side, “If the sinner can sincerely confess and admit his mistakes in front of the memorial tablet, Father can also pass away more at ease.”

She had been holding Meng Huan’s arm, tidying up her clothes properly before leading him inside.

Without even looking at the kneeling Xie Yunjin in the middle, she picked up the incense on the side table, lit three sticks, respectfully placed them in the incense burner, and then bowed.

Meng Huan also imitated her, waiting for her to finish, took the incense and repeated her series of actions. After bowing, he stood beside her with his sleeves tucked in.

Xie Yunjin might have been too exhausted from being tormented. Although it was unknown whether he was sincerely bowing, at least his actions were very on point.

“Father treated you well, but you…” Wen Zhaoyin couldn’t help but speak, but after thinking about it, she felt there was no need to continue, so she stopped talking.

“Let’s go.” She closed her eyes and opened them again, putting away a series of emotions, and led Meng Huan out, not intending to stay here any longer.

The kowtowing Xie Yunjin suddenly stood up, not knowing how he broke free from the ropes. He actually pulled out the only wooden hairpin from his head and stabbed it towards Meng Huan’s back.

Before he could even touch Meng Huan’s hair, he was already stopped by the guards watching him on both sides. They dismantled the hand that was gripping the hairpin and held him in place, waiting for further handling.

Meng Huan turned his head in a daze, feeling a bit of lingering fear now. If these guards hadn’t reacted so quickly, his life might have been in danger.

He was a bit puzzled. From beginning to end, he had no grudges or grievances with this Xie person. He was captured and brought here because he poisoned Zu Jun and reaped what he sowed. Why did Xie Yunjin want to hurt him?

Seeing him in a daze, Wen Zhaoyin’s reaction was much greater than hers. She tightly protected him behind her and had someone drag Xie Yunjin farther away to prevent him from suddenly hurting someone again.

“Lingyi is fine, I’m here.”

Meng Huan shook his head and was about to speak, but felt a pain in his abdomen. He immediately covered his stomach, his face turning pale as he squatted on the ground.

“What’s wrong, what’s wrong with you?”

“Young lord! Young lord, what’s wrong with you!”

Wen Xi ran over to help him up, but he was in so much pain that he couldn’t stand at all.

“I, I don’t know either, I just feel my stomach hurts so much! What should I do, it really hurts…”

Pei Lan on the side boldly guessed, “Could it be that the young lord was frightened by this sinner and it affected the fetus?”

Wen Zhaoyin had already wrapped his legs and picked him up in one motion, walking towards the Bamboo Courtyard, and solemnly ordered, “Break his hands and let him continue kowtowing to Zu Jun.”

Meng Huan was carried back to his own room. The physician was already waiting there. Upon examination, it was indeed discovered that the fetus was affected. They hurriedly started needling and brewing medicine. Along with several servants, they busied for half a day before stabilizing his condition.

After going through all this, he was already exhausted. Although his stomach didn’t hurt much anymore, he was weakened.

“I didn’t feel like I was scared… just a bit of lingering fear, that’s all.”

The physician shook her head and said, “Sometimes you don’t feel it yourself, but you were indeed frightened. Now your fetus is unstable. This old woman suggests that you recuperate carefully for a while to avoid being frightened again.”

Rubbing his belly, Meng Huan really couldn’t understand why that Xie person wanted to attack him. Is the jealousy of men in a female-dominant society so terrifying?

Seeing him lost in thought, Wen Zhaoyin helped him tuck in the blanket and quilt corners, gently saying, “Lingyi, don’t be afraid, I will always be by your side.”

“Now get some good sleep. When you wake up and have energy, tell me how you want to deal with that person.”

Xie Yunjin killed her father, attempted to stab her husband, and indirectly harmed her child, truly not sparing three generations. If she could still tolerate this, she wouldn’t be human.