novelhk Chapter 108 Guilt
Chapter 108 Guilt
"Wenwen! Since you have a way to meet Qi Shuo and ask him to sign the divorce agreement, you are quite capable. Second Uncle really underestimated you."
Master Cheng Er did not expect that his niece could order Qi Shuo's people around and make him willingly let her escape.
Faced with Uncle Cheng's praise, Cheng Wenwen did not forget her real purpose. She did not come here to show off to her uncle.
"Uncle, it's just that Qi Shuo's people haven't been able to see Qi Shuo for a while. I would like to ask you to help me find some connections so that Qi Shuo can have a better life in prison. It will also let him know my intentions, and then she will really sign the divorce agreement."
Cheng Wenwen looked at Uncle Cheng and told him her ultimate goal.
Master Cheng frowned slightly and said in embarrassment: "Wenwen, it's not that I won't help you, but I'm idle at home now. Whether I can resume my job is another matter. How can I bribe the jailer?"
If he could really bribe the jailer, it would be better to ask him to hand in the divorce documents and ask Qi Shuo to sign them.
Cheng Wenwen nodded and said, "Second uncle, you are right. Qi Shuo is a prisoner now, and it is indeed difficult to approach him. Just ask the jailer to treat him well and not let him starve or freeze. Second uncle, is it possible? I can give you money to do it."
Cheng Wenwen took out a hundred taels of silver, placed it on the table, and said pitifully to Master Cheng Er: "Second Uncle, this was originally the pocket money Qi Shuo gave me. Now I can only help him out like this."
Master Cheng Er looked at the one hundred taels of silver and began to make some calculations in his mind.
It's not like he didn't know a few jailers. There must be someone willing to take care of the prisoners in jail for money, right? This is not a difficult thing to do. Uncle Cheng started to think about it.
"If Second Uncle can't help, then forget it. I'll find someone else."
"It's not impossible. I can just be thick-skinned and go find some people."
One hundred taels is enough to bribe ten jailers. Master Cheng Er is not planning to bribe so many people. He only needs to bribe one, and the rest will go into his own pocket.
Before, he was upset because he lost his job and didn't want to spend any money or energy. But now he can get two dollars by just making some effort, so why not do it?
Besides, Cheng Wenwen didn’t know whether he would help or not, so it was no problem for her to put all the money into her own pocket.
Cheng Wenwen sneered in her heart. Her second uncle was really something. He only cared about profit.
Cheng Wenwen handed the money to Master Cheng Er, who took it with some joy, but the other party who held the money did not let go, and the two of them remained in a stalemate for a while.
Master Cheng Er looked at Cheng Wenwen in confusion. Did she regret it? Was she unwilling to use her own money to help Qi Shuo?
Come to think of it, it would be difficult for a woman to get divorced and have no money on her.
Master Cheng Er thought about it and felt that his niece was quite well-behaved. If she really got the divorce certificate, he could ask her to continue to come back to the Cheng family in the future, give her food to eat, and then look for a good family for her in the future.
Cheng Wenwen held the money tightly and reminded Master Cheng Er:
"Second Uncle, you must make sure that he knows how much our Cheng family has helped him even in prison. Only then will he remember our friendship and willingly sign the divorce agreement with me. Otherwise, if he wants to take us down with him when he's about to die, we'll be finished!"
"Oh, Wenwen, you worry too much. He's already a prisoner now. What can he do?"
Master Cheng had just thought about what kind of great abilities Qi Shuo had, but he realized that he was just that capable, and now he has ended up like this.
"Uncle, this matter is of great importance. Qi Shuo may have to meet with the emperor. He can't save himself, and there's no guarantee that he will say something detrimental to our Cheng family. That would be the end of us."
When Master Cheng Er heard this last sentence, he suddenly came to his senses.
Yes!
If we don’t let Qi Shuo know how good our Cheng family is to him, what if he really doesn’t want to be separated from his family and wants to drag the Cheng family into trouble when he is about to die?
At that time, if Qi Shuo talks about himself in front of Your Majesty and says that he got his official position by flattering others, then he will be finished.
No way, no way.
Master Cheng Er inexplicably felt that the money in his hand was hot.
Seeing that her second uncle was fooled, Cheng Wenwen continued to encourage him, "Second uncle, whether our Cheng family can be cleaned up depends on you. You must make Qi Shuo feel our kindness and make him reluctant to drag us down, understand?"
Seeing Cheng Wenwen looking at him with such trust, Master Cheng Er suddenly felt ashamed of his previous thoughts. Now that the Cheng family was in a critical moment, he was only thinking about this little money.
If the Cheng family can get through this period, will they still be short of this mere hundred taels?
Master Cheng Er understood, nodded and said to Cheng Wenwen: "Wenwen, don't worry! I, your uncle, will definitely handle this matter well."
Cheng Wenwen hummed and said, "Second Uncle, I believe you."
Uncle Cheng encouraged himself and said that he must make Qi Shuo feel the warmth of the Cheng family in the cell.
"Then Wenwen won't bother Second Uncle anymore, and Wenwen will leave."
"go Go."
Master Cheng waved his hand and Cheng Wenwen left.
Master Cheng Er thought about it and felt that this matter was urgent and must be done quickly.
Master Cheng Er immediately got up and planned to go to the Dali Temple to find a few jailers with whom he had drunk before.
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Before Cheng Wenwen left the Cheng Mansion, she was stopped by a voice behind her.
"Miss Fourth Miss, you came back today, why didn't you go to see the old lady? The old lady has been very worried these days." It was Mother Ying who was beside the old lady.
These days, the news of the generals of Shanzhou being escorted to the capital has been widely circulated. Old Madam Cheng naturally also knew about it, and was inevitably a little anxious.
Ying's mother pulled Cheng Wenwen and said, "Come with me to see the old lady. She fell ill yesterday after learning that you severed your relationship with the family. She woke up this morning with a fever and fell asleep in a daze! She was still worried about you even when she was asleep. I realized that I couldn't leave and didn't have time to look for you."
Ying's mother took Cheng Wenwen away. When Cheng Wenwen heard that her grandmother was sick, she felt a little panicked.
She thought that Uncle Cheng would hide the fact that she had severed ties with the Cheng family from her grandmother, but she didn't expect that the old lady actually found out about it.
Cheng Wenwen quickly quickened her pace and followed Ying's mother to the old lady's yard. When she entered the house, she saw a woman lying on the bed. She didn't know if it was because of illness, but she looked much more haggard.
"Wenwen, Wenwen...my granddaughter..."
The old lady frowned and kept muttering Cheng Wenwen.
Cheng Wenwen felt apologetic when she saw her grandmother like this. Although the old lady sometimes couldn't protect herself, she was still kind to her. She shouldn't have let her worry about her when she was old.