Chapter 148 Yang Shangshu will die this time
Chapter 148 Yang Shangshu will die this time
"Don't worry, Ruyi. Mammy won't tell anyone what she knows. Just say he's your younger brother in your new identity."
"it is good."
Leaving Yiren and Changle alone, Shen Ruyi and the nanny went straight to the front yard.
As soon as I passed through the hanging flower gate in the front yard, I saw a handsome middle-aged man walking back and forth, turning around, but his eyes were glancing over here.
There were two followers standing behind him, and all three of them looked dusty and a little sloppy.
The man who is walking around and can't stay still should be the original owner's adopted uncle Li Chengxuan, right?
Shen Ruyi estimated that he must be over 1 meters tall.
Li Chengxuan stared at Shen Ruyi, and Shen Ruyi also looked at him.
Shen Ruyi continued walking at the same pace as before, but Li Xuanxuan ran over quickly, stopped in front of Shen Ruyi, stretched out his hands, wanting to hug her but not daring to, and looked at Shen Ruyi with tears in his eyes.
Her voice was trembling. "You are Mingzhu, right? Mingzhu, I... am your uncle. I'm sorry, I'm... sorry, uncle... is late."
Looking at the middle-aged uncle in front of her who was crying uncontrollably and yet being so cautious, Shen Ruyi suddenly felt a little sad and upset.
"Uncle?" The title that I had found difficult to say suddenly came out on its own.
"Hey~"
After Li Chengxuan answered, he squatted down, took Shen Ruyi into his arms, and burst into tears.
"I'm sorry, it's all my fault that I'm incompetent and couldn't protect you, so you have to suffer.
It’s all my uncle’s fault. I’m sorry, Mingzhu. I’m sorry. It’s all my uncle’s fault…”
"It's okay, uncle, it's not your fault, and you are not wrong either. I'm fine now."
"I'm sorry, Mingzhu, I'm sorry, Mingzhu, I didn't take good care of you..."
Shen Ruyi could only let him do what he wanted, hugging her and crying until she had vented her feelings through crying.
He let go of Shen Ruyi embarrassedly.
"I'm sorry, uncle lost his composure. He's not usually like this."
"Yeah, I understand."
"Uncle, let's go, sit down inside and chat slowly." Shen Ruyi said, and led the man directly to the living room.
"Hello, young master." The nanny hurriedly bowed!
Only then did Li Chengxuan notice the nanny behind Shen Ruyi. He hadn't seen her for many years. She seemed both familiar and unfamiliar.
"Hello, Mammy. It's been a long time since we last met. How are you? Every time I wrote to you before, you only reported good news but not bad news.
I don't know how you are doing. I am under constant surveillance and I dare not ask casually."
"Old slave and young lady, everything is fine. As for the others...good or bad, they are all through now."
After entering the room, Shen Ruyi said, "Uncle, please sit down. Let's sit down and talk slowly."
The servants immediately brought three cups of tea.
"Okay, listen to Mingzhu."
Li Chengxuan directly asked the doubts in his heart,
"I heard that in addition to Shen Huai's family being thrown into jail, Yang Shangshu's mansion was directly ransacked. Why?"
"Uncle, Shen Huai's family was arrested, charged with murdering his wife and son.
Yang Shangshu's mansion must be involved in some major case. I don't know the details, so we can just wait for the news."
"Then I shall take this opportunity to file a complaint with the Emperor?"
"No need, uncle. I wrote to you before, saying that I came to file a complaint with the emperor because I was afraid that the evidence was insufficient and the charges could not be made. I wanted to bring the complaint to remove Minister Yang.
Now that Yang Shangshufu is in jail, our case seems insignificant. There is no need to sue him anymore. We can just wait for the official's final verdict."
"That is to say, Yang Shangshu's mansion will definitely be sentenced?"
"Yes, I think he will be sentenced. The main reason is that the government has long wanted to deal with him. The evidence was insufficient before, but now it is irrefutable. Therefore, Minister Yang will die this time."
Li Chengxuan was still a little worried, "What about the Queen Mother? Will she interfere out of nowhere?"
"If I were to intervene, I think I would have already done so, but I would have to ask the government to agree. I bet the government wouldn't agree."
It would be strange if he agreed. If the evidence is conclusive, the emperor could still compromise with the empress dowager.
So, he deserves the power suppression he has suffered. It's because he is so lowly and has no temper.
In this case, I have to adjust my plan and redo it.
Then he breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."
"I have been closely watched in recent years. For security reasons, all personnel in the capital have been withdrawn. I don't know much about this area."
"It's okay, don't worry, it's all over. Once the officials have made their judgment, you can resume your previous business here, uncle."
"Okay, I'll listen to you. Mingzhu, your mother gave 90 taels of silver to your uncle back then, and I'll give it all to you when I'm done.
I left in a hurry this time, so I only brought 10 taels with me. I’ll give you the silver for the bribe first.”
As Li Chengxuan spoke, he took out a stack of banknotes and placed them in front of Shen Ruyi.
Shen Ruyi pushed it back directly, "Uncle, this money was specially given to you by my mother.
You can keep it for yourself and don’t give it to me.”
“No, Mingzhu, this is your mother’s money, you’d better keep it.
This is also the result of a discussion among my family before I came here this time. My uncle has money to spend at home."
Shen Ruyi has never met other people from her uncle's family, but based on the one she has met so far, she feels he is pretty good.
Regardless of whether the idea of being willing to pay 90 yuan is true or false, the fact that he is willing to take such a step at least shows that he is a good person.
Of course, I never thought about getting the money back. What I gave to others is theirs.
I'm not short of money, so there's no need.
"Uncle, listen to me, I have no shortage of money. Before they were arrested, I hired a group of gangsters to take away all their property."
Li Chengxuan: “…”, is there something wrong with my ears?
"After the gangsters took some of the money, the rest is all with me. I can spend it all even if I do nothing and eat and drink as much as I want."
"..."
Li Chengxuan really didn't know what to say.
I can't quite digest the news I heard. I always feel like I'm hallucinating.
"Besides, this money is my mother's concern. She feels that it is because of her that this happened, and that she has implicated her family.
Uncle, what you need to do now is to rebuild the family business. Do you want my mother to die with regrets?"
"Mingzhu, you are too brave. How dare you deal with the gangsters alone? It's too dangerous!"
"It's okay. A friend introduced me to this place. It's safe. I think I'm one of our own."
"No, Mingzhu, there are many chivalrous men in the martial arts world, but there are even more petty thieves. You must not be careless."
Just then, the maids came over carrying food boxes and interrupted their conversation.
The nanny helped open the food box and placed a large bowl of chicken noodle soup with two refreshing side dishes in front of Li Chengxuan.
"Master, eat first, we can talk slowly, there is no rush."
"Uncle, eat first."
Before coming out, Shen Ruyi made some arrangements and made noodles on the spur of the moment, as they would be the fastest.
"Okay, I'll listen to you. Uncle is indeed hungry."
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