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Chapter 85 My Son, Such a Man
Zhou Hanzhang looked at her and continued, "No matter how much I say now, you might not believe me. I won't say any more. You'll know everything tomorrow."
She didn't say anything more. In essence, Cui Niang was no different from Jia Yi.
Otherwise, how could they say that people who aren't family don't enter the same door?
After saying these words to her, Zhou Hanzhang left with Jiang Mingyun.
As soon as they stepped out of the courtyard, Jiang Mingyun grabbed Zhou Hanzhang and asked, "Brother Hanzhang, weren't we supposed to hand this mother and child over to Sister Xinyi for disposal?"
"I've thought of a better way to make Jia Yi expose himself even faster. Let's go find Sister Xinyi."
Zhou Hanzhang brought Jiang Mingyun to the Jiang family.
For the past few days, Jiang Xinyi has been waiting at home, not daring to go out for fear of being ambushed by Jia Yi.
Everyone in the Jiang family was furious, but there was nothing they could do but wait for the others to arrive.
At this time, upon learning that Zhou Hanzhang had come to the door, and that Master Jiang was also going to court, Jiang Bowen was completely unaware of the matter and was still at Tianan Academy.
Madam Chiang, Jiang Xinyi, and many concubines hurriedly came out to greet them.
"Hanzhang, how is the situation?" Madam Jiang asked anxiously.
Zhou Hanzhang nodded to Madam Jiang, "Don't worry, Auntie."
Upon hearing this, the tension that had been building in Madam Chiang's and Jiang Xinyi instantly eased.
"The person who plotted against Sister Xinyi with Jia Yi arrived yesterday. I arranged for him to stay in a small courtyard in the west of the city. I've also had people watching over him these past few days to prevent him from going out."
The mother and child also arrived today and I've settled them in a place in the east of the city, so they won't run into each other. I promised Sister Xinyi I'd hand them over to you, but now I have an idea to get Jia Yi to expose himself to everyone, which requires Sister Xinyi's cooperation.”
When Jiang Xinyi first asked Zhou Hanzhang to hand the person over to her for disposal, she was only thinking about not troubling Zhou Hanzhang and hadn't thought of a solution at all.
The fact that Zhou Hanzhang could say this at this time shows that he already had a solution.
"Tell me quickly, what do I need to do?"
Madame Chiang and Jiang Mingyun leaned closer to listen carefully.
"So, when I met that mother and son just now, I lied to them and said that Jia Yi was going to marry Sister Xinyi, but you don't know that he already has a wife and children. In order to avoid trouble in the future, he plans to have his wife and children die quietly."
They didn't believe me, so I thought, Sister Xinyi, you should invite Jia Yi to Zuixianlou tomorrow. I've booked two private rooms there, one on the left and one on the right.
"Tomorrow, Xinyi, you should try to get information out of him in the private room. Tell him all those vows and sweet nothings, as many as you can. I'll have his wife and children there, so they can hear what kind of person his so-called husband really is."
"But wouldn't that be a bit cruel to that mother and child?" Jiang Xinyi hesitated.
Fearing they might soften their hearts, Zhou Hanzhang continued, "It's their fate. Besides, you don't need to worry. My cousin has investigated, and that mother and son aren't good people either."
In the village, Jia Yi always took advantage of being a scholar to bully outsiders. It is said that a few years ago, a woman spoke a few words to Jia Yi, and his wife secretly killed her. She not only killed her but also ruined her reputation. She was truly vicious.
His son, barely five years old, was already a little tyrant in the village. If anyone did something to displease him, he'd throw a tantrum at their house—that was the least of his problems. He even secretly put rat poison in people's food; luckily, it was discovered early, preventing a major disaster.
Jiang Mingyun had already heard Li Xianda talk about these things, so she wasn't too surprised.
Madam Jiang and Jiang Xinyi were terrified. Madam Jiang asked worriedly, "If this woman hears Jia Yi whispering sweet nothings to Xinyi, will Xinyi be in danger?"
"Don't worry, we'll arrange for people to guard her properly, and we won't let anything happen to Sister Xinyi," Zhou Hanzhang assured him.
He was still very confident about these things.
"Then...then you must be careful when you're with that woman." After worrying about Jiang Xinyi, she then worried about Zhou Hanzhang and Jiang Mingyun.
“We told the woman that Jia Yi planned to secretly kill them before marrying his new wife to eliminate any future troubles. Her resentment towards Jia Yi must be deeper than anyone else's. As the people who helped her, we won't have any problems for the time being.”
Zhou Hanzhang comforted her.
“Alright, I’ll send someone to inform Jia Yi right now. He’s been coming to see me these past few days, but I haven’t seen him. Now that I’m taking the initiative to meet him, he will surely accept the invitation.”
Without hesitation, Jiang Xinyi immediately instructed Hongshan beside her, "Hongshan, go and tell Jia Yi that I have something important to discuss with him tomorrow, and that he must come to Zuixianlou for a gathering."
Sequoia knew the seriousness of the matter and left in a hurry.
Jia Yi is still worried about his wife and children leaving him in the countryside.
"Mother, why haven't we received any news from our two fellow villagers yet? Could something have happened to them?"
For the past two days, Jia Yi has been feeling uneasy, with his eyes constantly twitching.
"They should be fine, right? Didn't you tell them to coax Cui Niang and Bao Zi back home first? I don't know what's wrong with those two. They were perfectly fine at home, but they insisted on coming out."
"They must have heard something. Everyone in the village thinks that I've become an official now, and Cui Niang has long wanted to come and enjoy her life. If it weren't for Xin Yi saying that she wanted to set the wedding date for this year, we would have brought them here long ago."
"I'm just hoping you can marry Jiang Xinyi soon so we can bring her and her son here, and I can see my precious grandson every day."
"Don't worry, I heard that Jiang Xinyi is working day and night at home embroidering her wedding dress. For a young lady like her to be willing to embroider her wedding dress herself shows how much she values this marriage. Once she's married into the family, given her feelings for me, she'll definitely do whatever we say."
Jia Yi was extremely confident about this.
"What about Cui Niang? We haven't told her about this yet," Grandmother Jia said with some worry.
“You know Cui Niang’s mother. She’s been with me since she was little and gave birth to my precious son. I can’t possibly abandon her. I’ve already thought it through. First, I’ll bring her here under the name of my elder sister-in-law. Then, we’ll slowly scheme to get Jiang Xinyi’s dowry and make her pay for my official position. With the Jiang family’s help, I can rise through the ranks. Once we’ve used her, we’ll make Cui Niang my official wife.”
Grandmother Jia nodded, "That works too. Cui Niang is a great contributor to our family. She's capable of giving birth, unlike that Jiang Xinyi, whose hips are so small. I don't know if she can even give birth."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Hongshan's voice came over, "Is Young Master Jia here?"
Upon hearing Hongshan's voice, Jia Yi laughed excitedly, "I knew Xinyi wouldn't ignore me! Mother, look, it's only been a few days, and she's already sent Hongshan to look for me. She must have taken away the things and was worried about me, so she sent Hongshan to deliver things to us."