Chapter 108 Delaying time

"Mom, you are the best to me!"

Xu Shuhe lay in Zheng's arms, deeply moved.

"Silly child, you are my only treasure. If I don't treat you well, who should treat you well?"

Zheng raised her hand and gently stroked her daughter's back, her eyes full of heartache.

"Mother knows that you are afraid of me worrying, so I won't ask you about some things. But mother is absolutely worried about you staying alone in this den of tigers and wolves. If I wasn't afraid that you would not be able to keep an eye on the movements of those filthy things if you left the Chen family, mother would take you back to live with us, so that we don't have to worry about being on guard everywhere, which is a distraction."

Xu Shuhe looked up at her, her eyes slightly red, "Mom understands everything."

"Do you think that your mother has raised you alone and has had an easy life all these years? Although your mother is not as smart or capable as you, I have seen a lot and I know that people's hearts are treacherous. Don't worry, this Fuyunju will be guarded by your mother like an iron bucket. Your father-in-law and your fourth uncle are also keeping an eye on them!" Zheng's voice was gentle, which made people feel particularly at ease.

At times like this, apart from Xinyue, Meixiang and Zhang Ping, the people she could trust the most were her mother and her good friend Lin Jinyi.

Cheer up, Xu Shuhe calmed his mind and continued to implement his plan.

The first thing was to interrogate Chunliu, whom Meixiang brought back from the farm.

This was not a difficult task. Chunliu had long been worn down by the hard days she had suffered on the farm. She was even more afraid when she knew that several elderly people around Feng, Mother Qiu and her good sister Xia He, had all died.

In addition, Chunliu's biological son, Jun Ge'er, is now being raised by Xu Shuhe. For the sake of the child, she confessed everything.

First of all, Feng wanted to harm Xu Shuhe on the day she entered the house.

At that time, Chunliu brought the child to make trouble in order to force Xu Shuhe to drink her concubine tea and acknowledge her and the child's identities.

I had thought that the wedding day was a special day and the bride was shy, so she would not dare to make a fuss, so I would just hold my nose and swallow the bitter water. However, I didn't expect Xu Shuhe to play by his own rules, and Chen Zhi unexpectedly came to defend her and did not try to smooth things over, which led to the failure of the plan.

Because the concubine's tea that Chunliu was going to serve to Xu Shuhe would be added with the medicine prepared by Feng, a medicine that could induce heart discomfort. Ordinary people would experience palpitations and discomfort after drinking it, and Xu Shuhe, who had suffered from heart disease, would naturally have a more serious condition.

According to Feng's expectations, this medicine, coupled with Chunliu's interference and some other stimuli, would at best cause Xu Shuhe to die on the spot.

This is the situation that Chen Zhi encountered in his previous life.

It’s a pity that this time Xu Shuhe had replaced the core in the shell, so she didn’t succeed.

Chunliu also confessed that Jun'er was actually Chen Jin's child, not Chen Zhi's, and how Feng had instructed her to slander Chen Zhi.

Naturally, she was unwilling to tell such secrets at first, but Xu Shuhe threatened that if Jun'er was Chen Zhi's child, she would definitely not tolerate this illegitimate eldest son, but if Jun'er was the second son's child, that would be another matter.

Chunliu was not easily frightened, so she just accepted it all.

All these evidences were written down, Chunliu served as a witness, and Xu Shuhe ordered people to send these evidences to the county government, and also ordered people to spread the matter directly.

Not only that, there are other dirty things that Feng did.

They were all revealed at once.

When Zheng heard these secrets, she was so angry that she wanted to go to the prison and tear Feng to pieces herself. However, with her by her side at the Chen family, although Chen Huaiqian was angry with Xu Shuhe and wanted to scold him for ruining the reputation of the Chen family, he did not dare to do so.

After all, he was in the wrong, and now his wife and two sons were involved in lawsuits at home.

I didn't dare to quarrel with my in-laws at this time.

So he was so depressed that he didn't even dare to go out of the house. He told others that these things happened at home and he was worried and sick. Chen Xun was naturally thicker-skinned than Chen Huaiqian. After all, he was not involved in these things. But Chen Huaiqian was "sick". Besides Xu Shuhe, he was the only one at home, so he naturally had to stand up and take responsibility for some things.

Even if you're just pretending, you still have to pretend.

For example, running back and forth between government offices to handle these two matters was something he had to do.

According to the plan, Chen Zhi was imprisoned for selling inferior rouge and causing death in the noodle shop. On the other hand, Feng Shi, Chen Jin and Li Mingzhu were supposed to be released.

But Xu Shuhe acted quickly and immediately spread everything he had learned from Chunliu, as well as everything Feng had done before.

Now everyone in Qizhou city is cursing stepmother Feng for being so cruel to her original wife, son and daughter-in-law and for being so cruel and vicious.

And they all said that the murder of Chen Zhi and Xu Shuhe must have been done by someone ordered by Feng and Chen Jin and Li Mingzhu.

After all, Feng wanted to kill Xu Shuhe when she married into the family, and later she framed and made things difficult for her. She was clearly an evil mother-in-law.

The fact that Chunliu was forced to cheat on Chen Zhi also exposed Feng's hypocritical face over the years.

How can a stepmother who can do such a thing be a good stepmother?

Many people speculated that it was Feng who was responsible for the death of Chen’s original wife, Mrs. Zhou.

Combined with Chen Yurong's current husband's family, the Liang family, her mother-in-law, Mrs. Liang, does not associate with Feng, but is very good to her daughter-in-law Chen Yurong. Everyone also says that Feng must be a bad person.

In short, the pressure from public opinion finally made County Magistrate Huang hesitate, and he did not dare to immediately declare Feng and his gang not guilty and release them.

This helped Xu Shuhe achieve some of his goals.

However, this matter went smoothly, but the other matter of meeting Bao Kui, the head of Liushuntang, was not going smoothly.

Bao Kui refused to see her.

Yes, after all, compared to Xu Shuhe, Chen Xun is a more valuable partner in Bao Kui's mind.

Not only can he be given financial benefits, but he can also be protected when he becomes an official in the future.

Fortunately, since cooperation with Bao Kui is not feasible, Xu Shuhe also has other plans.

Now her thoughts were clear and time had been gained. The first thing she had to do was to find solid evidence that Feng and his gang had hired someone to kill someone, and hand it over to someone who was willing to stand up for her and Chen Zhi and convict Feng and his gang.

Secondly, to clear Chen Zhi’s grievances.

"Did Yutao, Qiaoxing, Qiaoyue, and the servant beside the second brother say anything?" Xu Shuhe asked.

Xinyue just came back, frowning.

"Qiao Xing and Qiao Yue were the maids who came with the Second Young Master's wife as a dowry. They kept their mouths shut and refused to confess anything. The servants around the Second Young Master only knew that the Second Young Master owed money to Liu Shun Tang, but they didn't know anything else. I guess the Second Young Master didn't get involved in hiring a murderer, so he didn't know. Yu Tao followed Feng Shi, so she did know a few things, but not much. She only said that she delivered something to a teahouse according to Feng Shi's instructions. She didn't dare to open the box, but it was light and probably contained banknotes."

"Which teahouse was it sent to?" Xu Shuhe asked.

"Qinxianglou." Xinyue replied, "I asked other people in the mansion and they said it was a small teahouse in the market."

Xu Shuhe lowered his eyes and said, "Let's go and take a look."