In the letter, Zhang Liang described in detail how he colluded with Hong Guang and kidnapped Ling Qingwan, and mentioned that Hong Guang had thought of killing him. He asked his family to take good care of themselves.
Lord Sun frowned calmly.
How could a family without any literacy give birth to a son who could write and whose handwriting was so beautiful
Lord Sun understood.
"Hong Guang, the evidence is irrefutable, are you still trying to make excuses?!"
Hong Guang was so frightened by the sudden roar that he trembled all over.
He didn't know what was written in the letter, nor did he know what the evidence that Lord Sun said was solid was. Hong Guang only knew that he could no longer hide the fact that he had killed Zhang Liang.
"Tell me, how did you kill Zhang Liang?" Lord Sun asked.
"I… I didn't think of killing him at first." Hong Guang cried. "At that time, I spent a lot of money to bribe him and kidnap Miss Ling. I thought the matter was over. But Zhang Liang was too greedy and repeatedly asked me for money on this ground."
"Where do I have so much money? But when I couldn't pay, he threatened me, saying he would tell the Ling family about this matter, and at worst we would both die together. I was forced into a corner, so I decided to kill him."
Afterwards, Hong Guang went to Jingzhou on the pretext of delivering money to Zhang Liang, and told Zhang Liang that he had no place to live and was temporarily living in the house of Zhang Liang's new employer.
While Zhang Liang was up at night, Hong Guang pushed him into the well.
"Then how did you leave?" Lord Sun asked.
"I went through a dog hole." Hong Guang said with his head down. "Zhang Liang brought me in through that dog hole, and I went out that way, too."
"You bastard! Give me back my son!"
As soon as Hong Guang finished speaking, Zhang Zhi and his wife pounced on him.
"It's a human life, and you kill it just like that. Do you have any heart?"
Zhang Zhi and his wife were poor, but they were very good to their children. Over the years, Zhang Liang's death has always been a pain in the hearts of the two elderly people.
Now knowing that Zhang Liang did not fall into the well by accident but was framed, Zhang Zhi and his wife were extremely excited and cried out for Hong Guang to return their son.
"The person is dead, how can I get it back for you?" Hong Guang was not convinced. "If your son wasn't so greedy and kept asking me for money, I wouldn't have the intention to kill him."
"Shut up!" Lord Sun roared.
Afterwards, others stepped forward and held Zhang Zhi and his wife back to prevent further fighting.
"Sir, you must give my son justice! Even if my son did something bad, he shouldn't have to pay with his life. Hong Guang has no conscience!"
Zhang Zhi and his wife burst into tears and kowtowed to Lord Sun repeatedly.
Lord Sun immediately judged that Hong Guang had kidnapped Miss Ling and killed Zhang Liang, and that his crimes were serious and that he should be beheaded in public. He decided to execute him three days later.
The case came to an end. In the teahouse, Ling Shen burst into tears after learning the truth.
When Ling Qingwan was kidnapped, she cried day and night, and even in the following ten years, she had never been truly happy. Whenever she thought of her daughter still out there, her life or death was uncertain, Ling Shenshi felt as if a knife was stabbing her heart.
Now knowing that Ling Qingwan was framed, Ling Shen could no longer control her sadness and hatred.
"Ling Chuchu, if it wasn't for your uncle and aunt's scheme, would my daughter have been wandering outside for more than ten years and been someone's child bride for more than ten years? You have occupied my daughter's position for more than ten years, and she has been the eldest daughter of the Ling family for more than ten years, and she has been spoiled. What about my daughter? What has my daughter become because of you?"
"Even after my daughter came back, you still couldn't live peacefully and schemed against her. Why? Did she owe you something in her past life?"
Ling Shen rushed forward and hit Ling Chuchu.
Ling Chuchu raised her hand to block it and went into Madam Ling's arms.
"Mom, calm down."
Ling Qingwan and Ling Xiao stepped forward together and grabbed Ling Shenshi.
"This is a teahouse. If there is anything, it won't be too late to talk about it when we return to the Ling Mansion." Shen Chengzhou spoke slowly.
Because he had made preparations in advance and knew that Ling Qingwan’s abduction was most likely related to Ling Chuchu’s uncle and aunt, in comparison, Shen Chengzhou was much calmer than Ling Shen.
With everyone's comfort and persuasion, Ling Shen finally calmed down.
After the show, they could go back to Ling Mansion. The group got up from their chairs and left the teahouse one after another.
After all, it was a family affair of the Ling Mansion, so Wei Xun was not very careful. He gave Ling Qingwan a few words of advice and then returned to the palace. Shen Chengzhou followed Ling Xiao and the others to the Ling Mansion.
Ling Feng was not at home, and Madam Ling was the most prestigious person in the entire Ling Mansion. The final decision on how to deal with this matter had to be made by the Madam. So as soon as Ling Chuchu arrived at the Ling Mansion, she followed him to Fuluxuan.
"Mom, you must be exhausted after being out here so early in the morning. Can I ask Nanny Park to take you back to your room to rest first?" Ling Qingwan said to Ling Shen in a gentle voice.
"What about you?" Ling Shen glanced at the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren standing in front of her.
"Let's go to Fuluxuan to see how Madam Ling dealt with Ling Chuchu." Shen Chengzhou replied.
"I want to go too!"
After hearing what Shen Chengzhou said, Ling Shen suddenly came to her senses.
"The old lady has always loved Ling Chuchu, and she was instigated by Ling Chuchu and can't stand Wanwan. What if she is moved by sympathy and only punishes Ling Chuchu lightly?"
After going through so many things, Ling Shenshi will no longer be as indifferent to anyone and anything as before.
Especially when it comes to her two children, Ling Shen will not tolerate any bias.
Seeing that Ling Shen was determined to follow, the others said nothing and rushed to Fuluxuan together.
At this time, in Fuluxuan, Ling Chuchu knelt on the ground crying and begging Madam Ling to save her.
"Grandma, what my uncle and aunt did has nothing to do with me. I really don't know." Ling Chuchu choked up. "Think about it, Ling Qingwan was only two or three years old at that time, and I wasn't that old either."
"I didn't know about Ling Qingwan's kidnapping, and my mother's death was not caused by me. You were the one who adopted me to the eldest lady, and I had no say in these things. Now that my uncle and aunt have done something bad, you want to punish me. It's really unfair to me."
"You really don't know what your uncle and aunt did?" The old lady looked at Ling Chuchu suspiciously with her eyes slightly dimmed.
"I really don't know." Ling Chuchu shook her head repeatedly. "If I knew, how could I not tell you."
"Then why did you give money to your uncle and aunt? You had no money left, and you even asked me to borrow money from you to give it to your uncle and aunt?" the old lady questioned.
She suddenly remembered what Ling Qingwan had told her some time ago, that Ling Chuchu had been in private contact with her uncle and aunt.
The old lady knew Ling Chuchu's character very well. She was so stingy, how could she give money to others again and again for no reason