Chapter 558: Poisoned

"One hundred thousand taels, why didn't you say you were going to grab it?"

Aunt Dou was also a housekeeper, so she naturally knew that one hundred thousand taels was not a small amount, so she immediately cursed when she heard this.

The face of Wulang's wife was pale and she wanted to lose her temper, but she also knew that if she angered Du Jingyi and his servants, they would not be able to get the money, so she sat down with a grin on her face, as if waiting for Du Jingyi to speak.

Du Jingyi chuckled lightly and said to Butler He.

"Can Butler He please go over and bring the banknote to Fifth Sister-in-law?"

She agreed very lightly, which made Wulang's wife a little unconvinced, so she swallowed her saliva and said.

"You...you don't bargain?"

Du Jingyi looked at her quite funny and said.

"Why should I bargain? It's only a hundred thousand taels. Compared with the cause of my mother-in-law's death, it's nothing. Tell me, what did you hear?"

Wulang's wife looked at her suspiciously, as if she wouldn't say anything if she didn't have enough money, and Du Jingyi also ordered someone to serve tea. She drank it one sip at a time, but she was very calm and relaxed.

Butler He worked quickly and quickly brought over a hundred thousand taels of silver notes. ׺°”˜˜`”°º×

Fortunately, although the money was a lot, it was nothing in the general's account, so he took the banknote and handed it to Wulang's wife, and then said.

"You can get it from any of the four major banks in Sui'an City, but if the fifth lady wants to use it out of town, she can only go to Huitai Bank."

Wulang's wife had never received such a large amount of money since she was born, so she counted the money and felt like a windfall from heaven, so she quickly put the money in her arms, for fear that Du Jingyi would regret it and give it to her again. Grabbed it back.

"Now, the fifth sister-in-law is willing to say it."

"Tell me about it, of course I have to say it."

"You must be aware of the fact that the second uncle was exiled. Yesterday, the family was discussing how to help the second uncle so that he could get some care on his way to exile. But you also know that the fifth uncle will be exiled. Things haven't gone smoothly since I moved out of the Duke's Mansion. Nowadays, it's hard to find connections to connect with people. So my father-in-law and your fifth brother took this idea to the Dingping Marquis' Mansion, saying they wanted to exchange this secret. , I’ll come back in exchange for some future for the fifth room.”

She spoke slowly, and Aunt Dou was a little impatient, but there was no good way to do it at the moment. She could only suppress her temper and listen, and then she saw her opening her mouth to talk about what happened back then.

"When the eldest aunt came into the mansion, Mrs. Wei soon became the eldest uncle's concubine. They lived in peace for more than ten years. However, after the eldest brother succeeded to the position of the young prince in the Duke's mansion, My eldest aunt started to feel a little uncomfortable. At first she just took two doses of medicine, but gradually she started taking medicine every now and then. The reason was that Mrs. Wei poisoned her head in the yard. "

Poison? !

Butler He and Aunt Dou were both in disbelief when they heard this. At that time, they were in charge of the entire Duke's Mansion, especially Mrs. Gu's yard. They were all carefully checked, how could it be possible that someone had poisoned them and they didn't know anything about it?

"You're talking nonsense. We are always careful, especially after Madam fell ill. We searched the yard many times. How could we not find him?"

Wulang's wife sneered and said.

"Aren't you all searching these places? Have you ever thought that there is something wrong with auntie's shoes?"

shoe?

This sentence confused Grandma Dou, so she quickly recalled it.

"It's impossible. We also carefully inspected Madam's clothes, shoes and socks at that time. There was nothing wrong with her."

"The medicine that Mrs. Wei gave is not something that can kill people right away. Naturally, it is very light. Just a little bit every time. Sprinkle it into the shoes without leaving a trace in the wind. Day after day, every time the eldest aunt wears it, The shoes can slowly penetrate the whole body through the soles of the feet, so in the end they will bleed to death. "

When the words "death with blood" were spoken, Grandma Dou took two steps back in shock.

Of course she knew that when Mrs. Gu died in the end, she just couldn't stop the bleeding.

Each menstruation took longer and longer, and gradually the body was losing energy and blood every day. Under such circumstances, no matter how much medicine they used, they could not cure the root cause.

Therefore, she always thought that the madam had stagnation of Qi and blood, and then she received the news of the death of her son and everyone in the family one after another, so she could not bear to die. However, she did not expect that she was actually drugged. The more she thought about it, she became resentful, so she still Du Jingyi said viciously before he could speak.

"Mrs. Wei can't stay in our yard every day. Who did she bribe? Who poisoned her? Tell me!"

"It's Jiayun."

Jiayun was a maidservant in the courtyard who served Mrs. Gu after she married into the Duke's Mansion. She had never served her in person, so she was able to poison her, which was something Mother Dou didn't expect.

"How could it be her? She has never even entered the inner courtyard."

"Na Jiayun was bribed by Mrs. Wei a long time ago. Every time when she was cleaning the shoes for her eldest aunt, she would sprinkle a little of that powder into them. Over the years, all the shoes you can think of were poisoned by her. After that, my eldest aunt will naturally not be able to bear it."

When Aunt Dou heard this, she instantly remembered many things in the past. Indeed, as Wulang's wife said, Mrs. Gu had at least a hundred pairs of shoes, so she was kept under separate supervision.

At first, Jiayun had nothing to do with it, but she behaved very honestly over the years, so she could occasionally go and deal with the uppers. She didn't expect it to be like this, so she started to wail all of a sudden.

"Madam, I'm sorry for you. I didn't find out that Jiayun was such a traitor, and you died of illness. I'm guilty!"

She cried so hard that Du Jingyi felt distressed, so he quickly asked a few maids to come in and take her down to rest. Then he turned to look at Wulang's wife, his expression was much more serious, and then he asked in a deep voice.

"When did you know that your mother-in-law was poisoned?"

Wulang's wife was flustered for a moment, but soon told the truth.

"You still remember Qi Er, the manager."

Du Jingyi nodded.

"He accidentally saw Jiayun stealthily taking a package, so he told grandfather and father-in-law about it. They investigated for half a year and found out that Jiayun was actually Madam Wei's man. Later, he used this to make a deal with Madam Wei and took out 100,000 taels of silver from the account office as hush money. So our fifth room lived a good life in those years!"