Chapter 382
~ VIPER LADY’S NICKNAME ~
“Miss Mu, I have something that I want to ask you. I wonder if you could allow me to speak with you?” Shen Binghuai looked towards Mu Yunyao.
Mu Yunyao slightly nodded. “Then may Lord Shen come to the pavilion outside and take a seat.”
Seeing Mu Yunyao and Shen Binghuai walked out, Su Wenyuan couldn’t help but look at the Eldest Madam and ask in a low voice, “How much do you know about the matter with Xun Wu?”
The Eldest Madam quickly shook her head and said, “Back to Old Master, I really don’t know how Xun Wu died.”
“Then what about Xun Wu buying those bastards?”
“This …” The Eldest Madam lowered her head and pursed her lips in silence.
Looking at her expression, Su Wenyuan’s anger rose. If it wasn’t for the presence of an outsider, he really wanted to pull the Eldest Madam up and ask her about this matter. Was this person stupid? She wanted to kill Mu Yunyao, but she bought a few hoodlums. Could she believe those hoodlums? Once the matter is revealed, they will be questioned in two or three sentences, and he has to explain it. Then, where would be the Su family’s face? Should he, the Minister of the Public Service, be treated as such?
The Eldest Madam didn’t dare say anything. At that time, she had underestimated Mu Yunyao and didn’t put her in her eyes. She felt that if she were to slightly use her abilities, wouldn’t dealing with her be an easy task? Who would have thought that the result would be her being suppressed to the point that she couldn’t even lift her head? Furthermore, in order to prevent the matter from being exposed, she secretly gave orders to Xun Wu to invite those people to have a drink after this matter is over and do some tricks in the wine.
In this way, it was guaranteed that no one would notice, and she even thought of how to silence Xun Wu, but the plan did not change in time, so Mu Yunyao was completely fine. Instead, it involved her, so she could only bite the bullet and not admit it!
Su Wenyuan coldly looked at the Eldest Madam and said, “In the next few days, you will peacefully stay at home to take care of Yuyi. You don’t need to worry about anything else. Don’t meddle in Qingwu’s matters. Mother and I will take care of it.”
“Old Master, you are the head of the family, and I am the head of the household. However, the authority of the household fell into the hands of Madam Qi of the Second Branch. How can it be a good sign? No matter what, they are unreasonable and biased. What's more, Qi dares to treat Yuyi harshly in just a few days. When we come back, Yu Yi was burnt and confused. If you wait a few days more, everyone might be killed. If the authority of the household were in my hands, I would be more at ease.”
Su Wenyuan coldly snorted. “Take care of yourself first.” At this time, she was still trying to gain power. She really had no idea what was going on! With that, he turned and left.
The Eldest Madam gritted her teeth in hatred, and her gaze fell on Mu Yunyao, who was in the pavilion outside. She wished she could cut off a piece of meat from her body, but after a while, she took a deep breath and retracted her gaze. At present, she should be calm and slow. She had suffered a great loss because she was too impatient before. Thus, she must not repeat the same mistake again in the future.
Within the pavilion, Shen Binghuai thought for a moment before speaking, “Miss Mu, I have investigated your case for a long time, but in the end, I was unable to find any useful clues.”
Mu Yunyao slightly paused for a moment, then abruptly broke into a smile, “I believe Lord Shen must have done his best. Yunyao, thank you very much, Lord.”
Looking at Mu Yunyao’s smiling face, Shen Binghuai was astonished in his heart. “Does Miss Mu not mind what happened before?”
Mu Yunyao lowered her eyes slightly. The smile on her face had an additional bitterness to it: “How could I not mind? But since Lord Shen couldn’t investigate anything, it would be really troublesome to uncover the truth. Since that’s the case, besides opening my eyes a bit, I don’t have any better methods.”
Shen Binghuai shook his head, “This official hates evil, but there are many things that are beyond the reach of me. Shuntian Manor receives many cases, big and small, every day. Many of them are piled up like hills. You can tell what happened at a glance, but I can’t close the case because of the lack of evidence. If the case cannot be settled, then it is because I am incapable.”
“Lord Shen, please do not say that. The citizens of the Capital all call you Shen Qingtian, and it is enough to see what your doing. For you to explain this matter to me in private, Yunyao is extremely grateful.” Mu Yunyao smiled as she said, “Actually, it’s better if we don’t find out about it this way. In the end, I have to be considerate of our bloodline and kinship.”
“Miss Mu is a kind-hearted person. It is only natural that you would think this way. I still have other things to do, so I will take my leave first.” Based on his position, he shouldn’t have said all this to Mu Yunyao alone. However, this girl was truly worthy of respect and pity, and he’s got a lot of work to do!
Mu Yunyao curtsied and saluted respectfully. “I’ll be sending you off, Lord Shen.”
When they returned to Jiyue Pavilion, Mu Yunyao immediately called for Jin Lan. “You go out of the residence and tell Liu Liang to let him start his move.”
The Eldest Madam originally thought that there wouldn’t be much to do after Shen Binghuai’s inquiry. But unexpectedly, in just two short days, the Su family has pushed was pushed to the limelight once again.
A thief was caught in the prison of Shuntian Manor for stealing. When he was interrogated, he suddenly mentioned that they had seen the Su family residence’s Xun Wu and also overheard the matter of Xun Wu buying a hooligan to make trouble with Mu Yunyao. He described the situation in great detail and even explained that the man who went to trouble with Old Mama Wang’s son, Wang Zhu, several times was also a hooligan bought by Xun Wu.
As for the Su family’s residence match card that appeared in Wang Zhu’s hand, he stole it when Xun Wu didn’t notice. Initially, he thought it was something valuable. But after stealing it, he realized it was only an ordinary match card. He was furious for a moment, so he threw the match card into Wang Zhu’s house, and then … the scene of Wang Zhu coming to the Shuntian Manor to file a complaint with the matching card in his hand happened.
Shen Binghuai also did not expect that things would turn out this way. After interrogating that thief in the middle of the night, he brought his men to the Su family residence once again.
The Eldest Madam would rather die than admit that she had ordered Xun Wu to do something. Since Shen Binghuai had no other choice, he could only make a move from another person’s side.
Yun Chun, Jin Lan, and Jin Qiao were also called over to ask a few questions. Mu Yunyao had already warned them earlier, so there weren’t any mistakes.
The case was not over yet, but the people already knew the answer.
The Eldest Madam’s reputation as a virtuous person had spread far and wide, but now, she has become notorious. The commoners didn’t dare to discuss the Su family’s Madam openly, so they used Viper Lady instead as a nickname. Within a few days, almost all of the officials and madams knew that the virtuous Madam Meng had the nickname of Viper Lady.
“That Viper Lady is not ordinary. On the surface, she is generous and magnanimous. However, she secretly dares to hire people for murder. Furthermore, she coveted the eighty thousand taels of silver. If it weren’t for Lord Shen’s eyes, wouldn’t she be greedy for two hundred thousand taels of silver!”
“Who is still concerned about the money? Someone has already explained that Viper Lady wants to kill them to keep their mouths shut. Don’t you think that the deaths of those bastards in Baohua Temple are strange?”
“More than a dozen people fell off the cliff at the same time and died in the same place. How could there not be something fishy?”
“It’s a pity that there is no conclusive evidence to bring this Viper Lady to justice. A few days ago, I saw Lord Shen on the street, and his hair almost turned white.”
“Lord Shen is in a tough spot.”
“The most pitiful one is still that Young Miss Biao. She almost lost her life, and her silver was taken away by greed. Her family only values her inheritance … Sigh, she is still deep in a pit of fire. Who knows when someone might secretly lay his hands on her again!”
“That’s right, what a pity. Such a kind-hearted young lady, what a pity.”
“There’s one more thing that you probably don’t know. Ni Yun Fang and Bu Xian Luo are about to open, and the good days of our people in the Capital are about to come!”