Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

A year and a half ago, Wang Ruofu was reported by Lin Qinshuang and had to ask Wang Ruoyu to return the money she had privately released. Since then, Wang Ruoyu has been resentful of Sheng Hong. Later, when the marriage proposal with the Hai family failed and Sheng Hong "asked" her to leave the Sheng Mansion in public, Wang Ruoyu hated Sheng Hong even more. It was during that period that Wang Ruoyu asked Qi Mama's two sons to search for "experts" to make poison and kill people.

Nine months ago, Manager Qi Er was introduced to an old Taoist priest in a remote Taoist temple by the broker You Da. The Taoist priest was best at making all kinds of vile pills and elixirs.

Manager Qi Er asked the Taoist priest to make a poison that could not be detected by silver needles but could make people die in an extremely ugly way.

The old Taoist then suggested an ancient recipe, saying that a mushroom called fly agaric could be used to boil a very thick soup. Once consumed, people would have hallucinations, go crazy, and die in a quarter of an hour.

Manager Qi Er got the prescription, and Manager Qi Da gave him a deposit of eight hundred taels. The old Taoist then went to the southwest himself and bought back more than a hundred kilograms of fly agaric to make a decoction.

This round trip took half a year.

Unfortunately, the soup that the Taoist priest spent so much time making had a strong and unpleasant smell, and anyone who came to smell it would find that it was different. Unless one was a fool, it was impossible for him to eat such poison.

The old Taoist then came up with another idea, saying that they could soak some strong-smelling aphrodisiacs in the poison to serve as a cover-up.

Manager Qi went to the brothel overnight and spent two hundred taels to buy aphrodisiac from the madam. The old Taoist soaked the aphrodisiac in the poison for a day and a night. The new medicine was indeed less smelly. If it was dissolved in strong liquor or thick soup, there would be almost no smell of it.

In order to verify its medicinal properties, the old Taoist even bought cattle, sheep, chickens and rabbits to test the medicine. He found that although the lethal time was prolonged, the way of death was really shocking.

The old Taoist was overjoyed and processed the entire bottle of aphrodisiac.

Then, half a bottle of poison fell into Wang Ruoyu's hands, just before Minglan's wedding.

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All the Sheng family members in the room were terrified when they heard this. Wang Ruofu burst into tears: "I really didn't know it was poison... I thought... I thought it was just an aphrodisiac! Big sister, why did you want to hurt me, why did you want to hurt me!"

Hua Lan: "Wang Ruo and you, this vicious woman!"

Changbai: "He is cruel and merciless! He has committed many evil deeds!"

Rulan was crying so hard that she couldn't speak.

Wang Ruoyu had his mouth stuffed and could only whimper against the wall, unable to utter any bad words in response.

Minglan gently stroked Changdong's head and said, "Seventh brother, I'm sorry for letting you know such dirty things at such a young age."

Chang Dong's eyes were filled with tears: "Sister, don't say that. I am a man of the Sheng family and I should know this. I have asked my two brothers to arrest the broker and the old Taoist priest. When their testimony is in place, brothers and sisters can report to the police or settle privately." The "brothers" he mentioned were the four people that Gu Tingye sent to him directly at the palace gate. Now they are the leaders of the Sheng family guards except Dong Rong. Because they were sent by Gu Tingye, Chang Dong respected them especially and usually addressed them as brothers according to their age. Chang Bai also let him do what he wanted.

"You can't report it to the authorities!" Wang Ruofu yelled, "Just settle it privately, why report it to the authorities? Don't you want your brother and sister's future?"

Hualan and Rulan both looked at Changbai: "Let's invite Uncle Kang to our house and settle the matter privately. Don't alert the government..."

Minglan also advised Changbai: "Second brother, for the sake of Quan Ge'er and the baby in Fifth Sister's belly, let's settle it privately. I believe that father's spirit in heaven does not want the Sheng family to ruin their future because of his affairs."

Changbai's upright character really doesn't allow him to just settle the matter privately. Whether for Sheng Hong or for the law, this matter should be reported to the government. But Minglan's last words hit the nail on the head - Sheng Hong absolutely doesn't want to see the future of the Sheng family destroyed for the so-called truth.

Finally, Changbai covered his eyes with one hand and said painfully: "Call Dongrong, go to Kang's house and invite uncle."

Minglan went out to find Dongrong and said, "Tell Uncle Kang that Marquis Gu is at the Sheng family and ask him to come over to discuss important matters."

She knew that if she only talked about Aunt Kang, Uncle Kang would definitely not come.

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Half an hour later, Uncle Kang arrived at Sheng Mansion in elegant attire.

Dongrong led him directly into the side hall where they had dinner. Uncle Kang said with a smile, "If I had known we were going to have dinner together, I would have brought some good wine from home."

Dong Rong didn't reply and pushed the door open to let him in.

Uncle Kang looked up and first saw the tearful Sheng family members in the room, and then Wang Ruoyu who was tied up in the corner. He looked at Changbai in astonishment: "Isn't it Marquis Gu who is looking for me?"

Minglan bowed and said, "I really have something important to discuss with my uncle. I am afraid that he will not come, so I borrowed the name of my husband. I hope you will not blame me."

Kang Haifeng snorted and flicked his sleeves, saying unhappily: "The county lady is really full of wisdom."

Minglan smiled and said nothing more. Changbai said, "Uncle, here are a few confessions. Please take a look first."

Although Changbai was in mourning, his official rank was higher than Kang Haifeng's. The assignment before mourning was still an important task like performance evaluation. Kang Haifeng couldn't show off in front of him and raised his hand to take the confession.

Uncle Kang sat down and twirled his beard, the more he looked, the more surprised he became. Finally, he raised his eyes to look at Wang Ruoyu a few times and said, "You...you..."

Wang Ruoyu stopped howling at this time and looked back at Kang Haifeng with anger and fear.

After reading all the confessions, Kang Haifeng was soaked. He put the confessions back into the tray tremblingly and said to Chang Bai almost pleadingly: "She...she did all this, and I didn't know..."

Wang Ruofu: "My elder sister told me that this medicine was used by you at home, brother-in-law."

Kang Haifeng was furious: "Nonsense! When have I ever used this kind of stuff at home? It's totally uncivilized! Besides, it's clearly written in my confession that this is a deadly poison. I must be crazy to take this kind of medicine!"

Minglan: "This further proves that Aunt Kang lied to Mother."

Kang Haifeng was stunned.

Husband and wife are one body. If Wang Ruoyu is convicted and sentenced, he will also be implicated.

Kang Haifeng looked at Changbai and said, "My dear nephew, your uncle never asked you for anything before... Now... do you think we can settle this privately?"

Changbai: "I invited my uncle to come to our house so that we can settle the matter privately. Otherwise, the ones knocking on the Kang family's door would be the government soldiers."

Kang Haifeng nodded repeatedly as if relieved: "Bai Er is still far-sighted! That's right, we can just settle it privately. Just tell me how to deal with it, I will do whatever you want."

Wang Ruoyu struggled violently in the corner.

Changbai: "Now, the evidence is here, uncle, this is my father's life."

Kang Haifeng: "Uncle knows. After reading the confession, uncle was also shocked. I apologize to all the nephews and my third sister on behalf of this vicious woman!" As he said that, he stood up and bowed to the Sheng family.

After the ceremony, Kang Haifeng said, "If we report this to the authorities, this vicious woman will most likely be executed. She killed an official and cheated the wives of officials and noble ladies. Either of these crimes is enough to make her pay with her life. However, she is also a wife of an official, and she has the support of the Wang family. If we ask her to pay for Lord Sheng's life in private, the authorities will question her, and the Wang family will probably come to ask for her life."

Changbai: "What does uncle want to do?"

Kang Haifeng: "How about I report her as insane, take her home and lock her up?"

Changbai: "She's not really crazy. If we go back to the Wang family to verify, won't uncle have to release her again?"

Kang Haifeng: "Then...then put her in the inner prison?"

Changbai: "Okay, but she must be beaten with a stick at my house first, and then she can be sent in after she has been beaten enough times."

Kang Haifeng said without hesitation: "No problem! Nephew, you can beat me as many times as you want, as long as you don't kill me."

Hualan wrote quickly and soon put the conclusion reached by the two families on paper. Changbai and Uncle Kang signed their names, and Dongrong dragged Wang Ruoyu to the inner courtyard.

The Sheng brothers and sisters and Uncle Kang gathered in a circle, all staring at Wang Ruoyu with cold eyes.

Dong Rong was thinking of Sheng Hong's decades of kindness, and now he had an endless murderous intention towards Wang Ruoyuzhen. He took out the thick bamboo board passed down from his ancestors, spat on each of his left and right hands, raised his arms, and started fighting.

The dull and heavy sound of impact instantly echoed in the courtyard.

Wang Ruoyu's mouth was stuffed and he couldn't wail loudly, but his screams were still loud.

Her eyes were bloodshot, her facial features were distorted, and her body twitched repeatedly with each blow. After only ten or so hits, blood began to seep out of her clothes.

Changdong's brothers cleared out the entire yard and drove everyone to the periphery, so even if Wang Ruoyu shouted loudly, no one could hear him.

Dong Rong had to stop only after hitting him with fifty sticks. At this time, Wang Ruoyu, who was bleeding, had already fainted. Uncle Kang bowed to Chang Bai and said, "Nephew, is this okay?"

Changbai said sternly, "No matter how many beatings you give him, they won't bring back my father's life. We'll send him to the inner prison later."

Uncle Kang nodded repeatedly: "Yes, he must be sent to the inner prison as soon as possible." He had long wanted to get rid of Wang Ruoyu, but the Wang family was too powerful and he had spent Wang Ruoyu's dowry, so he could only swallow his anger and endure Wang Ruoyu's bullying. Now that Wang Ruoyu was trapping himself and seeking his own death, he couldn't be happier!

That night, Wang Ruoyu was personally escorted by Changbai to a prison that specifically held the families of criminal officials.

On the second day, Wang Ruoyu's injuries became more serious, and the jailer asked a doctor to see her.

The doctor prescribed her medicine and gave her acupuncture, treating her on and off for three or four days, but she eventually died due to her severe injuries.

When Uncle Wang and Old Madam Wang got the news and rushed to look for the person, there was only a cold corpse left.