The protagonist chased the villain, and Tiandao screamed in anger

When Xue He was taken into the dungeon, the dark and narrow cell already housed four people.

Xue He had only seen the appearance of Master Yao and his young lady from afar on the day of the birthday banquet. Although he could not see clearly, it did not prevent him from having a good memory. After careful identification, he was able to match them up.

What was surprising was that even Yue Niang was there.

Before Xue He could see the prisoner chained to the cross clearly in the light of the oil basin, the prisoner shouted in a hoarse voice:

"Brother! Brother, Xue He, brother, save me!"

There was a hint of familiarity in the voice, and with the special title, Xue He immediately recognized that the man covered in sweat and wounds was Xue Hai.

"Are you Xue He?"

Madam Yao turned around and looked Xue He up and down, asking questions.

After a quick look around, Xue He confirmed that the person in charge of this prison was Madam Yao.

"Yes." Putting aside Xue Hai's crying at him for the moment, Xue He nodded in agreement.

"Aunt Yue, is this Xue He the Xue He you know?" After asking about Xue He, Madam Yao immediately mentioned Yue Niang.

The bloody scene in the prison made Yue Niang a little timid, but she had seen dead people after all, so she was still calm. After seeing how powerful Madam Yao was, she did not dare to lie and nodded in agreement.

Madam Yao made sure that she had found the right Xue He. She pointed at Xue Hai, whose face was covered in snot and sweat, and asked, "That's it, Xue He, do you recognize this man?"

"Brother, save me, brother, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, I shouldn't have gambled, shouldn't have met those drinking buddies, and shouldn't have taken the family's money and ran away. Brother, mother can't live without me, mother must miss me very much, brother! Save me!" Xue Hai was still crying and begging with all his might, but when he met Xue He's overly calm eyes, he became more and more uneasy in his heart.

"Yes, this is my brother, Xue Hai"

As Xue Hai begged for mercy, Xue He accepted the other party's identity.

"Madam, my brother has admitted it, please let me go. I really don't know what the blanket you are talking about is. I am really being wronged, madam!" Xue Hai breathed a sigh of relief. In the past, he was the most favored one in the family. Xue He, his elder brother, would share everything with him. Even if he accidentally caused his father's death, a family is still a family after all, and they would always help him!

But before Xue Hai could be happy for long, Xue He changed the subject, which made his face change instantly.

"It's just that after my father passed away, my mother said that she no longer had a son named Xue Hai. Therefore, the troubles Xue Hai caused in the outside world have nothing to do with my mother and me."

"Madam Yao, I don't care what happens to Xue Hai."

Xue He lowered his head and leaned towards Madam Yao, making his position clear.

"Brother, I know I'm wrong! Why didn't you save my father? He's dead, he'll never come back to life. He's buried, why can't the living live well? Why can't you forget all that and live a good life as a family?"

After hearing this, Xue Hai shook the chains on his body vigorously to make a noise. It was clear that he didn't have much strength to shout, but he was still trying his best to shout for himself.

Seeing Xue He was unmoved, Xue Hai was furious and finally revealed his malice towards his fellow man: "You just can't stand seeing me doing well! You are very proud, right? After I leave, you will become the backbone of the family, and I will rely on you to live! You are so heartless, do you know?!"

"Xue He, if mother knew you said that, she would never forgive you! Mother loves me the most! You are just jealous! You are jealous of me!"

Feeling that Xue Hai was too noisy, Madam Yao waved her hand and ordered the guards to cover Xue Hai's mouth.

"Xue Hai's case still needs further questioning. You proved his identity, but you can't prove his innocence. However, you can go back first."

Madam Yao touched the handle of the whip with her index finger and let Xue He go.

"Wait a minute. I heard that the You family came to the government to report that Shi Ping had burned down the You family's house in the countryside. You have worked for the You family for quite a long time. Do you know what grudge Shi Ping has against the You family?"

This matter was originally handled by County Magistrate Yao, but unfortunately, during this period of time, the county magistrate was busy communicating with his superiors and could not take care of these trivial matters, so he directly handed it over to Young Master Yao to handle, and now it fell into her hands again.

Xue He paused, thought for a moment, then turned around and answered, "I don't remember any grudges, but Shi Ping was a gambler, and maybe he got hit in the left eye because of gambling. I don't know how, so he blackmailed the You family, and thought he was driven away by the guards, so he held a grudge against us."

Madam Yao rubbed her brows, waved her hand and let the man go, saying, "Go back and tell Mr. You that the government will do its best to investigate this case, but if this man runs far away with the pass and is out of the jurisdiction of Taoyuan County, the county magistrate will be unable to do anything. Therefore, this matter may not be concluded in the short term."

"Yes, thank you, Mrs. Yao."

Xue He wrote down these words and left with the two yamen runners who came with him.

Yue Niang, who was trying to keep her presence low, felt a chill down her spine when she heard this. She really didn't expect Shi Ping to be so bold.

But, if Shi Ping was caught... in order to save his life, the other party would definitely push him out!

With her fingers stirring under her sleeves, Yue Niang listened to Madam Yao's words, but she did not dare to guarantee that Shi Ping would be able to escape.

Secretly, she naturally hoped that Shi Ping could run as far away as possible, but what if he didn't run away?

The other party knew that I had entered the Yao Mansion.

After thinking it over, Yue Niang said before she drove Madam Yao away: "Madam, this Xue He may not be trustworthy."

In order to protect herself, she had to cover for Shi Ping, so she had to find a scapegoat to distract her attention.

In this situation, Master Yao, who was pretending to be a background board, was obviously shocked when he heard Yue Niang's voice, and there was a little more admiration for her in his eyes.

"What do you say?" Madam Yao became interested, put away the whip in her hand, and turned her attention to Yue Niang.

Yue Niang swallowed her saliva. She was still timid when she saw the bloody barbed whip, but for her own sake, she had to say:

"This Xue He, his mother owed a debt to the You family, and they went to work for the You family to pay off the debt. Young Master You has a bad temper and acts arrogantly. Although he is a fool, he always likes to beat and bully others. I think maybe Xue He didn't want to pay off the debt, so he set the fire on purpose?"

"Moreover, Madam You has a lot of treasures in her hands, so Aunt Xue must have seen them. Maybe they conspired with each other, but they were discovered in time and failed to succeed!"

"After all, this Xue Hai is an example. Their Xue family may be bad from the root!"

In order to emphasize the truthfulness of her words, Yue Niang also used Xue Hai as an example.

"That makes sense. Do you have any evidence?" Mrs. Yao listened patiently and saw that Yue Niang's expression was getting weirder.

Yue Niang is an interesting character. As an ordinary maid, even if she is really wronged, she will be cautious and not easily speak ill of her old employer after changing her master.

On the one hand, it makes me look petty and narrow-minded. On the other hand, I am a servant after all, who can guarantee that I will have a smooth journey if I change my master?

If I don't say anything, my old master might still remember me. But if Ru Yue Niang publicizes it so much, if I get into trouble one day and there's no one to turn to, isn't that cutting off my own escape route?

Furthermore, it was so obvious that Madam You was in possession of treasures. Yue Niang had once been a maidservant of Young Master You, so she must have seen a lot of it.

How can such testimony be counted?

She intended to use Xue Hai's incident to scare the other party, but it didn't work.

This Yue Niang is much braver than other girls.

"…This…but he is in debt, which is suspicious enough, Madam!" Yue Niang was unable to say anything, and tried her best to convict Xue He and replace Shi Ping.

"Yue Niang, how did Madam You treat you?"

Yue Niang was stunned, not understanding how the topic changed so quickly. After hesitating for a moment, she thought about it and glanced at Master Yao again. Yue Niang began to complain:

"Mrs. You is a good woman, but as a master, how can she understand the difficulties of being a slave? When I was in the countryside, I didn't have a good life. It was only when I met Yao Lang that I was saved..."

As she said this, Yue Niang looked at Master Yao with her almond-shaped eyes. Master Yao was also a man without much brains. When the other party looked at him with a wavering look, all he could think about was finding pleasure.

Madam Yao watched coldly from the side, thinking that if there was a bed at this moment, she could just leave.

Not wanting the two to continue to argue with each other, Madam Yao reminded Master Yao:

"My dear husband, it's late, take Aunt Yue back home."

"Then madam, let's go first." Master Yao couldn't wait to pull Yue Niang away from this gloomy prison.