On the day of the granted marriage, the daughter of a general wept and was reborn!

"Shen Wantang! You are such an unfaithful and unfilial person. I am your stepmother!"

Shen Ying and Aunt Liu took turns yelling at Shen Wantang.

Shen Wantang frowned slightly.

Qing'e at the side understood instantly and rushed forward.

Snapped!

A loud slap landed on Aunt Liu's face.

"The Second Miss is the master, and it is not easy for a servant to beat or scold her. But it is different for you, Aunt Liu. You are a servant of the Shen family. If you insult your master, not to mention me, even the one who emptying the chamber pot will slap you in the face if he hears it."

Qing'e's aura was fully revealed, and her pair of sharp eyes looked very much like Shen Wantang.

After a slap, Aunt Liu shut up instantly, and Shen Ying beside her also stopped talking.

Not long after, the door opened and the maids showed the "trophies" in their hands to Shen Wantang with smiles on their faces.

"Miss, we found some. Take a look. Is this what you want?"

Shen Wantang took it and glanced at it, then nodded with satisfaction: "She is indeed the nanny of a wealthy lord, and her methods are also very good."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qing'e on the side grabbed some loose change and handed it over.

The maids all smiled and took the reward money and went to wait on the side.

Glancing at the land deed in his hand, Shen Wantang couldn't help but frowned, "Eight hundred acres of fertile land in the suburbs of Beijing, numerous shops in the East Market, a three-courtyard house in Quartz Lane, and the Hundred Fruit Villa in the east of the city, why isn't it here?"

These are the most important shops and farms in my mother's dowry.

"These deeds were all found in your courtyard, Aunt Liu. Hiding the master's money will result in tattooing and exile." Shen Wantang frowned, "If you can tell me the few rooms I found earlier, I can plead for you."

Aunt Liu raised her eyes stubbornly, gritted her teeth and shook her head: "I don't know!"

But Shen Ying, who was standing by, was already scared. Even though her hands and feet were tied, she rushed forward and said, "Mom, if you don't tell me, you'll die!"

Aunt Liu seemed to have figured out something. She raised her head high and sneered, "How can Shen Wantang use lynching to kill me? If that happens, Ying'er, go and beat the drum to report Shen Wantang for abusing my stepmother!"

After she finished speaking, Shen Wantangqing was amused by Aunt Liu's indignation and did not know whether to laugh or cry.

"It's okay. Liu wants to sue in court. We will help you. But when the prefect judges a case, he won't be as lenient as I am now."

Shen Wantang spread his hands and then looked at the clerk beside him: "Sir, thank you for your help."

Then Shen Wantang glanced at the maids beside him. The maids understood what he meant and came forward to carry the two people to the court.

"I said! I said!"

Shen Ying screamed miserably.

"In my room, in the third drawer under the bed." Shen Ying made up her mind and spoke.

As soon as he finished speaking, several maids went to Shen Ying's room to look for it. Sure enough, in just a few moments, they found the remaining land deeds.

Now, there are quite a few.

"You idiot!"

Aunt Liu yelled hysterically, and looking at the figure with his head lowered beside him, he wished he could punch his daughter.

"Why are you scolding me? I'm doing this for you! If you don't hand over the silver, you will die today." Shen Ying was furious and cried out in retort.

Shen Wantang handed several land deeds in his hand to Qing'e, and stared at the mother and daughter in front of him with eerily quiet eyes.

Then he raised his head and looked at the maids beside him, with a smile on his face: "Thank you, maids, for helping me take care of the rest."

After leaving a few words, he left the yard without looking back.

Shen Wantang felt that this yard was dirty if he stayed there for even a second longer.

Back in the yard, Shen Wantang stared blankly at the dowry left by her mother. When she came to her senses, she was still in tears.

"Miss?"

Qing'e stepped forward tentatively and said softly, "There's a maid running away from home. She's Madam Liu's confidant."

"Take my sign and ask someone to go out and look for it."

Shen Wantang weakly pulled out the badge and handed it to Qing'e.

As she counted the deeds in front of her, tears gradually blurred her vision and her hands trembled.

At nightfall, she finally sorted out her mother's dowry and put it back into storage.

Watching the warehouse door slam shut, Shen Wantang shed one last tear and then fixed her eyes.

My mother's death that day was strange, there must be something fishy. When I have free time in the next few days, I must find some clues.

"Miss!"

Qing'e came hurriedly, looking a little flustered.

"We found the woman in a wine shop in the South City. When the guards arrived, she was about to ride away on horseback. The guards chased her thirty miles out of the city before they captured her."

A woman like that could actually ride a horse? She played these young servants around.

A flash of inspiration came to Shen Wantang's mind.

At that time, the old woman had been tied up and thrown into the yard.

Although her mouth was stuffed, the old woman still looked like she refused to admit defeat. When she saw Shen Wantang coming, she just lay aside, glanced at Shen Wantang, and then snorted coldly.

It must be the maid beside Aunt Liu.

The servants brought a chair and Shen Wantang sat down. He carefully looked at the woman in front of him and then said quietly, "You are leaving the city today to help Aunt Liu with her dirty work, right?"

The guard came forward and pulled the stuff out of the old woman's mouth.

The old woman moved her body, but still nothing happened.

She seems to be a tough nut to crack, but Shen Wantang doesn't have the time to watch her act out her loyalty to her master.

"Send her to the Ministry of Justice. The crime of escaping slaves is no small matter. Tell the prisoner Guo that you don't have to go easy on her just for my sake. Any severe punishment will be used."

After saying that, Shen Wantang waved his hand, and when he looked closely with his calm eyes, it was actually a little scary.

The old woman immediately panicked, and when the guards came to catch her, she began to struggle hard.

"How dare you! You are abusing a slave!"

Qing'e came forward and slapped Shen Wantang without hesitation, imitating Shen Wantang's decisive and ruthless manner: "It's your turn to interfere in the master's affairs. You can lose your head for the crime of escaping slaves. The Ministry of Justice will not care about the abuse of slaves!"

The crime of escaped slaves is common every year. Last month, a slave of a minor official escaped and was caught. He was beaten to death and hastily wrapped in a mat and thrown into a mass grave.

The wolves were eating the bodies at the mass grave, and in the end there wouldn't even be a complete corpse left.

Thinking of this, the old woman panicked instantly, struggled with all her might, and grabbed Shen Wantang's sleeve with one pounce.

"Miss, Miss, help me, I don't really want to escape, it was Aunt Liu who told me to run away!"

Shen Wantang sneered: "How can I trust you?"

"I have evidence that she murdered my late wife!"