Chapter 157 Good trip 1
Gu Tinglan frowned and said, "Sister Song asked me, if I like a man, and this man has a grudge against my family for killing my father, what should I choose?"
She scratched her head and said in confusion, "But I don't have anyone I like, and I don't know what it feels like to like someone, so I don't know how to solve this problem."
She asked Gu Yucheng: "Can my brother solve it?"
Gu Yucheng was shocked when he heard her words.
To put this question another way, isn't this the choice he faces now?
Could it be that Song Shiwei knew something, so she asked such a question?
He calmed down and said, "You can replace the person you like with someone you care about.
For example, if your sister Song has a grudge against our family, what would you do? "
"what?"
Gu Tinglan's face twisted into a ball, and she couldn't help but think about what her brother said.
On one side is Sister Song, whom she admires and likes, and on the other side is her own family.
She would be sad no matter who was hurt.
Her eyes turned red as she asked, "Why? Can't hatred be resolved?"
Gu Yucheng remained silent. He had never thought about resolving the hatred, nor did he know how to resolve it.
He reached out and rubbed his sister's head and said, "I don't know how to solve this problem either. Why don't you ask your sister Song some other day?"
He also wanted to know what Song Shiwei would do if she were in his place.
……
In a blink of an eye, it was the day of Song Moting's execution, and many people gathered around the execution ground in front of the Meridian Gate.
Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, you have implemented benevolent policies and only a handful of people have been beheaded.
This Wumen execution ground has not been stained with blood for many years.
Soon, two prison vans were brought over, and Song Moting and Zhou were taken to the execution ground one after the other. They knelt on the ground, looking at the people around them.
Zhou's eyes were always searching for something. She hoped to see her daughter before she died, but there were only unfamiliar faces in the audience.
Neither Song Shiwei nor her daughter appeared.
The only person who came to see them off for the last time was Jingniang.
She walked to the execution ground carrying a food box, and came to Song Moting and said, "My dear, I have prepared wine and food for you. Eat your fill before you set off."
As she spoke, she opened the food box and took out the wine and food inside.
Song Moting looked at the strange yet familiar woman in front of him with his cloudy eyes. His cracked lips moved but he couldn't utter a word.
Jingniang picked up a piece of meat and brought it to Song Moting's mouth, saying, "My dear, go with peace of mind. Shi Wei is kind-hearted and will not mistreat us, an orphan and a widow."
Song Moting gritted his teeth and stared at Jingniang.
In order to prevent him from talking nonsense, he and Zhou were both given medicine after meeting Song Shiwei and could not speak.
Jingniang stuffed the meat into his mouth and said, “Don’t look at me like that anymore when you are about to die.
I heard that people who do evil things and don't repent will be reborn as animals in hell. It's a pity for people like you to be reborn as animals."
She poured a glass of wine into Song Moting's mouth and said, "My dear, have a safe journey."
Putting down the wine glass, she came to Zhou and fed her.
Zhou looked at her with some excitement. She wanted to say something but only sobs came out.
Jingniang knew what she meant, and she said, "Don't worry, sister. Shi Wei will do what she promised you. Your daughter will be fine."
These words soothed Zhou's heart. She ate the food Jingniang fed her mouthful by mouthful with tears in her eyes.
Jingniang said: "Open your eyes and be a good person in your next life."
Ruining her life for a man, doesn't that mean Zhou is blind?
She wiped the non-existent tears from her face with her sleeve, then walked downstairs carrying the lunch box.
It was three quarters past noon, and the executioner dropped the token in his hand, and the heads of Song Moting and Zhou were both placed on the execution platform.
The shining big knife rose and fell, two heads fell to the ground, blood splattered three feet, and the hatred was eliminated at this moment.
Song Shiwei left the execution ground in a carriage.
Now that Song Moting and Zhou are dead, she has to take care of the Xu family's business.
Back then, the Xu family's business was very big, with assets spread all over the place.
After Song Moting took over, he placed most of the business in the capital. Now half of the shops in the capital were previously owned by the Xu family.
In order to facilitate identification, these shops have unified business logos. The former Xu’s Business has become Song’s today.
Ever since Song Moting was arrested, the shop owners of several Songji Trading Companies in Beijing have gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
They were all shopkeepers promoted by Song Moting, and they had also gained a lot of benefits from it over the years.
They were worried that Song Shiwei would take action against them after taking over Song's Commercial Bank, so several shop owners conspired and plotted.
Song Shiwei came to the largest silk shop in Song's family. The shopkeeper at the counter saw her coming in and hurriedly greeted her and said, "Boss, please come in."
The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man in his forties, surnamed Li. He politely invited Song Shiwei to the back hall for tea.
Without waiting for Song Shiwei to speak, Shopkeeper Li prepared all the account books for the store.
Song Shiwei glanced at Shopkeeper Li. She didn't look through the account book. She just took a sip of tea and said, "Shopkeeper Li should know that I grew up in the countryside, right?"
Shopkeeper Li bowed his head and said, "Although the boss grew up in the countryside, your talent is well-known throughout the capital."
Song Shiwei asked him with a smile: "So, Shopkeeper Li doesn't think that I am a girl who knows nothing and is easy to fool, right?"
Shopkeeper Li's face changed, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes. He lowered his head and said, "Boss, you are joking. Who dares to fool you?"
"is it?"
Song Shiwei put down the teacup in her hand and said, "That's not what you said when you were having a secret conversation in Juxian Building, right?
I remember that the shopkeeper Li had a look of disdain on his face and spoke boldly, saying that a woman like me would have no idea how to do business.
You said you could easily fool me, and I wouldn't be able to tell even if you tampered with the account book."
She tapped her fingers lightly on the ledger in front of her.
Shopkeeper Li was so frightened that his face turned pale and beads of sweat the size of beans dripped down his face.
How could she know about some of the secret conversations among the shopkeepers that day?
He panicked, his legs went limp and he knelt on the ground, then he raised his hand and slapped himself and said, "Master, please calm down. I was drunk and said something nonsense. Please forgive me."
Song Shiwei smiled and asked him, "Manager Li, did you tamper with these account books?"
Shopkeeper Li looked at the account books, his mind went blank, he leaned forward, kowtowed heavily on the ground and said, "Boss, I know I was wrong.
I am blind and trying to deceive you. I am just afraid..."
Song Shiwei said: "Are you afraid that I will use you as a scapegoat and replace all of you shopkeepers with my own people?
So you tampered with the account book to give me a warning, right? "