Chapter 287 Sold to Nanfeng Pavilion
Chapter 287 Sold to Nanfeng Pavilion
"According to what Second Uncle said, if my father married my mother because of her beauty, how could he have the heart to harm her? This is really unreasonable!"
Xie Lan paused, his eyes suddenly becoming fierce, "My patience is limited. If Second Uncle doesn't tell the truth, don't blame me for being ruthless to Second Brother and the others."
"I didn't lie. Your father was attracted by your mother's beauty and her wealth, so he tricked her into coming home to get married. But your mother later recovered some of her memories and realized that it was your father who deceived her, so she had a quarrel with him."
According to Xie Donghai, since then, he realized that although Xie Changting and Su seemed to respect each other on the surface, they were actually strangers and they quarreled and had a cold war from time to time.
It was even discovered that Su did not allow Xie Changting to go to bed at all, and only let him sleep on the soft couch in the bedroom.
"Second uncle means that my mother knew she was deceived and the relationship between her and her husband broke down, so my father killed her?"
Xie Donghai looked at Xie Lan with a complicated expression, "Your mother's death is indeed related to your father, but he was not the one who killed her directly. Your mother died because she found out that your father had an affair with Liu, and she also heard that Liu was pregnant with your father's child and wanted to take her as a concubine.
Your mother refused to agree, and she had a violent argument with your father, causing her miscarriage and premature birth. In addition, the fetus was in an abnormal position when you were born, and the difficult birth hurt her body. In addition, she had continuous bleeding after giving birth, which is why she lost her life. "
Xie Lan did not comment on Xie Donghai's words.
She was too lazy to ask any more questions, so she simply used the mantra talisman on Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe.
I never thought that I would actually find out some hidden secrets.
Ever since Xie Changting used Su's money to buy an official position, Xie Donghai was unwilling to give up, so he asked the old lady to let Xie Changting spend some money to get him into the Imperial Household Department.
However, Xie Donghai felt that the position of Taifu Temple Supervisor was too low, so he tried to invite Xie Changting for a drink.
His original intention was to get Xie Changting drunk, and then ask him how much money the Su family had left, so that Xie Changting could use it to smooth things over for him and get a higher official position.
As a result, he learned that Su's money had been squeezed out of her long ago, and he also learned from Xie Changting that Su was going to the government to sue him for marriage fraud.
Xie Donghai did not take it seriously at first, but not long after, Su died after giving birth. Xie Changting said that Su's fetus was in an abnormal position, which hurt her body and caused her to lose too much blood.
But when Su was giving birth, Xie Donghai overheard the conversation between the midwife and Xie Changting, and learned that although Su had a miscarriage, her life was not in danger.
Xie Donghai felt that Su's death was somewhat strange. He didn't quite believe that Xie Changting had no money on hand. He originally wanted to find out the truth about this matter and then use it to threaten Xie Changting to pay money to help him get promoted.
But after investigation, it was discovered that the midwife had originally asked the maid to decoct the medicine for Su, but it was actually Xie Changting who decocted the medicine.
Xie Donghai guessed that Xie Changting had tampered with the obstetric medicine, but unfortunately he had secretly disposed of the residue, so he found no evidence and the threat had to come to nothing.
Xie Lan originally wanted to ask for more secrets, but unfortunately, that was all Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe knew.
Xie Lan was not very happy about wasting two mantra talismans.
There really wasn't a single good person in the Xie family from top to bottom. The family relied on her mother's money to get official positions and live a life of ordering servants around.
It would be fine if he didn't show any gratitude to her mother, but he killed her after he had used her up. How shameless!
Not only did the Xie family kill Su, but the original owner's death was also closely related to them.
Taoism talks about taking responsibility. Since Xie Lan has inherited the original owner's body, she must help avenge this grudge.
Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Xie Lan's expression ease up. "Lan girl, since you already know that we didn't kill your mother, you should let us go, right?"
Xie Lan sneered. Let them go? What a sweet dream!
Since her second and third uncles like to sell people so much, now they should have a taste of being sold. After asking all the questions, Xie Lan just took back the talisman paper. Tiechui pushed the door open and nodded slightly to Xie Lan.
In an instant, a steward in a royal blue robe hurried over. He glanced casually at the private room and said directly, "I heard that someone wants to sell herself to me at Chunfeng Tower. Who is it?"
Chunfeng Tower was the largest southern pavilion in the Great Zhou Dynasty. It was a topic that easily attracted attention. The manager had a loud voice and was standing outside the private room, so his voice could be heard from far away.
As soon as he said this, many diners at Zuixianlou heard it and gathered around to watch the fun.
Xie Donghai looked at the people outside the private room with a puzzled look on his face. He wanted to tell the steward that no one wanted to sell themselves here and that the steward had come to the wrong place.
But who knew that when the words came to his lips, he turned them into: "It's me and my third brother. We want to sell ourselves."
In an instant, everyone's eyes widened in shock.
They had seen people selling themselves before, but this was the first time they saw someone selling himself to Nanfeng Pavilion.
Xie Dahe was stunned by Xie Donghai's words. Seeing all kinds of curious, surprised, disdainful and contemptuous eyes looking at him, he subconsciously wanted to ask Xie Donghai if he was crazy for saying such nonsense.
But when he opened his mouth, he strangely echoed Xie Donghai's words, "Yes, my second brother and I want to sell ourselves to Chunfenglou."
Xie Yuan looked ashamed and angry and yelled at Xie Donghai, "Dad, are you crazy? What nonsense are you talking about?"
Xie Donghai also felt that he was crazy and wanted to say that he would not sell his body, but he could not control his mouth at all.
"We have no money, so we decided to sell ourselves to Chunfenglou and use the money from the sale to settle the bill with Zuixianlou."
Xie Yuan originally thought that his father and third uncle were just fooling around, but he didn't expect that the manager of Chunfeng Tower really wanted to sell people.
Xie Yuan could only yell at Xie Lan in frustration, "Sister, why are you still standing there? Hurry up and stop them. How can my father and Third Uncle sell themselves to Chunfeng Tower?"
The manager of Chunfeng Tower was the one that Xie Lan asked Tiechui to find. How could she stop him?
"It was your father who wanted to sell himself. How could you stop him? The food and wine your father and Third Uncle ordered cost more than three hundred taels. Do you have the money to pay Chunfenglou?"
Xie Yuan was shocked and angry. He wanted to get the marriage done, but he didn't have even a copper coin on him, let alone more than three hundred taels.
Seeing that he was speechless, Xie Lan said coldly, "If you don't want your father and uncle to sell their bodies, then the three of you brothers can sell yourselves together and pay the money to Zuixianlou."
Xie Rui and Xie Mao had been spoiled since childhood and were selfish, so how could they be willing to get themselves involved? When they saw that this matter would involve themselves, they pushed away the crowd of onlookers around them and ran away without looking back.
Xie Yuanjian saw the manager of Chunfeng Tower looking at him as if he were examining some merchandise, and was afraid that he would really be bought. He was so frightened that he quickly shrank into the crowd, not caring about Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe at all.
It was a rare opportunity for someone to sell themselves to Chunfeng Tower, so the manager of Chunfeng Tower would not miss this opportunity. He immediately instructed the servant to give the contract of sale to Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe for signature.
The task was accomplished, and Xie Lan calmly took back the talisman.
"This is a misunderstanding. We won't sell our bodies." Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe regained their senses and wanted to snatch the indenture back immediately.
"The contract of selling your body has been signed, and the money has been given to Zuixianlou. You can't go back on your word." The manager of Chunfenglou had long been on guard against them going back on their word. He sneered and signaled the thugs he had brought with him, "Take them away."
Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe fought back desperately, but they were no match for the thugs in strength and were soon gagged, tied up and taken away.