noffsinger Chapter 683 Fake Death
Chapter 683 Fake Death
He told his brother the truth, "It's not that Third Brother is being dramatic, it's just that I really don't dare to stay here. I'm afraid something else will happen."
"Then I'll make sure you're alright. I'll come pick you up in ten days." Ling Silang was genuinely worried that something might happen to Ling Sanlang on the way back, which would cause trouble.
Seeing Ling Silang's strong opposition, Ling Sanlang finally had to compromise, "Alright, then it'll be ten days. Come pick me up in ten days."
"Don't worry, I'll definitely come in ten days."
"Don't leave today. We haven't dealt with that woman yet, and I'm too embarrassed to talk to the Xu family about these things. It would be better if you talked to them."
"Okay, I won't leave today. We'll talk about it after this matter is resolved."
"Alright." With Ling Silang around, Ling Sanlang felt a little more at ease. "Xiao Ba is a smart kid. I wonder if he's figured something out. Don't go back and tell your sister-in-law anything."
"Don't worry, Third Brother, let Xiao Ba stay here with you for a few days."
"well."
Ling Silang stayed for a short while before Xu Dazhuang returned. Ling Silang told him what had happened, and Xu Dazhuang's expression changed.
"This... wait a moment, I'll go ask Mother how to handle this matter."
"it is good."
Xu Dazhuang hurriedly went to Old Madam Xu's room, knocking lightly on the door before entering. "Mother, that embroiderer in the needlework room actually climbed into Ling Sanlang's bed when we weren't looking. Luckily, Silang came and discovered it in time, otherwise who knows what might have happened."
When Grandma Xu heard a woman scream, she thought it was a hallucination. Since no one told her what was happening, she ignored it. Little did she know it wasn't a hallucination.
"Servants who climb into bed should be dragged out and sold off; there's no need to keep them."
"Okay, I'll deal with it right away."
Grandma Xu was afraid that the woman would go around spreading rumors, so she told Silang before she went out to give that woman some medicine to make her mute, the kind that would prevent her from ever speaking again.
"As for how much to sell it for... it's up to you."
"Yes, Mother." Xu Dazhuang didn't think that Old Lady Xu's methods were cruel at all; in fact, he felt that it was the right thing to do, and that she should be ruthless.
Looking at her adopted son, who was honest and kind, always doing whatever she said and being exceptionally filial, Grandma Xu felt incredibly happy. "Don't blame yourself. Fortunately, things aren't too bad, and everything is under control."
"Okay, son understands."
"Go ahead."
Xu Dazhuang went out to talk to Ling Silang about this. Ling Silang didn't have any medicine on him. "Then Uncle, you'll have to wait a bit. I'll go get some medicine, brew it, and then I'll give it to her."
"Okay, why don't you write down the prescription and I'll go get the medicine?"
"No need, I'll go."
"it is good."
Ling Silang went and got a few kinds of medicine himself. They looked like tonics, but there were actually extra medicines. The other medicines together would make a mute medicine. He came back, prepared the medicine, and gave it to the old woman in the courtyard. He didn't care about anything else.
Ling Silang didn't go to the restaurant either, but stayed in the room with Ling Sanlang. He thought Xiao Ba would come back very late, but Xiao Ba returned shortly after going out.
Looking at Xiao Ba standing by the bedside, on the verge of tears, Ling Silang asked, "Didn't I send you out to play? I asked you to go to our family's restaurant. Why are you back so soon?"
"I'm worried about Dad."
"Your dad is fine. Why don't you stay here and keep him company for the next few days?"
Xiao Ba's eyes sparkled. "Okay."
Ling Silang was sitting in the room, talking to several people. Outside, Xu Dazhuang's voice sounded a little flustered, "Silang, Silang, come out for a moment."
Ling Silang got up and went out, only to see Xu Dazhuang with a bad expression and a very low voice, "That woman is dead."
"Dead?" Ling Silang frowned. "Did he take his medicine?"
“She hadn’t drunk it yet. I was going to take the medicine over to her and watch her drink it after the old woman finished brewing it. But when I opened the door to the woodshed, I found that she was already dead.”
Ling Silang frowned slightly. "Let's go take a look."
When Ling Silang arrived at the woodshed, he found the woman lying peacefully on the ground, motionless. Upon checking, he discovered that she was no longer breathing, but something was strange.
There were no external injuries, and no known cause of death; he just... died in his sleep?
He doesn't believe it.
"When someone dies, don't you want me to just dump them in a mass grave outside the city?"
Ling Silang sensed something was wrong. "Uncle, let's leave it for now. Don't touch it. Close the woodshed door. The family probably doesn't know she's dead yet."
"I don't know, I only told you that."
"Okay, then close the door. We'll talk about the rest this afternoon."
"afternoon?"
"Wait for Mingxian to come."
"it is good."
Ling Silang deliberately didn't return to the restaurant, firstly to appease Ling Sanlang, and secondly to wait for Du Mingxian. He hadn't gone back yet, but Du Mingxian would definitely come over when she had time.
When Du Mingxian arrived, Ling Silang immediately took her to the woodshed, saying, "Look, she just died like that, it's very strange."
Ling Silang recounted what Du Mingxian had observed about the day's events. Du Mingxian also found it strange, as she hadn't bought the servant and didn't know anything about him.
But it's not difficult at all. "Since the person is dead, if you're still worried, just give him the final blow."
Ling Silang slapped his forehead. "It's dark under the lamp."
"Let me do it."
At this moment, Xu Dazhuang walked in and saw Du Mingxian holding a dagger, about to stab the other person in the heart. He hurriedly stopped her, saying, "Mingxian, let me do it, let me do it."
He's a grown man right here; how could he let a delicate little girl do that? That would be inhuman.
Moreover, he was a slave, and the other party was the master.
When Du Mingxian saw Xu Dazhuang snatch the knife, she didn't argue much and simply stood aside, giving her place to Xu Dazhuang.
Xu Dazhuang had served in the army and knew how to kill. He was extremely accurate, and with a swift movement, he plunged the knife into the heart.
As it turned out, they all saw... the woman who had been lying dead on the ground opened her eyes because of the pain, and then breathed her last unwillingly.
Xu Dazhuang was terrified, not expecting the corpse to come back to life. "She...she's not dead."
"It must have been a staged death. Where did they buy this person from? Does your uncle know about her past?"
"I heard that she was retired from a wealthy family. That family made a mistake, and she changed hands several times. In the end, it was because she was good at needlework that your mother bought her to make clothes. The old lady had high standards for embroidery, and she could meet them perfectly."
Du Mingxian understood. "It must be that the master she followed before was quite capable. She knew you were going to give her a drug to make her mute, and she was unwilling to give up, so she took a drug to fake her death first. Luckily, you were careful and didn't throw the body out directly, otherwise she would have really escaped this disaster."
"It's Silang, it's Silang who's cautious." Xu Dazhuang thought to himself that he had said he would throw the person out earlier today, thankfully he hadn't.