Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1156 - 589: Unexpected Scar Revelation_2

She didn’t expect that Ruoyan and the others would return so quickly, so coincidentally.

However, since they ran into each other, Zhao Xiue was not someone who would easily admit defeat. She wanted to use her eloquence to get Lian Shouxin and the others on her side or at least not oppose her.

"You probably didn’t know, but before, they were going to sell Manman, saying she would be a child bride. In truth, she was going to be buried with the dead. Lian Shouren said he didn’t know about this; that’s nonsense. Just because Manman’s birth date was good, they offered a lot of money, claiming that she would be buried with the dead!" Zhao Xiue’s words were shocking.

Old scars were once again revealed, and Lian Shouxin, Lady Zhang, and Wu Lang were caught off guard and didn’t immediately stop Zhao Xiue. Meanwhile, Lian Shouyi, Lian Shouren, and Old Master Lian, despite hearing Zhao Xiue’s words, naturally treated them as wind by the ears.

"That matter was planned by Lian Shouren and his wife. Lian Shouyi knew too; the money earned from selling Manman was used to buy a jade pendant for Lian Huahua, and the remaining money was pocketed by Lian Shouren, with Lian Shouyi also receiving benefits. Fourth Uncle, the two brothers are the real siblings here, big brother eats meat, second brother drinks soup. The meat, the soup, that’s you all!"

"Nonsense!" Lian Shouyi roared.

"Utter nonsense!" Lian Shouren shouted.

"Make her shut up." Old Master Lian’s hand trembled.

"Saying I’m talking nonsense, you grown men don’t have the responsibility of a woman like me. Aren’t these the words you, Lian Shouyi, uttered truthfully when you were drunk? Then later, you borrowed high-interest loans and still messed things up, and Lian Shouren embezzled dozens of taels of silver, and you, Lian Shouyi, also embezzled more than ten taels, right? All this money went to the brothel sisters on Temple Back Street, right?"

Lian Shouren and Lian Shouyi’s faces turned red.

"You better not deny it." Zhao Xiue pointed at Lian Shouyi, "In Taicang, you were all like headless chickens. When something happened, you came to me for advice. Back then, you told me everything. Do you dare to swear that you didn’t personally tell me these things?"

"Let’s turn the page on this. Old Fourth, don’t listen to this Zhao woman’s nonsense; she’s trying to... sow discord!" Lian Shouren hurriedly explained.

"Right, right, she’s making it all up to stir us up." Lian Shouyi also hurriedly said.

Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang didn’t speak. Although they had already guessed the truth about Lian Manman’s incident, hearing someone state it so definitively for the first time still had a significant impact on both of them.

Wu Lang, Lian Manman, and Xiao Qi stood together, and none of them spoke.

"This Zhao woman is a mad dog. Old Fourth, Wu Lang, don’t fall for her trickery." Lian Shouren urged as he noticed Lian Shouxin and the others remained silent.

"Right." Lian Shouyi immediately chimed in, "This woman is shameless, disgracing our Old Lian Family. Her words can’t be trusted. We should bind her up and send her to the Yamen. Let them put her in the stocks till she dies."

In this era, punishments for shameless women were extremely cruel. Besides the well-known but rarely seen "riding the wooden donkey," a more commonly used, seemingly "gentler," yet equally cruel punishment was to be put in the stocks for public shaming. The offender would stand outdoors with a heavy stock, given no food or drink during the period. Many couldn’t endure it for long, slowly being tortured to death.

"Old Fourth, let’s talk about this among ourselves later. This, this," Old Master Lian also spoke up at this time, pointing at Zhao Xiue as if pointing at something filthy, unable to find the right words to describe it. "She should have been divorced and kicked out long ago. One shouldn’t be soft-hearted, soft-hearted. Now, I will make the decision to divorce her. Do what needs to be done; take it to the law if necessary..."

"Oh my, Old Master, are you still siding with these two sons of yours?" Zhao Xiue sneered at Old Master Lian, "Have you forgotten who married off your precious daughter to an old coffin-wood?"

"It was your eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law; your second son knew too. What deceit? After all, they just wanted to fool you old folks." Zhao Xiue continued to sneer, "They sold your daughter to gain power, did you know that? I didn’t know about this beforehand, they kept it from me. If I hadn’t been in confinement, unable to leave the house, they probably wouldn’t have succeeded!"

"To speak honestly, even your second daughter-in-law didn’t know about this, they were afraid she’d spill the beans with her big mouth. Erlang, Sanlang, they didn’t know either. Who told them to be so dull, not as cunning as your old Lian family’s eldest grandson and his wife!" Zhao Xiue deliberately elongated her tone for the last sentence, casting a glance at Lady Chiang.

"You’re spouting lies!" Lady Chiang’s face turned red immediately.

"I almost forgot, there’s one more thing." Zhao Xiue, however, became more pleased, raising her head and laughing twice, waving a handkerchief as she spoke, "It’s about Old Master, you almost with Aunt Ping... haha, that thing..."

"If I don’t say it, I guess you’d never know in your lifetime. Old Master, today I’ll tell you the fair truth, you were wronged in that matter."

Zhao Xiue paused intentionally at this point. Lian Shouren was already scratching his head anxiously, disregarding the elegance of a scholar, wanting to rush forward and grab Zhao Xiue, while Lady Gu’s face was pallid, her eyes seemingly wishing to swallow Zhao Xiue alive.

"Let her speak, let her finish!" Old Master Lian stepped forward two steps, raising his hand to stop Lian Shouren.

"Aunt Ping was bribed," Zhao Xiue threw out another bombshell, "The person who bribed her was someone nearby, right in front of you..."

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