On the wedding day, I was broken off, so I remarried his uncle

Chapter 247 Questioning the Background

The couple walked out of the utility room and immediately saw Chen Shuanzi who was brought over by a member of the Chen family.

Chen Ying stepped forward and said, "Sir, we found the escaped Chen Shuanzi among the disaster victims!"

After hearing this, Song Xile was immediately shocked. She was worried that she had no chance to persuade her father-in-law, but now the chance had come!

When Ma Po died, Chen Shuanzi and his wife disappeared. She thought that the couple had also been murdered, but she didn't expect that they fell into her hands after many twists and turns.

She looked at the disheveled Chen Shuanzi. He was as thin as a bamboo pole, with disheveled hair and looked very shabby. If he was not a resident of the village, she might not have recognized him.

She turned to her husband and whispered, "I'll go to the kitchen to get some food. You take him to the woodshed first. We'll interrogate him later!"

Chen Yunyou had the same idea. He nodded, and the couple went about their business.

Song Xile searched in the kitchen for half a day but couldn't find anything to eat.

Food is expensive now, and the weather is hot, so her mother calculates the amount of food she cooks every day, so there is no possibility of leftovers.

Song Xile wanted to use food to lure the other party to speak. This was the simplest and most direct method. Now there was no food left in the kitchen, so she simply used her points to buy a bowl of porridge from the system mall.

The thick rice porridge was still warm and exuded the aroma of food.

Song Xile took another bowl from the kitchen and divided the rice porridge into two bowls. In order to prevent Yun You from noticing, she added some water to each bowl and then took the food to the woodshed.

Song Xile walked into the room and saw Chen Shuanzi tied up, lying on the ground with disheveled hair and dirty face.

Yun You asked him questions, but he just kept silent.

Song Xile walked to her husband and said coldly, "Why, do you think that if you don't speak up, we won't know that it was your family who ambushed us on the mountain and tried to murder us?"

Chen Shuanzi turned his face away and remained silent.

Song Xile squatted down and shook the porridge in his hand, "How about it? As long as you answer my questions truthfully, these two bowls of porridge are yours!"

When people are hungry, they are very sensitive to the smell of food. Chen Shuanzi opened his eyes, stared at the white porridge with burning eyes, and couldn't help swallowing.

Anyway, the person has been caught now. It doesn't matter if he dies sooner or later. He will die with a full stomach.

Thinking of this, he didn't hesitate and asked in a hoarse voice: "What do you want to know?"

"Why did you ambush us in the mountains in the first place?"

When Chen Shuanzi mentioned this, he was filled with hatred. He said in a hateful voice: "If you want to find someone, go find that old hag. It was she who ordered my mother to do this. It was all her! Otherwise, how could my mother die?"

Song Xile calmly handed the porridge to her husband, indicating that she should feed him first.

Chen Shuanzi had not eaten such fine porridge for a long time. To be precise, ever since they escaped from Chenjia Village, they often had one meal full and one meal hungry.

After he wolfed down a bowl of porridge in the blink of an eye, Song Xile continued to ask, "Didn't your mother slip and fall down the mountain? What does this have to do with your mother's death?"

Chen Shuanzi said with a crazy look: "I saw it, I saw it all. That day, Chen Er, who was beside the master, said that officials were coming to take us to another place to settle down, but he pushed my mother down the back mountain."

"He's going to kill us, the master is going to kill us!"

The couple looked at each other and saw the understanding in each other's eyes.

Song Xile got the evidence she wanted and no longer wanted to ask any more questions. She handed the remaining bowl of porridge to her husband and walked out of the woodshed.

Today was destined to be a sleepless night. Except for the young children, everyone else in Songjia Village stayed up all night.

As soon as the sky turned pale, Song Xile asked his father to take people to the county government to report the news.

When County Magistrate Zhou heard that nearly a thousand disaster victims had poured into Songjia Village last night, he jumped up from his seat in fright.

After hearing the details and finding out that nothing serious had happened, he sat back in his seat with his legs limp and most of his back soaked!

County Magistrate Zhou said with emotion: "You have made great contributions to our county. When the disaster is alleviated, I will definitely reward you!"

Old Song did not dare to take credit for it, and mentioned the people who mixed in with the victims yesterday and attempted to incite riots.

County Magistrate Zhou was furious when he heard this. What a great Zhou family!

They dared to commit such a rebellious act. He was worried that the donated food was not enough. Now, he was determined to settle all the new and old grudges together.

He immediately stood up and summoned all the officials in the county. He sent people to Songjia Village to gather the victims, and at the same time sent capable people to Zhou's family to arrest people.

After the officers took all the victims away, the couple, their two brothers and Chen Shuanzi returned directly to the Chen family.

Song Xile asked his two brothers to guard the main courtyard, while they escorted Chen Shuanzi all the way to the main house.

The two of them arrived at the right time, and the whole family was sitting in the main hall having breakfast.

When the family saw the two men escorting Chen Shuanzi back, they all had different expressions, among which Xiao Liu's face was the palest.

Liu was also feeling uneasy. She pretended to be calm and said, "Why bring such a cunning servant back? Send him directly to the government!"

Song Xile looked at Liu with a half-smile, "Mother-in-law, are you sure you want me to send him to the government?"

Looking at the other person's expression, Liu simply stopped pretending.

Now that this guy has been caught by them, he will definitely confess everything he should and shouldn't say!

She was the one who instigated the people, there is no point in quibbling about it, the window paper has been broken, there is no need to pretend anymore.

She sneered righteously: "If you have the guts, go to the county government and report me!"

As she is the mother of the third son, it is impossible for him to report her to the county government. This is a serious act of unfilial piety and he shall be punished. Moreover, he wants to become an official. Would he dare to do so?

There were clear regulations in ancient times that relatives should conceal the truth about their parents' crimes, and children should not report them. If they did, they would be severely punished for being unfilial. However, if relatives concealed the truth about their parents, they would be completely innocent even if the crime was discovered.

Song Xile smiled and looked at Mr. Chen, "Father-in-law, do you think Yun You dares?"

Chen Yi's heart suddenly skipped a beat, as if the secret that had been buried in his heart for many years had been discovered by the other party.

With a straight face, he rebuked, “What nonsense are you talking about here?”

Song Xile changed his nonchalant attitude and said solemnly, "If that's the case, then I'll let my eldest brother take the person to the government office. At least it can't be false that my father-in-law instigated his followers to kill Ma Pozi!"

Everyone in the room looked horrified.

Mr. Chen stood up and shouted, "What on earth do you want to do?"

Song Xile looked back with a determined look, and said word by word: "How did you steal your husband? And why did you hide his background?"

When Mr. Chen heard this, his expression became visibly flustered.

His legs went limp and he slumped back into the seat behind him, his lips trembling.

Everyone in the room was so surprised that they couldn't recover.