Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 385 Captured

Zhou Jiangning saw Zhao Yuan'er's expression and became even more sure that she was behind it to bring harm to her brother.

He stared at Zhao Yuan'er and said bitterly: "Whether she is innocent or not will be known after I press her."

With that said, she ordered the executioner's servant: "Since my mother is so rough and thick-skinned this week, let's serve her in a different way."

Zhou Jiangning went to war with his father back then, and he had never seen any scenes of swords, mountains, and seas of fire on the battlefield. Now that she is married and a woman, she has restrained herself a lot, but she has many powerful ways to deal with several women.

The servant girl was ordered to drag Mrs. Zhou up from the execution bench and tightly trapped her on a wooden stake nearby. Then she picked up the red-hot iron in the brazier and pointed at Mrs. Zhou without hesitation.

These housewives had never seen such iron-blooded tactics before. They were all so frightened that the timid ones even fainted.

 For a time, the woman's howling like a pig was being slaughtered and the servant girls under Zhao Yuan'er who had hidden secrets kowtowed and begged for mercy, echoed in the yard.

Zhao Yuan'er and Nanny Li beside her were also intimidated by Zhou Jiangning's methods and were so frightened that they didn't even dare to show off.

Mrs. Zhou, who was being served by the torture, couldn't bear the incense even after half a stick of incense. She howled desperately: "This is all what Aunt Li in front of me asked me to do. My aunt, please forgive me, ah - ah - Auntie, please forgive me."

Seeing that she finally confessed, the executioner's servant girl stopped her hands, untied her, and escorted her to Zhou Jiangning. She said harshly: "You know what to do, I'll invite you all, otherwise you will suffer."

That mother-in-law Zhou was so frightened that she kowtowed repeatedly. Zhao Yuan'er was also frightened and turned pale. Aunt Li's knees weakened and she knelt on the ground. She hurriedly begged: "This mother-in-law spits blood at others. My aunt must not trust her."

 Zhou Jiangning glanced at Zhao Yuan'er and Mrs. Li, only stared at Mrs. Zhou and said: "How did Grandma Li instruct you? Let's do it from the truth."

Mrs. Zhou endured the severe pain in her body, swallowed her saliva, and replied truthfully: "What Aunt Li asked the slave to put in the master's food is chronic poison. If you eat this stuff for a month, you will die from the poison. Auntie, the slave is just a poison." I was ordered by Grandma Li, please be kind to my aunt."

When Zhou Jiangning heard this, she was so angry that her teeth itched. She suppressed her anger and asked, "Where are those medicines?"

My younger brother has been eating it for several days. Only when Zhou Jiangning found the poison could he find a doctor to detoxify his brother's symptoms.

Mrs. Zhou was tortured and lost her mind. She replied truthfully: "The old slave hid those poisons under the floor tiles in the room. My aunt just ordered people to search for them."

Zhou Jiangning waved his hands to the left and right, and within a short time a few servants retrieved the poison. Zhou Jiangning glanced at Granny Li who was paralyzed on the ground in fear and said: "Now that there are both human and material evidence, Granny Li is here If you summon him truthfully, you'd better have me serve him with severe punishment."

Mother Li had just witnessed Zhou Jiangning's methods. She was so frightened that she could only breathe out but not in. She just stared at Zhao Yuan'er in fear and cried continuously: "Princess, please help me, Princess, please help me."

Zhou Jiangning's methods are simply better than those in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. How can Nanny Li bear it? If the truth is revealed, even if she has the support of Prince Jian's palace, the crime of harming her husband and heirs is not a small one.

Zhao Yuan'er forced herself to calm down and said to Zhou Jiangning: "Aunt Li is my wet nurse, equivalent to half of my mother. Even if she does something wrong, there is still me as the master and the county prince's palace. How can it be her turn?" You, a married woman, come to interrogate her."

Zhou Jiangning sneered: "Since this woman entered my general's residence with you, she is a member of my general's residence. If she commits a crime, as the general's legitimate daughter, I naturally have the right to interrogate her." As she said this, she glanced at Looking at Zhao Yuan'er, he continued: "Don't say it's this bitch. When I find out the mastermind who killed my brother, hum! No matter who she is, I will deal with her according to family rules."

When Zhao Yuan'er heard this, she said angrily: "How dare you! The master is not at home, and I am the head of the family. How can I tolerate a married woman like you to be the head of the family?"

Speaking, Zhao Yuan'er waved her hand at the servants she had brought with her, and said with a stern tone: "Help Granny Li go back, I want to see who dares to touch my princess."

They took orders from the left and right, helped Nanny Li up and walked out. Zhou Jiangning sat at the top of the table and ordered to the two rows of guards: "Get that woman down for me."

These guards are Zhou Yi's personal soldiers who stayed in the mansion. Apart from Zhou Yi, only Zhou Jiangning, who had accompanied Zhou Yi on the expedition, could mobilize the rest of the family.

A group of soldiers were killed, holding bright weapons and swarming forward, frightening Zhao Yuan'er to retreat one after another. The servants were even scared to death, and they couldn't care about Nanny Li, who was already frightened half to death.

Zhou Jiangning ordered people to tie Grandma Li to a wooden stake with five-flowered flowers. He faced the execution order with a cold face: "Chop off her fingers one by one. After you chop off the fingers, chop off the toes. She If she doesn’t recruit anyone, I will cut her into pieces with a thousand knives.”

"Auntie, please forgive me!" Before Grandma Li could even cry out for mercy, the executioner had already raised the knife and chopped off Grandma Li's little finger.

Her **** fingers fell into the dust, and Grandma Li howled in pain like a pig being killed.

Zhao Yuan'er's eyes darkened when she saw this tragic situation, and she fainted.

When she woke up slowly, she saw that she was locked in a dark little room. There was not even a bed in the room. She was thrown into a pile of grass with only a thin quilt covering her body.

Zhao Yuan'er was so frightened that she rushed to the door, banging on the door and crying: "Let me out, you let me out, I am the princess, the daughter-in-law of this mansion, you guys You slaves, you dare to lock me up, will you all die?"

She shouted until her voice became hoarse, and then a maid beside Zhou Jiangning slowly walked over and said coldly through the door: "Madam, please save your energy. Those things you have done, the Li Li beside you Mammy has done everything possible, and now that the witnesses and material evidence are all there, my aunt is just waiting for the master to come back and deal with you."

Zhao Yuan'er said anxiously: "Don't listen to that nanny Li's nonsense. I was wronged. How could I do anything wrong to the general?"

The maid outside the door snorted coldly: "If you are complaining about these grievances, you should wait until the master comes back and talk to him. Our aunt only looks at the evidence and not the person."

Zhao Yuan'er scratched the crack in the door and saw the servant girl was about to leave. She shouted: "Even if my aunt has evidence, I am the wife you are marrying, and I am the master of this house. Even if there are any mistakes, you should be punished by the master." I’m the one to deal with it, it’s Zhou Jiangning’s turn to take care of it.”

The servant woman glanced at the locked iron door, snorted heavily, and left without looking back.

Zhao Yuan'er shouted: "Even if you want to imprison me, at least bring me a thick quilt. It's freezing cold. Are you going to torture me to death?"

 (End of this chapter)