Chapter 721: The Cannon Fodder Girl Forced by Her Own Father to Become a Substitute (4)
Chapter 721: The Cannon Fodder Girl Forced by Her Own Father to Become a Substitute (4)
"That's right! I'm confused too!"
Zhao Laosan grabbed the ends of his hair and said, "When they left, they didn't have anything from our family in their hands. How come the things in the warehouse disappeared?"
"Could it be that there's a thief in our house, and someone took advantage of the chaos to move things away?" Zhao Laoer guessed.
"Check, check quickly!"
Madam Zhao ordered, "Oh, by the way, arrest that girl named Yu'er and send her to the prison tonight to replace Yanran!"
Su Li, who happened to hear this, curled his lips.
She walked step by step from the gate into the main hall.
"Beast! Why don't you kneel down!" Cheng Ping was so angry when he saw her that he walked up to her and wanted to slap her.
"Pah!" Su Li slapped him away with his backhand, with a calm look on his face.
boom!
"You!!" Cheng Ping, who had smashed a Huanghuali chair, looked at Su Li in disbelief.
Su Li ignored him and looked at Madam Zhao, "What's the point of arresting me? I just inquired and found out that the eldest master has already explained everything in there. In two days, the Zhaoguo Mansion will be confiscated and executed by the emperor's order!"
"What!!" Madam Zhao looked dejected, "How could this happen?"
"Little girl, don't exaggerate!" Zhao Laoer said while comforting the old lady.
"Don't believe it? If you don't believe it, you can go and ask around." Su Li curled his lips.
"Mom, what this girl said might be true! The eldest brother is a weak man, and our second and third branches have done a lot of wrong things over the years. You'd better make a decision quickly!" Zhao Laosan said after thinking for a while.
"What can mother do? Escape? That's impossible. This world belongs to the king. Where can we escape to?" Zhao Laoer said with a look of resignation.
The old lady pondered for a few breaths and looked at Zhao Lao San. "We must keep a trace of our Zhao family's bloodline. Lao San has been traveling for many years and has the means to do business..."
Zhao Laoer, who had been silently empowered by Su Li, took over the conversation, "Mom, are you saying that few people in the capital know the third brother? Maybe we can find someone to replace him..."
He looked at Cheng Ping, "I think Cheng Ping is suitable. He is similar in size to the third brother, and he is loyal to our Zhao family..."
"No!" Cheng Ping said quickly.
The Zhao mother and her two children in the main hall all looked at him in unison, with different expressions.
Cheng Ping laughed dryly, "What I meant is that if I accompany the master out, I'm afraid that many people will recognize me, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate!"
"What's inappropriate? Who would care about a coachman driving a carriage beside the boss?" Zhao Laoer waved his hand.
Cheng Ping wanted to say something but was interrupted by Su Li.
Su Li chuckled, "Yes, what the Second Master said is right. My father is the most loyal to the Zhao family! When the First Madam was unwell before, he heard that human flesh could cure diseases, so he personally dug a piece of flesh from my mother's arm and gave it to the First Madam as a medicine inducer!"
The reason why the original mother was so afraid of Cheng Ping and did not dare to protect her daughter was mostly because she had suffered too much from Cheng Ping.
For the sake of the eldest lady of the Zhao family, not only did he sacrifice his original body, but he also did not let her mother go.
"You!" Seeing Su Li's gloating, Cheng Ping glared at her and wanted to refuse again.
However, Madam Zhao interrupted him again, "In that case, it's decided. Third brother, take Cheng Ping to change clothes, and then leave at night to find your cousin from your uncle's family. He will find a way to take care of it. At least you have to save your life, even if you have to be exiled!"
"Yes! Mother!" Zhao Laosan responded.
At this time, Zhao Laoer said, "Lao San, have someone keep an eye on Cheng Ping, lest he finds a chance to slip away. I think he doesn't seem to be willing to do that!"
Zhao Laosan also glanced at Cheng Ping, "Second brother, I understand!"
Afterwards, he called someone to take Cheng Ping to his yard, changed his clothes, and had someone guard him.
Su Li also took advantage of Cheng Ping's drowsiness to extract a trace of his memory.
Sure enough, everything that happened to the Zhao family was done by him.
In order to be able to be with the First Lady and Zhao Yanran openly, he cooperated with the Emperor's fifth prince.
It turns out that Duke Zhao's family is not only a close confidant of the Fifth Prince's mortal enemy, but his family also holds a big secret.
The secret of a treasure from a previous dynasty.
The fifth prince wanted to kill the Zhao family in order to raid their house and get the key to the treasure.
Of course, the Zhao family is not innocent either.
Over the years, the two brothers of the Zhao family have committed cheating in the imperial examinations, disregarded human lives, forced women of good families into prostitution, and so on, doing all sorts of bad things.
Although the third son of the Zhao family did not commit as many evil deeds as his two older brothers, he was not a good person either.
Cheng Ping collected these evidences and brought down the Zhao family.
Su Li opened her eyes and couldn't help but kick Cheng Ping.
Toppling the Zhao family was a good thing, but for his own selfish reasons, he made his daughter a substitute for Zhao Yanran, the illegitimate daughter of him and his first wife.
It was really too much to sacrifice everything of the original mother and daughter to the mother and daughter of the Zhao family.
What did she do wrong?
She is Cheng Ping's daughter, so is there such a big difference between loving her or not?
So, he deserves to die!
In order to make Cheng Ping'an feel at ease as a substitute for the third son of the Zhao family, Su Li used a sleight of hand to make his appearance 80% similar to the third son of the Zhao family.
As for Zhao Laosan who fled from the Zhao family overnight, Su Li gave him a bad luck talisman.
Although this guy has never harmed the original body, he has done a lot of immoral things after all. The rest of his life can only be left to fate!
In the prison of the Ministry of Justice in the capital.
Zhao Yanran huddled in Madam Zhao's arms and buried her face. "Mom, what should I do? I want to leave here. I'm so scared!"
Not far away, there were the shrill screams of the Zhao family's eldest brother and the sound of the jailer whipping him under torture.
"Don't worry! Your father...your Uncle Cheng will find a way to rescue us." The eldest lady touched her back and comforted her.
Zhao Yanran raised her head. "Mom, my father is Cheng Ping, right? Actually, my last name is not Zhao at all. My last name is Cheng, right?"
The eldest lady froze, "Yanran, who told you this nonsense..."
"Mom, I can feel it! I often see Uncle Cheng sneaking into your yard without telling anyone and staying there all night. Every time you are in a particularly good mood the next day!"
Zhao Yanran said with certainty, "Besides, I saw today that Cheng Yu'er looks about 70% similar to me, both look like Cheng Ping! The reason why Cheng Yu'er has been staying in the greenhouse is because she is afraid that people will find out about my background, right?"
"Yes, Not Bad."
Madam Zhao finally nodded, sighed and said, "Your uncle Cheng and I have been childhood sweethearts. My mother despised him because he was the son of a housekeeper and a poor boy, and he was not worthy of me. That's why she married me to the Zhao family."
"So Cheng Ping turned himself into your dowry and followed you to the Zhao family?" Zhao Yanran asked.
"Not bad!"
Mrs. Zhao nodded, "In order to cover up our affair, I arranged a marriage for him. He has resentment in his heart, and he blames me."
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