Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

He was playing chess at an old friend's house when he overheard what happened. He ran back in a hurry, but it was too late and he didn't see anything.

Xie Cheng'an had to patiently re-describe what had just happened, and then he said, "Father, now may really be the time for our Xie family to survive. If we can rescue Gu Qiongsi and get in touch with Prince An, we may have a chance to turn things around in the future."

"Humph," Master Xie snorted disdainfully, "Her affairs in Louwailou are now known to everyone. Do you think Prince An will still employ such a person?"

"Prince An used her ideas and abilities, which has nothing to do with anything else, so my son thinks there should be no problem." Xie Cheng'an could only guess in the best direction.

"What if Mr. Nanshan committed suicide in prison? He was using his death to prove his innocence." Mr. Xie then dropped another bombshell, shocking the two of them so much that they were speechless for a long time.

"How could this happen? When did this happen?" Xie Cheng'an asked hurriedly. He was shocked, but he also understood that Mr. Nanshan, who always valued his reputation, might commit suicide after encountering such a thing.

He didn't dare to imagine what kind of life he would lead if he continued to live, but if he died, he might be able to preserve some of his reputation.

"It happened not long after you came out of the government office. I heard that he left a blood letter before he died. As for what was written on it, no one knows except a few people in the government office." Mr. Xie smacked his lips. Even if Mr. Nanshan died, he would not let Gu Qiongsi go and was determined to throw this basin of dirty water on her.

Xie Chengan sat down on the chair, his whole body shaking like a sieve, but this time he was not scared, but angry.

Mr. Qi Nanshan is really going too far. It was clearly he who did the evil, but he insisted on letting Gu Qiongsi take the blame. The mind of the literati is really vicious.

"If that's the case, then we may just have no choice but to go down this path to the end," Xie Cheng'an said with a sigh, "Madame Li, please continue to go to Xunxiangyuan to boil the medicine. I'm going to the Dali Temple now and meet with Gu Qiongsi first."

Qian nodded, took out the only ten taels of silver she had on her and handed it to Xie Cheng'an. Going to the Dali Temple would require silver as a bribe.

In the Dali Temple prison, Gu Qiongsi finally saw his parents and brother whom he had been missing day and night. The three of them were actually locked up in a dirty, smelly cell.

"Si'er, Si'er, please rescue us quickly. Si'er, think of a way quickly..." Mrs. Du shouted loudly at Gu Qiongsi. The clothes of the three of them were already tattered, and they must have been tortured.

However, she just passed by their cell and was taken directly to the innermost cell, which seemed to be an interrogation room. There were various torture instruments in it and dark red bloodstains everywhere.

Seeing Yan Nangui and Deputy General Niu in the interrogation room, Gu Qiongsi pretended to be calm and walked forward. He greeted them in a relatively calm tone, and then sat on a small stool at their request.

"Gu Qiongsi? Do you know the woman shouting over there?" Deputy General Niu pointed at Mrs. Du who was still shouting outside and asked Gu Qiongsi.

"Yes, sir. She is my mother."

"A month ago, did you give her a bottle of medicine? It is colorless and tasteless, and can kill people without being seen. Even the doctor couldn't see any symptoms of poisoning after taking it for a month." Vice Admiral Niu continued to ask.

"No." Gu Qiongsi answered decisively without any hesitation.

"Oh, Aunt Gu, are you so sure? Did your mother frame you? Since she is not telling the truth, it seems that we still have to torture her again." Yan Nangui had not spoken a word, secretly observing Gu Qiongsi's expression. When he spoke this time, the calmness that Gu Qiongsi had pretended with great difficulty was broken.

"Sir, you...are you going to force a confession under torture?" Gu Qiongsi stood up from the small stool and asked nervously.

She was not worried about Mrs. Du's health, but she felt that Mrs. Du and the others had already confessed everything, and if she was interrogated again, there was no guarantee that they would reveal something else.

"Haha, there has never been such a thing as confession under torture in the Dali Temple. All that has happened is a change of conscience." Yan Nangui tugged at his wrinkled outer robe, put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Gu Qiongsi with interest, and asked in a flat tone,

"Aunt Gu, are you interested in seeing how your mother finds her conscience?"

Gu Xunwei's heart was trembling. She stared at him with clenched teeth and said nothing.

Things now are no longer what she wants, and she has no chance of choice at all.

"Deputy General Niu, go and bring Madam Gu and Young Master Gu here. They confessed the most and spoke in more detail." Yan Nangui signaled Deputy General Niu to bring people.

Gu Qiongsi secretly made up her mind that no matter what they said, she would say she didn't know. Only in this way would Xie Chengan be able to rescue her. Otherwise, she would have to spend the rest of her life in prison.

She is still so young and has so many things to accomplish. Now that she has the incense recipe in her hands and has not earned a lot of money, she cannot waste her life in prison.

When Mrs. Du and Gu Qionghua were brought in, Mrs. Du no longer dared to shout. She just walked timidly to the side of Gu Qiongsi, and then she felt a little relieved.

"Madam Gu, please repeat what you confessed so that Aunt Gu can also know it." Deputy General Niu said to Mrs. Du, his tone was extremely respectful.

"This..." Mrs. Du immediately began to hesitate. She glanced at Gu Qiongsi twice and saw that the other party seemed to have not heard what she said just now, and did not even look up at her. She didn't know how to start the conversation for a moment.

"Mrs. Gu? If you have forgotten what you signed and sealed, I will take them out now to help you recall." Lieutenant General Niu said with a smile.

But to Mrs. Du, this smile was like seeing a ghost. She was so frightened that her legs went weak and she fell to her knees.

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you," Mrs. Du begged for mercy in panic, "Stop hitting me, I'll tell you."

So, she stuttered as she told the story of how Gu Qiongsi had someone bring the potion and letter paper to her, and described in detail how to use the potion and when to use it.

As Gu Qiongsi listened, she felt relieved. Yes, she had found an acquaintance to help bring those things back to Liuzhou and give them to her mother. After all, whether she asked that person to take them over or not depended entirely on his words. It was possible that he could change his words.