vstars Chapter 395 The person has been caught
Chapter 395 The person has been caught
A few days later.
Inside a dilapidated temple outside the city, the old woman stuffed a silver note into Zhang Yang's arms and then pushed him onto the carriage, saying, "You'd better hurry, nephew! Go as far away as you can!"
The old woman kept urging him, and Zhang Yang reluctantly got into the carriage.
The medicine had worn off and the horse had long since returned to normal. It was now quietly grazing under a tree.
"Aunt, why are you kicking me out? Didn't you say that aunt treated it as an accident and didn't mention it at all?"
Zhang Yang wrapped the silver notes in three layers and put them in his pocket. He pouted as he thought about how much money he would have to spend on the road.
Granny Zhang harnessed the horse to him and threw the bundle on the ground into the carriage, saying worriedly, "Auntie isn't worried about Qiu Li, this concubine! She's worried about Guo Rong, the mistress!"
She leaned against the carriage and told him everything she was thinking. Even if Qiu Li didn't investigate, Guo Rong would clean up the mess to avoid any future troubles.
Having served Guo Rong for so many years, she had witnessed Guo Rong's methods firsthand; Guo Rong would do anything for her foolish son, Meng Jingyang.
She regretted asking her nephew Zhang Yang to do this job, thinking that so much money should be kept in the family.
Actually, whether the "bumping into Qiu Li" thing works out or not, and no matter who you ask, you have to run as far away as possible.
Guo Rong has been in a very bad mood these past few days, and she's been living in constant fear.
So, while Guo Rong was out with Meng Jingyang, she quickly took her retirement savings and had her nephew take them to escape.
Zhang Yang felt that things weren't that complicated and that Granny Zhang was making a mountain out of a molehill, but he still obediently drove the carriage away.
Seeing that he eventually left, Granny Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, unaware that Zhang Yang had no intention of going far and was only trying to appease her.
The people Li Yunwan had arranged had already sneaked over, and they naturally heard everything that Granny Zhang and Zhang Yang said.
After Granny Zhang left, the group began to chase after Zhang Yang in the direction he had gone, and soon they saw the carriage.
The carriage was parked in a grove, and the snoring coming from inside was deafening.
The leader lifted the carriage curtain and saw Zhang Yang lying sprawled on the small couch, his hands tightly clutching his chest.
Someone handed over a piece of cloth, and the leader forcefully covered Zhang Yang's mouth and nose, immediately stopping his snoring.
"So lazy even when trying to escape!" The person handing over the item couldn't help but mutter, then dragged the person out of the carriage, hoisted them onto his shoulder, threw them onto the horse's back, and drove off.
When Zhang Yang woke up, it was already afternoon. He opened his eyes and panicked when he saw the completely unfamiliar surroundings.
When I tried to stand up, I found that my hands and feet were tightly bound, and I couldn't move an inch.
The door creaked open, and Li Yunwan strolled in, casually adjusting the new hairpin in her hair.
"who are you?"
Zhang Yang cautiously shrank back into the corner, and then saw Wen Zizhou behind Li Yunwan.
"It's you?!"
Seeing Wen Zizhou clutching his back, he assumed he was there to settle scores and grinned obsequiously, "Young master, I have no grudge against you. What do you mean by this?"
Wen Zizhou pointed to his waist and looked at him like he was an idiot. "If it weren't for your crazy young master, would I be in this state?"
Zhang Yang suddenly smiled, thinking to himself that as long as they weren't from the Meng family, it would be fine.
He looked completely innocent, grinned at Wen Zizhou, and said, "That was an accident! An accident! How would I know when the horse went crazy?"
"Besides, at that time..."
"Alright! Stop your damn nonsense!" Li Yunwan raised her hand to interrupt him impatiently and bluntly, "Guo Rong told you to do this, didn't she!"
"Make Concubine Qiu of the Meng family miscarry, or cause both mother and child to die!"
Li Yunwan no longer seemed as gentle as before; she exuded a cold aura.
Because she was also a mother, she understood Qiu Li's feelings and, as a woman herself, felt sorry for her.
Furthermore, since he had always stayed quietly in the backyard and hadn't caused any trouble, it was truly laughable that Guo Rong didn't blame Meng Jichang but instead went to harm Qiu Li, who was also a woman and a mother.
Zhang Yang was startled by Li Yunwan's words, but he forced a calm facade and said in a cheeky manner, "Madam, what are you saying? I don't understand."
"I don't know any Guo Rong at all. I just said it, the horse just went crazy for no reason."
Looking at the two people in front of him, dressed in expensive clothes, he clicked his tongue twice, shook his head, and sighed, "I really don't understand you rich people. Whenever something happens, you always think it's this person or that person who's to blame."
"You'd be better off sleeping more."
Li Yunwan sneered, "You're so glib. Since we've arrested you, we naturally have evidence. We heard what that old woman Zhang said."
"What Granny Zhang? I don't know her either!"
Zhang Yang grinned and said, "Madam, can you please stop with your wild imagination? You can make up stories like this to fool others, okay?"
After saying that, he leaned against the wall with an air of nonchalance, and when he spoke again, his tone was languid, as if he were in his own home: "Once you've locked me up long enough, let me out."
"I told you it was an accident, so I'm not afraid even if you send me to the authorities."
Wen Zizhou walked over and couldn't help but step on him, causing him to open his eyes wide in pain and howl.
"Sending you to the authorities would be too good for you!"
He waved his hand and someone immediately carried things in. Zhang Yang was so frightened when he saw that the strange instruments of torture were still covered in blood that he trembled and cold sweat poured down his back.
"What...what do you want to do?!"
Wen Zizhou remained silent, only giving him a roguish smile.
He took two steps back, and two servants, each holding a wooden stick, walked up to Zhang Yang.
He looked closely and saw that there was still flesh and blood clinging to the wooden skewer, which looked like it had only been used recently.
One person lifted him up from the ground, while another grabbed his hand and brought it close to his eyes, slowly bringing a wooden skewer closer to his fingertips.
Zhang Yang was so scared that he kept trying to pull his hands back, but both of them were extremely strong, and he was like a fish on a chopping board, about to be slaughtered.
"It was Guo Rong who made me do it! It was him!"
When he felt the wooden skewer touch his fingertips, he finally couldn't help but shout out. Li Yunwan sat calmly in a chair.
"Say what you mean. If I'm happy, I'll take the money and let you go. If I'm not..."
She suddenly smiled and made a throat-slitting gesture, "If you're unhappy, I'll send you to Guo Rong and cheer her up."
Zhang Yang nodded vigorously. In the past, when Granny Zhang brought him money, she often complained about how ruthless Guo Rong was, so he was naturally afraid of her.
There was no way to hide it anymore, so he simply said, "Madam had better keep her word, otherwise I'd rather die than speak again."
Seeing Guo Rong nod, he then recounted what Granny Zhang had asked him to do, and before leaving, he asked Li Yunwan, "Madam, I've told you everything I know. How much silver will you give me?"
His eyes gleamed with greed. Li Yunwan stood up, glanced at him, and said calmly, "It's not time to use you yet."
"We'll see how you perform then."
She had Zhang Yang untied and brought him some food to keep him calm. The room had no windows, the door was locked, and there were people watching over it, so she wasn't afraid he would escape.