Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

"It hurts!" Su Bai broke free from Kong Li and said, "Third Master, it's inappropriate to touch your niece, isn't it?"

Su Bai spoke very slowly as she was thinking about how to answer Kong Li's sudden question.

It was useless to say anything. There was no way for me to dispel his suspicion.

If you don't know it, you can't do it yourself.

This sentence makes so much sense. Although Su Bai has been careful in the past three months, she can feel that the truth between her and the second wife is about to burst out.

There is only one most appropriate answer: "If the Third Master believes the rumors and has doubts about my identity, he can send someone to Tianjin to check me out!"

"I want you to say it yourself." Kong Li leaned back, looked at Su Bai seriously, waiting for her answer.

"What can I say? If I say she is not a fake eldest young lady, you won't believe me. If I say she is, don't you think I had to say it because Zi Yan was held hostage by you? You won't believe it either, right?"

"Hahaha, you're so sharp-tongued, I can't beat you. It's okay if you don't want to tell me today, one day you will tell me, hahaha..."

Kong Li told Su Bai that he didn't have the time to send someone to Tianjin to check Su Bai's background and authenticity. To him, these were all trivial matters.

Moreover, he clearly told Su Bai that the Kong Mansion had to be handed over to the Fourth Wife to manage.

"Okay, I'll make preparations when I get back." This was a result that Su Bai was powerless to change, so he might as well agree to it quickly.

"Don't tell anyone yet. Let me come back in a few days and then we'll talk. Even if you want to give it to the Fourth Madam, the Second Madam won't agree."

Kong Li raised his wrist to look at his watch and said that he would have to leave Longxing for Linhua in half an hour.

This is exactly the same as the information the third concubine got from the fourth concubine.

Kong Li stood up and told Su Bai that his master had handed over the Kong Mansion to Su Bai before his death, and he had no intention of going against his master's wishes.

However, there were too many rumors and suspicions about Su Bai, so he had to consider this matter seriously. The Fourth Madam's takeover of the Kong Mansion was only temporary. As long as Su Bai could produce evidence to prove that she was the real eldest lady, the rumors outside were all lies, and the Kong Mansion would still belong to Su Bai and the baby in her belly.

This bastard asked Su Bai to prove his innocence. How can he prove it?

"Bring Zi Yan here and let the young mistress take her back!" Kong Li shouted loudly inside, and the madam responded.

Kong Li turned around and whispered to Su Bai, "I don't completely believe that you don't know about the gold. Before this matter is clear, no matter whether you are really the eldest young lady or not, I will not kill you, but don't even think about running away."

Then he said insidiously: "Not killing you doesn't mean you can rest easy. Don't do anything stupid. I don't intend to let you know what it means to live a life worse than death. Do you understand?"

"The master only said the two words 'Dongyuan' before he died. Didn't I tell you and the second master?"

"Why, you still want me to dig up all the ancestral graves? Don't think I can't do such a thing. If I do it and don't find anything, do you know what Lingchi means?"

Two words immediately popped up in Su Bai's mind: devil.

At this time, the madam brought Zi Yan out. It turned out that she had hidden Zi Yan in the neighboring yard.

As soon as Zi Yan saw Su Bai, she rushed over and cried in grievance.

"Don't cry, let's go home."

Only then did they realize that Zi Yan had indeed returned to the city before the city was sealed off yesterday. As soon as she entered the city, she saw Kong Li's soldiers arresting people on the streets and shooting at those who escaped from time to time.

Zi Yan was walking near Zuihua Courtyard at that time, so she ran into Zuihua Courtyard to hide. Only after entering Zuihua Courtyard did she find that Tietou was not there.

Zi Yan used to come to Zuihuayuan often. There were a few familiar faces among the thugs. At first, everyone was very polite to her and asked her to sit down and poured her some water.

Unexpectedly, at night, the madam changed her attitude and asked Zi Yan what the relationship between her and Tietou was, whether Zi Yan came to find Tietou under the instructions of the eldest lady of the Kong family, and who Tietou was. She asked a lot of questions.

After hearing this, Su Bai understood that the madam had already reported the matter to Kong Li, and the following questioning and subsequent actions were all instructed by Kong Li.

Zi Yan's answer immediately confirmed Su Bai's judgment. She heard someone say that Kong Li was drinking upstairs last night, and several top girls in Zuihualou were accompanying him.

The madam did not report the matter to Kong Li specifically, but mentioned it when she was drinking with Kong Li, which attracted Kong Li's attention and he ordered Zi Yan to be detained.

His target is Su Bai.

As for what the madam said about signing a contract to sell Zi Yan, that was just to scare Su Bai. They did nothing but locked Zi Yan in a small room in the neighboring yard with someone watching outside.

The man who was guarding Zi Yan had a good relationship with Tietou. He didn't dare to let Zi Yan go, but he also told Zi Yan a piece of news that Tietou had just returned to Zuihuayuan at noon today. After the madam interrogated him, she asked someone to watch him first and sent someone to report to Kong Li.

When the messenger came back, he brought back Kong Li's order, tied up Tietou and sent him to the garrison camp.

If Tietou hadn't been popular in Zuihuayuan, Zi Yan wouldn't have known the whole story.

Su Bai sighed and waited to see if Tietou could hold on.

A few minutes after Su Bai and Zi Yan returned to the Confucius Mansion, Gao Hu and his soldiers also returned dejectedly.

Su Bai quickly asked Zi Yan to invite Gao Hu in and apologize to him for being implicated by him.

Gao Hu smiled bitterly and said, "I wish that Commander Kong would beat me up and kick me out of the Seventh Division today, so that I can listen to Xu Tianyi's advice and earn a living with the young lady."

"I'm always welcome."

"Today's matter is not over yet, right? If the young lady has anything you want me to do, just tell me!" Gao Hu suddenly became heroic, and it was obvious that the two slaps from Kong Li made him feel a little suffocated.

He looked like he was ready to risk it all.

"Hmm..." Su Bai thought for a moment and said, "I really need your help with something."

At this time, Su Bai betrayed Zi Yan again and arranged a lover for her.

She said that Zi Yan's lover was called Tietou, and he would definitely be tortured if he was captured by Kong Li, so she asked Gao Hu if he could help in this regard.

Gao Hu told Su Bai that Kong Li had already left with the group he brought with him, and they probably hadn't left the west gate yet, but he was sure that Kong Li did not take anyone with him.

If he caught Tietou, he would definitely leave him to Captain Zhao to interrogate him.

"Captain Zhao?" Su Bai remembered Xu Tianyi saying that among the three people he shot off their horses, in addition to Kong Chen and his chief guard, there was another one, Captain Zhao.

Gao Hu told Su Bai that Captain Zhao was injured, but not seriously, so he did not go to Linhua. He and Kong Li jointly directed the city-wide search.

Captain Zhao is one of Kong Li's most trusted subordinates.

He will definitely find a way to pry out what Kong Li wants to know from Tietou.

"Don't worry, Madam. I have a way to deal with this."

Gao Hu said that although Captain Zhao was deeply trusted by Kong Li, he was an outsider who had only been in office at the garrison camp for a few days. Gao Hu could find the people who specifically executed Tietou and ask them to show some mercy.

If Tietou still can't bear the lenient punishment, then there is nothing else to be done.

"Okay," that's all there is to it.

Su Bai didn't know what would happen if Kong Li found out that he and Liu Yimian were in collusion.

As soon as Gao Hu left, Kong Dai came back.

As soon as she entered the door, she said, "Madam, something terrible has happened!"