Shi didn't care how he begged for mercy. If he didn't die, she might be the one to die.

But she also underestimated these desperate criminals. The man used all his strength to clamp her elbow with his backhand and twisted it hard. Snap -

Everyone clearly heard the sound of a broken bone.

This sounded particularly beautiful to Hua Jianli's ears.

Then, Shi's howl was like a pig being slaughtered...

"Ah - Master, help me! Someone is killing me! Someone is killing me!"

Hua Jin, who had heard the news, rushed over and appeared in front of everyone dressed neatly.

She opened her almond-shaped eyes wide and was extremely anxious when she saw her mother being held hostage by thieves.

Just as he was about to call for someone to rescue, Hua Tang had already ordered the servants around him to take action. Several servants picked up brooms and sticks nearby and started hitting the thief hard. The severe pain forced the thief to let go.

"Stop hitting me, stop hitting me. We are also paid to do this... If you want to find someone, then find the culprit."

"what……"

"stop fighting!"

Several servants hit him with brooms and sticks, and he kept begging for mercy.

Especially the jagged and sharp head of the broom, every time it hit me it felt like being pricked by a needle, not only was I unable to fight back, but the pain was so severe that I almost fainted.

Hua Jin took the opportunity to have Shi brought over.

"Alright!" Hua Tang ordered the men to stop until the thief was on the verge of death. "Tell me! Who told you to steal things from the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

The imagined pain did not come again. The broom covered with blood hung above the thief's head. He was breathing weakly and collapsed to the ground. A pool of liquid slowly flowed out from under his body, accompanied by a foul smell.

The man raised his bloodstained face, drooped his eyes, and said intermittently, "Yes, yes, it's Shi..."

"Who is it? Why don't you just tell me!" Shi interrupted him. Others might not have heard it, but she heard it.

He said it was Shi, what Shi? Of course it was Shi Zhengxiang!

Her younger brother!

"It's Shi... Shi Shi..."

Hua Jianli shook his head. At this moment, he should not repeat words, as it would easily cause trouble!

"It's Shi... uh..." The man's head tilted, and it was unclear whether he was dead or fainted.

Hua Jianli held his forehead and said, "Look! What did I say?"

At first, she naively thought that the man was talking about Shi, but it didn't seem like that, because there was no eye contact between the two of them.

If it wasn't Shi, then it was...

On the other side, the Second Aunt and Hua Ying, along with the Third Aunt and her daughter, also came in from the side yard. "Master, in my opinion, if we arrest this man and send him to the Ministry of Justice, he will confess everything!"

This Shi, who forbade others to touch Hua Jianli's things, secretly did things at night and even cried thief. Oh, I'll make you show your true colors.

"Someone, catch him!"

At Hua Tang's command, a group of servants approached the thieves.

"No, sir! It cannot be sent to the Ministry of Justice!" Shi was the first to disapprove.

"Why not?" Hua Tang asked.

"Why not?" Hua Jianli agreed.

Shi was confused by the question. Hua Jin squeezed her hand at the right time, and she regained consciousness.

"Master, this is related to Xiaoqi's reputation after all. If a big fuss is made, what will happen to the marriages of our other daughters?"

Shi did not mention Hua Jin, but only mentioned Hua Jianli's name, which indirectly showed that she, as a stepmother, was well aware of the righteousness of the matter, while clearing her own daughter of all charges.

Hua Tang thought about it and realized that, yes, she still had to rely on these daughters to reach the top?

Seeing that Huatang did not insist, Shi said, "Why not give these thieves to..."

She made a motion of wiping her neck.

Huatang understood and nodded to his subordinates.

Hua Jianli took a step forward and said, "Wait, you guys want to keep things quiet, but I won't do that. I can get away with it today, but what about tomorrow and the day after? If you do this to me every day, how can I live like this?"

"Oh!" Second Aunt said sarcastically, "Don't blame them for coveting it. I warned you before that if you agreed to put the treasure in the palace, nothing would happen!"

Of course, Hua Ying, the yes-man, was not willing to lag behind. "That's right, even if it's not good enough, if we had divided the things before, we wouldn't have the current situation. Who knows who is unwilling to give up and wants to make a fortune in the dark."

As she said this, she looked towards Hua Jianli's room. She couldn't calm down no matter what.

Just now she heard that Hua Jianli was robbed here, and her first feeling was that he deserved it! Then she wanted to come and see if she could take advantage of the fire to rob him.

Hua Jianli understood, "So according to Fifth Sister, this was done by the thief in the family?"

"Hua Jianli, what do you want to say?" The Second Aunt was very excited, like a lit firecracker.

"What do I want to say?" Hua Jianli took two steps back and kicked the door open, and the scene inside was clear at a glance.

"Can someone explain to me where my baby is?"

"What!?"

The baby is gone!

Huatang walked to the door in two steps and indeed, all those boxes, big and small, and those antique treasures were gone.

He asked Shi with sharp eyes, and Shi was even more confused. She and her daughter had not seen him when they came before, and they thought Hua Jianli had hidden him. So he had been carried away by someone at that time?

Shi cast her gaze towards Mrs. Zhou, who shook her head repeatedly, saying that she really didn't know. They were brought here by the matchmaker in the afternoon, and the room was like this when they arrived.

What treasure was there? She didn't see a single one.

Hua Jianli's mouth pursed and he felt wronged. "Everyone thinks I have treasures, and they all want to get a piece of the pie. Today you come to fight one, and tomorrow he comes to test me. Do I still want to keep this reputation? Now, everyone is here, I will tell you clearly that my treasures have been taken away, not a single one is left... As for who took it? She knows it in her heart. Now that things have come to this, I don't want to pursue it. I just hope that things like today won't happen again. Otherwise, I will go to the emperor and make things clear..."

After these words were spoken, all the women had different thoughts. It remains to be seen who took the treasure.

Of course, the first person that everyone thought of was Hua Jin. She and Hua Jianli lived in Jinyuan together, and Hua Jianli was always grateful to her, so even if Hua Jin took her things, Hua Jianli would not say anything. At most, she would just complain.

But Hua Jin also had her own considerations. Not everyone could enter her Jinyuan, but Hua Jianli's side courtyard did not have so many rules. It was possible that someone entered from Hua Jianli's side courtyard and left with something.

Therefore, everyone present is a suspect.

As for who it is, it’s hard to say?

"Where did you go today? Didn't you know that your treasure was taken away?" Hua Tang asked.

"My daughter never expected this. This is my eldest sister's yard, which is heavily guarded. It's not the shabby house that anyone could enter. Xiaoqi thought it was safe here, so she went to Fourth Aunt's place to talk to Xu'er. But when she came back, it was just like every time before. Whenever there was a good thing, it would disappear for no reason. Woo woo woo, maybe I'm not destined to have them. Now I just hope that the emperor won't blame Xiaoqi..."

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