His cold eyes suddenly fell on Madam Zhan, shocking her so much that her heart began to beat wildly.

She subconsciously asked, "Yan'er, why are you looking at your mother like that?"

Zhan Yan asked in a deep voice, "Why did you suddenly ask them to go to the Buddhist temple to worship Buddha?"

Old Madam Zhan guessed that he would definitely suspect her, so she had already thought of a reason to deal with it.

She quickly replied, "Of course it's because things haven't been going smoothly in the Marquis' Mansion lately. One thing has happened after another. Ever since Lin Yiwan married into our family, nothing good has happened!"

Zhan Yan interrupted without hesitation: "Mother, why did you involve innocent people? You are talking about bad things. The first thing is that you forced Zhan Duo'er to go to the palace to deliver clothes to the imperial concubine, causing her to be burned and disfigured!"

"The second incident was caused by you taking the initiative to let her go to worship Buddha. That's why she encountered robbers and her reputation was ruined. This is clearly your fault!"

Madam Zhan was speechless. She cried and argued, "Yan'er, are you blaming mother? Mother is also doing this for the Marquis' Mansion and for you!"

Zhan Yan raised his eyebrows: "For me what?"

Madam Zhan stopped crying immediately, her face looking pale and complicated.

She gritted her teeth and said, "I just wanted to pray for the safety of our mansion. Is that wrong? Who knew we would encounter robbers on the way? How come they are all fine, but Duo'er was hurt?"

Zhan Yan said calmly, "I've already sent people to investigate. There are only a few of those fierce bandits in the suburbs of Beijing. I've wanted to take action against them for a long time. Now I have a pretext to bring them all to justice!"

Madam Zhan was so frightened that she almost fell to the ground. He actually sent people to arrest her? What should she do?

It would be terrible if it was revealed that she was the one who hired those bandit leaders!

She said with a guilty conscience, "Yan'er, you can't let everyone know about the attack on the Marquis' Mansion. How will you let your wife and Duo'er live their lives in the future?"

Zhan Yan said calmly: "Everyone knows what has not been announced. I have already reported it to the emperor and have them all taken to the Marquis' Mansion for punishment!"

Old Madam Zhan's steps became a little weak. She was really scared at the moment.

Now she can only pray that the people Zhan Yan sent out are all useless and cannot catch the bandit leaders at all. Only in this way can she escape unscathed.

However, it backfired!

About half an hour later, the Black Shadow Guards entered the Marquis' Mansion in a mule cart.

The mule cart was filled with bandits, all of them were beaten so badly that their faces were bruised and swollen that it was impossible to tell what they looked like originally.

Zhan Yan asked them to identify the bandit leader. He said tremblingly, "My Lord, I didn't mean to humiliate your wife. Someone gave me money and her portrait and asked me to destroy her!"

Zhan Yan raised his eyebrows: "Really? Why don't you take out the portrait!"

The bandit leader quickly took out a portrait from his arms. He saw a woman wearing a crimson brocade dress with a slim figure. Who else could it be but Lin Yiwan?

A murderous intent suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he kicked the bandit leader to the ground.

Blood continued to flow out of his mouth, but he didn't bother to wipe it off. He just kept kowtowing and said, "My Lord, I was wrong. I shouldn't have been blinded by money, let alone touched your wife. Please spare my life!"

Zhan Yan stretched out his hand and clamped his chin, saying, "Look carefully, this is my wife. The one you bullied before is not her at all. She is a girl from the Zhan family!"

Lin Yiwan stood in front of the bandit leader, frightening him so much that his whole body trembled.

Damn!

What is all this!

He actually insulted the wrong person?

He didn't hesitate any longer and said quickly, "My Lord, since she's not your wife, are you going to let me off so easily? I won't dare to do that again!"

Zhan Yan interrupted without hesitation: "If you want to let me off easily, that's fine, but you must tell me who you are colluding with. I want to see who is trying to murder my wife!"

Madam Zhan was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on her back. She quickly said, "Yan'er, why are you still keeping this beast around? He bullied Duo'er, so you should just pick up your sword and stab him to death!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she pulled out the golden hairpin from her hair and stabbed the bandit leader in the throat.

In a flash, Zhan Yan suddenly grabbed her wrist.

He frowned and said, "Mother, what are you doing? If you're so anxious to kill him, others will think you're trying to silence him!"

Madam Zhan quickly looked away: "Yan'er, what nonsense are you talking about? Why would mother kill you? Mother just feels sorry for Duo'er. She is still so young, such a lively girl. What will happen to her in the future?"

Zhan Yan pushed her away and said, "I will definitely give her an explanation, but now is the interrogation time, you can't interfere anymore!"

Old Madam Zhan reluctantly retreated to the side, her eyes filled with fear and anxiety.

Zhan Yan turned to look at the bandit leader and said, "If you don't tell me who is behind this, I will break your legs!"

The bandit leader shuddered with fear. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Zhan Yan remind him in his ear: "Just say that the person who ordered you is the son of the Zhan family, Zhan Yu!"

The bandit leader subconsciously argued in a low voice: "No, it's not him, it's obviously an old lady!"

Zhan Yan's fierce eyes suddenly fell on his throat. He felt a chill in his heart and blurted out without hesitation: "I remember now. He said his name was Zhan Yu. He hated the Marquis's wife for remarrying on the day of her wedding, causing him to suffer humiliation. That's why he wanted revenge and asked me to destroy her innocence and make her unable to live as a human being anymore!"

Madam Zhan had planned everything, but she never expected that he would actually bite his precious grandson who was recovering from his injuries!

How dare he?

She interrupted anxiously: "Bullshit, my Yu'er is the most kind-hearted, how could he do such a wicked thing, don't even think of slandering him!"

The bandit leader immediately felt emboldened, as he had realized that this mansion was run by Marquis Zhan Yi.

He quickly retorted, "It was him. He gave me 100 taels of silver as a deposit, and said he would pay me the remaining 100 taels of silver after the deal was done!"

Madam Zhan shook her head vigorously: "No, it's not him, Yu'er would never do such a wicked thing!"

The bandit leader taunted, "Do you dare to let him come and confront me?"

Madam Zhan was speechless for a moment, and the panic and anxiety in her eyes were immediately revealed.

Zhan Yan then spoke slowly: "Mother, to prove Zhan Yu's innocence, please take him out of the manor. After all, this matter must be investigated thoroughly!"

Old Madam Zhan bit her lip hard. She regretted it so much!

If I had known earlier, I should have let Zhan Duoer swallow her anger. Now that Zhan Yan is dealing with this matter, he has even involved Zhan Yu. How could he be at the farm? He is clearly recuperating in Wutong Alley!

She spoke with tears in her eyes, "Yan'er, how could you believe this man's nonsense? Yu'er is the child you raised, how could he do such a wicked thing as hiring someone to murder the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion? This bastard is just trying to confuse people. You should have just killed him with a knife!"

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