In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

The people in the yamen did not dare to continue to pester him, as they had to consider Xie Chengjin's face to some extent.

In contrast, my second uncle had no background at all, and even if he died inexplicably outside, no one would help him.

The case has made no progress and seems to have reached a stalemate.

In any case, they would definitely not be able to investigate Su Zhizhi in a short period of time. On the one hand, there was no witness, and on the other hand, Su Zhizhi acted quietly and was not noticed by others at all.

Except for Jiang Yiqing, the person involved, it is impossible for her to betray Su Zhizhi. After all, Su Zhizhi is trying to stand up for her.

Just when everyone thought that the case would be hastily concluded, Li suddenly jumped out.

"I found Su Zhizhi's jade pendant on my husband. This incident must be related to her. I guess this is the clue my husband left before he died."

Li jumped up and down, as if she felt that she had caught Su Zhizhi.

Xie Chengjin immediately realized that this matter might not be that simple.

Thinking about the information he had obtained from Su Zhizhi when he asked her before, he looked at Li with suspicion.

"Could it be that she did it?"

Xie Chengjin briefly reviewed the whole incident. Su Zhizhi was restrained when she took action and did not beat anyone to death, but his second uncle still died in the end.

This means that something might have happened after Su Zhizhi left, and it is likely that Li knew who did it.

I might as well go all out and deal with my second uncle. This way I can get some compensation, and secondly, I can shift the blame to someone else so that it won't affect me.

Things are becoming clearer, so all that’s left to do next is expose the other party.

"Zhizhi, is this your jade pendant?"

But before that, Su Zhizhi's suspicion must be cleared.

Su Zhizhi took a closer look at the jade pendant, and soon a wave of memories came to her. This jade pendant was not unfamiliar to her. It was stolen by Li before she was exiled.

"This is my jade pendant, but I have to make it clear that it has always been with Li. When I was exiled, he tricked me out of it in my boudoir. I don't know why it appeared on my second uncle's body."

Su Zhizhi obviously also had doubts. She was very smart, so if you wanted to throw dirty water on her, you had to have the ability to do so.

"Just admit that it's your jade pendant. You must be disgusted with our family, so you arranged for someone to do it secretly, but you accidentally left evidence of harm behind."

Naturally, the people in the yamen could not believe Li's words alone. They had to make another judgment on whether the jade pendant was real or fake.

Even if they really wanted to, it would not be easy to take Su Zhizhi away. With Xie Chengjin behind them, they had to be cautious in their actions.

"Second aunt, you insist that you died on me, but I might as well tell you that I haven't left the house at all during this period."

"If that doesn't work, you can ask Aunt Jiang. We've been discussing some business issues at your house."

"Yes, I can prove this. Zhizhi has not left."

Jiang Yiqing hated her second uncle and Li very much because her second uncle had set his sights on her, and part of the reason was because of Meng. Meng was often bullied by the two of them and was even bedridden for a period of time.

Naturally, she didn't have a good face towards these two people.

"Impossible, it must have been you."

"Then tell me why you are so sure. Did you see it with your own eyes, or were there other eyewitnesses at the scene?"

Su Zhizhi was just trying to trick the other party into telling her that there must be something fishy going on with Li, and she wanted to guide her to tell the truth, otherwise this matter would probably not be resolved in a short time.

"Sir, you must make the decision for me. You can't bully an ordinary citizen like me. She and Jiang Yiqing are in cahoots and colluding with each other to give false confessions."

"Ms. Li, let me ask you, why do you think they colluded in their confessions?"

"Of course it's because Su Zhizhi is speaking up for Jiang Yiqing." Li blurted out the truth without hesitation.

This immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, and the officials from the yamen also looked at her with suspicion.

Seeing that the matter had been exposed, Li's face changed.

"Bold Li, you are still hiding the truth at this time. What do you know? Tell the truth now."

The matter could no longer be concealed; Li's previous statement was tantamount to self-explosion.

The people from the yamen took her back by force.

Not long after, the results of the follow-up interrogation came back, and it was confirmed that the tragic death of my second uncle was indeed related to the Li family.

Li was thrown into prison and probably would never be able to do evil again for the rest of his life. The matter did not involve Su Zhizhi. She was just saving people, so it didn't matter even if the news got out.

Unfortunately, the grandmother who lost a son cried so much that she fainted.

After all, Mrs. Meng was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see it, but she didn't take care of him personally. She had had enough of all this over the years, so she took someone to send him to the clinic and left.

Seeing her mother being so free and easy, Su Zhizhi couldn't help but behave.

"Mom, you finally figured it out. Grandma has been partial to Second Uncle's family for so many years, but they don't care about Grandma at all. They just eat and wait for death. All the pressure is on you alone. You should have stopped caring about them a long time ago."

Mrs. Meng patted her daughter's hand and sighed, but ultimately didn't say anything more.

The matter of my uncle's burial was handed over to Xie Chengjin, who quickly handled it.

Not long after, another piece of news came that the old grandmother was heartbroken and depressed, and eventually died of regret.

When she first learned about this, Meng stood there in a daze for a long time, unable to react for a while.

"We are family after all. The least we can do is collect her body so it won't be left exposed in the wilderness and criticized by others."

The person is already dead, so it is reasonable to pretend to help with the funeral arrangements.

Su Zhizhi didn't say much, but supported her mother. She saw it very clearly. Her mother had seen through it completely. Although there was pain on her face, it didn't affect her too much.

That night, Su Zhizhi arranged for the kitchen to cook some nourishing porridge for Meng, but unexpectedly, this brought back Meng's memories.

"Thinking back to the time when we had just had a fight, when you wanted to eat the mung bean cakes from the east side of the city, you couldn't buy them anymore."

"This has always been a source of worry for me. I made you suffer so much at that time..."

Mrs. Meng kept on chattering, and Su Zhizhi stayed by her side to comfort her.

During this time, Xie Chengjin also came over and happened to hear about this. He immediately had an idea in his mind.

The next morning, he went to Chengdu specifically to buy mung bean cakes. Although the capital city has undergone changes over the years, as a cake shop, the big and small events in the court would not affect them, so they have been relatively stable over the years.

Finally, I succeeded in buying the mung bean cake that Su Zhizhi wanted to eat that year.