Chapter 57: Confronting Fang's Family

  Because of Qin Dai's affairs, Qin Zongwen spent a lot of mind, although he had never been very good at this daughter, thinking she was spoiled, willful and a bit trouble-making. To say that to say, after all, she is also her own flesh and blood, if it were in peacetime, it would be fine, but when facing life and death, one can't help but think for her.

  Born to be a calamity, this half year has been a series of close calls, whether it was the shock of being overturned or the midnight stabbing, several times she was on the verge of death. Heartache is not even worth mentioning, but still can't help feeling worried. This time being kidnapped by bandits, for her it's another huge ordeal, whether she'll make it back alive is a question, let alone if she returns, this chastity will probably be lost too. Alas, what to do? The shame of the Qin family cannot be spread outside, there are other girls in the house, can't afford to ruin them all for her sake.

  Qin Congwen thought hard and felt that there was no other way, so he could only follow his nephew's words and let her marry into the Gongsun family as a concubine. After all, they were still one family, and she wouldn't have to suffer too much.

  This is a matter of course, and it can't be helped that I'm being unfair to Madam Su, but family reputation is important, after all, we can't sacrifice the other daughters for the sake of one concubine!

  His heart was already tired enough, and he didn't have the energy to deal with those women who loved to quarrel and cause trouble. He simply wanted a peaceful and quiet life, so for these few days, he had been resting alone in his study, feeling quite carefree.

  In the dead of night, in a daze, Qin Zongwen seemed to see two figures. At first, he thought he was dreaming, but then felt it wasn't right. He wondered if the kidnappers were being greedy and had come back for him again? As soon as he thought this, he woke up with a start, sat up abruptly, and just as he was about to shout for help, his vision blurred and he fainted, losing all consciousness.

  When Qin Zongwen came to, he found himself sitting on a chair with his hands and feet tied up and his mouth gagged. He looked around the environment and felt that it was somewhat familiar. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he realized that this was the old lady's place. His heart racing, he looked around frantically and indeed saw Fang Shi sitting beside him.

  She was properly dressed and not tied up, but she just kept staring in her own direction, unable to move or speak, leaving only a pair of dull eyes constantly rolling around, as if trying to express something.

  Qin Congwen saw, naturally anxious, constantly twisting his body, trying to break free from the rope's restraint. Just then, two people walked in from behind the curtain, one tall and one short. One was dressed in black from head to toe, with a black cloth covering his face; the other wore a coarse linen robe, with a bamboo hat on his head, making it impossible to see his features.

  "Mmm." Qin Wenwen was gagged, but still made a sound from her throat, it was unclear whether she wanted to attract the attention of the guards outside or if she had something to say.

  The tall man drew out a short knife and placed it in front of Qin Zongwen, saying: "Mr. Qin, I don't want to hurt you, please cooperate with me, as long as you don't make a sound, I can consider helping you remove the cloth from your mouth."

  Qin Congwen nodded and then made a thoughtful noise in the direction of Fang Shi, "Hmm, hmm".

  "Don't worry, I just pressed her acupoints, it won't have any effect on her body. I'm really sorry to trouble you two today, but I'd like to ask you both to be witnesses for this matter."

  Qin Congwen fell silent, unsure of what the other person meant.

  "You must have known about the disappearance of Lian'er, both of you!" As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Congwen's eyes widened in surprise, thinking that he was in cahoots with those bandits.

  Murong Jing naturally saw through his meaning and waved his hand: "It's not what you think, I just came to inform you that although your daughter was kidnapped by bandits, they didn't succeed. We rescued her halfway."

  The more he spoke, the more confused Qin Zongwen became, and he didn't know whether to believe what this person was saying or not. He turned his head to look at Fang Shi, who remained motionless with her eyes fixed on him.

  "Why don't you two take a look for yourselves?" he said, and then pulled open the curtain at the entrance.

  On the carpet outside, two people with their hands and feet tied up and blindfolded were lying down. They looked like Qin Chongwen, but actually they were different. Qin Chongwen could see but not speak, while the other way around for these two.

  Qin Congwen didn't quite understand, but Fang Shi on the side saw clearly that one of them was her precious grandson Gong Sunjin. Fang Shi's heart began to panic, had the matter been exposed?

  Murong Jing said to Qin Zongwen, "You don't need to speak, listen to how these two are plotting against your Qin family." He said plotting against your Qin family, was a way of putting pressure on Qin Zongwen, hoping he wouldn't let them off easily because of their kinship.

  Murong Jing tapped one of them on the chest, and immediately saw that the person who had been motionless just now woke up, shouting "Great hero spare my life, spare my life!"

  This man was none other than Tong Sier, Gong Sunjin's golden dog leg.

  "You can live, but you have to tell me all the good things you've done, one by one. If you tell them correctly, I'll spare your life. If you don't, I'll make sure you can neither live nor die." Murong Jing's voice was low and stern, with an air of unyielding authority.

  From start to finish, Qin Dai's heart did not say a word.

  "Little...". Tong Si'er was clear in his mind that he had done too many evil things, and any one of them would be enough to disgust people. He wasn't unwilling to speak, but he feared that if he did, the consequences would be even more severe.

  "What have you been up to lately?" Murong Jing's voice was cold and sent Tong Sier shivering involuntarily.

  Recently he has been doing only one thing, but this crime of "bandit" is not light, it's punishable by beheading.

  "You won't say, will you!" Murong Jing saw his hesitation and stabbed a short knife into his calf.

  "Ah! It hurts, it hurts." Tong Si'er was in pain, but with his hands and feet tied up, he couldn't move at all. He could only squirm around on the ground like a worm, shouting "it hurts" nonstop. Now he knew that this guy wasn't as easy to talk to as he thought. Before his crime of being a bandit was even confirmed, he could be killed.

  "I said, I said." Tong Si'er was originally a master of deceiving the good and fearing the evil. In this situation, he couldn't muster up any courage, so he immediately confessed to designing the plot with Gong Sun-jin to kidnap Qin Dai-xin.

  Bound Qin Fromwen, the more he listened, the more shocked and angry he became. It turned out that everything was planned by his own sister and nephew, and their goal was to marry his daughter into their family as a concubine.

  Qin Wen began to hum "hmm hmm".

  Murong Duanrui stepped forward, helped him untie the ropes on his body, and removed the cloth strip from his mouth: "Much offense." After finishing, he also helped Fang Shi untie the acupoints.

  Qin Congwen strode into the hall and kicked Tong Sier, who let out a pained cry. Qin Congwen was furious, his face alternating between red and white as he shouted at Madame Fang: "Mother, this is all because you've spoiled her! Now she's gone and done something so wrong, you..."

  "This matter, I'm afraid even grandmother is aware of it." Qin Dai's heart removed her bamboo hat and coldly stared at Fang Shi who was sitting on top without saying a word.

  Her appearance shocked Fang's family greatly, and Qin Zongwen also didn't expect it, and was stunned at the moment.

  "How did you get back?" Qin Zhenwen was stunned for a moment before reacting, but upon seeing her outfit, he furrowed his brow again.

  Qin Dai's heart pretended not to see it, and said: "Grandmother, you already knew about this beforehand, why didn't you stop him?"

  Mrs. Fang was not an ignorant woman who had never seen the world, she just panicked for a moment and then calmed down, "How can you talk to your elders like this, don't you know any rules? I wonder how Madam Lan taught you."

  Change the subject? Humph, since I dare to reveal my identity, I'm not afraid of your tricks.

  "Grandma, what are you talking about? I grew up by my mother's side since childhood, what does it have to do with my aunt?" Qin Dai looked at her coldly, almost wanting to see through her body, what was this old woman's heart made of?

  Mr. Fang was made uncomfortable by her and was speechless when she asked him questions, so he grumbled: "You're back, that's good, go rest now!"

  Ha! Want to just gloss over it again?

  Murong Jing couldn't help but ask coldly: "Mrs. Fang, what do you mean by this? Are we not going to pursue the evil thief?"

  "Mind your own business, this is a family matter of the Qin's. Outsiders have no right to interfere! If you know what's good for you, leave quickly! Don't make me ask the authorities to come!"

  P.S: Recently, my blood pressure has been a bit high, uh ~ everyone, please give me some likes and collections to help me lower it!!!