CHAPTER 366: CHAPTER 366: CRASHING INTO THE PILLAR

Boom~

County Magistrate Zou only felt his brain exploded.

Infertility drug, what infertility drug?

What is this bitch talking about?!

County Magistrate Zou rushed over, grabbed Zhong Cuilan by the collar, lifted her limp body up, and roared: "Bitch, what do you mean? What do you know? Speak up!"

Sadly, Zhong Cuilan just looked at County Magistrate Zou and smiled, never uttering another word.

She knew that her words would constantly torment County Magistrate Zou, driving him insane!

In fact, Zhong Cuilan wasn’t sure if County Magistrate Zou had been given the infertility drug; it was merely her suspicion. She had this suspicion because Concubine Lu was so certain that the child in her belly was not County Magistrate Zou’s.

Initially, she couldn’t understand where Concubine Lu’s certainty came from. After thinking for a few days, she suddenly remembered what Sister Liu and her gang had mentioned when she was captured during the famine—that there was an infertility drug in the brothel, which, once consumed by a woman, would ensure she never got pregnant and could entertain guests without worries.

She thought, if the infertility drug could prevent women from bearing children, it could certainly do the same to men.

Originally, she wanted to investigate this slowly, but now that she was close to death, she simply blurted out her suspicions confidently, leaving County Magistrate Zou to investigate.

As long as County Magistrate Zou did investigate, he would definitely trace it back to Concubine Lu. Then, Concubine Lu and the Lu Family would be torn apart by the furious County Magistrate Zou.

As for whose child she was carrying, she wasn’t really sure herself; it could be Zou Yuqian’s, or it could be Zhong Junwang’s.

Both men had relations with her, but both occurred after she had joined County Magistrate Zou.

While learning how to serve men in that mansion under the nanny’s guidance, she met Zou Yuqian thinking she was to serve him and had a private meeting in advance. But once she found out she was to serve County Magistrate Zou, she immediately broke it off with Zou Yuqian, thankfully keeping her virginity and passing the virginity test.

Shortly after serving County Magistrate Zou, she met Zou Yuqian again, and they consummated their liaison in a rockery cave.

As for Zhong Junwang, it happened during her "third visit back home" day.

"Bitch, speak up, what did you mean just now? Who gave this official the infertility drug? Who?!" County Magistrate Zou yelled, clutching Zhong Cuilan’s collar, but, unfortunately, he didn’t get anything out of her.

Zhong Cuilan died, setting a trap beforehand that could destroy three families.

Concubine Lu kneeled by the side, struggling to control her trembling body. She hadn’t expected Zhong Cuilan to be so cruel with this plot. If County Magistrate Zou investigated, then, then...

Concubine Lu couldn’t bear to think further.

"Bitch, bitch speak!" County Magistrate Zou, as if driven mad, shook Zhong Cuilan’s body, but she would never wake up again.

Zou Jiang, afraid that County Magistrate Zou would really go berserk, hurriedly dashed forward and said, "Old Master, Zhong Cuilan is already dead, please let go, clutching a dead body is bad luck."

Slap!

County Magistrate Zou slapped Zou Jiang, questioning him: "I trusted you so much, and yet you let someone drug me! Zou Jiang, what are your intentions?"

Could it be that Zou Jiang, all these years, was just pretending like him, all to avenge his deceased mother and wife?

County Magistrate Zou had wronged Zou Jiang, and with a guilty conscience, combined with today’s huge shock, he felt that Zou Jiang knew the truth about the past events and thus was seeking revenge.

Zou Jiang was completely unaware that his mother and wife were killed by County Magistrate Zou. He was utterly loyal to County Magistrate Zou, wanting to repay him for a lifetime, even when slapped publicly by the County Magistrate Zou, he only felt a momentary chill, more so, he blamed himself for dereliction of duty as a housekeeper, for not protecting County Magistrate Zou well.

However...

"Old Master, this is merely Zhong Cuilan’s one-sided story. What if she lied because she was about to die and wanted to deceive you? Whether the Old Master was drugged has to be verified by a doctor."

Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Zou felt a glimmer of hope: "Exactly, exactly, it needs to be verified by a doctor."

But before that, he had to deal with his eldest son first: "Come here, take Zou Yuqian to the Manor in Lianshan!"

Mrs. Zou heard this and immediately cried out pleading, "Old Master, please spare the Eldest, don’t send him to the Manor in Lianshan, please don’t."

Mrs. Zou knew about the Manor in Lianshan. For decades, none of the servants who were sent there for mistakes had ever come back alive.

"Old Master, a tiger does not devour its cubs, the Eldest is your firstborn son after all, wuuu..." Mrs. Zou was sobbing on the ground, simply begging for County Magistrate Zou to spare Zou Yuqian’s life.

"Father, Father, your son is wronged. I really didn’t father any illegitimate child!" Zou Yuqian, crawling on his knees, was stopped by the Protector and could only keep kowtowing to County Magistrate Zou, hoping to be spared.

He was not ready to die yet.

Unfortunately, some actions, once taken, leave traces.

A Protector wanting to earn merit, ran forward and said, "My lord, I have something to report."

Zou Jiang, seeing the young Protector, wished he could execute him on the spot.

But County Magistrate Zou said, "Speak!"

The Protector, gleefully pointing at Zou Yuqian, reported, "In early February, while patrolling the estate, I heard the Master enjoying himself with a woman in the artificial mountain cave, now thinking back, that voice should be Mrs. Zhong’s."

Upon hearing this, Zou Yuqian collapsed to the ground with a thud, doomed, his affair with Zhong Cuilan was overheard.

County Magistrate Zou, convinced that Zou Yuqian cuckolded him, with Zhong Cuilan’s dying words earlier and now with the Protector’s testimony, he would not let Zou Yuqian off.

"Beat him, beat him hard for me! If he doesn’t die, then send him to Lianshan!" County Magistrate Zou pointed at Zou Yuqian, his heart already set on murder.

Mrs. Zou was frantic, trying to rush over to protect Zou Yuqian, but was stopped by the Protector. However, Ms. Bao suddenly rushed forward, standing in front of Zou Yuqian: "Don’t beat him yet."

Mrs. Zou was overjoyed: "Good, good, good, eldest son’s wife, I knew you were good, at the critical moment you know to protect your own man."

However, Ms. Bao wasn’t there to protect Zou Yuqian, she was just worried that if Zou Yuqian was beaten to death, she wouldn’t get the answers she wanted.

She looked at Zou Yuqian and asked him, "Qian Lang, concubine asks you this, did you or did you not touch Zhong Cuilan?"

Hearing this, Zou Yuqian instinctively avoided Ms. Bao’s gaze, but he quickly looked her in the eyes and said, "No, Xian Niang, believe me, I never touched Zhong Cuilan."

After hearing this, Ms. Bao didn’t say a word, just quietly stared at Zou Yuqian, making him so guilty he couldn’t help but lower his head again.

Seeing this, Ms. Bao burst out laughing while everyone else looked at her frowningly. Suddenly, she stood up and violently rammed her head into a pillar under the eaves.

Bang!

Ms. Bao’s head burst open, blood splattered, and the front of her forehead was caved in.