Reborn: Revenge of the Concubine's Daughter

Chapter 263 Outrageous behavior

Everyone had different expressions when they heard what He Danggui said. He Danggui continued, “There is a saying, ‘I didn’t kill someone, but he died because of me. There is no greater crime than this.’ Mr. Bao from the academy taught me it.” She also regarded Li Jiuguang’s wife, who was wailing on the ground, as a dead person. She further argued, “Even the magistrate who settles the case in court would ask the coroner to examine the corpse and see if the suspect is capable of committing the crime, in addition to the motive. Madam Luo and Second Uncle are both clever doctors. Why not step forward to see if Aunt Li’s eyes were scratched by external forces? Maybe she was in poor health and blinded her eyes.”

Madam Luo then went forward and looked at Li Jiuguang’s wife for a while, and saw that her eyes had no black eyeballs. She looked as if she was rolling her eyes. The blood and tears flowed from the corners of her eyes. Madam Luo grabbed her wrist to feel her pulse, and whispered for a while, “This is... photophobia. She has eye disease!”

Sun Meiniang did not understand medical theory, but she argued, “Even if Li Jiuguang’s wife has eye disease, why did it happen when you two went out together? It was dark and no one saw it. Then she suddenly had eye disease?”

He Danggui explained to Sun Meiniang, “You don’t know, Second Aunt. This kind of photophobia was initially caused by improper diet, which made people lose sight at night. Ordinary people would go to bed at dark, but Aunt Li is a person who is eager to seek publicity. She likes to go to others’ yard at night. How can she not see anything? I guess she used an indigenous method to train her eyesight by eating three herbs and staring at the burning incense in the dark room. The three herbs are potent drugs. It works quickly, and the side effects come quickly. Look,” she walked around Li Jiuguang’s wife and said, “this is the consequence of not seeing a doctor but using the folk remedy for the illness. Furthermore, that kind of eye training method of staring at the burning incense is for teenagers. Aunt Li, you are so old, and you still stare at the incense burner with your dim eyes. Tsk tsk.”

“One would suddenly be blinded after suffering from photophobia?” Luo Baiying asked.

“Even though the photophobia not necessarily blinds the patient, it is most likely to be.” He Danggui explained solemnly, “Of course, if the sky had kept bright, and if she hadn’t looked up at the sky suddenly, she would not have become so terrible with eye disease. In addition, she just happened to be down the steps, walking hurriedly, and tripped by the rope in her hand. She’s bound to break her leg. I didn’t trip her up anyway, believe it or not.”

Sun Meiniang gritted her teeth. She didn’t care about the fate of Li Jiuguang’s wife, but how would she be willing to give up such a good opportunity to defeat He Danggui? She stepped forward, pointed to Li Jiuguang’s wife’s calf and shouted, “How could she fall like that by herself? I don’t believe it!”

Luo Baiying also knew a little about medical science, and then questioned, “Everyone knows that people have a sense of self-protection. She must have some protective actions when she rolled down the steps. This bending angle is also too unusual. It seems not because of falling down, but being trampled by others.”

He Danggui had her valid reasons, “It is true that people have a sense of self-protection, but the problem is that she had eye trouble at the moment she rolled down the steps. Compared with her legs, her eyes were more painful and she couldn’t take care of her legs. Sister, you said her leg was broken by someone stepping on it, right? Are there somebody’s footprints on her skirt? Why don’t you ask her if anyone stepped on her leg?” He Danggui came close to Li Jiuguang’s wife and bent over gently, “Aunt Li, did I step on your leg?”

Li Jiuguang’s wife shook and wailed. She called out, “Help me! Heal me”! He Danggui asked her three times and promised to heal her. She then shook her head violently and said, “No one stepped on me. I fell down the steps, and then my legs became painful.” He Danggui thought, “Of course, I have practiced this kind of stunt for a long time. If I hadn’t received some Zhenqi from Zhoushi, I still couldn’t have made it. It’s the first time that I have used it on you today, and it’s your pleasure.”

Sun Meiniang was a little disappointed when she heard what they said. And Luo Baiji insisted, “Everyone sees that Third Sister is so delicate that she can be blown away by a gust of wind. Then look at Li Jiuguang’s wife, who is tall and sturdy with fat arms and waists. How could Third Sister hurt her? No one will believe it.” He Danggui also bowed her head, acting as if she was indeed very delicate.

Such being the case, Madam Luo thought that there was no need to discuss a cunning and disabled old slave, so she ordered someone to take her away. After that, Madam Luo turned to He Danggui again and asked, “Yi, how could your Sunny Doll be so magical? Soon after it was hung up, the rain stopped, and the sky was overcast when it was taken off. How could there be such a coincidence?” But if someone told her a child’s rag doll could change the weather, she would never believe it.

He Danggui took out the doll from her sleeve, stroked it, and was about to answer. Zhang Huan’s wife hurried into the ancestral hall, and whispered a few words to Sun Meiniang. Sun Meiniang beamed immediately and said to Madam Luo, “Madam Luo, here comes the witness who can testify to the evil of He Danggui that I said before!”

“Witness?” Not only He Danggui, but also many people were curious. He Danggui laughed at herself, “Second Aunt has got a witness again! Do evil? If I have the ability to do evil, how can I be taught by you twice in a month?”

Sun Meiniang twisted her lips triumphantly, “Believe it or not, this witness is your relative and best friend. She saw your evil deeds with her own eyes. Her testimony is more effective than what ten ordinary people said.”

Hearing what Sun Meiniang said, everyone expressed curiosity about the identity of this witness. He Danggui thought that she only had two best friends, Qing’er and Sister Zhenzhu. Who was so thick-skinned and came to pretend to be her best friend? As for relatives, apart from the Luo’s Family, she only had...

There was a sound of footsteps in the distance, and everyone turned to look. Here came a petite girl, who was about eighteen years old, and her exquisite body was wrapped in a set of tattered clothes. She looked very embarrassed, but she wore a gorgeous half-length cloak made of corduroy over the tattered clothes.

The cloak looked familiar, like the one that Luo Baiqiong had worn before. As for the girl, He Danggui was no stranger to her. She had an oval face with a delicate nose, and her skin was fair. Her eyebrows were curved, and her eyes were dark. This girl was Ling Miaoyi. After two years of absence, she looked prettier, and was as charming as the red plum blossoms in the twelfth month of the lunar year. Her beauty couldn’t be concealed by the tattered clothes.

He Danggui raised her eyebrows. Ling Miaoyi was the niece of Commander He, and she was the biological daughter of Commander He. In this way, she and Ling Miaoyi were indeed relatives. As for best friends, it was impossible. She didn’t regard Ling Miaoyi as an opponent, and she was forbearing and conciliatory to Ling Miaoyi. However, Ling Miaoyi recognized her as an enemy from their first meeting.

Ling Miaoyi strode in, and came to the point when she entered the door, “My name is Ling Miaoyi, and I am the Third Miss of Ling’s Family in the capital. After I tell you who I am, your family will definitely not welcome me. But I come here for only one thing. I’ll leave when I’m done.”

“Who is she?” Luo Baiji asked He Danggui quietly.

He Danggui whispered to him, “She’s Ling Miaoyi. She has studied at the Chengxu Academy for a year. Second Brother, you are oblivious about the outside world. It’s not surprising that you don’t know her.”

Luo Baiji frowned and looked at the beautiful girl with dirty face. After looking at her for a while, he suddenly said, “She looks a little like you, especially her face shape and chin... What relative is she?” Luo Baiji regretted it after asking. Most of the people from the capital were relatives of He’s Family. Madam Luo said that all the people living in He’s Mansion were scum.

At this time, Luo Baiqiong recovered from her “epilepsy”. Looking at Miss Ling, her former classmate, she grinned. That girl was the nemesis of He Danggui. As long as she appeared, He Danggui would be unlucky.

He Danggui raised her jaw and looked at the beggar girl in a calm manner. She said, “Let her speak for herself. I am also very curious about my relationship with her.”

Ling Miaoyi also looked towards He Danggui, and her dark eyes were showing undisguised hatred. She announced, “My mother is the eldest daughter of He’s Family in the capital, and He Jingxian is my uncle.” Sure enough, after hearing what she said, Madam Luo seemed irritated immediately, and the corners of her eyes twitched unconsciously. Ling Miaoyi said indifferently, “When I was studying at Chengxu Academy, I had friendship with He Danggui. She had expressed her yearning for He’s Family more than once, and I also told her all about my uncle’s family. In this way, we became good friends. Originally, I didn’t want to come here to expose her, but her behavior is so outrageous. I can’t just turn a blind eye, and I must testify against her.”

After hearing her words, Madam Luo suddenly put on a serious face. No matter what the girl was planning to expose, the sentence that Yi yearned for He’s Family sounded really harsh for her. As Yi’s grandmother, didn’t she treat Yi well? Why did Yi miss He’s Family?

Well, even if Yi’s Second Aunt Sun was mean, her Eldest Aunt Zhao was big-mouth, and her Third Aunt Liang, who was also her adoptive mother, was cold to her, her grandmother treated her well. At this time, Madam Luo remembered what her son Chuangu said before, “Mum, you are generous and treat the Fourth Sister and her daughter as your own daughter and granddaughter, but they never treat you as a family! Sometimes I feel jealous of her...”

Madam Luo was so gloomy that anyone who knew her could feel it. Sun Meiniang was secretly pleased that the girl surnamed Ling came out to testify against He Danggui today at this critical moment. Tonight, she just found the witchcraft doll and accused He Danggui and Luo Chuanxiong.

Luo Baiji glanced at He Danggui worriedly, and couldn’t help but clarify for her, “First of all, I have never heard of Third Sister having such a cousin and best friend. Third sister is introverted, and she has only one best friend, Liao Qing’er. Miss Ling suddenly claimed to be the best friend of Third Sister, and attacked Third Sister with words. It is hard to believe that your relationship is good enough to talk about such a private topic. Third Sister never likes to discuss her life experience with others. To say the least, even if Third Sister asks you about the situation in He’s Family, it’s understandable. Is this her crime?”

Ling Miaoyi raised her arched eyebrows, glanced at the audience, and said, “Of course she had evil deeds! I saw He Danggui ordered her subordinate, the man named He Dangyou, to the ancestral grave of Luo’s Family on the outskirts of the city to do some evil things. I don’t know what he did actually, but it’s not a good thing anyway. Besides, there is a bunch of dead mice hanging in the woods not far from the ancestral grave!”