Chapter 1270 - 1276: The Truth Revealed (5)
As he pondered, several protectors walked in, shoving and pushing two little boys with them. The two boys staggered as they walked, with bruised noses and swollen faces—it was clear they had been tortured.
Seeing the two little boys, Nongyu, who stood by the side, was immediately scared witless, her body swayed slightly, and she almost fell. These two little boys were the ones who killed Nanny Xie. It was she who had passed the word and helped Du Wanqing bribe them to kill Nanny Xie.
"Old Madame, Old Madame, spare our lives..."
Upon seeing the Old Madame, the two little boys knelt down together, just as Wang Cai had done before, ceaselessly kowtowing to the Old Madame.
Old Madame said furiously, "Don’t be in a rush to kowtow. First, confess the evil deeds you’ve done. Whether I spare you or not depends on how truthful you are. Speak up, tell us everything about what happened that day, let your master hear it clearly!"
One of the boys crawled forward a few steps and kowtowed, "I shall speak, Old Madame, Madam, Young Master Li. On that day, it was Miss Nongyu who quietly sought us out. She told us that if we killed Nanny Xie, she would reward each of us with one hundred taels of silver, or fifty taels each if we left her crippled. Greedy at the time, we struck with lethal force and ended up killing Nanny Xie. However, Miss Nongyu has yet to give us the silver she promised..."
Hearing her name being called out, Nongyu knew she couldn’t hide any longer. She quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "Old Madame, it’s not my servant’s fault. I was instructed by Miss Du to do it, I was just following orders!"
Lady Wu said with a cold smile, "Following her orders? What is she? She’s just a shameless concubine, not your proper master. Why would you take orders from her? You must have also taken a share of the benefits, you damn maid."