After transmigrating into the book, I helped my mother reconcile with her divorced husband.

Chapter 261 Greed for Money (Part 2)

"I don't know, I didn't think that much about it, I just want some money." Miao Han said loudly, quickly averting his gaze from Lu Zhiyuan: "Fifty taels, or a hundred taels. This amount of money is nothing to them, but it is crucial for our family. I'm not that greedy."

Liu Ying rolled her eyes in anger, put one hand on her hip and pointed at Miao Han with the other, saying, "You're not greedy? Fifty taels, a hundred taels? Do you think people's money grows on trees? My lady is rich, isn't she?"

Miao Han nodded at Lu Zhiyuan.

In his world, Lu Zhiyuan was equivalent to Madam Ye, and the Ye family being rich meant Madam Ye being rich.

That's right, that's the logic.

The fireflies were referring to something else.

In terms of status, her wife is the Crown Princess, and most of Northern Liang belongs to her. In terms of background, the Xie family's vast business empire belongs to her uncle. In terms of wealth, she owns countless estates and shops, and the money she earns is unknown; neither she nor Lu Yun has ever been able to count it all.

Following Miao Han's logic, shouldn't she and Lu Yun also try to squeeze some money out of the madam?

Stomping her foot, she poked Miao Han's nose: "My wife is so rich, but Lu Yun and I have never even coveted a single copper coin. Do you know why? Because it's what my wife earned, not what Lu Yun and I earned. You only see how much money others have, but you don't see how hard they work to earn it. Do you know why you think five taels of silver is a lot? Because you're poor, because you're incompetent, because you could never earn five taels of silver in your entire life."

Miao Han continued his tirade: "A person who can't even earn five taels of silver actually says that taking fifty or a hundred taels from others isn't greedy? You are truly the only person I've ever met who is greedy without even realizing it."

Miao Han blushed, and only spoke when Lu Zhiyuan asked him.

Under the pretext of visiting a temple to worship the gods, he brought Mr. Ye, Mrs. Ye, and their newborn daughter to Miao Village. Miao Han knew there was no temple in the village, and he also knew that his clumsy lie would not fool Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye. He told them that Chunfeng Town was quite a distance away, and asked them to stay at his house for the night and continue their journey at dawn.

Mr. and Mrs. Ye were both wealthy people and had never seen such a poor village before. Everything they saw seemed new and exciting, so they actually agreed.

Miao Han hadn't expected that the Ye family's carriage would be surrounded by villagers as soon as it entered the village. At dinner, the village chief approached Miao Han and asked who he had brought back. Miao Han, feeling guilty, stammered. Seeing this, the village chief subtly probed, and considering that having help would make the plan more likely to succeed, Miao Han finally revealed what he wanted to do.

The village chief remained silent, pondering for a long time before looking up. His eyes, however, held not only greed but also murderous intent.

They tampered with Mr. and Mrs. Ye's tea, but they were discovered.

Liu Ying asked curiously, "How did you find out? I've tampered with other people's tea and I've never been caught."

Miao Han was stunned; he had never imagined anyone would be so blunt. He coughed and replied, "Our village is poor, and the medicine we buy is all inferior. The medicine smelled too strong, and Master Ye found out. In the rush, we had to say that the well water in my house was bad, and we changed it to fresh water to make tea. When the village chief found out, he said that if we've gone this far, we might as well kill Master Ye in front of Madam Ye."

"Killed him?" Lu Zhiyuan frowned. "What did you use to kill him? Where is he buried?"

Miao Han looked at the wall: "The sickle, the sickle hanging on the wall. I didn't do it, it was the village chief and his son. With one stroke, they cut off Master Ye's neck. Madam Ye woke up and stared blankly at us."

Miao Han looked at Lu Zhiyuan and hesitated before saying the next sentence: "She must be terrified. She didn't even react when we dragged Master Ye out."

Lu Zhiyuan: "You threw the person into the dry well in the backyard?"

Miao Han: "It wasn't me, it was the village chief and his son. His son is a butcher, he's not afraid of blood, and he's very strong. I couldn't do it, I was so scared that I collapsed to the ground. Soon, the village chief and his son came back. Miss Ye was crying, crying and crying, it gave people a headache. The village chief's son got angry, picked up Miss Ye and threw her to the ground."

Miao Han gestured: "With a bang, all the sound was gone. The village chief still wanted to kill Madam Ye, but the village chief's son couldn't bear to. Madam Ye was beautiful, as beautiful as an angel. The village chief's son was thirty years old and still unmarried, and he had evil thoughts. The village chief only had one son, and he doted on him like the apple of his eye, so he had no choice but to agree."

Lu Yun remained expressionless, Liu Ying rolled her eyes, and only Lu Zhiyuan had a deep gaze, seemingly lost in thought.

Miao Han dared not ask further, and continued, "No one in the village knows what happened last night, but the news of a wealthy person arriving in the village cannot be kept secret. The village chief worried the villagers overnight and told them about Master Ye. He didn't say that he killed the person, but only that Master Ye and Miss Ye had an accident in the village, and if it was reported to the authorities, the entire Miao village would be implicated. If the villagers unite, they can divide the money that Master Ye and Madam Ye brought."

They didn't know how much money Master Ye and Madam Ye had brought, only that selling that large carriage that could sleep in people would yield a considerable sum. Faced with profit, right and wrong, and even willfulness, were irrelevant; without exception, they all sided with the village chief.

To prevent leaks and to test the villagers' loyalty, the village chief ordered Miao Han to confine Madam Ye at home for three days. Three days later, they took Madam Ye to town, intending to seize all of the Ye family's wealth. Strangely, the village chief and his son searched the entire Ye residence, but couldn't find it, despite Miao Han's description.

After returning, they took Miao Han to the town again, wearing out their shoes, but they still couldn't find the Ye residence.

There was a house that looked very similar, but it wasn't the Ye family residence; it was the Xue family residence. The owner's surname was Xue, and his ancestors had been officials; they had lived in the town for generations. Mr. Xue was in his early forties and had a son and a daughter. His son was about the same age as Mr. Ye, around twenty-seven or twenty-eight, but Mr. Ye's child was already in school. Mr. Xue's daughter was still unmarried, and the family didn't have a newborn baby, nor had they ever held a full-moon celebration.

Completely bewildered, the three returned to the village.

Ever since Master Ye died, Madam Ye has been in a daze. She neither cries nor laughs, and she doesn't speak. She eats normally, though. When asked, the village elders said that her family weren't human, but mountain spirits and monsters in disguise. How could an ordinary family have so much money that their house could just vanish like that?

The implication is that the house was conjured up by them.

Whether it's a human or a mountain spirit, the wrongdoing has been done, and there's no possibility of letting them go. The village chief wanted to kill them, but his son wanted to marry them. Unable to dissuade his son, the village chief held a grand wedding for him, but he didn't tell the villagers who the bride was.

Miao Han took a deep breath and looked into Lu Zhiyuan's eyes: "On the day the village chief's son got married, Madam Ye threw herself into a well and died in her wedding dress, just like my newlywed wife. No, it's not that she resembles my wife, but that my wife resembles her."