0p0 Chapter 895 The Scholar Who Abandoned His Husband and Children 5
Chapter 895 The Scholar Who Abandoned His Husband and Children 5
Zheng Yujin was stunned by what her mother said, and then asked incredulously, "Are they really that similar?"
When the person spoke, Xiao Yun was startled again. The two of them had very similar voices. She remembered a saying from later generations that people who look alike will also have similar voices because they share the same vocal range. So some people can even distinguish a person's appearance by their voice. It seems that this is true.
Then Zheng Zhuo continued, "Not only do they look alike, but their voices are almost identical. The only difference is that the person's nose and mouth are slightly more delicate than yours. Everything else, from height and weight to even their fair complexion, is exactly the same as yours. I, as their mother, almost mistook them for someone else, let alone strangers."
Zheng Yujin wasn't stupid; on the contrary, she was very clever. She understood what her mother meant from her words. She stared intently at her mother and asked softly, "What does Mother mean?"
Zheng Zhuo gave a direct affirmative answer, "What I mean is, haven't you always regretted not being able to participate in the imperial examination? This time, it might just be an opportunity given by heaven, and all your years of hard work and study will not have been in vain."
Zheng Yujin stood up abruptly, and a loud "thump" came from behind her as the round stool fell to the ground.
Ignoring the stool, Zheng Yujin grabbed her mother's arm and whispered, "Is it feasible?"
Zheng Zhuo nodded affirmatively, but left room for doubt in his words, "We can give it a try, we're at least 70 or 80% confident."
Zheng Yujin's gaze remained fixed on her. "How do we try?"
Zheng Zhuo: "We only have one night. First, we'll drug her and check her identity documents. If her rank is similar to yours, you can take her place and go to the capital. Even if there are differences, we can let her sleep in a little longer; she shouldn't notice."
As Zheng Yujin listened to her mother's words, her breathing gradually became heavy. She knew that this might be her only chance, and the more she thought about it, the more nervous she became. She began to pace back and forth in the room.
Zheng Zhuo didn't stop her, letting her calm down on her own.
Xiao Yun sneered, picked up the teacup on the table, and took a sip.
It can only be said that she entered the original body at a bad time. If it had been earlier, she would have dealt with those two people earlier and directly avenged the original body.
Of course, it's not too late now. She won't wait until the other party makes a move before retaliating. Why create so much trouble for herself later?
She took out her identity document from her bosom, put it into her spatial storage, and used an interstellar printer to make a direct copy. However, she changed the contents, adding a palm-sized birthmark on her back and two moles on her neck.
These characteristics will be compared when entering the examination room. Even if someone wants to fake it, they can't. Don't even mention things like removing a mole or creating a scar to cover up the birthmark. Even if the person did that, they still wouldn't get in.
If the other party reads the document and gives up, she will mercifully let them live one more night. If the other party reads the document and still wants to take their place, then she will have no choice but to send them to their death.
After the mother and daughter finished their discussion, Xiao Yun's food was brought over. It wasn't specially made for them; it was dinnertime, so the two scholars and the coachwoman next door also had food delivered to them.
Her room was the second one from the west. The one furthest to the end was where Li Gui lived. The two of them still ate separately.
Zheng Zhuo personally delivered the food to her, chatted with her for a bit before leaving, and even mentioned that her cook used to work in a restaurant, which Zheng Zhuo had poached from her with a high salary.
After everyone left, Xiao Yun scanned the food with her divine sense. There was no drug in it. She raised an eyebrow, thinking that the other party was implying that they had put the drug in the food to make her eat quickly.
That's true. The food was still being prepared while the mother and daughter were plotting behind her back, and she had been keeping a close eye on it with her divine sense, so she didn't notice that the other party had drugged her.
However, if it weren't for putting it in the food, it seems there wouldn't be such a good opportunity, since she might not even drink the tea or anything else served.
Since it wasn't in the food, she decided to eat first, since she was hungry anyway.
The meal was simple. Because it was winter, there were only radishes and cabbage, a total of three dishes, or you could say two dishes and a soup: stewed cabbage with meat, stir-fried eggs with wood ear mushrooms, and radish meatball soup.
The taste is indeed good; the seasonings are minimal, but the ingredients are fresh and natural.
When Xiao Yun had almost finished eating, Zheng Zhuo brought in another bowl of rice wine and said with a smile, "Scholar Xiao, this is rice wine that we brewed ourselves. It's been warmed up. It's perfect for warming up on a cold day and will help you sleep well tonight. Please have a taste."
Xiao Yun glanced at the bowl of milky white rice wine, and with a quick scan of her divine sense, she discovered the sleeping potion inside. She accepted it with a smile, saying calmly, "Then thank you very much, Madam Zheng."
Zheng Zhuo casually said "No need to be polite," and began clearing the dishes from the table. After seeing that she had finished her drink, he took the empty dishes and left.
In fact, Xiao Yun directly put the wine into her spatial storage. After the other party left, she got up to rinse her mouth, and after a while, she pretended that the drug was taking effect and went to bed.
The mother and daughter were quite calm; she was almost asleep waiting, but the other party didn't make a move.
Zheng Zhuo and Zheng Yujin sneaked into her room after everyone else had gone to sleep.
Zheng Yujin walked nervously and excitedly to the bedside, looked closely at Xiao Yun, and then whispered to her mother who was rummaging through her bundle, "Mom, we really look alike. Did my father really not have twins back then?"
Zheng Zhuo frowned and put down the bundle in his hand. There were no documents inside. Hearing his daughter's words, he said somewhat irritably, "Of course not. I delivered the baby myself. How could it be fake? There are no documents in here. Check under her pillow."
According to common practice, people usually keep valuables by their pillow so they can be put away immediately if anything happens.
Zheng Yujin reached directly under the buckwheat hull pillow and said to her mother, "Here it is, I found it."
Then the two of them quickly left and returned to the backyard.
Since there were people on both sides of the room, they couldn't turn on the lights to check, so they could only go to their own rooms to look.
Xiao Yun's consciousness followed them to the backyard, where he saw the two light candles and open the document to examine it carefully. The faster they read, the worse their expressions became. Finally, they slammed the document shut and slumped into their chairs.
“It seems this won’t work. Sigh… It’s fate. Let it be.” Zheng Zhuo sighed and said to his daughter.
Zheng Yujin buried her face in her hands, her voice muffled, "Why give me hope only to shatter it? God is so unfair..."
She prided herself on her talent, yet had nowhere to showcase it. She had resigned herself to her fate, but then another opportunity was given to her, only to find that it was also an illusion...
She wanted to try again, but she knew that even if she went to the capital, she wouldn't be able to enter the examination hall. She would be eliminated just by verifying her identity at the entrance.
But she was unwilling to give up just like that, knowing she would never have this opportunity again.
After thinking for a moment, he said, “Mother, I have an idea. I will still go to the capital in this person’s place, but I will not participate in this year’s imperial examination. When I arrive in the capital, I will claim to be sick and miss this opportunity. After recuperating for a period of time, I will go directly back to this person’s hometown.”
The document stated that it only included the husband and son. He was injured on the way back, which happened to aggravate the mole and birthmark. Once back, he would deal with the other two, giving the husband a proper send-off. Then, after the term was up, he could re-apply for the document and participate in the next imperial examination.
Zheng Zhuo's eyes lit up. This was indeed a good idea. Although it was more complicated, it was also more appropriate. So he nodded in agreement and began to refine some details for her.
Xiao Yun: ...Very good, this mother and daughter are in a hurry to be reincarnated.
Of course, reincarnation is impossible, because the underworld is not yet connected to it, and even if it were possible, she wouldn't give them that opportunity.
When the other party came over, carried her to the backyard, put her on the bed, and prepared to change her clothes, Xiao Yun knocked Zheng Zhuo unconscious, extracted Zheng Yujin's soul, threw her body onto the bed, and then searched her soul before throwing it into the Soul Refining Banner.
Then wake Zheng Zhuo up and tell her, in Zheng Yujin's tone, that it's all changed.
Zheng Zhuo felt a moment of disorientation, but without thinking much about it, he quickly took his "daughter" to the front yard.
She only drugged that one person; she didn't drug the others. It would be troublesome if someone got up in the middle of the night and discovered it.
Because of the previous soul search, Xiao Yun had Zheng Yujin's memories in his mind, so he spoke very naturally to Zheng Zhuo beside him.
Since they didn't dare to light any lamps and had to walk in complete darkness, and the moon was dim in the winter night, the other party didn't notice them at all.
Of course, the two didn't talk much, since it was late at night and any noise would be easily heard, so they walked silently.
Back in the guest room in the front yard, Zheng Zhuo whispered a few more words of advice to her to be careful, and gave her a silver note to hide on her person before tiptoeing away.
The moment she turned around, Xiao Yun used his divine sense to pinch her heart meridian, making it seem like it was about to break but not quite. If she didn't get excited, she would be fine, but if she did get excited, her heart meridian would immediately rupture and she would die.
As for not getting excited, how could that be possible? The ignore charm she placed on Zheng Yujin only lasted for one day and one night. After that, it would be restored. When this person saw his own daughter's corpse... hehe.
Yes, a corpse. From the moment she extracted the other party's soul, Zheng Yujin was as dead as could be. And Zheng Zhuo definitely won't make any more moves today; he'll only do so after they leave.
When they leave early tomorrow morning, she will find that her daughter has died at home. She will definitely have a violent emotional upheaval and die from palpitations. Even if the coroner comes to check, it will be a sudden death from an acute illness. How perfect.
Of course, Xiao Yun also took the opportunity to rummage through their hidden money and Zheng Yujin's private savings when he was in the backyard.
The locations were all found through soul searching; these weren't the obvious ones, but rather hidden by Zheng Zhuo. He only told his daughter, and his husband and sons didn't know.
She didn't touch the things that were out in the open, otherwise, if the mother and daughter died and all the money was gone, they wouldn't even be able to handle their funerals. Even if the father and sons didn't report it to the authorities, the Zheng family members would still come.