My Loyal and Lovely Husband

“It’s getting late today. Go to bed early.” Says Jin Weiwei, standing up and yawning. Holding the pomegranate, Little Rich nods and leaves the room. Jin Weiwei feels that Little Rich is a little bit strange today. However, she doesn’t know why, but follows him. It’s getting dark. Everything is in peace and quietness. Jiang Qingshou begins to pace to and fro with his grim face.

He has already bribed the jailer to poison Wang Su. However, till now, he has not received any feedback from the jailer. Does the jailer fail to poison Wang Su? “Li Mazi! Li Mazi!” Shouts Jiang Qingshou anxiously. “Where the hell are you! Come in!” Hearing that, Li Mazi comes in cautiously. When he closes the door, he seems to see someone flashing by. However, when he closes his eyes, opens them and looks again, nothing happens.

“Probably, my eyes cheat me.” Thinks Li Mazi. Then, he fawns upon and bows obsequiously to Jiang Qingshou and says, “What’s going on, my boss?” “Is there any feedback from Jailer Wang?” asks Jiang Qingshou. “Emmm…” Replies Li Mazi, hesitant. He does not know how to explain to Jiang Qingshou. It is true that there’s no feedback from the jailer. However, Li Mazi has already known what Jiang Qingshou thinks about. He does not know whether it is reasonable to tell Jiang Qingshou the truth. If he hides the truth, Jiang Qingshou must punish him when he knows that his plan has already failed. If he reveals the truth, he is afraid that Jiang Qingshou will vent his anger on him.

Li Mazi is hesitating about what to do. Suddenly, Jiang Qingshou grabs his clothes furiously and shouts with his eyes opened wide, “I am asking you!” Seeing his angry face, Li Mazi starts to tremble. He dares not to hide the truth and pours out everything to Jiang Qingshou. “There’s no feedback from the jailer. Well…I…I think it seems that the jailer wants more.” Replies Li Mazi. His words are trustworthy, because Li Mazi is in charge of contacting the jailer. Actually, Jiang Qingshou knows what the jailer is really like. He squeezes a word from his teeth, “He is such a greedy bastard! Thirty taels of silver cannot satisfy him!”

He smashes the cup down on the table and shouts, “He cannot get a penny from me! You go to urge him tomorrow.” “My boss, you can’t do that. You have to give him money!” Li Mazi is afraid that Jiang Qingshou is determined to do so. He starts to persuade him, “If you are determined not to bribe Jailer Wang and he cannot get that 100 tales of silver as you promised him, he must tell everything to the county magistrate. If so, your reputation will be damaged and so will Jiang’s Meat-shop. Who will be willing to buy meat from our shop?”

His words are just like the icy water pouring down on Jiang Qingshou, which makes his mind clear and sharp. Seeing that Jiang Qingshou has already been calm down a little bit, Li Mazi continues, “Don’t forget, my boss, you still owe Manager Liu and Manager Lin some money. If the Meat-shop is closed down, how will you pay that money? You know that Manager Lin and Manager Liu are not men to be trifled with.”

Both Lin’s family and Li’s family are rich in Lin Shui County, which can be compared with the family of Shen Cuihua. Recalling that days ago Shen Cuihua made troubles, Jiang Qingshou trembles a little bit with his face darkening. “Li Mazi, what should I do next?” Asks Jiang Qingshou. Li Mazi replies with a flattering smile on his face, “My boss, it seems that Jailer Wang just wants more money. Tomorrow, you give me ten tales of silver, I am sure I can urge him to poison Wang Su.”

Ten tales of silver! Jiang Qingshou opens his eyes wide with astonishment. Li Mazi suddenly feels diffident in the presence of Jiang Qingshou, so he explains hurriedly, “My boss, danger can never be overcome without taking risks.” Jiang Qingshou clinches his teeth so hard that they are almost broken. After a while of silence, he says with a heavy breath, “It’s up to you. But I have to make it clear that if this sum of money still goes in vain, I will surely kill you!” Without saying anything, Li Mazi trembles. Then, taking a deep breath again, Jiang Qingshou opens the jewelry box of Jin Xiaodie and takes out a pair of silver bracelets and hands them to Li Mazi.

Taking that pair of silver bracelets, Li Mazi leaves quietly. When he arrives at the yard, he looks carefully about the bracelets. “They are worth ten taels of silver…..” He says to himself with a sly smile climbing on his face. “That’s what I said: nothing ventured, nothing gained.” Li Mazi walks out of the yard with pride. At the dark corner of the yard, a man flies down from a tree. He stares at Li Mazi with a sneer on his face. Then, he flies high into the air with the pushing strength of his two feet, following behind Li Mazi secretly.

Li Mazi strides to the jail and knocks on the door. After a while, a dozy sound of a man asks, “Who’s there! It’s getting late!” Li Mazi replies with a low voice, “It’s me! Brother Wang, I am here to give you money!” Hearing the sound “money”, Jailer Wang feels wide awake immediately and opens the door, “How much?” He asks with excitement. Li Mazi makes gestures with his hands.

The moment they are talking, the man following Li Mazi is climbing over the wall secretly and hides himself into the dark jail. “Clang!” the iron lock has been broken. Wang Su is waken up by that sound and opens his eyes dozily. He sees a man opens the door and walks in. With the light of the candle in the jail, Wang Su recognizes the man immediately. “It’s you!” He shouts with surprise. “You are the accountant of Jin’s Meat-shop, Jin Weiwei’s husband!”

Yes, exactly. The secret man is Little Rich, who looks at Wang Su without any expression on his face. “How did the man go into the jail? It has been dark now. He must break into the jail secretly, because no jailer finds him. What’s his purpose? Kill me?” The very thought brings him a cold sweat at once. He holds his arms and retreats backward. “I tell you there are many jailers here. If you dare to hurt me, I will…” “I am not there to kill you.” Says Little Rich, with a cold voice.

“What are you doing there?” Asks Wang Su, suspiciously. Time is so limited that Little Rich grabs the shoulder of Wang Su and hits his dumb point to mute him. “I invite you to watch a play.” His words make Wang Su confused. “What? Watch a play? What he wants?”This content is © NôvelDrama.Org.