Chapter 690 - 690 Don't be afraid, I have the Truth Elixir

Tong Sanlang asked with a stern face, “Where’s grandfather?”

“He’s gone to dig some sweet potatoes, planning to make some dried sweet potatoes. The others went with him,” said Zhu Hongyun. “Grandmother is visiting neighbours.”

With no one else present, Tong Sanlang asked further, “Mother, how did you find this silver hairpin in Zhaodi and Yindi’s room?”

Zhaodi and Yindi planned to pack up and move out tomorrow at Xiaomai’s insistence, but they didn’t expect this incident to happen.

Madame Zhang replied, “They’re moving out tomorrow, and I thought I should help them pack after living together for so long. And then I found this hairpin under their pillows!”

“We didn’t… we didn’t steal…” Zhaodi teary-eyed, looked at Tong Sanlang, “Brother Sanlang, even with ten times the courage, we would not dare to steal.”

“Oh, so the hairpin grew legs and ran under your pillows?!” Madame Zhang immediately countered with overwhelming aura.

“We didn’t steal it, we didn’t… Brother Sanlang, investigate this thoroughly, we really didn’t steal it!” Zhaodi was so anxious that her nose was running.

“Let’s go to the court! Whether you two stole it or not, it will be clear after the trial!” Madame Zhang spat toward Zhaodi and Yindi with disdain, “Filthy things, tarnishing the Tong family’s ground! Just like that dog Qiao Chang’an, maids like you should be confined in the dungeon!”

The cruel words made Zhaodi and Yindi cry even harder, tears and mucus flying.

Tong Sanlang’s handsome face got darker, “Mother, remember your status as the mother of a scholar, watch your language.”

At his words, Madame Zhang huffed, “Can’t I be upset? Who normally uses such words?”

“We don’t need to go to the court, besides it’s already late, the county magistrate won’t attend to the case now,” Tong Sanlang continued.

“So, you want to let these filthy things go just like that?” Madame Zhang immediately glared upon hearing this.

“Whether we’re letting them off or not, we should find out the truth first.”

“How do you plan to investigate? Besides, there’s nothing to investigate. Your sister-in-laws saw me finding the hairpin from under their pillow. And you can ask them, was the hairpin indeed found under their pillows or not?”

At Madame Zhang’s words, the sisters cried even harder. The hairpin indeed was found under their pillows, but they really didn’t steal it!

What can they do?

How can they clear their names in this matter?

Will they end up in jail?

At the thought, despair rose on the sisters’ faces.

Tong Sanlang saw their despair, and opened his mouth, “Mother, do you remember how Qiao Chang’an’s lie was exposed?”

“What?” Madame Zhang’s furious face faltered for a second.

“It was the Truth Elixir. Old Ma was there then, he had the Truth Elixir. That’s how the truth was easily revealed in such a difficult circumstance.” Tong Sanlang looked at Zhaodi and Yindi, compassion in his eyes.

“You two don’t need to be scared. Old Ma left a few pills of Truth Elixir when he left. Are you willing to take them?”

To the sisters, this was like a lifesaving straw offered to a drowning man. They nodded frantically, “We will, we will, we will!”

They didn’t steal anything, they’re not afraid to take the Truth Elixir!

Madame Zhang’s face turned sour in an instant, Truth Elixir?

Tong Sanlang actually has it?

[I’ve written thirty chapters today… Impressive, right?]