After hearing this, Shen Li also raised her voice and said, "To catch a culprit, one must find the evidence. Auntie said before that I had a secret rendezvous with someone. Well, then tell me who that person is and where he is now. Do you have any evidence? Or did anyone see it?"
Some of the on - looking villagers around didn't understand what Shen Li was up to.
"Is the eldest miss of the Shen family crazy? Who would rush to find their own lover!"
"Exactly! She's a young lady from a good family. How could she be so shameless!"
Of course, there were also those who understood what was going on and stood up to speak, "From what I saw of Miss Shen's words and actions just now, she doesn't seem like a frivolous person. Maybe she's really been wronged!"
Shen Li's relentless pressing made Shen Shi extremely angry. Before today, she had made full preparations. Moreover, the on - lookers around had started to whisper and discuss.
If this entanglement continued, it might arouse suspicion. It would be better to convict Shen Li right now and make sure she would never have a chance to turn things around.
Having made up her mind, Shen Shi simply said, "Just now, the servants and maids in our mansion all saw you... you were pulling and tugging with someone!"
"Oh? I was pulling and tugging with someone? I wonder which one of them saw it?" Shen Li stood in front of the servants and maids, looking at each of them one by one and asking, "Was it you who saw it? Or you?"
Under Shen Li's intimidating gaze, all the servants lowered their heads guiltily and dared not say a word.
After Shen Li inspected each one, no one dared to speak.
"Auntie, since they won't say anything, why don't you tell me which servant or maid you were talking about just now?"
Shen Shi's face looked ugly. She carefully scanned the crowd before pointing at someone. "This Nanny Zheng was the first one to enter the door. She saw clearly."
This Nanny Zheng was the one who had been taught a lesson by Han Yue. Now her face was swollen like a pig's head. Her face was red and swollen, and she could hardly speak clearly. But she still stared at Shen Li hatefully with her small eyes.
Shen Li looked down at her kneeling on the ground and asked, "I wonder if Nanny Zheng saw clearly what happened in this yard just now?"
Nanny Zheng mumbled vaguely, "As soon as this old servant entered the door, I saw the eldest miss holding hands with a man in the yard!"
"Oh! Did Nanny see clearly? Was it really me? Not someone else?"
Nanny Zheng immediately nodded vigorously. "It was really you, Miss!"
"Hehe!" Shen Li straightened her back and scanned the surroundings with her eyes. "I wonder if Nanny saw clearly what the man was wearing and what he looked like?"
Hearing this, Nanny Zheng lowered her head slightly and said, "I was far away at that time. This old servant didn't see what he looked like."
"Oh, it's understandable that you didn't see his appearance because you were far away. But Nanny, you could see our hands clearly. How could you not see the color of his clothes?"
"This..." Nanny Zheng didn't know how to answer. She wanted to just randomly say a color, but she was afraid of saying the wrong thing and giving Shen Li a chance to attack. So she could only look at Shen Shi for help.
"Li'er, Nanny Zheng is..."
"Auntie!" As soon as Shen Shi opened her mouth, she was interrupted by Shen Li's loud shout. "I'm interrogating Nanny Zheng now. Please wait until later to speak!"
Ignoring Shen Shi's venomous look, Shen Li said to Nanny Zheng again, "I guess Nanny may not be able to describe the color clearly. Well, since there are only these people in the yard, Nanny, why don't you point out which one is the man who had a secret rendezvous with me?"
Hearing this, Nanny Zheng looked around the yard again. She saw that besides the servants in the mansion, there were only two men in the yard.
One was an old man in ragged clothes with half - white hair and beard and a limp. The other was a young man in green clothes. The fabric of his clothes looked better, but his demeanor seemed like that of a servant in the mansion.
In a flash, Nanny Zheng had an idea in mind. She stretched out her finger and was about to point at the young man.
"Cough! Cough!" Shen Shi suddenly coughed violently twice. Hearing this, Nanny Zheng immediately put down her finger.
Seeing this, Shen Li sneered inwardly but pretended not to notice on the surface.
"This Nanny Zheng is old and her eyes are dim. She can't see clearly. Maybe the man just now has hidden himself and is not here."
Nanny Zheng immediately reacted and followed Shen Shi's words. "Yes! Yes! Just now, when that man saw this servant rushing in, he immediately ran into the back yard! He must still be hiding inside! As long as we go in and search, we will definitely find him!"
"Rubbish! There's no one at all! You heartless old thing, you're just talking nonsense with your eyes open. There were only a few of us in the yard just now!" Before Shen Li could speak, the lame old man scolded.
"Humph! I saw you people rushing in from outside without saying a word just now. I'm going to report you to the government for breaking into a private house!"
Nanny Zheng was no easy person either. She immediately said, "I just saw that man running very fast into the back yard. You're blocking us now. Are you covering for him and not letting us find him?"
Shen Shi looked at the two of them in a dilemma. Then she turned to Shen Li and suggested, "The two of them have different opinions. This won't do. Li'er, how about this? Let the servants in our mansion search the yard to see if there's anyone."
Of course, Shen Shi had her own plan. She had already known from Shen Miao that Shen Li would come to Lvyi Alley today. She had made proper arrangements and found a "lover" for Shen Li!
As long as they went in to search, the man would surely be found. The lover was the one she had bribed and arranged, and he would surely confess everything about his "rendezvous" with Shen Li.
By then, Shen Li would surely be unable to defend herself.
Shen Li knew what Shen Shi was up to and naturally wouldn't let her succeed. "Auntie is wrong. This is someone else's yard. It's already a big mistake for you to break into a private house today. Now, if you rely on your numbers and go in to search, that would be bullying others with your power!"
"Uncle is an official in the court. How could you do such a thing, Auntie? If this gets out, it will surely have a bad influence on Uncle's official reputation!"
"Exactly! You're not going to bully us common people today!"
At this time, Shi Zhu also stood up to stop them.
"Sister! Why do you have to be like this!" Shen Miao looked disapproving. "Just now, sister insisted on getting things clear here. Why are you stopping us now? If you had known this, you should have gone back to the mansion with us!"
"To get things clear, sister, please let us search the yard. As for the accusation of bullying others with power, we don't have such an intention! After the search, no matter what, our Shen mansion is willing to pay some silver as compensation!"