Two ladies from Zhengyuan Hou's Mansion borrowed the road from Xuanping Hou's Mansion, entered through the side door of Xuanping Hou's Mansion, and went out through the back door.
After walking on the street for a while, the two people separated. One woman continued to walk forward, while the other entered a nearby shop and entered the backyard of the shop.
A middle-aged man was guarding there. When he saw the mother-in-law coming in, he tentatively called out: "Master?"
Yu Shuxing snorted coldly and strode into the house. The people guarding here hurriedly followed.
"Where are you?" As soon as he entered the door, Yu Shuxing, who was dressed like a mother-in-law, sat on a chair in the middle and glanced at the room.
"Master, please wait a moment." The middle-aged man stepped back, and soon came in with a young man.
When the boy walked in and saw a woman, he was stunned for a moment.
The middle-aged man pushed him, causing him to stagger a few steps and almost fall. The middle-aged man said sternly: "I haven't met the eldest son yet."
"I've met... I've met the eldest son." The young man didn't dare to look any further and hurriedly knelt down and lowered his head.
"Xiwang, why don't you recognize me after three years in Jiangnan?" Yu Shuxing leaned back and asked.
"Slave... I didn't recognize him at once," the young man said hurriedly. Dressed up like this, let alone the fact that he hadn't seen her in three years, even if he had seen her all the time, he probably wouldn't be able to recognize her.
"Have you found your eldest son at the city gate these days?" Yu Shuxing didn't have time to get close to the boy. He took a huge risk when he went out this time.
My father went to the front to negotiate. Even if a few people were let out in the end, everyone would be checked clearly. He could only leave through the side door of Xuanping Hou Mansion.
Yu Chengxuan's matter can't be delayed any longer.
"Slave... I didn't see you." Xiwang said in a panic.
"Didn't you say that you would definitely find Yu Chengxuan? Why, he's gone now?" Yu Shuxing said coldly, with a calm and depressed tone.
"My eldest son, the prince has been missing since that day, and even now he has not shown any trace. I don't know where the prince has gone! The prince has been away from the capital for three years, and now there is no other familiar person. Why?
It is impossible for him to disappear suddenly, eldest son, could it be that the prince has been in trouble?"
Xiwang wiped away his tears and said, panicked and anxious. He originally thought that what the eldest master ordered was very simple, but he didn't expect that there would be such a big mistake.
"You want to see people when you are alive, and you want to see corpses when you die. What did I say at that time?" Yu Shuxing said sharply.
"My eldest son, I really don't know where your eldest son has gone." Xiwang burst into tears.
"Shut up!" Yu Shuxing stretched back and slapped the table. Xiwang was so frightened that he shuddered and closed his mouth hard, but he was still sobbing.
"There is only one thing you have to do now, go to the Criminal Department to report the case." Yu Shuxing looked at Xiwang coldly and said.
"Go...to the Ministry of Punishment?" Xiwang winced.
"As promised before, go to the Ministry of Punishment to report the case, saying that Yu Chengxuan was killed by bandits, and he will be thrown away who knows where." Yu Shuxing said softly.
The previously agreed thing was to kill Yu Chengxuan and blame the incident on the bandits. You Xiwang went in to report the crime. The fact that the inn caught fire was a fact that everyone saw.
In that case, Yu Chengxuan's death was a thing of the past.
As long as Yu Chengxuan dies, the title will naturally fall on his father and himself. If the main house of the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion is dead, no one will raise any objections.
"Young Master, but... there is no body." Xiwang said in panic, this matter was different from what was discussed before.
Yu Shuxing waved his hand: "Don't worry about it for now. I just want to say that when he was taken away by the bandits, Yu Chengxuan breathed his last breath. The bandits also said that they would ask for ransom from Zhengyuan Hou Mansion. But now they have not come to ask for the ransom."
He's already dead. You didn't report the crime before because you were worried about your master's safety, but now you have no choice but to do so."
The Marquis of Zhengyuan now needs Yu Chengxuan's death. As long as Yu Chengxuan's death is not announced, the title will only fall on Yu Chengxuan.
Yu Shuxing's words can be regarded as the reason why he could not see Yu Chengxuan's body and why the servant did not report the crime after being in Beijing for several days.
"But...but..." This was different from what he said before. Xiwang was very panicked and stammered, "What if the Punishment Department must...investigate and see the prince's body...what should we do?"
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"You don't need to say much about this matter. At most, I will lock you in the Yamen for a while. After this period of time, I will let you go back home." Yu Shuxing saw that the boy's face was pale with fear, so he reassured him. This boy, he
It’s too early to use it.
The most important thing about sneaking out of the house this time was this matter. They couldn't wait any longer.
"Slave...Slave understands." Xiwang gritted his teeth. Now that things have happened, he can't stop just by saying stop.
"Did you keep the things around Yu Chengxuan?" Yu Shuxing asked again.
"I kept it... I kept the crown prince's jade pendant according to the eldest son's wishes." Xiwang suppressed the trembling in his heart and said with a shiver. The eldest son asked him to do this before he entered the capital. That night there was a fire in the inn.
He deliberately touched the prince's jade pendant beside him.
"Okay, let's do it according to this matter." Yu Shuxing said, he couldn't stay here longer, so he stood up and walked out. He didn't go to Xin Kangbo Mansion. If he went to Xin Kangbo Mansion, he would be easily discovered. He left the house.
I bought some incense and candles for Mrs. Ning, saying that I wanted to worship Yu Lanyan at the house.
I still came out of the shop, found a nearby incense and candle shop, bought some incense candles, and went back with a large bundle of incense candles.
The woman in the backyard of Xuanpinghou Mansion knew that he was going out to buy incense and candles. When she saw the woman dressed as Yu Shuxing coming, she let him go, and she also let him go at the side door.
When he arrived at the Marquis of Zhengyuan's Mansion, Yu Shuxing breathed a sigh of relief. He reached out and touched the hairband on his head. He looked back at the direction of the store. It was good to be locked up now. At least whatever happened to Yu Chengxuan had nothing to do with his family. Now
Just wait for the people from the Yamen to come up and ask about Yu Chengxuan.
Everything is ready, just waiting for Yu Chengxuan's death letter...
Xiyizhai
Yu Xijiao sat in front of the window of the private room, checking the accounts in her hands.
In her last life, she was trapped in the backyard of Zhengyuan Hou Mansion. Even if these shops belonged to her, she usually could not see Manager Qi. Ning even intervened in some affairs of her own stores early, although she did not replace Manager Qi.
There are also some small places where people are involved.
Now I plan to pick them out one by one.
Shiba came over dressed as a servant. Hearing the knock on the door, Jingyu stepped forward to open the door and brought Shiba in.
"Have you found the boy?" After the eighteen salutes, Yu Xijiao put down the account book in her hand and asked, Yu Chengxuan's boy was hiding well and no one has been found yet.
It was possible today that Yu Xijiao asked Shiba to wait at the back door of her house before going out.
"Girl, we've found it!" Shiba said respectfully. He followed Yu Xijiao before because of his master's orders, but now he admires the young Miss Yu San.
Two women came over. One of them told the woman who was guarding the back door of Xuanpinghou's mansion that she would be back soon and just went to buy some incense. The other would come back later, so the subordinates followed the woman who bought incense.
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In fact, there is no need to rush to buy incense and candles. The Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion has just finished its funeral, so it is impossible to burn all the incense and candles. This reason sounds evasive.
Shiba was alone and could only keep an eye on one person. At that time, he felt that the old lady was the most suspicious, so he kept an eye on the old lady and then watched the old lady enter a shop. He entered a little later and the person disappeared, but
When he was going to the backyard, he was stopped by someone. When he saw the look of the person blocking his way, Shiba stepped back.
After waiting outside the door for a long time, I saw the mother-in-law coming out. After that, she bought some incense and candles nearby and returned along the original path. Shiba followed a few steps and then came back. After waiting for a while, she saw Tan Tou Tan Nao being sent out.
The young man, while the young man was looking around on the street, Shiba stepped forward, knocked the man unconscious, and took him away by saying he was his brother.
"Girl, my subordinate has already asked that the boy next to Crown Prince Zhengyuan, named Xiwang, has a jade pendant belonging to Crown Prince Zhengyuan." Shiba said, taking out a jade pendant from his sleeve.
Presented.
Qingyue took it and handed it to Yu Xijiao.
When Yu Xijiao Dingqing looked at it, her heart ached. She had owned this jade pendant all her life. Her father had gone to find it specially for their siblings, but her piece should have been broken into pieces in the fire. Now when she saw her younger brother's piece,
With a sad look in his eyes, he shook the jade pendant in his hand vigorously.
"This jade pendant belongs to the Crown Prince Zhengyuan Hou."
"Girl, what should we do now?" Shiba asked.
"Where is he now?" Yu Xijiao asked, a trace of darkness flashed across her brows. She found the boy and her heart relaxed.
"He's in the carriage, tied up and gagged now." Eighteen said, "Do you want to take him to the Ministry of Punishment as well? The prince is guarding a lot of people there."
"No need." Yu Xijiao shook her head and said, "This boy will be sent to the yard I asked you to buy temporarily."
Yu Xijiao had already ordered Shiba to buy a place for her. It was a small courtyard in a remote location, but it was in the middle of Xuanpinghou Mansion and Xiyi Zhai.
, or go through Xiyi Zhai, both are relatively easy.
There are some things that are inconvenient here in Xiyi Zhai.
This young man is the key to his brother's departure from the capital. The younger brother will leave the capital for a period of time. There must be at least a decent reason to make people believe that the younger brother cannot return to the capital and is not dead.
Yu Xijiao had been looking for this boy before, but he hid it very well.
After things were arranged, Shiba retired. Yu Xijiao asked Qingyue to buy two portions of medicinal powder with a particularly strong taste, and asked Manager Qi to prepare pen and ink. After she finished writing a letter, Qingyue also came back.
Xijiao asked Qingyue to mix two portions of medicinal powder with a particularly strong taste.
The boy next to his younger brother is an orphan. It is impossible for him to betray his younger brother because of other people's reasons. Then he can only find the reason from himself!
These are also prepared for trouble...
After receiving the letter, I got up and went back to my house. When the carriage was going back, I went around to Xin Kangbo's house and took a look. There were many people watching the excitement in front of Xin Kangbo's house. They were all pointing and pointing, but there was no movement in front of the house.
, and no one cried in mourning, which shows that Yu Lanyan's death was simple and simple.
Even though it's a bit unusual, it's the same as what happened with the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion. If no one reports it, no one will investigate.
With his fingers, the curtain of the car window fell. Under his thick eyelashes, his eyes were cold. Chu Zihan was pushing Yu Lanyan out to protect himself...
What Yu Xijiao didn't see was that on the other side of the road, there was also a carriage with its curtains lowered...