The sky outside was gradually getting dark, and Cheng Feng rode the carriage like the wind.
Neither Qiao Yuyan nor Wen Tingyuan spoke. In less than two cups of tea, the carriage stopped at an extremely remote corner in the south of the city.
Cheng Feng knocked on the door three times, and then a woman opened the door silently, without even looking at them. She just waited for someone to come in, and then immediately closed the door again.
The three people quietly passed through the front courtyard and entered the inner courtyard.
The sound of people talking came from the room in the inner courtyard. Wen Tingyuan stood in the atrium with his hands behind his hands. Qiao Yuyan stood next to him, looking at him with some confusion.
Wen Tingyuan just smiled lightly without explaining.
People in the room were obviously eating and drinking.
Only a high-pitched voice was heard saying: "Brother, you have been here for several days! Aren't you just asking our brother a few questions? You entertain us with good wine and meat every day, so you are not afraid of that Joe
The eldest daughter of our family said that you are working for your own benefit and are colluding with us?"
Qiao Yuyan recognized this voice, it was one of the three shopkeepers, but she couldn't remember what it looked like.
Another voice followed and laughed, "The eldest girl has a lot of assets! I brought so much to the Xu family in the past, and the wife in the mansion gave it to me. Now I am still in charge of the affairs of the inner courtyard. How can I care about such a small amount of money?"
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"But then again, you are the most welcome brother to us! Those guys before were always threatening us or lynching us. Although I'm not afraid, it's not a pleasant feeling, isn't it?!"
After the three of them had finished chatting, they heard a strange man's voice. The man's voice sounded smooth, and without seeing anyone else, he knew that he must be an aloof person.
"I'm here to ask questions for the eldest girl, but I'm not here to investigate the case for the eldest girl. Isn't it okay to ask questions?"
The three shopkeepers seemed to be stunned by this sentence, and they were silent for two breaths before they all laughed together.
"Hahahahahaha, brother, don't bother yourself. Seeing that the big girl hasn't rushed you yet, just come with us to enjoy yourself in time. If you ask questions or something, I'll give you an explanation. Then
It's our three brothers' lives. It's really urgent, so we have to grit our teeth even if we risk our lives."
Qiao An frowned when he heard this.
These three people have been in her hands for several months. At first, she thought they were collaborating with Aunt Pei to embezzle money from the government.
In order to bring down Aunt Pei, she came here personally, hoping to make them obedient and explain the truth clearly to Qiao Weisheng.
Who knows, I heard an unexpected name.
"Girl, if you hand us over to your uncle, how can we live a good life? In this case, it is inevitable for us to say something else to save our lives."
Qiao Yuyan thought they were just trying to grab and bite at will, but unexpectedly they suddenly started talking about Uncle Xiao, who was almost engaged to the Xu family.
"The old lady of the Xu family sent Mr. Xiao to the capital. I guess I would also like to know what is going on!"
Qiao Yuyan immediately felt alarm bells ringing in her heart.
The death of Mrs. Xu in her previous life was because of this cousin of the Xiao family.
After her rebirth, although she resolved Xu's suicide, there was no news at all about the cousin of the Xiao family.
She tried many times but could not find any trace of this person.
She asked Mrs. Xu, who said that the two had no relationship for a long time, and that the engagement at that time was just what the elders in the family said, and it was not true.
And then there was no contact between them at all. This time they just met by chance. Who knew that he lived a miserable life? They were cousins after all, and they had known each other since childhood. Who knew that Qiao Weisheng would be promoted to him?
There was a misunderstanding.
From this point of view, that cousin was simply an accident.
But the words of these three shopkeepers were not what they said. It seemed that Cousin Xiao came to the capital to meet the Xu family and was still closely related to the Xu family.
What made Qiao Yuyan most depressed was that the mouths of these three people could not be pried open no matter how hard she tried. She had no way to really torture them. The most she could do was starve them for a few days.
She also suspected that these three people just heard something and then made it up randomly. However, in order to prove the correctness of what they said, they also revealed several key points about the Xu family.
If you don't really know the people involved, you won't know at all.
Qiao Yuyan threw herself into a trap and delayed it until now, calling Wen Tingyuan to help.
After all, Wen Tingyuan himself has lived in the Xu family for a long time. Unlike others, he will definitely consider the Xu family.
And among the people she knew, only Wen Tingyuan might have this ability.
Now that Wen Tingyuan brought her here, there should be good news.
So when she heard what the three people in the room said, Qiao Yuyan felt a little disappointed.
Before she could speak, she heard the cold voice in the room: "I already know what you know. Today's meal will be your last meal! The wine costs five taels of silver per catty.
Yes, don’t waste it.”
This sentence was said calmly, without any fluctuation in his tone, but after such a sentence, the room fell into a deathly silence.
After a while, I heard the shrill voice saying: "Huh, you want to deceive us? How can it be so easy? How can you know what's going on if our brothers don't speak up? Right! Hahahaha..."
The man laughed, but Qiao Yuyan clearly felt guilty when she heard his laughter.
Another man with a rough voice raised his voice and said, "You're not very clever with this move! None of us said, 'Where did you know that? Could it be that you just wanted to find a random conversation to fool the older girl, and then kill her directly?
Us?"
The words in a rough voice made the other two people also panic, "There is someone outside! Don't think that we are afraid just because you are holding a sword. Besides, if you just make up a few words, will the older girl believe it? And
How do you know we didn’t tell anyone else about this?”
Qiao Yuyan frowned more and more. If these three people were forced to commit suicide, the answer would become even harder to find.
Mainly because she always had a vague feeling in her heart that this matter must have something to do with Aunt Pei. Otherwise, why would she have hooked up with these three shopkeepers?
"You have been drinking a lot these past few days and eating well. Don't you know that two of you like to talk in your sleep?"
The speaker paused, then seemed to pour a glass of wine, "Generally speaking, what matters most in a person's mind is what he is most likely to dream about at night. People who are used to talking in their sleep will naturally dream about it in their sleep.
I said it out loud, let alone in a drunken dream."