Ruan Xiaojiu was called in soon. He was well-informed and clever. Before entering the mansion, he had heard about the Jinyiwei coming to the house and also knew that Su Rong was taken away by Song Heng. After a little thought, he roughly knew what happened. When he saw Su Yao, he asked directly: "Miss, do you want to ask about the Zhang family?"
He had been following Su Yao's instructions recently and followed the Zhang family. Now that Su Rong was taken away, Su Yao came looking for him. It was not difficult for him to imagine why the Jinyiwei came to his house, so he lowered his voice and said, "Not long after the third master of the Zhang family returned home, the Zhang family became restless. The family members were fighting each other. I heard that the third grandmother of the Zhang family was beaten by the first grandmother of the Zhang family because of the division of the family property."
"Then Mr. Zhang Sanye's creditors came to his house, and somehow there was another commotion. All the Zhang family members were in trouble. Later, Miss Zhang from the Zhang family committed suicide." Ruan Xiaojiu considered carefully, trying to pick out the important things and said, "Later, I specifically asked about it. Most of Mr. Zhang Sanye's creditors were the owners of gambling houses and restaurants. Behind them stood Mr. Tian Er..."
Those who run gambling houses, restaurants and brothels in the capital not only need to be rich, but also have power and background, otherwise they cannot survive. Some businesses are overt and easy to find out, and even those that are covert have their own ways of finding out. Ever since Ruan Xiaojiu was specially sent by Su Yao to gather information, he has deliberately made friends with all kinds of people, so it was easy to find out the identities of the people who went to the Zhang family to cause trouble.
Su Yao tapped the table with his fingers, his expression indifferent.
Lai Weiqi previously claimed that he was investigating on the orders of his superiors. Now that I think about it, this superior is very subtle. Who is that superior
Queen Mother
After all, the Cheng'en Mansion is the Empress Dowager's maiden home.
Empress Dowager Tian is well-known for protecting her own people. Tian Rui wants Zhang Jingchan to die but also wants to disgust the Su family in retaliation for the Su family letting Zhang Jingchan ruin her reputation. So it makes sense for her to ask the Empress Dowager for help and let her put pressure on her.
But in this case, this matter really has nothing to do with the Xu family
She thought about it for a while before coming back to her senses and asking Ruan Xiaojiu: "Where is Liang Cheng?"
Ruan Xiaojiu said, "You were afraid that the Tian family and the Xu family would cause trouble for Liang Cheng and Xiao Cuixian, so you asked Uncle Yu to arrange for them to leave the city. Now they are still in Uncle Yu's old house outside the city."
Su Yao nodded and told Ruan Xiaojiu: "Send some silver to Xiao Cui first and tell her how much I thank her. Now that the matter is over, I have already done what I promised her to do to redeem her and remove her from the household register. Let her go wherever her mother wants to go."
Xiao Cui had a hard time in Desheng class at first. Although she was Feng Qing's junior sister and the future pillar of Desheng class, this kind of actor, no matter how glorious he was, it was only glory in front of others. Behind the scenes, there was only embarrassment and hardship.
Xiao Cui was first spotted by a playboy, who insisted on making her his concubine. She refused several times but to no avail. She had no other options left. At that time, Su Yao found her and asked her to step forward. Her only condition was that she wanted Su Yao to help her remove herself from the household register.
Now I can finally get what I wanted.
Ruan Xiaojiu quickly agreed, and when Su Yao told him to get the travel permit for Xiao Cui ready, he agreed. Then he asked carefully, "What about Liang Cheng..."
Now Lai Weiqi came to the door and said that Liang Cheng was slandering the Zhang family...
Although Song Heng stepped in to help, this matter must have a result to be justified.
"Call Liang Cheng back." Su Yao raised his eyebrows and smiled faintly: "The Zhang family said it was a false accusation, is it a false accusation?"
Back then, Liang Cheng's father was gradually forced to death by Master Zhang. Mrs. Liang hated the Zhang family with a vengeance, otherwise she would not have committed suicide in front of the Zhang family's door.
Mrs. Liang really had a jade pendant of Master Zhang in her hand.
However, it was not given for the purpose of engagement. It was given after Lord Liang died in order to shut up the women and children of the Liang family.
For so many years, Mrs. Liang has been holding on to the jade pendant. No matter how poor and miserable she was, she never thought of touching the jade pendant.
Now, isn't it just coming in handy
Ruan Xiaojiu went out to do his work efficiently.
Yan Cao sighed, feeling sorry for Su Rong: "With such an uncle's family, I wonder how much injustice our young master and young lady have suffered..."
Su Yao walked out of the door in silence.
The Zhang family is full of eagerness for quick success and instant benefits. They would rather bury themselves in the pursuit of money than anything else. It is not surprising that they do many excessive things.
What is strange is what kind of conditions are worth them forcing Zhang Jingchan to death and causing trouble for the Su family.
And is it really the Tian family’s only work among these
Is it true that Lai Weiqi was only sent here on orders from his superiors
She always felt that it was not that simple.
As the weather grew hotter, the grape racks beside the corridor were already filled with bunches of grapes, which were still green, attracting many birds. Little girls kept holding cloth strips to drive away the stealing birds, and the sounds of little girls' laughter could be heard everywhere.
Su Yao gradually came to his senses, shook his head and went into the yard. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a few golden pheasants in the fence squatting listlessly under the green shade, looking like they were terribly hot.
Jinping was carrying water out. Seeing Su Yao looking at the golden pheasants, she smiled and said, "They are all too hot. Mom said that if it really doesn't work, we have to move them to the corridor first. There is a breeze over there, and it's a little cooler."
Su Yao looked at them once, nodded and let Jinping make his own decision. Just as he went up the stairs, he heard Yancao's surprised cry.
She turned her head following Yancao's gaze and saw a little head popping out from the Ligustrum lucidum, calling out "Fourth Sister" pitifully.
It’s Su Xingtian.
Su Yao was really surprised this time. He didn't expect Su Xingtian to be in his yard at this time, and squatting outside, without a single servant around her. If Yan Cao hadn't discovered her, it's unknown how long she would have been squatting here.
"Why are you here?" She frowned, and couldn't help but take a few steps forward, reaching out to hold her hand: "Since you're here, why don't you go in? There are so many mosquitoes outside."
Su Xingtian tremblingly held Su Yao's hand and came out, with a few leaves hanging on her head. She stood there in panic, looking at her feet, and explained in a whisper: "I'll stay here for a while and then I'll go back..."
Mother Shen came over when she heard the noise and was also startled: "When did Sixth Miss come? Why didn't she tell you? It's so hot, don't let her get a heat stroke..." As she spoke, she hurriedly asked the little maid to bring up some sour plum soup to quench Su Xingtian's thirst.
Su Xingtian was so frightened that Su Yao couldn't help but sigh.