With the reputation of Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, its words are more effective than those of the county magistrate in a remote small county town.
It was just a matter of arresting a family of troublemakers, and no one dared to say a word of resistance.
In particular, this family of villains, in their desire for fame and fortune, caused the disappearance of the cousin of Marquis Dingyuan. They deserved to be arrested.
But Manager Du knew clearly that the Zhou family members had to be arrested and brought to the Madam for questioning, and the eldest daughter also had to be found.
But when she first came here, the news she got was that the eldest daughter had married. This time she came to pick up the eldest daughter to Beijing. She never expected that there would be so many things involved, and she never expected that the eldest daughter would be suspended and missing, so the number of people she brought was obviously not enough.
However, this matter was really not suitable to be made public, so she could only look for someone secretly.
Of course, Manager Du at this time only thought that the eldest lady was just a village woman who grew up in an ordinary family. Even if she hid, how long could she hide? She should be found soon.
After Steward Du asked the guards sent by the Marquis to keep an eye on the Zhou family, he took people to the eldest lady's adoptive parents, who were also the biological parents of the prince.
As early as yesterday evening, Chen Xiucai heard his son Pengfei say that people from the Marquis' Mansion had already arrived in Hanchang County and might come to his house today, so he asked him to speak carefully.
However, Chen Xiucai did not take these words to heart at all. With his son's support, he had already regarded the entire Dingyuan Marquis Mansion as his own property. He naturally would not take these few servants to heart.
So when he met Manager Du, there was even a bit of contempt and arrogance in Chen Xiucai's eyes.
When Manager Du saw Mr. Chen, he felt extremely uncomfortable.
Originally she thought that the prince looked like no one, but now when she saw this Mr. Chen, she found that the prince and he looked 100% alike, and one could tell at a glance that they were father and son.
To be precise, her wife raised the prince in luxury, giving him wealth, honor and a superior status.
But Mr. Chen married his eldest daughter to such a family, causing her to suffer all kinds of torture. It was really hateful.
However, Chen Xiucai is the biological father of the prince after all, and the prince's identity is still very stable. Manager Du naturally would not be stupid enough to offend him.
Steward Du had a warm smile on his face and spoke in a very polite tone: "Excuse me, are you Mr. Chen? I am the steward of the wife of Marquis Dingyuan in the capital. Please forgive me for my surname Du. I am here to bother you today because I want to see your daughter."
Chen Xiucai frowned and said in a bad tone: "I don't know any Dingyuan Marquis, and Chen Mingyue is not in my house. You can look for her somewhere else."
The smile on Manager Du's face froze, and his tone became heavier: "Miss Mingyue is my wife's niece. To be precise, you and my wife are also a family. My wife just wants to take Miss to the capital to live for a few days. Mr. Chen should not stop us."
She deliberately emphasized the word "niece" to remind Chen Xiucai that she was also aware of the child exchange.
However, Chen Xiucai was already impatient, "Do you understand what I'm saying? I've already told you that Chen Mingyue is not here, and I don't know where she is. If you want to find her, go find her yourself. What's the point of telling me?"
Manager Du's face darkened, and before she could get angry, the door of the Chen family slammed shut.
She was rejected. If she hadn't stepped back quickly, the door would have almost hit her in the face.
Manager Du was so angry that he almost laughed.
She used to be the daughter of a Shangshu family and later became the maid of the wife of Marquis Dingyuan. She had never suffered such an injustice in her life. She was actually locked out by a failed scholar. She was so angry that she died.
Manager Du thought about the prince's reputation outside and thought: No wonder the prince has no future. Judging from his father's sharp eyesight, he can tell at one glance that he is destined to be a poor scholar.
But the most important thing now is to find the lady first.
Since the young lady is not at the Chen family or the Zhou family, where is she? Where is Chen Mingyue
Not only Manager Du was eager to know about this, but Wen Pengfei was also eager to know.
"You are useless. You can't even take care of a woman and a child. You are all a bunch of useless people." Wen Pengfei smashed the teacup in his hand hard on the head of the guards kneeling on the ground, pointing at their noses and cursing viciously.
Blood immediately oozed from the head of the guard kneeling in front, but he knew very well that his master had a violent temper, so he knelt on the ground and dared not move, for fear of incurring even more severe punishment.
However, even so, Wen Pengfei's mood did not improve.
He paced back and forth in the room, his face full of annoyance and anxiety.
It was also two months ago that Wen Pengfei learned from the spy placed next to the Marquis' wife that he was not the Marquis Dingyuan's biological child, and his biological parents were actually just a failed scholar and a peasant woman.
The Marquis had done the child swapping without telling his wife, and now his wife wants to get her biological child back.
When Wen Pengfei heard the news, he immediately became anxious.
The real daughter of the Marquis's mansion has returned, so is there still room for him in this mansion? Can he still sit firmly on the throne of the crown prince
No, we can’t let the real daughter come back.
So Wen Pengfei asked someone to check the whereabouts of the real eldest daughter of the Marquis' Mansion when the Marquis and his wife were in conflict, and also learned about the current situation of the woman named Chen Mingyue in advance.
Then an idea suddenly came to his mind.
He wanted to kill this woman and make sure no one knew it was him who did it.
So he found his biological father, and asked someone to contact the Wang family in the county town, and put on a show of being fickle and trying to curry favor with the powerful.
According to his plan, Chen Mingyue should have been driven out by the Zhou and Chen families, and finally raped to death by the thugs he hired.
In order to make the plan more successful, he even chose a rainy day so that the rain would cover all traces.
However, he didn't know why things suddenly changed. He had clearly planned everything out.
He found out that Chen Mingyue was such a weak person, how could she suddenly leave with her child? Moreover, she also blackmailed the Zhou family for a sum of money, which was simply unbelievable.
And now no one knows where Chen Mingyue is
The more Wen Pengfei thought about it, the more upset he became. Finally, he kicked the guards in the chest one by one and said angrily, "I want to see them alive or dead. All of you, get out and investigate."
Several guards covered their chests, nodded and said loudly as if they had been pardoned: "Yes."
Then they trotted back as if they were being chased by a ghost.
Wen Pengfei then sat back in his chair and thought about his next plan.
(End of this chapter)