Two days later, news came from He Shuijin and others, saying that they had found the place where Swing Qian and Mei Xue were imprisoned. The guards had bribed them, and they only asked Jiang Yashuang and his wife to send people over to "rob" them in a symbolic way, so as to avoid poor guarding. Account.
Jiang Yashuang sent some people there, and they were brought out easily, but—
After the two people who were "robbed" were moved to separate courtyards and settled, Su He went there to comfort them on Qiu Yilan's order. Not long after, he ran back to the Duke's Mansion and reported: "Young Madam, the wrong person was robbed! Those two people were simply Not Miss Qiu or Miss Mei!"
Qiu Yilan was startled at first, then became furious: "Go to the third room and ask me what's going on?!"
At this time, their master and servant also said that it was Jiang Tianyao and Jiang Tianqi, and they arranged for the wives to join them. But Su He went to Sanfangyi to inquire about He Shuijin. After checking there for a long time, a suspicious news came back: "The people sent by my uncle and father were the ones who robbed the other courtyard. , absolutely false!”
In other words, the person was lost in another courtyard!
Knowing that Qiu Yilan might not believe this statement, He Shuijin came over in person under the cover of her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law, and explained face to face: "My uncle and our father's people have not seen those two girls, they only know They were the ones who lived in that other courtyard, so when I went there I saw two well-dressed young women and took them away directly - I have already asked the people who went to rob the people separately, and everyone identified the two people who are now there. The people who lived in the other courtyard back then!”
Then he suggested, "Maybe we can interrogate them, where do they come from, and who asked them to pretend to be Miss Qiu and Miss Mei?"
Qiu Yilan sneered: "I wanted to cross-examine them, but Su He said that those two people couldn't speak at all! I thought they were pretending to be deaf and mute, and when they ordered people to interrogate them, they discovered that the two uncles had been prepared for it, and actually ordered people to directly Cut off their tongues! Give them pens and ink, and they won’t be able to read!”
He Shuijin was shocked: "Uncle and father have been entangled for the past two days, so they didn't go to interrogate!"
"Is it necessary for the two uncles to take action in order to execute the punishment?" Qiu Yilan asked coldly.
"...I'll go back and check again!" He Shuijin's heart sank, and he stood up and said, "Our family members... Wan Wang is so generous, I will finally give you an explanation!"
Qiu Yilan said noncommittally: "What about your family? What does it have to do with me?"
After sending He Shuijin away, Qiu Yilan called someone in, "Tell me what happened again!"
This person was one of the servants who had previously placed Zhuqian and Mei Xue under house arrest in the other courtyard. When Jiang Tianyao and Jiang Tianqi sent their henchmen to rob people, they killed almost all the guards in the other courtyard out of anger at the fourth house. This time the servant managed to escape by getting into the doghouse.
Now that he was telling the whole story, he would end up crying and begging Qiu Yilan to make the decision for him and his dead colleagues.
"You don't need to tell me this, we won't let go of the first and third bedrooms!" Qiu Yilan frowned and asked, "But there is a problem with the two people we got back now. Do you see where the problem lies?"
The man was speechless when he heard the words. He froze for a while and then carefully said that because he was a male servant and the place he was responsible for cleaning was not the area where Swing and Mei Xue frequented, he really couldn't say: "Young man saw those masked people coming in. Afterwards, he killed everyone he saw. The people in the other courtyard were unprepared and the situation was chaotic. Xiao Xiao was not familiar with the place where the two girls lived. It was even more difficult to identify the direction in the dark night. He ran out of the courtyard randomly, and then... "
"Masked people? Do you know how many there are?" Qiu Yilan suddenly felt a flash of inspiration in her mind and asked.
The man hesitated and shook his head: "I am so incompetent. I only heard the shouting and killing, but I really don't know how many people there are!"
"Okay, you can go down first!" Qiu Yilan waved her hand and dismissed the anxious servants. She turned to Zhou's mother, Su He and others, "Do you think it was Qiu Nie who sent someone to stand between the two? He was taken away by someone from an uncle?"
Mother Zhou and Su He asked in unison: "Young Madam, do you believe what the Fourteenth Young Madam said?"
"Her biological brother is in our hands. Even if we guess that Nineteenth will use this trip to sow discord, the main purpose is to get Shuqian and Mei Xue back. If they don't come back, we won't be able to step down!" Qiu Yilanruo He thought thoughtfully, "It will be difficult not to punish those people by then!"
After all, Jiang Yashuang ordered the person to be kidnapped, and he has been entertaining him with good food and drinks these days. If Swing and Mei Xue don't have an explanation for the matter, he will be sent back in good condition... Isn't this funny
For the sake of face, Jiang Yashuang had no choice but to rebel. Not to mention killing a few, she had to make those people suffer enough to settle the matter!
He Shuijin has always been a sensible person, how could he not know this truth
And according to the words of the surviving servant, the attack on the other courtyard was late at night, and the person coming was wearing a black scarf and was wearing a mask - providing people with an opportunity to fish in troubled waters!
"Send someone to inquire around the other courtyard to find out if any residents have suddenly moved or changed recently?" Qiu Yilan thought for a while and then ordered, "If the contract was changed in the other courtyard, it was probably Qiu Nie. I don’t think he can put his eyes and ears next to the two uncles. I’m afraid he has a den near the other courtyard and keeps an eye on the enemy! The two uncles’ actions gave him an opportunity!”
This investigation turned out to be true - Su He came back in the evening and said: "There is a Sanjin house just two streets away from the southeast of the courtyard. It is said that it was bought in the second half of last year. The new owner told the neighbors that he would use it I am getting married, so even if the house is still new, I still plan to repair it before moving in! Because of this saying, even if the neighbors often see strangers coming in and out, and the noises inside are not like ordinary homes, they think it is the craftsmen who are cleaning it up. But suddenly there was no sound in the past two days. The maid asked someone to find a place in the backyard, and when they dug in, they found that there were a few things thrown in there to repair the house, but there were traces of many people living there! "
"Where are the people?"
"Empty!"
Qiu Yilan's face turned ugly: "Keep checking!"
She had no intention of telling He Shuijin about this, and certainly had no intention of hiding it from her. So He Shuijin also learned the news the next day by following Su He, and came to test his words: "It seems that all our worries have been in vain! My uncle and our father were also deceived!"
"Maybe!" Qiu Yilan didn't intend to form a deadly feud with the He family and the others, so she kept her airs and vented, "But I just think the new owner of the house is suspicious. It's hard to say now whether he is or not. !”
These words seem to be embarrassing, but they are actually hints. If you want Sifang to release the person, the current clues alone are not enough. There must be more important and well-known evidence to prevent Sifang from being considered an anticlimax. , lack of confidence.
He Shuijin could naturally hear it. When he returned to the third room, he consulted with the He family, Shi family, and Zhang family: "Eight out of ten, nine out of ten people were rescued by Qiu Nie. The problem is that not many people know about it now." , If the fourth room lets people go like this, it will cause ridicule! So..."
"They killed my husband and robbed our mother's family. Now do we still need to think about their face?" He and Zhang could still listen silently, but Shi couldn't bear it anymore and sobbed in grief and anger, "This is so I can’t live my life any longer!”
He Shuijin frowned and immediately relaxed - she couldn't blame Shi for saying this. She lost her biological son for some reason before, and now Jiang Yaqing is dead, what hope can she have in the future
Looking at each other with Mrs. He and Mrs. Zhang, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law comforted Mrs. Shi for a long time. Seeing that she was still crying, He Shuijin sent his maid Juan'er to take her back to her room: "Sister-in-law is not feeling well, please go back to her room to rest." Rest, just leave things here to us!”
After Shi left, the remaining mother-in-law and daughter-in-law began to talk about business, and decided to describe the process of Zhuqian and Mei Xue's escape from house arrest as the fact that Qiu Nie Jieren, Jiang Tianyao and Jiang Tianqi's subordinates happened to pass by nearby and planned to stop them, but failed because they were caught off guard.
As for the people whose families were abducted by Jiang Yashuang, they claimed that they collectively went to a distant place to enjoy the mountains and rivers. I originally sent my servant home to report the matter, but the servant had an accident and the news was not delivered for a long time! Only then did "rumors" spread that the children of various families had been kidnapped.
"This should be enough to explain it!" He Shuijin thought deeply for a while and sighed.
In fact, Sifang had already found more evidence at this time, proving that Zhuqian and Mei Xue were indeed rescued by Qiunie's people - so he and Shuijin ran a few more times, and Jiang Yashuang also ordered others outside the city. The hospital released people, and the children who went out to "tour the mountains and rivers" returned together, which made every family feel relieved!
After this storm passed, the Marquis of Jibei and his party finally arrived in Beijing!
When they first entered Gyeonggi Province, the first house and the third house couldn't help but wanted to go up to them and ask what was going on. But the Marquis of Jibei sent a letter back early, asking no one to welcome him! Wait until you get back to the Duke's Mansion and explain it to you on the spot!
Therefore, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they had no choice but to gather outside the Duke's Mansion and wait eagerly.
"Why are you so thin?" The Marquis of Jibei said in the letter that he would take people to the Duke's Mansion to explain it to him as soon as he entered Beijing, so the people who greeted him in the Marquis' Mansion could only come to the gate of the Duke's Mansion to wait together - Mr. Ou I was worried that my wife had also arrived. From a distance, I saw the Marquis of Jibei, who had become much thinner and even looked older than ten years. He couldn't help frowning and murmuring, but then he realized, "Two great-nephews! Alas..."
The old lady saw how haggard and old the Marquis of Jibei looked, and naturally others could also see that, and the atmosphere was a little sad for a while.
"What are you doing here?" When he got closer, the Marquis of Jibei glanced at the crowd, nodded slightly to his old wife, jumped off his horse, and said calmly, "Go in and talk!"
Everyone agreed to get out of the way but did not move. They all looked at the team following him - especially Mrs. Zhuang who came to perform the show and knew nothing about the four rooms. Jiang Yashuang and Qiu Yilan supported her from left to right. As soon as he saw the Marquis of Jibei, he burst into tears. He looked at the carriages behind him and asked in a trembling tone: "Where is my daughter? Where is my daughter? Where is she? My poor child!! !”
Jiang Qizheng is not dead - the Marquis of Jibei had concealed this news before, and it would be even worse to say it in public. But right now, he is most concerned about appeasing the first and third bedrooms, so how can he be in the mood to care about being nice after getting an advantage? Mrs. Zhuang? So he walked into the Duke's Mansion from beside her without saying anything!
Mrs. Ou, however, didn't know what was going on and came over to comfort Mrs. Zhuang in a low voice: "They must have been brought back. You are already old enough, so be sure to hold on! Think about it, you still have Xiao Ba and Xiao Jiu, and Grandchildren, grandsons, aren’t they?”
These words immediately reminded Mrs. Zhuang, who was dedicated to playing "a poor mother who lost her daughter", and she couldn't help being shocked: "Yes! Xiaoba, where is Xiaoba? Why didn't he come back?!"
—It’s okay if Jiang Qizheng doesn’t show up at this moment. Didn’t the Marquis of Jibei say that he would tell her after entering the house? Maybe that will make her show up again. But if Jiang Yadan came back, he would have rushed to Mrs. Zhuang to say hello, okay? ! But now the team that came back with the Marquis of Jibei has almost all entered the Duke's Mansion, and Jiang Yadan is nowhere to be seen!
At this time, even Jiang Yashuang and Qiu Yilan changed their expressions: "That's right! Where is Bage? He won't be left in Shazhou, right?!"