Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 881 Oh, I delivered it myself!

Shen Cha asked Ying Ying to drag the young master Yan Yuan who was about to cry into the Duke's mansion, so as not to embarrass him at the gate of the mansion.

Although there were not many families living in their block, it was scary to howl so loudly in the middle of the night.

Therefore, even if they were particularly unhappy in their hearts, they let Yan Yuan enter the Duke's Mansion, but instead of going inside, they dragged him directly to the small hall closest to the main entrance, and asked someone to light the lamp and bring the charcoal basin. That's it.

After lighting the lamp, Shen Haolin, Shen Cha and the others realized that this young master Yan Yuan, who was once incomparably beautiful, was in a particularly embarrassing situation at this moment, not to mention his face covered in greasy dirt, and his clothes were in tatters, as if they had once I have seen the fleeing victims.

After receiving the hot tea that Mei Lin handed over, Yan Yuan thanked him, drank it all in one gulp, and then passed the teacup to Mei Lin, which meant that he wanted another bowl.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, but the young master seems to have changed." Ying Shisan stood in front of Mei Lin, took the teacup from Yan Yuan's hand, "Where did you go to get away? You made yourself like this?"

"Thirteen generals, don't make fun of me." Yan Yuan waved his hands weakly, and looked up at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "I tried my best to escape, and I just came back to Beijing to find Er Please help me, both of you!"

"Back to Beijing?" Shen Haolin and Shen Cha looked at each other, "These days, Eldest Young Master left Beijing? Where did he go?"

"It's a long story. Grandpa, General, can you give me a stutter? To tell you the truth, I haven't eaten all day."

Shen Cha nodded towards Ying Shisan, who handed the refill tea to Yan Yuan and sighed softly.

"Eldest young master, why bother to torture yourself like this?"

Yan Yuan smiled bitterly, watched Ying Shisan leave, turned his head to look at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha again, took two deep breaths, and then recounted the encounters of these days in detail.

"Because I owed a lot of money to the casino and the Jiaofang Secretary, the Duke and the General refused my request repeatedly, and the Daiwang Mansion threatened me not to let me mess around. I was really desperate at the time and wanted to go out. Avoid the limelight, avoid the Jiaofang Division and the casino... especially the thugs in the casino. It happened that my wife's younger brother was doing business in Liuzhou, so I went to him."

"Liuzhou Mansion?"

"Yes, Liuzhou Mansion is a relatively prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River. I want to hide for two days and come back after the limelight passes."

Shen Haolin and Shen Cha glanced at each other, and exchanged glances with Mei Lin and the others. Their expressions became very serious.

As one of the most prosperous state capitals in the Jiangnan area, Liuzhou Prefecture is also the state capital most affected by the strange robbery case this time. At least half of the shops in several bustling markets are frequently abducted to patronize. Shopkeepers and bosses are afraid to open normally.

However, Shen Haolin, Shen Cha and the others had suspected that the old lair of Tianxing Sect should be in Liuzhou Mansion, and it would be easier to strike if they were close.

Hearing what Yan Yuan said today, they subconsciously believed that their guesses were probably correct. Shen Cha gave Ying Wu who was leaning against the door a wink, and motioned him to go to the palace to invite Bai Meng, who was on duty, to the palace. Come on, maybe they can find the lair of Tianxingjiao and wipe them all out.

Yan Yuan looked at Shen Cha, then at Ying Wu, not knowing what riddles they were playing, so he simply put it aside and continued to tell his story.

"I went to Liuzhou Mansion and looked for the address given by my wife. I did find her brother's shop."

"What is the name of Madam Zun's younger brother? What kind of business is he doing?"

"The surname is Bao, and the single character is Gui. He is in the jade business in Liuzhou. Before, Madam only talked about small business, but I saw it with my own eyes. It is not a small business at all, and the scale is quite large."

Shen Haolin and Shen Cha frowned at the same time. They quickly recalled the list submitted by the Liuzhou government office. In the jade shop visited by the strange thief, there was not a shopkeeper named Bao or a boss named Bao.

"The scale is very large? What is the standard in the local area? Is the business okay?"

"In my opinion, the scale is not small. In Liuzhou Mansion..." Yan Yuan shook his head lightly, "It's at the middle level, and the business is not bad. It's passable. If you want me to say, this scale is pretty good. It's far from him. That shop is not far away, only three shops away, and it is also a jade shop, which is quite large, as big as two of my wife's and brother's shops, and as a result, it was stolen several times."

"That's right!" Shen Cha nodded lightly, "Go on."

"But..." Yan Yuan thought about his words, "I stayed with Bao Gui for a while, and it was okay a few days ago. He accompanied me around, but then I didn't know why, so I started to get busy. I woke up, but there was no one there all day. I observed carefully, he almost always went out early every day, and came back very late at night. A few days before the accident, he brought different people to the house every night, Sometimes it’s five or six, sometimes it’s more than a dozen, and they go to Bao’s warm pavilion every time to gather, sometimes it ends at midnight, and sometimes it lasts until dawn the next day.”

"You found something, that's why they locked you up, right?"

"The general is wise!" Yan Yuan sighed heavily, "Although I was ignorant since I was a child, I was born in a great family, and I can't hide those devious and scheming things from me. After two days of observation, I found that They're terribly wrong."

"What's wrong?"

"Those people said they were having a party in the warm pavilion, but it was just a cover-up. They pretended that the warm pavilion was very lively, but in fact there were not many people there. The others all changed their evening clothes and went out secretly. I just came back early in the morning with a big package on my back, I don’t know what it’s for.”

"Why are you locked up?"

"Isn't this too curious? I just wanted to see what they were up to, so I eavesdropped on their conversation."

"What did you hear?"

"What they said is that if you hand it over to the higher-ups this time, the task will be over and you can rest for a while." Yan Yuan sighed softly, "I didn't hear anything else, because I was accidentally discovered by them. Yes. I ran away when I was discovered, but I really couldn’t run away from them. Before I ran far, I was caught by them, tied up and thrown into the woodshed.”

"Your wife and brother don't care?" Shen Cha frowned slightly, "Or is he actually the mastermind?"

"He is the mastermind, the leader of those people." Yan Yuan shook his head helplessly, "I don't know how he became like this, he is completely different from the one I have seen before. He let I have never seen the cruel look when someone grabbed me and tied me up. In my impression, he is the same kind of gentle and soft-spoken person as Mrs. "

"How long haven't you seen each other?"

"Probably..." Yan Yuan calculated, "Three or four years, right? Just during the Chinese New Year, they give each other New Year's gifts."

"Then have you ever thought about a question." Shen Cha rubbed his chin, "Your brother-in-law is not your brother-in-law anymore?"

"That's impossible!" Yan Yuan waved his hand, "But..." He paused, "Thinking about it, this meeting is really different. He has become mature, smooth, and seems to have believed in religion. We built a small Buddhist hall and offered a Jade Buddha."

"Jade Buddha?" Shen Cha sat up straight, "Do you still remember what it looked like?"

"remember."

"Meilin, give the young master the pen, ink, paper and inkstone." Shen Cha said with a very serious expression, "Please draw down the appearance of the Jade Buddha, the young master, the more detailed the better."

When Ying Shisan and Bai Meng came back together, Yan Yuan's Jade Buddha was also finished.

Holding the picture drawn by Yan Yuan, several people sneered at the same time.

"Oh, what a coincidence, isn't this just delivered to your door by yourself?"

(End of this chapter)