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Chapter 492 Accident (5K+)

It was a very common question, but it was "gentle" compared to his repeated choking to Yang Yan earlier.

But Yang Yan's face, which had been calm since they met, suddenly sank visible to the naked eye.

Such a big reaction... Zhuang Haoran inexplicably remembered the sudden change in Yang Yan's expression on the day he returned to Gusu.

It's really rare to see such a person and thing in front of him whose mood changes so much, and I don't know where this sentence hits Yang Yan's sore spot.

"I don't want to startle the snake." Regarding Zhuang Haoran's question, Yang Yan didn't hide it. Perhaps he felt that there was no need to hide it about this trivial matter. He opened his mouth and explained, "I can cut off the correspondence between me and my family so simply and neatly." A person like you, besides needing top-notch handwriting skills, must also be very familiar with every move of my Yang family, I don't want to startle the snake."

In the whole matter, what he really wanted to find was only two people or two parties: the party who wrote the fake letter and dragged the Yang family into the trap, and the party who cut off the correspondence.

There are quite a few people involved in the matter of the Yang family, but the two hands that really concern him are the only ones.

Zhuang Haoran couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard this: Hearing Yang Yan's words, he was able to get back that year's letter so early thanks to the person who pretended to be a family letter and cut off Yang Yan's letter!

It's just that although the other party helped him a lot by "by mistake", he was indeed a little curious about the other party's identity.

Suddenly, a figure flashed in my mind: that clever girl in the Jiang family's garden in Baoling... No, no, it's not her!Although she is smart and smart, to do this, she must go through many years of deployment, and she must have extraordinary power in her hands. The dispute just broke out, and it doesn't make sense in terms of time. As for the power, her father Dong Pingbo doesn't even have it, let alone her, so it shouldn't be her who did it.

"After you find out the list of people who stayed that day, send someone to the Yang family to look for me."

Yang Yan obviously wasn't in the mood to sit down and chat with Zhuang Haoran over tea, so he got up and left after finishing talking.

After a trip to the Gusu county government office, it was already evening when I returned to the Yang family mansion.

Yang Yan walked into the main courtyard, facing his confidant who came forward to meet him, Yang Yan asked, "How is mother?"

He has no time to take care of his injured mother these days, so he naturally wants to ask a few more questions.

The confidant said: "Old lady, everything is fine!" After finishing speaking, before Yang Yan could speak, the confidant continued, "There is still no news from the second lady. The nearby Yuhang and other places help to search together?"

Dali has not been found until now...

Yang Yan's footsteps towards the study room in the main courtyard didn't even stop for a moment, he just shook his head and said, "There's no need to look for it."

If Dali really disappeared by herself, even if there was a delay due to something, she would definitely try her best to show up to see him within three days of his return.

On the day he came back, he resolved the commotion at the door, not only looking upset, but also reminding Dali that he was coming back.

But until now, there is only one explanation for the person not showing up: either he died by accident, or he was controlled by someone.

This point is not difficult to guess, and my confidant has also thought of this, but there is a worry on the face when he heard the words: "But if the second wife is arrested, under those people's torture, will the second wife Say something you shouldn't have said?"

"It's okay, she won't say it even if she dies." Yang Yan said this, but when he was about to step into the study, his feet suddenly paused, and he turned his head and said to his confidant, "Let the lady next to me named Xiu'er Live in Linshuiyuan."

Linshuiyuan was originally Dali's yard, but it has been vacant since Dali disappeared.

The one next to the old lady is naturally referring to Xiu'er, who is also known as the second Mrs. Yang to the outside world.

"Tell my mother not to be stingy with food and clothing," Yang Yan said, "Since you are the second wife of Yang, you must do enough to save face, so as not to be offended."

Mrs. Yang in the inner house and Dali may consider raising Xiu'er as the "second lady" will raise Xiu'er's heart and so on, but Yang Yan doesn't care about these , don't worry about it.

The confidant answered "yes".

Yang Yan paused for a moment, and then said: "My mother's Zhuangzi outside Gusu City has someone to sell. I found a Zhuangzi in Baoling City. Find someone you can trust to come forward and buy Zhuangzi."

The confidant who said something in one sentence couldn't help being stunned again.

Of course, the Yang family has a lot of property. There are many cities in this Jiangnan Road, but most of them have lived in famous cities such as Gusu for a long time. The only places in this Jiangnan Road that can be seen by their confidantes are Yuhang and Jinling, which are also famous cities. Small places like Mausoleum are really hard for him to catch.

What's more, even if you buy a Zhuangzi for leasing investment, buying a Zhuangzi in a big city is better than buying a Zhuangzi in a small city!
Just as he was surprised, he heard Yang Yan say again: "You can arrange for her to come to Jiangnan Road. When the time comes, she will be placed in that Zhuangzi in Baoling City."

Only then did the confidant suddenly come to his senses: Zhuangzi made the arrangement for that person, and he kept saying yes.

The only thing that cannot be changed is the hand holding the chess. As for the pieces on the chessboard... no matter how important the pieces are, they can be changed.

"Zhuang Haoran is not a slow-witted person. Within two days, he can get the list of guests staying at the inn on the Mid-Autumn Festival. When the time comes, you can take the list and check it out," Yang Yan stopped at this point, his eyes widened. Calm and indifferent, "I'd rather kill by mistake than let it go."

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Yang Yan has already said that, if anyone is stupid, even a mediocre person who "fishes" like Wu Youcai can do it well, let alone Zhuang Haoran.

Faster than Yang Yan expected, Zhuang Haoran had eaten early in the morning, and it was only past noon when he got the list from the shopkeeper of Hanshan Xiaozhu.

As Yang Yan said, if you usually go to a restaurant to eat or drink tea in a teahouse, if you bring a big box, it will be impressive. People who really want to do something will definitely not do such things in order to prevent others from noticing.

The answer is just like what Yang Yan said, no one brought a big box to eat and drink tea in restaurants or teahouses that day.

So...the only one who could do this was the customer of Hanshan Xiaozhu that day.

There are quite a few names on the list. Zhuang Haoran, who has been getting to know the wealthy and gentry in Jiangnan Road recently, saw many acquaintances on the list with just one glance.

Hanshan Xiaozhuben is one of the best inns in Gusu City. The cost of staying for one night is enough to stay in an ordinary inn for seven or eight days. If it is the best hotel, you can live in an ordinary inn for more than half a month. How can ordinary people come to live in Hanshan Xiaozhu without nothing?

Not to mention that the day when the incident happened was the Mid-Autumn Festival Fireworks Festival in Gusu, which was the "peak season" when the business of inns was booming. .

So... the person who attacked the Yang family was among these rich households and gentry from all over the Jiangnan Road?

Zhuang Haoran, who is good at reading, naturally has a good memory. After reading the names on the list twice, he memorized all the names on the list, and then handed the list to his subordinates to the Yang family mansion.

It was Yang Yan's confidant who got the list, and the confidant who had already received Yang Yan's order took the list and went down to make arrangements.

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"It's said that His Majesty couldn't help being startled when he saw the young man who was brought in front of him: Like, really like it! It's like it was carved out of the same mold as Your Majesty, but it's useless to look like it, after all, there is no such thing as a ghost in this world. There are quite a few people who have a similar blood relationship, so the resemblance doesn't mean anything, even ordinary people have to double-check when looking for a lost child, let alone the blood of the emperor..."

With a "pop", Xingmu knocked on the table, and all the teahouse guests who were listening mesmerized came back to their senses, met Mr. Jiang's familiar expression like a trickster, and immediately understood.

"Predict what will happen next, and we'll find out after listening to the next chapter!"

It was already noon after talking about the book all morning, although there was food in the teahouse, and I was listening to it, and eating in the teahouse was fine, but it was said that Mr. Jiang, who had been studying all morning, also had to rest.

Stuck at the most critical point, I don't know how His Majesty recognized the blood of the Son of Heaven and recognized the Second Highness of the people. Everyone scratched their heads when they heard it. Few people couldn't help asking: "Mr. Jiang, will you continue to tell the story of His Majesty's recognition of his son this afternoon?"

If you continue to talk, then go back to have a meal and listen again.

Jiang Pingping smiled, and was about to talk when he heard a person in the hall slap a huge silver ingot on the table, and said with a smile: "Mr. Jiang continued, I will book the room this afternoon and invite everyone to listen to the book!"

There are teahouse rules in teahouses, under normal circumstances, you can't interfere with what the storyteller says, so everyone will listen to what Mr. Jiang wants to say.

But if someone can afford the money, and can book a room for Mr. Jiang to talk about it, then he can ask Mr. Jiang to tell a special story.

Right now, someone came out of the tea shop, and the tea drinkers, who were still listening, immediately booed with joy.

"Will Mr. Jiang take it?"

"Mr. Jiang, keep talking!"

"That's right! It's so easy to tell me that I didn't finish listening and went back today, and I didn't even eat well!"

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Amidst the applause and applause from the crowd of tea guests, Jiang Pingping exchanged a glance with the shopkeeper and agreed.

Seeing Jiang Pingping nodding, the tea guest was very happy, and his eyes turned from Jiang Pingping back to the person who paid the money.

"Why didn't the second uncle go to the Hoto shop to make double-yolk egg Hoto today? Did you come to listen to books instead?"

"Could it be that some wealthy and wealthy customers bought you hundreds of bowls of double-yolk egg noodles?"

"Well, the taste of that high-ranking customer must be different from ours!"

"Xu is a rich customer with the same taste as Miss Jiang Si!"

……

The second uncle of the Zhao family, who was out of the money purse market, was not angry at the words of a joking run, and laughed "haha".He is also a frequent visitor of this teahouse, and has long been a mature face with these tea drinkers, and he talks a lot about running jokes on weekdays.

The Zhao family can be regarded as a well-known wealthy family in Baoling City. Now the head of the Zhao family is the nephew of the second uncle of the Zhao family. The second uncle of the Zhao family is not short of money, so he wants to do whatever he wants. So he opened a shop in the city to sell Huto.

Uncle Zhao is smart and has means, but because of the poor craftsmanship of making Hoto, the business has always been deserted.When I was last year, Miss Jiang Si went to his Hoto shop to eat Hoto, and got a bowl of Hoto with double yolk eggs from Uncle Zhao. This story spread for some reason, and regular customers in the teahouse He often used this matter to run on Zhao's second uncle.

Of course, the second uncle of the Zhao family will come out of the wallet market today, since it cannot be because some eccentric and tricky high-roller bought hundreds of bowls of double-yolk egg glutinous rice balls.

After laughing and joking with all the tea guests, Uncle Zhao told the truth: "The house at the end of my street that has been vacant for a long time was sold, and I made a lot of money, so I invite everyone to listen to a story."

Everyone was stunned.

Everyone knows the house at the end of the street of the second uncle of the Zhao family. It is considered a good location in Baoling City. The second uncle of the Zhao family is willing to play and spend money. They all asked master craftsmen to make reliefs, which cost a lot.

But not long after he moved in, the Zhao family's second uncle moved to the Zhao family's ancestral house to live with his nephew, and the house was vacant.

The doors and windows are all custom-made, and the furniture can be moved away casually, so even the doors and windows are put up for sale with the house.The price of such a house is naturally not low, and after all, few people like the embossed doors and windows, even if they like it, there are even fewer who can afford the money, so no one cares about this house.

Many people privately thought that the second uncle of the Zhao family would not be able to sell the house, but unexpectedly, at this time, they heard the news that the house was sold from the second uncle of the Zhao family. Let go.

And judging from the behavior of the Zhao family's second uncle inviting everyone to listen to the book, the price of the house should not have dropped.From this point of view, the buyer is either a person who has so much money that he has nowhere to spend it, or someone who has the same tastes as the second uncle of the Zhao family.

Because of Uncle Zhao's generosity, the story of the Son of Heaven's recognition of His Highness the Second Highness was finally finished in one day, and the tea drinkers no longer have to scratch their heads and sleep at night because of this unfinished story.

At dusk, the teahouse guests dispersed after listening to the storytelling, and before leaving, they did not forget to jokingly thank Uncle Zhao.

Uncle Zhao didn't take it seriously, and said to everyone with a smile: "Everyone will come back tomorrow, and I will book a teahouse again."

Many tea drinkers who love to listen to books are even more happy.

It's just that the next day, Uncle Zhao, who had made an appointment with everyone to invite everyone to book a room to listen to the book, couldn't show up.

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"Master Zhong was lying on his back on the bed, his eyes were bald and staring, his face was livid, and the veins on his hands hanging on his sides were bulging. It was heard that Mrs. Zhong who was sleeping beside him didn't hear any noise. When he realized that something was wrong with the people around him, he just took a look and passed out completely." The shopkeeper said.

The Zhao family's second uncle's surname is Zhong, and the Zhong family is considered a little rich, otherwise Mr. Zhong's elder sister would not have married into the Zhao family.It's just because the Zhao family is more famous now, and the relationship between the Zhong and Zhao families is very good. Before becoming the head of the Zhao family, the head of the Zhao family would often come to ask Mr. Zhong for advice, and he would always talk about "second uncle" and "second uncle" By the side, everyone has become accustomed to calling Master Zhong the second uncle of the Zhao family.

Mr. Zhong's death was obviously unusual. Ordinarily, ordinary people can't go in to see it. Originally, the shopkeeper just heard the news and went to have a look. Unexpectedly, he met Wu Youcai and his servants asking Zhao's servants. When he saw him, Wu Youcai immediately She beckoned him to pass, and even let him enter the room to take a look.

"Wu Youcai said that Miss Jiang Si made a special confession before she left, so I can take a look." The shopkeeper was a little puzzled when he said this, "He seems to trust Miss Jiang Si very much."

Everyone knows what Wu Youcai is like, but he is a good person but mediocre, but no matter how mediocre and good he is, he wouldn't let people in at random like this kind of murder case.

Being able to break this example is enough to show that Miss Jiang Si's words have a high status in Wu Youcai's heart, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an "imperial decree".

"Master Zhong was smothered to death. Poor Mrs. Zhong is beside her pillow. I didn't know that my husband was smothered to death in his sleep. After hearing that Mrs. Zhong woke up, something was wrong. I'm afraid he might disappear too." .”

"When I came out, the Zhao family was rushing back from outside, and angrily said to Wu Youcai that no matter how much money he spent, he would definitely find the murderer who killed his second uncle!" The shopkeeper said, "I heard that the Zhao family has already started offering a reward. I will pay ten thousand dollars to find the murderer!"

The second uncle of the Zhao family has a good reputation. He has a deep relationship with Mrs. Zhong and his wife. He also helped his nephew to become the head of the Zhao family. It is said that he is a rich and idle person, and he has never heard of offending anyone in his daily life.

Originally, the people of Baoling were lamenting what had happened to the second uncle of the Zhao family, but when they heard that the Zhao family had offered a reward of ten thousand gold, people were discussing the matter of the second uncle of the Zhao family everywhere in the streets and alleys.

Downstairs, there were several people talking about "the second uncle of the Zhao family" and "the murderer".

Jiang Pingping closed the window to cut off the discussion of the people outside, and looked at the table inside the room.

The huge silver ingot given by the Zhao family's second uncle yesterday was placed on the table at this time, and now the money is still there, but the person suddenly died.

"Such a wealthy and idle person can't offend anyone." The shopkeeper was puzzled, "I really don't know why those people wanted to kill the second uncle of the Zhao family! Could it be because he thinks that the food he cooks is unpalatable and he can't pay for it?" ?”

Of course not for this reason.

The Zhao family is also considered a wealthy family, and the cost of guarding is not small. If ordinary thieves can get over the Zhao family mansion and enter Uncle Zhao's house, and then do it without disturbing Mrs. Zhong... Uh , as long as people with such abilities have no problem with their brains, they will not kill people for a bowl of money.

Originally, what happened to the Zhao family was just to make the common people sigh, and the real rich and wealthy households didn't pay much attention to the reward of ten thousand gold. They only thought that maybe there was some enemy of the Zhao family who bought the murderer.

But two days later, when news of the murder of another wealthy household from Yuhang and a wealthy household from Jinling came out, the wealthy households in the entire Jiangnan Road began to feel insecure for a while.

They recruited powerful guards on a large scale, and even the bodyguards of the bodyguard bureau were temporarily arrested to act as bodyguards. Even going out, if they didn't bring twenty or thirty bodyguards, they would not dare to go out easily.

(End of this chapter)