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Chapter 145 The Gossip of the Big Family (please subscribe and ask for a monthly ticket)

As soon as Chou Chou finished speaking, he heard a voice from the quarrel over there: "Jiang Xiaoliu, what are you talking about? You dare to argue with me. Believe it or not, I will go to your house and tell your parents." If you want to meddle in the affairs of the big family's backyard, your parents will definitely break your legs!
Have you forgotten how your uncle disappeared back then?If you mess with someone you shouldn't, you won't know how to die..."

Qingyan's footsteps stopped immediately, hey, there is an inside story, she can listen to it.

"Chou Chou, do you think we can learn some unknown things about the families in the city from them? Maybe we can also hear the truth about Xue Minghua's abduction back then."

Chou Chou said disapprovingly: "That happened more than ten years ago, how old are the people present? The oldest one is only in his twenties, and he was still a kid at that time. What can he know?"

Qingyan raised her eyebrows, "That's not necessarily true, just in case the elders in the family know, it's fine if they have heard of it."

The person named Jiang Xiaoliu was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old black and thin boy. After hearing what he said just now, he stepped forward and pushed the person who spoke.

The boy who spoke was about the same age as him, not as tall as him, but fatter than him, he was the fattest of the gang.

To say that he is fat means that compared with this group of people, the tall ones and the thinner ones are probably all within [-] catties. That short and fat boy should weigh [-] to [-] catties. He looks taller than others There must be more meat.

The boy named Jiang Xiaoliu was in the later wave of people, and he pushed one of the five people who came after Qingyan.

Seeing him make a move, Qingyan thought that the two groups of people were about to fight, but in the end the two were directly pulled away by people from both sides.

The group of people named Xiao Liu said a few words to him, and he gave the short fat man a look and left first.

Qingyan was a little confused, so she left now?It's really like elementary school students quarreling, is this because they are afraid of suing their parents?
But it's better for him to leave, I'm afraid it's not easy for other people to gossip about his family's affairs here.

Qingyan stepped back and said to a group of people: "Stop for a moment, I need your help with something."

The two groups of people originally wanted to continue arguing, but they stopped immediately when they heard Qingyan's words.

The two groups of people glared at each other, surrounded her, and stopped at a distance of two or three steps.

"Does the girl need any help? Just tell us, if we have a lot of people, we will definitely be able to help the girl."

A tall, well-dressed man in his twenties said that this man should be the leader of the dozen or so people.

The short fat man also patted his chest and said, "Girl, don't listen to him. They are from the southern city, and most of them are poor people there. Our family is from the eastern city. If you have anything to ask us, we can help you better."

Qingyan untied the plain purse at her waist, and shook it intentionally, the copper plates and broken silver inside made a clashing sound.

When those little gangsters heard that there was real money in the purse, they gathered around as soon as their eyes lit up.

Qingyan raised a hand, "Hey, don't gather around together, just send two representatives over."

On such a hot day, these people smelled of sweat all over their bodies, and her nose was already good, so she was fainted by being surrounded.

A group of people stopped, and then the two who had spoken before came over.

The more well-dressed one cupped his hands and said: "Girl, I am the eldest brother of these people, my surname is Wang and my name is Hui. You can tell me anything you want, girl."

Another short fat man cast a glance at him, and cupped his hands at Qingyan, "Girl, I'm the eldest among them, my surname is Liu Minggui, what do you want us to do, girl can just say, except for murder and arson, everything else is negotiable." .”

"Hey~ You said it as if you can do everything else, even if you can't beat me, what else can you do?"

As soon as Liu Gui finished speaking, Wang Hui sneered at him.

"You—" Liu Gui's face instantly flushed red from his anger.

Qingyan interrupted them and said directly: "I didn't ask you to do something, but I just wanted to ask you something. Do you know some big families in the city?"

The two of them, including the dozen or so people listening behind, all looked at her in unison.

Wang Hui's expression became serious, and he said with some hesitation: "Why are you asking this? You are not a spy sent by a foreign race!"

A few people in the back also looked at Qingyan vigilantly, and even moved their positions, as if they were going to rush forward to subdue her once they were sure that she was a spy.

Qingyan raised her eyebrows, it seems that these people are gangsters and subconsciously defend their own city.

"Aren't you stupid? What secrets can I find out if spies come to you? I just have a sister who is going to marry here, and I want to find out how the well-matched families here are."

Qingyan spoke nonsense in a serious manner.

Obviously these words seemed very reasonable to these people, they actually put down their guard and started talking in a hurry.

"We have heard a lot of rumors, but we can't guarantee whether they are true or not."

Qingyan said indifferently: "Tell me what you guys said. As for the truth, I have my own way to verify it. By the way, what happened to Jiang Xiaoliu's uncle just now? Tell me first!"

Wang Hui blinked, looked back at his brothers, and seeing that they had no objection, he said: "Accordingly, Jiang Xiaoliu is my brother, so I don't want to talk about his family's affairs behind his back, but his uncle's affairs are nothing Almost everyone here knows the secret, so it's okay to tell the girl.

Most of us now don’t have anything to do with the secrets of big families. It’s because someone gave Uncle Jiang a sum of money 11 years ago and asked him to secretly help sell a maid who was stunned to a human trafficker. The servant girl was the darling of the master and young master of the back house, and she actually found out about him, and news of Uncle Jiang's death spread within a few days.

The Jiang family said to the public that he died of a sudden illness, but among us there are elders who hung out with Uncle Jiang Ming back then, so we still know something about it.

Before Jiang's uncle did that, he said that he had received a big deal, but he had to wait for the right time.

Later, when he got the money, he treated his brother to a good meal, but he died within two days. It is no wonder that there is no connection between them.

Later, the elders in the family will remind us children who like to hang out, try not to get involved with other people's private affairs, no matter how much money you give, don't do things like buying and selling people that kill people, otherwise you will die Do not know at all. "

After hearing this, Qingyan thought to herself, this uncle of the Jiang family could say that he set a bottom line for the punks in the Xingtang Mansion by himself.

etc! 11 years ago!It can't be such a coincidence, can it?
"Is that maidservant from the Xue family?"

Wang Hui was startled, this person doesn't know anything, he shook his head and didn't dare to speak nonsense.

Looking at his expression, Qingyan knew that there was really some connection.

I don't know that the maid who was sold is probably Xue Minghua. It seems that her family really did it, but I don't know if Xue Minghua and her parents know about it.

Jiang Xiaoliu's uncle should have been murdered.

Qingyan didn't bother with this any more, and asked the two of them: "Then tell me about other things, about those big families, whether it's hearsay or your own guesses, tell me."

Liu Gui smiled and said, "This girl can ask me, I know more than the bamboo pole emblem."

Without waiting for Wang Hui to refute, he continued: "The biggest families in my city are the Liang family, the Xue family, and the Sun family.

I heard that they are all offshoots of big families, all from famous families in Hedong, and those families are also full of talents, especially the Xueliang family.

This master of the Liang family is the biggest official in our Xingtang Mansion, and his younger brother is also an official in Bianzhou. I heard that the official is not small.

However, the Liang family has a weakness that everyone knows, that is, Mr. Liang has no sons under his knees. His wife and several concubines all gave birth to daughters, a total of more than a dozen daughters!

Moreover, it is said that the daughters who have grown up and gone out all look like Mr. Liang. It is hard to describe their appearance.

The eldest daughter is already 19 years old and hasn't settled for a family yet, because she looks too much like Mrs. Liang, and a good family background doesn't like her. After all, the mistress is also the face of a rich family. She looks too ugly and loses face. thing.

But the one from a low family background, Miss Liang doesn't like it, she doesn't think it's worthy, so it's delayed until now..."

"The Sun family is the richest man in the Xingtang Mansion, and they are not purely merchants. The second master of the family is the school lieutenant, and the daughter from the first line is even married to the second son from the Xue family.

It's just that the grandpa of the Sun family is a bit of a womanizer. I heard that there are dozens of concubines in the backyard, and there are many children, more than 30, that is, the family has money, otherwise they can't afford it. "

Qingyan listened to what he said with great interest. Although it may be just a rumor in the market, it must be different from the real version, but there may not be no facts in these rumors, there must be a small part of the truth in it.

After Liu Gui finished talking about the Liang family and the Sun family, he began to talk about the Xue family, which was still about Xue Minghua.

"Speaking of this Xue family, it is considered the most serious among the three. I heard that Xue Changshi's family is very well-mannered, and there are not many concubines in the backyard.

However, there is a prostitute daughter who is very mysterious, and has not appeared in this city since she was 15 years old.Although Xue's family said to the outside world that their daughter-in-law had gone to her natal family in Bianzhou, many people privately spread the word that even if she went to her natal family, it is impossible for everyone not to come back during the holidays.

And it has been more than ten years, it is impossible for Ms. Xue not to marry, even if she married in Bianzhou, there should be rumors coming back, at least she will bring her husband and son-in-law back to see her family during the Chinese New Year .

But not once. Many people said that Miss Xue had either eloped with someone, so she lied to the outside world that she was recuperating at her natal family. Who has a bad reputation..."

Listening to what he said, Qingyan didn't speculate on that Jiang Xiaoliu's uncle. It seems that the Xue family's secrecy is quite strict.

Later, I heard these people gossip about some other officials, some of which were outrageous, Qingyan was not too interested, and directly poured out the bag of copper plates and broken silver in her purse to them. As for how they divided , she doesn't care.

In fact, there are not many pieces of silver, and the sum is less than two taels. Adding dozens of copper plates, the purse is not big, but it is already bulging.

But for these gangsters, this is already a huge sum of money. After all, unless they are helping with some difficult tasks, it is usually good to get dozens of copper coins.

When Qingyan left, those people waved their hands for a long time like sending off the God of Wealth, and kept saying that they would come to them again if they had something to do.

Qingyan felt blind to that flattering expression.

To be honest, these people are due to the times, and these people have not been used well. Otherwise, if we really set up an intelligence-gathering organization and let them go, maybe we can really do something famous.

Chou Chou: "There is a dark cloud drifting over from the south, it is estimated that there will be a shower soon, why don't we go back to East Street, there is no shelter from the rain in Nanshi, or we should hurry back to Xue's Mansion, If you run faster, you should be able to hide."

I've finished shopping on East Street, there's nothing to do, there's no need to run back, Qingyan thought about going back to Xue's mansion and forgetting about it.

After running all morning to noon, she was a little tired, and she could take a nap when she went back.

While speeding up his pace, he said to Chou Chou: "If we leave early tomorrow morning and ride out of the city on horseback, what should we do if there is heavy rain? If we are in a place where there are people, we can't use umbrellas or raincoats in a grand manner, even if we wear them The plastic sheeting is a bit conspicuous."

Chou Chou: "You don't want to get a car again, do you? There is no one here to help you. There are people from Yangjiaping in Hancheng who can help you, and they can fix it for you in a short time. You can't do it here. Let Xue's servants help you get that car shed?

If you say something, Mrs. Xue will probably give you a carriage directly. I think there are two or three carriages in their stables, which should be specially prepared by the Xue family for family use. "

Qingyan thinks about it or forget it, anyway, tomorrow will be a day, if it can’t be done, speed up and run to a place where there is no one, then find an open space, if it really rains, take out the off-road vehicle in the space and wait for time arrive.

Qingyan quickly walked around to the south along the inner city wall, then passed through an alley next to Cross Street, and walked to West Street.

As soon as he arrived at West Street, he heard Chou Chou say: "Those four people have joined up and left from the south gate on horseback, just in time to miss you."

Qingyan patted her chest, it's okay.

Then he said to Chou Chou: "You continue to monitor those four people, listen to whether they chat with each other, and see if you can learn something from their chats."

Chou Chou: "You don't need to say, I have been watching them, but these four people are quite cautious, basically speaking a few words, as concise as possible.

For example, when two of them found the other two, they only said a word, and they drove around the east gate in a donkey cart, and then they didn't say anything else, they just rode their horses and chased them out to the south gate.

Just like this, let others hear it, and they don't know what it means. "

(End of this chapter)