The wife of the power minister's family

Chapter 259 Hidden Malice (First Update)

Yao Shaoyin asked: "The servants living outside have also been checked?"

Manager Cao immediately said: "Our government has regulations. As long as they work in the government, they must live in the government. They need to register when going out or taking leave. Some people who want to have biological children when they are old, the masters will let them go to Zhuangzi Go up, if you want to come back to work in the mansion after giving birth, you must abide by the rules of the mansion."

After all, servants are also ordinary people. If they are left alone, it will cause countless troubles and affect the masters.

Locking them all in the house is the best management.

Many wealthy families in Xijing City use the same approach.

Xu Jing looked at Yao Shaoyin and said: "The people from the government office just now said that they have asked Xu Sanniang. Xu Sanniang is very sure that she did not reveal too much when she was at the Xu family, right?"

Yao Shaoyin nodded, "Xu Sanniang said that she had this idea... after the two children and Madam Xu had a conflict on the street seven days ago. In these seven days, she only went back to Xu's house twice. The only time the plan was mentioned was four days ago. After they told Xu Xiaolangjun that Xu Langjun and Mrs. Xu often went to Baoyue Pavilion during this period, she and Tan Yun discussed the plan in a remote part of the yard. when.

But they were very cautious, and before speaking, they made sure that no one was around to speak.

Outside of the Wang family and Xu family, they never mentioned this matter at all.

Tan Yun and the two guards who are now missing should be the only ones who know about her plan. "

"There is no need for Xu Sanniang to lie now. If, as she said, they confirmed in advance that no one was around before they spoke about it, how did the kidnapper notice it?"

Xu Jing looked deep in thought and suddenly raised her eyebrows, "I can think of only two possibilities. One, the kidnapper didn't know what they wanted to do at the beginning. He just noticed that they were behaving differently and kept observing them secretly. It’s come to this.”

Xiao Yi on the side glanced at her and said: "One person would not pay such close attention to another person for no reason. What's more, in the situation you mentioned, that person is not only observing in secret, but also following and monitoring Xu Sanniang and the others. , will you know where they are hiding the two children."

Xu Jing nodded and said: "Yes, according to Xu Sanniang, Tan Yun found that location, but she went to see it with her own eyes. Whether that person is following Xu Sanniang or someone close to Xu Sanniang, they can all know the location. And just like Xiao As the minister said, if it is just because of some minor abnormalities, one person would not be allowed to follow and monitor another person like this, so the kidnapper is probably... usually secretly observing Xu Sanniang."

Yao Shaoyin's heart skipped a beat, "Mrs. Xu means that the kidnapper had evil intentions towards Xu Sanniang?!"

Xu Jing said: "This possibility cannot be ruled out. The kidnapper may have wanted to get something from Xu Sanniang or do something to her..."

Yao Shaoyin frowned, "I had an idea just now. Could it be that the two guards or Tan Yun accidentally leaked some information, or maybe they betrayed Xu Sanniang..."

After all, they know Xu Sanniang's plan best.

"This kidnapping case involves the legitimate son of the Wang family. If it is discovered, the consequences will not be affordable by ordinary people. Those two guards and Tan Yun should not go around talking about it. If they are such unreliable people, Xu Sanniang would not let them participate in this plan.

But just in case, you can send someone to check the people around these three people.

As for saying that they betrayed Xu Sanniang... we cannot rule out this possibility. When the government officials who searched the mountain come back, we may have a clearer idea of ​​what happened in that cabin. "

When they arrived at the cabin, it was already dark, so what they could observe with the torches was very limited.

Later, they rushed to the Xu family and Wang family to investigate, so Jiang Shaobai left a small team of government officials to continue the search in Qiulin Mountain.

Xu Jing said: "I remember Yao Shaoyin said that there was a yamen servant in the Xijing government office who was very good at analyzing footprints. The kidnapper bled when he fought with the guard at the door, and some bloody footprints were left on the ground. If you analyze it carefully, you should be able to analyze what happened at that time. How many people."

However, even if it is found that there was a third person at the time, it cannot be said that those three people are not suspected of betrayal.

He may have teamed up with someone outside and deliberately pretended to be a victim and was taken away to clear his suspicion.

Again, during the investigation process, no possibility can be ruled out. What they have to do is to find ways to prove that these possibilities are wrong until they find a possibility that cannot be proved, and that is the truth.

Yao Shaoyin immediately said with some pride: "Yes, footprint analysis is the specialty of Mr. Fang of our government office. It's not just footprints. He can find even the slightest trace left by the kidnapper. In this way, the suspect is currently It's the two guards, Tan Yun, and the four people who are not currently in the Xu family."

As he said that, Yao Shaoyin turned to Manager Cao, who was stunned for a moment, and said, "According to what you just said, three of the four people have now returned to their hometowns. Where are their hometowns?"

Manager Cao said quickly: "Ms. Tao's hometown is in a village called Liuye Village outside Xijing City. It's not far from here and can be reached in about an hour.

Zhang Huwei's hometown is farther away, in Baoding County, Qingzhou, and it would take a whole day to get there by carriage.

As for Manager Yang, his hometown is even further away..."

As he spoke, he suddenly glanced at Xu Jing strangely, and said in a strange way: "Speaking of which, the fourth lady also knows very well. After all, Manager Yang and Mrs. Xu are from the same place."

Xu Jing was slightly stunned, because she thought of a certain possibility, her eyes darkened slightly, "The Manager Yang you are talking about is Yang Quanfu?"

Yang Quanfu, who had taken care of the original owner like a father and a brother, but betrayed the Xu family and the original owner.

Manager Cao was just about to raise his lips in gloating, but suddenly he felt a chilling air.

The chilling aura clearly came from the handsome and majestic man standing next to Xu Jing. Manager Cao suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, quickly lowered his head and said, "The fourth lady said... you are right."

Yang Quanfu was actually involved in this kidnapping case.

Xu Jing lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then said softly: "General Manager Cao should call me Madam Xu. I am no longer a member of the Xu family. Now I am here to serve as an external consultant to the Xijing government office to assist them in investigating the case. If Manager Cao continues, These things that have nothing to do with the case make people wonder if they are trying to hinder the government’s investigation.”

The woman's tone was obviously very calm, but Manager Cao's heart skipped a beat inexplicably, and he almost knelt down to prove his innocence, "It's nothing! This is related to the safety of our young man, the villain... how can this be possible for the villain? Obstructing the investigation!"

Xu Jing was too lazy to talk nonsense to him and said, "Where is the rest of Manager Dou? He has not returned to his hometown. The most likely place to go is..."

Before she finished speaking, a clever-looking boy suddenly ran up not far away and said: "General Manager Cao! Manager Dou is back!"

I saw a short, fat, and very honest man quickly following behind the boy. Seeing this battle, he was so scared that his feet were weak. Before Xu Jing and the others could ask anything, they hurriedly said : "Little man... I went out for something in the afternoon, but I can swear that the kidnapping of the young man has absolutely nothing to do with me!"

Yao Shaoyin took a step forward and said, "Why did you go out this afternoon?"

Steward Dou hesitated immediately. After waiting for a while, Yao Shaoyin completely lost his patience and said sternly: "How dare you hide it at this time? Someone, bring Steward Dou back to the government office for interrogation..."

"No, no, no, the villain said! The villain said!"

Manager Dou immediately knelt down with a thud and said in a panic: "Ignorant... I went to Guixiang Courtyard in the afternoon. Lady Huaiyu in Guixiang Courtyard can testify for me..."

Manager Cao was stunned and said angrily: "Madam Huaiyu is the number one in Guixiang Courtyard! Where did you get the money to find Madam Huaiyu! But you secretly took the master's property?!"

"Small... villain..."

"Okay! Drag him down first! Madam is not in the mood to take care of these dirty things now!"

Yao Shaoyin didn't even look at Guanshi Dou, who was dragged down crying. He called a servant and said, "Go to Guixiang Yuan to verify what he said."

Xu Jing turned to Manager Cao and asked, "Have these four people ever had any disputes with Xu Sanniang?"

(End of this chapter)