Daughter of aristocratic family

Chapter 376 High Platform
Xiao He, who was covered in wounds, saw Yun Hao and cried bitterly, "Sir, I really confessed everything. Please forgive me!"

Yun Hao looked through Xiao He's confession. Xiao He didn't reveal anything else except what he had learned from the interrogation. "Why don't you tell me what 'On the ninth day of the ninth month, he will give a farewell toast to his guests at the home platform.' means?"

When Xiao He heard this, his face turned pale. He didn't expect Yun Hao to know this poem. "Gou Liu has already said it, why do you still need to ask me, sir?"

Yun Hao's eyes were slightly cold, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Xiao He trembled, and quickly lowered his head and said, "I dare not, I dare not."

"Don't dare?" Yun Hao chuckled, "I think you dare." He put down the confession in his hand, stood up, walked in front of Xiao He, and looked down at him, "Do you think I won't know if you don't tell me?"

"Sir, this poem has three meanings. September 9th is the day for the meeting, Wangxiangtai is the place, and the farewell cup he offers to his guests in a foreign land is the secret signal for the meeting." Xiao He told him the meaning of the poem in a trembling voice.

Yun Hao narrowed his eyes and looked at him coldly, "What else?"

There is no place called Wangxiangtai in the capital, but the meaning of Wangxiangtai is very clear. Beidi is to the north of Daliang, and this high platform, which symbolizes Wangxiangtai, must be to the north of the capital.

As to whether it is inside or outside the city, you have to ask Xiaohe.

"Wangxiangtai is outside the city. I'm not sure about its exact location. I only know that there is an abandoned platform there and few people go there usually." Xiaohe said.

"You haven't been there?" Yun Hao asked doubtfully.

Xiao He shook his head. "I'm just a small fry. How can I go to a place like that?"

"You are really not afraid of death." Yun Hao retreated back to the chair and sat down. He raised his hand. The executioner grinned and was about to attack again.

Xiao He was so frightened that he trembled all over and said quickly, "My Lord, I was wrong. I will never lie to you again. I will tell you everything."

Yun Hao didn't want to let him off easily. This Xiao He was too cunning, so he let the executioner beat him unconscious, and then asked the new prison doctor to wake him up.

Xiao He woke up and saw Yun Hao sitting there, staring at him coldly. He shuddered in his heart. He knew that if he didn't tell the truth, he would probably die.

"Go out from the north gate and walk along the official road. After about ten miles, turn east and there will be a small path. Follow the path straight in and you will see a dense forest. The Wangxiang Terrace is deep in the forest." Xiaohe said in a trembling voice.

"If I find out that you have lied to me again, I will make you wish you were dead." Yun Hao's voice was as cold as ice, which made people shudder.

Xiao He shuddered all over and nodded quickly, "No, no, I will never dare to deceive you again."

"Let's talk about the owner of Cuiwenlou." Yun Hao said casually.

Xiao He swallowed his saliva and answered carefully: "I don't know the real name of the owner of Cuiwenlou. His alias is Li Qing. He is over 40 years old. He...he is not the real owner."

Yun Hao raised his eyebrows, his eyes revealing some doubts, "Oh? Then who is the real shopkeeper?"

Xiao He took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind, "The real shopkeeper is... an important official in the imperial court."

Yun Hao's pupils shrank. He was not surprised at all that it involved a court official. "Have you ever seen the real shopkeeper?
"I haven't seen it. I only heard a guy from Cuiwenlou mention it when we were drinking together one time." Xiaohe said.

Yun Hao frowned. It seemed that he could only wait for Jiao Xiao to wake up from her suspended animation before asking her the answer to this question.

"Describe Li Qing's appearance." Yun Hao said.

Xiao He tried hard to recall for a moment before describing: "Li Qingzhang is of medium build, a little fat, and has a goatee."

Next, no matter what Yun Hao asked, Xiao He answered honestly. As for the authenticity, it was up to Yun Hao himself to verify it.

Seeing that he had asked enough questions, Yun Hao asked his men to take Xiao He away, "Ask the prison doctor to make some medicine for the wound and give it to him. Don't let him die."

"Yes, sir." The jailer lifted up Xiao He and dragged him back to the prison. Yun Hao drew a portrait of Li Qing based on Xiao He's description.

Staring at the portrait, Yun Hao thought for a long time, "Someone come."

"Sir." The subordinate came in in response.

"Go to the vicinity of Cuiwen Building and find the students who often go there, and invite them to sit in the prison." Yun Hao gave the order.

"Yes, sir." The men followed the order and left.

Yun Hao stayed in the prison until the early afternoon before returning home.

Although Zhao Wangshu asked him to come back for dinner, he actually wanted to tell him that Yun Wanru was coming to visit.

"Are you willing to see her?" Yun Hao was a little surprised.

"Why not? She has never offended me." Zhao Wangshu picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea. "Besides, she married into the Cao family because of our family's influence."

Yun Hao smiled, "My wife is kind-hearted, go ahead and meet her if you want."

"When I met her, I didn't just sympathize with her, but also wanted to know why she came to visit. After all, the Cao family has the son-in-law, Prince Xianli. Even if something happens, Prince Xianli can handle it. There is no need for Wanru to come forward to find us. We don't want to pay any attention to them at all."

Yun Hao's mind turned, and he remembered that his subordinates said that a team of carriages entered Cao's farm. He suspected that it was the grain and fodder that Prince Bao was escorting back to the capital from Jiangnan, but was robbed halfway.

"All of you leave." Yun Haoping dismissed the servants and looked at Zhao Wangshu with a serious expression, "Wangshu, you heard about the incident when Prince Bao was transporting grain back to the capital and got stuck halfway, right?"

"Everyone in the capital knows about it." Zhao Wangshu nodded slightly, with a puzzled look on his face, "Could this be related to the Cao family?"

"Madam is really smart. A few days ago, a team of horse-drawn carriages entered the Cao family's farm outside the city in the middle of the night. It is very likely that the carriages were loaded with the robbed grain and fodder." Yun Hao said.

"Is it possible that Yun Wanru knew about this and came here to tell us?" Zhao Wangshu asked speculatively.

"It's possible. If she makes any request tomorrow, as long as it's not too excessive, you should agree to it."

Zhao Wangshu nodded, "Got it."

Yun Hao stayed with Zhao Wangshu and played with his son for a while before leaving the house and going to the prison.

Not long after Yun Hao returned to the prison, he went to the mass grave to wait for people and caught two people. After Xiao He identified them, they were both employees of Cuiwenlou.

After interrogation, they learned that Jiao Xiao was not Li Qing's woman, but his daughter.

Wang Cheng was dumbfounded. "My father asked his daughter to be a spy and let her live in a brothel. He is so cruel."

"Jiao Xiao hasn't woken up yet?" Yun Hao was not interested in discussing with him whether Li Qing was cruel or not.

The Northern Di spies are all inhumane. In order to complete their mission, they are willing to sacrifice everything, even their own loved ones.

Li Qing made his daughter Jiaoxiao a spy. This cruel and ruthless behavior is really unbelievable.

"The prison doctor checked and he's about to wake up." Wang Yan replied.

"You go and guard her. Once she wakes up, come and report immediately." Yun Hao continued to interrogate the two guys.

He didn't care whether he could get the answer by asking other questions or not. He mainly wanted to know where Li Qing was hiding.