Chapter 111 The Black Hand Behind the Scenes
Chapter 111 The Black Hand Behind the Scenes
Then time went on and on, and the night grew darker and darker.
When Old Lady Wan finished her words, after a brief moment of compliments, the courtyard fell into a long silence, almost to the point of deathly silence.
At a certain moment, the head of the Wan family looked up at the night sky, frowned, and made a decision.
He did not avoid anyone. He waved and called the old butler over and gave him a simple instruction.
The meaning of the words was very clear, which was to find out what had happened over there and why no news had been sent back until now.
This old butler had served three heads of the Wan family. He was undoubtedly an experienced man and had a very special status in the Wan family. Otherwise, he would not have been able to participate in this meeting.
He just nodded calmly, stood up and walked out.
With the influence of the Wan family, it would not take too long to simply inquire about the previous news, not to mention that it was an old butler who was very familiar with all kinds of channels and methods.
However, when he came to this patio again, all the indifference and calmness on his face had disappeared, leaving only confusion and solemnity.
"I don't know why though..."
The old butler paused and said tactfully, "But Master Shoukang is visiting General Xian."
There was dead silence in the courtyard.
"what?"
The head of the Wan family was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Is he a guest at Xian Yishu's place?"
The old butler nodded seriously, confirming once again that there was no problem with the source of the news, which was indeed the case.
The head of the Wan family was silent and no one knew what to say.
The rest of the people were even more stunned, wondering if Wan Shoukang was clearly not retarded, so why did he suddenly go to such a place?
The next moment, they realized in disbelief that tonight's plan had turned out to be a huge accident.
The Wan family patriarch took a deep breath, forced himself to control his emotions, and said in a deep voice: "I will go and rescue them first, you guys go and find out what happened right now!"
"remember……"
He glanced at everyone in the room and said seriously, "Nothing can happen tonight."
After saying this, the head of the Wan family suddenly stood up and walked out.
The Wan family's ancestral home, which should have been quiet as the night deepened, was suddenly brightly lit at this moment, with carriages constantly driving out of it to various places to make late-night visits.
Yangzhou City became lively as a result.
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A carriage was galloping along the long street.
The sound of horse hooves broke through the darkness of night and startled everyone.
The diners in the restaurants on both sides of the street who had not yet fallen asleep looked up in surprise. They recognized the carriage of the Wan family in the light of the lanterns in front of the restaurant and were even more surprised.
Gu Zhuo retracted his gaze, looked at the skewers in front of him, and suddenly said, "There is an old woman sitting in the carriage."
Yu Sheng thought for a moment and said, "I remember this person had a bad temper."
It is said that the house where the two stayed on their first night in Yangzhou City was where the former owner had accidentally offended the old woman, and he apologized repeatedly but still nearly lost his life.
In the end, the man had to sell all his property at a low price and was forced to move far away and bid farewell to his homeland.
Given the Wan family’s influence in the local area, this matter should have been a secret rumor among the neighbors, but the old woman was too... open and aboveboard, and had no intention of covering up for herself.
Gu Zhuo remained silent.
Yu Sheng glanced at him and asked, "What's wrong?"
Gu Zhuo said: "Chen Chi...seems to be in trouble again."
Yu Sheng nodded and said, "Yes."
Gu Zhuo looked at her and said, "Isn't this a bit bad?"
Yu Sheng understood what he meant, picked up three roasted beef tendons and ate them carefully, then said, "I feel a little greasy. I'll go next door to buy a bowl of ice jelly. Do you want some?"
Gu Zhuo said sincerely, "Thank you."
Yu Sheng shook his head, indicating that there was no need to thank him, and walked out.
Gu Zhuo looked at her back and thought that it was very much like someone was behind this.
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Xian Yishu's attitude towards this incident tonight is very clear.
That is to implement the instructions given by Her Royal Highness the Princess.
Now that the group of evil demons led by the Tianming Sect have escaped, all he can do now is to focus on the Wan family and get what he wants from Wan Shoukang.
However, because he didn't know what Her Royal Highness the Princess wanted to see, and as the word "secret" was directly mentioned in the letter, he didn't want to make things too obvious.
This is mainly reflected in the fact that his questions were relatively gentle, not as tough and sharp as throwing arrows to destroy magical weapons, leaving a lot of room.
This is certainly not the picture Xian Yishu wanted.
Fortunately, Chen Chi is here tonight.
After being rescued and brought on board, this senior disciple of Chaotian Jianque had his injuries simply treated. Upon learning that Wan Shoukang was also on board, he rejected the reasonable proposal to rest and recuperate without hesitation, and insisted on having a conversation.
Or it could be said to be one-sided sarcasm.
"The three of us searched all day and night but couldn't find any clues. We didn't expect that after two months of rest, we would encounter a large group of evil demons when we went out again today. What does this mean?"
Chen Chi looked at Wan Shoukang standing opposite him, clapped his hands earnestly, and said in praise: "This undoubtedly shows that the recent work of the Sky Patrol Department is very good, and I think the Wan family must have made an indelible and huge contribution in this!" Wan Shoukang looked at his smile, frowned slightly, shook his head and said: "I don't deserve it..."
He didn't finish his words.
A cold snort sounded from outside, sounding extremely righteous.
"Why shouldn't you be so humble? Even the Emperor knows clearly about the contributions made by the Wan family to the Qin Dynasty, and the people of the world should also be able to see it. You can be humble about other things, but how can you be so humble about something that shouldn't be humble?"
Hearing this voice, Wan Shoukang's expression changed slightly, and he wondered why his aunt was here?
Xian Yishu was overjoyed when he heard this, thinking that he had finally arrived.
Normally, due to his status and responsibilities, it was inconvenient for him to enter Yangzhou City, let alone have any conversation with the Wan family, and he was unable to implement the Princess's intention.
It was not until tonight that he finally found an opportunity to arrest Wan Shoukang, and he deliberately let the matter spread to the Wan family so that they would come to rescue him.
In this process, Wanjia will inevitably expose some problems.
Xian Yishu had been looking forward to this for a long time.
Although he was looking forward to it, he didn't plan to do too much in this conversation, both because Chen Chi spoke for him and because Her Royal Highness the Princess had made it clear that he should act in secrecy.
An old lady in luxurious clothes entered the room with her head held high, followed by several servants, looking very aggressive.
Chen Chi frowned.
Just as he was about to speak, a series of words came crashing down on him.
"What was the result? Such a huge contribution that was visible to the naked eye was ultimately wiped out because of the reckless behavior of three people who were ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth. It was really ridiculous. If it was me who caused such a big incident and alerted those evil demons, I would definitely bury my head in the quilt and not dare to look out for a second."
The old woman looked at Chen Chi and sighed, "What a pity! Not only do you three not know that it is your own failure to live up to expectations that ruined the situation, but now you want to go to the next level and you don't even know how to write the word shame."
Chen Chi frowned again.
He naturally would not back down and said directly: "Based on the situation tonight, this matter must be reported to Master Pei, otherwise it will be out of control."
Old Lady Wan was not afraid at all. She sneered and said, "When the time comes, I will ask Master Pei what responsibility you will bear for disturbing such a good situation."
Chen Chi sneered and said, "I'm afraid that when the time comes, it will be discovered that someone did it on purpose..."
Old Lady Wan interrupted him without hesitation, and scolded him coldly: "Do you think that my Wan family wants you dead? If my Wan family wants you dead, why would Shoukang follow you? My nephew was worried about you because you acted recklessly. After learning that you didn't know whether to live or die and broke into the depths of Yunmengze, he rushed here to save your life. It's fine if you don't know how to appreciate kindness, but you actually want to bite back at my Wan family to get rid of your responsibility?!"
Such a direct and straightforward question was asked and interrogated, and she took the moral high ground unreasonably, putting herself and the Wan family's faces on the table. Of course, it was because the old woman was confident that Xian Yishu, the only person present who was qualified to oppose her, would never openly oppose her in this conversation, and she had to consider the Wan family's face.
Chen Chi was really stunned, wondering where on earth this old woman got such a thick face?
Xian Yishu was also amazed.
Wan Shoukang remained silent.
Just then, a waiter pushed the door open.
Xian Yishu took a letter from his confidant, opened it and took a quick look at it, and was very surprised.
Old Lady Wan didn't care about this matter. She continued to stare at Chen Chi and shouted, "Since you think that my Wan family's children did something wrong tonight, then you should lay out the evidence. Don't use words like "I think" or "maybe" to slander others out of thin air, otherwise don't blame me for teaching you a lesson!"
Chen Chi said in a deep voice: "Your nephew's inaction is the best evidence."
Old Lady Wan stared into his eyes and asked with a gloomy smile, "Where is the witness? Don't tell me it's your eyes."
Chen Chi thought this was totally unreasonable.
"It's me."
A voice suddenly sounded in the room.
General Xian Yishu said calmly: "I and the soldiers on the ship are all witnesses."
Old Lady Wan didn't expect him to speak at this time. She frowned and said, "My nephew was planning before taking action."
Xian Yishu looked at her, suddenly laughed, and asked, "Do you think I'm blind?"
Old Lady Wan was stunned for a moment and thought that this was too unreasonable.
Chen Chi praised sincerely, thinking that this was very reasonable.
The next moment, the two recalled the scene from just a moment ago.
The attendant handed a letter to Xian Yishu. After Xian Yishu read it, he gave up his silence without hesitation and stood up, no longer giving the Wan family any face.
What's written in this letter?
Who wrote this letter?
"That's what happened."
Xian Yishu looked at Old Lady Wan and asked with a half-smile, "Madam, do you think I am worthy of being a witness?"
Old lady Wan remained silent, looking extremely ugly.
Chen Chi's face was full of smiles, as if he was in high spirits.
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That restaurant.
Yu Sheng came back with two bowls of ice jelly and placed them on the table.
Gu Zhuo looked at her and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Yu Sheng said, "It's just a small matter."
Then she lifted her skirt and sat down, her eyes fell on the skewers that had been completely eaten up, she looked up into Gu Zhuo's eyes and said unhappily: "This is no small matter."
I'll find some time to make up for the three thousand words I didn't update this morning.
The reason why I updated one less chapter is that I was too busy and tired yesterday, and I needed a short break to replenish my energy.
(End of this chapter)