Chapter 747 The People's Trust in Chen Yongnian

"My lord...my lord, I'll talk!"

Sang Yu suddenly struggled.

Chen Yongnian stared at Sang Yu, "Didn't you say you knew nothing?"

His tone carried a hint of interrogation.

"I know, I know, please spare my father!" Sang Yu cried, kowtowing.

"Father? That old man is your father? I remember you told my wife that you were all alone and had no one to rely on?"

After Chen Yongnian finished speaking, his face darkened. "Sang Yu, you're spouting nonsense. How can I believe you?"

“My lord, Sang Yu did not lie this time.” As she spoke, she took out the jade pendant hanging around her neck and said, “My lord, half a month ago, someone came to my father and me with this jade, asking us to go to the Ghost Market to get contraband. They also said that they would give us one hundred taels of silver after we succeeded!”

"Who is looking for you? And why should you agree to meet them upon seeing this jade pendant?"

"My lord, this jade may not be important to you, but it is my mother's keepsake. I don't know why it ended up in that person's hands, so I can only do as that person says!"

After Sang Yu finished speaking, her eyes reddened.

She looked up at Chen Yongnian and said in a hoarse voice, "The Ghost Market is dangerous. We almost lost half our lives after entering the Ghost Market to buy things. We thought that would be the end of it after we bought the things, but unexpectedly, that person went back on his word, took my father hostage, and wanted me to continue working for them!"

Sang Yu's story evokes pity.

A perfectly good girl was taken advantage of because of a jade pendant.

Chen Yongnian felt little pity, because Sang Yu had deceived his wife.

I remember when these people were bought, my wife praised Sangyu and planned to keep her by her side to manage affairs.

But I never expected that Sang Yu would betray me like this.

He asked coldly, "What do they want you to do?"

“They somehow found out that your wife was going to sell servants, so they had me infiltrate the group, gain your attention, and then buy me!” Sang Yu said, lowering her head.

Chen Yongnian, however, was somewhat puzzled.

The wife's decision to go to the brokerage firm was made on short notice; how could anyone have known in advance and arranged it?

Did this man predict his wife's next move?

Chen Yongnian felt a chill run down his spine as he thought about it, feeling as if someone had woven a huge net, waiting for him and his wife to fall into it.

"After the lady bought me, she treated me very well. I thought it would be great if I could stay with her like this. But then that person came to me again and gave me the contraband I had bought at the ghost market..."

Sang Yu looked up, her eyes brimming with tears, and stared at Chen Yongnian. "My lord, I was coerced, and my father was coerced too..."

"Whether it was coercion or not, I will determine the matter after I have investigated. Now tell me, is the person who coerced you here?"

Chen Yongnian felt that Sang Yu's attraction to Liang Pengfei was not accidental.

Sang Yu also looked up at that moment, glanced around, and her eyes landed on Liang Pengfei. "The person who coerced me is not here, but I found someone... *pfft*... someone..."

Sang Yu suddenly vomited blood and collapsed to the ground within moments.

Chen Yongnian rushed over, picked up Sang Yu, and found that she was already dead.

But Sang Yu then pointed to Liang Pengfei.

Chen Yongnian rushed towards Liang Pengfei, intending to grab him and beat him up.

But reason told him that he couldn't do that.

He simply grabbed Liang Pengfei by the collar and demanded through gritted teeth, "Liang Pengfei, do you know what you're doing?"

"I don't understand what you're talking about!" Liang Pengfei replied with a sneer, and said, "I admit that smashing Xiangmingxuan was out of personal grudge. I just didn't like Wu Gousheng. I don't acknowledge anything else!"

The sudden confession caught Chen Yongnian completely off guard.

He felt that with Sang Yu's death, Liang Pengfei had become increasingly reckless, as if nothing could threaten him anymore.

This made Chen Yongnian even more certain that Liang Pengfei was involved in the whole affair.

"Guards, disarm Liang Peng and take him back to the county office for questioning!"

Chen Yongnian released Liang Pengfei, glanced back at the smashed Xiangmingxuan, and then looked at Liang Pengfei again, "Liang Pengfei will bear all the losses of Xiangmingxuan!"

Liang Pengfei sneered twice, "Lord Chen, you have quite the airs of an official. I hope you can stay in this position for a while!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was taken away by his men.

Kneeling to the side, Yin Yin watched Sang Yu being dragged away by the officials, her eyes filled with fear.

She looked up at Chen Yongnian and kowtowed, saying, "My lord, spare my life! I stole the formula, but I haven't delivered it yet. Please, spare my life..."

"Who is behind this?" Chen Yongnian's eyes and tone were icy.

"I don't know... My brother and I are both refugees. We do things for money. A masked man asked me to sneak into Xiangmingxuan to steal the recipe. He gave us a lot of silver before we agreed... Sir, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me?"

Her eyes were red and teary, and I felt sorry for her.

A hint of disgust flashed in Chen Yongnian's eyes, and he took half a step back. "If you cooperate with the government and arrest the person who instructed you, I can deal with you leniently depending on the circumstances."

As he spoke, his men took Yin Yin away.

Then, he instructed Xiao Fan, "Keep a close eye on Yin Yin. If anything happens to her, you won't need to stay in the government office anymore!"

Xiao Fan was taken aback.

For some reason, he felt that Chen Yongnian was different today than usual.

In Xiao Fan's eyes, Chen Yongnian used to be the boss, the kind of older brother.

Now, however, I feel as if a proper imperial official is standing in front of me, making me hesitant to look him directly in the eye.

"Is there a problem?" Chen Yongnian asked.

Xiao Fan then realized what was happening and immediately nodded, saying, "I heard you, I'll do it right away."

After saying that, he disappeared into the street with the soldiers.

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