He looked at the people below him and felt that he had overlooked something. He had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but he still said to Zhao Da, "Go and bring Jiang Yaoguang, as well as the second branch of the Jiang family and the Song family."
He wanted to see what was really going on.
Zhao Da quickly agreed and left with several constables.
Song Quanzhao continued to stare at Chen Shaofu for a while before asking, "How did you determine that it was Jiang Yaoguang who wanted to kill you?"
The implication was too obvious, leaving him no choice but to be suspicious.
Chen Shaofu seemed to have been reminded of a painful memory, and the tears she had managed to hold back flowed uncontrollably. "My lord, since my family members died on the way to escape famine, I have been traveling around with the second branch of the Jiang family until we finally settled in Qingshui County."
At that time, the woman was pregnant. She thought her life would finally settle down, but Jiang Yaoguang suddenly said that her family had gotten into big trouble and owed money to the Zhang family bully. She was forced to stay and work for the Zhang family.
In order to prevent the woman from being implicated, Jiang Yaoguang suggested that she leave. The woman believed him and left alone despite her pregnancy.
I thought Jiang Yaoguang would come to find me sooner or later, but I waited for almost five months and he still didn't come.
If it weren't for this unexpected encounter in Qinghe Town, the woman probably wouldn't have known anything about Jiang Yaoguang.
How ridiculous! Jiang Yaoguang has gotten himself into big trouble. Instead of sending off his own parents and grandparents, he has to send off a common woman.
The strange woman was not thinking clearly at the time and actually believed it to be true.
Miss Jiang must have been unable to bear seeing the woman being deceived, which is why she spoke up to warn her. Unfortunately, the woman was foolish enough to go to the Song family to confirm it herself, only to be told that Jiang Yaoguang would explain things properly.
At that time, the woman thought she would be greeted by her husband explaining everything in detail, but who would have thought that she would be met with an assassin instead.
If it weren't for the woman's good fortune, she would probably have perished along with her newborn child.
It's pitiful that Miss Jiang, with her kind intentions, was harmed by this woman and ended up being murdered.
As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Shaofu was already in tears, and her already swollen eyes became even more swollen.
These words were spoken with such sincerity that even those who were initially skeptical began to believe them to a great extent.
"That Jiang Yaoguang is a real scoundrel. He abandoned his wife and daughter just to curry favor with the powerful."
"That's right, the Song family would actually look favorably upon someone like that."
"I hope Lord Song can get justice for this woman and severely punish that beast surnamed Jiang."
"That's right, we hope Lord Song will stand up for this lady."
Hearing these words, Song Quanzhao felt a bit conflicted, and his initial suspicions about Jiang Yimian and the other person lessened somewhat.
However, he still frowned and looked at Jiang Yimian, asking, "How did you two meet? Or rather, how do you know so much about Jiang Yaoguang?"
Although these people only described Jiang Yaoguang in a few words, he could clearly tell that this person was cunning and adept at deception.
Since such a person doesn't want others to know their secrets, they will definitely use various means to hide them.
He had heard about how the eldest branch of the Jiang family was abandoned by the second branch during the famine. Logically speaking, given the animosity between the two families, Jiang Yimian should not have known such a secret.
Now that he knows so much, and even knows Chen Shaofu, there's a lot more to it than meets the eye.
Jiang Yimian, far from feeling guilty upon hearing this, calmly replied, "There are no secrets in this world."
I had seen my cousin and Sister Chen talking together before, and at the time I just thought they were close and didn't think much of it.
However, by chance, she learned from her grandparents that her cousin might be engaged to the daughter of the rice shop owner. Only then did she realize that her cousin and Sister Chen were about to get engaged.
Therefore, when I met my cousin and the Song family in Qinghe Town, I mentioned it briefly.
It was just a casual remark, but it made her cousin panic. At that moment, the woman thought it was just a reminder of her cousin's painful past.
Unexpectedly, she met Sister Chen. She asked a few questions out of curiosity, but accidentally discovered a big secret. She then told Sister Chen about her cousin and the Song family.
The rest is history, my lord. I have no idea how things turned out this way.
Several houses in the village were burned down yesterday. The woman felt innocent and never imagined her cousin could be so cruel.
Her words were a mix of truth and falsehood, with some loopholes. She deliberately concealed the fact that she had witnessed Chen Shaofu and Jiang Yaoguang being intimate, in order to avoid embarrassing Chen Shaofu.
No one likes having this kind of thing brought up; a few words about it are enough.
That's enough to extricate her from the situation; no one would suspect that this was all part of her scheme.
As expected, these words aroused even more indignation among the onlookers at the yamen, who shouted that Song Quanzhao should intervene and make a decision for the two men.
Song Quanzhao's doubts completely disappeared, and he waited patiently for Zhao Da to bring the person.
At this time, at the Hot Spring Resort on the outskirts of Qinghe Town.
Jiang Yaoguang reached out and pulled Song Miaoyin, who was getting off the carriage. The two looked at each other, their eyes full of smiles.
Song Qi glanced at him but didn't say anything more, only reminding Jiang Yaoguang, "The people at today's banquet are important figures in the capital, so don't offend them."
Jiang Yaoguang responded and silently followed the other party into the villa. Apart from a few minor complaints, he felt an overwhelming sense of excitement.
He had thought that Song Qiding would not agree to let him come to see the important people in the capital today, but unexpectedly the other party took the initiative to bring it up. This must mean that he regarded him as a member of the Song family.
The Song family's business wasn't as large as those of the established families, but because they had powerful backers, they were able to gain some standing in Qingshui County and even Jincheng Prefecture.
This was all thanks to Song Qi having a maternal aunt who was the second wife of a high-ranking official in the capital, which helped the Song family's business.
Their smooth arrival to see this important person today was partly due to the efforts of this aunt.
I heard that this distinguished guest came to the hot spring resort to recuperate. Because he did not want to come alone, he chose a few people to accompany him, and my aunt was one of them.
The thought of soon meeting the person he never dared to dream of made him incredibly excited, and his steps became unsteady.
If he successfully marries Song Miaoyin, he will be surrounded by powerful and influential people, and then no one will dare to look down on him.
Just then, I heard a sarcastic voice coming from behind me.
"Oh, who do we have here? It's the son-in-law the Song family has brought in! Song Qi, didn't you always look down on this guy? Why did you bring him out today?"
Lin Yan'an was dressed in a bright red robe, idly fanning himself with a folding fan, his face full of mockery.
Lin Zhaozhao looked at the three of them with some surprise.
Rumors had been circulating in Qingshui County for months that Song Miaoyin was going to marry a poor scholar, but because Song Qi always acted as if everyone was talking nonsense at every banquet, they didn't pay much attention and just assumed that Song Qi looked down on the poor scholar.
This is the first time I've seen Song Qi bring this person to a banquet.
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