Chapter 117 Want to kill him?
Zhao Yan never had the chance to see her again. He wandered alone outside her yard, watching the lock never being opened again.
He didn't dare to think about it, perhaps it would not be long before he would receive an invitation from Baili Yunzhou, and their names would definitely be written on it.
At that time, could he still bless them? He couldn't!
At this moment, he was defeated by a huge feeling of powerlessness. He wanted to find someone to ask about the Baili family, but his mind knew that this was inappropriate.
One day, he deliberately sat on the second floor of the teahouse for an entire day, watching the waiters and the shopkeeper of Changming Pavilion busying around, but she was nowhere to be seen. When she finally emerged at sunset, she was accompanied by Baili Yunzhou.
The two of them went in and out together, like a loving couple, which made him feel extremely dazzling.
So she didn't need him anymore, she hadn't needed him a long time ago.
In those helpless and decadent days, he felt half dead, yet he still got up early as usual to go to the government office, to hear various cases and deal with various difficult matters. If he hadn't accidentally heard someone mention Changming Pavilion, he would have thought he had forgotten it.
On this day, Wang Shuniang went to see Zhao Yan, but not for official business.
Zhao Yan took her to the backyard and served her tea and cakes, filling a large table.
Wang Shuniang ate a piece of lotus cake and drank a glass of water. After finally recovering, she said, "It wasn't a big deal. It's just that on the way back that day, Yu Hui and I met a few people. They didn't look like we were from this place. We didn't pay much attention at first, but one of them said, 'We're going to give Zhao Yan a good beating!'"
"We pretended to be food scavengers and quietly followed them along the way. They found a car and said they were going to the city. Finally, one of them disagreed, saying, 'We can't reveal our tracks. We need to wait a few days.' We listened for a while and decided that these people must be from the capital."
"The capital?" Zhao Yan was also puzzled. He had heard Wang Shuniang say that these people seemed like enemies, or people looking to cause trouble for him. However, he hadn't offended anyone in the capital. If the officials from the Ministry of Justice reported him, it would be official business. They wouldn't chase him here just to teach him a lesson or make him look bad.
Wang Shuniang immediately said, "Yes, I've heard you talk a few times. As soon as those people started talking, I knew they must be from the capital. They look like they're good at martial arts, and they all look very strong."
Zhao Yan thought that since he could call someone from the capital, this person must be from a prominent background.
Wang Shuniang remembered something, "I heard from Chen Juezi's family that the master killed the only child from his second wife's family. They will make the master pay sooner or later."
"Oh, why do they want me to look bad?" Zhao Yan chuckled.
Wang Shuniang said, "Sir, you must not be careless. The Chen family moved here from somewhere else. I heard that some of their family members were officials in the capital before. Now that Chen Juezi has died in prison, his family will definitely retaliate, saying that you killed him out of personal vendetta."
Afraid he wouldn't believe her, she added, "Many people know that Chen Juezi and his family are not good people. The day these people came, some people in our village saw and heard them. They said they wanted to take revenge on you, and I'm afraid they're telling the truth."
"Two years ago, a man from the third branch of the Chen family fell in love with the old man's daughter and raped her that very night. But the old man had no choice but to marry the girl to the third branch of the Chen family. But within three months, the girl hanged herself. I heard that the girl's family came to perform an autopsy and found that the third branch of the Chen family was infertile and had some strange habits that forced the girl to death."
Zhao Yan was surprised. "Why didn't you tell me about this before?"
Wang Shuniang said, "This happened too long ago. Besides, when we heard about Yu girl being surrounded by Chen Juezi that day, we were so worried about her that we didn't think about these things. Besides, the girl died a long time ago. If the adults want to investigate, it will be difficult."
Yes, there is no evidence after death. Even if he hangs up and beats the third son of the Chen family, there is nothing he can do if he denies it.
What people fear most is that good people die while bad people are still alive, because there is no evidence after death.
He unconsciously felt depressed.
"Okay, I just happened to be sending some eggs to Huatang, so I came to talk to the adults in case anything happens." Wang Shuniang said.
"Has my cousin's wife gone to see Huatang?" he asked.
"Well, I was shocked when I went there today. She is now the boss of a business jointly run with the Baili family. That Mr. Baili seems to be very busy, but..." She looked at Zhao Yan with some concern.
Although she didn't know what was going on, she knew that the young master of the Baili family was very fond of Huatang, and now that they had become partners, she was afraid that...
Zhao Yan's face remained calm as he asked in a low voice, "Bai Li Yun Zhou... has been here too?"
"That should be the case, right? ... I heard from the staff that Master Baili has been very busy these past few days..."
Fortunately, Zhao Yan didn't show any expression after hearing this. Instead, he said, "Thank you, cousin, for coming to tell me all this. If anyone else from the Chen family comes later, please let me know."
"Of course I should." Wang Shuniang agreed and stood up to leave.
When sending her off, Zhao Yan had the yamen runners pack up several kinds of cakes and pastries. "Take these, my cousin. Most people in the government office don't like sweets, so don't waste them."
After that, Wang Shuniang had a few more boxes of cakes in her hands, all of which looked good. She held out her hand to refuse, saying she had only come over to talk. Besides, Zhao Yan had helped them so much, how could she have the nerve to take them?
Unexpectedly, these were given by Zhao Yan sincerely, so she couldn't refuse anymore and took them and held them in her arms.
After leaving the government office, her arms felt heavy, and she felt both happy and sad.
She was happy because Zhao Yan had indeed changed a lot and liked Hua Tang. But she was sad because he had given her so much, but she couldn't help much. The only thing she could help with was probably the relationship between him and Hua Tang.
But Wang Shuniang knew clearly that no matter what, marriage was a matter of one's own will, and she also hoped that Huatang would marry the person she truly wanted to marry.
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After Wang Shuniang left, Zhao Yan thought for a long time. He couldn't underestimate these people coming from the capital. His cousin's wife was right. Sometimes local tyrants and scoundrels had no etiquette and no fear.
Before this, his father had reminded him that Jiang Huaxiang was very powerful and had many minions that he could not see. He thought for a while and wondered if these people were Jiang Huaxiang's men working together with the Chen family, because they all hated him equally.
He was thinking deeply, and coincidentally, the Zhao family also sent him a letter from the capital.
This letter was different from the previous family letters. My father only said one thing: someone had hired a killer to kill someone, and he had also sent someone from the capital.
Even his own father took action. It seems that the leader of these people is definitely not from the Chen family. I am afraid that it is just as he thought, and Jiang Huaxiang's men are also involved.
That night he called Wang Zhubu over and they discussed the matter.
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