Chapter 128 The Extermination of the Cui Family
Qiao Qingchen's expression froze.
Aunt Wei, standing to the side, glared anxiously at Qiao Qingchen, signaling him to speak.
Qiao Qingchen looked bitter and suddenly didn't know what to say.
Seeing Qiao Qingchen's appearance, Aunt Wei no longer placed any hope in him and immediately asked, "Grandma, I heard that you helped the Qiao family bring back quite a few properties this time?"
"That's true." Madam Min smiled, looking at Aunt Wei with a playful gaze, waiting for her to continue.
Aunt Wei's face lit up with joy, her eyes gleaming. She hurriedly asked, "How much is the Qiao family going to give us, the third branch? When they divided the family property back then..."
Before Aunt Wei could finish speaking, Qiao Qingchen shouted, "Aunt!" interrupting her.
Aunt Wei was startled and frowned at Qiao Qingchen. "Why are you yelling? You scared me! If you're too embarrassed to say it, I'll say it for you, okay?"
"Aunt! Stop talking!" Qiao Qingchen sternly stopped Aunt Wei, then turned to look at Min Qiao Shi with shame. "Eldest sister, don't take Aunt's words to heart. We separated from the family ten years ago, and we have no reason to covet the Qiao family's property now."
Aunt Wei trembled with anger at his words. "What do you mean by coveting the Qiao family's property? Those properties originally belonged to the Qiao family! Logically speaking, when the family property was divided, our third branch should have received a share! It's just that those properties were seized by others at the time, so we couldn't get a share. Now that we've taken them back, why can't we get a share?"
Madam Min was amused by her shameless words. She wanted to ask, "Why didn't you ask those people for money when the family property was divided?" But she didn't want to argue with Aunt Wei. She just looked at Qiao Qingchen with a mocking gaze.
Qiao Qingchen's face darkened, and he said without any mercy, "If Aunt couldn't share the hardships with the Qiao family back then, why should she want to share the wealth with the Qiao family now?"
"Auntie, wake up! We've separated; we're no longer part of the main Qiao family!"
Enraged by her son's words, Aunt Wei immediately leaned over the coffee table and was about to attack Qiao Qingchen.
"You bastard! Who am I doing all this for? How can you talk to me like that? Are you even my son?..."
Qiao Qingchen let Aunt Wei scratch and tear at her without fighting back at all.
Madam Min rolled her eyes impatiently and said coldly, "Third brother, you should take your aunt back and make a scene. I'm tired and need to rest. I won't see you off."
As he spoke, he stood up and headed towards the inner room.
"etc."
That was Qiao Qingchen calling out.
Madam Min Qiao stopped and turned around, only to see Qiao Qingchen handing over a purse with a shy expression. "Eldest sister is leaving tomorrow, and I haven't prepared anything. Consider this my gift to eldest sister for her departure."
Min Qiao was taken aback, feeling that the purse looked somewhat familiar.
The old nanny Fang quickly whispered in her ear, "This is a purse that the Grand Madam gave to Third Master to store money when she first came to Hangzhou."
Min Qiao took the purse in surprise. "Are you sure you want to give it back to me?"
Qiao Qingchen smiled wryly: "This is my eldest sister's kind intention. But she saw it too, and I really have no face to accept it!"
"Big sister, I'll head back now. I'll see you off at the pier early tomorrow morning."
After saying this, he cupped his hands in greeting to Madam Min Qiao, and quickly left with Aunt Wei, who looked both curious and unwilling.
Only after the person had gone far away did Granny Fang sigh and say, "How did Third Master end up with such a mother?"
Min Qiao smiled but didn't say anything.
If Aunt Wei had been a sensible person, it's impossible to say whether the third wife's fate would have been better than the second wife's.
Although the third branch of the family seemed to have separated from the household and lived a poor and difficult life because of Aunt Wei's shallowness and selfishness, they all stayed together openly and honestly. In this respect alone, the third branch was ten times better than the second branch.
All I can say is that everyone has their own destiny.
After seeing Qiao Qingchen and Aunt Wei off, Madam Min ate something simple, washed up, and went to bed.
Nothing was said that night.
Early the next morning, Madam Min Qiao led her people to the dock.
Qiao Qingchen did indeed come to see him off.
However, he came alone this time.
Upon seeing him, Madam Min didn't say much to him, only offering some mixed words of advice, telling him to take care of himself and cherish his health. After handing him a box, she boarded the ship.
The box contained the purse that Qiao Qingchen had returned, two letters, a deed for a shop in Hangzhou and a 300-acre estate in the suburbs, and a silver note for 1,000 taels of silver.
Needless to say, the purse was the one Qiao Qingchen returned last night.
One of the two letters was written by Madam Min Qiao, asking him to move into her house after she left, as a way of looking after the house for her.
The other letter was written by Qiao Qingping. The shops, estates, and silver were assets provided by the Qiao family to Qiao Qingchen.
If it weren't for what happened last night, Madam Min would have sent these things to Qiao Qingchen before leaving.
Letting Qiao Qingchen's family live in her house was tantamount to putting the third branch of the family under the noses of those people. She was initially worried that doing so might be bad for the third branch.
But after what happened last night, Madam Min became even more determined to make this decision.
Aunt Wei was both shrewd and capable of causing trouble. With her around in Hangzhou, people's attention would never leave the third branch of the family.
It was only at that moment that Madam Min suddenly understood why the Qiao family had so easily separated the third branch of the family and allowed them to continue living in Hangzhou.
The third wife was a target left behind by the Qiao family in Hangzhou from the very beginning!
It was deliberately left by the Qiao family as an object for those people to ridicule, mock, ostracize, and vent their emotions on!
And now, she's just making good use of this target.
Madam Min didn't know how Qiao Qingchen would react to seeing the contents of the box, nor did she want to guess. All she wanted now was to return to the capital as soon as possible.
Four days have passed since Madam Zheng's accident. I wonder how she is doing now.
Soon, the servants and bodyguards carried the last wooden crate piled on the dock onto the ship, and all the luggage that needed to be loaded onto the ship was moved.
After confirming that the number of boxes and the number of people were correct, and that Ms. Min had no further instructions, the large ship finally slowly sailed away from the dock.
Meanwhile, those who were closely monitoring Min Qiao's every move couldn't help but beam with joy after confirming that Min Qiao's large ship had left the port.
The Cui family was overjoyed, feeling a sense of escaping from the depths of their hearts, and they were all radiant with happiness.
With Madam Min gone, the Cui family's good days can continue!
However, five days later, on the very night that the large ship carrying Min Qiaoshi left the Jiangnan region, the entire Cui family of eighty-seven people was wiped out overnight! Not a single member of the Cui family, including Cui Cheng and Cui Hao, survived!
The Cui family's affair truly shocked the people of Jiangnan, but it wasn't enough to instill fear in them.
What truly kept them up at night was that, following the tragedy of the Cui family, the assassin organization that had been controlled by the Cui family in recent years had completely disappeared from the Jiangnan region!
All the assassins planted in each household died overnight. Their bodies were left outside each house's gate.
The original secret training base for assassins was reduced to ruins overnight. Dozens of children who were undergoing intensive training also vanished without a trace in a single night.
In the end, what happened to the assassin organization? Nobody knows!
How many members are left in the assassin organization? Nobody knows!
Who controls the remaining assassins? That remains a mystery!
But one thing is certain: the person who controls the assassin organization is definitely connected to the Qiao family!
Otherwise, the Cui family wouldn't have been wiped out!
But what can they do even if they know? They dare not touch the Qiao family again, because those vanished assassins are now a knife hanging over their heads!
Who knows, they might have attacked the Qiao family one moment, and the next moment, assassins might break into their house and wipe out their entire family?
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