Chapter 107 The Truth Behind the Li Family Massacre
Seeing that Xiao Li refused to say anything, Min Qiao did not want to force her, so she did not ask any more questions.
When the group arrived at the courtyard where Old Master Qiao and Old Madam Qiao lived, the two elderly people and Qiao Qingping, the eldest brother of Min Qiao, were already waiting in the main room.
When Madam Min entered the room and saw the two elders, she immediately knelt down on the ground and kowtowed three times sincerely.
"Your unfilial daughter has returned to see her parents."
Old Master Qiao only sighed softly, but Old Madam Qiao didn't even show any expression. Her attitude towards Min Qiao Shi seemed even colder than that of Old Master Qiao.
"Get up." Old Master Qiao raised his hand, and Granny Fang and the others quickly stepped forward to help him up.
After Madam Min Qiao sat down, Madam Li also sat down next to Qiao Qingping.
As is customary, the next step is to exchange pleasantries.
However, as soon as Madam Li sat down, Old Master Qiao waved his hand and said, "You two, mother and daughter-in-law, go out first. There are some things that my eldest son and I need to say to Qinghe alone."
So, before she could even sit down properly, Ms. Li quickly stood up and helped Old Mrs. Qiao out the door.
After the two left, Little Li hesitated for a moment before asking, "Mother, what exactly do Father and the others want to talk to my younger sister about? Why won't Father even let Mother listen?"
Grandma Qiao glanced at Little Li and said, "Don't ask questions about things you shouldn't know."
Madam Li frowned. "Mother, don't you have any doubts? When Grandfather was still alive, he always thought about my eldest sister. He didn't care about any of us who served him."
"Now that my eldest sister is back, Father and Qingping only talk to her. They won't let me hear, which is bad enough. But they even kicked Mother out as well. Doesn't Mother feel bad about it?"
Old Mrs. Qiao gave Little Li a cold look. "You're resentful, so you deliberately brought your second son's wife to give Qinghe a hard time?"
A hint of embarrassment flashed across Xiao Li's face. "Mother, you've misunderstood. I didn't mean it. I saw that my second sister-in-law was in good spirits today, and I thought that my eldest sister and my second sister-in-law were the closest before my eldest sister got married, so I said I would take her out to pick up the guests. My eldest sister was happy to see the guests, wasn't she?"
"Who would have thought that my second sister-in-law would suddenly fall ill after seeing my eldest sister?"
"Mother, I really didn't mean to."
Grandma Qiao snorted coldly, "I'm not senile yet. I can tell whether you're doing it on purpose or not. Don't try to fool me."
Grandma Qiao sighed, "Well, it's not a bad thing to let her see the condition of the second son's wife with her own eyes."
“She grew up with her deceased grandfather from a young age, learning a lot of skills, but also developing a self-righteous personality.”
"It's not a bad thing to let her suffer a little loss."
Ms. Li's face lit up with joy, and she was about to echo her sentiments.
Then Old Mrs. Qiao said coldly, "This is the only time. No matter how much I dislike Qiao Qinghe, she is still my daughter! You have no right to lecture her."
"Yes. I won't do it again," Little Li replied sheepishly.
Grandma Qiao: "Let's go see the second son's wife."
"yes."
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Inside the main room.
After Old Madam Qiao and Madam Li left, Old Master Qiao asked Madam Min to dismiss Granny Fang and the others, leaving only Old Master Qiao, Qiao Qingping, and Qiao Qinghe.
Qiao Qingping personally went to the door and asked Manager Li to watch the door before closing the door and returning.
Old Master Qiao looked at Qiao Qingping and said, "You tell me."
Qiao Qingping nodded, looking at Min Qiaoshi with a complicated expression, "Elder sister, don't you have anything you want to ask?"
Madam Min was taken aback. Her father had asked her eldest brother to speak, but he had instead told her to ask herself. It seemed the matter was too complicated for her brother to know where to begin, so he had her ask.
After thinking for a moment, Madam Min decided to ask the person closest to her.
"Is the gatekeeper, Manager Li, an assassin?" Madam Min decided to start with Ajiu's question. "My maid said that Manager Li was one of the perpetrators in the massacre of the Li family in Hangzhou."
Qiao Qingping nodded slightly. "That's right. Manager Li is indeed a member of the assassin organization. He was also involved in the massacre of the Li family."
Madam Min was shocked. "So, the massacre of the Li family was orchestrated by my eldest brother?"
Qiao Qingping shook his head. "No."
"no?"
"The real masterminds behind this are the Cui family."
"Isn't the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family the eldest daughter of the Cui family? Why would the Cui family send someone to assassinate a member of the Li family?" Min Qiaoshi wondered.
Qiao Qingping said sarcastically, "The Cui family's initial plan was not to exterminate the entire family, but only to kill the two elders of the Li family who were in the way, and then kill a few servants to settle the matter."
"The assassin was also arranged by the Cui family themselves."
Qiao Qingping sneered, "However, what they didn't expect was that there were members of the Qiao family in the assassin organization."
"Since they want to use the lives of the Li family to slander you, how can we not let them have their way?"
"So, simply killing a few people becomes wiping out an entire family."
Madam Min was horrified. "So, the Cui family didn't initially expect that all thirty-four members of the Li family would be killed?"
Wouldn't you call this a case of trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice instead?
However, "why would the Qiao family have members of an assassin organization?"
Qiao Qingping hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Because the assassin organization was under the control of the Qiao family for a long time!"
Madam Min Qiao was startled: "What did you say?!"
Qiao Qingping raised his hand and pressed down, "Don't get agitated, this is just an appetizer. If you can't even accept something this small, then I don't know whether I should continue talking."
Madam Min took a deep breath and calmed herself down a bit. "Brother is right. I was making a fuss over nothing. Please continue, brother."
"More than 30 years ago, the assassin organization was transferred to the Qiao family. The Qiao family provided funding, personnel, and resources, and secretly controlled the operation of the assassin organization."
At this point, Qiao Qingping looked meaningfully at Madam Min, "Would you like to guess who transferred the assassin organization to the Qiao family?"
A bad feeling suddenly arose in Madam Min Qiao's heart. She had married into the Xuanping Marquis's household more than thirty years ago.
"It can't be..."
Before Madam Min Qiao could finish speaking, Qiao Qingping gave her a definite answer: "That's right, it's Marquis Xuanping, Min Ji!"
“Min Ji? How could it be him?” Madam Min Qiao was still a little incredulous.
Qiao Qingping sneered: "Why can't it be him?"
"He... wasn't he focused solely on saving the Xuanping Marquis's mansion? How could he possibly be involved with an assassin organization?" Madam Min Qiao couldn't understand.
Just then, Old Master Qiao coldly interjected, "Why do you think Min Ji wants to save the Xuanping Marquis's Mansion? And how does he intend to save it? Why did the Xuanping Marquis's Mansion initially teeter on the brink of extermination?"
"Confiscate their property and exterminate their clan? Isn't it just a simple matter of stripping them of their titles?" Madam Min was once again stunned by Old Master Qiao's words.
She had always known that the Xuanping Marquis's mansion was in dire straits and fraught with crises, and that Min Ji had spent his entire life working tirelessly to protect it.
But she never knew that the Marquis of Xuanping's family had once faced the desperate situation of having their property confiscated and their clan exterminated.
"You really don't know anything." Old Master Qiao shook his head with a wry smile.
They only learned about these things later. However, by then, Madam Min Qiao had already married into the Xuanping Marquis's household and severed ties with the Qiao family.
"What exactly is going on?" Min Qiaoshi became more and more confused as she listened, as if she were sinking into a quagmire, powerless to struggle, and dared not struggle, her heart sinking straight down.
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