Chapter 129
Feeling that the efficiency of a four-person team exploring the yard was a bit low, Qin Huan finally, with Bei Qiao's tacit approval, asked Jinhua to go outside the door and call some people to join the team searching the yard.
The people who were outside asking neighbors for news also came in. They reported that a neighbor saw the people who originally lived in this yard driving away this afternoon. They said that the house had changed hands and they were going back to the capital to wait for future work arrangements.
"Where are the trees in the yard?"
"Miss, they are all in the neighbors' homes." I just don't know whether they were given away or sold.
"Where are the stone lions at the door?"
"The neighbor didn't see who took it. It was still at the door before they left in the afternoon."
Qin Huan: "..." How come she didn't know anything about such a big thing as moving? How come she was treated like a thief running for her life by this family?
Putting aside the things he didn't understand, Qin Huan sent these people to search the yard, and sat on the bench that Ying'er brought for him to rest for a while.
Strength lies in numbers, and the more than 30 rooms in the yard were quickly searched. After checking the last room, Bei Qiao followed the main group out of the yard, locked the door, and sat in Qin Huan's carriage, watching the others report to Qin Huan one by one.
"To sum up, there are only 32 empty houses in the yard except for the grass. The kitchen stove has become a wild cat's home. The mechanisms in the bedroom have all been removed, and the tiles are gone." Qin Huan took the tea handed to him by Zhan'er and took a sip: "There are more things in the dilapidated temples in the wild than in this yard." At least they have a table.
"No surprise, but I didn't expect it to be so excessive." Bei Qiao shrugged: It's okay to take away your own things, but taking away even the floor tiles and flowers and trees is too much, right?
"So the people who look after the house have to be rotated regularly, otherwise things will go wrong easily." Qin Huan put down his teacup: There are so many cases of deceiving superiors and hiding the truth from subordinates, and some people who can't stand up to their own will even be bullied by the maids and servants in their homes.
"That's true." Bei Qiao looked at the gate of the courtyard in front of him: "When I think about the fact that I still have to pay taxes for this courtyard, ah..." It can't be said that I lost money, but I really don't feel like I made any money at all. Instead, I feel a little depressed.
"Haha... If you really don't like it, I can buy the house." This family's actions were indeed dishonest, but the owner could have easily claimed ignorance and shirked responsibility by claiming the subordinate acted on their own initiative. There were laws governing the sale of houses, but there were no obvious signs of damage to the exterior of the house, and Bei Qiao only had the deed, not the purchase agreement. Arguing with the elderly man in the capital about compensation was unlikely to yield the desired outcome.
"So you can only consider yourself unlucky, right?"
"If you had a contract, I could ask someone to help you ask, but you only have the title deed, so this matter is... well." Qin Huan spread out his hands: Who would have thought that you, who looks so smart, would make such a low-level mistake!
Bei Qiao: Although, if I had asked for the contract at the time, they would probably have just walked away. Sometimes, it's not a question of whether you want it or not. You can only say that this windfall is like opening a blind box. Whether it's good or bad, you can't choose. It all depends on luck.
Bei Qiao was unsure whether to sell the courtyard, so he took one of Qin Huan's carriages back to the inn and agreed to meet again the next morning. Qin Huan satisfied his curiosity and went back to the front door from the back door. He saw a relative he disliked at the door.
"Huanhuan, you're back?" A distant cousin whose name Qin Huan had never remembered came up to him. Although his movements were proper, his eyes made Qin Huan feel very uncomfortable: "I heard that you went to see your cousin Qiao, but he treated you rudely. As they say, people's hearts are hidden, right?"
"What do you mean?" Qin Huan took a step back with a stern face, creating some distance: "Is that me you're talking about? Could it be that there's another me in the world... Oh, I almost forgot, there was indeed more than one me today, but now that person has been sent to my brother's place."
"What are you pretending to be...stupid?" The distant cousin swallowed back the curse words that were stuck in his throat, forced a smile and came up to me: "Didn't we agree that I am the one who is more suitable for you?" For some reason, he emphasized the word "destiny".
"My cousin's dreaming posture is quite novel. He can actually sleep with his eyes open and talk in his sleep." Qin Huan sneered: Who told you that even those fakes might not like you...huh? Why did he deliberately mention cousin Qiao? Could it be that one of the two fakes who had approached cousin Qiao before was his accomplice?
"Huanhuan, what are you talking about? I..."
"Why did you come back just now?" Just when Qin Huan couldn't help but want to beat up the lecher, Qin Guan, who was watching someone interrogate the fake Qin Huan in his yard, rushed over after hearing the news and directly separated the two with his shoulder.
"Brother!" Qin Huan happily went up to him and took Qin Guan's arm. "Have you come to any conclusion on the matter I asked you to do?"
"I got it." Qin Guan glanced at his distant cousin out of the corner of his eye and said, "Go back and tell him. Qingshu, bring him with you."
"Hey, hey, what are you doing? I am your future aunt...ah! Murder! Help!" The distant cousin struggled hard, but was still dragged away.
"Be quiet, my guest, and be careful with your words." Qingshu looked at the sweat towel that he had stuffed into his distant cousin's mouth with heartache: If you couldn't control your mouth, would I have wasted a sweat towel?
The distant cousin tried to struggle and ask passers-by for help, but it was already late and there were not many people on the road. The noise of the passing carriages was loud, and the people in the carriages could not hear his muffled cries for help at all.
After his arm was twisted and he was pushed into the hall, he probably knew that he had no chance, so he calmed down. He even had the leisure to admire the newly replaced screen in the hall and wondered if there was anyone behind the screen: if there was, it must be his sister Huanhuan, whom he was determined to get close to.
"So, he hired that imposter who's so good at imitating me." Qin Huan, who wasn't behind the screen, was standing outside the room, arms folded, listening to her brother, Qin Guan, briefly summarize the results of the interrogation. The fake Qin Huan who had conspired with the thief to steal the fan had been sent to the authorities, while the other fake Qin Huan remained in the Qin residence, awaiting a confrontation with his distant cousin.
"Yes, in order to imitate you, she spent a long time observing your movements and habits, imitating your voice. If you hadn't changed your route home today and ran to find Qiao Qiao, and if fake Qin Huan hadn't gone to find Qiao Qiao out of curiosity, the person going home today might not be you... a bunch of bastards!" Thinking that his sister might be replaced, Qin Guan clenched his fists in anger: He just plotted it once last month, and now it's happening again. Does he think Huan Huan is easy to bully, or does he think the Qin family is easy to bully?
"Don't be angry, brother. I'm fine, aren't I?" Qin Huan saw that his brother was so angry that his breath changed, and quickly patted him on the back to calm him down. "I strictly abide by the principle of not being alone when I go out now. Today, I have almost 20 people with me, and half of them are capable of fighting. What can go wrong?"
"It will be too late when something really happens!" Qin Guan came to his senses and glared at Qin Huan: "I'm not worried about a head-on confrontation, but how can these rats in the gutter possibly deal with you openly?"
"Ah, that's true..." If drugs were used, no matter how many people there were, they wouldn't be able to withstand it.
The actions of his distant cousin have threatened the safety of his family. In order to prevent him from making a comeback in the future, Qin Guan told his parents about this matter and prepared to make a quick decision and kill this bastard as soon as possible.
Of course, the distant cousin would not admit his crime. Instead, he made up a love story between himself and Qin Huan. The vividness of the story made Qin Guan so angry that he kicked him to the ground: "I underestimated you. You knew so much about my sister's whereabouts." He would go back and find out which traitorous servant was so talkative!
"Unfair! Heaven and earth can attest to my sincere love for Huanhuan. I..."
"Shut up!"
"Mom..." Behind the screen, Qin Huan, who was disgusted by his distant cousin, subconsciously hugged his mother's arm, and felt that the dinner he had eaten before was churning in his stomach.
"Guan'er, I believe you won't lie, but we can't convict him based solely on this woman's one-sided statement." The elders who were called by Qin Guan were a little tired, because Qin Guan's branch had the most promising development, and they would usually give Qin Guan more face. Even if they were called by Qin Guan to discuss things at night, they would only complain in their hearts.
But giving them face didn't mean they would consider things from Qin Guan's perspective. Rather than speaking out for justice, they were better at smoothing things over. What happened today was too big. Qin Guan wanted this person and the people from that branch removed from the family tree before sending them to the authorities. From then on, they would go their separate ways. Although only this distant cousin and his mother remained on that branch, this matter still required careful consideration.
"That's right, and these two children are a good match, aren't they..." Qin Gongyue, the clan elder who had received money from someone, muttered in a low voice.
"What did you say?" Qin Guan knew some elders among the clan might be confused, but he hadn't expected this man to be so foolish. Considering his age, where a beating would only cost him medical expenses, he reluctantly held his temper and continued to reason: "It's true that he sent people to ambush Huanhuan, and they've been caught..."
"Putting this question aside, how do you know that this Huanhuan is the real Huanhuan?"
"Ah?" Qin Guan was stunned for a moment, his face instantly turning pale: "What nonsense are you talking about? How can I not recognize my sister?"
"Really? Then how do you prove it?"
"Proof, right?"
A few minutes later, Bei Qiao, who was blocked by the Qin family at the door of the inn, rolled his eyes speechlessly: "What about the privacy of ordinary people? I have only been in Linjie City for a few hours, how come so many people seem to know I am here?"
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