Chapter 96
Whom did he ask?
Wen Shu?
Wenxi suddenly laughed, slumped to the ground, and burst into wild laughter, as if she had heard some incredible joke.
Her face looked strange, with paleness under her eyes.
Pei Lingjun immediately beckoned to a nearby clerk and asked in a low voice, "Are all of Wen's family members here?"
"Yes, when Lord An went to confiscate their property, he brought everyone with him."
After waving away the minor official, Pei Lingjun took a deep breath. "Don't you want to know Wen Quan's whereabouts?"
Upon hearing Wenquan's name, the First Madam frequently lost her composure and nearly went mad.
Wenxi's exaggerated smile froze. "So what if I know? I came back, and I still got arrested!"
"Too bad... Hahaha... Didn't you want to know where Wen Shu is?" Wen Xi waved to him through the iron bars of the cell. "Come closer, and I'll tell you."
"She...is dead...hahahaha—"
The shrill laughter stopped abruptly as the young man grabbed the woman's neck, tightening his grip silently and choking her.
Wenxi liked seeing the disappointed looks on the faces of everyone who worried about Wenshu.
"Say it again?"
"Cough, cough, cough!" Wenxi's eyes were bloodshot. "No matter how many times I say it... she's still dead..."
A chill ran down his spine, and Pei Lingjun abruptly released her.
"That's a question for you, cousin—" Wenxi, completely unconcerned about nearly being strangled to death by the man, continued her provocative taunts, "I was wondering who Wen Shu had offended? If it wasn't those people from Dragon Tiger Stronghold, they've already deserted the stronghold..."
“It was a woman—” Wenxi sneered, “I saw it with my own eyes, you were very intimate with a woman!”
Pei Lingjun's eyes widened slightly.
Wenxi was quite satisfied. Seeing his self-reproachful expression, he slowly said, "Cousin, it's all because of you..."
Because he...
Was it him who harmed Wen Shu?
The young man gritted his teeth, stood up abruptly with a cold face, and ignored the woman's sharp laughter behind him.
Outside the prison cell, dark clouds obscured the last ray of sunlight.
The young man's face was terribly gloomy.
After leaving the government office dungeon, just as he was about to head to the Wen residence, he unexpectedly encountered Zhu Zijin outside the government office.
It just so happens that he was looking for him.
Pei Lingjun grabbed him by the collar and slammed him against the wall with a thud, his throat filled with barely suppressed rage, "Where's Wen Shu? I'm asking you, where is Wen Shu?!"
Zhu Zijin was dumbfounded. He had no idea why Wen Si Niangzi had suddenly disappeared, but before Pei Lingjun left, he had repeatedly told him to take good care of her.
"Enough, what's the point of arguing about this now?"
Accompanying Zhu Zijin was a woman, whose appearance was visibly haggard; it was Zhuang Yan, whom he recognized.
"A-Shu disappeared at Guangfu Temple that day. We've already sent people to look for her," Zhuang Yan sobbed, "but we just haven't found her..."
"What do you mean 'disappeared'?" Pei Lingjun suddenly regretted leaving Wen Shu alone at the Wen residence.
Zhuang Yan continued, "That day, the First Madam sent people to search, and they only found Hanxiang by the river behind Guangfu Temple, but there was no trace of Wenshu. Our people searched downstream for a long time, but they still couldn't find her..."
"Uncle...I'm sorry..." Zhu Zijin knew perfectly well what Wen Shu meant to him; even death could not atone for his sins today.
Fragrant...
Something suddenly flashed through Pei Lingjun's mind: "Hanxiang isn't in the dungeon, where is she?"
Zhu Zijin now understood: "When Lord An searched the house, he did not find Hanxiang's indenture, nor did he find Hanxiang herself, which is why she was not in the dungeon."
A contract of indenture?
Hanxiang was Wen Shu's personal maid. Even if the contract of indenture wasn't in the hands of the First Madam of the Wen family, it should have been in her hands.
Pei Lingjun's eyes were deep as he recalled Wenxi's words.
"Cousin, it's all because of you—"
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