"Did you discover something just now that stopped me from taking you to Merlin over there?" Xue Lingyue asked directly without beating around the bush.
"That's right," Wan Xueying nodded. "The third young master of the Ji family is nearby and he mentioned you specifically." She answered very straightforwardly.
Xue Lingyue sneered, "I guessed they wouldn't let me go easily." Before, they wanted to use General Ji's identity to force her to marry Ji Shaoang, and now they want to use despicable means to destroy her marriage with Pei Xuanqing.
Don't think she didn't realize that Ji Rongsan was planning on Pei Xuanqing. Ever since Pei Xuanqing appeared, her eyes have never left him.
After all, she was not familiar with Wan Xueying, so after expressing her gratitude to Wan Xueying, she changed the subject and asked curiously about Qian Youyun.
"What evidence do you have against Qian Youyun that will make her admit her mistake?"
Wan Xueying smiled and said, "No, I was just talking nonsense to piss her off." When it came to the eldest son of the Xue family, she wasn't going to be so foolish as to tell the truth.
"There must be something wrong with her that you can control her. By the way," Xue Lingyue reminded her, "She is a very narrow-minded person, so try to stay away from her in the future." She rarely talks about other people's gossip, and this time it was all because Wan Xueying helped her.
"I usually stay in the countryside, so I don't get many opportunities to see young ladies. If I do see her, I'll definitely stay away from her."
Xue Lingyue asked the question she had always wanted to ask: "Now that it's just the two of us, can you tell me the truth, has Lord Pei ever liked a woman in the past?" Otherwise, Ji Rongshan would not have deliberately taken the initiative to say that.
Wan Xueying frowned secretly. Okay, she was asking again. Although she had eavesdropped on Pei Xuanqing and Xue Jiaying's affairs, she couldn't bring herself to tell Xue Lingyue. So, she just used the same excuse as before.
But just as Wan Xueying and Shen Yu left, Xue Lingyue heard about what happened that year from Xue Fengyu, except that the heroine was Xue Jiaying's half-sister.
Xue Lingyue felt a wave of disgust when she remembered that Pei Xuanqing had previously been in love with a woman named Xue. But what could she do? She had fallen in love with Pei Xuanqing at first sight, and besides, their marriage was granted by the Emperor.
As Shen Yu accompanied Wan Xueying out of the Xue family's house, he couldn't help but ask her if she had been in any trouble today. Wan Xueying didn't hide anything and told Shen Yu everything that had happened today.
Upon hearing that the daughter of a Tongzhi dared to bully Wan Xueying, Shen Yu said angrily, "Don't worry, I will avenge you!"
"How do you plan to avenge me? Are you going to do something to Qian Youyun?" Wan Xueying was a little curious.
"That woman is just relying on Qian Tongzhi's status to bully you. I just need to find a way to bring Qian Tongzhi down." To cut the grass, you must remove it at its roots.
Wan Xueying agreed and said, "Your idea is good. I'll leave here a few days later."
Shen Yu raised his eyebrows, "Are you planning to help me?"
Wan Xueying smiled and said, "Actually, I'm helping myself."
This time, they both had the same idea. The most direct and effective way to bring down Qian Tongzhi was to gather evidence of his crimes. The Qian family and Qian Tongzhi's private vault were the best places to gather evidence.
Unless this person is honest and upright, it is impossible for him to leave no trace. If that is the case, they will definitely let him go. Otherwise, don't blame them for being rude.
Shen Yu took a temporary leave to pick up Wan Xueying. He could only send her to the inn where she stayed the day before. After reminding her to be careful in everything, he hurried back to the military camp.
No words were spoken that night.
Early the next morning, Wan Xueying took Baiji and Shunzi for a stroll in a carriage.
The Ningyang County Government is much larger than the Ningjiang County Government and has more things, but the same items are more expensive than in Ningjiang County.
Wan Xueying bought some medicinal herbs that she had never bought before, and also bought some medicinal herb seeds. She wanted to grow medicinal herbs in large quantities rather than farming or growing vegetables.
She also bought some fabrics, jewelry, and snacks, intending to share them with her family. Besides shopping, she also took the opportunity to inquire about the reputations of Xue Wanfang and Qian Tongzhi.
Xue Wanfang's reputation can't be said to be good nor bad, it can only be said to be average, and the people don't have many complaints about him.
However, Tongzhi Qian was a person with a very low sense of presence. The common people knew very little about him, and they didn't even know that Tongzhi of Ningyang County was surnamed Qian.
However, this cannot be the reason why Wan Xueying gave up on taking revenge on Qian Youyun and bringing down Qian Tongzhi. In her opinion, the lower the sense of presence of a person, the more dangerous he is.
She asked Shunzi to drive the carriage around Qian Tongzhi's house for a few circles, and only left after she had a general understanding of the Qian family.
Back at the inn, she immediately drew a map of the Qian family's distribution. After a night's rest, she took Baiji and Shunzi on a carriage ride out of the county government city.
No matter whose private library it is, find it and draw it out first.
As soon as I left the city, I saw many people queuing up. After asking around, I learned that several wealthy families in the city were jointly distributing porridge.
Compared to distributing porridge, Wan Xueying felt that distributing food to the common people was more practical. However, this was more of a customary practice for some wealthy families.
Those who do this are often young ladies who are about to get married, in order to gain a good reputation for being kind and charitable.
Across the crowd, Wan Xueying spotted Xue Lingyue, Ji Rongshan, and a few other young ladies she had met just the day before. As expected, she also spotted Qian Youyun.
She wasn't there to see their show, so she didn't go over to say hello and let Shunzi continue walking along the main road.
After walking a long way, they met about twenty women in rags holding children, but they paid no attention to them, subconsciously assuming that they were going to the soup kitchen to beg.
She always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
She was not the kind of person who liked to cause trouble, so she let the matter go and continued to use her mental power to investigate from time to time.
Not long after, she discovered something unusual on a nearby mountain. She quickly told Shunzi, who was driving the car, "Shunzi, let's go back immediately."
"Okay." Shunzi didn't ask why and quickly turned the carriage around and went back.
Their actions aroused the suspicion of the bandits who were lying in ambush on the mountain.
"Boss, they won't discover us, right?" one of the bandits asked the bandit leader.
"That shouldn't be the case!" The bandit leader was not sure either.
"Then why did they suddenly turn the carriage around and go back?"
The bandit leader did not answer his question and turned to ask the older bandit, "Military Advisor, why do you think this is happening?"
"I don't think they can find us." Because they just came here, and they are hiding very deep, outsiders can't see us at all. Then he said solemnly, "I'm afraid they will suspect something else." If that were the case, it would probably ruin their plan.
"Military Advisor, what should we do?" asked the bandit leader.
The man called military advisor narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Send a team to kill them!" Only the dead can make people feel at ease.
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