Chapter 185: Wen Ruyue was heartbroken
Wen Ruyue woke up again.
Already in a guest room of the inn.
Wen Ruyue looked at the sunlight coming through the floor. Although it was a hot day, she felt cold in her heart and body.
The maid immediately brought a cup of tea and said, "Madam, please calm down. You must remain calm. We are relying on you to take charge of the situation now!"
Wen Ruyue took a deep breath and drank a sip of ginseng tea with the help of her maid.
After letting the maid calm down for a while, she finally calmed down.
However, his face was still ugly pale.
She asked the maid to tidy her up and then let the maid help her out.
The maid ran over, wiped the table and chairs again and again, put a cushion on the chair, and then helped her sit down.
Wen Ruyue's face was particularly gloomy. "Go, call the steward and the escort leader over to report back. Invite Mr. Situ to discuss this matter together."
"Yes." The maid responded and went to do her job.
After a while,
Situ Ming arrived first.
Situ Ming is tall and thin.
He likes to dress like a scholar, often holding a fan in his hand, and opening it and shaking it from time to time, which makes him look more like a weak scholar.
When Wen Ruyue saw him, she immediately stood up and said politely, "Mr. Situ, please sit here."
She turned around and ordered the maid, "Hurry up and serve the best tea to Mr. Situ. Mr. Situ is knowledgeable and talented, and is respected by the prince."
The maid immediately served the good tea.
Wen Ruyue knew that Situ Ming would become Huo Yaoxing's right-hand man in the future, and his status would even be higher than that of Wen Yan, his legal wife.
A smart person like Situ Ming can only be won over and not offended.
She wouldn't be as foolish as Wen Yan and offend him.
Instead, she would create an image of being approachable and respectful to Situ Ming.
Make him devoted to me and loyal to me like he is to Huo Yaoxing.
Wen Ruyue wanted to be his second master.
Situ Ming was also very respectful and polite to Wen Ruyue.
As the two of them politely complimented each other, the host and the guest sat down happily.
At this time.
The steward and the escort were both invited up.
There was a bruise on the steward's face and an obvious footprint.
When he saw Wen Ruyue, he fell to his knees with a thump.
The escort was hired and just bowed to her without knowing the etiquette.
Wen Ruyue immediately became displeased with the escort.
Her brows furrowed tightly as she began to question, "Why are you taking this old road instead of the official one? And why are so many crops sprouting?"
The manager wanted to die.
But he still answered truthfully.
He told the whole story from beginning to end.
Finally, he said, "If we hadn't encountered a landslide on the mountain road, we wouldn't be stranded here. It wouldn't have happened that the roof collapsed, soaking all the food."
After the manager finished speaking, he shed tears of grievance.
He felt that he was extremely unlucky.
To Wen Ruyue, every word the manager said sounded like sophistry and an excuse for himself.
Wen Ruyue learned that tens of thousands of dan of grain had all been soaked in water and had sprouted and moldy.
Almost fainted again.
This useless old thing caused her such heavy losses.
Now he wants to shirk responsibility.
She really wanted to have him beaten with fifty sticks to serve as a warning to others.
However, Situ Ming was also present.
She didn't want to give this clever man the impression that she mistreated her servants, so she had to hold it back.
She forced a smile that was uglier than crying and asked Situ Ming, "Mr. Situ, have you noticed anything?"
Situ Ming glanced at Wen Ruyue. Seeing that she really wanted to hear his opinion, he put his fist to his lips and coughed lightly: "I still have a few points that I don't understand and need to confirm again."
Wen Ruyue immediately made a gesture to invite him in.
Wen Ruyue's attitude towards Situ Ming was almost to the point of trying to please him.
Situ Ming then asked everyone:
"Please describe in detail the rubble blocking the official road, and the colors and shades of each plane."
"When and where the livestock became ill..."
He also sent people to investigate the source of the landslide to see if there was anything unusual.
"Pay special attention to whether there is a sandy or gravel smell in the soil."
Finally, he sent people to check the collapsed pillars of the roof and see the shape of the fracture.
Even the dumbest person could hear the clues.
What's more, Wen Ruyue asked, "Are you saying that the situation along the way was a frame-up?"
"Could it be that the bandits are targeting us?" the escort asked worriedly.
However, he felt it was unlikely.
The bandits didn't have such patience and followed for hundreds of miles without taking any action.
Moreover, in the first few days after the rain stopped, they were exhausted and it was the best time to seize food, but no one took action.
"The possibility of them being bandits is low." Situ Ming looked at Wen Ruyue, "Do you have any enemies?"
Wen Ruyue was stunned for a moment, then her face darkened: "Of course.
My adopted sister resents me for marrying the prince and has been plotting against me.
She's crazy about hating me.
Miaobizhai is the best example.”
Miaobizhai doesn't have much business now.
Wen Ruyue suffered heavy losses, spending at least three or four thousand taels of silver.
She has already planned to close the shop.
"Are you talking about Wen Yan?" Situ Ming was very familiar with Wen Yan.
The fundraising auction and Sun Rulan's execution were all instigated by her behind the scenes.
That's not a simple woman.
But women,
They are all about the love affairs in the harem.
As long as the rival is unhappy, he will do anything to hurt the enemy by 800 and hurt himself by 1,000.
Master Huo is indeed outstanding.
It is understandable that she was jealous and resentful, so she used such a low-brow trick to deal with her love rival.
Women are always petty and jealous.
Based only on the information at hand,
He was certain that the mastermind behind this was undoubtedly Wen Yan.
Soon, the people he sent out to collect information came back.
No saltpeter, gunpowder or other substances were found at the source of the landslide.
The broken ends of the roof pillars are not smooth, but jagged.
From this we can judge that the roof was not collapsed by human beings, but it broke off by itself because it could not withstand the rain.
"How could it be...it was all an accident!" Wen Ruyue's face turned ugly.
She immediately transferred her anger to the steward.
If he hadn't taken the initiative to change the route, it would have taken a few more days at most. How could all the food have been soaked in water!
Situ Ming doesn't think so.
He asked Wen Ruyue, "Don't you think there are too many coincidences in this whole thing?"
Wen Ruyue looked at him trustingly: "Are you saying that this was done by Wen Yan?"
Situ Ming nodded: "I am 90% sure that this was done by her."
Wen Ruyue was so angry that she gritted her teeth, not even feeling the pain when her fingernails dug into her flesh: "Wen Yan!
My Wen family has provided you with fine clothes and delicious food for sixteen years, and not only are you ungrateful, but you are actually plotting against me like this.
This time, I will definitely not be soft-hearted!"
Wen Ruyue's eyes were full of murderous intent.
Situ Ming just sneered.
Even if it wasn't her doing, it was just getting rid of a helpless village woman, so what was there to worry about?
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