Chapter 2329 Who Wants to Harm the Wei Family?
Zhao Xi did not leave the inn all day.
Shu Yu and Meng Yunzheng, however, after visiting the comatose Wei Shi, went for a stroll outside to avoid arousing suspicion, using the excuse of looking for the abbot of Dongqing Temple.
To be honest, they had been in the Southwest for several days, from Heichang County to Zhengdao Village, and then to Qingxuan County. Apart from keeping an eye on them, the people in the black market had not made any moves. They really didn't know what they wanted to do.
However, this is also good. Now that Wei is seriously injured, their inaction gives Shu Yu and the others time to recuperate.
When they returned to the inn that evening, the waiter brought them food and dishes, and while setting out the dishes, he whispered, "The guest who bumped into Young Master Meng this morning came to me and seemed to want to find out why you bought the jackfruit. As we agreed beforehand, I only said that Young Master Zhao wanted to use it for medicine, and I, a mere waiter, don't know much else."
This statement also provided Zhao Xi with an excuse to stay in his room and not go out for the past two days.
Meng Yunzheng knew that the people keeping watch would be suspicious, since it was unusual for someone to suddenly be carrying a basket big enough to fit a person. So when he first delivered jackfruit upstairs that morning, he was carrying real fruit. In fact, even if the person hadn't come out and bumped into him, he would have deliberately tripped and fallen as he entered the room, spilling the jackfruit out of the basket to show them what was inside.
This incident, even if it didn't completely dispel their doubts, left them with mixed feelings.
Otherwise, Meng Yunzheng believed that they would definitely find an opportunity to break into Zhao Xi's room.
Right now, they've just tested the waters with their employees.
The man continued, "The man also asked me where I bought the jackfruit. I said I bought it early this morning at the market. I guess they'll go check it out tomorrow."
Meng Yunzheng nodded. He had indeed found the jackfruit at the market and bought two full baskets. It wouldn't be difficult for them to check.
The waiter set out the food and then went out.
Shu and Yu rested for a night, and when they inquired about Wei's condition the next day, there was still no change.
The two could only continue to go out and check as if nothing had happened. Shu Yu originally wanted to go to the alley where Wei was hiding, but before she got close, she saw that it was surrounded by officials.
Meng Yunzheng said, "I left in a hurry at the time, and I left a lot of bloodstains in the alley without cleaning them up. It was behind the shop that caught fire, so it was bound to attract other people's attention."
Furthermore, the shop caught such a large fire, and the servants rumored to have burned to death inside were nowhere to be found, so it was natural to suspect arson. Coupled with the bloodstains in the alley, the case inevitably became more perplexing.
"Tell me, who exactly wanted to harm Wei Shi?" Shu Yu was horrified when she thought of the two holes in Wei Shi's abdomen. If Meng Yunzheng hadn't gone to rescue her, if he hadn't had life-saving and hemostatic pills, and if the person in charge of treatment hadn't been Zhao Xi, Wei Shi wouldn't have survived.
Meng Yunzheng was silent for a moment, then said, "I guess it's related to the owner of the shop she works for."
That day, as he listened to the gossip of the onlookers from the shadows, he found it very strange.
Those people said that the shop owner's daughter had heard noises coming from Wei's room, but the fire still broke out.
"Perhaps the master family had some secrets that the Wei family overheard, so they planned to kill them to silence them." This is the most likely guess.
(End of this chapter)
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