Wei Huan appeared somewhat deranged at this moment; she couldn't believe that all members of the Wei family had perished in the fire.
But that was the truth. All the Wei family members in Jinzhou City died in the fire, while Wei Huan escaped because he went to Fukang County.
Liu Guanghan nodded without saying a word.
Upon seeing this, Wei Huan nearly fainted.
"It was the Su family! It must have been the Su family! It must have been the Su family who set the fire!"
Wei Huan shouted.
She genuinely believed that the Su family was behind all of this, and even began to suspect that the poisoning of the people of Fukang County was a scheme orchestrated by the Su family.
Xie Xuanyin, who was in the crowd, saw this and quickly spoke up to defend him.
"If the Su family could have burned the entire Wei family to death, how could they have almost been framed by the Wei family and had their property confiscated and their entire family wiped out!"
The Wei family was just a merchant family, and Jia Ren was just a minor county magistrate. How could they possibly have the audacity to poison the people of Fukang County?
There must be some powerful figure backing them up! Now that their scheme has been exposed, that powerful figure is setting the fire to silence them!
These remarks had been widely spread during the few days Xie Xuan had returned to Jinzhou City ahead of schedule, and the people generally agreed with them.
Su Muxi glanced at Xie Xuan in the crowd, nodded slightly, and then looked at Liu Guanghan.
"Lord Liu, are you planning to continue blocking the city gate with your men and prevent us from entering?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Guanghan quickly made way for him.
In the past few days, the Wei family's assets have been almost completely divided up by merchants in Jinzhou City, and without exception, all of them obtained the Wei family's assets through the Su family.
No one is a fool; naturally, they wouldn't ask for something empty-handed.
The Su family will allocate these properties according to who offers the highest price.
Of course, the Tao family received the largest share.
This made Tao Rong feel proud and smug in the Tao family.
In reality, the Su family shared so much benefit with the Tao family not because of Tao Rong's attentiveness to Su Muxi during his trip to Fukang County, but because they wanted to curry favor with the Tao family.
With the Wei family gone, the Su family may seem incredibly powerful, but in reality, they are all bark and no bite.
Therefore, this action was merely for show, to make outsiders believe that the Su family was now on good terms with the Tao family. This would make the Dou family, which was also one of the four great families of Jinzhou, wary and dare not act rashly.
Upon hearing that Su Muxi and her entourage had returned to the city, Su Xing led the Su family to welcome them. So, as soon as the carriage entered the city, Su Muxi heard Zhong Bin, who was driving the carriage outside, say with a smile, "Your Highness, the Master has come to pick you up!"
Upon hearing this, Su Muxi hurriedly lifted the carriage curtain, and the first thing she saw was Su Xing's smiling face.
"Father, you go back first. I need to go to the government office first, and I will come to see you later."
Upon hearing this, the Su family members who had come with them all changed their expressions.
They came here specifically to welcome Su Muxi, but Su Muxi dismissed them with just one sentence.
That's incredibly disrespectful of them!
However, Su Xing nodded and said that business was more important.
Upon seeing Su Xing, Wei Huan hurriedly cried out, "Brother Su, save me! I've given you my innocence, you can't be so heartless!"
"Nonsense! When have I ever tarnished your reputation!"
Su Xing was furious that Wei Huan would say such a thing in front of everyone.
Wei Huan looked aggrieved and sad as she said to Su Xing, "You and I, a man and a woman, were alone in the Fukang County prison for those few days. Have you forgotten, Brother Su? Not only that, you... you even drugged her."
Upon hearing this, the onlookers began to discuss it amongst themselves.
"They even drugged him! Su Xing seems so upright, I never expected him to resort to such despicable means!"
"At the time, Miss Wei wanted to marry Su Xing, but Su Xing outwardly disagreed. Unexpectedly, he secretly drugged her and ruined her reputation!"
"It's likely that Su Xing already knew about the Wei family's conspiracy, which is why he refused to marry Miss Wei. But seeing Miss Wei's delicate and charming appearance, he couldn't help but be tempted..."
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Hearing the increasingly vulgar comments around her, Su Muxi suddenly laughed.
"Hahaha…"
Upon hearing Su Muxi's inexplicable laughter, the people fell silent, belatedly realizing what they had just said.
They were actually discussing Su Xing in the street. You should know that now in Jinzhou City, the Wei family is gone, and the Su family has become the head of the four major Shanxi merchants.
Furthermore, Su Xing's daughter is the current Princess Yong'an. They must be tired of living to dare to talk about Su Xing like this.
Xie Xuan had already guessed Su Muxi's plan and asked at the opportune moment, "What was Your Highness laughing about just now?"
Su Muxi stopped laughing, but her eyes still held a smile. "Didn't Miss Wei just say that my father drugged her? How many of the gentlemen here have been to Fukang County?"
Do you all remember what Miss Wei said back then, claiming that her father drugged her? But what actually happened? I think you all remember that!
After all, the taste was quite memorable!
Su Muxi emphasized the word "taste," and the young masters present who had been to Fukang County immediately thought of the scene where Wei Huan pulled down his pants.
He couldn't help but start laughing too.
The unsuspecting common people were puzzled, while the young masters, who were laughing so hard they were doubled over, kindly told everyone the details of that day.
Wei Huan also thought of the embarrassing situation that day, and felt both ashamed and angry.
He frantically pounded on the prison van, shouting, "Stop talking! Stop talking!..."
But who would care about Wei Huan?
Soon, the people all knew about Wei Huan's public urination, and the laughter and contempt were endless.
As Wei Huan looked at the gazes directed at her and listened to the discussions around her, she felt her blood surging in her chest, and before she could catch her breath, she fainted.
Wei Huan was a very important witness, and he had to be safe before Xie Chi arrived. So Su Muxi hurriedly got out of the car and pretended to take Wei Huan's pulse.
Just then, a slightly familiar female voice rang out from the crowd.
"No need for your trouble, Your Highness! I will take Miss Wei's pulse myself!"
Su Muxi looked at the person who had come. Although the person was wearing a veil, she could still recognize them at a glance.
It was only because those arrogant eyes, tinged with disdain, were exactly the same as when they had met before.
Su Lingwei, dressed in white, looked ethereal and otherworldly.
Su Muxi stopped climbing onto the prison cart and took a few steps back.
"In that case, I'll trouble Miss Su to take Miss Wei's pulse."
Why not let someone else do it for her?
But Su Lingwei said meaningfully, "Miss Wei is an important witness, so naturally I won't let anything happen to her, otherwise wouldn't that be playing into someone's hands!"
Su Muxi had already learned from the messages sent by her secret guards that the second branch of the Su family had separated from the Su family.
Looking at Su Lingwei's behavior now, one can only think that Su Lingwei is hopelessly stupid!
Su Lingwei actually thinks that the Su family is targeting the Wei family; she really can't see reality!
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