Chapter 396
Xu Tieniu quickly found a crucial point from this.
"This Li family's aunt and grandson have always lived in the Li family? Have you ever seen this Li family's son-in-law?"
The captain shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it."
"But everyone knows that Master Wenyuan's father is a very important figure."
"Because when the Li family's aunt came home to give birth, she was very glorious."
"My mother recalled later that the escort team included not only maids and servants, but also military officers riding tall horses."
"Everyone's been saying it with all sorts of details, saying that the Li family might have connected with some royal family."
Xu Tieniu's mind exploded with a bang: Li Ruide, Song Wenyuan.
This matter must be related to the Song family. Song Wenyuan is very likely a descendant of the Song family who was stranded outside. I just don’t know who in the Song family did it.
Xu Tieniu hesitated for a moment, then asked, "What kind of person is this Aunt Li?"
The captain looked regretful. "Mrs. Li is a famous beauty in the surrounding area. Not only is she beautiful, but she is also kind-hearted. She is kind to everyone and never gets angry with the servants. She is a living Bodhisattva in our area."
"I heard that there were two years when the harvest was poor. Not only did she beg the old man of the Li family to reduce the rent for the servants, she also built a porridge stall at the entrance of the town."
"Because of her kindness, many poor people in the area were able to survive the winter that year."
"As for her, everyone said she was a Bodhisattva descended to earth. It's a pity that good people don't have good fortunes. That fire back then..."
Xu Tieniu listened to the captain speaking slowly, and soon, as if he thought of something, Xu Tieniu took a deep breath and asked again.
"Brother, have you ever heard of a girl named Wang Sujun when you were young?"
The captain nodded without hesitation, "Heard of? We know him. Everyone in Taiping Town knows Wang Sujun's name. He's the hero we sent to Xiangnan Village."
Xu Tieniu's heart tightened. "She, she is also from Xiangnan Village?"
The captain slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, shook his head and said, "No."
"But she also grew up in Xiangnan Village. Her mother was a married woman from Xiangnan Village. It seems she always followed her father around. It was a chaotic time, with wars everywhere, and it wasn't convenient to bring a child with her, so they sent her to her maternal family."
"I remember that when she came, she was about ten years old. She was very small, hiding behind her grandmother timidly and didn't say a word."
"Her grandmother said that she was running around with her parents outside when she saw those bloody and scary scenes. She was terrified."
"When she first came here, no matter how much we teased her, she wouldn't speak. Everyone said she was mute. It was only after two years that she slowly started to speak."
Xu Tieniu took a deep breath and asked, "So, are Wang Sujun and Song Wenyuan close?"
"Yes, why not? She should be considered Master Wenyuan's personal maid. Everyone in the manor says that sooner or later she will be taken into Master Wenyuan's room!"
"And the Li family also knows about this rumor. They didn't refute it, so they tacitly agreed to it."
"But after the Li family got into trouble, she was taken away by her parents. They said they were taking her away to do some revolutionary work."
"A few years later, a letter came back saying that he had died and become a martyr. Her grandmother was already in poor health, and after hearing the news, she passed away within two months. Sigh~"
There was so much information that Xu Tieniu was a little confused.
But he was not an ordinary person after all, and he quickly calmed himself down.
"Brother, when was the Li family's house burned down?"
The captain tilted his head back and thought for a moment, "I can't remember the exact year, but my son seems to have been born around that time. It should have been around xxxx or xxxx."
.......
Xu Tieniu came out of Xiangnan Village, his weather-beaten face full of heaviness.
Although the captain of Xiangnan Village did not give the exact time, he remembered that in the same two years, the wife of the general's mansion went south for business, encountered bandits, disappeared, and disappeared in the south, never to return.
Afterwards, all kinds of rumors spread in the army, saying that the power of the general's mansion was originally merged because of the marriage between the general and his wife.
At that time, because of the accident that happened to his wife, the merged forces were quickly split into two, and the two forces were like water and fire.
He was still young at that time and didn't understand what was going on.
I only remember that the young marshal, who had been away for more than half a year looking for his wife, returned with his wife's coffin and red eyes.
Afterwards, the young marshal seemed to have changed his temperament, becoming violent, cruel and ruthless. After some ruthless measures, he quickly took over all the forces brought by the general's wife.
The person with the right to speak in the General's Mansion was suddenly divided into two.
That incident strengthened the position of the General's Mansion in the three northwestern provinces.
Although many people died, most of them were those with problems who were cleared out. The people who survived in the entire general's mansion were not affected at all. Instead, they were like a sharp blade drawn from its sheath.
At this point, Xu Tieniu also understood that the disaster that the Song family suffered back then might be closely related to the backyard of the general's mansion.
I just don't know whether the arson case of the Li family was committed by people from the General's Mansion, and what kind of conspiracy is hidden behind the sudden disappearance and death of the lady when she went south.
Could it be the general?
Xu Tieniu shook his head. It couldn't be a general.
Back then, the general and his wife were an enviable couple, loving each other deeply and having a very good relationship.
Even when his wife died later, the general, a tough man, almost turned into a walking corpse and almost chased after his wife.
And he really loves the young marshal.
Xu Tieniu carefully searched for those distant memories.
It can't be the general.
Could it be Adjutant Song?
At that time, not only the general's family lived in the general's mansion, but also the general's two brothers.
"Oh~", Xu Tieniu shook his head, his head was a mess.
It seems like the truth is right in front of us, but the involvement here is too complicated.
At this point in the investigation, Xu Tieniu's initial enthusiasm suddenly seemed to have deflated.
He subconsciously raised his hand and touched his left ear. It was empty, with nothing there except a large, uneven, horrible scar.
If the disaster that year was just a fight within the general's mansion, then those brothers who died for no reason...
It seems that he has to go back to the island. There are some things he needs to ask clearly.
That person should know these things better than anyone else.
(Character introduction: The Young Marshal is Song Jingzhou's father, the General is his grandfather, his wife is his grandmother, the Young Madam is his mother, the Li family is Li Ruide's grandmother's family, and the Li family's great-aunt is his mother. He used to be named Song Wenyuan. Wang Sujun is a member of the Wang family and is also Song Jingzhou's biological mother. Before liberation, she was the personal maid of the young master Song Wenyuan, the grandson of the squire Li family, and they had a mutual affection.)
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