General Peng Si: "So what?"
Gu Hui glanced at General Peng Si speechlessly: "So, his men are likely watching at the city entrance. Fourth Uncle, you and your men are all acquaintances of him and his men, so it's not a good time for you to enter the city now. The three of us girls can disguise ourselves. We'll go into the city first to investigate, and you can wait for news outside. Otherwise, they'll know as soon as you enter, and then what are we supposed to arrest?"
Princess Jinghe wholeheartedly agreed: "General Peng, the three of us successfully infiltrated the Goddess Kingdom undetected. Compared to you, whom they are familiar with, it is indeed much easier for us to enter the city."
He San Niang nodded in agreement.
The deputy general under General Peng also felt that Gu Hui's words made sense. The previous news from the capital was that the people in the Peng residence were not Peng Mu, and that more than a dozen people who took care of his daily life disappeared with Peng Mu.
So the deputy general also joined in the persuasion.
General Peng Si sighed and looked around: "Alright, then you three young ladies go in first. We'll wait for news outside. If there's no news by noon tomorrow, we'll go directly to the Song family."
Gu Hui nodded.
Then the three girls dismounted, found a secluded spot, and began to dress up.
After disguising himself, he appeared before General Peng and his men, and as expected, they did not recognize him.
The three of them stopped riding horses and set off carrying small bundles.
They hadn't walked far when they came across an oxcart, and the three of them paid to ride in it to continue their journey.
"Big sister, did you think of this a long time ago? Why didn't you say so before, and only now?" After entering the city and getting off the oxcart, He Sanniang asked curiously.
“Before, Peng Mu’s mother even advised Fourth Uncle to let him go if possible! I said before, who knows if he would agree to abandon us and leave first?” Gu Hui said in a deep voice.
It wasn't that she was being petty and judging others by her own standards; it was simply that Madam Peng's words had sown seeds of resentment in her heart, causing her to distrust General Peng as well.
After Gu Xin's accident, Gu Hui stayed at her parents' home. Later, Peng Ze and Xue Qianyu went to look for her, but Gu Shouxin persuaded her to go back. At that time, Gu Shouxin also told her to be careful of Madam Peng Si when she went back, and Madam Peng Da also came over and said some things to her. So she took the opportunity to go back to the Peng family.
Before setting off, she happened to overhear General Peng and his wife talking about this matter. General Peng only said that he would handle it as he saw fit, without making a decisive refusal. Gu Hui felt uncomfortable, so she didn't say anything along the way and waited until they were about to reach Fuzhou City before speaking.
Fortunately, General Peng Si did not stop her, otherwise she would have suspected that General Peng Si also wanted to let Peng Mu go!
"Excellent, Hui Jie!" Princess Jinghe gave Gu Hui a thumbs up.
When they arrived, Gu Yingxue told the three of them where Cheng Huaiyu's husband's family lived. Although Gu Yingxue and the others were in Suzhou at the time, Peng Yizhu had come to Fuzhou when he was investigating Song Cheng, and had also taken Gu Yingxue there for a visit. Gu Yingxue remembered it clearly.
The three arrived at Yun'an Street, where the Song family lived. Without asking, they knew which house belonged to the Song family. The people around were gossiping, saying that the third son of the Song family had killed himself in a brothel.
Princess Jinghe whispered, "I suspect Peng Mu killed the person so he could take Miss Cheng away!"
He San Niang also joined Princess Jinghe in gossiping.
Gu Hui saw the Song family that was being talked about, and a group of people came out, including Cheng Huaiyu, who was wearing a white flower in her hair and a white ribbon tied around her shoulder.
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