After curing Yi Shuihan's poison, Xiao Qingyin asked him, "Why did you come here?"
The Qingfeng Pavilion was right next to the street where they watched the acrobatics. She never expected Yi Shuihan to be here when she was looking for him. She had to search house to house to find him.
Yi Shuihan was still a little dazed, but he was overjoyed to see his wife.
"I came in following your voice."
He replied.
"But I looked for you for a long time after coming in and couldn't find you. I only saw a lot of people playing games."
Playing games?
Xiao Qingyin narrowed her eyes.
This is Qingfeng Pavilion, not a children's playground. What games are there to play?
"What games are you playing? Have you played any?"
Yi Shuihan shook his head: "I didn't play."
He described to Xiao Qingyin the games those people were playing.
Xiao Qingyin blushed upon hearing this.
That's not a game.
Well, no, calling it a game isn't wrong either.
It's just not suitable for this idiot to watch.
This idiot's IQ is only that of a five or six-year-old.
He replied, "You can't watch these games, they'll give you a sty, you know?"
Yi Shuihan blinked: "Am I going to get a sty?"
Xiao Qingyin: "..."
"I'll wash your eyes later, and they won't grow anymore."
Yi Shuihan's worry turned to joy. He took her hand and said happily, "My wife is so good."
Xiao Qingyin patted his head and asked in detail, "How did you hear my voice? Was anyone else around at the time?"
Yi Shuihan recounted the story of the old woman who had led the way and the seven burly men.
Xiao Qingyin's face darkened.
She said, "How could that idiot disappear in the blink of an eye? Someone really did something."
He immediately sent someone to find the old woman and the seven burly men.
The person was brought there very quickly.
Yi Wubing reported: "The seven burly men are in the room the master mentioned, but the old woman was found under the artificial hill. She was carrying valuables and was about to escape."
Without saying a word, Xiao Qingyin administered the medicine to them.
These people confessed the truth.
Everything was orchestrated by this old woman. She tricked Yi Shuihan into being pushed to the door and pulled in. The burly man was also arranged by her, all to humiliate Yi Shuihan.
"Who told you to do this?"
Xiao Qingyin asked sternly.
"I don't know who it was," the old woman replied. "It was a skinny man who showed me a picture of this gentleman and told me to do as he said. He promised me a thousand taels of silver. My son happens to owe several hundred taels in gambling debts, and people come to our door every day to collect the debts..."
This old woman works odd jobs at Qingfeng Pavilion.
No one expected that she would have the audacity to do such a thing.
The museum owner was also kneeling there. Upon hearing her words, he angrily shouted, "You've seen the portrait and you still don't know who this is! How dare you plot against this person? You're just asking for trouble yourself, how could you drag us down with you?"
Qingfeng Pavilion represents so many years of his hard work.
Now that this has happened, it's likely that the business will never be able to resume.
Xiao Qingyin ignored their lawsuit and had one of the guards, who was skilled in painting, draw a portrait of the man based on the old woman's description.
Then he took the portrait to find someone.
Under the guise of searching for Yi Shuihan, they went to all sorts of people and found him that very day.
However, by the time they found him, he was already dead.
He was strangled.
Clearly, someone killed him to cover it up.
Yi Wu asked her, "Could it be that they are the same group of men in black who appeared on the cliff earlier?"
Xiao Qingyin shook her head: "It shouldn't be."
Those men in black attacked with deadly moves, and this man intended to ruin Yi Shuihan's reputation.
Their styles of doing things are completely different.
Moreover, after hearing Yi Wu and the others' descriptions, she felt that the group of people in black were the same group that had put Yun Shu to death.
It's just unclear who exactly is causing trouble for Yun Shu one minute and for Yi Shui Han the next.
Is there any connection between the two of them?
Because these people seemed to be from another region, she asked Yi Wu to keep an eye out for foreign envoys who had recently come to Da Xi, hoping to find a clue.
As for what happened today, she does have someone she suspects.
Try it and you'll know if it's their doing.
She immediately made arrangements: "We've finished mining that gold mine, we can start spreading the news now..."
What was being spread were dubious rumors.
It is said that Yi Shuihan discovered a gold mine in several mountains that he obtained from Situ Ming. What they have been digging in the mountains these days is not coal at all, but gold.
When the news reached Situ Ming, he was having breakfast.
He orchestrated the whole thing at Qingfeng Pavilion.
It's rare to see Yi Shuihan become a fool, losing his former shrewdness; now I can finally get to work and cause some trouble.
I never expected that he would escape such a good opportunity.
This person is really lucky.
He truly lives up to his reputation as a jinx.
The mention of the evil star reminded him of the old Taoist priest, and his heart was filled with hatred once again.
I don't know who that old Taoist priest is. If you want to kill Yi Shuihan, then kill him. You even used him.
He was almost struck by lightning and killed.
The first thing I did when I woke up was to confront the old Taoist priest, but he had already disappeared.
The only consolation was that he had managed to swindle Yi Shuihan out of a sum of money.
When his subordinates told him that Yi Shuihan's men were digging for gold instead of coal, his first reaction was that Xiao Qingyin was spreading rumors.
She must have realized she'd been tricked and was resentful, so she fabricated this story to make him regret it.
But as more and more details reached his ears, such as the discovery of large amounts of gold sand in the lower reaches of the Longtail River near that mountain, which sparked a gold rush, he finally couldn't sit still any longer.
"Someone, go and investigate whether there is a gold mine in that mountain."
After investigating, the subordinates reported: "The mountainside has been completely mined out, and no formed gold nuggets can be found. However, the soil does contain a lot of gold dust, suggesting that a small gold mine once existed."
Situ Ming was so angry he almost vomited blood.
A gold mine!
In order to get back at Yi Shuihan, he actually sold the gold mine!
They even thought they had outsmarted the other party, swindled them out of money, and gained a great advantage.
That's absolutely stupid!
After he finished repenting, he remembered that gold and silver mines belonged to the imperial court, and that privately mining gold would result in the execution of nine generations of one's family.
He immediately dragged his ailing body to find the emperor.
The emperor has recently recovered and is enjoying himself immensely. Apart from attending court, he spends most of his time busy in the inner palace.
When the eunuch reported that the Crown Prince requested an audience, he was very impatient and replied, "Tell him to come another day."
Situ Ming insisted on seeing him, so he had no choice but to meet him.
However, he was in a very bad mood.
"Why aren't you resting in the Eastern Palace? What are you doing here looking for me?"
Situ Ming complained that Yi Shuihan had swindled him out of a gold mine and violated the law, demanding that he be arrested immediately.
After listening, the emperor stared at him intently.
He looked at me like I was an idiot.
Situ Ming looked somewhat uneasy.
"Father, is there a problem?"
The emperor said coldly, "Do you know what it means to catch someone in the act of adultery? Everything requires evidence. You say it's a gold mine? When you sold it to them, you said it was a coal mine. You can't just say it's coal or gold."
Situ Ming was speechless.
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