Although the hairpin looked real, Zhu Tao could tell that the person was strange and felt there was something fishy going on. As for what kind of fishy it was, he wasn't a detective and couldn't solve cases. This matter needed to be judged by a proper detective.
Just as Zhu Tao was about to tell his servants to report to the authorities, he heard a voice from the crowd: "Wang Bin, what are you holding in your hand?"
Zhu Tao saw Wang Bin tremble upon hearing that person's voice, and then say in a very urgent voice, "I'm in a good mood today, so I won't hold it against you. I'll just consider this hairpin my bad luck."
After saying that, he took off running.
Zhu Tao was somewhat bewildered by his series of actions.
The person who had spoken earlier came up to Zhu Tao.
Zhu Tao asked, "Does this young master know the young master who just left?"
Since you can recall their names, you must know them.
The person speaking to Zhu Tao was Chang Mian, who was disguised as a man.
Chang Mian said, "I accidentally broke one of his jade hairpins a few days ago and had to pay a lot of money in compensation, so I naturally know his name."
Zhu Tao understood the key point in the sentence: "The jade hairpin was broken."
Zhu Tao said, "That's quite a coincidence. Today, my servant also broke one of that person's jade hairpins."
Chang Mian asked in surprise, "What kind of jade hairpin?"
Zhu Tao described it to Chang Mian, who exclaimed in surprise, "The jade hairpin I broke was the same one. What a coincidence!"
Zhu Tao said to Chang Mian, "Judging from that man's appearance, he must be a repeat offender. Why don't you send someone to investigate and get the money back?"
Chang Mian said, "Young Master is right. You should go out and take a look."
Zhu Tao said to Liu Zeng, "Go and take a look too. If you happen to see him, don't forget to send him to the authorities."
Liu had been severely wronged by that person, so naturally he wanted to bring that person to justice.
Chang Mian naturally couldn't agree to that, so she said, "There's no need to trouble you with this, young master. Just let my servant do it."
Zhu Tao said, "That won't do, Liu Zeng, you go right away."
"yes"
Chang Mian said, "That's fine, I'll have the servants in the manor cooperate with you."
After Chang Mian finished speaking, she gave her servant a look, and the servant knew what to do.
Since the lobby wasn't the place to talk, Zhu Tao said, "Since we've met, it must be fate. Why don't you go upstairs to a private room for a drink, young master?"
If Yunxi weren't upstairs, Changmian would probably go up, but she was afraid of being exposed, so she declined, saying, "No need, I have some things to do, so I won't bother you, young master."
After saying goodbye to Zhu Tao, he left the restaurant.
Zhu Tao didn't take it to heart. Of course, he also didn't notice that Chang Mian's gender was wrong. He only discovered that Yun Qing's gender was wrong because of physical contact. This time, he had been drinking and was a little dizzy, so he didn't take it seriously.
After Zhu Tao resolved the matter, he returned to the private room to continue the dinner. After leaving the restaurant, Chang Mian quietly went to another restaurant.
Having booked a private room in advance, she went in, took a sip of water, and said, "The arrangements are complete. Tell her to hide well and make sure Lord Zhu's men don't notice anything amiss. If they find out, do you know what to do?"
"This servant understands. You can trust the person I found; their mouth is absolutely secure."
"Let's talk about something else. Has it been arranged?"
The man smiled and said, "Don't worry, Master, I will definitely satisfy you and make your wish come true."
Zhu Tao's gathering ended quite late; it started at noon and the meal lasted an hour and a half.
Zhu Tao was slightly tipsy when he returned.
When Zhu Tao came out of the restaurant, he saw Liu Zeng return and say, "Reporting to Master, this servant did not find the person who staged the accident."
Zhu Tao said, "It's nothing. We'll report it to the yamen tomorrow and let them investigate further."
"yes"
"By the way, Master, I have something else to report. Madam came by during this time. She came out with Lord Yunqi's wife, but their carriage broke down. So Madam and Lord Yunqi's wife used one of our carriages. Madam asked me to tell you that you and Lord Yunqi might have to take a detour to send Lord Yunqi back first."
Zhu Tao nodded and said, "Understood."
Yunqi also heard about it, so he just took a detour to send his brother-in-law back, which is nothing serious.
Yunqi and Zhu Tao boarded the carriage of Niohuru's residence.
On the other side, Chang Mian's men saw Zhu Tao come out of the restaurant and hadn't gotten into the carriage yet, so they ran back to report to Chang Mian.
Chang Mian was getting impatient; success or failure hinged on this one move.
Yunqi and Zhu Tao sat in the carriage. Although they had both drunk wine, neither of them was drunk.
As the two were chatting, they called to the coachman, "Master, the carriage ahead is Young Master Ba's. Knowing that our carriage is behind him, he is deliberately driving very slowly. Should we take a detour?"
Zhu Tao naturally knew that his brother-in-law and that Ba Qi did not get along.
Yunxi said nonchalantly, "It's alright, no need to take a detour, the carriage can go a little slower."
Chang Mian's side is already prepared.
"Master, it's the carriage in front."
Seeing that the carriage was moving extremely slowly, Chang Mian thought to herself that heaven was truly helping her.
Chang Mian seized the opportunity and was accidentally bumped into in the middle of the road, falling right in front of Ba's horse-drawn carriage.
"What happened? Why did it stop?"
"Reporting to Master, a person has fallen in front."
"Get this sorted out quickly, I'm waiting to go home!"
"yes"
Ba's carriage couldn't move, and Yunqi's carriage also couldn't move. Yunqi asked, "What's going on?"
"I heard that we encountered someone ahead, but I'm not entirely sure."
Upon hearing that they might have encountered someone, Zhu Tao and Yun Qi instantly snapped out of their daze. The two decided to go down and check, just in case someone died. After all, Ba Qi had a history of doing things without thinking.
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