Night fell.
The solemn ancestral hall grew increasingly gloomy and cold.
Jiang Segu didn't kneel stubbornly; instead, he sat on a futon, looking through the door at the random, scattered stars in the sky.
In the blink of an eye, a person appeared in front of the ancestral hall with a gust of wind.
Jiang Segu initially thought he was seeing things because he was so hungry.
When the tall figure outlined by the moonlight walked towards her and took out a still-warm roast chicken from his arms, squatted down and handed it to her, she was surprised to find that someone had actually come!
Overwhelmed by the aroma of the roast chicken, she grabbed it before thinking and started eating a chicken leg.
She hasn't eaten anything all day, and no one has brought her anything. It seems the Song family has ridiculed and mocked her grandfather quite a bit this time.
If she were to starve to death, the Song family wouldn't care, and I doubt my grandfather would even blink an eye!
After all, the Changping Marquis's mansion has no shortage of young ladies!
Seeing her wolfing down her food, Gu Songhan frowned slightly, and a fire suddenly ignited in his heart.
After eating most of the roast chicken, Jiang Segu sighed with satisfaction, "Fengweiju's roast chicken truly lives up to its reputation!" He then looked at Gu Songhan, who had remained silent, and asked, "Is the current situation quite troublesome?"
Gu Songhan nodded, "I won't let them take you away!"
"It seems the situation is worse than I thought!"
Jiang Segu smiled nonchalantly.
It wasn't that she wasn't afraid of death. After a day of careful consideration, she believed that the Song family wouldn't really do anything to her; at most, they would just give her a minor punishment as a warning!
In her previous life, her mother and brother were both murdered, but she, being the easiest to control, lived for several more years!
Right now, if the Song family still wants to save face in front of the Emperor, they won't take her life so easily!
If it weren't for what Liang Shaojie said that morning, she wouldn't have been so certain!
If one fails to manage subordinates properly and allows them to commit murder, such a crime might be insignificant to other noble families, who might even be able to easily escape punishment.
But the Marquis of Changping's mansion doesn't have that capability!
What's more, the aggrieved party is the Song family!
At this point, the fact that Liang Shaojie was able to propose marriage to her and move to Baoding shows that the Song family's move was intended to force her to make it impossible for her to stay in the capital, and then take Liang Shaojie to Baoding!
Having been given a second chance at life, even if I can't have everything I want, I absolutely cannot let others control me so easily!
"Can you tell me how Changping is doing now? Has he been tortured?"
Seeing that the little girl was still thinking of Changping at this critical moment, and thinking that the little girl might be tortured like Changping, Gu Songhan felt as if his heart had been pricked by a needle.
Seeing that he didn't answer but had a heavy expression on his face, Jiang Segu understood.
"Don't just stay silent. You didn't come here only to bring me roast chicken, did you? I also need to know what exactly happened in Shunde. How did Changping suddenly become a murderer? Did Ding Weichang die?"
Gu Songhan nodded. "Ding Weichang was poisoned. The Ding family insists that Ding Weichang died after having a meal with Changping. The waiter at Chunfenglou is a witness who said that Ding Weichang died in the private room after Changping left."
Jiang Segu was somewhat puzzled. "Wasn't it said that the bookstore was shut down for selling banned books? How come Ding Weichang wasn't arrested? Besides, you asked someone to get the prefect to intervene before you bought the shop. How could Changping have gone to Chunfeng Tower with Ding Weichang?"
Do you know who Ding Weichang is affiliated with in the Song family?
Jiang Segu shook his head.
"He works for Song Yancheng, the eldest son of the Song family, and that bookstore also belongs to Song Yancheng!"
Jiang Segu suddenly realized what was going on.
My grandfather had just mentioned that Song Yancheng was the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and would become the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel in the future.
The Ministry of Personnel is the place where officials are assessed and appointed, so even if that bookstore is inappropriate, Ding Weichang, who works for Song Yancheng, could never be imprisoned!
Furthermore, the bookstore was shut down, probably due to the heavy pressure exerted by General Gu!
Since it involves buying and selling, the bookstore's nominal owner naturally has to show up!
Changping fell into Ding Weichang's trap, no, it was Song Yancheng's trap!
But... there's still one thing she can't figure out...
Jiang Segu stared intently at Gu Songhan, "May I ask where you were, General?"
Her eyes were as bright as the summer sun.
Under such gazes, all demons and monsters will have nowhere to hide!
A bitter smile appeared on Gu Songhan's lips. "You're doubting me?"
Jiang Segu did not answer, but looked at Gu Songhan with indifference.
"Seeing that things were going as planned, I left Shunde to join forces with the Northwest army. Believe it or not, I had no intention of harming you! Otherwise, why would I have come here tonight? If I wanted to join forces with the Song family, why would I have ordered people to investigate them!"
Jiang Segu lowered her eyes, her eyelashes trembling slightly. "I was just being paranoid. I hope General Gu will forgive me!"
This meant that they believed Gu Songhan's explanation.
But when Gu Songhan looked at her eyelashes, which trembled like butterfly wings, he felt as if a piece of his heart had been gouged out.
He knew the little girl didn't believe him; she never believed him from beginning to end!
The reason she asked him for help was simply because the young girl had no one else available and was also testing his abilities!
He saw through it all, yet he did it willingly.
Suppressing the indescribable sadness and disappointment in his heart, Gu Songhan told Jiang Segu what he could find out.
"No one from the Song family has left the capital in the past two days, nor has anyone withdrawn large sums of cash from the bank. There has been no unusual activity from Song Yancheng's side, and even the rumors circulating in the capital have nothing to do with the Song family."
Jiang Segu was surprised. Did this mean that the Song family was not the ones who framed her?
Gu Songhan couldn't figure out what was going on behind the scenes.
The two remained silent for a long time. Jiang Segu frowned and asked, "You said the rumors have nothing to do with the Song family. Can you find out who they are related to?"
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