Tang Jun slowly opened his eyes, but they were unfocused.
An Moxue looked at him and asked, "Tang Jun, why did you try to kidnap An Moxue so many times?"
After a moment, Tang Jun mechanically replied, "The An family's treasure."
An Moxue was secretly overjoyed, but she didn't know how long the effects of the medicine would last, so she quickly asked the next question.
"Then who is the mastermind behind this?"
"Zhu Zhen".
"Who?" An Moxue was so surprised that she blurted out the question again.
"Zhu Zhen".
"Is it Zhu Zhen, that high-ranking official in Kyoto?"
Yes, it's him.
"Who contacted you?"
"Zhou Zheng".
"What does Zhou Zheng do? Where does he work now?"
"He was Zhu Zhen's contact in the underground world, and he was in charge of the underground black market in western Kyoto."
"Did your Tang family participate in the murder of An Muyang and Lan Dieyi? They are An Moxue's parents."
"No."
"Was your initial mission to capture An Moxue alive or to kill her?"
"Capture alive, always."
"And then what?"
"Later, I thought that if I couldn't catch her, killing her would be fine too. After all, she ruined the Tang family! If she's dead, she's dead."
"Have you and Zhu Zhen always been working together, or is it only with An Moxue?"
“An Moxue.”
An Moxue saw his eyelids twitch and knew the drug's effects were wearing off, so she quickly lit another incense stick and held it under Tang Jun's nose to let him feel the effects.
She watched as Tang Jun closed his eyes again and lowered his head, knowing that he had fainted again. She then extinguished the sleeping incense and put a pill into Tang Jun's mouth, which melted instantly upon entering his mouth.
An Moxue thought to herself, "Killing you directly would expose too much of a chance of being exposed. You can die slowly!"
As for how long you can live, that depends on your fate. In any case, it won't exceed three years. You're really lucky!
An Moxue dragged him back to the bedroom bed and began to search every room, leaving nothing behind. An Moxue decided that all the items would be given to the poor, while she would keep the money as compensation from the Tang family.
You wouldn't know until you searched the place that the Tang family actually has some money. I wonder if the Tang family patriarch and his family will scream when they wake up?
Alas! It's a pity I can't see it myself.
If it weren't for the fact that the Tang family members practiced martial arts and generally woke up very early, An Moxue would have wanted to plunder both families. Unfortunately, in order to avoid being exposed, she had to stop.
An Moxue quietly left the guesthouse for two consecutive nights and then quietly returned, without alerting anyone.
She couldn't sleep after returning to the guesthouse, thinking about the results of the interrogation. She never imagined that such a high-ranking leader would be involved. But then she thought about it and it made sense. Otherwise, how could her parents have been murdered?
Some people can endure hardship but not wealth. They get arrogant as soon as they have a good life. It really proves the old saying: "Don't judge a book by its cover." Zhu Zhen, oh, who could have imagined it!
An Moxue thought about the corrupt officials of later generations, and it made sense. Power, wealth, and beauty are always deadly poisons.
In the morning, An Moxue checked out of her room early, went to the train station, bought the earliest train ticket, and headed to Kyoto.
Throughout the journey, she kept thinking about the whole thing. There was still no clue about her parents' sacrifice. She had hoped to find something at the Tang family's place, but she was still somewhat disappointed.
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Tang Family
All morning, the other members of the Tang family around Tang Jun's house got up early and were busy, but no one from Tang Jun's family got up.
Even after breakfast and everyone had left for work, no one from Tang Jun's family was seen getting up or moving around. This made the people who stayed at home feel that something was wrong, especially since the whole family had severe diarrhea yesterday and were unsteady on their feet.
Several families gathered together, and someone spoke first, asking, "Have you seen anyone from the head of the household come out this morning?"
"No." Several people shook their heads.
Another person said worriedly, "Yesterday, this whole family had diarrhea all day long, I don't know what they ate. I hope nothing bad will happen to them!"
The group looked at each other, then said in unison, "Let's go take a look." They all saw the worry in each other's eyes.
So, the group went to Tang Jun's house together. The gate was locked from the outside, so one of them jumped over the wall and opened the gate.
A few people walked to the doorway and called out a few times under the eaves where people were sleeping, but no one responded. They looked at each other and all sensed that something was amiss.
"Break down the door!" one of them said, and the others all agreed. Someone kicked the door open without any resistance. The person who kicked the door used too much force, and the door opened easily. He stumbled forward and fell to the ground.
Someone shouted, "Oh no!"
Several people rushed in and were shocked to see Tang Jun and his wife lying unconscious on the bed.
It was only then that people realized that apart from the bed where Tang Jun and his wife slept, everything else in the house was gone.
"Ah! Look!"
At this moment, the oldest man glanced at the room and instructed, "Go and check the other rooms, see how everyone is doing. Then go and find a few more people. I'll see if I can wake up the head of the household."
The person who stayed behind went to the kitchen, found a chipped bowl, filled it with some water, brought it into the room, and splashed it on Tang Jun's face.
At this point, the people who had checked the other rooms returned one after another, saying, "They are all unconscious. The rooms are all empty."
At this moment, the head of the Tang family slowly woke up and opened his eyes. As someone who practices martial arts, he noticed the abnormality as soon as he woke up without being told.
"I've been drugged. How long have I been unconscious?"
"It's past working hours now," said the oldest among them.
When the group saw that the head of the household had woken up, they found bowls, filled them with water, and went around splashing water on the unconscious people to wake them up.
Only the oldest person remained in the room. She said, "Master, please wait a moment. Let me calm down first. I'll go get some water and wake my sister-in-law up."
After a while, everyone woke up and gathered in Tang Jia's dark living room. One of the women finally couldn't take it anymore and started crying.
Once someone took the lead, it was like water being released from a dam; everyone started crying.
For a moment, the sounds of crying and urging filled the air.
Looking at the people crying and making a scene in the room, the head of the Tang family felt a throbbing pain in his head. He found it extremely annoying and roared, "Enough! Shut up!"
Suddenly, the room fell silent. Everyone looked at each other, no one daring to cry anymore. Then, they all looked at the head of the family, Tang Jun.
"Dad, what should we do?"
"Yes! Who did this? They came and went without a trace."
"Who have we offended?"
Will they come again?
......
Everyone chimed in with their own opinions, all looking worried, and Tang Jun had no idea who had done it.
This incident made the Tang family even more anxious.
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