Chapter 17 Is She Really Ran Qingxuan?
Ran Qingxuan asked again.
"When was the last time you replied to a message?"
"Before the wedding... the day before, what happened last night was too late..."
"Who is the person who is looking for you? What does he look like? Where and when did he deliver the message?"
Ran Qingxuan thrust his dagger forward, and Aunt Xu was immediately frightened out of her wits and told him everything.
"I don't know... I don't know who it was. Every time I passed on the message, that person was eating wontons at a wonton stand outside the city. He lowered his head and couldn't see what he looked like. I only know that he would blow the wontons to cool them down every time he ate them."
Nanny Xu's eyes were full of desire to survive, without any guilt or evasion. Ran Qingxuan tightened the dagger in his hand and asked the last question.
"Why do you have to kill Madam Xue?"
Nanny Xu thought that if she told Ran Qingxuan, he would let her go, so she stammered.
"Madame Xue discovered the day before... discovered that I was spreading information. This morning, when she saw me about to leave, she asked me if I wanted to spread the whereabouts of the Fourth and Fifth Madams.
But the old lady has already returned the indenture to us, and I just wanted to leave, it was not...I didn't mean it, I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it..."
"You should apologize to Madam Xue in person. I won't accept it!"
Ran Qingxuan had already gotten the answer he wanted, and the dagger in his hand pierced Aunt Xu's heart without hesitation!
Gu Yanchen, who was hiding in the darkness and witnessed the whole process, was startled and his eyes were full of disbelief and astonishment.
He chased after her as soon as he got the news. Although Nanny Xu deserved to be killed, he did not expect that Ran Qingxuan would act so decisively.
Gu Yanchen kept asking himself in his heart, is this person who remained calm when deciding other people's life and death really Ran Qingxuan, the eldest daughter of the Ran family?
Ran Qingxuan didn't know that Gu Yanchen was behind her. She had never learned ancient martial arts, nor did she have any internal strength, and she couldn't lock onto someone hiding around her just by their aura.
After disguising the scene to look like a robbery, Ran Qingxuan quickly retracted the drone hovering in the sky.
Gu Yanchen had noticed the thing in the air early on, and after hearing the sound, he couldn't help but quietly turn sideways to take a look.
I saw a square box falling rapidly in the air. Just when it was about to touch the ground, Ran Qingxuan's hand just moved slightly, and the box slowly fell to the ground.
Just as he was shocked by the magic of the scene in front of him, Gu Yanchen's eyes suddenly widened and even his breathing began to become rapid.
The box that was originally placed on the ground disappeared without a trace in an instant just after being picked up by Ran Qingxuan.
The scene was so bizarre and strange that it took Gu Yanchen a long time to react to what he saw!
It was not until Ran Qingxuan left that Gu Yanchen followed him. The doubts in his heart had reached its peak. Just when Ran Qingxuan was about to return to the Gu Mansion, Gu Yanchen took the lead and entered the mansion.
A flash of white light passed through the newly brightened sky, followed by a loud 'boom'.
The small door in front of him was illuminated. Gu Yanchen, dressed in white, leaned quietly against the door, looking at Ran Qingxuan who was running towards him.
At that moment, Gu Yanchen seemed to have figured something out, and light suddenly appeared in his eyes!
"Why are you here? Can your body handle it?"
At this moment, Ran Qingxuan's eyes were full of worry. Gu Yanchen stared at her and suddenly smiled.
"Well, my second sister-in-law said something big happened at home, so I was worried and followed her to take a look. I didn't expect you to come back. How is it going? Did you find anyone?"
"I didn't find it, but I roughly know why she did it."
Ran Qingxuan replied calmly. Feeling the wetness on her face, she shrank her neck and entered the small door.
"It's going to rain, let's go in quickly. I want to go see my mother-in-law. Would you like to come with us?"
"good."
There was not much communication between the two. When they arrived at Old Madam Gu's room, several sisters-in-law immediately became restless.
"Sixth brother, sixth sister-in-law, look at this..."
Second sister-in-law Chang Yue'e held a package and spread it on the table.
In addition to clothes and small change, there were also two neatly folded silver notes worth one hundred taels.
It turned out that before chasing out, Gu Yanchen asked several sisters-in-law to search Aunt Xu's room. Unexpectedly, they would find silver bills of such a large amount for a servant!
Old Madam Gu still didn't understand why Nanny Xu disappeared, and her tone was filled with anxiety.
"Ran, have you found Aunt Xu?"
There was a look of worry on everyone's face. Ran Qingxuan told them the result of his question, but just expressed it in a different way.
"It is very likely that Madam Xu accepted a favor from someone and wanted to pass on the news from the mansion to someone else, but was discovered by Madam Xue, and she was so ashamed and angry that she... "
"But I noticed it quickly. She must have run away before she could pass on the message!"
After hearing this, Madam Gu, who was sitting at the head of the table, coughed in anger: "Xu... Xu Guiying, although she didn't follow me when she was young, she has served Madam Xue for more than 20 years...
I didn't expect... I didn't expect that she would betray the Gu family for her own selfish desires, trample on the trust I, an old woman, put in her, and kill... kill Nanny Xue! ”
After hearing this, several sisters-in-law were so angry that their eyes turned red.
Ran Qingxuan knew that there were still undiscovered loopholes in her words, but what she asked was the truth. There was indeed someone secretly watching the Gu Mansion.
"Mother-in-law, sisters-in-law, the person who instigated Aunt Xu to find out the news must have ulterior motives. Do you have any clue who did it?"
Old Madam Gu and her daughters-in-law looked at each other, unable to tell who it was.
"The Gu family just returned to Beijing three months ago. If they want to offend anyone, they will offend those outside the Great Wall. Besides, I led the troops to the battle as soon as I came back. A family of women and children will never make enemies with others."
Ran Qingxuan looked at Gu Yanchen who was speaking and keenly realized that things were not as he said.
Judging from his expression and the fierceness in his eyes, he definitely has someone he suspects in his heart.
Ran Qingxuan didn't like to ask questions, especially in front of the women of the Gu family. Since Gu Yanchen already had his own thoughts, it was not convenient for her to interrupt.
However, the emperor was already preparing to confiscate their property and exile their entire family. If he were to send someone to monitor them, it would be an unnecessary step.
"Let's not worry about this for now. The city gates have already been opened at this time. The fourth and fifth sister-in-law may have left the city with Xuan'er. Even if we got the news from Madam Xu and chased them out, they would have left long ago!"
The second sister-in-law Chang Yue'e was more open-minded. The eldest sister-in-law Zhou Furong was always beside Old Madam Gu, comforting her softly. Only the careful third sister-in-law Chen Wan'er asked a question in a low voice.
"Then Madam Xu now..."
Ran Qingxuan knew they would definitely ask, and when he was thinking of an excuse to get away with it, Gu Yanchen, who was sitting next to him, spoke coldly.
"It is not too bad to kill those who betray their master for fame..."
Just one sentence and Ran Qingxuan's heart started beating fast. He felt guilty and didn't dare to look around.
"But now that the people have escaped, let's deal with what's coming first."
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