Zhang Yuanshan really couldn't smile at Madam Feng and her family.
It seemed that he had been unlucky ever since the Feng Mansion was raided.
Madam Feng smiled politely, "Thanks to Deputy Commander Zhang, I am barely able to survive."
Zhang Yuanshan looked Madam Feng up and down. She was wearing very simple clothes, and her face and body were covered in dust. The same was true for her two children.
Seeing that everyone was not doing well, Zhang Yuanshan felt relieved.
A sneer appeared on his lips, and he habitually wanted to sit at the top, but he found that the whole room was cleaner than his face and there was not a single chair.
Zhang Yuanshan could only stand there, looking down at Feng Jiuyan and the others. His eyes were as sharp as an awl, piercing them, "Why are the five of you in this courtyard instead of attending the banquet? Did you plan this?" His voice was full of coldness.
Feng Jiuyan looked at Zhang Yuanshan calmly, "Master Zhang, are you interrogating a prisoner or are you just asking us questions?"
"What do you think?" Zhang Yuanshan asked back lightly. "Everyone is gathering at the east end of the village, why are you here? I think this matter was probably planned by you guys." Zhang Yuanshan stared at Feng Jiuyan with his dark eyes, trying to find clues from her.
Feng Jiu didn't avoid or give way, her pair of clear peach blossom eyes just stared straight at Zhang Yuanshan.
She raised her eyebrows with a hint of smile on her lips. "I believe Lord Zhang and the Jinyiwei have already found out the right and wrong from the villagers of Huawu Village. Why do they need to ask us?" Her tone was extremely gentle.
As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Jiuyan's mouth corners suddenly drooped, and his tone was sharp, "Or is it that Lord Zhang deliberately made up this excuse to deliberately make things difficult for us?"
Zhang Yuanshan looked surprised, as Feng Jiu had predicted the little plan in his mind.
Just as Feng Jiuyan said, before coming here, the Jinyiwei had already interrogated everyone. They also learned from the villagers of Huawu Village why Feng Jiuyan and the other four did not go to the banquet but stayed in the yard.
Of course, Zhang Yuanshan knew that this could not be done by just a few people. How could an orphan and a widowed mother, two country bumpkins who had never seen the world, have such great abilities? If they were so powerful, wouldn't they have run away when they were exiled?
He just felt that his plan failed and he was played around by others. He felt like he had a suffocating feeling in his heart, especially after seeing Feng Jiuyan's family, he felt even more uncomfortable.
Zhang Yuanshan felt extremely uncomfortable if he didn't get rid of this anger!
Song Ning on the side wanted to ease the atmosphere, she was worried that Zhang Yuanshan would bully her sister Feng.
So, she stared with a pair of innocent eyes, shook her head quickly, and said in panic, "My Lord, we don't know why we are here! We just drank the water from the well in the village and passed out!"
Sister Feng had previously told the brother and sister to bring a pot of tea to the round table, and reminded them that the water on the round table was only for display and not to be drunk.
Zhang Yuanshan also remembered that there was indeed a pot of drugged tea on the round tables in the west and east wing.
However, he wanted to use this opportunity to attack Feng Jiuyan's family, regardless of whether the tea was drugged or not.
Even if the Queen Mother comes today, he will make Feng Jiuyan suffer!
Just as he was about to speak, a Jinyiwei behind him spoke first. "Sir, there is indeed a pot of drugged tea in the east wing. The girl did not lie!" There was a hint of seeking credit in his words.
Zhang Yuanshan: “…”
I'm not afraid of god-like opponents, but I'm afraid of pig-like teammates!
Turning his head, he glared fiercely at the Jinyiwei who was talking behind him.
The Jinyiwei looked a little embarrassed when he was glared at. He had no idea how he had offended Zhang Yuanshan. He could only shut his mouth, look at his nose and his heart, and stop talking.
Zhang Yuanshan showed a dangerous look, remembering that the yard was locked from the inside, and he could use this as an excuse to attack the few people. "Haha, in that case, I also want to ask you, why was the yard locked from the inside?"
Before Feng Jiuyan and the others could answer, Zhang Chong and Zhang Xiaowu rushed in from outside.
The two were very good at acting, with anxious faces, and rushed into the wing room where the others were. Seeing that Feng Jiuyan and the other four were fine, Zhang Chong and Zhang Xiaowu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, I'm glad you guys are okay. Last night when we wanted to look for you, no one answered the door no matter how hard we knocked. Later, a young man from Huawu Village told us that you were not feeling well and did not come to the banquet. Now that I think about it, they have evil intentions!"
With just a few simple words, the two of them clearly explained the reason why the yard was locked.
After saying this, Zhang Chong turned around, his eyes full of shock, as if he had just seen Zhang Yuanshan and the other two Jinyiwei standing here.
Feng Jiuyan admired in her heart that Zhang Chong and the other man also had some acting skills.
Zhang Xiaowu and Zhang Chong bowed, with an apologetic smile on their faces, "We didn't know that Deputy Envoy Zhang was here. Please forgive us if we have offended you in any way."
Zhang Yuanshan also raised his hand in greeting, and said with a forced smile, "Haha, no, no, you two adults are just concerned about the safety of the prisoners." He had to suppress the urge to make trouble.
Zhang Xiaowu bowed to Zhang Yuanshan again, "Deputy Envoy Zhang, if there is nothing else, we will take our leave. We have been wandering here for several days, it is time to leave. The road to exile is long and the mountains are high. We must escort the prisoners to Youzhou safely within the time specified by the emperor, otherwise it will be a violation of the emperor's order."
Even the emperor had moved out, so how could Zhang Yuanshan dare to find an excuse to keep him? If the emperor knew about this and blamed him, he, Zhang Yuanshan, would not be able to live.
Zhang Yuanshan looked depressed and waved his hand, "In that case, I won't see you off, Master Zhang and the others. Tell Master Meng for me that I still have some things to deal with, so I won't see you off."
"Thank you, Lord Zhang!" Zhang Xiaowu and Zhang Chong said with a smile and bowed to Zhang Yuanshan.
Afterwards, they quickly walked over to Feng Jiuyan and the others and hurriedly untied the ropes that were tied around them.
After regaining their freedom, they no longer tried to make their presence known in front of Zhang Yuanshan. They picked up their luggage from the compartment and ran away.
At this time, another Jinyiwei ran in with an excited look on his face and passed by Feng Jiuyan and the others.
"Sir, sir, good news!" The Jinyiwei's eyes were full of smiles, the corners of his mouth were almost stretched behind his ears, and a corner of the blue booklet was exposed at his sleeves.
The Jinyiwei leaned close to Zhang Yuanshan's ear and whispered a few words, then took out a blue booklet from his sleeve. Zhang Yuanshan took it, glanced at it quickly, and the unhappiness on his face disappeared.
Feng Jiuyan turned around and looked. She was very sure that the blue booklet in Zhang Yuanshan's hand was the other one in Huang Da's secret room!
After seeing this scene, Feng Jiuyan had an ambiguous expression, with a hint of triumph on the corner of his mouth.
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