While they were eating, Xu Changhuan's men came to deliver two messages to her and then left.
Xu Changhuan hurriedly opened the message. The first message was that Jiang's uncle and cousin Jiang Wenhan did not have any mistresses. However, they found out something else.
The patriarch of the Yao family had a mistress in Xiangzhou. This mistress, whose surname was apparently Bai, bore him a son and a daughter. It is said that the son's surname was Yao, and the daughter's surname was Bai, just like her mother. The daughter married into the Jiang family in Yongzhou and became the current matriarch of the Jiang family, Madam Bai, who is also Jiang Wenhan's father.
Upon seeing this news, Xu Changhuan could not believe it. His hand trembled, and the paper fell to the ground.
Yun Chang glanced at her, bent down, picked it up, and examined it.
So that's how it is. In other words, Jiang Wenhan did this for the Yao family.
Yun Chang passed the message to Li Mai.
After reading it, Li Mai nodded. "This news confirms my previous guess: the Jiang family is after your Xu family's incense manual."
"Although news from the capital hasn't come back yet, I suspect that the Yao family was involved in the Xu family's affair back then. As for which other families were involved, I don't know. That needs to be investigated carefully. At least, the Yao family is definitely involved."
After Li Mai finished speaking, she met Xu Changhuan's incredulous gaze and nodded, "That's right, the Yao family was definitely one of the people who attacked the Xu family thirty years ago. As for whether the other two families were involved, you'll have to investigate that yourselves."
Xu Changhuan jumped to his feet, trembling with excitement. "So, my cousin targeted us because of his maternal grandparents' family? And this whole thing was also orchestrated by my cousin?"
"Was it my cousin who bribed my eldest and second senior brothers? It must be him. He comes here often and is familiar with my eldest and second senior brothers. He also knows the situation of each family in the village. That's why he knows what they lack most and what he can use to bribe them so easily. He is also the one who can most easily find out who in the village has left."
Xu Changhuan choked up as he spoke.
She never expected that no one in the Jiang family would accept their marriage. Only her cousin didn't look down on her and Huanhuan. When they were little, he would take them shopping in Yongzhou City and buy them delicious food.
Later, my cousin continued to keep in touch with them and often went to the village to see them.
To help them, he opened an incense shop.
It turns out that all of this was fake. It turns out that my cousin deliberately approached them because of the Xu family's incense.
No wonder my cousin hasn't come to the village since what happened to Xu Chengshuang's family. Is he afraid that I already know his purpose and that I will ask about it?
Xu Changhuan slumped into a chair and burst into tears.
The only person in her maternal grandparents' family who was willing to associate with her turned out to have ulterior motives.
Seeing her like this, Li Mai sighed inwardly. The saddest thing in life is being betrayed by your own family!
Yun Chang didn't know how to comfort her, so she just patted her shoulder gently and picked up another message to read.
"Huanhuan, don't cry, look at the other message." Yun Chang said quickly after reading it, and handed the paper over.
Another piece of news said that three months ago, someone saw someone who looked like the head of the Xu family return to Yongzhou City, but there has been no trace of him since.
Upon seeing this news, Xu Changhuan excitedly stood up abruptly. "My father, could he have been captured by the Jiang family in Yongzhou City? Or perhaps by the Yao family?"
"Don't worry, if it's in Yongzhou City, we can find it, even if it's locked in a basement," Li Mai said quickly when she saw how excited she was.
“I’ll send Zhou Quan to Yongzhou City. He can find it. Give me your father’s birth date and time, and then give me the third drop of blood in this.” As Li Mai spoke, she produced a small porcelain bottle and placed it on the table.
"Okay, I'll give it to you!" Xu Changhuan felt terrible. She thought about the dream she had last night and became more and more frightened.
Soon, they got the items. Li Mai took out a red cloth bag, put the two items inside, and handed it to Zhou Quan. "Go to Yongzhou City. You should still remember the method you used, right?"
Zhou Quan nodded and smiled, "I remember, I was the one who taught you this method back then."
"Do you need my master to go with you?" Yun Chang asked.
At this moment, he didn't want anything to happen to Zhou Quan.
Zhou Quan glanced at him indifferently, "Don't worry, I'll be fine even if something happens to you."
Yun Chang's cultivation level is now very low in his eyes, not worth mentioning. He would be beaten up, but he himself would not be beaten up.
"Be careful. If you can't save him, remember the location and come back to get help. Ask Old Yang to come and help you," Li Mai instructed Zhou Quan.
"Okay!" Zhou Quan replied, and after leaving, he disappeared outside the gate.
"Ah, I have to go open the mountain gate for my brother-in-law, right?" Xu Changhuan quickly said.
Her mind was in complete chaos after reading those two messages.
“No need, he has a way to get out.” After Li Mai finished speaking, he looked at Yun Chang and said, “Big brother, you arrange for A Jun to take Xu Datou and Xu Cang to Yongzhou City to identify people. Make sure they find the person who contacted them and get evidence that the other party was instructed by the Yao family or the Jiang family.”
“Okay,” Yun Chang replied.
"Huanhuan, don't be sad. Quickly arrange for someone to clean up your father's room. Regardless of whether Zhou Quan can bring your father back, we need to be prepared. If your nightmare is a warning, then your father is very likely really injured. You need to be mentally prepared."
"Yes," Xu Changhuan nodded, her voice choked with emotion.
“Don’t be sad. Now is not the time for you to be sad. The most important thing for us now is to get the evidence, wait for news from my elder brother in the capital, and then bring them down in one fell swoop to restore the reputation of the Xu family. Only in this way can we avenge those Xu family members who have been wronged and hurt.” Li Mai said softly to Xu Changhuan.
“Okay, I’ll listen to you.” Xu Changhuan nodded in agreement.
"An Nanyang and Lele will probably receive the news tomorrow. Even if they receive the news and rush back, it will take at least two days. Therefore, we are short-handed these next few days. We must gather the information in time and then allocate each person to investigate these matters in a reasonable manner."
"Okay!" Xu Changhuan replied again.
"I'll go and keep in touch with the people in the capital to see how things are going. Xuanwu should be back by now," Yun Chang said, and seeing Li Mai and Xu Changhuan nod, she left.
His greatest skill is killing enemies on the battlefield and capturing enemy soldiers. This kind of planning and guessing what the other party will do is really brain-intensive. Fortunately, Xiaomai can figure these things out.
“Huanhuan, let those people locked up in the west courtyard go back first. Just keep Xu Datou, Xu Cang and Xu Changqing locked up. I’ll have Old Yang keep an eye on them. They can’t escape this valley. If they stay here, you’ll still have to feed them.”
“As for the silver and banknotes that were confiscated from them, there’s no need to return them. They are evidence of their betrayal of their people, and if this matter were to involve the county magistrate, they would be presented as evidence in court,” Li Mai said to Xu Changhuan.
"Okay, I'll make the arrangements. Xiaomai, thank you. I'm so glad you're here. You should rest first. I'll come and keep you company after I've finished these things," Xu Changhuan said gratefully to Li Mai.
Li Mai nodded. "Go ahead, sister-in-law. I'm pregnant now, so I can't run away, but I can still contribute by using my brain."
Xu Changhuan responded and went to make the arrangements.
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