Uncle Xin Jiu originally just wanted to know whether Sheng Jicheng was really looking for the Xin siblings, so when Sheng Jicheng came to him for money one time, he gave him a batch of gold and silver with special marks. After that, he tracked the flow of this batch of gold and silver, but he didn't expect to find that Sheng Jicheng actually used the money to purchase food, horses and weapons.
Although he was already a general at that time, the army was supported by the state and he did not need to use his private property to support the soldiers. So why did he buy these things?
Once there is a doubt, it is natural to investigate. Who would have thought that the investigation would reveal that Sheng Jicheng had actually stockpiled a large number of private soldiers in a barren mountain on the border of Dongyao and Daqing!
After discovering this secret, Uncle Xin Jiu initially didn't believe it. To ensure the truth, he sent people to investigate several times. He even risked his life and used various connections to secretly inquire whether the Dongyao court knew about the existence of this group of troops. However, the results of each investigation were the same: Sheng Jicheng's private army was stationed in the desolate mountains.
Uncle Xin Jiu was very confused. Why did Sheng Jicheng have to station private soldiers?
Although he had little contact with Sheng Jicheng before the accident of the Xin family's three members, he always had a good impression of Sheng Jicheng.
Because Sheng Jicheng had acted so well in front of the Xin family, even Master Xin, who initially looked down on him and worried that Sheng Jicheng was just after the Xin family's wealth and was therefore deliberately approaching Xin Wu, eventually began to praise him highly. He would constantly talk to Uncle Xin Jiu about all the good qualities of his future son-in-law, Sheng Jicheng. So when Sheng Jicheng asked for money to help him find someone, Uncle Xin Jiu believed him so easily, practically giving away all his personal property.
However, the investigation results told him that none of the gold and silver that Sheng Jicheng took from him was used to find the Xin siblings.
Now that things have come to this, considering that Sheng Jicheng is a prince and a general after all, Uncle Xin Jiu does not intend to break up with him. He just plans to refuse to give Sheng Jicheng the gold and silver the next time he comes to him to withdraw them, and he will arrange for people to find the whereabouts of the Xin siblings.
But what he didn't expect was that he was afraid of falling out, but Sheng Jicheng was not.
After being rejected by Uncle Xin Jiu, Sheng Jicheng tore off his hypocritical mask and threatened Uncle Xin Jiu with the lives of the Xin siblings, forcing him to continue giving him gold and silver, otherwise he would kill the Xin siblings.
"So you always thought that the Xin siblings were in his hands?"
Upon hearing this, Fengming was puzzled. Uncle Xin Jiu didn't seem like the kind of person who would easily trust others. It was clear that Xin Wu was with her, and Xin Wei was in that remote temple. How could he believe that he was in Sheng Jicheng's hands?
"Well, is there something wrong?"
Uncle Xin Jiu was puzzled. He didn't think there was anything wrong here.
"Uh, why do you believe that the Xin siblings are in Prince Sheng's hands?"
It seemed that her tone of voice when she asked the question was a little too excited. Feng Ming controlled her emotions and asked in a different way. This time, Uncle Xin Jiu understood what she was confused about.
"Because he took me to meet Xin Wei."
"What, have you met Xiao Xinwei?"
Fengming really couldn't control his emotions and let out a small cry of surprise. This time, Uncle Xin Jiu also felt that Fengming's mood was a little strange after eating again. It was obvious that he knew something.
"Um, is this the young master of the Xin family who was found a while ago?"
Knowing that he had made a slip of the tongue, Fengming quickly covered himself up.
"Yes, exactly."
"Sir, are you saying that Prince Sheng took you to see Xin Wei before he was found? So he actually knew where Xin Wei was all along, right?"
"Yes."
"That......"
"Why is Your Highness Princess suddenly so interested in the affairs of the Xin family?"
Fengming wanted to ask more, but Uncle Xin Jiu suddenly asked him back.
After being stunned for a moment, Fengming suddenly smiled slightly, and his excitement about Xin Wei's matter calmed down and he regained his composure.
"I have my own reasons, and it's inconvenient for me to explain them to you right now, but I just want to ask, do you know who murdered the three members of the Xin family?"
Uncle Xin Jiu was originally furious because of Feng Ming's strange question, but he was stunned for a moment by the key point in Feng Ming's words: "Who harmed him?"
"Who killed him? Wasn't it a thief?"
"Sir, do you really think so?"
Fengming picked up the tea and wanted to take a sip but found it was a little cold. She had no choice but to put it down and observed with interest the wonderful expression on Uncle Xin Jiu's face as he fell into deep doubt because of her words.
"Sir, don't you think about how many guards the Xin family brought with them? And how many guards did Prince Sheng bring with him? Prince Sheng is also the fiancé of Miss Xin...Xin. Even if he was leaving to visit friends, he should have left someone behind for protection. How could he have succeeded so easily?"
Oops, I almost said Xin Wu's name out of impulse. Although I will probably tell Uncle Xin Jiu the truth soon, I am not sure whether Uncle Xin Jiu can be trusted.
"Sir, think about it again. Why did Prince Sheng, knowing Xin Wei's whereabouts, bring him back only now, instead of bringing him back from the beginning? And why did he come to you to ask for gold and silver?"
"besides......"
"Your Highness, there's no need to say more. I understand what you mean. Are you saying that the Master, the Young Miss, and the Young Master were all harmed by Sheng... Sheng Jicheng?"
"You are a smart person, so I won't say much. If you had thought about it carefully earlier, you would have understood the doubts. You were just blinded."
Seeing that Uncle Xin Jiu was lost in thought again, Feng Ming did not say much, because the conversation was private and there were no servants serving in the room. But Feng Ming said to the air: "Change me a cup of hot tea." As soon as the voice fell, a black shadow flashed by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, a new cup of hot tea with a faint aroma was placed on Feng Ming's table.
Just as the secret guard quickly flashed past, Uncle Xin Jiu, who was originally lost in thought, suddenly looked in the direction of the secret guard with a lightning-like gaze and quickly took action.
Uncle Xin Jiu and the secret guard suddenly and quickly started fighting. With Feng Ming's eyesight, she could only see two shadows, one black and one dark blue, fighting back and forth. She didn't even know how the fight was going on.
In her opinion, it was probably less than three minutes and it was over.
The secret guard bowed to Uncle Xin Jiu and quickly disappeared. Feng Ming was about to call him to take this opportunity to see the secret guard's face, but the secret guard disappeared too quickly and did not give her any chance at all.
"Hey, just give me a look, it won't hurt you, really."
After muttering helplessly, he let the matter go. This kind of thing happened more than once anyway, so he would find another opportunity in the future.
However, Feng Ming's eyes turned, and she stared at Uncle Xin Jiu like a cat staring at a mouse. She didn't expect that Uncle Xin Jiu was so powerful that he could fight with her secret guards for three minutes. This was the first time someone achieved this record!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
