Chapter 189 What is hidden
Qin Sixian considered that Wei Qingyan was a girl and it would be inappropriate for her to travel with him, so he brought his wife, Madam Qin, along.
The three of them went to the old shopkeeper together.
The old shopkeeper's surname was Cao. He looked to be in his early seventies, had a limp in one leg, and walked unsteadily, but he didn't like anyone to support him.
I heard that Qin Sixian and others came here to discuss Shen Changshan’s trip to the north twenty-three years ago.
He lamented, "Your father is more than ten years younger than me, so how could... Hey, why are you suddenly here asking about what happened? What happened?"
Qin Sixian said half-truthfully, "Before my father died, he kept talking about wanting to return to his roots, so I thought he wanted to go back to Furong County.
However, after the coffin was taken out of the city, it could not be lifted up, and then it stood in the pit and refused to be buried. The elders in the countryside said that this was because my father did not want to return to his hometown.
I thought, my father has lived in the north for many years, maybe he was talking about the north where fallen leaves return to their roots.
But my father is no longer with us, and we can't ask him. We can't carry it all the way to the north, and then bring it back and cause trouble to his family.
I heard that my father went to the north with you, so I wanted to ask you about his situation along the way.
We can also determine whether Father is going to the North."
"How could such a thing happen?" Shopkeeper Cao was shocked. "But it was so long ago that I really don't remember anything special happening."
"Did you stop anywhere on the way? Or did you encounter any problems on the way?" Wei Qingyan asked.
"Who is this?" the old shopkeeper asked Qin Sixian.
Madam Qin said hurriedly, "This is a relative of ours. There have been a lot of problems at home recently, and she came to help."
The old shopkeeper nodded and replied, "This escort mission is to accompany Mr. Shen back to his hometown to relocate the graves. When we go, everyone is empty-handed. Mr. Shen is not in a hurry, so if he encounters a place with beautiful scenery, he will stay for a few days.
When I was escorting the Shen family's remains back to the capital, I didn't stop for a single stop, and the journey was smooth.
"How did my father feel on the way?" Qin Sixian asked.
Old Shopkeeper Cao seemed to recall something, "He didn't look very well. He didn't say much along the way."
Wei Qingyan, "He has never been apart from you all the way?"
The old shopkeeper answered quickly this time, "No."
Wei Qingyan half lowered her eyes. The reason why she waited for Qin Sixian to return to Beijing and came to Ping'an Escort Agency with him was because she thought that Qin Sixian was Shen Changshan's son.
It is easier to ask questions when there is someone you know in front of you.
If the matter of ghost resentment can be kept secret, it will not be exposed.
But it was obvious that she was overthinking it, as Manager Cao was not going to cooperate.
This further proves that Shen Changshan’s trip was hiding a secret.
And Manager Cao is an insider.
"Did the old shopkeeper have any contact with Mr. Shen later?" Wei Qingyan asked casually.
"I've met him once or twice in the capital, but Lord Shen is a scholar from the Imperial College, and I'm just a rough guy running an escort agency, so I didn't dare to bother him too much."
Wei Qingyan smiled, "Does the old shopkeeper know what happened to the Qin family recently?"
"I'm not feeling well right now and rarely go out. What happened?"
Wei Qingyan looked at him, "Manager Cao didn't ask just now, I thought Manager Cao knew."
When Madam Qin first introduced her, she mentioned that a lot of things had happened in the Qin family recently. When ordinary people heard this, they would ask a question.
But Shopkeeper Cao didn't.
A person who, when he met Shen Siyuan at the escort agency, asked Shen Siyuan to help him bring good things to Shen Changshan, and expressed regret for Shen Changshan's death to Qin Sixian as soon as they met.
He was indifferent to what happened in Shen Changshan's family, and only asked a question after she pointed it out.
This is very abnormal.
Unless he already knew.
Wei Qingyan still had a smile on his face, and his gaze turned to the old shopkeeper's foot. "When did you injure your foot?"
To be able to get the old shopkeeper to help conceal it, either he paid enough money, or Shen Changshan was indebted to the old shopkeeper.
Shopkeeper Cao had already realized something was wrong. He was silent for a moment and said vaguely, "It's been quite a few years."
"Which year exactly?" Wei Qingyan asked.
This matter could not be concealed. The Qin family would know it with just a little inquiry. Shopkeeper Cao could only say, "Twenty-three years ago."
"The time we went to the North?"
This time, the one questioning was Qin Sixian. On the way here, Wei Qingyan told him that his father was very likely to be a martial artist.
This seemed incredible to him. How could his father, who looked so weak, be capable of fighting?
But now he no longer dares to say that he understands his father.
"Yes." Shopkeeper Cao nodded, his face a little serious, "I've been escorting people all my life, and the trip to the north was the easiest.
But because I indulged my appetite, I went hunting in the mountains and ended up crippling my leg. It's such a shameful thing, I really don't want to mention it."
Not only Wei Qingyan and Qin Sixian, but even Madam Qin could sense his intention to make amends in his words.
"Old shopkeeper, you are not familiar with Shen Changshan, and you have no other connection with him. You don't need to accept our questioning here.
Especially for enduring my aggressiveness."
Wei Qingyan met his eyes and said mercilessly, "You cooperated like this because you were waiting for us, waiting to give us some false news. What do you want to help Shen Changshan hide?"
"You...what exactly are you going to do? I'm not familiar with him. I'm only cooperating with you because the Qin family is a government official, and we ordinary people can't afford to offend them..."
"Old shopkeeper, do you know why Shen Changshan's youngest son died?" Wei Qingyan interrupted him.
"Why?"
After the old shopkeeper asked this question, he wished he could slap himself.
Isn't this a disguised admission that he has actually been paying attention to the Shen family and knows that Shen Changshan's youngest son is dead.
Wei Qingyan curled his lips slightly.
She didn't give the old shopkeeper an answer, and continued, "Do you know why Shen Changshan's wife has been in a coma and hasn't woken up yet?"
This time the old shopkeeper didn't ask any questions, but stared at Wei Qingyan.
Wei Qingyan's dark pupils looked back at him, and just when Manager Cao wanted to avoid this sharp gaze, Wei Qingyan's fingertips touched his forehead.
After a moment, a face appeared in front of Manager Cao.
How to describe that face?
Shopkeeper Cao had little education and only remembered the four words "green face and fangs" sung in the opera.
But the face was so familiar, and he clearly didn't have fangs, but he was still frightened and almost jumped out of his chair.
That is Lord Shen's face.
No longer as elegant and gentle as before.
The woman’s cold voice sounded in her ears, “Old man, Shen Changshan is dead, and what you see now is the look of his resentment after his death.
In a sense, he is no longer Shen Changshan, he is Gui Yuan.
If a person has obsessions during his lifetime, he will feel resentment after his death. If the ghost's resentment is not resolved, it will turn into a demon over time and bring disaster to his descendants.
The death of the third master of the Shen family and the coma of Old Lady Qin were all caused by Shen Changshan’s resentment.
"Old man, Shen Changshan's obsession is to return to his roots, so please tell us, who is he? Where are his true roots?"
Shopkeeper Cao's breathing became rapid, his cloudy eyes widened, but he never uttered a word.
Wei Qingyan did not rush him. He walked to Madam Qin and stretched out his hand, saying, "Madam, take out the talisman paper I gave you last time."
After hearing about the effect of the paper talisman, Madam Qin kept it close to her body. Upon hearing this, she hurriedly turned around, took out the talisman from her bosom and handed it to Wei Qingyan.
Wei Qingyan supported Madam Qin’s arm and asked her to face Manager Cao, “Old man, people don’t know what happens after death, no matter how carefully Shen Changshan considered it during his lifetime.
He didn't expect that he would harbor resentment after his death. He asked you to help keep it secret simply to protect his descendants.
But if his resentment is not resolved, the next person to die will be his eldest daughter-in-law, and then perhaps his eldest son, then his second son... until there is no one left in the Qin family.
This is certainly not what he wants to see, nor is it what you want to see."
Shopkeeper Cao warned himself in his heart not to listen to the woman's bluffing, but his eyes couldn't help but look at Madam Qin.
When he was escorting a bodyguard in the past, he would often encounter roadside charlatans who would stop him and say things like his forehead was black and he was going to get into trouble.
He laughed it all off, saying that only dead people have black hair.
But today, he truly saw what it meant to have a black forehead.
The originally fair-skinned woman gradually developed a black cloud on her forehead, which made her entire face look bluish.
It looks very much like the skin condition of a dead person.
"Who are you? Why should I trust you?"
Shopkeeper Cao struggled for a long time before finally squeezing out these words.
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