Mrs. Li is waiting.
Seeing them coming, he stood up and walked back with Wen Yu: "Things are going well. Thanks to the manpower you provided. Without them, it would not have been possible!"
"I'm glad to be able to help you. In the end, how did you solve it..."
Madam Li simply explained the matter. Wen Yu felt a little strange: "You just let Yang Xiangdong go? And you let him stay with your sister. Isn't it dangerous?"
"I have something in my hands. Besides, he is a smart man. When he saw the truth, he neither shirked responsibility nor made excuses. He chose to be straightforward and did not show hatred. He acted like a real man.
I know this is not appropriate... but my little sister is not like me... she shouldn't have to go through this. Besides, my children are too young, and such a big change will have a huge impact on their future. Just like me, I don't like myself now..."
The choices people make must have their own reasons, and Wen Yu has no right to interfere: "Wei Xiangyu can't find anyone more suitable than him. And Yang Xiangdong, greed, anger, ignorance and ignorance mislead people, and he doesn't even know what he can get."
When we got to the room at the back, the doors and windows were open, and several corpses were lying on long boards covered with mats.
"Ayu, are you afraid?" Qi Wu asked Wen Yu.
Wen Yu pulled him, "It's okay, let's take a look!"
Someone opened the mat, and Wen Yu saw Wei Xiangyu, but could only make out her appearance slightly. "Are these the servants of the Yang family?"
"One of them should be there, but I don't know where the other three came from."
After watching, several people left the house.
Wen Yu asked, "Have you asked Yang Xiangdong if he has anything else planned?"
"I tricked him, but he strongly denied it. Do you have any other information?" asked Mrs. Li.
Wen Yu said: "The Song family has a rich fortune, and they also donated a loyal and diligent earl. Previously, we got some news that Yang Xiangdong and Wei were planning to seize the Song family's fortune."
Madam Li laughed, "I was wondering, if Yang Xiangdong married Wei Xiangyu, how would he support her? In the past, Wei's outfit would cost the entire Yang family's belongings. Even if his situation has improved over the years... let's not talk about him, what about the Li family?
The entire court, except for the meritorious families when the country was founded, took the opportunity to seize a lot of industries. Just like the shop in your hand..."
Madam Li looked at Wen Yu with amusement.
Wen Yu also laughed.
"Other civil servants have very limited income. It's not easy to support a family just by relying on salary. Even if you have the opportunity to be greedy, you have to be careful if you dare to reach out. I made fun of him yesterday, but I didn't expect that he is really so courageous. He wants both people and money!"
Wen Yu said seriously, "In fact, he couldn't do it alone. So, he found a middleman from somewhere, and the person behind that person is very capable. It is said that measures have been taken against the Song family. But when we followed up, we found nothing."
"I actually thought of that, so I pointed it out to him, but he vehemently denied it. Now that you put it that way, it's really possible. But this idiot is courting disaster, and I really missed out on him! He didn't even think about it, without the Li family, he would be nothing!? It really happened as he wished, and in the end, he was robbed by others and was also plotted against, and it was all in vain!"
"Will you not ask him again?"
"I won't believe him. But some words, once revealed, can't be kept."
"Your sister, you must be scared too, right?"
"That fool... is still crying over the death of Xiong Qian and his wife! Arranging their funeral affairs... Alas!" Madam Li looked at Wen Yu: "Wen Yu, thank you so much! If it weren't for your help... I don't know what I would have to go through. It's also a warning to us. We have been too smooth these years and sometimes we get complacent."
"You don't have to think so. I have heard that the elder is very steady."
"Wen Yu, although I will send someone to keep an eye on this matter, I still want to ask you to keep me informed when you investigate the person behind this."
"No problem."
"You are such a young girl, but you are so steady. That's great. If you need anything in the future, you can come to me."
"I know."
The two people laughed.
…
Wen Yu returned to the store and went to the inn to find Song Shang first. He already knew the news.
"There is no news from Madam Li. Yang Xiangdong does not admit that he is targeting the Li family."
Song Shang nodded: "It makes sense. I will leave one person to follow Yang Xiangdong and find out the middleman and the person behind the scenes."
"Where are Song Tao and Xu Er?"
"Song Tao has been very down-to-earth recently and has not had any contact with outsiders. Now, he is busy with my marriage all day long. He did not mention when he would leave. It seems that he wants to spend the New Year in the capital. Xu Er is...learning bad things. Song Tao knows, but he does not care."
Wen Yu analyzed: "Perhaps he wanted to force Xu Erlang into a desperate situation and take a risk."
"Yes, if he can't do it, he will go to his mother and eldest brother!"
"Then are his mother and elder brother trustworthy?"
"They have already found me and told me that they feel that the relationship between Erlang and Song Tao is not normal, but they don't understand what is going on, so they asked me to pay attention to it."
"Yes, I understand. I know that I am a small person, so I can't get involved in the game of power. In the end, I will be trapped!"
Wen Yu sneered: "But people like Yang Xiangdong and Song Tao don't think they are small people... They feel like they are great people!"
…
The "great big shot" Yang Xiangdong returned home and lived in the front yard for a few days.
He calmed himself down and even burned incense money for Wei Xiangyu himself.
He sent someone to tell the Wei family about the news. As for the Wei family's reaction, we'll see what happens next!
Life is back to normal...
He thought it through and finally gave up. He contacted the middleman and said that he didn't want to continue what he had done before. The money he had paid and the information he had provided were considered the end of it. He would not tell anyone, but he would not continue to provide information.
Last time he actually brought back some news, but he was too busy trying to kill his wife to give it to me.
Li Qun was a little dissatisfied when he received the news. Originally, he wanted to dump Yang Xiangdong because he had his eyes on the Song family! But later, when Yang Xiangdong wanted to move the Li family, he was a little tempted.
When dealing with the Song family, dragging the Li family into the water was also something that King Wu would like to see.
But now Yang Xiangdong wants to run away and get away with it. How can it be that easy? What's more, if he wants to curry favor with the Li family and spread this matter...
It would be boring if the Li family followed the clues and found me here.
…
In the morning, Tan drank tea, basked in the sun, and thought about her own things. These days, she was no longer in the mood to show her kindness, nor was she interested in stirring up trouble.
In the end, the Marquis didn't tell me about Yue'er. What was he thinking? A maid came back and said, "Old lady, there is a maid from the courtyard who married out a long time ago. She said she is from Zhang Wang's family. She is at the second gate and wants to come in to pay her respects to you."
How could Tan have time to see her? But she had always been a philanthropic person, so she had to act anyway, which was really tiring. "Tell her that you appreciate the kindness. I'm fine. I have something to do now. I'll ask her to come in and talk later."
After a while, the old woman came back hesitantly: "Madam, she said she had something to tell you about the back street. She didn't know if it was useful, so she wanted to go back with you."
Tan thought for a moment and said, "I have nothing to do anyway, let her in!"
After a while, an old woman with gray hair came in and kowtowed to Tan.
"Meet the old lady!"
"Forgive my poor eyesight, I couldn't recognize you! Stop being polite, get up!"
The old woman stood up, feeling very embarrassed. "Madam, you spend all day meeting noble ladies. I was born a slave, so it's normal that you don't recognize me."
Tan smiled, and seeing that there was only one maidservant beside her, she asked, "You just said, do you have anything to tell me about the backstreet?"
"Madam, it's like this. I was married and lived in the countryside, relying on three mu of thin land for a living. My son found a job in the mansion's property and lived in the back street. My daughter-in-law helped people mend clothes in her spare time. This time I went to the city to stay for a few days. I heard from my daughter-in-law that some days ago, someone was in the back street asking about your aunt!"
Tan's expression remained unchanged, but his heart was beating wildly.
"Oh? Do you know who it is?"
"I don't know! He was quite generous when it came to giving. If anyone remembered anything, tell him and he took the reward."
"It's been so long, could it be that my old friend is looking for me..." Tan pretended to think.
"Maybe! Otherwise, who would ask about this?" said the old woman.
"Yeah, you didn't leave your name? I'll ask someone to find him."
"No, no. Besides, I heard that he didn't find out anything."
Tan's inner thoughts: Of course I can't find out anything. How can I keep this handle when I do things? However, this matter is troublesome, which means that she doubts my identity.
I don't know why, but this "she" must be referring to Wen Yu.
I was shocked again: Did the master reveal something? This shouldn't be the case...
"Is that so? Then ask your daughter-in-law to keep an eye out. If anyone asks again, please write it down and report it to Mrs. Zhou at the second gate. I'll take a look. If it's an old relative who needs help, I can help a little now."
"Madam, please be merciful. I will go back and explain this to my daughter-in-law."
"Xing'er, reward!"
The old woman left, thanking him profusely.
(End of this chapter)