Chapter 439 Why weren’t you caught!

Mrs. Jiang Taihou was so anxious that she realized something was wrong as soon as she said this!

Xing Xing did not give Madam Jiangtai a chance to contradict herself and interrupted her: "The yamen runner never said what the case was! How could Madam Jiangtai blurt out so confidently that it was the bandits who kidnapped Sister Cen?"

Madam Jiang Taihou's face turned pale, her lips trembled slightly, and she tried to explain: "...No, I was, I made a slip of the tongue..."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Cen Yuehua replied urgently, "That's right, it was a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue——"

"Was it really a slip of the tongue?"

An indifferent voice was heard, and Cen Yueyi, dressed in plain clothes, slowly walked out of the inn.

Madam Jiang Taihou and Cen Yuehua looked as if they had seen a ghost; their eyes were wide open and their faces turned pale!

"How come you weren't caught—"

Cen Yuehua's eyes were red with anger and she blurted out!

This time, Lady Jiang Taihou reacted and hurriedly covered Cen Yuehua's mouth, but by then, everyone present had already heard it and it was too late.

Cen Yueyi, who was always dignified and quiet, now had an indifferent look on her face as she looked straight at Madam Jiang Taihou and Cen Yuehua.

Madam Jiang Taihou forced a smile, her voice trembling as she explained: "...Yueyi, don't be offended, your sister was just frightened. She was just talking nonsense."

Xing Xing grabbed Cen Yueyi's hand, and rushed in front of Cen Yueyi and said, "Whether it is nonsense or not, we will know after going to the government office for a trial. The yamen runner is still waiting, so we don't need to argue here. Justice is in the hearts of the people, and right and wrong will be judged by the public!"

After Xingxing finished speaking, many people who were watching the excitement cheered.

After all, a cute little girl was seriously discussing right and wrong at the junction of light and darkness in the dim snow. This scene was pleasing to the eye no matter how you looked at it.

There was not a trace of blood on the face of Marquis Jiang Tai's wife, her face was even paler than the falling snow in the dim night.

She trembled and said, "Yueyi... are you really going to watch me and your sister go to the government office?"

Xing Xing pinched Cen Yueyi's palm, signaling her not to speak.

The wife of Marquis Jiang Tai is Cen Yueyi's stepmother. If Cen Yueyi said something resentful in front of everyone, it would not sound good if it got out.

Xingxing wants her sister Cen to be a perfect victim.

"Madam Hou, what you said is wrong. It was the Shuntian prefect who sent you to question. It is not up to Sister Cen to influence that." Xing Xing looked at the yamen runners again, "Yamen runners, are you right?"

Several yamen runners nodded repeatedly and urged Madam Jiang Taihou and Cen Yuehua again to follow them to Shuntian Prefecture quickly, otherwise, don't blame them for being rude.

Mrs. Jiang Taihou and Cen Yuehua were eventually taken away by the yamen runners.

On the second day, this shocking news spread throughout the capital.

It was said that the mistress and the second daughter of the Marquis of Jiangtai's Mansion, jealous of the eldest daughter's good marriage, were so crazy that they bribed bandits to kidnap the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Jiangtai when she went out of the city to pay homage to her deceased mother. They wanted to destroy the reputation of the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Jiangtai's Mansion and take over this excellent marriage!

However! The eldest daughter of the Marquis's Mansion was also blessed with good fortune. At that time, she was traveling with the younger sister of General Zhenxi! It is said that General Zhenxi is a rare tiger general in a hundred years, but few people know that General Zhenxi's sister is also a tiger brother and a dog sister. She single-handedly defeated all the bandits and sent them to the authorities!

The ruthless stepmother and stepsister confessed the whole story under the interrogation of the wise and powerful Shuntian prefectural governor! They were taken into custody and imprisoned by the Shuntian prefectural governor!

This is truly God’s gift!

It seemed as if overnight, the snow-covered streets and alleys, teahouses and taverns, were all discussing this matter.

According to well-informed sources, the owner of the Meimu Opera Troupe is planning to adapt this incident and write a new opera!

Yu Yonghuai looked at his brother who was calculating with his abacus and pressed his forehead: "...You were the one who let people spread those rumors in the capital today, right?"

Yu Yongbai finished dialing the last number, then he looked up and said with a smile: "I can't hide it from my brother, it was indeed me. In the future, my sister-in-law suffered such an injustice, and even our Xingxing almost suffered. Should I teach those people a lesson?"

Yu Yonghuai pressed his eyebrows, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

Yu Yongbai said: "Brother, just say what you want to say."

Yu Yonghuai said, "...You are venting your future sister-in-law's anger, I am very grateful to you. But do you know that the rumors on the streets now are that our Xing Xing has become a ferocious 'god-man' with three heads, six arms, eight eyes, a green face, fangs and a vicious look?"

Yu Yongbai smiled and said, "Isn't this good? Xingxing is well-known, so it won't be a problem for some ignorant people to have bad intentions and set their sights on Xingxing."

“……” This reason was very sufficient and Yu Yonghuai was convinced.

The two brothers reached an agreement on this.

"Speaking of which, a girl passed by yesterday and happened to help Xingxing and your sister-in-law. I prepared some gifts from my private storehouse. When should we go to her house to express our gratitude?" Yu Yonghuai said.

Yu Yongbai's expression was a little subtle: "This..."

Yu Yonghuai: "Hmm? Brother, what's wrong? Why do you look constipated?"

"…To be honest, I just stole a business from that girl…Big brother, you know that businessmen sometimes use cunning means, which is normal, right?" Yu Yongbai's eyes wandered, "It's just that the girl was a little angry, and she almost came to my house to throw tea at me."

Yu Yonghuai: “…”

Yu Yongbai added: "I guess Miss Gong doesn't know that Xingxing is my sister. Otherwise, I'm afraid... as soon as I pass the gift over, she'll throw it in my face."

Yu Yonghuai: “…”

He made a prompt decision and patted his brother on the shoulder: "Brother, it's not that I won't help you as your elder brother. It's just that our Xingxing really likes that Miss Gong, and you have such a grudge against her... I personally suggest that you talk to Xingxing about it?"

Yu Yongbai sighed: "It seems that this is the only way."

However, when Yu Yongbai went to Xingxing's yard to look for Xingxing, he found nothing.

At this moment, Xingxing was accompanying Cen Yueyi to count the account books in Jiang Taihou Mansion.

Cen Yueyi's mother's dowry has been in the Marquis of Jiangtai's mansion for many years, held by the Marquis of Jiangtai's wife. Cen Yueyi is getting married, and the Marquis of Jiangtai's wife should return it, but the Marquis of Jiangtai's wife used the excuse that the mansion had not made much money in recent years and used the dowry of the first wife to fill some of the holes.

Before Cen Yueyi could say anything, Lady Jiang Taihou vowed that she would compensate Cen Yueyi when the time came.

Now it seems that she was so easy to talk to at that time, and it seems that she had already determined to destroy Cen Yueyi.

Cen Yueyi, wearing a cloak, stood with Xingxing and ordered the servants to open the storehouse of the wife of Marquis Jiang Tai.

There really wasn't much money in the public accounts of Jiang Taihou Mansion in recent years, but Cen Yueyi and Xingxing looked through all the account books of Jiang Taihou's wife and found that the account books were in a terrible mess. Not only were public and private accounts mixed, but there were also many duplicate accounts, fictitious accounts, etc. There were many problems.

Cen Yueyi's brows turned cold, and she simply brought people to open the private vault of the wife of Jiang Taihou.