After dinner, Xu Jinhuan checked the time on the system page and found that it was almost 7 PM, so she led Xie Datou and the others to the old house.
Not long after they entered the house, the constables invited everyone in.
"Boss Xu, everyone's here. You can get to the point now."
Xu Jinhuan smiled and nodded. She walked to the front of the crowd, clapped her hands, and signaled everyone to be quiet.
"There is something that I have discussed with Lord Xie for a long time, and we have decided that we should tell everyone."
Xu Jinhuan paused here, and seeing that everyone in exile was looking at her seriously, she continued.
"I'm sure everyone knows why this exile occurred, right?"
As soon as Xu Jinhuan finished speaking, a woman glared at Xu Wenzhong in the corner and complained loudly, "What else could it be? It's all Xu Wenzhong's fault!"
The rest of the Xu family members who were implicated by Xu Wenzhong also nodded in agreement.
Xu Wenzhong clutched his injured head, feeling the murderous gazes around him. He opened his chapped, cracked lips, but ultimately uttered no words of explanation.
The other families who were exiled with him also pointed the finger at the culprit.
"If it weren't for Lin Wenwu, how could we have ended up like this? If murder weren't illegal, I would have sent him to his death with one strike!"
"Sigh, it makes me angry just thinking about it. When He Xizhang became successful, our family didn't get any help and was treated like a poor relative. Even the New Year's gifts we sent were thrown away."
Now that their family is guilty, our family has been implicated as well. We're truly suffering in silence!
Everyone vented their frustrations, while the people being insulted shrank back and closed their eyes, gritting their teeth and enduring even insults directed at their ancestors.
After all, what they said was true; they were just innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire.
Seeing that everyone was getting angrier and more agitated as they talked, and that some of them were about to take action, Xu Jinhuan quickly stopped them.
"Everyone, calm down a bit. Aren't you curious why I asked that question?"
Xu Jinhuan's words indeed attracted everyone's attention. Everyone turned their heads, knowing that it was impossible to end the exile, but still looking forward to what Xu Jinhuan might say next.
Xu Jinhuan inexplicably felt that in this scene, everyone looked just like cats attracted by dried fish, their eyes wide open.
"Cough cough."
Xu Jinhuan coughed lightly before speaking.
"As you may know, this exile was orchestrated by the Wu family, the maternal family of the Imperial Concubine. But what you may not know is that the Wu family has targeted us in more than one way."
The exiled people were stunned after hearing Xu Jinhuan's words, and then someone asked in confusion.
"Miss Xu, please tell us what else the Wu family has done!"
"Yeah, do you mean they're planning to hire someone to kill them on the way?"
"Oh, what you're saying is possible. That bandit we encountered on the road might have been sent by the Wu family."
Xu Jinhuan coughed lightly and waited for everyone to quiet down before explaining.
"Everyone's guess is actually correct. The Wu family did indeed want to hire someone to kill someone, and that group of bandits was sent by the Wu family."
Moreover, the Wu family's wickedness goes far beyond that; they also intend to send the young women in our team to brothels in Jiangnan.
Upon hearing this news, some of the exiled people immediately flew into a rage, some stood there dumbfounded, and some cursed aloud.
"Alas, the Wu family holds absolute power in the court. If I continue to allow such a powerful family to continue, I am truly in grave danger!"
“I knew it would be like this, Wu Daoyi. As long as Lin Yexing is not dead, he will never let us get away with it.”
"Damn it, the Wu family is full of evil intentions, I curse their ancestors for eight generations!"
This time, Xu Jinhuan did not calm everyone down immediately, but stood quietly to the side and waited for them to vent.
However, for some reason, those mentally ill members of the Xu family cast grateful glances at Xu Jinhuan, which gave her goosebumps.
Meanwhile, the crowd was cursing all at once. After a while, someone suddenly realized what was happening and looked at Xu Jinhuan, who was not far away, and asked him a question.
“Miss Xu, now that the Wu family has already made their move, even if they fail this time, there’s no guarantee they won’t have any backup plans. Will we still be able to reach our place of exile safely?”
The others realized what was happening and immediately chimed in, "Oh dear, now that you ask, I'm scared too. Will we be in danger later?"
"Luckily, we didn't have any wicked thoughts. If we had secretly run away and been caught red-handed by the Wu family, we would probably have lost our lives."
Xu Jinhuan felt everyone looking at her, pleading for an answer. She nodded and spoke.
"Given the Wu family's vengeful nature, they certainly won't let this go easily, but there are more urgent matters at hand."
Everyone was taken aback again. What urgent matter could there be?
Moreover, what could be more urgent than the Wu family's?
Xu Jinhuan winked at Xie Datou, who understood and left the house. A short while later, he returned with two people.
"Boss, the person you asked for has been brought over."
Xu Jinhuan nodded, pointed to Xiang Linsheng and Su Sanxi, and asked the crowd, "Does everyone still recognize them?"
The exiles looked at the two haggard-looking people in front of them with suspicion, only to find that they were unfamiliar faces and not members of the exile group.
However, some observant people recognized the clothes the two were wearing.
"Aren't these the clothes that Xiang Linsheng and Song Shulan are wearing?"
"Doesn't that mean these two strangers are them?"
"Oh my god, what on earth is going on?"
Xu Jinhuan clapped his hands and said with a serious expression, "This is the more urgent matter I was talking about. On the surface, these two are assassins sent by Deyilou, and their purpose is to kill us."
Many people in the exile group knew about Deyilou and were aware of their ruthlessness, so they panicked the moment they heard the name "Deyilou".
"My God, who have we offended this time? Even the Deyilou Restaurant has come!"
"I heard that Deyilou has no unfinished orders, and if they fail, they will send someone else to continue the mission. Does that mean we will be constantly hunted down?"
"For a moment, I didn't know whether it would be better to die at the hands of the Wu family or at the hands of the assassins from Deyilou..."
Xu Jinhuan coughed lightly and continued, "This Deyilou is just a tool that's out in the open. Do you all want to know who's manipulating the whole situation behind the scenes, and who's using us as pawns?"
The members of the exile group were not fools. As soon as they heard Xu Jinhuan say this, they knew that she must have investigated thoroughly.
Some people began to subconsciously speculate about Xu Jinhuan's thoughts. Having served as officials for many years, they believed that no one would do such things without a reason. Xu Jinhuan's dedication must be for some ulterior motive.
So, should they...?
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