Chapter 434 I will spare your mother and daughter
Mo Jiuye stopped and turned to look at him.
"As long as you tell the truth, I will let your mother and daughter go."
"Three days ago, Chen Wu approached me and offered me two hundred taels of silver to teach Boss Jin a lesson. He said I had only been working under the Second Master for a short time and Boss Jin didn't know me, so I was the most suitable person to do this task.
After the matter is accomplished, he will give me two hundred taels of silver and let me take my mother and daughter away.
I thought at the time that two hundred taels of silver was not a small amount of money. With this money, I could take them to other places to buy houses and land and live a rich life.
Just when I was about to take action, I returned home and found that my mother and little daughter were gone. There was a note on the table. I attended a private school for two years when I was a child, so I knew some words.
The note said that if I wanted my mother and daughter to survive, I had to kill Boss Jin before the end of today and put the blame on Chen Wu.
In addition, they also asked me to attract the attention of the police after killing someone. If I don’t do as the note asks, they will collect the bodies of my mother and daughter early tomorrow morning…”
As he spoke, Wang Lin burst into tears and kowtowed to Mo Jiuye again.
"Master, I was forced to do this. Now I have said everything. I only ask you to spare the lives of my mother and my daughter."
Wang Lin spoke with tears in his eyes, and Meng Huaining and Mo Jiuye carefully observed his expressions and movements.
They could conclude that Wang Lin was not lying.
If he did not lie and just went to do something after seeing a note, then it would be impossible to find out the person behind the scenes from him.
Mo Jiuye ignored Wang Lin's plea. After all, his mother and daughter were not in his hands, and he was just deceiving him.
Therefore, he turned to look at Meng Huaining. Putting aside his relationship with Meng Huaining, his behavior in the court just now was indeed a bit inappropriate. Besides, Meng Huaining was not a good-for-nothing. After being questioned to this extent, if he didn't know what to do, he would no longer need to be the county magistrate.
Meng Huaining nodded slightly towards Mo Jiuye and ordered, "Come here, bring Chen Wu up."
Chen Wu was brought to court again.
"Chen Wu, I want to ask you, what does the person who gave you five hundred taels of silver to impersonate Boss Tang look like? Please describe him in detail."
Chen Wu was more honest than Wang Lin. Moreover, he always believed that he did not kill anyone and the problem was not serious. When he saw the county magistrate asking questions, he told him everything he had seen.
"The man who gave me five hundred taels of silver was about the same age as the real Mr. Tang, both around twenty years old.
But he was a little fatter than Boss Tang, wearing a purple robe, with slightly dark skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his accent sounded a bit like someone from Beijing.
By the way, he left after giving me the banknote. Looking at his back, he seemed to be limping a bit, but it wasn't easy to notice if you didn't look closely."
After a pause, Chen Wu seemed to recall something and added, "When the fake Boss Tang gave me the banknote, he specifically told me to find a stranger to do this.
Among Second Master's men, Wang Lin was the last to arrive, and he often used family matters as an excuse to avoid reporting to Second Master, so I thought it would be most appropriate for him to do this."
At present, these are the only clues we have learned from these two people.
If this matter is really related to the Xue family, they went through so much trouble to frame Tang Mingrui and indirectly cut off the Mo family's income. Their purpose is nothing more than not wanting others to know that they were the ones behind this.
This is just Mo Jiuye's own analysis and speculation. Even if it was really done by Xue Jinchuan, evidence must be found.
Although Mo Chuhan is a bit straightforward, he is not a newbie who knows nothing.
Seeing that his ninth brother asked so many questions, he guessed something.
"Ninth brother, have you discovered anything?"
"Well, I just heard from Brother Tang that two Jingxianlou restaurants have opened in the state capital."
Mo Chuhan was a little surprised: "Jingxianlou? Isn't that the Xue family's property?"
"Yes, I suspect that the Xue family's opening of Jingxianlou in the northwest is definitely not as simple as it seems." Mo Jiuye felt it necessary to explain things more clearly to his brothers.
Mo Chuhan was impatient, so he turned to Meng Huaining and said, "Sir, I'd like to ask for leave and go to the provincial capital."
Meng Huaining also heard Mo Jiuye talking about Jingxianlou just now.
Although he didn't know what was going on with Jingxianlou and the Xue family that Mo Jiuye mentioned, but looking at the tense expressions of the two Mo brothers, he knew that this matter might be related to them.
"Myna, go ahead and do whatever you want. You don't have to worry about the government office these days."
With Meng Huaining's words, Mo Chuhan pulled Mo Jiuye away without any explanation.
After leaving the court, Mo Chuhan did not forget to change out of his official uniform.
Mo Jiuye did have the idea of going to Jingxianlou to find out what was going on, so the two brothers rode their horses at full speed straight to the provincial capital.
Mo Jiuye is different from Mo Chuhan. He is on the list of people exiled by Emperor Shunwu. According to the law, he cannot leave Yuncheng.
Fortunately, Meng Huaining is his future brother-in-law, and the officials are aware of this fact. Even if he leaves Yuncheng openly, those people will just turn a blind eye.
The two brothers rode at full speed and arrived at the provincial capital at noon.
Logically, this is the time when restaurant business is at its peak. However, the Jingxianlou restaurant in front of them was deserted.
The lobby door was open and two people were standing there.
On the surface, they were dressed as waiters and stood at the door to solicit customers.
If you look closely, you can see that both of them have strong builds, and one of them is even taller than the Mo brothers.
The two stood upright at the door, and at this moment, two guests came in.
Logically, the two waiters should come forward enthusiastically and show the person to their seat.
However, the two men did not do so and continued to stand where they were. This made them look more like guards and nothing like waiters.
In addition, when the two brothers observed the interior of Jingxianlou from the outside, they found that its decoration was completely different from that of Jingxianlou in other cities.
The Jingxianlou in other cities were all decorated magnificently, and even the stone steps at the entrance were made of white marble.
The Jingxianlou here not only lacks gorgeous decorations, but even the tables and chairs look old.
Just as the two brothers were thinking about the reason, they suddenly heard a guest shouting in displeasure in the lobby.
"Is this what your five-ounce silver lion's head is like? There were so many bones in it, and the taste is so ordinary. You're a scam.
Call your boss and give me my money back, otherwise..."
“Ouch…”
Before the guest could finish his words, a person suddenly fell to the ground in front of Mo Jiuye and Mo Chuhan.
It was the customer who just asked the boss for a refund.
A burly waiter, with his hands behind his back, cursed at the customer.
"I think you're here just to cause trouble. Jingxianlou is a famous restaurant throughout the country. You have no taste, yet you dare to say that the food at Jingxianlou is not good. Who gave you the courage to cause trouble here?"
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