Ma Wencai was startled by Xie Datou's sudden slamming of the table. He was choked by his saliva and coughed violently a few times before he recovered.
He laughed awkwardly, "One should do his job according to his position. I was forced to do this by the higher-ups."
Xie Datou wanted to curse a few more times, but was stopped by Xu Jinhuan. She looked at Ma Wencai and asked, "After talking for so long, you still haven't told us who is behind you."
Xie Datou finally reacted and asked, "Yes, tell me, which wicked guy planned this!"
Ma Wencai sighed and said, "Neither you nor I can afford to offend this person. In fact, it will not do you any good to know too much."
Xie Datou was so angry at this that he slammed the table again, "What a joke, they have put a knife to our necks and you want us to play dumb?
Why don't you suggest that we just slit our throats and kill ourselves, so that that person won't have to do it!"
However, there was no sign of anger on Xu Jinhuan's face. She put the teacup in her hand on the table, looked directly at Ma Wencai, and said softly.
"Ma Wencai, I didn't tie you up to hear you say these things."
Ma Wencai had just witnessed Xu Jinhuan's madness, and was afraid that she would come up with some more punishment to torture him, so he quickly slapped himself hard.
"Blame me, I said the wrong thing!"
After he finished speaking, he saw Xu Jinhuan lowering his eyes to look at the teacup on the table without even looking at him. He could only grit his teeth and slap himself hard twice again.
While beating him, he said, "I was wrong, I was really wrong, I will never say such things again."
After the beating, Ma Wencai looked at Xu Jinhuan cautiously again, but seeing that she hadn't looked at him yet, he could only continue to fan his mouth hard.
For a moment, the only sound in the room was the sound of Ma Wencai slapping his face.
Xu Jinhuan listened for a while before waving his hand casually, "Okay, stop, and continue."
Ma Wencai stopped immediately and just as he opened his mouth to tell what he knew, he heard someone knocking on the door, interrupting the interrogation.
For a moment, Ma Wencai didn’t know whether to say anything or not, and he felt suffocated and anxious.
However, Xu Jinhuan looked at the officer outside the door with confusion.
"What's wrong?"
The officer bowed respectfully before speaking.
"Boss Xu, we were in charge of cleaning up the battlefield. I suddenly remembered that I had tied a hemp rope in the woods before, and I guessed that there might be injured bandits there, so I took a few brothers with me, and the result was..."
Seeing that the officer was hesitant and had a look of hesitation on his face, Xu Jinhuan asked directly, "What happened? It's okay, tell me."
The officer lowered his head and replied, "In the end, we did find a few injured bandits, and, and..."
When Xie Datou saw that the officer was hesitating, he became furious and scolded him.
"Is this what I teach you? A grown man is so shy when reporting something. I don't think I can assign you any work in the future!"
Upon hearing this, the officer lowered his head even more. If he could crawl into the crack in the ground, he would probably give it a try.
"Sir, Boss Xu, besides the bandits, there are also members of the Xu family."
Big Head Xie didn't react for a moment, and asked loudly, "Xu family, which Xu family?"
Then, after seeing Xu Jinhuan beside him, his pupils suddenly shrank, his voice suddenly became smaller, and he asked quietly: "Are you talking about Boss Xu's family?"
The officer nodded silently and responded in a low voice.
"They are Boss Xu's family members. When we arrived, one of them had already been killed by the bandits. The others were injured but still alive."
Xu Jinhuan found their cautious appearance somewhat amusing, and said directly: "I'm sure you are aware of the discord between me and the Xu family.
Although my surname is Xu, I don't have any feelings for them. Whether they are dead or alive has nothing to do with me.
That's not quite right. If I knew about their death, I would still send a salute to express my blessing."
The officer felt relieved when he heard this. He had just been worried that Boss Xu would blame them for the death of his family, but after hearing these words, the pressure disappeared instantly.
"Boss Xu, we are relieved when you say that. The Xu family deserted when we were fighting against the bandits. The brothers will definitely teach them a lesson."
Xu Jinhuan nodded indifferently, then suddenly asked, "Is Xu Youyou among these people?"
The officer shook his head. "She's not here. I guess Xu Youyou is alone in the room. They didn't have time to call her to join them when they escaped."
Xu Jinhuan sneered, "It seems that I have overestimated Xu Youyou's status in their hearts..."
After saying that, Xu Jinhuan looked at the officer and said, "This family needs to be well-organized to be interesting. Take Xu Youyou over and educate her together with the Xu family."
The officer bowed respectfully, "Yes, Boss Xu. But, Boss, someone wanted to rescue Xu Youyou before, so we locked her up. What if they come again this time..."
Xu Jinhuan smiled and said, "We are waiting for them. Do they really think that we are a place where they can come and go as they please? If they dare to come, they will leave their lives behind."
Xu Jinhuan suddenly felt that she was becoming more and more like a vicious female supporting role, and she tried her best to prevent the male and female protagonists from being together.
However, generally the vicious female supporting characters want the love of the male protagonist, but she wants the lives of the male and female protagonists!
"Yes, Boss Xu, I'll do it right away!"
After the officer left, there was no sound in the room for a long time. Xie Datou asked in confusion, "Boss, do you have a grudge against the man who saved the life?"
Xu Jinhuan nodded and said only four words, "Blood feud."
Xie Datou patted his chest vigorously, "Boss, your enemy is my enemy. When he comes, I will definitely help you kill him!"
Ma Wencai suddenly interrupted at this time, "You two, you are not going to interrogate me, why don't you take a look at me first?"
Xu Jinhuan smiled and looked at Ma Wencai, "Okay, go ahead and talk. We're listening."
Ma Wencai was only glanced at by Xu Jinhuan, and he subconsciously sat up straight and started talking nonstop.
"In fact, I only knew that the person above me was a lieutenant in the army at first. Later, due to an accident, I discovered the real person behind the scenes. That was the imperial concubine's family, the Wu family, which had military power.
The Wu family not only wanted to hold on to the military power, but also wanted a lot of money. They secretly took over several brothels and gambling houses in Jiangnan and created a real den of money.
At first, he just asked us to rob girls from poor families, but later, the brothel became bigger and bigger, and ordinary girls could no longer satisfy them, so…"
Xie Datou continued Ma Wencai's next words, "So they set their sights on the exiled lady?"
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