Chapter 218 The Person Who Disappeared Out of Thin Air
“Woof woof woof…”
“Woof woof woof…”
The dogs in Wuyi Lane barked incessantly.
Jiang Xiaobai has very sensitive hearing and is said to be able to hear sounds ten kilometers away.
It heard the noise outside the door from the backyard.
So he looked up at the full moon and let out a long roar.
The dogs in the neighborhood seemed to have responded to its call and started barking wildly.
Qin Tongpan brought a number of people to stand at the door. When they heard the wolf howl, they shuddered.
I was secretly complaining in my heart, what kind of woman is this, actually keeping a wolf at home.
There's no need to worry that it will eat the pretty little cub.
"Madam Jiang actually keeps wolves in her home?"
Lu Qingyao smiled and looked at Judge Qin. "The people in the mansion are all women and children. We're afraid that thieves will see that we are weak and want to do something bad, so we raised a wolf... to protect against thieves."
Prevent thieves?
Who is this implying?
Judge Qin's brows twitched.
After all, she was a wild girl who grew up in the frontier. She had no demeanor of a lady from a noble family. She didn't raise dogs or rabbits, but actually raised wolves.
It’s a waste of such a pretty face. No wonder Jiang Yunze doesn’t like her.
Which man would dare to marry a woman like this?
But facing Lu Qingyao at this moment, he still felt a little bit afraid.
A look of worry appeared on his face. "Please forgive me, Madam Jiang. I'm sure you've heard that my concubine is no ordinary concubine. She's a junior member of my wife's family. My wife is very fond of her and can't live without her. So, we must find her. Wherever she goes, we have to look for her so that we can rest assured."
Lu Qingyao expressed her understanding. "Of course, what Lord Qin said is right. We should look for him thoroughly. How could he just disappear out of thin air?"
After saying that, she asked someone to open the door and let the people in.
Qin Tongpan never expected that she would be so easy to talk to. He always felt that there was something fishy going on.
He didn't dare go to the backyard and only asked the old woman to go and investigate.
He took his servants around the front yard and checked the bedrooms and toilets of the guards and servants, as well as the well and every corner.
Still no results.
I couldn't wait any longer and wanted to go to the backyard to take a look.
Then a clear and loud voice came from a distance, "Yaoyao, look, I caught a few thieves for you..."
Under the light, a sullen-looking but heroic woman strode forward, sword in hand. Behind her followed five maids, each carrying something in their hands.
Is it... a person?
When I approached with the lantern, I saw that they were the old women who had just entered. Each of them had a bruised face and nose.
They kept shouting, "Lady, spare me...Lady, spare me..."
Qin Tongpan was startled.
These maids were all trained by the Madam and had some skills. Even Qi on the opposite side did not get any advantage from them.
How...how could he be beaten like this by a few little maids?
If the maids can be so tough, then the guards outside must be even more powerful.
And the woman holding the sword, could she be Yan Huan’s wife?
Judging from the situation, it must be her.
It's really here.
It was effortless to get it.
He straightened his back, looked at Lu Qingyao and asked, "What does Madam Jiang mean? Since you have agreed to let us go to look for someone, why are you making things difficult for my servants?"
"Misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding..."
Lu Qingyao looked helpless as she introduced, "This is the wife of Yan Huan, the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple, and also the Second Miss Mu from the Duke's Mansion. She has been visiting my house recently. Madam Yan is very tolerant and understanding, but today..."
"I'm afraid some of the maids offended her, so..."
That's why he was beaten.
Jiang Yue was so aggressive that all the unruly ladies in the capital would avoid her when they saw her.
What's more, it was a few old ladies who wanted to search her yard. It was a good thing that they didn't throw her to the wolves.
The corners of Qin Tongpan's mouth twitched slightly.
Damn Lu, they must have done it on purpose.
Mu Jiangyue looked at Qin Tongpan coldly, "How can you be the Tongpan of Jiangzhou? Breaking into a private house in the middle of the night is so disrespectful! And these old women of yours broke into my garden for no reason, destroying my flowers and plants, smashing my porcelain cups, and even speaking rudely. I would be remiss if I didn't give them a beating."
"He deserves a beating, of course he deserves a beating...beat him hard." Qin Tongpan said with a wry smile.
The old women looked pale and felt miserable.
This Lu Garden is also a strange place. It is a garden of Noda, with dark holes everywhere and chrysanthemums placed everywhere.
They just tripped over a few pots of chrysanthemums and didn't break them, so how could it be considered destroying her flowers and plants?
And those porcelains.
It was clearly the maids who put it in their hands, and they dropped it because they didn't hold it firmly.
It actually fell on their heads.
I want to cry but I have no tears...
Now even if I sell them I still can’t pay off the debt.
Just as he was about to open his mouth to defend himself, Qin Tongpan glared back at him.
Judge Qin immediately changed his expression, stepped forward and bowed politely, saying, "So it's Madam Yan. My apologies, I'm so shortsighted that I didn't recognize you. It's all because I failed to discipline my servants. I will compensate you for the damage..."
"Since Madam Yan is here, I believe Lord Yan is here too. Could you please help introduce him to someone?"
"He's not here." Mu Jiangyue said bluntly, "Do you think my husband is as idle as you, barging into someone's house in the middle of the night and disturbing their sleep? He's busy in the capital."
Qin Tongpan's expression suddenly changed and became gloomy.
After seeing the price list of the things that the old women broke, his face turned even darker, darker than the bottom of a pot.
He left with his men with a dark face.
The old woman said that she didn't see any man in the yard, not even a trace of a man.
He was skeptical.
When I was leaving, I heard a commotion coming from Cao's house next to Lu Garden.
Someone shouted to catch the assassin.
Originally, he didn't want to get involved in such matters, but the person living in Cao's mansion was King Jing, and he was an official in Jiangzhou.
Have to take care of it.
Even he hoped that King Jing would die.
Just as he was about to get on the carriage, he stopped again and instructed his men to go to the government office to call someone.
I waited for about an incense stick of time.
Magistrate Cui came with the yamen runners, and the two of them went to Cao's house together.
He knocked on the door and came before King Jing.
Governor Cui stepped forward and bowed, saying, "I'm sorry to have frightened Your Highness by arriving late."
"Is the prince injured? I wonder where the thief is now? We will send people to capture him immediately." Qin Tongpan raised his eyes and glanced at King Jing.
King Jing was wrapped in a white cloak stained with blood.
The clothes on the chest were torn and stained with blood. It seemed that the wound was quite deep.
This is... injured.
Who is so fierce?
He is quite talented.
Qin Tongpan secretly admired the assassin and thought that if the man escaped by chance this time, he would definitely find him and make him serve him.
Thinking of this, he quickly lowered his head to hide the smile in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
Suddenly I heard a familiar voice.
"Husband, help..."
"My husband, I did not assassinate King Jing. I was wronged..."
“It’s unfair… unfair…”
He stopped shouting halfway.
Qin Tongpan's body seemed to be petrified in an instant.
He looked up in surprise and saw a woman with a cloth gagged on her mouth being escorted over by guards. Her limbs were tied and her body was twisting like a worm. The same was true for several maids beside her.
The woman looked at him, her eyes sad but shining.
It's like grasping at straws.
This... isn't this his missing concubine Wen Yuan? Why is she here?
And became an assassin?
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