NFBE Chapter 288 Where will they set up their agency?
Chapter 288 Where will they set up their agency?
Not only Xu Minghui, but Xu Mingxi also felt aggrieved.
There has been some progress, but the truth has not been revealed. Xu Xinyue is currently missing, and if he just disappears, that would be fine!
If I return in the future, will I just watch her get away with it?
However, she sadly discovered that apart from Xu Baiyu's testimony, she could not find any definite evidence pointing to her.
It was just as Xu Guanghai said, there was nothing we could do about her.
She thought again of what Xu Baiyu said, that Yang killed Xu Xinyue's mother. She felt conflicted and unwilling to let her go.
Hesitating and unable to make a decision.
Xu Guanghai just thought she acquiesced.
"Alright! That's the end of it!"
Xu Minghui thought of something: "Father, mother passed away, we are in mourning, I am afraid that in the short term, Xier's marriage-"
Xu Guanghai glared at him again: How could he have forgotten this! !
Although Concubine Su had an accident and her mother's family was exiled.
However, His Majesty did not seem to vent his anger on Qin Zhaolie. His attitude towards Qin Zhaolie was unclear. He could not be said to be using him highly, but judging from recent events, he was not indifferent either.
It's just that His Majesty did not allow him to observe mourning for the "guilty concubine", so he did not say to postpone the wedding.
This finally made Xu Guanghai feel relieved. Not disgracing Qin Zhaolie meant there was still hope. Xu Guanghai didn't want to give up on the tree so easily.
Moreover, His Majesty has re-promoted the new Minister of War. He has no hope now and must hold on to Qin Zhaolie tightly. Even if Xier says she can't marry him, she can still plead for him.
Ultimately, one still needs someone in the court to back him up, and the relationship between father-in-law and son-in-law should be the most reliable.
This was a show of his loyalty to Qin Zhaolie, and it was also his lowest point.
It is easy to add icing on the cake, but difficult to provide timely assistance.
It is even harder to be willing to share the joys and sorrows with Qin Zhaolie!
Thinking of this, Xu Guanghai couldn't help but feel complacent. He was truly a man who valued righteousness.
However, Xier's marriage must not go wrong!
There must be no postponement, and there must not be any chance for Qin Zhaolie to cancel the engagement!
This matter requires careful consideration.
Xu Guanghai frowned, and the wrinkles between his eyebrows were so tight that they could kill a mosquito.
"You guys go back first, I'll take care of this matter, I won't..."
Before he could finish his words, a servant from the Xu residence at the door, sweating profusely, hurriedly reported: "Master, it's bad, the eldest lady, she, she!"
Xu Baiyu?
"What happened to her? Did she run away?" Xu Guanghai shouted, and Xu Mingxi and Xu Minghui beside him also looked surprised.
"No, he's dead!"
"What!?"
The three people in the room were all surprised.
"Why did he die in prison for no reason?"
Xu Minghui asked: "Was it suicide? Or was it someone else who did it?"
The servant scratched his head and said, "He must have committed suicide."
Xu Mingxi took a step forward and said, "How can you say it's right? Can't the coroner even prove it's homicide or suicide?"
"The prison guards said that when they arrived, they saw Xu Baiyu lying dead on the ground. It looked like he had taken poison, so they said he must have committed suicide."
"Poison? Where does the poison come from?"
"Like the kind hidden between the teeth. It's probably always on her."
"The jailer said that since the person is dead, there is nothing useful to be found. We in the Xu Mansion should decide what to do with the body."
"You unlucky thing, you murdered my mistress, you are not worthy to be my Xu family's daughter, throw her away, this evil girl is not worthy to be buried in my Xu family's ancestral tomb!"
The servant said uncertainly, "Then, sir, should we carry it to the mass grave?"
"Whatever you want, just do it."
Xu Baiyu's body was thrown mercilessly into the desolate and messy mass grave like a piece of rag.
There was the sound of rustling footsteps in the distance.
"Oh my, I told you it was a fake death drug, and you actually took it. It's not just a fake death drug. It seems like you really have no other options. There was only a note saying the drug was from, but you took it without even asking where it came from."
The person who spoke was Xu Yuqiong. Lu Yu beside her said, "This body doesn't really look special. What is the master going to use it for?"
Xu Yuqiong didn't care: "Who cares? Since the master wants to use him, we can just take him away."
This place was originally deserted, so Xu Yuqiong assigned two temporary laborers to quietly transport Xu Baiyu back and put him at the agreed location, waiting for the contact person to pick him up.
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Qin Yuechuan and Qingyang came to the place where the target he was following disappeared.
This place is just an ordinary dead end alley, no more than ten steps long at most, no different from the others.
The same plain mud tiles, the mud on the walls at the entrance of the alley is peeling unevenly, and there are almost the same amount of scattered stones and weeds on the edges of the corners.
For a moment, it is really difficult to distinguish the subtle differences between here and other places.
Qin Yuechuan looked around, knocked on three walls, and listened carefully to see if there were any holes, but to no avail.
He rubbed his palms on the solid wall, fiddling with each exposed brick and stone, and there was no sign of looseness or insertion. It was indeed a bit tricky. No wonder Qingyang and others came to find him in a hurry.
"Are you sure they disappeared here?"
"I am sure that although we were some distance away from them, I saw with my own eyes that they entered this alley. There is an old locust tree that sticks out a little from the wall, which is very easy to identify. When I followed it, those people disappeared."
"And I am sure that they did not cross the wall. The only explanation is that they must have entered a secret passage somewhere here."
It is reasonable and there is nothing wrong with it. It should be so.
But where exactly did they set up this agency?
"Since you have never seen anyone climbing over a wall, you have never climbed over the top of a wall either, right?"
Qingyang and the others looked at each other in confusion, wondering, "Since they didn't climb over the wall, then the mechanism must be here. Why would they need to climb over the wall?"
"Besides, this wall is not that low. If someone climbs over it, I will be able to see it from a distance."
Qin Yuechuan seemed to have some feeling that ordinary people would probably think so, which means that most people probably would not consider this possibility.
Qin Yuechuan frowned and thought deeply. Perhaps the most unlikely thing is the most likely one.
He looked at the top of the wall which was ten feet taller than he was, tiptoed up and stood firmly on it. He moved a few steps and even jumped onto the wall beside him to look around.
Looking down at the overall layout of the winding alley, I was suddenly surprised to find that with the wall under my feet as the center, the structure within a hundred steps was completely symmetrical.
And only when you look from a high place can you notice this subtle feature.
He suddenly thought of something and asked Qingyang and the others who were looking down, "You said there is an old locust tree that is very easy to identify, right?"
Qingyang raised his voice slightly: "Yes, Your Majesty, look here, isn't there an old locust tree? The branches sticking out are the same as what we saw from afar!"
"Ah!"
Qin Yuechuan probably knew the crux of the problem.
Since it is completely symmetrical, there must be an identical old locust tree not far away, with branches at exactly the same angles.
The wall is not very low, and if you are under the wall, such abnormalities are very difficult to detect.
Qin Zhaolie had indeed put a lot of thought and financial resources into building a protective wall with such a layout in the city of Kyoto in order to hide the entrance.
Qin Yuechuan looked around and saw the branch sticking out of the wall at the corresponding point. The angle of the branch was exactly the same as the one under his feet.
What a thoughtful thing!
Qin Yuechuan immediately ordered Qingyang to climb over the wall. Without saying much, he used his eyes to indicate the layout on the other side. Qingyang immediately understood and said ashamedly, "It was my incompetence and negligence. It turned out that it was due to a misperception that it turned to the other side."
"Since you are here, I will go with you."