Looking along the direction from which the sword light struck, Hua Rujin discovered that at the entrance of the alley, a straight figure was sitting on a horse and walking slowly towards this direction.
"Ms. Hua, have you offended someone again?"
Ye Chengguan turned over and dismounted, met her eyes, and slowly walked towards the carriage with a leisurely pace.
When they arrived here, Lu Xiuyuan and Ting An squatted down to examine the swordsman's body.
Seeing several corpses lying scattered on the ground, Hua Rujin felt puzzled.
How could someone want to kill me for no reason?
Could it be that he ruined the prefect's good deeds and wanted to take revenge?
Or maybe it's the Meng family?
Seeing that his cousin was safe and sound, Ruya's cousin went over in shock and looked at Cai Baiwei, whose legs were a little limp, and the two frightened little beans who were leaning on the edge of the wall. He comforted her and said, "It's okay."
Then he hurriedly walked to the carriage, cupped his hands towards Ye Chenggui and said, "Thank you, Brother Chenggui, for saving me."
"Easy to do."
Ye Chengguan responded softly, his cold eyes still lingering on Hua Rujin, his eyes full of doubts.
"Could it be Wen Yuming?"
Shu Jinxuan saw that he was staring at his cousin with a sly look on his face, so he quickly reminded her.
Ye Chengguan calmly shook his head: "He is not so stupid."
"That's the Meng family?"
Shu Jinxuan said again.
Hua Rujin also shook her head: "I see that these people are not simple in skills. The Meng family is in dire straits now. It is impossible to make the current situation worse by being ignorant."
Moreover, based on my understanding of Meng Yutang, the sinister woman would never use a knife if she wanted to harm someone. She would only use some sinister tricks and would not go to such an extreme.
"It has reached the point of killing people and silencing them. Either there is a deep hatred and you have to live and die, or there is someone else's leverage in your hands that makes people jealous."
Ye Chengguan looked at Hua Rujin meaningfully and quite agreed with her opinion.
After all, the Meng family only lost some money this time. If they were involved in a murder case, they would be asking for death.
He lowered his eyebrows and glanced at Lu Xiuyuan, and then he ordered: "Take the body back to the county government, order a portrait, and find out the origin of the assassin."
"yes."
Lu Xiuyuan and the guards collected the bodies and left immediately.
Watching the guards disappear into the night, Ye Chenggui cast a sidelong glance at the frightened Cai Baiwei and the two little ones, and then whispered to Ting An: "Send the Hua family's wife back to the carriage first."
"good."
Ting An answered softly, then went over and led the mother and son into the Shu family's carriage.
When only Hua Rujin and Shu Jinxuan were left in the alley, and a few people followed the carriage at a tight pace, Ye Chengguan continued to speak suspiciously: "I wonder if Miss Hua knows the origin of the house where she currently lives.
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The elegant cousin replied hastily: "The owner of that house is just a businessman who abides by his duties. I have sent people to inquire around, and there is indeed nothing suspicious about the house."
Ye Chengguan did not directly answer Shu Jinxuan's words, but continued to look at Hua Rujin with a faint smile: "There is indeed no problem with the house, and there is no problem with the owner of the house. The problem is with the tenants who rented this house before."
Hua Rujin vaguely guessed something at this time, but she was not sure. She hesitated and asked: "What do you mean by Mr. Ye's words?"
"When this house was first completed, it was leased to a wealthy businessman from Jiang'an County. However, the wealthy businessman later disappeared out of thin air in this county, and Jiang'an County has no trace of it."
Ye Chengguan casually took out a file from his arms and handed it to Hua Rujin: "This is an old case that I have been studying recently. It is the case of the disappearance of a wealthy businessman in Jiang'an County."
Seeing this, Hua Rujin quickly took it over.
While she was checking the files, Ye Chengguan said in detail: "It is said that the wealthy businessman rushed back to Jiang'an County to celebrate the birthday of his young daughter before he disappeared, but his family waited for many days and did not wait for the wealthy businessman to return.
After hearing the news from my family, I had no choice but to come to the county to look for him, and I even filed a complaint with the county government. The matter remained in a stalemate for about a year, and then the mother and daughter who made the complaint disappeared out of thin air."
"I see."
Hua Rujin smiled bitterly and put away the file. It was now almost certain that Cheng Nini and her late mother were the ones who complained to the county government.
"I sent people to Jiang'an County to inquire. The mother and daughter have not returned to their hometown. They may still be in the county."
Ye Chenggui's apricot eyes moved slightly, and he looked at her coldly.
Thinking about what happened when he went to her house to check on her that night, even though he had doubts, he couldn't force her to question her because she wanted to hide her secrets.
"My lord's suspicion is not unreasonable."
Hua Rujin smiled calmly.
But this time she couldn't tell him frankly about finding Cheng Nini in the tunnel.
First, she still didn't know why Cheng Nini and her daughter were hunted down by the government, and why the girl's father disappeared mysteriously;
Furthermore, this matter involved the government, which was different from the Dou family matter. She did not have enough confidence in Ye Chengguan.
Shu Jinxuan looked at the two of them testing each other's eyes from the side, as if his cousin had deliberately hidden the mother and daughter.
And it sounds like the mother and daughter did nothing wrong. They just wanted to find their relatives. Even if the cousin hid the person, it would not lead to death.
"Mr. Ye seems to be deliberately targeting his cousin recently."
Shu Jinxuan muttered to himself dissatisfied, thinking of the two people he met at Jinhu Tower, he deliberately changed the subject: "Brother Cheng Gu, you were deceived in some case you were trying recently. Today we are in Jinhu Tower
When you meet a young man, who is still a child, and listen to them talking about you, it sounds like they are extremely disdainful of you."
"Oh? Is this happening?"
Ye Chengguan was shocked, but then he thought it was the Zhang brothers.
"Speaking of which, I did encounter a strange thing today."
Ye Chengkuan cast his eyes lazily on the two of them: "The victim of the headless man's corpse a while ago was beating drums in front of the government office today to complain. I thought these two cousins were determined to come and seek compensation for the deceased.
To be fair, I never thought that these brothers never mentioned a word about punishing the murderer, and even asked to identify the deceased. Instead, they directly asked the county to ask for money, and asked the Han family to compensate the Han family for three hundred taels of silver as support for the deceased's orphan.
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"It's really heartless."
Shu Jinxuan shook his head repeatedly.
"It is indeed rare in the world."
Ye Chengguan sneered and said: "It's okay to be a cool nephew, but a biological son should always take into account some flesh and blood affection."
"Maybe he's not his biological son."
At this moment, Hua Rujin recalled the previous conversation between the two people in her mind, and felt that something was very wrong: "I'm afraid they are just here for the money."
It's just that the food looks too ugly.
Even if you are just a nephew, you should think about seeking justice for your uncle first and letting him die in embarrassment. This can at least win a little more sympathy and capture people's hearts when fighting for compensation.
Ye Chengguan had already made up his mind on this matter and did not comment much.
Seeing that he was about to arrive in front of the Hua family's house, he suddenly smiled and said to Hua Rujin in a mysterious manner: "This county has accepted a lawsuit for Miss Hua's house. I think someone will come to the door tomorrow.
"
"Took a case for me?"
Hua Rujin looked at him in disbelief.
Could he be so kind?
Isn't this guy the most annoying person who instigates lawsuits? Why is he asking for trouble?
"certainly."
Ye Chengguan had a wry smile on his face.
The suspect took the initiative to sign and confess his crime. Even if he suspected that he was beaten into a crime, the magistrate of the county could not ask the murderer to reverse the case and change his confession.
"Thank you."
Hua Rujin smiled stiffly.
It's not clear yet whether he is really warm-hearted or has ulterior motives.
"It's easy, Miss Hua. You're welcome."
Ye Chengguan bowed his hands to the two of them and said goodbye: "Farewell."
Then he jumped onto the green horse and quickly disappeared into the night with Ting'an's figure.