After Miss Wang said these words, she shut her mouth and waited for the maid to take her away.
Xu Qinghuan remembered something: "When I first returned to Beijing, the eldest lady had someone send me a letter. What did the eldest lady want to say to me at that time?"
Miss Wang shook her head: "When I heard the rumors about my father, I always refused to believe them. I... felt that Miss Xu must have wronged my father."
After hearing what her father said today, she realized that it was all true and that her father was not who she thought he was.
"Let's go!"
The maid gave the order, and Miss Wang immediately followed her and left.
"How pitiful." Feng Chu, who had been silent until now, couldn't help but sigh.
Xu Qinghuan watched Miss Wang's figure disappear not far away. Miss Wang's temperament was somewhat weak, which was not what Wang Yun wanted to see. Wang Yun would not reveal too much to her, and it would be futile to ask further.
.
"Tell me how she could do this."
"Auntie, don't wait any longer, let's come again tomorrow!"
Xu Qinghuan turned around and was about to get in the car when he heard resentful voices coming from behind. One of them was somewhat familiar, that was Sun Runan.
Xu Qinghuan turned around and saw Sun Runan walking over with a woman on his arm.
Spotting the Xu family's carriage, Sun Runan also looked over, but this time he didn't say hello, but looked like he was ready to leave in a hurry.
"But Mr. Sun?"
The girl's voice came from behind, and Sun Runan stopped. When he came to find his aunt, he found several carriages parked outside the Criminal Department. It seemed that someone was visiting the prison or asking questions. He was because his aunt came to Beijing to talk to him about something.
I am so confused about this matter that I have no time to think about it carefully.
After finding his aunt, he immediately pulled her aside to talk, and finally persuaded her to go home with him first and then make plans.
As for what plan to make, he had no thought in his mind.
Since his father's death, the entire Sun family felt like the sky was falling. He wanted to hold on, but he didn't know what to do. Now that he knew the secret about himself, he felt like he was in a fog, surrounded by white.
He could only stand there at a loss.
While he was thinking about it, he saw the Xu family's carriage. If it were in the past, he would have saluted before leaving. The Xu family was his savior, and he would treat him respectfully at all times, but today... he felt a sense of shame in his heart.
, couldn't tell what the smell was, and wanted to disappear in front of people immediately, hoping that the Xu family would not find him, so he turned around and prepared to leave secretly, but he did not expect to be stopped by Miss Xu.
Xu Qinghuan put on Mi Li and walked forward accompanied by Uncle Lei and Feng Chu.
"Second Master Sun," Xu Qinghuan stepped forward and saluted, "I happened to meet the Second Master and I want to ask him for confirmation on something."
Sun Runan immediately returned the greeting, then lowered his head and looked straight: "Miss, please speak."
Xu Qinghuan stopped being polite. She was now eager to figure out the last puzzle left by Wang Yun: "I remember that the first person the murderer targeted in this case was Sun's family room."
Sun Runan nodded: "Yes... he is my uncle's eldest son, also the eldest brother of my clan."
"No," Xu Qinghuan thought of the key point, "I remember that before the uncle of the Sun family was killed, his younger brother broke his leg first." This was indeed what the rumor said at the beginning. First, the youngest son of the Sun family,
He broke his leg when he was riding a horse. Then when the uncle's eldest son went to visit the outer room, he met a thief and was stabbed in the chest.
The reason why Xu Qinghuan did not ask about Mr. Sun's youngest son was because he felt that people in the world would always attribute bad things to one another. Since the murderer later killed Mr. Sun, it was obvious that he wanted to take someone else's life, and there was no reason to let Sun go.
My father's youngest son.
Sun Run'an pursed his lips: "My fourth brother's broken leg has nothing to do with this matter. It was because after the eldest brother came back from Changzhou, his temper became irritable and he became suspicious at every turn. The fourth brother invited a few people to watch the fireworks in the yard of his house, but he didn't know.
What touched the eldest brother? The eldest brother blamed the fourth brother for bringing unreasonable people home. He also said that fireworks are dangerous things. What if they cause a fire? He asked people to put everything away.
The fourth brother was humiliated by his elder brother in front of his friends. He refused to let anyone take away the remaining fireworks even though he said nothing. The two got into an argument and the elder brother accidentally pushed the fourth brother out of the pavilion.
Later, my uncle and my father dealt with the matter. They were afraid that if they told the story, they would be criticized by others for criticizing the Sun brothers, so they covered it up and said that the fourth brother was injured while riding a horse."
Uncle Sun is wary of strangers appearing in his home, and even things like fireworks are not allowed to appear in the Sun family. Is it because he is suspicious or is he hiding some secret?
Xu Qinghuan asked: "Has there been anything unusual about Mr. Sun Er since then?"
Sun Runan thought about it carefully: "My father originally planned to go to the capital, but then he went directly to Changzhou. When he came back, he was very worried."
Sun Runan's strange behavior is obviously related to smuggling. Jiang Zhiyi once said that the Sun family smuggled goods out to sea, and the goods and people were seized by the other party. The Sun family uncle took people on a boat to settle accounts with those people. There were dozens of people in one boat.
Go, and only six people come back.
It was from that incident that the Sun family and the Yan family wanted to report the matter to the court.
Is it really just because the smuggling matter is about to be exposed, and the Sun family is afraid of being blamed by the Zhang family?
Xu Qinghuan's heart moved: "Did the Sun family uncle say anything else? It's similar to smuggling and shipping."
Sun Runan shook his head, but soon he thought of something: "I rarely came home when I was studying in the academy, and I didn't meet my eldest brother much later. But once my eldest brother asked me if a merchant accidentally helped someone bring something that was prohibited by the imperial court.
If the goods arrive at Dazhou, what will be the culpability?
I thought this was smuggling, so I told my elder brother the court's laws on smuggling, but he was obviously not satisfied with my answer.
I only remember him muttering that if the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, then there will be no redemption. Later, Shuntian Mansion found out from the accounts that the Sun family has been smuggling all year round, and then I understood what the elder brother meant.
My luck may be exposed, so I panic."
wrong.
The uncle of the Sun family naturally knows the crime and punishment of smuggling, and he will not ask Sun Runan about it.
What the Sun family uncle wants to say is that he accidentally brought goods that were prohibited by the imperial court to Zhou Dynasty, which caused the destruction of the country and the family.
The uncle of the Sun family took people out to sea, and when he came back, the ship might have brought goods prohibited by the imperial court, and these goods were the source of the Sun family's anxiety all day long.
And those things are somewhat similar to fireworks.
The Sun family smuggled saltpeter and sold it, but they were suddenly forced to bring the goods into Dazhou. The goods were obviously not as simple as saltpeter. Saltpeter was used in fireworks, but the amount was very small, so there was no danger because it was only used for
For people's entertainment.
But there are many things that explode like fireworks.
For example, those firearms controlled by the Shenji Camp, there are firearms in Da Zhou, and those outside can also make firearms. Could they have transported these items to Da Zhou, or even... to the capital, through the hands of the Sun family?
The surroundings were indescribably quiet.
Xu Qinghuan couldn't help but shudder.
Could it be that the "big news" that Miss Wang mentioned was referring to this incident? If so, it would really be earth-shattering.
