The moon falling to the ground

Chapter 267 The Current Jian Xiaohe

When Jiang turned around, he saw Jian Yue and the others in ordinary clothes. His face changed and his eyes narrowed as usual: "Who are you? Why did you follow me in?"

Captain Wu hurriedly explained: "They are the guards of Princess Mingyue. Two of Princess Mingyue's guards were poisoned by Jian Huaian's accomplices, so they came to identify the murderer." As he spoke, Captain Wu looked at the wealthy businessman Jiang with a smile, "Your young lady's sister was involved in poisoning the emperor and has been executed on the spot. Jian Huaian, your eldest brother-in-law, has been taken back to the government office. Yan Xinning's crime is punishable by the execution of all nine clans. However, Mr. Jiang should be thankful that the emperor did not vent his anger on his married daughter."

An old man in his 50s called a young man who was less than 20 "brother-in-law". No one knew how the wealthy businessman Jiang called him. Captain Wu said he wanted to see it with his own eyes.

Rich businessman Jiang's greasy face was covered with sweat. He wiped it with his sleeve and smiled stiffly: "My wife's sister left home when she was young and pretended to be a fake daughter. She has not been in contact with my wife for a long time, and my wife does not recognize such a sister. She was so bold and presumptuous that she dared to poison the emperor. She deserved to die, and she died well!"

Captain Wu curled his lips secretly and did not respond.

Rich businessman Jiang glanced at Jian Yue and the others again, his eyes quickly swept across Jian Yue's face. This young man is quite handsome, if... Forget it, let's get through the difficulties first!

The mansion of the wealthy merchant Jiang was large, and there were many servants. When the servants saw the yamen runners, they were only flustered for a moment, and then they did what they were supposed to do, showing that they were very well behaved.

Jian Yue saw this and was secretly surprised.

It seems that the rules in Jiang's family are very strict, and the servants have good psychological qualities.

Jiang was calm and composed, talking and laughing, neither guilty nor nervous. This made Wu the captain secretly wonder: Did Princess Mingyue's guards make a mistake? If they couldn't find anyone here, with an old fox like Jiang, I'm afraid it won't end well.

They stopped in the front yard, and Captain Wu said to the wealthy businessman Jiang: "Let the women come out first and wait in the yard, so as not to delay our search."

The wealthy businessman Jiang was embarrassed: "Captain Wu, are we going to search the women's yard as well? If this gets out, will the women in my family be able to see people?"

Captain Wu didn't give him any face and sneered: "If the fugitive is really hiding in your house, not to mention your women, you won't even have to see anyone."

The rich businessman Jiang's face instantly turned the color of pig liver, and he laughed awkwardly: "Captain Wu, you are joking. I am an honest businessman, and I am a local who was born and raised in Yanling Prefecture. I will never do such stupid things as committing crimes and shielding bad people."

Captain Wu snorted, "I hope it's as you say. Hurry up, call everyone out, master and servants, gather in the front yard."

Mr. Jiang seemed helpless and ordered his butler to notify everyone immediately.

Soon, people came to the front yard one after another.

The first to arrive were the three sons of the wealthy businessman Jiang. The three sons looked exactly like the wealthy businessman Jiang.

The eldest son, Jiang Yan, was a middle-aged man in his thirties. He had a trace of anxiety on his face: "Dad, what happened? Why did the yamen runners want to search?"

Rich businessman Jiang said, "Princess Mingyue's guards saw a fugitive running into our house, so the officials came to search. When everyone in the family is here, ask them one by one if anyone has taken in the outsider today?"

"Yes, father."

Jian Yue sneered in her heart: This old man is secretly leaving a way out for himself! He is hinting to his eldest son that if the person is really found, he can just find a scapegoat.

The second son of the wealthy businessman Jiang lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking. On the contrary, his third son's eyes were restless, and he kept looking at this and that secretly.

A group of gorgeously dressed women came from the backyard. The one walking in front was short and thin. She even limped. The three women behind her were all plump and fair-skinned with rosy complexions.

Jian Yue couldn't help but widen her eyes.

It’s no wonder she was surprised, it’s because Jian Xiaohe’s appearance had changed so much.

When they were in the countryside, Jian Huaian and Jian Xiaohe were always the favorite children of Jian Dacheng and his wife. It can be said that they had never suffered any hardship, so the brother and sister were always different from other children in the countryside. Other children were pale and thin, and looked sick. But they had ruddy complexions and were healthy.

After arriving in the city, although Jian Yue had drugged Jian Xiaohe, because the harm she had caused to the original owner was the least compared to her family, Jian Yue used the medicine cautiously and did not harm her foundation.

If Jian Yue wasn't too familiar with Jian Xiaohe, she would not have recognized the current Jian Xiaohe at all.

Jian Xiaohe, a girl of twelve, not even thirteen, should have been a cardamom flower in bud in early February, fresh and beautiful. But now, Jian Xiaohe, at the age of twelve, had a face of a thirty-year-old. As she approached, Jian Yue could even see the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes.

Although she is at the most vibrant age, Jian Xiaohe looks numb and gloomy, like an old man who is about to die.

Walking in front of her three daughters-in-law, she looked like a child wearing adult clothes, giving people a very incongruous feeling.

Jian Yue suddenly saw from the corner of her eye that the third son of the wealthy businessman Jiang had a strange look on his face. He looked at Jian Xiaohe and subconsciously licked the corner of his lips. His eyes were like a hungry wolf seeing its favorite prey.

Jian Yue followed his gaze and looked at Jian Xiaohe. Jian Xiaohe visibly shrank back, her eyes filled with panic and fear, as if she had seen some ferocious beast.

Jian Yue turned her gaze to the wealthy businessman Jiang, and the disgust on his face had not yet disappeared. However, his eldest son and second son also had the same look as their third brother.

"Is everyone here?" asked Captain Wu.

The Jiang family's masters stood on one side, and the servants stood on the other. There were more than a dozen masters, big and small, and forty or fifty servants.

The butler nodded and bowed: "Sir, everyone is here."

Captain Wu arranged four yamen runners to watch these people, and the others went into each courtyard to search.

Jian Yue only left Fu Qi behind, and she and the others followed the yamen runners separately.

When passing by Jian Xiaohe, her originally frightened eyes suddenly froze, and her gaze followed Jian Yue's back closely. There was an uncertainty and doubt in her eyes, as well as a hint of expectation.

The Jiang family's house was decorated magnificently everywhere. Even Jian Yue was secretly amazed when she saw it.

This wealthy businessman Jiang is not just ordinary wealthy.

The housekeeper followed Jian Yue and the others, kindly led the way and introduced whose yard it was.

Jian Yue and the others entered the yard of Jiang Yan, the eldest son of the Jiang family. The yard was full of flowers and plants. In this season, many flowers and plants had set seeds, but there were still a few species that were blooming.

The strange feeling in Jian Yue's heart became stronger.

The yard of a wealthy businessman's son was full of medicinal herbs. Could he be studying medicine?

Several yamen runners went in to search the room. Fu Ba and his men followed them in...