The moon falling to the ground

Chapter 198 Xie Chujiao has a powerful family

The lobby is large and has no partitions, so smoke screens won't work.

However, the leader greatly underestimated Jian Yue's ability to poison. As soon as they stepped into the lobby, a poison bullet shot in from the broken window and exploded among them with a "bang". In an instant, white mist enveloped everyone.

When the fog cleared, the ground was filled with people lying in all directions. They looked peaceful, as if they were asleep. If you ignore the fact that they were no longer breathing, there was no sign of poisoning.

Outside the inn, Fu Wu locked the door. Fu Liu pasted a large piece of paper on the door, which read: There is a ghost inside, do not enter!

This happened once, twice, but not three times. Jian Yue felt that it was enough. I guess the Second Prince must be heartbroken after losing so many lives, right?

The four of them left the town quickly. When the Second Prince received the news that the troops he had sent out were annihilated, Jian Yue and the other three had already returned to Yue's residence.

The four of them came back in the early morning, all looking very tired. They ate a little, took a shower and went to sleep.

Jian Yue didn't wake up until noon the next day. After lunch, she went into the study with a stack of papers.

Yun Zhonghe was reading in the study. When Jian Yue came in, he put down the book in his hand.

"Master, please take a look at these confessions." Jian Yue carefully wrote down all the confessions from the interrogation to make it easier to find clues later.

Yun Zhonghe carefully read through the pictures one by one, frowning and thinking. After a while, he said: "Whether it was your uncle who sold all the property to Jin Batian, as long as you find your uncle or Jin Batian, the truth will be revealed. As for the change of ownership of the dowry, the problem naturally lies with your stepmother. What are you going to do?"

Jian Yue's eyes flashed with ruthlessness: "Find an opportunity to interrogate Xie Chujiao. The dowry book I snatched from her was fake, which shows that she had made preparations from the beginning. I am sure that my father must know about this."

Jian Yue had always ignored Xie Chujiao's family. During this trip to Qiongzhou, she found out that Xie Chujiao's second uncle was actually the lord of Qiongzhou. And the previous lord was Xie Chujiao's father.

It turns out that Xie Chujiao has a powerful family.

If you want to know about Xie Chujiao's family, Ji Yunzhong should know more about it. Ji Yunzhong happened to be in Beijing, so Jian Yue told Fu Wu what she meant and asked him to send a letter to Ji Yunzhong, asking him to check it out.

Fu Wu and Fu Liu are both Ji Yunzhong's men, they must have special channels of communication.

Jian Yue had thought about training her own people, but she didn't have the conditions yet and couldn't find the right person for a while. Fortunately, she and Ji Yunzhong had a vested interest in each other, so he wouldn't backstab her.

Jian Yue called Fu Liu over again: "Find someone to keep an eye on Xie Chujiao, and report any unusual behavior she has."

There are still four or five days before the rice seedlings can be planted. Jian Yue went to the field to check the seedling situation.

Fertilizer was spread again in the middle and the seedlings grew well.

Similarly, Jian Yue opened up ten acres of experimental field.

Soon it was time to plant rice. Yun Zhonghe, Fu Yun and Fu Wu all followed.

Jian Yue demonstrated to the tenants and hired workers how to shovel and plant seedlings and how to pull the wire. Then Liu Da and Wang Ping took over the command and supervision.

They stayed by the fields for a whole day and returned to Yue's house in the evening.

Chen Xiang handed Jian Yue a thick letter: "Miss, this is a letter from the shopkeeper."

Jian Yue couldn't wait to tear open the envelope and look at it carefully.

This thick letter actually contains investigation materials from Xie Chujiao's mother's family.

What surprised Jian Yue was that Xie Chujiao was actually Yan Xiuyuan's distant cousin. In other words, Xie Chujiao's mother was the daughter of Yan.

Jian Yue was depressed and speechless.

Before Xie Chujiao married Yan Xiuyuan, Xie Mingzhi, Xie Chujiao's father, was just a small county magistrate in a poor county. He was suddenly promoted to the lord of Qiongzhou in the spring of the second year after Xie Chujiao married Yan Xiuyuan. The information investigated by Ji Yunzhong said that it was because Xie Mingzhi built bridges and roads and built official schools in the county where he served, turning a poor county into a medium-rich county, and his political achievements were remarkable, so he was recommended by many officials and promoted to the lord of Qiongzhou.

Xie Mingzhi served in Qiongzhou for nine years and was then transferred to Shangjing to serve as Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Jian Yue showed the information to Yun Zhonghe. After reading it, Yun Zhonghe said, "Xie Mingzhi was born into a farming family. The Xie family used all their strength to support him all the way to the exam. It can be seen that he has no family background. It is very difficult for a poor county magistrate with no family background and no connections to get promoted. Unless he has made great achievements that cannot be ignored by the higher-ups."

"Building bridges and roads and official schools as mentioned above is not enough to make him rise three levels in a row. As for turning a poor county into a moderately wealthy county, there is a lot of room for maneuver."

But Jian Yue noticed a point in time.

Xie Mingzhi had been a minor magistrate for seven or eight years, but had not achieved much. But less than a year after Xie Chujiao married Yan Xiuyuan, he had a large sum of money to build bridges and roads, and to build official schools. He also encouraged the villagers to engage in breeding and planting medicinal herbs.

It can be said that the Xie family's prosperity came after Xie Chujiao married Yan Xiuyuan.

Jian Yue suddenly had a bold idea: the rise of the Xie family might be inseparable from the Yan family's money.

It seems that we need to get Xie Chujiao's confession as soon as possible to determine what role the Xie family played in the downfall of the Yan family.

Since the news of Yan Xinning's sudden death, Xie Chujiao could no longer contact Master Ye. This made Xie Chujiao, who saw hope for weight loss, very anxious. She was so angry that she threw things and hit people, making the servants in Jinxiu Garden panic and trembling with fear.

Finally, she had no choice but to pester Yan Xiuyuan to help her find Master Ye. Yan Xiuyuan also hoped that she could lose the fat quickly, so he went to find the Second Prince.

Unfortunately, the second prince returned to the capital. The housekeeper Song who received Yan Xiuyuan had a droopy face, a very cold attitude, and spoke in a somewhat sarcastic tone. Yan Xiuyuan was confused and felt uneasy.

Yan Xiuyuan asked to see Master Ye, but Butler Song sent Yan Xiuyuan away with a single sentence, "Master Ye is in seclusion."

Yan Xiuyuan was very angry and left the Second Prince's villa with a sour face.

That day, Yan Xiuyuan sent someone to inform Jian Yue to go back.

Jian Yue packed up simply and took Fu Yun and Mu Xiang to the Mansion Lord's Mansion.

What surprised Jian Yue was that Yan Xiuyuan and Xie Chujiao were both waiting for her in the flower hall. When she saw her, Xie Chujiao's fat face showed a rare smile, which made Jian Yue feel uneasy. She always felt that the weasel was paying New Year's greetings to the chicken, and had no good intentions.

"Yue girl, you're back." Xie Chujiao greeted with a smile, as if there had never been any dirty talk between her and Jian Yue.

Yan Xiuyuan also had an expression of joy that he couldn't hide: "Yue'er, I have good news for you. Your father will be promoted soon, and your grandfather asked us to move to Shangjing."

Jian Yue raised her eyebrows...