northernbook Chapter 421: Zhang Zhirou's whereabouts, the cause of the Liujia Village tragedy
Chapter 421: Zhang Zhirou's whereabouts, the cause of the Liujia Village tragedy
The west side of the Prince of Jin's Mansion is where foreign guests are received. Usually, few people come here, so it seems very desolate.
However, although few people come here, it is still well maintained and at least habitable.
The servant took Shu Yuanqi to the place and left.
The smile on Shu Yuanqi's face disappeared instantly after he left, and was replaced by a look of worry.
"Liu Ruxin killed Zheng Ziping and Zheng Ziying?"
"How can this be?!"
Is she really Ah He?
Ah He, how can you have such courage and ability?
Who is that woman?
As I was thinking, an impatient voice came from the side.
"Damn it, why do we have to do such hopeless jobs?"
"What's so good about a woman? She's standing guard day and night! What the hell is that?"
"Let me tell you, it's better to just kill this woman with a knife! Why keep an assassin who broke into the mansion alive?"
Another person patted his arm and said soothingly, "Hey, forget it. Don't be so resentful."
"Even though this job of watching people doesn't have much future, it's not dangerous either, right? The world is so chaotic these days, and being able to keep my life is already a blessing!"
"Haven't you heard? The third son of the Duke's family smashed up the precious medicine pavilion and killed a medicine boy. What happened? The medicine boy had his throat slit by the owner of the precious medicine pavilion!"
"And he died in the street in front of the guards!"
"Look, these days, even a woman is so fierce, what else do you want to do?"
Just as they finished speaking, there was a sudden banging sound on the wooden door behind them.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!"
Rapid sobbing sounds were heard at the door, sounding very anxious.
The guard frowned and cursed angrily, "What does this woman want to do? Can't the cartilage powder leave her alone?"
The banging behind the door grew louder. The guard cursed impatiently, then opened the door and kicked the woman inside hard.
Shu Yuanqi was lying on the wall when he saw the woman tied up tightly in the woodshed. His doubtful eyes suddenly turned cold.
"Behave yourself! If you dare to mess around again, I'll make you pay!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!"
She seemed to have something to say, but her mouth was blocked, so she could only express herself through this sound.
But it was obvious that the guard didn't want to pay attention to her. After kicking her twice, he closed the door again.
Then he started chatting with his companion next to him.
"I've heard about this too. I didn't expect that even the third son of the Duke's Mansion was killed!"
"It's really dangerous outside now!"
"You're right. If you have the life to earn money, you also have to have the life to spend it! Forget it, forget it. Maybe this is our fate. No more talk!"
Shu Yuanqi stepped down from the courtyard wall and accidentally touched his injured leg again. The excruciating pain filled his body and made him sweat profusely. But even so, his handsome brows were full of forbearance and suppression.
is her!
The little girl who scolded him in Ah He’s shop!
How come she is in Prince Jin's Mansion?
Cartilage powder?
……
Dali Temple Prison.
After Zheng Ziping's body was carried away, the female prisoner next to Shu He came over.
She asked Xiang Shuhe in a trembling voice, "Did you kill the third son of the Zheng family?"
Hearing this, Shu He turned to look at her. There was no more sarcasm or contempt on her face, even the fear was gone.
However, the expression on her face was very strange, as if she was trying hard to control something.
She said calmly, "Didn't you see clearly what happened just now? Why ask again?"
Suddenly, the woman next to him knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Shu He.
Shu He was almost stunned and quickly pulled her up, "What are you doing?"
"Thank you, girl! Thank you for avenging our villagers!"
Shu He was puzzled, "What revenge?"
What did she do?
"My name is Suyin, and I'm from Liujia Village in the northern suburbs of Beijing..."
After listening to Liu Suyin, Shu He realized that she was the survivor of the shocking case ten months ago.
In order to connect the waterways of Jiangnan and expand its business there, Qiansifang decided to develop a freight terminal on the canal in the northern suburbs of Beijing.
In the planning of that wharf, Liujia Village is located at an important throat point.
The people from Qiansifang had already reached an agreement with the people of Liujia Village. Qiansifang would compensate each household in Liujia Village with 100 taels of silver, allowing them to relocate to new homes near the outskirts of Beijing. The villagers gladly accepted this.
After all, that was one hundred taels of silver, something some people might not be able to earn in their entire lives!
That night, the village held a big banquet, and the people from Qiansifang invited everyone in the village to attend, saying that they were distributing compensation money.
So the whole village went there.
But I didn’t expect that the banquet was actually a Hongmen Feast!!
Everyone who went died! Even those who didn't go were cleaned out later!
Only she and another sister escaped the disaster because they came back late from collecting herbs in the mountains.
"At the time, Yaoyao and I were hiding outside the village. We watched them carry the poisoned villagers to the center of the village and set them on fire, completely burning the entire village!"
"I remember it clearly. At that time, there was a man standing outside the fire, laughing wildly! It was as if he was burning not people, but a group of animals..."