Jiangning City.
Wu family.
Wu Chenghou looked a little impatient.
"Haven't the problem been checked yet?"
"Well, Mr. Wu, I'm sorry for my incompetence, but I really couldn't find any problems."
"Okay, okay, if you feel like it, get out!"
After sending away the fifth doctor, the expression on Wu Chenghou's face was still gloomy and terrifying.
The butler on the side looked at Wu Chenghou cautiously, and then spoke.
"Sir, these five doctors are all the most famous doctors in Jiangning City. They even have quite a reputation throughout Yangzhou. Even they can't find any problems. Is there really no problem? Did that damn boy do it on purpose? Lied to us?"
"Liar? Do you know what Gao Sheng (the servant) has become now? He has become an idiot now!"
Wu Chenghou angrily threw a tea cup to the ground.
I wanted to scare Xu Yi and ask him to sign a letter of understanding, but I didn't expect that I was involved!
He naturally hoped that all this was Xu Yi's scam, and after five consecutive doctor's diagnoses, this possibility became more and more likely, but Gao Sheng's fate made him restless.
What if?
What if this isn't a scam? !
When it comes to his own life, Wu Chenghou doesn't dare to gamble at all.
Of course, it would be impossible for him to hand over fifty thousand taels of silver and give up.
That’s fifty thousand taels of silver!
The Wu family's annual profit is about the same as that of the Su family, less than 100,000 taels, and only about 70,000 to 80,000 taels.
Xu Yi asked for most of the Wu family's profits as soon as he opened his mouth? !
How could he agree!
With these fifty thousand taels of silver, I can even buy you ten lives!
"Is Li Qingquan back?"
Wu Chenghou suppressed the anger in his heart and asked coldly.
"Not yet, but it should be soon."
The Wu family housekeeper comforted.
"Master, please relax. Li Qingquan is very powerful. His self-made Qingquan Sword can rank among the top three in the entire Jiangning City!"
"Then Xu Yi is so young, even if he has learned the poison technique, his own martial arts skills are probably not that good."
"We have already told Li Qingquan in advance that he will be fully prepared when he goes. There will definitely be no problems!"
"I hope so."
Wu Chenghou frowned.
Li Qingquan is his biggest trump card. Even if his strength were put into the entire Jiangning City, he would be ranked among the top five.
It stands to reason that if he personally deals with a young man who has just turned eighteen, there won't be any problems.
I just don't know why, but he can't help but feel uneasy in his heart.
"There shouldn't be anything going on with Li Qingquan. Could it be Wu Qihao's side?"
Thinking about it, he asked directly.
"How is that traitor doing in prison?"
"I sent someone to see me again in the afternoon. It's almost the same as before, but I just have no appetite and don't eat much. How about I ask someone to go there again?"
The butler gave an answer by observing his words and expressions.
"Let someone go there again!"
"Yes! I'll give the order immediately!"
"Go!"
Some time passed.
"Why haven't you come back yet?"
Wu Chenghou became more irritable inexplicably.
Especially the environment without any sound made him feel extremely uncomfortable.
"Butler! Find someone to see if Li Qingquan is back!"
He didn't get a response from the housekeeper, but instead heard a voice that shouldn't have appeared here, or shouldn't have appeared in his ears like this.
"If you are looking for the man in black, you probably can't find him."
Xu Yi's faint voice appeared in the room, and with his voice, he himself appeared in front of Wu Chenghou.
Wu Chenghou was so frightened that he took a few steps back and fell on a chair, pointing at Xu Yi with trembling fingers.
"伱, you, why are you here?"
"What do you think?"
Xu Yi looked at the other party with a half-smile.
Wu Chenghou didn't answer, he just shouted.
"Someone is coming! Someone is coming quickly!"
Xu Yi didn't stop him and just let him shout.
The more Wu Chenghou shouted, the more he felt something was wrong.
"Where have all the people died?!"
"Why hasn't anyone come yet?"
Thinking of some possibility, he panicked, and cold sweat fell from his forehead.
"You can keep shouting, and maybe someone who's okay will show up."
Xu Yi signaled to the other party that he could shout for a while, he was not in a hurry.
Seeing Xu Yi's attitude, Wu Chenghou knew that no matter how much he shouted, it would be useless.
"What exactly do you want to do? Let me tell you, our Wu family has a close relationship with Mr. Song Xiansong! If you dare to take action against our Wu family, he will never let you go!"
"Song Xian? It seems that he is also a bad guy. Why don't you find a time to kill him?"
Xu Yi touched his chin. Song Xian should be one of the villains in the early stage of "The Son-in-law". He killed good people and took credit for his crimes, and robbed women...
He has done many more bad things than the Wu family did!
Killing such a person would have absolutely no psychological burden on him.
"you you you······"
Wu Chenghou pointed at Xu Yi, his expression extremely frightened.
Who is Song Xian?
That's the captain of Wu Liejun!
In the entire Jiangning City, there are people who are powerful enough to be ranked among the top three!
Especially since he controls the power of the army and is a real powerful figure!
Song Xian even has connections with higher-ups.
Even the Wu family wants to be more flattering to each other. What was Xu Yi saying just now? He said he wanted to kill Song Xian?
Lawless!
This man is simply lawless!
He dared to kill even the imperial officials, what else could he not dare to do?
At this moment, Wu Chenghou was immediately distracted and in a daze.
In a daze, he vaguely heard some questions. He didn't think too much about it, and couldn't think about it too much. He just answered according to his instinct.
When he came back to his senses, Wu Chenghou started to tremble when he realized what he had just said.
"What on earth did you do to me? Monster! You monster!"
"Well, since you have answered all the questions, there is no need for you to exist."
"No, no, no! Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"
Phew.
A long sword penetrated his chest directly and sank into the chair behind him.
Wu Chenghou lay on his back on the chair, staring in Xu Yi's direction, refusing to close his eyes.
"Tell me, if you had a slightly better attitude, why would you have ended up like this?"
Xu Yi shook his head.
To be honest, he really didn't want to kill him at first.
Even if the Wu family goes against them, the most he can do is cheat them like the original.
But Wu Chenghou first came to threaten him, but when the threat failed, he directly sent a killer to kill him, which completely triggered Xu Yi's bottom line.
"You kill me, and I kill you. Is that reasonable?"
Of course, Xu Yi felt that in order to avoid subsequent troubles, it would be better to resolve the remaining minor troubles.
"Calculating the time, it should be almost done now, right?"
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County government.
"Lord Magistrate! Oh no! Something happened!"
"You're in a panic! What a shame!"
Magistrate Xu, who had just climbed out of his concubine's bed in the fourth room, scolded him with an unhappy look on his face.
Zhang Captou, who came to deliver the message, was filled with anguish. He knew that he must have been blacklisted, but at this time he didn't care so much anymore, and he said quickly.
"Sir, Wu Qihao is dead!"
"What did you say? Wu Qihao is dead?"
Magistrate Xu looked shocked and asked hurriedly.
"How did he die? Why did he die?"
"Come back, sir! He was poisoned to death!"
"Poisoned to death? How is this possible! Didn't the food he ate come from their own family?"
"It was indeed brought by their family. Just now, Wu Qihao, who was in prison, foamed at the mouth and died after eating the food brought by his family!"
"It's bad! It's bad!"
Magistrate Xu had an anxious expression on his face.
Wu Qihao is from the Wu family, and he is the most powerful among the second generation of the Wu family. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the future heir of the Wu family.
He died in labor, even if he died because of something brought by his family, it was still a big trouble for him!
What if the Wu family gets angry with him...
"Where's the person who delivered the thing?"
"He has been arrested! But he kept shouting that he was wronged and said that he did not put the poison at all..."
"I don't care whether he poisoned him or not! Put him in jail first!"
Magistrate Xu issued the order directly.
In fact, he also knew that 99.99% of the time the person who delivered the food could not be the person who poisoned the food, but he was definitely someone who could take the blame!
"Also, hurry up and inform the Wu family! Their eldest young master is dead!"
No matter what, let's work on our posture and appearance first, so that we can have something to say when we break up with the Wu family in the future.
Unfortunately, his preparation was obviously useless.
"What did you say? Wu Chenghou is also dead?"
Magistrate Xu sat up from his chair in shock. Even when the tea cup was knocked over and the tea fell on his clothes, he had no time to pay attention.
Mainly because he didn't expect that he, who had just received the news of Wu Qihao's death not long ago, would receive the news of Wu Chenghou's death right after!
"Yes, sir! When I went to the Wu family in my humble position, I found that the other party was already dead!"
"You were already dead when you went there? How long have you been dead? Where are the other members of the Wu family?"
Magistrate Xu asked three questions in succession.
"That's true. He has been dead for about two quarters of an hour (half an hour). The estimated time of death should be before Wu Qihao. As for the people of the Wu family... they were basically knocked unconscious. It is suspected that It was done by martial arts masters! I woke up a few people, and they all said they suddenly felt a pain in their chest or back, and then they passed out. The method used was very similar to the legendary acupuncture technique in the air! "
"Dead for at least two quarters of an hour? The time of death will be before Wu Qihao? A master of martial arts? The legendary acupuncture point in the air?"
County Magistrate Xu’s brows tightened as he listened.
Who has the Wu family offended? The other party wants to eradicate their Wu family?
"A master who can use space to drill acupuncture points must at least be at the peak state of the day after tomorrow! Logically speaking, such a person should not appear in our Jiangning City. Could it be that someone invited a master from other places?"
Magistrate Xu always felt that there was a cloud of fog behind this matter, and he couldn't see clearly.
"Tell me more carefully. Are there any other details?"
"Details? Well, time is running out. I was in such a hurry to come back and report to you, sir, that I didn't notice any more details..."
"Check again!"
Magistrate Xu frowned.
He immediately ordered the other party to investigate.
"etc!"
He suddenly stopped the other party again.
He seemed to have thought of something, but wasn't quite sure.
Magistrate Xu paced back and forth several times before finally speaking.
"Has Wu Chenghou been to Su's house today?"
"I've been there before, just around noon."
"what's the result?"
"It doesn't seem to be good..."
"What do you mean it doesn't seem good? Be careful!"
"I just heard that Wu Chenghou's expression was angry when he came out, and the servant who followed him in was carried out. As for what happened further behind, I don't know much about it."
"Come out in anger?"
Magistrate Xu's eyes narrowed slightly.
"When you go to investigate this time, ask about this situation! Be careful, the way you ask should be more subtle!"
"Yes! Sir!"
Zhang Captou handed over his hands and left.
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I don’t know how much time has passed.
Zhang Captou finally returned.
"Sir, my humble position is back!"
"What's the outcome of the investigation?"
Magistrate Xu asked quickly.
The Wu family is one of the major families in Jiangning City and has great influence. The sudden death of their family will definitely cause a great shock.
No matter what, he had to find a way to give an explanation!
"I have checked the entire Wu family and found that the secret room where their money was hidden has been opened. Except for items that are difficult to carry, all other wealth has been looted! Preliminary judgment is that it may be a gangster. Seeking wealth and killing!"
Gangster?
Magistrate Xu was noncommittal.
"Go on, what next?"
"Sir, the matter you asked me to investigate has also made progress. The man who followed Wu Chenghou to Su's house at noon and was finally carried out was named Gao Sheng. When he came back... he became He made a fool. At the same time, Wu Chenghou called five doctors to his home to treat him this afternoon."
"Gone?"
"Gone."
Zhang Captou said matter-of-factly.
Magistrate Xu looked at the other party deeply.
"Okay, I get it. Go check and see if any criminal thieves have been scurrying to our Jiangning City recently. At the same time, we will issue an announcement to let the wealthy households in the city be careful! Don't let anything go wrong!"
"Yes! I understand the humble position!"
"Get down!"
Magistrate Xu waved his hand and asked the other party to go down.
In the room where one person was left alone, Magistrate Xu looked deeply.
"Xu Yi...who are you?"
Although there is currently no evidence that all this is related to Xu Yi, he has an intuition that this matter is definitely inseparable from the other party!
But so what?
The tragedy of the Wu family was indeed very important, but compared to offending a martial arts master who was at least at the peak of his acquired skills and was extremely good at poison, County Magistrate Xu felt that it was actually not that important.
Zhang Captou took the initiative to say that it was a gangster. County Magistrate Xu felt that this matter was very possible. No, it was definitely a gangster!
(End of chapter)
