CHAPTER 251: CHAPTER 248: FAILED

Liu Erniang looked at Cui He, and after a long while, she said: "The village chief of Tong Family Village is dead, Sun Ao’s adopted son is dead too, and many clues are unclear now."

Cui He did not breathe a sigh of relief because of Liu Erniang’s words.

Liu Erniang said: "But doesn’t this matter sound very familiar to you? How is it different from the experience at Chen Family Village this time? It was only after this event that I remembered the case of Tong Family Village."

Liu Erniang paused for a long time before speaking again: "Did you know?"

Cui He began to shake his head: "I don’t know." Trying hard to prove himself, he would never do such a heinous thing.

Liu Erniang was momentarily unsure how to continue, and the past events from her territory suddenly churned in her heart, people around her died tragically, they hid everywhere, and barely managed to escape to Daqi hoping to cure her father and brother’s illness. Yet, her father and husband were killed by Liao spies.

Liu Erniang’s vision gradually blurred, and just as she was unable to suppress her emotions, her trembling arm was grasped, and turning, she saw the clear gaze of Xie Liangchen, and her heart slowly found solid ground again.

In the cell, Xie Liangchen’s voice echoed: "Aren’t you doing the same thing? Bringing death warriors to kill us, framing General Song and Chen Family Village. If we hadn’t prepared in advance, the death warriors might have succeeded."

These words, like an arrow speeding towards him, hit the target right before his eyes. Cui He was rigid there, Miss Xie was right, he wanted to prevent the death warriors from killing, but it was of no use, had Song Xian and Chen Family Village not noticed, they might have actually killed someone.

By then, Song Xian would uphold justice for Chen Family Village, and the people of Chen Family Village would avenge Miss Xie.

Xie Liangchen said: "Chen Family Village could become the second Tong Family Village, maybe the case of Tong Family Village has nothing to do with you, but this time you are deeply involved."

Cui He’s eyes narrowed sharply, he had not realized that he had become like this.

Thinking of this, Cui He slumped to the ground.

Xie Liangchen continued: "The embroideress at the embroidery workshop is dead, that is also a human life."

Looking at the dazed, nearly collapsing Cui He, Liu Erniang suddenly thought of Old General Zhang, no wonder Old General Zhang repeatedly warned them not to fall into hatred. It’s a whirlpool, not knowing where it will take a person, she didn’t understand back then, but once she distanced herself from everything, she finally saw it clearly.

At this moment, Liu Erniang also profoundly felt Old General Zhang’s difficulties.

Cui He was stunned there for a long time, with the words of Miss Xie and Liu Erniang echoing around him, he was enveloped in a shadow, pulling him towards the abyss.

This was not said lightly, he had personally handed over people from his territory to the Commandery Princess, and now that person had become a death warrior who only knew how to kill and die.

The cell was exceptionally quiet, yet Cui He felt an invisible pressure, making it hard for him to breathe.

After a while, Cui He finally regained his composure, his voice hoarse and trembling: "When I was working for Princess Jiahui, I saw people from Tong Family Village."

Liu Erniang clenched her hand tightly, of course, those people found Princess Jiahui after escaping.

Cui He continued: "But I haven’t seen the women from Tong Family Village. I... We were working outside, and didn’t know much."

Cui He finished speaking and swallowed: "But there is someone who certainly knows more than I do, she often goes in and out of Princess Jiahui Mansion, everything we had to do was arranged by her alone."

Xie Liangchen asked: "Is it that Nanny Liu who met with you several times in the courtyard?"

Cui He looked up: "Did you catch her?"

Xie Liangchen said: "While you were watching the warehouse, someone was watching you, all the people who met with you were captured."

Cui He said: "Is Nanny Liu refusing to say anything? If her son can be found... perhaps she would confess. Here, everything relies on her son to relay messages to Princess Manor.

Nanny Liu comes here carefully every time, there are things she doesn’t let us know about, over time, I also felt uneasy, secretly followed her a few times, and figured out some of her affairs.

We pretend that Nanny Liu has no family outside, just serving the Commandery Princess alone, but she was married, her son manages affairs for the Commandery Princess outside.

On the road from Xingzhou to Mingzhou, twenty-five miles in, there is a post house, her son is the post house manager there, many letters sent to Princess Mansion must have been relayed by him.

Besides the post house, there are several inns nearby to facilitate their information exchange."

Officials stayed, and government offices sent documents to the post house, who knows how many messages were passed to Princess Jiahui.

Princess Jiahui extends her reach far, would the Emperor still be lenient if he knew?

Xie Liangchen looked at Chang Yue in the distance: "Please bring General Song here." This matter needs to be immediately reported to Song Xian, before those people try to find ways to escape, they should all be captured.

Xie Liangchen and Liu Erniang prepared to leave, and Cui He stepped forward, afraid Liu Erniang would leave, causing his shackles to clink.

Liu Erniang, feeling a pang of sympathy, turned around and said: "If you’ve done wrong, think carefully about how you can make amends... if you haven’t made a great mistake, you might have a chance..."

Liu Erniang hoped Cui He hadn’t made a great mistake, but this should be confirmed after General Song’s inquiry.

Leaving the prison, Liu Erniang looked at Xie Liangchen with slightly reddened eyes and said: "Now I understand, many people from the territory... were foolish.

I hope the territory can recover soon..."

After Liu Erniang finished speaking, Xie Liangchen saw a figure walking briskly, it was Song Xian.

Xie Liangchen said: "It will be."

...

Capital City, Princess Jiahui Mansion.

Princess Jiahui leaned lazily in the pavilion, tossing a handful of fish food, the carp in the pond immediately scrambled for it.

Princess Jiahui was pleased with the scene, she liked seeing things eagerly waiting for her, whether it’s carp or people, all seeking her favor.

After feeding the fish, Princess Jiahui stood up and walked towards the garden, calculating the time, the news should be about to return, wondering if the Xie Family from Chen Family Village is dead.

Du Yi and Miss Lin should no longer be in the world.

Once this matter is resolved, the following tasks will be easier.

Thinking of this, Princess Jiahui gently yawned, preparing to return to her room for a nap.

"Commandery Princess." The Housekeeper hurried to greet her.

Princess Jiahui squinted slightly looking at the bright sun overhead, lazily saying: "What is it?"

"Something happened," the Housekeeper said, "Nanny Xu and the others seem to have failed."

Princess Jiahui furrowed her brows, suddenly opened her eyes: "What? Where did this news come from?"

The Housekeeper pursed her lips: "The post house from Xingzhou to Mingzhou was surrounded by people, they recently passed on the news, the ones catching people at the post house weren’t government soldiers, it seems to be Song Xian’s men, and that Du Jiedu... seems to be in Xingzhou too."