A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 873 The Young Master Wants to Thoroughly Investigate Old Meng's Affairs

Gui'er didn't know what to say. She still remembered how good Sha Yanyao was to her when they were little. Sha Yanxiao was indeed impeccable in character, but she couldn't seem to think of anything to refute Manager Liu.

After get off work, I returned to the Marshal's Mansion. Today is the day to have dinner with the wife of the first room. In the past, I went to the main room to have dinner with the Marshal, but now I go to the first room to have dinner with the wife.

Since the Marshal left, the lady was not very sad. Instead, she felt refreshed and energetic. She even wanted to imitate the Marshal and ask everyone to come and have dinner with her on a fixed day every week.

Sha Yanxiao didn't care. He said to Gui'er, "Go if you have time. If you don't, forget it. Just send someone over to let us know when the time comes." However, Gui'er thought that going to the big house for a meal would not be a big deal. There was no need to offend the lady because of this, so she basically went whenever she could.

The fourth concubine also felt it, and she probably had the same attitude. From time to time, she would say that she had made an appointment with her brothers from her natal family to have dinner and was absent. Only the third and seventh concubines always arrived on time, so the lady couldn't say anything.

But today's meal was a little different. Miss Tian always had a sour face, and today it was even worse. She even said to Sha Yanyao in front of everyone, "Now that the seventh day of our father's death has passed and the funeral rites are complete, it's time for you to do some serious work. Stop idling around all day. There are a lot of rumors out there saying that you're just living a life of debauchery. I don't care if they're true or not. Even if you want to have fun, at least pretend to be a bit of a coward. You're a far cry from Second Uncle."

Sha Yanyao smiled and said, "Why bother with what people say outside? It's all my work."

Miss Tian sneered and said, "What kind of job requires hanging out with dancers? Could it be that there's a traitor among the women?"

Sha Yanyao said with a grim expression, "You even hired someone to follow me. I'm telling you, I really was going to work. The big fish that got away in Nanjing recently showed up in Jiangcheng. My father was seriously ill and passed away during that time, so I wasn't focused on it. The higher-ups are already a little dissatisfied with me and asked me to track him down."

Miss Tian still disagreed.

But Gui'er was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. She was secretly glad that she had taken action and completed the task while the situation was chaotic. If she had delayed any longer, they would have been discovered. However, it would be very difficult for them to track him down now. If they were not careful, they might find Wu Mingqiang through the black market.

"Guier, what's wrong with you? Don't you like today's food?" Sha Yanxiao asked because there were few people around and everyone was eating at a long table.

"Oh, no. Today a man came to the hospital with a broken leg after being hit by a foreign car. I helped them with the rescue and bandaging. There's blood everywhere, so I don't have much of an appetite now." Gui'er used what happened in the hospital today as an excuse.

"Stop talking about this bloody nonsense while you're eating. How disgusting!" The lady frowned and turned to Miss Tian and said, "Men must have reasons for doing things outside. As the head of the house, as long as you manage the inner house well and let your man have no worries, you can be considered virtuous."

"Oh my, mother-in-law, this is not the old era anymore. Haven't you heard of the New Life Movement proposed by Chairman Chiang? People should know how to be polite, righteous, honest and shameful. Yan Yao works for the government. If someone reports him, those who oppose him might use it to make a fuss. Then he will be demoted to the bottom, and all his previous efforts will be in vain." Miss Tian didn't give the lady any face at all and directly retorted.

The lady was an elderly woman from the old society, so how could she know all this? She stared with her eyes wide open, not knowing how to refute for a moment.

"Just eat, why are you talking so much?" Sha Yanyao was a little unhappy that his mother was being criticized.

Miss Tian was not convinced and opened her mouth to speak.

"Have you finished eating? Let's go back." Sha Yanxiao saw that Gui'er looked unhappy. Without waiting for her to finish the small bowl of rice in front of her, he pulled her up and said to his wife, "Mother, let's go back." Then he left.

The third concubine was afraid that she would be implicated if she left too late, so she hurriedly said goodbye. The seventh concubine also stood up silently, nodded to the lady, and then left.

After leaving the main room, Sha Yanxiao said to Gui'er, "Anyway, we separated from the family, so you don't need to worry about what they are arguing about."

Seeing how worried he was about her, Gui'er quickly said, "It's okay, brother. It's not because of them."

"That's why? I see your face has changed." Sha Yanxiao said while stroking Gui'er's face.

Gui'er couldn't say she was startled by Sha Yanyao's mention of a thorough investigation into Old Meng's affairs. She forced a smile and said, "I'm really tired. I lost the patient's leg today, so I'm a little exhausted. Don't worry, brother. Just rest a bit and you'll be fine."

Sha Yanxiao sighed and said, "Really? I see you didn't eat much just now. Okay, I'll ask them to make you something delicious when we get home."

The next morning, as soon as Gui Er arrived at the hospital, she took advantage of the fact that there were no patients yet and hurriedly said to Shopkeeper Liu, "Shopkeeper Liu, I'd like to trouble you to urgently summon Brother Song. It's urgent."

Seeing her expression was off, Shopkeeper Liu didn't dare delay. He immediately moved a pot of flowers from the table next to the windowsill to the windowsill, opened the window, and tied a white handkerchief around the flowers. Within half an hour, Song Xichen, disguised as a businessman seeking medical treatment, entered through the curtains.

"Why are you calling me here so urgently? What happened?" Song Xichen asked straight to the point as soon as he sat down.

Gui'er said anxiously, "Last night at dinner in the main house, Sha Yanyao said he wanted to thoroughly investigate the 'big fish' that escaped from Nanjing. It was Old Meng! He said his superiors had received information that Old Meng had appeared in Zhejiang, and wanted him to track him down."

Song Xichen's brows knitted together instantly: "How far has he investigated?"

"It's still unclear, but since he's made the promise, he'll definitely do it." Gui'er's fingertips felt cold. "If we follow the black market and find Wu Mingqiang, everything that happened before will be exposed."

Shopkeeper Liu paced a few steps and suddenly said, "Perhaps we could get Zhou Tong to come forward. He's a black market businessman. Let him continue to find Wu Mingqiang to transport the goods. Make a big noise and cover up the last incident. Just pretend that Old Meng was just an ordinary smuggler and Sha Yanyao has been investigating and found nothing but Zhou Tong's cover-up."

Song Xichen pondered for a moment, then nodded, "This method is feasible. Zhou Tong is well-connected in the underworld, so having him act out this scene won't reveal any flaws. I'll arrange for him to continue his contact with Wu Mingqiang. The more realistic it is, the better."