As soon as I finished saying this, I heard a voice among the people who were arguing over there and said: "Jiang Xiaoliu, what are you talking about, you still dare to fight with me, believe it or not, I will go to your house and tell your father and mother that you are going to get involved in the backyard of a big family, and your father and mother will definitely break your legs!"

Have you forgotten how your uncle didn't have one? If you provoke someone who shouldn't be messed with again, you don't know how to die......"

Qian Yan's footsteps immediately stopped, hey, this is an inside story, she can listen to this.

"Ugly, do you think we can know something from their mouths that those families in the city don't know? Maybe you can hear some truth about Xue Minghua's abduction back then. ”

Ugly and ugly said disapprerovingly: "That was more than ten years ago, how old are you looking at the people present?" The eldest is in his twenties, and he is still a little kid at that time, what can he know? ”

Qian Yan raised her eyebrows, "That's not necessarily, in case there are elders in the family who know, they can hear it." ”

The person who was said to be called Jiang Xiaoliu was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old black and thin boy, who directly stepped forward and pushed the person who spoke after hearing what he had just said.

The boy who spoke was about the same age as him, not as tall as him, but fatter than him, the fattest of the gang.

It is said that it is fat, that is, compared with these people, these people are tall and thin, and it is estimated that they are all within 100 catties, and the short and fat boy should have 120 or 30 catties, and he looks more fleshy than others.

The young man named Jiang Xiaoliu was among the later waves, and he pushed one of the five people who came after Qian Yan before.

Seeing him do it, Qian Yan thought that the two groups of people were about to fight, but the two were directly pulled apart by the people on both sides.

The wave of people from Xiao Liu's side said a few words to him, and he glared at the Humpty Dumpty before leaving first.

Qian Yan was a little confused, and this is leaving? It's really like a primary school student quarreling, this is afraid of suing parents, right?

But it's better for him to go, I'm afraid the rest of the people here won't be able to gossip about his family's affairs.

Tilt Yan retreated and said to the group of people: "You stop for a moment, I need your help with something." ”

The two waves of people wanted to continue arguing, but when they heard Qian Yan's words, they stopped directly.

The two waves glared at each other, gathered around her, and then stopped two or three paces away.

"What does the girl need help with? Even if they told us, we would definitely be able to help the girl with our numbers. ”

A tall, well-dressed man in his twenties said that he was supposed to be the leader of a dozen people.

Humpty Dumpty also patted his chest and said, "Don't listen to him, girl, they are from Nancheng, there are mostly poor people over there, our family is from Dongcheng, if you have anything to do with us, we can help more." ”

Tilt Yan untied the plain purse around her waist and shook it deliberately, and the copper plate and broken silver inside made a crashing sound.

When the thugs heard that there was really silver in their purse, their eyes lit up and they gathered together.

Qian Yan raised a hand, "Hey, don't come around together, just send two representatives over." ”

On such a hot day, these people smelled of sweat, and her nose was already smart, and she had to be stunned by coming around.

A group of people stopped, and then the two who had spoken earlier walked over.

The one who was dressed more decently arched his hand and said: "Girl, I am the eldest brother of these people, my surname is Wang Minghui, and the girl can tell me anything about it." ”

The other Humpty Dumpty glanced at him, and also arched his hand at Qian Yan and said: "Girl, I am the eldest of them, surnamed Liu Minggui, you want us to do something, the girl can say directly, except for killing people and setting fires, everything else is easy to discuss." ”

"Snort~ It's as if you can do anything else, even I can't beat it, what else can I do?"

As soon as Liu Gui's words fell, Wang Hui sneered at him.

"You-" Liu Gui's face instantly turned red with anger.

Qian Yan interrupted them and said directly: "I don't want you to do anything, I just want to ask you about something, you don't know anything about some big families in the city?" ”

The two of them, including the dozen or so people who were listening in the back, all looked at her in unison.

Wang Hui's expression became solemn, and he said with some hesitation: "What are you asking for?" You're not going to be a spy from a foreign race, are you? ”

A few people in the back also looked at Qian Yan vigilantly, and even moved their positions, as if they were about to rush up and subdue her as soon as they were sure that she was a spy.

Qian Yan raised her eyebrows, it seems that these people are mixed up, and they will still subconsciously defend their city.

"Are you stupid, what secrets can I ask if the spies come to you? I just have a sister who is going to get married, and I want to inquire about the reviews of the right people here. ”

Tilt Yan is a serious nonsense.

Obviously, these words were very reasonable in the eyes of these people, but they all let down their guards and started talking nonsense.

"We've heard a lot of rumors, but we can't guarantee whether it's true or not."

Qian Yan said indifferently: "You talk about it, I'll listen to it, as for the truth and falsehood, I have my own way to verify it." By the way, what happened to Jiang Xiaoliu's uncle just now? Tell me about it first! ”

Wang Hui blinked, looked back at his brothers, and saw that they had no objection before saying: "It is said that Jiang Xiaoliu is my brother, and I don't want to talk about his family's affairs behind my back, but his uncle's affairs are not a secret, almost everyone here knows about them, and it doesn't hurt to talk to the girl."

Most of us don't have anything to do with the private affairs of big families now, because eleven years ago, someone gave Uncle Jiang a sum of money and asked him to secretly help sell a maid to traffickers, and I don't know which maid is the heart of the old man and young master of the back house, and he actually found him here, and the news of Uncle Jiang's death came out within a few days.

The Jiang family said to the outside world that they had to die of a sudden illness, but there are elders among us who mixed with Uncle Jiang back then, and we still know something.

Before the uncle of the Jiang family did that, he said that he had taken a big deal, but he had to wait for the opportunity.

Later, when he got the money, he invited his brother to have a good meal, but he died within two days, so it's no wonder that there is nothing to do with it.

Later, the elders of the family will remind us that these children who like to mix outside, try not to be involved in other people's back houses, even if you give more money, don't do the kind of human trafficking that harms people's lives, otherwise you don't know how to die. ”

After hearing this, Qian Yan thought in her heart, this uncle of the Jiang family can be said to have set a bottom line for the gangsters in Xingtang Mansion by himself.

Wait a minute! Eleven years ago! It can't be such a coincidence, right?

"That maid can't be from the Xue family, right?"

Wang Hui was shocked, this person wouldn't know anything, he shook his head and didn't dare to talk nonsense.

Looking at his expression, she knew that there was really some connection.

I don't know that the maid who was sold is likely to be Xue Minghua, it seems that her family really did it, but I don't know if Xue Minghua and her father and mother know it.

That Jiang Xiaoliu's uncle should have been killed and killed.

Qian Yan didn't bother about this anymore, and asked the two: "Then you tell me about the rest, tell me about the affairs of those big families, whether it is hearsay or your own speculation." ”

Liu Gui smiled and said, "This girl can ask me, I know more than the bamboo pole emblem." ”

Without waiting for Wang Hui to refute, he continued: "One of the largest families in my city is the Liang family, one is the Xue family, and the other is the Sun family.

I heard that they are all side branches of big families, and they are all from famous families in Hedong, and the heads of those families are also full of talents, especially the Xue Liang family.

This master of the Liang family is the biggest official in our Xingtang Mansion, and his younger brother is also an official in Bianzhou, and I heard that the official is not small.

However, the Liang family has a weakness that everyone knows, that is, Lord Liang has no sons under his knees, and his wife and several concubines are all daughters, and a total of more than a dozen daughters were born!

And it is said that several daughters who have grown up and gone out look like Lord Liang, and their appearance is indescribable.

The eldest daughter is already 19 years old and has not yet decided on a family, just because she looks too much like Lord Liang, and she can't look down on her with a good family background, after all, being the housewife is also the façade of a big family, and she looks too ugly, and it is also a matter of losing face.

But the family background is low, and Miss Liang can't look down on it, and she feels that she is not worthy, so she has delayed it until now......"

"The Sun family is the richest man in this Xingtang Mansion, but it is not a pure merchant family, the second master of the family is a school captain, and the daughter of the grandson is married to the second son of the Xue family.

It's just that the eldest man of the Sun family is a bit of a good girl, I heard that there are dozens of concubines in the backyard, and there are many children, more than thirty, that is, the family has money, otherwise they can't afford to raise it. ”

Listening to him say this, he listened to it with relish, although it may be just a rumor in the market, and there must be a difference between it and the real version, but these rumors may not be without facts, there must be a small part of the truth in them.

After Liu Gui finished talking about the Liang family and the Sun family, he began to talk about the Xue family, which was still about Xue Minghua.

"Speaking of this Xue family, it is the most serious of the three, I heard that Xue Changshi's family is very well-behaved, and there are few concubines in the backyard.

But there was a mysterious concubine who had not been seen in the city since she was fifteen years old. Although the Xue family said to the outside world that their family's Miss Yan went to a foreign house in Bianzhou, many people are spreading it in private, even if they go to a foreign house, it is impossible not to come back for the New Year's holidays.

And it's been more than ten years, so it's impossible for Miss Xue not to get married, even if she marries in Bianzhou, there should be rumors back, at least she will bring her husband back to see her mother's family during the New Year.

But not once, many people said that Miss Xue either eloped with someone, so she lied to the outside that she was recuperating at home, this big family is the most important thing about reputation, that Miss either has a bad disease, or someone has a bad reputation......"

Hearing him say this, Qian Yan didn't guess from Jiang Xiaoliu's uncle, it seems that the Xue family's secrecy work is still quite strict.

Later, I heard these people gossip about some other officials, some of which were very outrageous, and Qian Yan was not very interested, and directly poured a bag of copper plates and broken silver into the purse, and she didn't care how they divided it.

In fact, there is not much broken silver, and it adds up to less than two taels, plus dozens of copper plates, and the purse is not big, and it is already bulging.

However, for these gangsters, this is already a huge amount of money, after all, unless they are helping to do something more difficult, most of them are usually good to get dozens of copper plates.

When Tianyan left, those people waved their hands for a long time as if they were sending the God of Wealth, and said that they would look for them again if they had something.

With that flattering expression, Qian Yan felt that she didn't have eyes.

To be honest, these people are still because of the times, and these people have not made good use of them, otherwise, if they really set up some kind of intelligence collection organization and let them go, maybe they will really be able to make a name for themselves.

Ugly: "There is a dark cloud floating from the south, it is estimated that there will be a shower soon, or let's go back to Dongdajie, there is no place to shelter from the rain in Nanshi, otherwise hurry back to Xue Mansion, if you run faster, you should be able to avoid it." ”

Dongdajie has already finished shopping, there is nothing to visit, there is no need to run back, Qian Yan thought about simply going back to Xue's mansion.

It's been running for a long time in the morning, and she's a little tired, so she can take a nap and rest when she goes back.

While speeding up his pace, he said to Chou: "If we leave early tomorrow morning, we will ride out of the city, what if it catches up with the heavy rain?" If you are in a place where there are people, you can't take out an umbrella or raincoat to use it in a grand manner, even if you wear a plastic sheet, it is a bit conspicuous. ”

Ugly: "You don't want to get a car again, do you?" There's no one to help you here, there are people in Yangjiaping who can help you in Handcheng, and you can get it done in a short time, you can't let someone from the Xue family help you get the carport, right?

If you say something, Mrs. Xue will probably give you a carriage directly, I see that there are two or three carriages in their stables, which should be specially prepared by the Xue family for family use. ”

Tilt Yan thought about it or forget it, anyway, tomorrow will be a day, if it really can't work, speed up and run to a place where there is no one, and then find a vacant land, if it really rains, take out the off-road vehicle in the space and wait for the time to come.

Tilting quickly walked along the inner city wall to the south, and then passed through an alley next to the cross street, and passed through the West Street.

As soon as I arrived at West Street, I heard the ugly say: "Those four people have already converged, and they left from the south gate on horseback, just in time to miss you." ”

Tilt Yan patted her chest, it's okay.

Then he said to Chouchou: "You continue to monitor those four people, listen to whether they are chatting with each other, and see if you can learn anything from their chat." ”

Ugly: "I still need to say that I have been staring at them, but these four people are quite cautious, and their words are basically a few words, and they can be concise and concise."

Like when two of them found the other two, they only said one word, and the people rode around the east gate in a donkey cart, and then they didn't say anything more, and rode directly to the south gate.

Just let others hear this kind of thing, and they don't know what it means. ”

(End of chapter)