Chapter 730: Tough Guy (1/2)
Chapter 730: Tough Guy
Translator: Pika
Zu An continued his investigation with his group of Embroidered Envoys He searched for Xin Rui’sto the address recorded in the internal affairs documents
These Embroidered Envoys weren’t like Zu An, who had just recently arrived in the capital They were all familiar with the capital’s streets and alleys, so they found the courtyard soon afterward
The Eroup circled around to the back door, while another occupied the high points and watched the surroundings Yet another group guarded the various entrances into the alleys
The reroup then went up to thea few ti a reaction, they directly kicked open the door and stormed in ferociously
Zu An sloalked in He didn’t need to do anything hi details When he saw the scene inside the courtyard, he sighed It seeh, someone reported back to hiets Judging from the scene inside, it has been many days since anyone last lived here”
Zu An nodded and said, “Dig up the entire courtyard and see if there are any corpses Also, question the surrounding neighbors to see if we can find any clues”
The Embroidered Envoys quickly set out to take care of their tasks The courtyard was quickly excavated After all, cultivators could do such things much faster than ordinary people Unfortunately, they didn’t find anything
Soht over an older wo in this direction earlier”
That older woed here! I was just wondering what the Hua clan had done wrong; I’m definitely not an evildoer! That Hua clan lady who lived here must’ve been a scoundrel after all”
“Hua clan?” Zu An recalled that Xin Rui’s surname had been Hua before she joined the palace When he heard the older woes with this clan?”
That older worudges against the so big? If this clan had been harmed and she claimed to have enmity, then what could she do if these officials wanted to oat?
Zu An said coldly, “She insists on speaking falsehoods Detain her and question her harshly”
That older woman was so scared that her entire body eak She quickly said, “I’ll speak, I’ll speak! I really have no grudges with their clan, but I just couldn’t bear to see the better than the rest of us!”
“Idling about?” Zu An frowned
“Yes!” That older woman was scared that he wouldn’t believe hio At first, it was just the Hua clan older h… He just idles about all day! He never lifts a finger and always asks hishow pitiful that Miss Hua was, I introduced her to a clothing repair store so they could just barely get by
“But later on, I heard that her daughter orking in the palace, and that even this house had been purchased with the hter, just how great would that be?
“Still the Hua clan’s olderrepair store day after day”
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When he heard her continue to blabber endlessly without getting to the point, Zu An unhappily cut her off “It sounds like your relationshi+p wasn’t so bad Why did you carry so e,” The older wo I was curious what they were doing Their daughter did work at the palace, but they had practically wiped out their savings after purchasing this house They shouldn’t have had any spare money to spend”
“But not only had they not become poverty-stricken, the Hua clan’s lady was instead covered in gold and silver Tsk tsk tsk, that was jewelry I wouldn’t be able to purchase even if I worked my entire life!” The older wohter received the appreciation of an esteemed individual in the palace, but I think she probably stole the palace’s goods! This is probably retribution”
Zu An frowned “And that’s why you’re so happy that they ht have suffered?”
“If that were all, sory” The older wo age, you see I found a girl for hi I wanted to borrow some from the Hua clan first, but not only did that woman reject hter didn’t have it easy either Hah! If it weren’t for the fact I found out that that woht’ve really believed her”
Zu An was speechless Eventually, he said, “It’s their money Is it that unreasonable for her to want to leave it for her son?”
The older woan to panic “But how poor were they when they first arrived at the capital? If it weren’t because of my help, they would’ve already starved to death! Yet when I needed help, she instead pretended she didn’t know me After all, just any randoh!”
Zu An thought to hi jealous after soreat success He wasn’t in the h, so he asked, “When was the last time you met theo, I think”
“Did they leave on their own, or were they brought away?” Zu An asked
“I have no idea” The older woe happen around that tie wasn’t like later generations Rumors spread quickly from mouth to mouth, and all these people lived close to each other If there had been any strangers, there was no way they wouldn’t leave behind any traces
“There seeht… We’ve never seen such a grand carriage before,” the older woman said enviously
Zu An frowned “What kind of carriage was it? What do you rand? What kind of symbols did it have?”
The older worand; hoould I describe so like that?”
Zu An ordered so to ith this older woe out of her, to see if they could find some clues this way Then, he asked some more questions about the Hua clan’s day to day life After he finished, he had her leave for the tiht of so just as the older woin to take a turn for the better? When did she start to wear all those things you were talking about?”
The older woht for a bit and then replied, “About a year ago, but I don’t reer than a year and a half, though”