Chapter 556: Interrogation
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
An uninvited guest suddenly appeared in the courtyard, scaring them all. After checking the person, Chi Jia said to everyone, “His body is fine. It’s just that his vital energy is flowing in the opposite direction, so he vomited blood and fainted. He’ll be fine after resting for a while.”
Of course, Chi Jia did not say the rest. That person’s True Qi was flowing in reverse. If no one guided him from the side, it might pose a huge obstacle to his future martial path.
Everyone present had practiced martial arts before, so they naturally knew what this meant. But what did this have to do with them?
Before Ah Yu could speak, Qin Huai pulled her back a few steps and called Chi Tu out. “When this person wakes up, interrogate him.”
Ah Yu also said to Tang Yuan at the side, “Big Sister Tang Yuan, please bring some people to the house to check if there’s anything wrong.”
“Yes.” Tang Yuan waved her hand, and a few Crimson Guards left with her.
She originally thought that the courtyard had been empty for a few years, but she did not expect there to be someone inside.
“Big Brother All You, it’s easy for houses to break down if you don’t live there. You bought so many houses. Why don’t you rent out some or hire some servants to take care of the houses?” After this small episode, Ah Yu felt that it wasn’t a good thing to have so many houses everywhere.
For example, every time they arrived at a new house, Qin Huai would ask someone to clean up the house in advance.
However, those houses were originally bought by Qin Huai for Ah Yu to live in. Back then, he thought that if Ah Yu wanted to walk around and play, she would at least have a place to stay.
However, whether it was renting it out or hiring someone else to take care of it, he was not happy.
“You’re right, but 1 don’t know how to arrange these houses.” Qin Huai pretended to be troubled. “If we rent them out, according to the laws of the Great Chang Dynasty, we will be implicated if the tenants do evil things in the houses. However, if we hire people to take care of them, 1 won’t be at ease. I don’t know who to hire.”
Ah Yu thought that Qin Huai was really worried about this and even thought about it seriously. In the end, she clapped her hands and said with a smile, “I’ve thought of a solution!”
“Little Sister All Yu, what solution have you thought of?” Wang Wulang had just finished discussing with Wang Qilang and the others. As soon as he walked over, he saw All Yu’s happy expression.
Ah Yu explained Qin Huai’s troubles before saying with a smile, “Big Brother Ah You doesn’t want unfamiliar people to live in his houses, but he doesn’t want the houses to be abandoned. In that case, we need to find someone familiar to help look after the houses.”
Wang Wulang tried his best to ignore the jealousy in his heart and focused on the problem of the houses. “The best way I can think of is to let the Qin Family take over. The Qin Family probably has many more servants than our family. Can they resolve the matter by sending a servant to each house?”
“But in that case, things will return to square one.” Wang Qilang stroked his chin and said, “If the servants live in houses, even if they have disloyal thoughts and want to do something, the main family won’t know.”
All humans have desires. With desires, one could walk any path.
Even if they had the indentures of those servants, it could not guarantee that every servant was loyal to them. Even if they were loyal, they might not be able to do everything beautifully. After all, there was still a difference between people.
“I’ve thought of the problems you mentioned.” Little Ah Yu clapped her hands and said, “Didn’t we encounter an uninvited guest just now? I thought of a good solution from him. That is, we can nurture a group of people who specialize in maintaining the houses and let them go to the various houses to check for omissions. We spent more than four years traveling on this excursion. It might take them two to three years to check all the houses. In these two to three years, they can check the houses and inspect the surroundings. At the same time, they can do some business.”
Of course, these people did not have to run the businesses, but they could still check those shops while checking the houses.
The people in the shops could also supervise them. This will form a chain that links up all the houses and shops.
As for what business to do? All Yu had a lot of business experience in her head!
Qin Huai originally only listened casually. Later on, he felt that this solution was very reliable.
What if it was not just a business but an intelligence network?
At the same time, he would nurture his men in secret and use these houses as a stronghold to spread his influence. This way, he could ensure that when he arrived anywhere in the future, he would find some trustworthy men.
Of course, he was not building up a force in the shadows for any particular purpose, but he had to be wary of others. After all, his identity was too sensitive. Even if he did not have the intention to fight for power, it was difficult to guarantee that his royal brothers would not target him.
Wang Wulang still felt that it was unreliable, but seeing that Qin Huai had already agreed to Ah Yu’s idea, he swallowed his objections.
The young couple was happy, so why should he rain on their parade?
In any case, the one who would lose out would only be his future brother-in-law, not his sister. There was no need to feel heartache for him.
After they finished discussing the matter of the houses, the unconscious person also woke up. Initially, that person was still stubborn and only said that he had wandered here unintentionally. It was not until Chi Jia and the others found that person’s clothes and asked “gently” that the person admitted everything with a pale face.
This admission was incredible. He was actually from the Foul Wind Pavilion.
At the mention of the Foul Wind Pavilion, Wang Wulang and the others were no longer sleepy. They were not too sure about this organization before. It was only when Blood Thirteen was captured by their family and sold to Hu Family Village as a martial arts teacher that he revealed many things.
For example, the Blood Rain Pavilion that he had joined previously was under the Foul Wind Pavilion, and the Foul Wind Pavilion handled various assassin organizations.
The Blood Rain Pavilion was relatively good.
The Foul Wind Pavilion specially accepted all kinds of killing orders and did not ask for their clients’ origins. It did not matter who they wanted to kill, as long as they paid the money, they would do the job. If they did it well, they would not increase the price. If they did it badly, they would not return the money.
Their people had been killed or captured, but they had never gone to save them, let alone taken revenge.
“Your organization has a lot of personality.” Wang Wulang was amused when he heard the person from the Foul Wind Pavilion explain the rules. “So, you killed the person in the prison?”
That person’s chest hurt slightly from Chi Jia’s kick. He immediately straightened his neck and said, “Our rule is to not ask the client anything, so 1 can’t comment on your words.”
Wang Wulang rolled up his sleeves. “Heh, my bad temper—”
“Fifth Big Brother, let me do it.” All Yu’s head squeezed out from the waists of the youths and stood in front of that person.
That person looked at the young and extremely obedient and sweet girl and felt even more disdainful.
Unexpectedly, the girl held a needle in her hand and stabbed it into his temple without thinking.
“All—!”
The pain made him tremble like a leaf.
It hurts!
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I might not be good at this. I’ll try again,” All Yu said as she raised a thicker needle without any shame. With an innocent expression, she pretended to stab his other temple.
He gritted his teeth and held on. With a trembling voice, he said, “I’ll talk! The client has given another order. He wants me to kill Magistrate Liu and Young Master Ning before midnight tonight!”
Little Ah Yu put the needle away and hid her achievements.
She said to Meatball in her heart, “Elf, your method is still the most useful.”
This was the method she had heard from the story. It was said to be very effective.
[Kid, you’re the best!]
Of course, Meatball would not say that the stories were all nonsense.
Qin Huai was behind and saw Ah Yu’s actions clearly. His eyes were clearly filled with smiles.
The little girl was starting to grow up. She was a little black-bellied.
This was good.
Of course, Ah Yu did not have the courage to treat a stranger like this. It was Meatbail who told her in the spatial pocket that this person had very strong malice and was a real bad person. There was no need to be soft-hearted towards him, or she would be deceived by this person.
Ah Yu trusted Meatball very much, so she took the needle and tried it.
With Ah Yu’s needle, the interrogation became even smoother.
Chi Jia accepted the order that night and quickly captured two people with a few Crimson Guards.
They were also from the Foul Wind Pavilion and had attempted to assassinate Young Master Ning and Magistrate Liu.
There was also another person who planned to kill a constable in the government office and was captured on the spot.
It was precisely because of this that Magistrate Liu’s suspicion was cleared in front of this group of people.
Instead of handing the hostages to Magistrate Liu, they invited him to their courtyard.
“What? This is actually related to the destruction of the building back then?!”