From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Zhou Yuan turned around and walked to the door of Xue's house.

The two guards thought he was in trouble, so they did not stop him.

Who knew that Zhou Yuan stopped and looked at one of the bald scarred men, and said slowly: "It doesn't take two people to guard the door. Why don't you come with me?"

The scarred man's hand subconsciously touched the handle of the knife at his waist, and said in a deep voice: "What did you say?"

Zhou Yuan glanced at his knife and said: "Don't be so excited, come with me, I want to ask you something about the iron bolt."

Hearing this name, the scarred man was shocked and immediately said: "Do you know the inside story?"

Zhou Yuan said: "I am investigating this case with Lord Wang and Lord Zhao. If you want to find the murderer as soon as possible, cooperate with me."

The scarred man clenched his fist, winked at the person next to him, and followed Zhou Yuan.

The two walked to a teahouse on the opposite street and sat down, but Zhou Yuan did not order tea, but a pot of good wine and a few side dishes.

He said calmly: "Let's talk while we eat."

The scarred man looked stern, and said word by word: "I don't drink."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "It's up to you whether you drink or not, what do you call me?"

"Old Guan."

"Old Guan, right? Do you have any family? How is your life now?"

Guan Tianci frowned and said in a deep voice: "What does this have to do with the case?"

Zhou Yuan said: "If you want us to find the real murderer as soon as possible and avenge your brother, don't ask so many questions, it's best to answer honestly."

"I am Xue Ningyue's friend and the son-in-law of Lord Zhao. You should know my identity very well, so you don't have to be so defensive."

Guan Tianci snorted and said: "There are so many scheming people these days, who knows what your purpose is."

But he really cares about the death of his brothers. Dozens of old brothers, how powerful they were in the past, but now they have withered into this state.

"I still have three people in my family, my son, my wife, and my granddaughter."

Zhou Yuan said, "What is your son doing now?"

Guan Tianci said, "Helping the Xue family with some chores."

Zhou Yuan nodded and said softly, "When Xue Changyue was the governor of Datong, he had tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his command and could be said to have suppressed one side."

"Who would have thought that more than ten years have passed, and the governor of Datong at that time would end up like this."

Guan Tianci said with a change of color, "What kind of person is the general? How can you make up something! If you have something to say, just say it. If you don't have anything to say, I'll leave!"

Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "What kind of person is he? I don't think he's that good."

Guan Tianci's eyes were already burning with fire. As veterans, they were afraid of causing trouble and always kept a low profile.

But Xue Changyue was their bottom line. If anyone dared to touch him, they would fight to the death.

Zhou Yuan continued: "Do you think what I said is wrong? Ha!"

"If he is really a hero, then why don't any of you more than a hundred guards think of his goodness? Why do you all want him to die?"

Guan Tianci shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about! We brothers are the general's brothers! We are ready to die for the general at any time!"

Zhou Yuan said: "So he should support you! Spend thousands of taels of silver every year to support you! If he has no money, he will sell his daughter to support you!"

"What kind of brothers are you? You forced your disabled eldest brother to sell his daughter and forced the Xue family to have no way to survive!"

These words made Guan Tianci completely change his face.

He stood up suddenly and said in a trembling voice: "You, what did you say!"

Zhou Yuan said: "Don't say you don't know. Mrs. Xue has no business ability. The family's wealth was almost exhausted. It has reached the point of being penniless."

"But in order to support you brothers, they have no choice, so... they can only sell Xue Ningyue to the Xu family in exchange for benefits and continue to support you."

Guan Tianci shouted: "Nonsense! I found out that the Xu family is a big family in Lin'an Prefecture and is worthy of the young lady!"

Zhou Yuan said lightly: "But Xue Ningyue is going there to be a concubine this time."

The word "concubine" made Guan Tianci tremble all over, looking at Zhou Yuan in disbelief with wide eyes.

Zhou Yuan said: "Because of the impact of Fengming Tower, Xue's Baiyan Tower is about to go out of business. Once it goes bankrupt, where will Xue Changyue find money to support you?"

"So, for the sake of his brothers, he married his daughter to the young master of Fengming Tower as a concubine, begging for money from the other party."

"Old Guan, as far as I know, Xue Ningyue has regarded you as uncles since childhood, right? He is not bad to you, right?"

"You brothers, do you treat your eldest brother like this? You uncles, do you treat your niece like this?"

"You are so loyal! You are so kind!"

These words pierced into Old Guan's heart like a knife.

His face twisted, clenched his fists, and turned away directly.

If this is true, he must do somethingWhat!

He remembered a lot of things, especially the little girl Ningyue, who had called him "Uncle Guan" since she was a child, and was very affectionate.

Who among these old brothers doesn't like little Ningyue?

"Get back!"

Zhou Yuan suddenly roared: "If you want to save people! Come back! This can't be solved by you alone!"

Guan Tianci stood there, his body stiff.

Zhou Yuan said: "What are you going to do when you go back? Make a big fuss and make Xue Changyue lose face? Let this matter spread and make him suffer from the world's abuse?"

"Or do you plan to make Xue Ningyue lose his reputation?"

Guan Tianci gritted his teeth and sat back suddenly.

He opened the wine pot and drank it in big gulps.

His face turned red, Guan Tianci looked at Zhou Yuan, and said word by word: "Help her! Help the little girl Ningyue!"

At the end, his voice was a little choked.

There was only grief and bitterness on his face like a sculpture.

Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice: "Listen, what I said just now is true. Facing the impact of Fengming Tower, Baiyan Tower is about to go out of business, so the Xue family took this desperate measure and married their daughter as a concubine, just to seek a way out."

"There are several main reasons for today's consequences. First, your hundreds of guards and their families spend at least thousands of taels of silver every year, which is too much. Secondly, the Xue family has no management ability."

"In any case, things have reached a point where they cannot be reversed. You can see that the Xu family has arrived with boxes."

"To make trouble now, in addition to hurting the reputation of the two families, there is no other way. What do you want? "" You can cooperate with me. " Go, or spread it. "" I want this news, look at the ears of Fengming Building, do you understand? "Guan Tianci said:" Don't understand. " We can't stop it all. You are the blood that sucks the blood of Xue's family and forced Xue Changyue to sell a female criminal. He obviously suppressed his emotions and said, "You tell me, I promise I can do it!"