Dressed as the villain's stepmother

Mr. Wang raised his hand and dismissed the maids beside him: "By the way, why did the girl come here? Our village has been suffering from famine for a while, and most people avoid our village. If not, it’s hard to see anyone coming here specifically.”

"I came to the village to find a relative." Jiang Lianzhu opened her mouth and answered.

"I wonder what the relative's name is. I might be able to help."

Mr. Wang leaned forward slightly and seemed to be very sincere and sincerely wanted to help Jiang Lianzhu find someone.

Jiang Lianzhu pretended to think for a moment, and then shook her head helplessly: "I really can't call him by name. It's been more than ten years since I last saw him... If there wasn't something wrong, I really couldn't find him here. Come on, I remember that relative’s surname seems to be Zhao.”

"Surnamed Zhao?" Wang Jiaocui raised her eyebrows, "There is only one family named Zhao in this village. But a few days ago, people were dying and moving away. I think this relative you are looking for Eighty percent of it can’t be found.”

She spoke in an understatement, with a hint of fun in her words.

There are several families with other surnames in the village, but the only one with the surname Zhao is the Li Zheng family.

Zhao Lizheng committed suicide by throwing himself into a lake a few days ago. His two children moved to the city not long after, and they thought they couldn't find anyone.

Jiang Lianzhu pretended to be suddenly enlightened and responded: "This, in this case, if that's the case, I won't think too much about it."

"The main reason is that the girl's visit was unlucky. If you really want to find them, I suggest you go to the city and ask. Maybe someone knows them." Mr. Wang added.

He looked like he really wanted to give advice, so he took some broken silver from his sleeve and put it on the table.

"Our village is still some distance from the county seat, and you will definitely have to make some travel arrangements along the way. The village has been a bit uneasy lately, so for you outsiders, it's best to leave early."

Having already said this, Liao Yunchuan and Jiang Lianzhu could naturally hear that he was now issuing an order to expel guests.

Jiang Lianzhu and Liao Yunchuan looked at each other and put away the broken silver in a very polite manner: "Yes, what Mr. Wang just said makes sense, we'd better go back to the county town early and have a look, maybe we can still find someone. "

Her words completely spoke to Mr. Wang's heart. He happily asked the two maids to take them out and pointed them in the direction to leave the village.

Outside the mansion, Zhao Ruyang was still waiting at the same place. He gestured to Jiang Lianzhu, turned around and got into the alley.

Jiang Lianzhu took Liao Yunchuan and followed him in.

After waiting until there was no one around, Zhao Ruyang asked: "Miss Jiang, did that person named Wang make things more difficult for you?"

He has never met Mr. Wang face to face, but he has heard some people in the village say that he is an extremely weird character, and he must have the same temper.

"No, but what I heard from him should be that he wanted the two of us to leave the village quickly. I don't know what he is planning secretly."

Jiang Lianzhu replied, lowering her eyes slightly.

Master Wang and Wang Jiaocui stared at the two of them, so that they had no chance to leave the table, and they had no way of knowing what mysteries were hidden in this mansion.

The maid who sent the two of them out looked terrified, and Jiang Lianzhu did not dare to ask them anything, for fear that it would bring endless trouble to both parties.

"Do you want the two of you to leave the village as soon as possible?" Zhao Ruyang raised his eyebrows. He couldn't think of a reason why Mr. Wang had to do this. "Well, it's really troublesome to think about these things. If the girl wants to cooperate with us, I Now I’m going to take you to meet other people.”

"Okay." Jiang Lianzhu responded.

Zhao Ruyang said no more, and when he turned around, he glanced at Liao Yunchuan meaningfully.

The three of them soon arrived outside a room.

The door was closed tightly. Zhao Ruyang went up and knocked on the door. It took a long time before he heard a few responses, and then someone came to open the door.

A boy stuck his head out, looked at Zhao Ruyang in front of him, and breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously: "Brother Ruyang, come in... You, who are you two?"

He quickly set his sights on Jiang Lianzhu and Liao Yunchuan behind Zhao Ruyang.

"The two of them are here to discuss business with us, and they don't have any malicious intentions." Zhao Ruyang answered vaguely.

The three men soon followed the boy into the house.

Jiang Lianzhu relied on the candlelight from some candles lit in the room to barely see some people sitting in the room.

There were a dozen people in total, and except for three children, the others looked to be in their 20s.

The man sitting in the middle stood up and called Zhao Ruyang aside. After asking him a few words, he brought him back.

"Miss Jiang, I heard that you want to do medicinal materials business with people in our village, but I'm afraid this business can't be done now..." The man spoke carefully, with some obvious regret in his voice.

"Why?" Jiang Lianzhu frowned.

As she walked along the way, she also saw many deserted fields in the village.

Since there are so many empty fields, why is there no way to grow medicinal materials?

"Girl, you should also know that there is a man named Wang in our village who made a fortune by taking advantage of the famine. Now all the food in our village is in his hands."

The man said slowly, with a hint of perceptible anger in his eyes.

"It's not that we haven't thought about using those deserted fields to grow food, but his people will always try their best to destroy them. As a result, those fields can only remain abandoned."

After Jiang Lianzhu heard what the man said, her lips pursed tightly unconsciously.

No wonder she always felt that Mr. Wang was not a good person. He had indeed done some shameful things in private.

"Do you know who this person is? Some time ago, someone in your village submitted a complaint to the court, saying that after the famine, all the money in the village was looted by the prefect. This case Do you know who did this?"

Liao Yunchuan suddenly spoke and asked two questions directly.

He had a vague guess in his heart that this matter was probably related to Mr. Wang. .