When Shopkeeper Yu heard this, he immediately shouted in panic: "Hey, who are you..."

Before he could finish his words, a dagger was pressed against his neck, and a voice ordered coldly: "Take us to see him immediately!"

Shopkeeper Yu pretended to be calm and said, "You must have made a mistake. There is no such person in our store..."

"is it?"

Mu Jinliang slowly walked up to him and said with a smile: "Yu Dejiang, isn't Yu Dehai your biological brother?"

When these words came out, Shopkeeper Yu was shocked!

He knew he couldn't deny it, so he had to argue: "Although he is my brother, he is not a clerk in this store. He is just responsible for delivering fish to the store every day. I don't know where he is."

At this time, the group of shadow guards had searched the entire restaurant, but they did not find any trace of Yu Dehai!

Mu Jinliang ordered: "Take him away first! Leave a few more people to wait here and make sure to catch Yu Dehai!"

"Yes!"

A group of people tied up the shopkeeper Yu's hands and feet, stuffed a cloth strip into his mouth, put him in a large sack and took him away. Several other shadow guards stayed behind, lying in wait in the corner.

……

In Weiyang Palace, Miao Wuchen was furious at his men: "Who told you to kill Jiang Yaonian's brother-in-law!"

Several people lowered their heads and remained silent, no one dared to say a word.

Miao Shengning advised from the side: "It wasn't us who killed him! I heard that he was poisoned to death. That kind of poison is very rare. Could it be that the Zhenguo Mansion did it and wanted to put the blame on us?"

Miao Wuchen said with a gloomy face: "Put the blame on us? I'm afraid if things go wrong, Jiang Yaonian will think that we want to frame the people on the Second Prince's side! That's why we deliberately poisoned them with that rare poison!"

A young eunuch came in and handed Miao Wuchen a note.

After reading it, Miao Wuchen said impatiently: "I don't know how to deal with it now, how can I help her rescue people? You tell her to find another way!"

"Yes."

The young eunuch turned around and said to the palace maid waiting at the bottom of the stairs, "Sister Ling'er, His Highness said that he can't help, please ask Concubine Jia to find another way!"

Jin Ling'er nodded, returned to Yuhua Palace, and said, "Your Majesty, the eldest prince said he couldn't help and asked us to find a solution ourselves."

Concubine Jia frowned and said, "Go prepare a sedan chair. I need to go out for a while!"

"Yes."

……

At the gate of Jiang’s residence.

After Jin Ling'er got the news, she came to the sedan chair and said, "Madam, the guards said that Mr. Jiang is not in the mansion."

Concubine Jia lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and asked in confusion, "Not in the mansion? Then where did he go?"

"I heard that he was at the Yao family with the young lady. The funeral was held there!"

"Then ask them to go and tell Mr. Jiang that I'm waiting for him here and ask him to come back."

Jin Ling'er followed the instructions and came to the door and said, "Please send someone to ask Mr. Jiang to come back. Our queen has something to ask him."

The guard agreed.

After a while, a horse galloped out of the gate of the mansion and went to Pingle Street.

Jin Ling'er continued to ask the guard at the door: "I wonder how far the Yao family is from here, how long will it take for Master Jiang to come back after receiving the news?"

The guard said, "It's not too far. He should be back soon."

Jin Ling'er nodded, returned to the sedan chair and told Concubine Jia the news.

Sure enough, in less than half an hour, the guard who went out came back on horseback!

He came to the sedan chair and said, "Your Highness, Master Jiang said he has something to do and can't leave! Please go back first."

After hearing this, Concubine Jia's face changed...

Jin Ling'er said, "Your Majesty, why don't we go back first? You've been out for quite some time. If we delay any longer, you might not be able to return to the palace..."

Concubine Jia said coldly: "Since he can't come back due to something, let's go find him!"

Jin Ling'er hesitated and said, "My Lady..."

"I say go, and I'll go!"

"Yes."

……

Yao's house.

Jiang Yaonian was in the back house accompanying Qinghe and comforting her.

The maid came in and said, "Sir, someone is looking for you outside."

Jiang Yaonian frowned and asked, "Who's looking for me?"

"That person said you will know when you go out."

After hearing this, Jiang Yaonian was very confused. Who would find this place?

Suddenly he suddenly thought of something, so he stood up and said to Qinghe: "I'll go out and take a look, and I'll be back in a while."

Qinghe nodded.

Jiang Yaonian left the back garden, walked through the front hall and came to the door, and found that it was just as he thought, a sedan chair was parked not far from the door.

The maid opened the curtain of the sedan chair, and Concubine Jia, dressed in luxurious attire, walked out. She looked at Jiang Yaonian and smiled, saying, "Anian, I have something I want to discuss with you."

Jiang Yaonian frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

Concubine Jia looked around and asked, "Are we going to talk about this here?"

Jiang Yaonian turned around and walked inside with an expressionless face, and Concubine Jia followed him into the yard.

The two of them came to the living room one after the other. Concubine Jia looked around and said, "I heard that you bought this house for that girl? It's not bad. It's quiet in a bustling place, and it's not far from home. If you want to go back to your parents' home, you can get there in a moment."

Jiang Yaonian ignored her and asked directly: "What do you want from me?"

"Anian, a group of Shadow Guards went to the restaurant and captured my friend. Don't you know their highest commander? Can you go and tell them to release him? I'll pay for it!"

Jiang Yaonian said sullenly, "I can't help you!"

After hearing this, Concubine Jia was startled at first, then a trace of sadness appeared on her gentle and beautiful face, and she asked softly, "Are you still holding a grudge against me?"

Jiang Yaonian frowned and said indifferently: "No! You misunderstood!"

Concubine Jia lowered her voice, looked at him pitifully and said, "Ah, then why are you not willing to help even with this small favor?"

Jiang Yaonian interrupted her and said, "If it was just an ordinary fellow, you wouldn't come forward in person to plead for him! Unless that person is your confidant. Since the Shadow Guards have captured him, it proves that he is related to this matter! So I can't plead for him!"

After hearing this, Concubine Jia’s face froze!

Jiang Yaonian guessed right!

That shopkeeper Yu knew many of her secrets, so she had to find a way to get him out as soon as possible! Otherwise, if the Shadow Guards tried her, she would have to say everything she should and shouldn't say. This was also the real reason why she took the trouble to come here in person!

Concubine Jia looked at Jiang Yaonian with resentment and said softly, "Anian, you have changed! In the past, no matter what I asked for, you would never refuse me... but now you don't even want to see me..."

Jiang Yaonian quickly interrupted her and asked, "Is there anything else that brought you here, Madam?"

Concubine Jia widened her eyes in disbelief and asked, "Are you chasing me away?"

Jiang Yaonian stood up and said in a deep voice, "If there is nothing else, you can go back first! I will ask someone to help ask. If it really has nothing to do with your buddy, he should be released soon."

Concubine Jia stood up slowly and said, "Okay, thank you!" and then left.

Jiang Yaonian also left the living room and walked towards the back garden.

As a result, after walking a few steps, he saw Qinghe standing motionless in front of the moon cave gate, staring at the receding figure of Concubine Jia in a daze!

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