"I figured it out. Xu Wu was fascinated by the desire to tease Mr. Chen's wife, but was taught a lesson. It was just a pure accident." The masked man, the leader, removed the black scarf on his face, said to the short and fat middle-aged man, picked up the teacup and started drinking.

With the starlight outside the window, the appearance of the leading masked man was revealed. Unexpectedly, he turned out to be the gangster boss of Kunshan County.

Gou San not only found the black and thin young man, but also found Wang Laizi before. Wang Laizi's confession was exactly the same as the black and thin young man. From this, it can be concluded that the incident at Yunji Restaurant was caused by the lustful Xu Wu by chance.

"That's good, I'll say, how could the Xu family and the Zhao family join forces? Today's search for the county government is clearly aimed at the Xu family. Our two families are just foils." The middle-aged man with a beard couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this.

"It's a critical moment. Yangzhou requires us to be more careful when dealing with things and not be slackening at all." The short and fat middle-aged man sat on the chair with a serious expression, frowned slightly, "Where did this Xu Wu go?"

The short and fat middle-aged man was named Tian Yuan, and he was the shopkeeper of Tianji Grain Store. In fact, he was a secret chess installed in Suzhou Prefecture in Bishiji. Like Gong Fan, he specialized in some secret affairs that were unknown to outsiders.

Since the county government searched the Maji Salt Shop and Tian Ji Grain Store today, Tian Yuan became alert and couldn't help but suspect that the county government came for them, so he secretly contacted Gou San and asked him to figure out what happened in Yunji Restaurant.

Everything that happened to the Xu family and Zhao family during this period was from the Yunji Restaurant incident a few days ago. As long as you find out whether the Yunji Restaurant incident occurred was an accident or someone did it on purpose, Tian Yuan could tell whether today's search was aimed at them.

Although the news brought by Gou San temporarily made Tian Yuan feel relieved, he still had a little doubt in his heart, that is, Xu Wu's whereabouts, the case of Qiao Yu and Zhao Rong being kidnapped came too suddenly. According to his understanding, the Xu family and the Zhao family are not sure what is going on now.

But soon, Tian Yuan's doubts were all eliminated, because Xu Wu not only appeared, but also caused a stir in Kunshan County.

After staying at Xuji Silk and Satin Village for a night, Chen San came to Tan Zong to report to him the next morning. The people from Xuji Silk and Satin Village had already discovered him hiding on the roof last night, but Xu Zong only transferred people to strengthen his guard and did not touch him.

"Tell the people outside that the goods will be shipped this afternoon." Tan Zong was washing his face while casually giving Chen San carelessly. He knew very well that after yesterday's search, Tian Yuan and others who had ghosts in their hearts would definitely be suspicious, so he would give them a reassurance next.

Chen San nodded and walked out quickly. The so-called shipment that Tan Zong mentioned refers to exposing Qiao Yu and Zhao Rong's location in the county town, and according to the plan he had formulated in advance, triggering a conflict between the Xu family and the Zhao family.

After washing up, Tan Zong went to Zhao Yan and Zhao Baifa to discuss the matter between Qiao Yu and Zhao Rong. After some discussion, they decided to pay 400 taels of silver to collect clues about Qiao Yu and Zhao Rong, which is a huge amount of wealth in Kunshan County.

Xuanhong's notice was widely posted in the streets and alleys, causing a sensation in the city. The people were talking about it and began to pay attention to what was around them in private. Who could get the four hundred taels of silver?

After lunch, Zhao Bai sent him back to Hedong Town to handle some family affairs. Tan Zong and Zhao Yan were nervously waiting for news in the villa.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, just as Tan Zong sat expressionlessly in the living room drinking tea while Zhao Yan was paced back and forth in the room uneasily, a servant led a thin old man in.

"Young Master Cousin, the second Master, this is Cao Youlu, the shopkeeper of Cao Ji pawnshop. He has to find two young masters if he has something to do." The servant bowed to Tan Zong and Zhao Yan, pointed at the old man and said.

"Shopkeeper Cao, what are you doing?" Cao Ji pawnshop is a second-rate small pawnshop in Kunshan County. He does some small businesses targeting ordinary residents. Zhao Yan has never stopped fighting with Cao Youlu and asked in a deep voice.

"Second Young Master, do you know this?" Cao Youlu bowed and came to Zhao Yan, took out a small cloth bag from his body, opened it and handed it to him.

"Where did you come from?" The cloth bag was filled with a pure gold earring. Zhao Yan was shocked when he saw this. He picked up the earrings and looked carefully. After grabbing Cao Youlu's neckline, he asked fiercely.

Cao Youlu's body was directly lifted from the ground by the tall Zhao Yan, and his feet were swaying in the air. Because Zhao Yan used too much force, his neck was tightly tied. Not to mention speaking, he could even breathe. His face turned red, and he slapped Zhao Yan's wrist that grabbed his collar with his hands, making a whimpering sound from his mouth.

"Let him go!" Seeing this, Tan Zong walked over and patted the excited Zhao Yan on the shoulder.

Only then did Zhao Yan realize that his behavior was a bit too extreme, so he quickly let go of Cao Youlu. Cao Youlu covered his neck with his hands and coughed violently.

"Give Boss Cao that glass of water." Tan Zong gave a command to the maid beside him, and the maid immediately brought Cao Youlu a cup of tea.

"Just just now, a little gangster came to Xiao Lao's pawn shop to serve as the earrings. If Xiao Lao remembers correctly, this pair of earrings was customized by Mrs. Zhao from the 'Jinyu Mantang Building' in Suzhou Prefecture six years ago. It was a gift for Miss Rong's twelfth birthday. Xiao Lao asked the shop's shop to stabilize the little gangster and came to report the news." After drinking a few sips of tea, Cao Youlu cleared his throat and said seriously.

"How do you know that this pair of earrings was given to Sister Rong by my mother?" Zhao Yan looked at Cao Youlu unexpectedly when he heard this. In his impression, Zhao Rong and Cao Youlu had never met before.

"To be honest, the little old man's son-in-law is a goldsmith from the 'Jinyu Mantang Tower'. This pair of earrings was made by his master. The little old man went to see his son-in-law at that time and was fortunate to see this pair of earrings, so he knew that it was customized by Mrs. Zhao for Miss Rong." Cao Youlu quickly explained.

"Take us to your store!" Tan Zong stared at Cao Youlu sharply and said in a deep voice.

"Please come with the old man." Cao Youlu turned around and walked out quickly.

Zhao Yan waved his hand, and more than a dozen servants followed him and Tan Zong and walked towards Cao Youlu's pawnshop. A servant followed behind in a carriage, preparing to pick up Qiao Yu and Zhao Rong at that time.

When Tan Zong and Zhao Yan rushed to Cao Youlu’s pawn shop, a tall and thin young man in his twenties was sitting outside the counter and tearing a roast chicken on the chair while drinking comfortably. There were a few braised dishes on the table, and two pawn shop friends stood behind him one left and one right.

"Boss Cao, how much can those earrings be used as?" Seeing Cao Youlu come in, the tall and thin young man put down the wine glass in his hand, burped at him, and shouted, "If you can't afford it, I'll have to change to another one."

It turned out that after Cao Youlu found out that the earrings were different, he tricked the tall and thin young man and said that the earrings were so skillful and valuable that he did not have enough money in the store. He went out to raise money and asked the tall and thin young man to wait for a while, and then ran to find Zhao Yan.

In order to appease the tall and thin young man, Cao Youlu specially asked the two friends in the store to buy wine and serve him, and repeatedly reminded him that if the tall and thin young man wanted to leave, he would stop him no matter what.

Suddenly, the tall and thin young man was stunned and stood up with a look of surprise. He saw Tan Zong, Zhao Yan and others following Cao Youlu.

Although the tall and thin young man had never seen Zhao Yan, and he didn't know who Tan Zong was, he had a premonition that something was wrong from the serious expressions of the two.

"Say, where did you come from these earrings?" Zhao Yan looked at the tall and thin young man, glared at him and asked in a deep voice.

"I... my mother left it to me." The tall and thin young man was startled by Zhao Yan's stern eyes and made up a reason casually.

"Hmph, when did my sister have a son as old as you?" Zhao Yan sneered, walked forward, pulled out his waist knife, and slashed on the table in front of the tall and thin young man, looking at him coldly, "If you don't tell the truth, I will chop you alive."

"It's true... it's true that my mother stays... it's for me." The tall and thin young man's face turned pale and he stammered, trying to deny it.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Yan suddenly drew his sword and cut it down the left ear of the tall and thin young man.

Accompanied by lights, the tall and thin young man felt a chill in his left ear, and then a heart-wrenching pain. His left ear then left his body and fell to the ground with a thud.

"Mom!" The tall and thin young man covered his left ear and screamed in tears.

"Another call, I will kill you!" Zhao Yan said coldly with bloody blade on the neck of the tall and thin young man.

The tall and thin young man was so scared that his face was bloodless. He quickly closed his mouth and looked at Zhao Yan in horror, his legs trembling constantly.

"Tell me, where did you come from these earrings?" Zhao Yan asked with a blank expression on his eyes.

"It's...I picked it up." The tall and thin young man swallowed his saliva with difficulty and said.

"Where did you pick it?" Zhao Yan frowned slightly and asked loudly.

"One...a back door of a family." The tall and thin young man replied carefully, for fear of angering the guy in front of him.

"Take us to find it." Zhao Yan suppressed the excitement in his heart, moved the knife away from the tall and thin young man's neck, and stared at him sharply. Qiao Yu and Zhao Rong were probably in the family where the tall and thin young man picked up the earrings. The most urgent task now is to go in and save them.

The tall and thin young man then covered his ears and walked out of the pawnshop. Tan Zong, Zhao Yan and others followed behind, walking on the street in a mighty manner. He attracted a lot of attention along the way, pointing at the tall and thin young man covered in blood and talking.

After turning a few streets, the tall and thin young man took Tan Zong, Zhao Yan and others to the door of an ordinary family with a small courtyard.

The door of this house was closed, and it was quiet inside without a trace of sound.

"You go to the county government and inform Captain Zhang." Zhao Yan made a gesture, and several servants flipped in quickly. At the same time, Tan Zong said to the servants behind him.

Hearing this, the servant arched his hand at Tan Zong and hurried to the county government.

A moment later, the door was opened by the servants who had climbed over the wall. Tan Zong and Zhao Yan walked in surrounded by a group of servants holding knives.

"Who are you...you?" There were main rooms and east-west wing rooms in the yard. As soon as everyone came to the yard, perhaps when they heard the noise, the door of the west wing suddenly opened, and a middle-aged woman walked out of the room and looked at them with horror.

Zhao Yan waved his hand and the two servants rushed over and put the middle-aged woman on the neck.

"Good uncle, please spare me, please spare me, it's all my business that Mr. Xu Er asked me to do." The middle-aged woman was so scared that she was bloodless, she knelt on the ground, and kept kowtowing to Tan Zong and others.

"Where is Xu Wu?" Zhao Yan's face turned cold when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice to the middle-aged woman.

"In... in the main room, he drank a lot of wine at noon and was sleeping at this time." The middle-aged woman quickly reached out and pointed to the main room and said in panic.

"Where are the two women he brought?" Tan Zong walked forward and asked in a deep voice, looking extremely nervous.

"The two girls refused to obey Mr. Xu. They had been hanging on the beam for two days and two nights." The middle-aged woman reached out and pointed to the east wing room and said timidly.

At this moment, the door of the east wing suddenly opened, and three big men waved their knives to slash at the people in the yard, causing the Zhao family members in the yard to respond in a hurry.

These three great men did not entangle with the Zhao family's servants. They rushed to the wall in one breath and quickly climbed over the wall and escaped. Several servants immediately chased after him.

"Madam!" Tan Zong rushed into the east wing room quickly. After entering the door, the expression on his face changed drastically. He saw Qiao Yu and Zhao Rong tied their hands and hung on the beam in the room. Their eyes were closed, their expressions were haggard, and they were stuffed with cloth in their mouths. They looked very weak, and they didn't know whether they were dead or alive.

"Quick...let it go." Zhao Yan, who followed closely, suddenly turned red when he saw this, and his eyes were covered with angry blood. He roared at the servants beside him, "Zhao Rong was spoiled since childhood, and when did he suffer such a crime!

Qiao Yu and Zhao Rong were quickly released by their servants. Because they were hung for too long, they were already in a coma at this time.

Tan Zong picked up Qiao Yu, ran out of the hospital gate quickly, carried her into the carriage parked at the door, and prepared to take her to the clinic.

"Cousin, Sister Rong, please ask you." Zhao Yan handed Zhao Rong over to Tan Zong in the carriage, and explained with a pale expression. He pulled out his waist knife and walked into the yard with murderous aura, preparing to settle the score with Xu Wu.

"Hurry, go to the clinic!" Looking at Zhao Yan, who was covered with murderous intent, Tan Zong knew that Xu Wu was doomed this time, so he yelled at the coachman.

The coachman knew that the situation was urgent and did not dare to neglect it. As soon as he pulled the reins of the horse, the carriage rushed to the clinic at lightning.

The Zhao family's servants gathered in front of the main room. When Zhao Yan approached, he could vaguely hear the loud snoring of a man from inside.

After taking a breath, Zhao Yan kicked open the door and strode in, and the servants followed him closely.

The table in the main room was in a mess. It seemed that I had just drunk wine at noon, and the snoring sound came from the inner room. Zhao Yan walked in and saw that Xu Wu was sleeping soundly on the bed in the inner room with a thin quilt covered with a whisper.

Zhao Yan, with a murderous look on his face, quickly walked to the bed, stretched out his hand, pulled Xu Wu's arm and dragged him off the bed, and threw him to the ground with a bang.

"You...why are you here?" Xu Wu, who was sleeping, woke up immediately after being thrown like this. He opened his sleepy eyes, looked around at the people in the room, and looked at Zhao Yan, who was standing in front of him, holding a knife in his right hand, and glaring at him.

"Beast, go to die!" Zhao Yan's eyes were red, and after a cold sentence burst out from his mouth, he waved the knife in his hand with all his strength at Xu Wu.
Chapter completed!