The dead general was kidnapped by his husband and taken to farm.

Chapter 143 The Truth 1

After dinner, the two of them rested for a while and then rushed to the place where they had agreed to meet everyone.

The location was a teahouse. There weren't many people there, and from outside, it looked like business was extremely bleak.

As soon as the two of them arrived at the door, an old man came out, glanced at Jiang Shian, and without saying much, he welcomed them in.

The old man told them that this teahouse was the former business of the Jiang family, but it was not open to the public, but was opened privately by Jiang Wenjing.

It was originally used as a place for scholars and writers to chat and gather. After Jiang Wenjing disappeared, the teahouse was closed.

Therefore, apart from them, no one else will come here, so it is very safe. They can go in and discuss in detail.

Jiang Shian felt that the old man looked familiar, and after thinking for a long time he finally found a name that matched that face: "Uncle Qian!"

The old man stopped and turned to look at Jiang Shian with slightly red eyes when he heard this long-lost shout.

He responded excitedly: "Yes, old slave, the young master still remembers Qian Bo! That's great, that's great."

This old man used to be the steward of the Jiang Mansion and had always been with the original owner's father. He could be said to be a half-elder who had watched him and Jiang Wenjing grow up since childhood.

But later, something happened to his father, and the old butler suddenly disappeared before he could preside over the funeral.

Everyone in the mansion said that the old butler had run away with the money, but I didn't expect to meet him here today.

Seeing that the old butler went out of his way to look for him, it was obviously not as the servants in the mansion said. There must be other hidden secrets.

Jiang Shian suddenly remembered that the original owner's father also encountered bandits when he was out transporting goods. It was exactly the same situation as his eldest brother. The bandits who suddenly appeared seemed to only want to kill people, and after that they acted quickly without leaving any clues.

The two followed the old butler's lead to the second floor, then pushed open the door of the innermost room and walked in.

There were not only the three of them in the room, there were also several unfamiliar faces of different ages sitting at the table.

Hearing the noise, everyone looked towards the door nervously and surprised.

Butler Qian nodded to them, and they all stood up excitedly. Then one of them went to close the doors and windows tightly.

Jiang Shian scanned their faces one by one.

There were some people I didn't know at all, and there were also a few who had been to the Jiang family. From the fragments I remembered, they had a pretty good relationship with Mr. Jiang.

One of them was a man dressed in black with a stern face. As soon as he came in, the other party's eyes were fixed on him without blinking.

If I'm not mistaken, this person was the guard who used to follow his father. It's not accurate to call him a guard, he is the biological son of Butler Qian.

The three of them grew up together with the original owner and his elder brother.

Looking at the person opposite him, Jiang Shian felt a sense of familiarity in his heart and said happily, "Brother Sijing."

After he shouted, the man opposite seemed to tremble all over, with disbelief and surprise in his eyes.

Jiang Shian called out to a few people he knew based on his memory.

Everyone was excited and happy, looking at each other, feeling sad and emotional.

Butler Qian asked them to sit down and talk, and then asked the waiter to bring some snacks.

Ji Yinghuai had been following behind Jiang Shian. He did not speak out of curiosity, nor did he interrupt everyone's reminiscing. He stood beside Jiang Shian at a distance, neither too close nor too far, in a protective manner.

It was not until everyone sat down at the table that everyone turned their eyes to him.

Jiang Shian introduced him to everyone with a smile: "This is a good friend I met after returning to the countryside. He is also the person I like now. He was worried about me coming to the county town, so he followed me here."

Then he looked at Ji Yinghuai and introduced everyone: "This is Qian Bo, who has watched me grow up. Next to him is his son, whom I call Brother Sijing. He is a few years older than my elder brother and I, and we have been playmates since childhood."

"If I remember correctly, it should be the shopkeeper Wang of the Gold and Jade Shop. He is a good friend of my father. I have seen him at home before. He even made a safety lock for me when I was a child..."

When Ji Yinghuai heard the word "friend" at the beginning, he felt a little uncomfortable, but the boy's next sentence "the person I like" made his unhappiness disappear and he felt very happy.

After Jiang Shian introduced each other, everyone at the table had different expressions on their faces.

But the group of people on the opposite side looked at Ji Yinghuai with complicated eyes.

In just half a year, the young master had recovered, became extremely intelligent, and had a first-class appearance. But before they had even had time to get to know each other, he was kidnapped.

Everyone chatted for a while before getting down to business.

Jiang Shian also asked the question in his mind.

Why are they suddenly here now?

Butler Qian sighed, his face solemn.

Describe in detail what everyone has experienced in the past few months.

Butler Qian only saw the people in the mansion taking back Master Jiang's coffin, conducting a thorough investigation, and handling Master Jiang's funeral affairs, and then he was driven out of the mansion.

Butler Qian noticed something was wrong and immediately returned to the countryside. At first, someone was watching him, fearing that he would run back again.

It wasn't until three months later that the stalkers left.

Manager Qian and his son then found an opportunity, asked someone to find out what had happened, and hurried back.

Butler Qian asked his son to ask around and contacted many of the mansion's former loyal servants, as well as the steward who followed the master to run errands.

There were a few who did not intend to get involved in this mess and were ready to spend their old age in peace, so they stayed at home and did not see anyone. Butler Qian did not say much and continued to contact other old subordinates.

In addition to the old butler, there are several shopkeepers who follow Mr. Jiang.

They were all dismissed by Jiang Boyuan for various reasons. In order to prevent them from going to other shops, he announced to the public that they were fired because they did not abide by the rules and embezzled the owner's money privately.

Even those who originally wanted to steal the girl backed off after hearing this. No matter how capable the girl was, no one would dare to use an unfaithful person.

One of the managers lived in Qingping County. Everything was peaceful in the first few days, but later some thugs came to the house and caused trouble every day under the pretext of paying protection fees.

They reported to the police, but every time the police came, the other party had already run away and could not be caught. The neighbors around them were also annoyed by the noise and asked them to move to other places.

After following Master Jiang for so many years, they still had some assets in their hands. They moved to several places in the middle, but without exception, they were found by this group of ruffians and then harassed them and the surrounding neighbors.

They started out by losing their jobs, then had nowhere to go and were driven out of the city.

There was no place for them in such a big county town, so they could only return to the countryside to settle down.

Everyone finished speaking in a few words, and all the difficulties and challenges were omitted.

Finally, he had to comfort Jiang Shian, saying that they were living a good life now and asked Jiang Shian not to worry too much.

Jiang Shian could tell that they had not had a good time in the past six months, and a group of people over fifty years old resolutely returned here.

Whether he wanted to find out the truth about Mr. Jiang's death or something else, this feeling alone touched him deeply.