The peasant girl who escaped the desert: she cried when she found the cruel prince

Chapter 243 Where did the people go?
Xiao Yifeng instinctively felt that there was something unspeakable about this matter, and then asked in detail: "What is her family like? Who are they?"

Mrs. Zhang thought for a moment: "A man and a woman, both in their 30s, said to be her mother and uncle!"

"By the way, we are accompanied by Manager Chen. The eldest young master knows that. Manager Chen has always been in charge of external affairs. He is very familiar with Miss Jing's family. How can it be wrong?"

"The girl was handed over to her mother and uncle, and Manager Chen accompanied her to the Donglaixuan Inn. Only then did we come back with peace of mind!"

After Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, the Niu brothers also nodded hurriedly and said: "Mother Zhang is absolutely right. Manager Chen is very familiar with the person, and the girl's mother and uncle feel sorry for her, so we handed her over to them!"

Xiao Yifeng's face was extremely ugly: "Xiao An, go and call Manager Chen quickly!"

Xiao An didn't dare to neglect and ran all the way to find Manager Chen.

Half an hour later, Xiao An came back with a pale face: "Master, something serious has happened!"

"Manager Chen drank too much a few days ago, slipped and fell into the river and drowned. There was a funeral at home yesterday!"

Xiao Yifeng immediately became furious: "Manager Chen is a manager no matter how big or small he is. Why is no one coming to report his death?"

Xiao An shrank his head and then whispered: "Steward Chen was a domestic slave, and he died of drunkenness. It's not good to cause too much trouble at home. I just reported it to Steward Xiao!"

The eldest young master has always been a gentle man. It is rare for Xiao An to get angry like this. Can Xiao An not know why? It seems that the girl is really important in the young master's heart, and he is becoming more and more careful.

Mrs. Zhang and others were frightened when they heard this. The girl was on good terms with the young masters and girls at home. If something happened, would they be blamed?
Xiao Yifeng clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "Let's go, come with me to the Chen family!"

When we arrived at the door of Chen's house, the white flags on the pillars at the door had not yet been removed, and everyone in the family looked sad.

When Manager Chen's son saw Xiao Yifeng coming, he thought he was here to mourn his father, so he hurriedly greeted him: "Young Master, why are you here?"

"My dad died yesterday"

Before Manager Chen's son could finish speaking, Xiao Yifeng waved his hand and asked, "Where did your father go five days ago?"

His son looked confused: "My dad said he was going to drink with people that day. He usually drinks a few drinks with people, but he didn't come back until midnight. My mother thought she went to my uncle's house."

"It wasn't until the next day that someone came to report that Dad had fallen into the river. When we rushed over, the body had already floated!"

Xiao Yifeng suddenly understood that Manager Chen had been killed and silenced. Who was at odds with Jingli?
Can you actually command Manager Chen to harm people?

"Then do you know who your father went drinking with?" Xiao Yifeng asked with the last glimmer of hope, hoping to get some useful clues.

Manager Chen's son shook his head: "I don't know. My father has a lot of friends, and the family doesn't know who he was drinking with."

Xiao Yifeng's heart sank. Could it be that he couldn't ask anything?

"Xiao An, go and find out who Manager Chen has been close to recently? Is there anything unusual about him?"

While Xiao Yifeng arranged for the servant to inquire about this matter, he went to Donglaixuan Inn to look for Wan Baoquan.

"What? Ah Li is missing?" Xiao Lianyun turned pale with fright when he heard that the boy came back to report Jing Li's disappearance. These days there is a lot of war and chaos. What if Jing Li falls into the wrong hands?
Xiao Lianxi on the side accidentally knocked over the tea cup, and the warm tea spilled all over her body. The maid hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Miss, are you burned?"

"A country girl just disappears when she disappears. Are you so scared, eldest sister?" Xiao Lianxin said displeased.The anxious Xiao Lianyun had no intention of arguing with her at this time, and hurriedly grabbed Xiao Lianxi's hand: "Sister, who do you think Ah Li was harmed by?"

Xiao Lianxi's hand was cold. Xiao Lianyun didn't notice it for a moment, and hurriedly called Mrs. Zhang: "Tell me carefully, what is going on?"

"Didn't I tell you to take her to the inn? Why did you give her to someone else halfway?"

Mrs. Zhang's mouth felt bitter, who would have thought!Steward Chen, a slave who has been in the Xiao family for decades, actually colludes with outsiders to assassinate guests!

Mrs. Xiao also came over at this time. When she saw her little daughter yelling at the old servant with anger on her face, and because of the woman who made her son yearn for her, she felt unhappy in her heart and said: "In a daughter's family, how do you behave like this?"

"A country girl just disappears, what else can she do?"

"We can't just invite her family because we have to give her family an explanation!"

Xiao Lianyun was so angry that she stamped her feet: "Auntie, why are you talking like that? Ah Li is my friend. I invited her to come over for a small gathering. Now that she is gone, can I not be anxious?"

Mrs. Xiao snorted coldly: "I heard that she took a man to the grassland to kill Liao. How can a woman like her who has been hanging out with others for many years be the daughter of a good family?"

"You are not allowed to associate with a woman who values ​​her reputation as nothing in the future!"

"I can't help but just don't follow the rules. Are you hanging out with others?"

Xiao Lianxi on the side turned pale, holding the handkerchief tightly with her fingers and said nothing.

"Aniang, you're talking too much. How can Ali be such an unruly girl? I came here to be a guest in a good manner. This person is gone. It's okay if I don't worry about it. It's okay to accuse someone of innocence. You did this. An elder’s?”

Mrs. Xiao's chest heaved with anger, she pointed her finger at her daughter and said, "Okay! Okay! I didn't know you were such a friendly person!"

"Mother Zhang, keep an eye on the second girl and don't allow her to leave the room, lest she be implicated by that woman and her reputation be ruined!"

Mrs. Xiao left angrily, and Xiao Lianyun begged her sister: "Sister, please go out and find out. There is no news about Ah Li, and I feel really uneasy!"

Xiao Lianxi said with a worried look on her face: "Since Aniang said that no one will care about it, you should stop taking care of this matter, so as not to make Aniang feel unhappy!"

Xiao Lianyun looked at her sister in astonishment: "Sister, how could you do this, if Ah Li hadn't saved you in the first place?"

"Shut up!" Xiao Lianxi said displeased: "Is she your sister? Or am I your sister?"

"Besides, my eldest brother has already gone out to look for me, what else do you want?"

Xiao Lianyun looked at her sister in disbelief: "Why did you suddenly become so heartless?"

Xiao Lianxi did not answer her sister and left as if running away.

When Wan Baoquan heard that Manager Chen, who was involved in the matter, died, his heart suddenly fell to the bottom: "Why did he die so coincidentally?"

He had been running away for nearly a year, and he was no longer the stupid young man in the village. He just felt that this matter was aimed at Jingli.

But where to find Jingli now?
(End of this chapter)