Without thinking, Song Shen asked, “What place?”
“Gu’s house.”
“Gu ……”
Song Shen almost bit his tongue again, the Gu family was already in ruins, how could they build a workshop? But looking at Song Wangyue’s expression did not look like a joke, Song Shen swallowed back the words of doubt that were welling up on the edge of his mouth.
Gu Yi’s death was not a small blow to her younger sister, so if she wanted to build in that place, she could do so, the big deal was to hire more people to guard it.
He echoed Song Wan Yue’s words, “That place is indeed suitable for building a workshop, so it’s settled.
Song Wangyue did not object.
Song Shen let out a sigh of relief and hurriedly changed the subject.
When they arrived at the entrance of the mansion, Song Shen jumped off the carriage first, then placed the dismounting stool and helped Song Wan Yue down before taking the key in her hand and running to open the door.
The Song family had lived here for the past few years and the courtyard was cleaned.
Xiao Zheng dismounted from his horse and went in with Song Wan Yue, while the rest of the family went in with Song Shen through the back door with their horses.
“Has Uncle Xiao heard of the Wei Yuan Dart Board?”
Song Wangyue suddenly asked.
Xiao Zheng froze slightly before shaking his head.
He really didn’t know.
“The grand master of the dart board’s surname is Qi, and like the Third Prince, he has been keeping an eye on Gu Yi, and I suspect that their dart board’s men followed them to the massacre of the Gu family that night.”
Xiao Zheng snapped his eyes at her, his heart trembling slightly, and his first thought was that Song Wan Yue knew Gu Yi’s true identity. But that shouldn’t be the case, neither they nor Xiao’er had ever revealed their true identity in front of Song Wangyue.
He steadied himself and followed Song Wan Yue’s words, “You mean that all the people from the dart board died that night?”
Song Wangyue’s footsteps gave a beat.
Xiao Zheng realised what he had said and his brain exploded, panicking as he opened his mouth to try and make up for what he had said.
As if she did not understand the meaning of his words, Song Wan Yue continued to lead him inside.
Xiao Zheng followed apprehensively, wondering in his head whether Song Wangyue had heard the flaw in his words just now.
He also thought that he should go back earlier so that Song Wangyue would not try to find out more flaws if he stayed longer.
Song Wangyue had already led him to a courtyard, “Here it is.”
Xiao Zheng returned to his senses, unsure of what to do.
“This is the courtyard where Gu Yi once lived.”
Song Wangyue lifted her foot and went in, Xiao Zheng paused and followed.
Pushing open the door of the house, a musty smell came over the house.
Xiao Zheng frowned slightly.
Song Wangyue had already walked in, and on the table inside the house, half a cake lay on top, already mouldy.
“Uncle Xiao ……”
Song Wangyue looked at the cake, her voice a little raspy, “I want to ask you something.”
“Go ahead.”
“What day is Gu Yi’s birthday exactly?”
“It’s …….”
With one word out, Xiao Zheng wanted to bite off his tongue in remorse and changed his mouth in a panic, “Yue, Yue girl, you, you’re confused, how does uncle Xiao know young master Gu’s birthday.”
“It’s also ……”
Song Wan Yue laughed a little, “Why am I being silly, you and Gu Yi have no relatives, how would you know his birthday.”
After the words, she added, “You sit for a moment, I’ll go and throw the cake away.”
After saying that, he carefully lifted the box containing the cake and walked out.
Xiao Zheng’s heart was always on edge, even after Song Wan Yue went out, he couldn’t fall down, he always felt that Song Wan Yue knew about Xiao’s life, otherwise she wouldn’t have tested him one after another.
No, he couldn’t stay any longer, he had to go back sooner.
But what was the matter with the Weiyuan Dart Board?
Why did they keep watching Xiao’er? And why did they join hands with the Third Prince to kill Xiao’er?
There was the sound of footsteps coming.
Xiao Zheng collected his mind and sat up straight.
Elder Song and Song Shu entered with Song Wangyue.
Both of them had sweaty faces, having run all the way from the dartboard.
Once they entered and saw Xiao Zheng sitting on a chair, Song Shu greeted nervously, “Kiss, kiss, in-laws ……”
The old man hated his iron, Song Shu had followed him on a trip to the capital, met Xiao Zheng, and had relatives like the old man at home, so it was reasonable to say that he should have worked out long ago, but looking at Song Shu like this, it was fortunate that Xiao Zheng did not care, otherwise Si’er’s marriage would not have been easy to say.
Xiao Zheng stood up, nodded towards Song Shu and looked at the old man, “This is uncle, right?”
Old Master Song was flattered and hurriedly answered yes.
Several people sat down and talked.
Grandma Song and Liu Cui Lan returned later and went to the kitchen to boil hot water and make tea to bring over.
Old Master Song and Song Shu accompanied Xiao Zheng to talk, while Grandma Song and Liu Cui Lan called Song Wan Yue to the courtyard over there, looking at her obviously thinner face, they didn’t know what to say for a while.
Song Wan Yue broke the silence first, “I have asked the village head of Gu’s village to help me buy coffins, one hundred and thirteen, three good ones.”
Hearing her mention this, Grandma Song’s eyes reddened, those days, she really thought of Gu Yi as her own family, when she thought of him not even having a whole corpse, her heart hurt terribly.
“You should, don’t worry about the back, you have your grandfather and second uncle, when Mrs. Qi’s funeral is over tomorrow, the family will all go back to help.”
“Grandma is still planning to let Third Uncle and Sister Qi get engaged?”
Grandma Song nodded, “When the Wei Yuan Dart Board was famous it didn’t dislike your third uncle, now we can’t do anything out of line either, let them get engaged first after Madam Qi’s first seven days, and wait until Qi Ying has passed the three year mourning period before getting married.”
“Doesn’t Grandma think the death of the dartboard man is strange?”
Grandma Song froze slightly.
“As the saying goes, you have to see people alive and dead, just like the Gu family, even if they were all burned after being killed, there are still skeletons around, so many people from the dart board died all at once, yet not even a single skeleton was seen.”
“Sister Qi is not a weak woman, when her father died, she would have carried the body back even if she had to run a thousand miles, but she didn’t, this is not something Sister Qi would do.”
“And ……”
She paused and looked at both Grandma Song and Liu Cui Lan, “If all the people who escorted the dart had died and no one came back to deliver the message, how would Sister Qi have known about it?”
Liu Cui Lan’s face changed, “Yue’er, do you mean to say that the people from the dartboard didn’t die from escorting the dart at all, but were killed in revenge?
She had been setting up her stall for a year and had heard all sorts of things from the people who ate there, and for a moment such a thought flashed through her mind.
Her face instantly went white at the thought of this possibility.
She personally cleaned up Madame Qi’s face, she did hang herself from the beam, clearly saw the strangulation marks on Madame Qi’s neck the strangulation marks on her neck, if she didn’t have no way out, how could Madame Qi be cruel enough to leave Qi Ying hanging from the beam and kill herself?
Song Wan Yue nodded, “I’m worried that the people who robbed the dart were unusual, which is what caused sister Qi to not dare to go for the body, if that’s the case, will they come for sister Qi in the future and will they drag our family down with them?”
The room instantly fell into dead silence.