Xiao Sangwan and Jia Xian's wedding was undoubtedly grand and valued.

Wen Rongchang knew very well that even if Jia Xian was just a businessman, with the support of the emperor and empress, his business and his worth would rise rapidly. And all this was because Jia Xian had ruined his business and taken away his marriage.

"Husband and wife bow to each other."

"It's done."

Next, the bride and groom go to the bridal chamber.

Xiao Wenbai was also carried back to the house, and the task of dealing with the guests was handed over to Jia Xian.

Here, Xie Jinyun came to Gu Changning and told him what he was thinking.

After listening to this, Gu Changning suddenly turned his head and looked at Xie Jinyun: "Do you suspect Lin Xing'er?"

"I don't want to assume the worst of Lin Xing'er. It's true that she married a bad man." Xie Jinyun was referring to Wen Rongchang.

Gu Changning thought of Wen Rongchang's character and said, "You are right. Even if a simple person follows Wen Rongchang, he will be skinned alive by him. I don't believe that Wen Rongchang doesn't know the resources behind Lin Xing'er. If he has evil intentions with the forces left by Lin Tong, he may also engage in salt smuggling. Then you have to change the plan you arranged earlier, because we already have a clear goal. Now we just need to convey the information to Wen Rongchang."

Xie Jinyun agreed with what Gu Changning said: "It's all up to the emperor to arrange."

After getting Xie Jinyun's tacit consent, Gu Changning turned around and hooked his finger at Jiang Huai who was standing not far away. Jiang Huai ran to Gu Changning happily.

Gu Changning whispered a few words in his ear, Jiang Huai nodded, and did as Gu Changning said.

Soon, the banquet began.

Xiao Jia's wedding banquet was truly extravagant and lavish.

The emperor not only invited civil and military officials for them, but also allowed the Jia family to reward the three armies. The purpose was to allow the Xiao family army, which was now slowly being built up, to stand out openly and let the world know that there were still people in the Xiao family, and that the Zhenguo Marquis' Mansion was a family of meritorious service, not a family of criminals, and they no longer needed to hide in the gutter like rats.

Of course, the buffet in front of Xiao’s door was also like flowing water, endless.

As long as the common people come to watch the ceremony, they can sit down, enjoy the wedding banquet and receive red envelopes.

The place was heavily guarded and the people were well-educated. Because there were so many people who came to enjoy the celebration that day, everyone lined up to take their seats.

Wen Rongchang watched the wedding banquet today. It would be a lie to say that he was not jealous. After tomorrow, everyone will know that the one marrying Xiao's legitimate daughter is the young master of the Jia family. In the Jia family, when one person marries a noble wife, the whole family will be blessed.

Wen Rongchang held the wine glass and drank cup after cup.

Suddenly, two different voices came from behind, and Wen Rongchang happened to hear them:

"Hey, Brother Xie, did you get anything out of that salt smuggler you just caught?"

"I didn't get any information from her, but that woman is being stubborn."

When Wen Rongchang heard the word "salt smuggling", he immediately became extremely alert and listened attentively.

"However, from what Shangfeng said, the emperor is not in a hurry at all, because... Master Kunling will arrive in Yanjing in the next two days. Moreover, the girl from the Li family has been getting better and better in recent days. She has even woken up several times. I heard..."

The voice behind suddenly lowered.

Wen Rongchang looked back and saw the two people sitting behind him talking in his ear. Wen Rongchang unconsciously moved closer and vaguely heard the other party say, "I told the emperor... the one from the Dali Temple is not the real culprit behind the smuggling, but a scapegoat."

"Who said that?" Wen Rongchang asked without thinking.

The two men who were whispering immediately turned their heads and looked in the direction of Wen Rongchang.

Both of them looked at Wen Rongchang with strange eyes.

The Dali Temple is now under the control of Xie Ci, and the people Xie Ci arranges to investigate and try cases in the Dali Temple are the most trusted soldiers selected from the Xie family army camp.

One of them is called Xie Kaifang.

The person sitting next to Xie Kaifang was also a member of the Xie family, and they trusted each other very much, which was why they were able to discuss the salt smuggling case in private.

But Wen Rongchang suddenly interrupted, which immediately made Xie Kaifang more alert. He said, "Marquis Pingding, please don't ask about things that you shouldn't ask, so as not to get yourself into trouble."

Wen Rongchang chuckled and wanted to get closer to Xie Kaifang, so he stood up and sat in the empty seat next to Xie Kaifang.

Of course, this empty space was specially left by Xie Kaifang.

But Xie Kaifang had to pretend and said, "Hey, this is the seat where my great general sits."

"I will move aside when the general comes. We are comrades who have lived and died together. There is nothing that cannot be said. I will not tell anyone. What are you afraid of?" Wen Rongchang personally poured wine for Xie Kaifang.

Xie Kaifang closed his mouth and acted as if he would not tell anyone even if he was beaten to death. "Because the poisoning of the mother and son of the Li family was extremely evil, the emperor forbade us to talk about it casually, and we must keep the investigation confidential. Marquis Pingding, it's not that I don't want to discuss it with you, it's really..."

Xie Kaifang looked back at the younger brother beside him.

The truth was that he did not trust Wen Rongchang, this villain, who loved to grab heads and military merits when he went to the battlefield.

After saying that, Xie Kaifang picked up the wine and drank it all in one gulp.

Seeing this, Wen Rongchang stopped asking questions and instead toasted Xie Kaifang.

Most of the soldiers in the barracks cannot drink much, especially the Xie family soldiers. Xie Ci is very strict about this. After going out to fight for a year or so, he issued a ban on alcohol. Now he allows Xie Kaifang to drink, but Xie Kaifang can only drink a few glasses and starts talking nonsense.

Wen Rongchang sent away the younger brothers around him and continued to toast Xie Kaifang, saying that today was the Xiao family's big day and they would not go home until they were drunk.

Xie Kaifang drunkenly pointed at Wen Rongchang and said with a smile: "You little bastard, you just want to trick me today. I know you are a bad guy and you want to kill me, but it's not that I can't tell you..."

Xie Kaifang burped and continued to speak stumblingly: "Do you know what the first thing Miss Li said when she woke up?"

Xie Kaifang burped again.

Wen Rongchang was so anxious when he heard him speak so slowly: "What did Miss Li say? People outside are very concerned about Miss Li's situation. I didn't pay much attention to these things, but after hearing the rumors from the people, I couldn't help but become curious."

Xie Kaifang raised his hand and patted Wen Rongchang's shoulders several times. After laughing foolishly for a few times, he said, "I don't know what he said, but..."

"It was because of this sentence that the emperor was convinced that the Bai Dingxiang I was watching in the prison was just a scapegoat, not..."

"Bang!" Before Xie Kaifang could finish his words, he hit his head heavily on the wine table and passed out drunk.

Wen Rongchang stared at the drunk Xie Kaifang, the smile on his face gradually froze, then he took Xie Kaifang's hand away, stood up and left the banquet, without even having time to say hello to Lin Xing'er, he left the Xiao family first.

After Wen Rongchang left, Xie Ci came out from the corner and ordered people to carry Xie Kaifang back. Then he went to report the situation on Xie Kaifang's side to Gu Changning and Xie Jinyun.

Gu Changning said, "In fact, even if this big fish didn't show up at today's wedding banquet, the Queen and I were planning to check Lin Xing'er's shop. But now it seems that Wen Rongchang has a big problem. I don't know what connections he relied on or what route he took to hide himself so deeply that the people in the court could not find him."

Xie Jinyun suddenly thought of Aunt Xi beside Lin Xing'er: "Just now, Lin said in Sang Wan's room that all the shops under the Lin family's name were managed by Aunt Xi beside her. It can be seen that Lin Xing'er trusts this Aunt Xi very much. Most of the maids and servants serving Lin Xing'er were brought over by the Lin family in the past. I believe Aunt Xi is also an old person from the Lin Mansion. She must have a lot of background information behind Lin Xing'er."

When Xie Ci heard this, he understood what Xie Jinyun meant: "I will immediately send someone to check on Nanny Xi."

"Okay, go now and find out as soon as possible." Gu Changning ordered.

He did not dare to be negligent in thanking him and turned to leave the room.

Gu Changning and Xie Jinyun did not stay in the Xiao Mansion for too long and returned to the palace first.

Lin Xing'er found that Nanny Xi was no longer by her side. She asked the maid beside her, "Where is Nanny Xi?"

"I don't know. After Madam sat down to the table, I didn't see Madam Xi again."

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