I made a fortune by marrying a sickly woman!

"My lord, the carriage belonged to Marquis Wu's mansion, and only Wu Jingyao and her maid were inside."

The report from the guard outside was transmitted into the carriage.

Qin Chi hummed lightly, indicating that he understood.

Song Jin looked at Qin Chi with a half-smile, "Mr. Qin is very lucky."

"Don't laugh, my lady. From now on, I'll rely on you to protect my innocence." Qin Chi said this shamelessly, but it sounded particularly polite when it came out of his mouth.

Song Jin withdrew his gaze and cursed inwardly that the man was shameless.

Wu Jingyao's carriage was parked near the new house for such a long time that it naturally could not escape the eyes and ears of the Qin family's secret guards. However, the people in the carriage never came out, making it difficult to guess their intentions. The secret guards just waited and watched.

Until Qin Chi and Song Jin's carriage left.

The other party still did not take any other action, so the secret guard just reported the situation.

Qin Chi met Wu Jingyao once at Yan Mansion last time.

After such a long time, he had long forgotten what the other person looked like. He did remember the name, but he would never mention what happened that day in front of his wife unless he was crazy.

Seeing that Song Jin didn't dwell on the matter.

Qin Chi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Song Jin said at the right time: "I heard that the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Works is from the Zhang family. The girl of the Zhang family suddenly did this. Could it be that the Zhang family wants to tie you to them?"

"Maybe it's possible."

Qin Chi didn't dare to conclude whether it was true or not, and then he said jokingly, "During the time when my wife was away from the capital, there was a rumor that I was the illegitimate child of His Majesty."

Song Jin was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

Qin Chi smiled and explained the whole story.

Song Jin understood immediately, "Whether this rumor is true or not, there will be people who want to establish a relationship with you in advance. If it is true, they will make a lot of money. If it is false, it doesn't matter. You are worth winning over."

"My wife is so smart."

Just one click.

Qin Chi was glad that he had married a wife who was easy for him to worry about. Especially with the comparison of his uncle Qin Mingsong, he felt even happier.

The two returned to Cuihua Hutong.

Song Jin was passing by the Liu family's mansion.

The Liu family kept the door tightly closed, and it was said that the master had already left Beijing.

Originally, according to the law, the crime did not apply to a daughter who married out of the family. However, as a member of the Liu family, Liu Jianfang worked in the Imperial Medical Service, so she was inevitably implicated and was arrested and imprisoned.

The women of the Liu family were sent to the Jiaofangsi.

Liu Jianfang is not on the list.

Liu Jianfang was aloof and arrogant, and could not bear the abuse and committed suicide. Her trusted maids Xiaoxi and Xiaohuan also hanged themselves that night, choosing to follow their master.

It is normal for the master to die and the servant to die.

This is class, this is power.

After the death of the founding emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty, all the concubines in the harem without children were buried alive with him. A total of thirty-eight concubines, fifteen palace maids, and some meritorious officials were buried alive.

Those who were buried alive were mostly members of the royal family and meritorious officials.

Ordinary servants were not among those buried alive with the dead.

But if their negligence caused the death of their master, none of them would survive. In Qin Chi's previous life, many people died in secret due to his unexpected birth, including Lao Huo, Shopkeeper Tao, Doctor Jing and others, not to mention the dozens of secret guards who were supposed to protect him.

"What are you thinking about, madam?" Qin Chi asked in a low voice.

Song Jin came back to her senses and realized that the carriage had stopped, but she had not moved for a long time, which attracted Qin Chi's questioning.

Song Jin smiled faintly, "Just now I passed by the gate of the Liu family, and I thought of Liu Jianfang and Xiaoxi. Compared with Liu Jianfang, I am more familiar with Miss Xiaoxi. She often came to visit me for a while."

"Oh, I have some impression of that maid."

Qin Chi has met Xiaoxi at home.

We've only met a few times.

He reached out and helped Song Jin get out of the car.

Song Jin asked softly again: "Did the Liu family's affairs involve the Liu family?"

"No evidence was found in the Liu family. After Liu Jianfang was arrested, Liu Ji unilaterally wrote a document of divorce, severed ties with the Liu family, and left Beijing overnight." Qin Chi did not say that after Liu Ji left Beijing, he had someone keep an eye on him.

Qin Chi then continued, "The Yang family has not found any relevant evidence. Even Yang Lingyu's wife, Liu, secretly divorced him on the day Yang Lingyu was arrested, took away her children, and changed the children's surname to Liu."

Liu handled the divorce very secretly.

By the time outsiders received the news, Liu and her children had already left Beijing and were nowhere to be found.

Song Jin sneered, "The Liu family is very calculating."

The Liu family and the Yang family committed such big mistakes, but the Liu family was not involved at all. There must be someone behind the scenes who protected the Liu family and cleared their sins.

Qin Chi and Song Jin knew exactly who was behind this.

It is most likely Helian Kai and Mr. Yan.

Song Jin returned home and heard that the child had gone to bed.

Her food was still warm in the kitchen, so she washed her hands and ate first. After dinner, Song Jin returned to her room.

Qin Chi went to the study and said that he still had some things to do.

Song Jin didn't ask him what he was going to do, but just told him not to work too hard, and asked the servants to make him a bowl of ginseng tea.

In the study.

Qin Chi sat at the desk, flipping through a file that recorded the Zhang family's information and some past events.

Compared to Xing Lun's side, we need someone to investigate.

It was much easier for Qin Chi to get information about the Zhang family. He only needed to give an order and his subordinates would deliver it. Some things could not even be investigated by outsiders. For example, this information recorded that the Zhang family had sent a girl to the late crown prince as a concubine. However, this concubine only lived in the East Palace for a month before she died of illness.

It is because the concubine died too early and was not conspicuous.

This allowed the Zhang family to escape the reckoning of Emperor Cheng of the Ming Dynasty.

"This Zhang family is actually related to the late crown prince?"

Qin Chi didn't think that the concubine was dead, so the Zhang family and Helian Kai cut off contact.

Old Li said, "Sir, could it be that the late Crown Prince instructed the Zhang family to suddenly cause trouble for Ji Fang?"

"Instructing to steal medicinal herbs? Medicinal herbs…"

Qin Chi murmured softly and fell into deep thought.

Even though Jifang donated tens of thousands of shi of grain, they still dared to jump out and target Jifang and those who had made contributions. This was different from the Zhang family's previous low-key style and was quite suspicious.

Qin Ba said at the side: "I'll go talk to Captain Chen when I have time. He is busy tracking down the remnants of the former crown prince."

"We can't expose this matter."

Qin Chi knew that Helian Kai wanted to kill him, but he still chose to avoid him, fearing that he would become desperate and continue to attack him and the people around him. "Manager Tao is still in Huai'an Prefecture, right? I'll go seal the letter, and you send someone to deliver it as quickly as possible."

The ability to move is still very fast.

Qin Chi asked Manager Tao to contact the prefect of Huai'an who was about to be transferred back to the capital, and asked him to submit a memorial stating that Ming Jifang was immediately targeted by the Zhang family after donating tens of thousands of shi of grain. The text expressed many doubts about the Zhang family, saying that the Zhang family was suspected of being spies from another country, and asked His Majesty to conduct a thorough investigation.

This counterattack was quite fatal to the Zhang family.

I just don’t know if the Zhang family will regret provoking Qin Chi and Song Jin in the future.