After rebirth, I married the emperor's uncle and overthrew my ex-husband's kingdom

"It's not that I don't say it, it's just..."

Li Dahu moved his gaze away from the two silver bills with difficulty, still hesitant in his heart.

He said with a sad face, "Having money doesn't mean you have the life to spend it. I have more than a dozen people in my family, and we are all ordinary people. You should stop making things difficult for me."

Bai Youyou directly took out a fifty-tael silver note and said, "Fifty taels, tell me what you know."

Seeing that his eyes were still fixed on his purse, Bai Youyou sneered, "I'm looking for evidence for no other reason than to clear my brother's name. If you're really embarrassed, forget it. I'll find someone else."

“No, no, no…”

Seeing that she was about to put away the banknote, Li Dahu snatched it from her hand.

"Didn't you have the life to take it just now but not the life to spend it?" Qiao Bing despised the money-hungry look on his face.

Li Dahu put away the banknotes and smiled flatteringly, "Wealth and honor are sought in danger. In extraordinary times, we should do extraordinary things, haha."

"Go ahead."

"Song Ming made friends with a young master from the Yongning Marquisate a few days ago, and they often drank together. When I left through the back door that night, I secretly heard the shopkeeper Chen telling the man that he would give him half of the lost money, and the two of them seemed to have signed a document."

Since he had to pay for the job, Li Dahu had no scruples this time and told everything he knew like pouring beans.

The young master of the Yongning Marquis’ Mansion?

receipt?

Bai Youyou instantly thought of Bai Muchen. Apart from him, no one in the Marquis' Mansion made friends with all kinds of people outside.

Li Dahu received fifty taels of silver, and his smile never dropped. When he turned around, he thought of something and kindly reminded him, "Oh, by the way, Song Ming is the brother-in-law of Chen, the manager of Lao Zhang's gambling house. He must know the inside story."

Qiao Bing was a little surprised, "Song Ming is Manager Chen's brother-in-law?"

"Not really," Li Dahu curled his lips, his tone full of contempt, "It was Song Ming who gave his recently married sister to Manager Chen as a concubine in order to curry favor with him. After that, he always regarded himself as Manager Chen's brother-in-law."

"That's all I know."

Afraid that Bai Youyou would think the information he told her was not worth the price and would go back on her word and ask for the fifty taels of silver back, Li Dahu ran away after he finished speaking this time.

"I'll knock on the door."

Qiao Bing limped to the blue brick and tile house that Li Dahu mentioned and knocked on the door.

There was no movement in the room for a long time, so he used some force to hit it this time.

The noise startled the old lady next door. She held a dustpan and shouted to Qiao Bing across the fence, "Stop knocking. We haven't seen anyone from the Song family for several days."

Qiao Bing asked politely, "Auntie, do you know where he went?"

"It must be in some gambling house!"

When the old lady mentioned Song Ming, she couldn't help but curse: "That bastard, Xiaohua was only fifteen, and he gave his own sister to an old man in his fifties as a concubine."

"If his parents were still alive, they would be pissed off to death by him!"

“What a sin!!”

The old lady shook her head and sighed, then went back to the house carrying the dustpan.

Qiao Bing walked over to Bai Youyou and said, "I think she's with Manager Chen. I'll take care of it. You go back first."

It was indeed difficult for Bai Youyou to enter the gambling house, so she could only nod and agree.

She did not return to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. When passing by North Street, she visited Liang Xiucai and his brothers, and then went to the Treasure Hunting Tower.

"Miss Bai, wait a moment. I will go and invite our host to come."

When Manager Lu saw that it was her, he didn't need to explain anything this time and immediately asked someone to invite Jiang Tingxiao over.

Bai Youyou sat on the third floor and drank two cups of Longjing tea brewed by the shopkeeper. Jiang Tingxiao finally came slowly.

"You came just in time. I was planning to send someone to Yongning Marquis's Mansion to look for you."

Jiang Tingxiao sat on the chair with his arms and legs spread out, and took out three confessions from his sleeves and placed them in front of her.

"Look, this is the confession of Sun Wanqiang and others."

"You got the confession so quickly?"

Bai Youyou was a little surprised and picked up the confession on the table and looked at it carefully.

Jiang Tingxiao poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip slowly, and then said with a smile: "Actually, I didn't do this. It was done by the Third Prince's people."

"It's really different to have power and influence."

Bai Youyou couldn't help but sigh as she looked at the complete confession.

What others may not be able to accomplish in ten days or half a month, they only need one day, or perhaps just one sentence to make them reveal the truth.

"Money brings happiness, but your money is well spent."

Jiang Tingxiao put down the teacup and raised an eyebrow at her.

From the first day that Yun Ni Fang opened, not only the Crown Prince had his eyes on that piece of fat meat, the Third Prince had also been eyeing it covetously.

Yunnifang makes a fortune every day, and with 40% of the profits, no one except the current one would be willing to refuse it.

What's more, the one they were dealing with was his mortal enemy, so there was no reason for the Third Prince to turn him away.

Bai Youyou raised her eyes to look at him, "I also found out today that this man named Song Ming is the eldest brother of the concubine of Manager Chen of Old Zhang's gambling house. I heard that Manager Chen should have signed a contract with my third brother. I wonder if I can ask the Third Prince's people to find that contract."

"Take money from others and help them get rid of their misfortunes," Jiang Tingxiao said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll talk to the Third Prince about this."

As expected, there were people above him who could help him get things done. Bai Youyou felt relieved.

The confession only mentioned Song Ming, and did not involve Manager Chen and Bai Muchen. It seemed that the three of them did not know that all this was a trap set by him.

As for the Marquis of Yong'an and the Crown Prince, if they want to pull out the radish and bring out the mud, only the Third Prince can do it.

What she needs to resolve right now is the issue of Bai Luochuan's IOU.

She picked up the teapot and filled his cup with half a cup of tea, and asked, "Is the man with excellent gambling skills you mentioned last time in the capital now?"

"Here I am."

Jiang Tingxiao smiled teasingly, deliberately keeping the secret: "This person has a very good relationship with your sixth cousin, so you should know him."

"You have a very good relationship with my sixth cousin?"

Bai Youyou was searching for information about Lu Changning in her mind.

In my memory, Lu Changning looked very much like Hu, with big eyes, an oval face, and a dignified and elegant appearance, with bright features.

Especially when she smiles, her eyes are curved, giving people a sense of friendliness and approachability.

The man was good at dancing with long sleeves, and did not look like the son of a military commander. Rather, he looked like the young master of a merchant family, and was good at calculating.

Before he went to the border, he was in charge of the property and accounts of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

"Could it be my cousin Qi Yue?"

Lu Changning is eloquent and popular, but Bai Youyou, who has a good relationship with him, only knows Qi Yue.

But when I think about it carefully, it seems unlikely.

Cousin Yueyue is devoted to reading books of sages and rarely even goes out. How could he have such superb gambling skills?

Bai Youyou immediately denied herself, "It's impossible that he is my cousin Yueyue."

"Don't guess, you'll know when you see me tomorrow."