The reborn girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent marquis hugs her and coaxes her!

Chapter 99: Cutting off the Fourth Brother's Arm

Moon to midday.

There were crowds of people in the dilapidated courtyard west of Yingzhou City.

A small lamp was lit in the main hall.

Mu Rong sat in the middle of the hall, and sitting to his lower left was Cao Yang, the Junior Secretary of the Eastern Palace.

There was a cup of cold tea in front of each of them.

There was another man in the hall, dressed as a soldier. He half-knelt in the hall and reported, "When I arrived with my men, the stable boy's residence was empty. The furnishings in the room were covered in dust, so it seemed like no one had lived there for a long time."

"I think he either ran away or was silenced." Cao Yang frowned upon hearing this. "Can you visit the neighbors?" The soldier replied, "I dare not act without authorization to avoid alerting the enemy. Return immediately and report to you, my Lord."

Cao Yang nodded, and looked at Mu Rong with a little more admiration: He is indeed a man brought up by a first-rank military marquis, calm and collected, and will not act on his own.

Mu Rong glanced at the soldiers below and asked, "Have you found any clues in the room?"

The soldier hesitated for a moment, then ordered someone to bring in two empty wine jars.

"The furnishings in the stable boy's room are all worn and worn, but I don't find anything wrong with them. However, I find these wine jars a little strange."

"These were all taken from the groom's house. There's also an unopened jar of wine. Judging by the inscription on the jar, it's from a winery in Yingzhou City called Yuji. My father loves wine, and I often run errands for him back home, so I knew the moment I smelled it that this wine was top-grade, something not an ordinary groom could afford."

After saying this, he placed two empty altars in front of Mu Rong and Cao Yang respectively.

Mu Rong took a quick glance and said in a deep voice, "Go and get the shopkeeper from Yu Ji."

The sergeant asked doubtfully, "Now?"

It's the middle of the night now.

Mu Rong squinted at him and asked, "Are you sleepy?"

The sergeant immediately responded, "I'll go right away."

……

Yingzhou is the smallest city among the four states in Jiangnan.

In just half an hour, the owner of Yu Ji was thrown in front of Mu Rong.

In order not to expose the location of the courtyard, he was put in a sack and brought here.

When the black sack was pulled down, the owner of Yuji, whose face was swollen from sleep and terrified, was revealed. Mu Rong only took a glance at it, then lowered his eyes and went to drink his tea.

The person has been caught, so leave the rest to Cao Yang.

"You... who are you?" Shopkeeper Yu Ji shivered.

It was such a cold day, and he was dragged out of his bed in the middle of the night, wearing only his shirt, and was put into a sack.

Being carried along in a hurry, climbing walls and jumping over rooftops...

At this moment, my whole body was numb from the cold.

But when he got here, there was a room full of people with cold faces. How could he not be afraid?

"Are you the owner of Yuji Distillery?" Cao Yang asked instead of answering.

Shopkeeper Yu nodded, then quickly shook his head. "Why should I tell you? You dare to break into a private house at night? There's still the law! I'm going to report you to the governor!"

"Shut up!" Mu Rong casually threw the lid of the tea bowl in front of him.

It's clearly just porcelain, but it's embedded perfectly in the floor.

Faced with the sheer force of his opponent, Shopkeeper Yu kowtowed hastily: "Yes, yes, yes! I am Shopkeeper Yu! I am thirty-seven years old, with a wife, two concubines, two daughters, and one..."

Seeing him pour out all the information, Cao Yang frowned and said, "Alright! We won't hurt anyone. We just need to confirm some things with you."

"Okay, okay! Hero, please speak!"

Cao Yang looked embarrassed when he was called a hero for the first time.

He asked, "Do you have a groom for your horse?"

The shopkeeper, Yuji, nodded quickly. "Yes, yes! Most of the officials in Yingzhou City come to my shop by carriage or on horseback. When they dine, they naturally need someone to take care of their horses. I have two grooms in my stable who are dedicated to taking care of the horses of the nobles."

"Have any of your stable boys disappeared recently?" "Missing? No!" Yu Ji's shopkeeper shook his head. "My two stable boys are my nephews from the countryside. They have uncouth looks and aren't suited to waiters, so I have them wait in the stables."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sergeant who had arrested him immediately picked him up:

"If you tell me anything false during our interrogation, I will immediately detach your head and body!"

Shopkeeper Yu's face turned pale. He grabbed the soldier's arm and pleaded, "My hero, my life is in your hands. How dare I not tell the truth? If you don't believe me, come with me to the shop tomorrow morning and ask."

Seeing that he was about to piss himself but still refused to speak, Cao Yang knew that he would get no results, so he raised his hand and signaled, "Put him down."

Shopkeeper Yu fell back to the ground with a thud.

He took a deep breath and felt that he was finally alive.

The hall was in a stalemate for a moment: It seemed that the missing groom had nothing to do with the remaining records, or there was something else strange about it?

Seeing the dawn breaking, Cao Yang's heart was still in a mess.

The door of the living room was blown open by the wind, and the biting cold made the owner of Yuji sneeze several times.

Mu Rong glanced at his fat body and ordered, "Get him a cloak."

Shopkeeper Yu quickly expressed his gratitude.

Soon a servant handed over the cloak, and Shopkeeper Yu felt warmed up physically and mentally, no longer as nervous as before.

Mu Rong smiled slightly: "I heard that your wine is good, is it home-brewed?"

Shopkeeper Yu wrapped his cape tightly around himself. "This hero is obviously an expert! My family has been running a business in Yingzhou City for over twenty years, and business has always been lukewarm. But a while ago, we hired a new winemaker. He's quite skilled! He's from the capital, and our best-selling wine is made by him!"

"From the capital? What's your name?"

"He signed a short-term contract with my family, saying he was saving money to go back to the countryside to visit his mother. He only stayed for a month and then left. The contract only listed his last name, Duan!"

Duan?! And a wine waiter! Mu Rong's face changed slightly.

That person is not the Duan Chuan Dynasty who brought trouble to the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty in his previous life, so who is it!

In this life, in order to prevent this person from harming the third prince Wu Tianxiao again, he ordered people to find out his background.

Only then did he realize that his pseudonym "Duan Yunchao" in his previous life was fake. No wonder he couldn't find out this person's background even after digging deep into the ground.

After finding out the truth, he had to hold back for the time being in order to avoid alerting the enemy.

Isn’t this a perfect opportunity?

Mu Rong clenched his fists, suppressing his excitement. "Have Cao Yang bring this Shopkeeper Yu back to the Eastern Palace, and then find Duan Chuanchao in the capital and identify him!" That way, the Crown Prince could break the Fourth Prince's arm without him having to do anything!

Without this person's instigation, the Third Prince would not repeat the mistake of raising an army in his previous life!

However, what he didn't expect was that the fourth prince was now in collusion with this person.

It seems that the Fourth Prince's thoughts are far deeper than he imagined.