First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 436 I am the Marquis of Zhenbei

"There's been no news from Mangcheng," Wei Ling said. "They'll be keeping an eye on Qian Feng's movements. If anything really happens, I should be able to find out right away."

Having been married to Wei Ling for many years, Su Jixiang knew that Wei Ling had secret guards. Today's secret guards are even more powerful than before. After all, with the addition of caravans and fleets, the secret guards' intelligence network is also more powerful than before.

In the past two years, they bought a lot of kestrels from foreigners as a tool for delivering messages, which are much faster than carrier pigeons.

"Yeah. It's always better to be careful." Su Jixiang said.

"How about we go meet Zhao Xiuwan and Nangong Rui?" Wei Ling asked after thinking for a while.

"Not for now. Let's see what they are doing in Beijing." Su Jixiang said after thinking for a moment.

"That's fine. Let's not alert the enemy for now. If they really do anything wrong, I won't let them go." Wei Ling felt that what Su Jixiang said made sense. If they just behaved themselves, then this would be Qian Feng's family affair, and he wouldn't interfere too much. At most, he could just give them a reminder.

But if they do something detrimental to the Black Tiger Army or commit murder for money, that is another matter.

"Madam is really thoughtful." Wei Ling said with a smile.

"You are a man, so you are a little impulsive about these things." Su Jixiang said.

The two of them had just been strolling around for a while when they saw a group of people running towards the front. The running crowd brushed past Su Jixiang and Wei Ling, almost bumping into Su Jixiang. It was Wei Ling who stretched out his long arms and pulled Su Jixiang into his arms, thus avoiding a collision.

"Sir, why are you running?" Wei Ling stopped a passerby who was running forward and asked, "What happened up ahead?"

"Oh, let's go watch the fun!" Seeing Wei Ling's extraordinary bearing, the man put away his impatience and said with a smile, "There's a big fun going on at the gate of Jingzhao Yin's Yamen today!"

"What's the excitement?" Wei Ling asked.

"Oh, I heard that a rich old man married a young lady, but the lady kept another man outside." The man said, "I just heard that the old man accidentally beat the lady to death!"

"Oh." Wei Ling nodded, "Then please do as you please."

The man hurried forward.

"Why does the story of this rich old man and the young lady look so much like that of Uncle Nine and Ruan?" Su Jixiang laughed.

As soon as Su Jixiang finished speaking, she exchanged a glance with Wei Ling, "Didn't you say yesterday that you wanted your uncle to find out himself? Have you already done it?"

"Let's do it." Wei Ling said, "This morning I sent someone to tell my uncle about Ruan's situation."

"Didn't you say that you wanted him to find out by himself?" Su Jixiang asked.

"Yes, I just sent someone to tell him about this. As for who the adulterer is, he has to find out by himself!" Wei Ling said as a matter of course.

Su Jixiang couldn't help but roll her eyes. This was completely different from what she had imagined. Wei Ling's approach was simply crude and simplistic...

"So... what do you think of this rich old man they're talking about..." Su Jixiang said hesitantly, making a few vague gestures with his fingers. "Isn't he really my great uncle?"

"Go and take a look, and you'll know." Wei Ling apparently felt that the story sounded familiar, and pulled Su Jixiang towards the gate of the Jingzhao Yin Mansion.

When they arrived, the gate of Jingzhao Yin Mansion was already crowded with people.

It was because Wei Ling was strong that he was able to squeeze in with Su Jixiang.

In front of the Jingzhao Yin Mansion, a woman was crying non-stop. In front of her was a straw mat, which looked like a corpse. A bunch of long hair was exposed from one end of the straw mat. Even in broad daylight, it still made people feel inexplicably creepy after seeing it.

"It's unfair. Please, sir, please help my daughter!" The woman cried, holding a petition in her hand. The words on the petition were dark red, as if written in blood.

"That unreasonable Wei family, relying on the support of the Marquis of Zhenbei, beat my pregnant daughter to death!" the woman cried. "In this bright and clear world, under the feet of the emperor, there are such lawless people. If the master doesn't intervene on my daughter's behalf, I will file a complaint with the emperor to bring the culprit who beat her to death to justice."

She must have been sitting here crying for a long time, and people around her were whispering and talking about her.

Judging from the content of their discussion, it was basically the same as what Wei Ling had heard before.

Wei Ling and Su Jixiang looked at each other. Wow, this was really a good thing done by their uncle... Not only was he in trouble, but the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion was also involved.

"Is this person Ruan's mother?" Su Jixiang asked.

"I don't know him, but he sounds like him." Wei Ling also said in a low voice.

"With such a big fuss, I'm afraid it's not just about seeking justice for her daughter." Su Jixiang frowned. "Now, they are talking about our Zhenbei Marquis Mansion."

Wei Ling snorted coldly; he also heard it.

She was not talking about her great-uncle, but was pointing directly at the Wei family.

He had only sent someone to tell his uncle this morning about what happened last night, but he didn't expect that the trouble would come back to haunt him.

He doesn't believe that there is no one behind the scenes fanning the flames.

During the time he has been in the capital, he has already caused dissatisfaction among many people, and now the one who has the most complaints about him is the Princess's Mansion.

Ruan's mother made such a big fuss, I'm afraid there was someone behind the scenes directing it. As for who this person was, it's hard to say. It could be someone from the Princess's Mansion, or more likely someone else around Emperor Longchang.

"You said that our Wei family is unreasonable?" Wei Ling pondered for a moment, then pulled Su Jixiang out of the crowd and spoke slowly.

"Who are you?" Seeing that her cries were interrupted, the woman raised her eyes and looked at Wei Ling, with some confusion and impatience in her eyes.

Her eyes were red and swollen from crying, but there was no trace of sadness on her face.

"I am the Marquis of Zhenbei that you always talk about." Wei Ling simply introduced himself in front of so many people in the capital.

Things have already become like this. If he just keeps on holding back and lets all the dirty water be thrown in his face, he won't be able to tolerate this.

Besides, the most effective way to deal with this kind of thing is to face it directly.

Hiding the truth will only arouse greater interest among the people, and who knows what kind of rumors will arise.

The woman didn't know Wei Ling, but she was stunned when she heard what he said.

She carefully looked at Wei Ling and Su Jixiang, then burst into tears, "You from the Zhenbei Marquisate have really bullied people right to the gate of the Jingzhao Yin Mansion!"