Chapter 177 Where did the money go?
"...We should be grateful."
Jiang Guicheng's face turned red and he was a little unhappy after being told by his wife, "How can I not know this? Who do you think I am?"
He is not a vampire like Chief Jiang, who whines and sneers all day long and regards the things in other people's pockets as his own.
Seeing that he was angry, Sui Ran was not afraid at all: "Of course I know you won't be like this, but the flowers are becoming more and more charming. What people fear most is to be poor and rich at the same time. Suddenly, life is turned upside down, and the mentality will inevitably change. Now that our life has gotten better, I am also afraid that you will get lost in wealth and make the wrong idea for a while, so I will remind you.”
"Then I definitely won't..." Jiang Guicheng chuckled. He was not happy when he saw his wife's sullen face. He hurriedly came over to please her: "I know my wife, you are all doing this for my own good. If you have a good wife and husband at home, I will have less trouble. It’s definitely not the person who can’t carry it clearly, so don’t worry!”
Sui Ran snorted coldly: "You'd better be like this."
"Otherwise..."
She glanced at Aunt Fang and lowered her voice: "I don't want you anymore then, I'll live with Aunt Fang!"
"No, no, absolutely not."
Jiang Guicheng made repeated promises and coaxed people for a long time.
Sui Ran snorted, not taking the man's sweet words too seriously.
"Okay, let's load the car quickly!"
The three of them tidied up, and Jiang Guicheng pushed the trolley carrying the meals he was going to sell later. Sui Ran and Aunt Fang followed not too far behind.
Aunt Fang also asked Jiang Anning: "Are you really not going out for a walk with us anymore?"
Jiang Anning shook her head: "I'm not going."
"That's okay."
Aunt Fang hesitated to speak. Looking at the man's porcelain white and clean face, she still didn't say the words that had been in her heart for a long time.
He just said hastily: "Go back to your house and have a good rest. Don't stay outside for too long, so as not to get too hot."
Jiang Anning nodded.
Aunt Fang waved her hand and told her to go back to the house quickly and stop seeing her off.
Jiang Anning persisted and watched the person go away, almost out of sight, then turned around, closed the door and went back to the house.
After inserting the latch, the smile on Jiang Anning's face disappeared in an instant.
Thinking of Zhou Ran who was still in the woods, she felt depressed.
Who is the "adult" Zhou Ran mentioned?
Why did they try every possible means to frame her?
And before, Zhou Ran was obviously deliberately inciting everyone's emotions, trying to provoke the villagers to the point where she would eat no bones.
Who was Zhou Ran instructed by?
Jiang Anning was in a mess and had no clue at all.
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"You mean that Jiang Anning didn't send money to a temple or Taoist temple to donate money for incense?"
Wang Shang had a cold face, feeling cold as he looked at the man in front of him.
"You really saw with your own eyes that she kept all the money for herself."
Wang Shang said in a deep voice: "I want a 100% sure answer."
He looked at his men: "You should know the importance."
The subordinate trembled, and suddenly he didn't dare to answer.
This...
He is not 100% sure.
"Subordinates, the informants who have arranged for a total of 24 temples and Taoist temples in Jiang'an County have reported that Jiang Anning has never been seen, and she has never seen Jiang Anning carrying large amounts of money to temples or temples. People who donate incense and money to Taoist temples, or people who give alms.”
Yan Ming carefully considered his words and said cautiously: "My subordinates also quietly asked the abbots of various temples and Taoist temples to inquire again and again. It is true that no one has ever seen Jiang Anning or anyone suspected of being Jiang Anning." Been here.”
"According to what the temple owners and abbots said, if someone really brought such a huge amount of incense money to donate, I'm afraid it would have become a big event worth showing off between them..."
Yan Ming's voice paused, and when Wang Shang's gaze seemed to want to tear someone alive, he became much weaker.
"...Moreover, those temple owners and abbots also said that if they really received a large amount of incense money, everyone in the temple would immediately start preparing donations or repairs to seek the blessing of the ancestor. ”
"Yes, it is also for filial piety and respect for the ancestor."
He stumbled over his words and received a few glares from Wang Shang.
"Just answer me. Why are you stammering?"
Wang Shang sneered.
Yan Ming was trembling and wanted to take a few steps back to stay away from the dangerous-looking man in front of him.
But he didn't have the guts to move at all.
"No, no!"
Wang Shang sneered, knowing it well, but he didn't expose it.
"You go down."
"Let me come in!"
Yan Ming felt as if he had been granted amnesty, and he sympathized with Jiao Niang. He said "Hey" and ran away quickly.
Jiao Niang received sympathy inexplicably and was very confused.
"What's wrong with him? He looks weird in my eyes."
Ever since Jiao Niang went to Jiangjia Village with Wang Shang, she seemed to have some strange tacit understanding that no one else could understand, not even herself.
"How is Zhao Hai recovering?"
Wang Shang asked coldly and did not answer her question.
He is very annoyed now.
"After eating a whole bottle of elixirs, and taking medicinal baths for more than half a month without interruption, the root bone is now shaped like a medicine man, but in the end the foundation is still weak, and it is not the same as a real medicine man. Compared with others, they are still far behind.”
"But fighting against Yan Ming and the others is more than enough for the time being."
Jiao Niang answered honestly: "But you also know the skills of those Yan Ming people. They are not outstanding in the first place. They were just short of manpower at the beginning, so I just picked a few and made do."
Wang Shang said "hmm" and seemed to have no emotion.
Jiao Niang couldn't tell his mood or anger.
But he really couldn't help but be curious: "What on earth do you want to do?"
She was more understanding about bringing Zhao Hai out of the prison.
After all, although there is no evidence that they were directly involved in many of the things Zhao Hai did, in the end, they cannot withstand careful scrutiny.
What if Zhao Hai, in order to save his life, said something randomly, which aroused Jiang Wei's alert, and then stripped him...
That's not a good thing for them.
What's more, Jiang Wei may have already made speculations over the years.
The reason why I am still staying in Jiang'an County is probably more because I want to be sure.
If Jiang Wei is really sure that someone is secretly causing trouble, intervening in Jiang Anning's life, torturing people like boiling frogs in warm water... I'm afraid many of the guesses in his heart will be confirmed one by one.
This is what he didn't want to see.
Jiang Anning's life cannot be easy.
But people must not know that someone is making Jiang Anning's life difficult.
Therefore, it is still necessary to prevent Jiang Wei from having too much contact with Zhao Hai.
But...
Wouldn't it be more worry-free to just kill him?
Why go to all the trouble to pretend to be a prison escape and rescue people from prison?
Just save him...
Why go to all the trouble, even extremely cruel, to feed people into medicine?
After all, she had had a romantic relationship with someone for a while. Seeing how painful Zhao Hai was being tortured by the elixir and medicinal bath that trained the medicine man, Jiao Niang wanted to help him end his life and give him happiness. of.
However, Wang Shang emphasized repeatedly that Zhao Hai should not be allowed to die, otherwise all of them would be buried with Zhao Hai.
What rubbish is worthy of being buried with them.
After thinking about it, Jiao Niang was too lazy to kindly help people end their lives and just had a good time.
It's just a casual romance, life isn't that great anyway.
But she was still curious in her heart...
What exactly does Wang Shang want to do?
"Jiang Anning did not pray to God or worship Buddha."
Wang Shang looked at Jiao Niang with an unclear expression: "Do you know?" Jiao Niang was confused:? ? ?
Did Jiang Anning go to pray to God or worship Buddha? What does it have to do with her? Why should she know?
"Jiang Anning didn't go to any temple or Taoist temple, she didn't go anywhere."
Wang Shang's eyes were gloomy: "She accepted the money I gave her and did not donate it as incense money."
Jiao Niang:? ? ?
What the hell is this man doing?
"You have already given her the money, and you still care whether she accepted it or not?"
"And you ran so fast at that time. If she doesn't accept it, you can't just throw it away."
Jiao Niang was speechless: "If you really threw it away, wouldn't it be even more unclear? Who knows what you are doing by giving someone such a large stack of banknotes for no reason? What if you want to hide in the dark and wait for someone? Throw the money away, pick it up secretly, and then come to blackmail someone else... Anyone who has any brains wouldn't just throw it away, right? "What if it's dirty money?"
"What's more, there's no reason to not want the money that's delivered to your door?"
Jiao Niang couldn't help but rolled her eyes: "Taking a step back, even if you want to throw it away, you should throw it to the Yamen."
"Otherwise, it is unclear and unclear, and there is no personal evidence or material evidence. If something happens, wouldn't it be impossible to defend yourself?"
The words that were obviously very disgusting fell on Wang Shang's ears, but they were like the sound of nature.
"You..."
Wang Shang's eyebrows were filled with excitement: "Say it again."
"Say what you just said again!"
"Hurry up! Say it again!"
Jiao Niang:......
She was a little frightened, thinking that the man was going to strangle her neck again and kill her. She took a few steps back and said tremblingly: "I, I said..."
The girl was on the verge of tears and said what she had just said again.
She hated herself so much for being so talkative.
What are you talking about when you have nothing to do?
Sure enough, the old saying is true: curiosity really does kill the cat.
"I, I definitely have no intention of disobeying you..."
Jiao Niang was extremely humble and wanted to beg for forgiveness. She was really impulsive just now and spoke without thinking.
She wanted to say: Otherwise, you should treat me like a fool and let me go.
Unexpectedly, Wang Shang suddenly burst into laughter.
But the girl was so frightened that her calves trembled.
"Yes, yes, you are right!"
"Why didn't I think of that just now?"
"I'm really confused."
Wang Shang muttered a few words to himself inexplicably, but it frightened Jiao Niang.
"My dear, thank you for reminding me."
"Huh?"
The girl is about to cry but has no tears: What did I remind you of? Why didn't I know?
"You're right."
Why am I right?
The girl was confused.
However, Wang Shang had already laughed up to the sky and went out. He had no intention of paying attention to her, let alone solving her doubts.
"What the hell?"
"Why are you so crazy?"
Jiao Niang looked at the person's retreating figure and felt even more strange.
Wang Shang's recent behavior is really becoming more and more difficult for people to see through.
Forget it, this man's behavior never seemed to let them see through it.
Jiao Niang pursed her lips, sighed softly, rubbed her sore calves, stood up and left.
Wang Shang asked someone to go to the Yamen to find out whether someone had recently come to hand over a large amount of banknotes, or to report the loss or find the owner.
Not to mention Jiao Niang, even these people under my command felt baffled when they first heard such an order.
But since there was an order from above, no matter how strange it was, they could only follow it.
Soon, the news from the Yamen came back.
No one went to the Yamen to hand over a large amount of money.
In order to respond to Wang Shang's inquiry, his subordinates also deliberately inquired in more detail whether there were other related reports of loss, seeking lost property, or people who had come to inquire about related matters.
The answer was: no.
After reporting back, the men felt inexplicably that the room suddenly became a little cold.
He shook his arms and unconsciously raised his hands to rub them.
Wang Shang had a gloomy face, watching the person rubbing his arms back and forth, and said coldly: "I know."
"You go down first."
"Let me come here!"
The subordinates who don’t know why:…
The girl who doesn’t know why:……
Jiao Niang, who once again received sympathetic looks, was even more confused.
She looked at Wang Shang confused, even more confused as to what this man wanted to do.
And why were those people looking at her strangely?
What happened, she didn't know.
"She didn't go to the Yamen."
Wang Shang looked at the person quietly.
Jiao Niang said "Huh?", but she didn't react for a moment: "Who is it?"
"Jiang Anning."
Wang Shang looked at the person with calm eyes, unable to tell whether he was happy or angry.
Jiao Niang was even more confused: "If you didn't go, then you didn't go?"
Whether Jiang Anning went to the Yamen or not, what does it have to do with her?
Moreover, why did Jiang Anning have to go to the Yamen?
Is this man sick?
"Didn't you say that she is most likely to send the money to the Yamen?"
Wang Shang looked at the person with an unclear expression.
Jiao Niang:......
"No, when did I say this?"
Her voice slowed down and she asked belatedly: "Don't you think so? I just want to know whether Jiang Anning spent the money you gave her, kept it, or donated it as a gift. Throw it away?”
Wang Shang looked at her and said nothing, but his meaning was obvious.
Yes, that's right, that's what I want to know. Isn't it obvious enough?
Jiao Niang was silent for a long time, she was really speechless and didn't know how to express herself.
"Since you want to know where Jiang Anning spent the money, just go and ask. It would take so much effort and waste of manpower and material resources to do anything."
Jiao Niang was very frustrated and speechless, but she did not dare to express her dissatisfaction too directly.
After all, the past few times that this man pinched her neck and almost killed her are still vivid in her mind.
She said as tactfully as possible: "Our manpower is already tight, and it's not like we don't have other things to do. You..."
It doesn’t seem to be very tactful anymore.
Jiao Niang pursed her lips and carefully observed Wang Shang's expression. She really couldn't tell anything, so she simply shut up.
To avoid getting into trouble.