flstandardbreds Chapter 110 Returning Home (36)
Chapter 110 Returning Home (36)
If this matter only threatens the safety of Yang Jixia, he will choose to take a gamble out of brotherhood.
But now it involves not only him, but also the comrades in the bun shop, and other comrades in the entire provincial capital.
No matter how conflicted he was, he would not let so many comrades accompany him to gamble and take the risk just for Yang Jidong.
So, after some hesitation, Yang Jixia handed the matter over to Guo Xin to handle.
He had a standard: if he could save someone, he would, but only if no comrades were sacrificed. If he couldn't save them, it was Yang Jidong's own fault. He would later meet the ancestors of the Yang family and ask for apology.
After knowing that Yang Jixia had made the final decision, Guo Xin patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "Don't worry, we will try our best to save people.
Of course, this assumes that he has never been involved in corruption.”
This was also the topic that Yang Jixia deliberately avoided just now. He was really worried that his own brother would become an enemy of him.
He really would rather his brother be a mediocre prodigal than have him suddenly become so powerful.
Although it was a bit selfish to think so, he really thought so.
Thinking about these things in my mind, my eyes involuntarily turned to Tong Jia.
Not only Tong Jia felt his burning gaze, but Guo Xin and Tao Junle also noticed it.
Tong Jia glared at him and asked, "Why are you looking at me? What mess do you want me to clean up for you again?"
Yang Jixia shook his head and said, "No, I just suddenly thought of...
Your younger brother defected to Fuso, and your two, or possibly three, brothers-in-law also defected to Fuso. You didn't hesitate at all and chose to kill your relatives for the sake of justice.
Compared to your determination, I feel a little ashamed..."
That's not necessary...
Tong Jia laughed twice and said, "Everything has a process of acceptance. As long as you know what is most important in your heart, that's enough.
Now that you have made your choice, don't regret it later."
After saying that, she took Tao Junle away.
What she said just now was just talk without any regrets. She is not the real Rong Xintong and has no real feelings with anyone in the Rong family. This is why she can sacrifice her relatives for the sake of justice without any hesitation.
Although she looked down on the Yang family's behavior, those people were Yang Jixia's real relatives.
On this point, she could not set an example for Yang Jixia, nor did she want to use this reason to morally blackmail him.
Knowing that Yang Jixia must be in a bad mood, and that no matter what she said, it would be inappropriate in her current position, she simply handed the task of comforting Yang Jixia to Guo Xin, and she went to check on the situation of Yang Jichun's family.
But before she reached Yang Jichun's room, Guilan, the young girl who had been sent to take care of the old lady of the Yang family, came running to her in a hurry.
The little girl's face was filled with obvious fear. She ran and shouted, "Hurry up! Madam, please go and take a look. The old lady seems to be dead."
I wiped her body, and the more I wiped, the colder it felt, and it felt hard. I put my hand under her nose to test, but it didn't work..."
Tong Jia immediately changed her target and went to the room of the old lady of the Yang family.
The little girl continued to inform others of the situation. When Tong Jia also put her finger under the nose of the old lady of the Yang family to feel her breath and confirmed that the old lady was no longer breathing, Yang Jixia and Guo Xin also stumbled over.
Both of them looked at Tong Jia with some expectation, and Tong Jia could only shake her head at them.
Yang Jixia knelt down and shouted, "Mother, I am an unfilial son! Mother..."
The dead are the most important, so all the things discussed before were temporarily postponed and the funeral of the old lady of the Yang family was arranged first.
Using this as an excuse, Guo Xin went to the police station and learned from Xiao Fang that all the people captured by the soldiers had been taken away by them and were not locked up in the cells of their police station.
He went to the military headquarters again, but everyone kept silent. He knew it would be inappropriate to ask more questions.
After the old lady of the Yang family's body was kept in the hotel for three days, it was prepared to be transported back to her hometown for burial with great fanfare.
Just as they were about to leave the city gate, a jeep and two large trucks full of soldiers blocked their way.
The soldiers on the two trucks got off first and surrounded the group of people in mourning. What puzzled Tong Jia the most was that the soldiers did not focus on surrounding them, but the coffin containing the body of the old lady of the Yang family.
Just as she was wondering why, the back door of the jeep opened.
A woman in military uniform walked down from above.
The moment she saw the woman's face clearly, Tong Jia almost screamed. It was Song Yuanyuan, whom she had sent away with her own hands.
But she was absolutely certain that the incident that night was handled very cleanly and there was absolutely no chance that anyone would be left alive.
The person in front of him was either in disguise or Song Yuanyuan's twin sister.
But no matter which situation it is, the purpose should be to test whether there is the murderer among their group who killed all the people in the Zhang family's house.
Now no one else reacted, only I looked up just now. I don’t know if it will arouse suspicion.
Thinking of this, Tong Jia walked forward directly.
At this time, Guo Xin was talking to this woman.
Tong Jia interrupted directly, "Excuse me, are you Commander Song? We met before in the northwest. Do you remember me?"
At that time, I went to find my husband. You and Officer Pan Meiying helped me look up information for a long time. Do you remember?
My name is Rong Xintong, and my husband is Yang Jixia. Do you remember? "
The woman who looked exactly like Song Yuanyuan glanced at Guo Xin, then glanced at Tong Jia. Without saying anything, she turned around and went back to the jeep.
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Guo Xin and Yang Jixia exchanged a glance. Yang Jixia walked over to Tong Jia and said, "Since you've met before and I've helped you, let me go with you to thank him for his help before asking about the current situation."
Tong Jia nodded and walked side by side with Yang Jixia in front. Guo Xin lagged behind them by two steps and walked towards the jeep together.
When they were about ten steps away from the jeep, two soldiers blocked their way.
Soon, the front driver's door of the jeep opened, and a woman in military uniform got out.
This woman is Pan Meiying.
Tong Jia shouted, "Commander Pan, is that you? I..."
"Rong Xintong, disowned by her in-laws because her husband, Yang Jixia, ran away on their wedding night, traveled thousands of miles to the Northwest to find him. Upon arriving, she discovered two thugs with ties to the Fusang nation were gunned down in the street.
Later, you changed your name to Tongjia and went to study at Tianjin University. During your time as a student, Tianjin was bustling for several years...
Later, you went to Shanghai. I wanted to keep you as my makeup teacher and develop you to serve the country, but what about you?
Even though I had arranged multiple layers of protection, he was still able to leave my villa without anyone noticing, and his whereabouts have since become a mystery and no one knows where he went.
Now, you appear in the provincial capital, and my people have encountered an accident and lost a lot of things.
If you were me, would you doubt yourself?
Should I call you Miss Rong? Or Mrs. Yang? Or maybe Comrade Tong Jia...?" Pan Meiying circled around Tong Jia, Yang Jixia, and Guo Xin, looking at them again and again, examining them while expressing her suspicions about Tong Jia.
While Pan Meiying was speaking, Tong Jia tried to guess how an ordinary woman would react when faced with such a situation.
I subconsciously relied on the people around me, and there were only Guo Xin and Yang Jixia around me.
Tong Jia slowly put her arm around Yang Jixia's arm and acted a little scared.
Yang Jixia also protected her and took the initiative to explain for her: "Commander Pan, we came here to thank you.
My wife came to the northwest to see me before, and it was you and an officer named Song who helped her. We are very grateful.
I don't know what made you suspect that she might be related to some bad things that happened before, but apart from the incident of leaving your villa in Shanghai, I dare to swear on the lives of my whole family that she has absolutely nothing to do with him.
Back in Shanghai, it was because she knew my whereabouts that she refused your kindness to keep her.
She originally planned to divorce me and then come back to you.
Yes... it was because Lele suddenly fell ill, and they had a deep sibling relationship, so they couldn't leave Lele suddenly, so they stayed in Jiangcheng.
Later, Lele needed a stable environment to recuperate, so she agreed to stay.
As for the things you mentioned at the end, it is even more impossible that they have anything to do with her.
Although I don't know when your things were lost, since we came to the provincial capital, except for the time when she went to my hometown to pick up my family, she was alone with Lele. Otherwise, she was with the people in the bun shop.
The timing is coincidental. You can be suspicious, but you blame her without investigating thoroughly, especially on the day of my mother's funeral. Isn't this a bit inhumane of you? "
"Oh? So, according to you, I don't understand the ways of the world?" Pan Meiying asked with a sneer.
Seeing that the people standing behind Pan Meiying were getting ready to make a move, Tong Jia stopped pretending to be indifferent.
She let go of Yang Jixia's arm, walked to Pan Meiying, and said, "Officer Pan, today is the day of my mother-in-law's funeral. If you have any doubts about me, I will cooperate with you.
Could you please let me go and not delay my mother-in-law's burial?"
Pan Meiying looked at Tong Jia, then walked straight to the coffin and knocked on the side of the coffin with the whip in her hand. She even put her ear close to the coffin to listen to the sound without feeling unlucky.
After listening, she carefully looked around at the expressions of everyone in the bun shop, then she took Tao Junle and walked back to Tong Jia and the others with a smile.
After Tao Junle followed her to Tong Jia, he shook her hand off vigorously and ran to hold Tong Jia's hand.
Pan Meiying was not annoyed and said, "Since today is the day of the funeral of the old lady of the Yang family, and her daughter-in-law and I are acquaintances after all, and we just happened to meet, it would be inappropriate not to see her off.
How about this? I'll accompany you to bury the old lady, and then let Mrs. Yang and Lele stay at my place for a few days so we can catch up on the past. How about that?
Yang Jixia wanted to refuse, but Tong Jia agreed immediately.
She said, "Of course that's fine. In fact, I later went to Shanghai from Jiangcheng again and visited the villa, but I didn't see anyone.
Don’t plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum live anywhere anymore? I haven’t seen them for many years and I miss them a lot.”
Pan Meiying smiled even more happily and replied, "When you come back with me, you'll be able to meet two of them. Then you can have a good time catching up on the past."
"Then I'll wait until I see my mother-in-law off, then I'll go and catch up with you.
Don't follow us. No matter where you live, we may not be able to receive guests for three days after the funeral, otherwise it will be unlucky.
Give me your address, and I will definitely visit you in three days."
Pan Meiying said: "Although my place of residence is not a secret, I cannot casually reveal it on the street.
Mr. Yang's hometown is not close to the provincial capital, and there are only a few adult men in the bun shop. It would be too time-consuming to carry the old lady's coffin all the way back.
I have a car, come quickly and help carry the old lady's coffin up.
Two trucks, one for the coffin and one for the people.
Mr. Yang, Mrs. Yang and Lele, please come with me in the jeep.
I'll send you back after the old lady's funeral is over.
When the time comes, the people on the truck will go directly to the bun shop, and you and Lele can stay at my place for a few days. How about we catch up on the past?
By the way, when the mother-in-law passed away, according to common sense, her immediate family members had to be notified.
Xiaotong, it doesn’t matter if you don’t know this rule. I’ve informed them for you.
Look, your two sisters are here. I originally wanted to ask your brother to come as well, but he is in the Japanese territory and I don’t have the final say, so I came here in person to act as your in-laws.
So, even though you stood me up and left without saying goodbye, I'm still very considerate, right? "
Tong Jia was very surprised to see the skinny Rong Xinzi and the bruised Rong Xinzhi. She asked, "How did they become like this? Did you hit them?"
"Me? Beat them? It seems you still don't understand me, Xiaotong.
I will not hit a woman unless she is my enemy.
Not only did I not beat them, but when I went to pick them up, I even helped them vent their anger for your sake as their sister.
This, your older sister, lost her husband while pregnant, and her in-laws tricked her into having a miscarriage. They embezzled all her property, and she was framed for having an affair and was almost thrown into a pig cage.
If I hadn't arrived in time, she might have had to be buried on the same day as your mother-in-law.
And this, your little sister, you are not in your right mind.
She has money, but she insists on living with a bandit and working like a slave for him. I don't understand what's going on in her mind.
I originally thought that you would definitely find it embarrassing to have such a sister and not even plan to bring her here.
But she is quite brave. She can even fight back when being beaten. With a pair of scissors, she ended the lives of three bandits. I think she is a promising person. With a little training, she will be no worse than Mei, Lan, Zhu and Ju. What do you think?
After finishing the old lady's business, the two of them went back together.
I asked them what they thought and they were willing to work for me.
Okay, let's not waste time at the city gate. Everyone, hurry up and get back before dark, okay?"
While the others were taking action, Tong Jia, Yang Jixia, and Guo Xin were communicating with each other through eye contact, seeking a solution.