The facts were indeed as Mo Jiuye had thought.
The old woman did not care about the identities of these people. She only hated them.
It was those family servants who had grabbed her and her little granddaughter and brought them here, not giving them a sip of water or a bite of food for several days, trying to starve the two of them alive.
"Of course I remember it was these people who grabbed me and my little granddaughter and brought us here. I'm going to report to the officials."
Mo Jiuye had also intended to let the old woman report to the officials. As for the details of her and her little granddaughter being grabbed, he had no time to ask more at the moment.
He took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and gave it to the old woman.
"Auntie, take this silver. Go out and hire a carriage to rush to Yun City and report to the officials there, because Magistrate Mo has already handed over this case to the Yun City Chief for trial."
Mo Jiuye did not explain much more, as long as the old woman could see Meng Huaining and make clear her identity and experience, with Meng Huaining's wisdom, he would definitely send someone to the prefecture to catch people at the first moment.
That way, he wouldn't have to worry about these people escaping after he left.
He wanted to find out more, and it was enough to have the dead warrior taken away by Eighth Brother.
The old woman also had insight. She could feel that the other party did not intend to explain more. Moreover, she was scared to death when she saw those sinister thugs.
After thanking Mo Jiuye profusely, the old woman cautiously led her little granddaughter away together.
Mo Jiuye was in a hurry to meet up with Eighth Brother, and he also wanted to check out the interior of the first Jingxian Building. He couldn't take his eyes off these people in front of him either.
Just as he was at a loss for a good strategy, several people jumped over the wall into the yard.
Mo Jiuye turned his head vigilantly and saw the arrivals. His heart suddenly relaxed.
"Sixth elder brother, Liang Hao, you guys came just in time. Leave two people here to keep an eye on them, let's go to Eighth Brother."
Sixth elder brother, Liang Hao and the other five didn't ask any questions. They voluntarily stayed behind two people and all the rest followed Mo Jiuye quickly to the first Jingxian Building.
The reason he did not interrogate the dead warrior first was that he was worried that if the wind leaked here, it would startle the people behind the scenes. Therefore, he decided to take care of the other Jingxian Building first before anything else.
On the way, Mo Jiuye asked,
"Sixth elder brother, how did you guys get here?"
"Brother Tang went to Xiling Village and saw Ninth Younger Sister-in-Law. He explained the situation in Yun City. Ninth Younger Sister-in-Law guessed that you might come to the prefecture to investigate Jingxian Building, so she asked us to come over and help.
We went to see Brother Meng first. We were told that you and Eighth Younger Brother had already rushed to the prefecture. To save time, we used our lightness martial arts and chased you all the way here.
When we arrived at the prefecture, we kept asking around about Jingxian Building until we found something wrong when we reached the front door. Then we searched towards the backyard and found you here."
After listening to Sixth elder brother's explanation, Mo Jiuye felt warmth in his heart.
His wife was thoughtful and could think of things ahead of time.
It was also fortunate that she sent Sixth elder brother and his men to help, otherwise it would be just him and Eighth Younger Brother here, and they really couldn't handle it alone.
Then, Sixth elder brother took out several small paper packs from his arms and handed them to Mo Jiuye.
"Ninth Younger Sister-in-Law asked me to give these to you, saying you might need them."
Seeing those small paper packs, Mo Jiuye suddenly had the confidence to interrogate the dead warrior.
As they spoke, the group had arrived at the other Jingxian Building.
He saw that the two thugs dressed as waiters were still standing at the door, so he knew that the incident at the other Jingxian Building had not reached here yet.
With experience, Mo Jiuye did not enter through the front door this time either, but led everyone around to the backyard instead.
The layout of this Jingxian Building was somewhat different from the previous one. The backyard was also surrounded by walls, but the door was on the north side, a pure back door.
Mo Jiuye leapt onto the top of the wall and observed the inside.
The backyard here was more tidy, but there was no one moving around, so Mo Jiuye couldn't determine the specific situation for the time being.
Sixth elder brother and his men followed closely behind and jumped onto the courtyard wall, asking softly, "Ninth Younger Brother, should we go in and take a look?"
Just as Mo Jiuye was about to respond, he saw the kitchen door open.
A young master who looked to be in his early twenties walked out from inside.
Mo Jiuye recalled what Chen Wu had said about the fake Boss Tang, who was fatter than Tang Mingrui, wearing a purple robe, slightly darker skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes...
These matched perfectly. And upon closer look, this person did walk with a limp.
Not only that, Mo Jiuye could also see that this person walked very lightly, clearly a martial artist.
He didn't dare to underestimate him at all, and appeared in front of the man in the fastest speed, immediately attacking to try to subdue him.
As Mo Jiuye had guessed, the man was a martial artist with a very quick reaction.
Seeing his opponent's hand was about to grab his throat, the man dodged back a few meters quickly. If there hadn't been an obstruction behind him, he would probably have dodged even farther.
At the same time, Sixth elder brother and his men who were observing also rushed forward, surrounding the man in purple together.
Unable to defeat the enemy in one move, Mo Jiuye was already prepared to fight him if he called for help.
Unexpectedly, the man in purple had no intention of calling for reinforcements at all. Instead, he kept looking up and down at Mo Jiuye and the others.
"Who exactly are you people? Why are you here to cause me trouble?"
Including Mo Jiuye, none of them wanted to talk to him.
Especially Mo Jiuye, who knew this man was the key to the case and an important lead to finding out why Jingxian Building opened shops in the northwest.
Therefore, before the man in purple could make his next move, Mo Jiuye had already attacked again, intending to capture him.
Seeing this, Sixth elder brother and the others also rushed to attack the man in purple.
Although the man in purple was not weak in martial arts, he was still no match for Mo Jiuye, not to mention Mo Jiuye had a lot of help today. In the blink of an eye, Mo Jiuye kicked him to the ground.
Liang Hao came over with some men to hold him down.
To prevent accidents, Mo Jiuye took out the anesthetic his wife had given him and sprinkled it on the man in purple.
Sensing something wrong, the man in purple tried to dodge but it was too late. He immediately lost consciousness.
Seeing that this person could no longer escape, Sixth elder brother searched the entire backyard with his men, but did not find anything unusual or dead warriors like in the other Jingxian Building.
Then, Mo Jiuye asked Sixth elder brother to also take care of those fake waiters in the lobby.
Jingxian Building didn't have a good reputation in the northwest, and the food didn't taste good either. At this moment, there wasn't a single customer in the lobby, which made it convenient for the brothers to take action.
After Sixth elder brother brought those thugs and cooks to the backyard and tied them up tightly, Mo Jiuye sprinkled anesthetics on them again, knocking them unconscious, before throwing them into a carriage in the backyard.
The facts were indeed as Mo Jiuye had thought.
The old woman did not care about the identities of these people. She only hated them.
It was those family servants who had grabbed her and her little granddaughter and brought them here, not giving them a sip of water or a bite of food for several days, trying to starve the two of them alive.
"Of course I remember it was these people who grabbed me and my little granddaughter and brought us here. I'm going to report to the officials."
Mo Jiuye had also intended to let the old woman report to the officials. As for the details of her and her little granddaughter being grabbed, he had no time to ask more at the moment.
He took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and gave it to the old woman.
"Auntie, take this silver. Go out and hire a carriage to rush to Yun City and report to the officials there, because Magistrate Mo has already handed over this case to the Yun City Chief for trial."
Mo Jiuye did not explain much more, as long as the old woman could see Meng Huaining and make clear her identity and experience, with Meng Huaining's wisdom, he would definitely send someone to the prefecture to catch people at the first moment.
That way, he wouldn't have to worry about these people escaping after he left.
He wanted to find out more, and it was enough to have the dead warrior taken away by Eighth Brother.
The old woman also had insight. She could feel that the other party did not intend to explain more. Moreover, she was scared to death when she saw those sinister thugs.
After thanking Mo Jiuye profusely, the old woman cautiously led her little granddaughter away together.
Mo Jiuye was in a hurry to meet up with Eighth Brother, and he also wanted to check out the interior of the first Jingxian Building. He couldn't take his eyes off these people in front of him either.
Just as he was at a loss for a good strategy, several people jumped over the wall into the yard.
Mo Jiuye turned his head vigilantly and saw the arrivals. His heart suddenly relaxed.
"Sixth elder brother, Liang Hao, you guys came just in time. Leave two people here to keep an eye on them, let's go to Eighth Brother."
Sixth elder brother, Liang Hao and the other five didn't ask any questions. They voluntarily stayed behind two people and all the rest followed Mo Jiuye quickly to the first Jingxian Building.
The reason he did not interrogate the dead warrior first was that he was worried that if the wind leaked here, it would startle the people behind the scenes. Therefore, he decided to take care of the other Jingxian Building first before anything else.
On the way, Mo Jiuye asked,
"Sixth elder brother, how did you guys get here?"
"Brother Tang went to Xiling Village and saw Ninth Younger Sister-in-Law. He explained the situation in Yun City. Ninth Younger Sister-in-Law guessed that you might come to the prefecture to investigate Jingxian Building, so she asked us to come over and help.
We went to see Brother Meng first. We were told that you and Eighth Younger Brother had already rushed to the prefecture. To save time, we used our lightness martial arts and chased you all the way here.
When we arrived at the prefecture, we kept asking around about Jingxian Building until we found something wrong when we reached the front door. Then we searched towards the backyard and found you here."
After listening to Sixth elder brother's explanation, Mo Jiuye felt warmth in his heart.
His wife was thoughtful and could think of things ahead of time.
It was also fortunate that she sent Sixth elder brother and his men to help, otherwise it would be just him and Eighth Younger Brother here, and they really couldn't handle it alone.
Then, Sixth elder brother took out several small paper packs from his arms and handed them to Mo Jiuye.
"Ninth Younger Sister-in-Law asked me to give these to you, saying you might need them."
Seeing those small paper packs, Mo Jiuye suddenly had the confidence to interrogate the dead warrior.
As they spoke, the group had arrived at the other Jingxian Building.
He saw that the two thugs dressed as waiters were still standing at the door, so he knew that the incident at the other Jingxian Building had not reached here yet.
With experience, Mo Jiuye did not enter through the front door this time either, but led everyone around to the backyard instead.
The layout of this Jingxian Building was somewhat different from the previous one. The backyard was also surrounded by walls, but the door was on the north side, a pure back door.
Mo Jiuye leapt onto the top of the wall and observed the inside.
The backyard here was more tidy, but there was no one moving around, so Mo Jiuye couldn't determine the specific situation for the time being.
Sixth elder brother and his men followed closely behind and jumped onto the courtyard wall, asking softly, "Ninth Younger Brother, should we go in and take a look?"
Just as Mo Jiuye was about to respond, he saw the kitchen door open.
A young master who looked to be in his early twenties walked out from inside.
Mo Jiuye recalled what Chen Wu had said about the fake Boss Tang, who was fatter than Tang Mingrui, wearing a purple robe, slightly darker skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes...
These matched perfectly. And upon closer look, this person did walk with a limp.
Not only that, Mo Jiuye could also see that this person walked very lightly, clearly a martial artist.
He didn't dare to underestimate him at all, and appeared in front of the man in the fastest speed, immediately attacking to try to subdue him.
As Mo Jiuye had guessed, the man was a martial artist with a very quick reaction.
Seeing his opponent's hand was about to grab his throat, the man dodged back a few meters quickly. If there hadn't been an obstruction behind him, he would probably have dodged even farther.
At the same time, Sixth elder brother and his men who were observing also rushed forward, surrounding the man in purple together.
Unable to defeat the enemy in one move, Mo Jiuye was already prepared to fight him if he called for help.
Unexpectedly, the man in purple had no intention of calling for reinforcements at all. Instead, he kept looking up and down at Mo Jiuye and the others.
"Who exactly are you people? Why are you here to cause me trouble?"
Including Mo Jiuye, none of them wanted to talk to him.
Especially Mo Jiuye, who knew this man was the key to the case and an important lead to finding out why Jingxian Building opened shops in the northwest.
Therefore, before the man in purple could make his next move, Mo Jiuye had already attacked again, intending to capture him.
Seeing this, Sixth elder brother and the others also rushed to attack the man in purple.
Although the man in purple was not weak in martial arts, he was still no match for Mo Jiuye, not to mention Mo Jiuye had a lot of help today. In the blink of an eye, Mo Jiuye kicked him to the ground.
Liang Hao came over with some men to hold him down.
To prevent accidents, Mo Jiuye took out the anesthetic his wife had given him and sprinkled it on the man in purple.
Sensing something wrong, the man in purple tried to dodge but it was too late. He immediately lost consciousness.
Seeing that this person could no longer escape, Sixth elder brother searched the entire backyard with his men, but did not find anything unusual or dead warriors like in the other Jingxian Building.
Then, Mo Jiuye asked Sixth elder brother to also take care of those fake waiters in the lobby.
Jingxian Building didn't have a good reputation in the northwest, and the food didn't taste good either. At this moment, there wasn't a single customer in the lobby, which made it convenient for the brothers to take action.
After Sixth elder brother brought those thugs and cooks to the backyard and tied them up tightly, Mo Jiuye sprinkled anesthetics on them again, knocking them unconscious, before throwing them into a carriage in the backyard.
