Peasant Woman's Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 2260: Chapter 2257: Nowhere to Be Found

They didn’t pay attention initially, and now they’ve suffered a loss without being able to find anyone.

Even though we know for sure that the person is a strategist beside Chu Heng.

But as for who exactly it is, that’s still up for discussion.

With such a strategist beside Chu Heng, it’s foreseeable that there might be other strategists around him unknown to the Qi family. These people are Chu Heng’s connections.

Dealing with this isn’t easy.

He isn’t even sure who exactly is around Chu Heng, so how can he talk about dealing with him?

Elder Qi San furrowed his brow, pondering for a long while.

And waited until midnight.

The information brought back by his subordinates was still bad news.

"Third Master, our subordinates searched the entire Tang Mansion but found no trace of those two."

"Wait, how about the Chu family?" Elder Qi San suddenly thought of this.

The subordinate only paused slightly before responding slowly, "Nothing unusual on the Chu family’s side. Madam hasn’t left the residence, but the young miss of the Chu family seems to want to associate with Agate Pavilion and the Yun family."

Elder Qi San also knew that the Chu residence was as impenetrable as an iron barrel, and without any insiders, controlling the information was impossible.

He could only regress to monitoring outside the Chu residence, hoping to catch some clues.

"Madam Yun..." Hearing this, Elder Qi San’s expression turned somewhat unpleasant, doubting that Chu Ziluo’s approach to Madam Yun surely wasn’t a good thing.

To avoid his allies being persuaded against him, he unhesitatingly ordered his people to notify Madame Yun to visit his residence tomorrow.

"Keep an eye on the Chu residence." Elder Qi San couldn’t find any evidence, which also meant he couldn’t prove it was the Chu residence retaliating.

He could only go to the main courtyard next door through the back door to meet Minister Qi.

After quietly listening, Minister Qi angrily said, "Third Brother, you just let that person leave with fifty thousand taels in banknotes?"

"...If we hadn’t let Tang Dongfeng leave at that time, we would have lost one hundred and fifty thousand taels." Elder Qi San coldly pointed this out, "The most talented we have is Old Song. You also know of his abilities, but he was one move short, proving this was someone sent by the Chu residence, who had long inquired about us."

"Of course, if that person had been there, we could have turned the tables, but he wasn’t one of ours and lacked the skills. Moreover, Xu Chan was still guarding the gambling house, so we could only concede."

"Of course, I have conceded these silver taels, but that doesn’t mean the Chu family can easily take them away." Elder Qi San pondered, "I initially planned to let Tang Dongfeng connect with the Chu family deliberately, but since we can’t find the two servant boys from Tang Dongfeng’s side, they must have left through a secret room. We intended to investigate, but without evidence, there’s nothing we can do."

"However, I’ve recently heard that Tang Dongfeng has been mingling with quite a few merchants in the capital, so why not set this trap for him." Elder Qi San’s mouth curved into a malicious smile, "Lately, hasn’t he been fond of buying properties everywhere? I have a business here, planning to open a garden. Speaking of which, the Chu family’s actions reminded me that opening a bathhouse now, being a step too late, holds no significance, but the garden they’re building could intercept."

"What do you mean?" Minister Qi’s stability in the Imperial Court is partly due to having Elder Qi San, someone adept in business, to financially back him.

It’s true that Ye Muyu has earned quite a bit over the years, but in the end, the time has been too short, and several tens of thousands of taels in cash is already the limit.

After all, the Chu family’s most lucrative business is the rouge shop, but they only have one in the capital and one in their home county.