Chapter 719 - Chapter 719: Suspicious
Chapter 719: Suspicious
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“That should be the case.” Xue Yan said. Other than this, there didn’t seem to be any other possibility.
This was great. Jiang Yue and Xue Yan naturally had more confidence in their hearts.
On this side, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan were even more confident. On the other side, in Pingan Town, one of the people sent by Marquis Ji was still making inquiries in the town, but now he was asking if there was anyone surnamed Xiao in Shengming Academy. He was once Xue Yan’s cla.s.smate and had even gone on a study tour.
The person who asked was naturally the person who had come to Locust Village yesterday.
Xue Yan had a lot of cla.s.smates, and there were also a lot of people with the surname Xiao in the academy. Many of them used to study in that academy and went to study abroad. However, when these three conditions were combined, there was only one person who had to meet these three conditions, and that was Xiao Mochen.
After the man found out about this, he began to specifically ask about Xiao Mochen. He was sure that Xiao Mochen was actually from this town, and he had indeed sold his house for the sake of studying. He also did have an elder sister. As for where his sister had married, whether something had happened to her husband’s family, and whether she had come back to look for Xiao Mochen, he could not find out.
If he wanted to know all this, he could only go and find Xiao Mochen himself.
Xiao Mochen was studying in the area around Heqi.
Heqi was still quite far away. He had to discuss with another person to see who should go to Hegi to investigate.
Now that he had discovered something strange, he naturally had to investigate. Only by investigating and confirming that there was nothing strange, not only would he be able to report it to his master, but he would also be able to share his master’s worries and resolve his doubts in advance.
This was the basic principle that he was taught. Everything he does is for his master.
Otherwise, if he reported this strange matter to his master without reaching a conclusion, their master would still let them investigate.
However, he and the other person were sent here mainly to investigate Xue Heng, who was also Xue Sanfu. He had a basic understanding of Xue Sanfu now. As for the other person, he did not know if he had infiltrated the southern camp yet and found anything. He had to go to the camp to meet the other person.
There was nothing left to stay in Pingan Town, so this person set off to meet another person near the camp.
The other person naturally did not sneak into the southern camp. The southern camp was too strict, and there were no loopholes for him to sneak in. However, when he was near the camp, he saw Duke Shao bringing a tall and mighty soldier who was wearing leather armor and looked more like a General than Shao Shuting. He seemed to be teaching the soldier something. That soldier should be Xue Heng.
When the two people sent by Marquis Ji met, they summarized what they knew. Then, one of them returned to the capital to report to Marquis Ji, while the other went to the area around Heqi to look for Xiao Mochen. He would think of a way to test Xiao Mochen and see if Xiao Mochen had really placed his sister in Xue Yan’s house.
As soon as the person returned to the capital, he reported to Marquis Ji, “Lord Marquis, we’ve already found out that Xue Heng is Xue Sanfu from Huaishu Village, Pingan Town, Xinyuan County. He just changed his name to Xue Heng after entering the military camp. He’s extremely tall and mighty. Those who don’t know better would think that he’s the Great General. Duke Shao has always liked people who are as tall and st.u.r.dy as him. This should be one of the reasons why Duke Shao personally taught him.”
“One of them?” Marquis Ji narrowed his eyes.
“Yes, sir!” That person cupped his fists. “There should be another reason.” “What’s the reason?”
“Duke Shao’s third son, Shao Shuting, was once saved by a family surnamed Xue in Locust Village. He even recuperated there for more than a month. Xue Sanfu is the son of that family..”