Chapter 1171: Chapter 1007: Xue Shuyao

"The old servant of the Tan Family, originally served the elderly lady. But later, when the lady got pregnant with the young master, the old servant was assigned by the elderly lady to help the lady adjust her body."

Seeing no change in Gu Chengyu’s expression, Mrs. Tan quickly stopped and began to talk about the main matter.

"On that day, a fine rain was still falling from the sky, the weather had already turned to autumn, a bleak and chilly day. The court suddenly sent government officers to surround the Xue Mansion, the leading lord said that the Xue Mansion had secret dealings with foreign countries, an extremely serious crime. They were commanded by the emperor to confiscate the family property, and the entire Xue Family would be executed, none could escape."

"At that time, the lady was just in labor, the girl was about to be born, the lady was still unaware of the Xue Mansion’s plight. After giving birth to the girl, she was taken away by servants sent from the Duke Zhen’s Mansion, while the newborn girl was left behind."

Liu Su’er had listened to Mrs. Tan recount this incident before, at first thinking her mother survived for herself, regardless of her and her brother’s lives.

But later, hearing Mrs. Tan say that she was probing information in the Capital while carrying her still in swaddling clothes, she realized her mother also died in the Duke Mansion.

Her maiden name was Xue Shuyao, a name her father took before she was born. But she had never even seen her father’s face before he passed away.

Liu Su’er wept like rain, crying softly.

"You were a servant of the Xue Mansion, how did you get out? Why weren’t you sold with the other servants?"

Gu Chengyu raised his doubt, just a slight touch of his lips, wanting him to believe them, who knows if this is their conspiracy?

Is it just such a coincidence in the world, just after he learned from Xue Miao that a Xue Family baby girl survived, a girl comes claiming she is that baby. Anyone would have doubts in their heart.

"Speaking of this, it’s quite a coincidence. When the Xue Mansion was confiscated, regardless of gender, they were executed after autumn. And the servants in the mansion were sold off, only the old servant and the master of the house were spared. Because just a month before the confiscation, the old servant was unwell, the elderly lady worried the illness would pass to the lady, considering the old servant’s years of dedication, returned the couple’s indenture papers, removing their servant status."

She had served the elderly lady for many years, the elderly lady knew her own days were numbered and gave her to the lady.

But besides her, the lady already had a matron accompanying, how could she have much trust in her?

Although the lady respected her very much, her position became a bit awkward.

Later, when she caught a cold, the lady discussed with the elderly lady, removed their servant status, and allowed them to return to their hometown.

Actually, this was a great favor, even if the mansion was rich, they were ultimately just servants. The opportunity to remove their servant status was naturally welcomed.

However, her and her husband married for many years, yet had no children, which was somewhat regrettable.

But they still lived decently in the mansion for years, saved quite some silver, so life after leaving could still be affluent.

It was agreed that they would leave the mansion after the lady gave birth, fulfilling their last bond with the Xue Mansion. Who would have thought such a thing would happen on the day the lady gave birth?

Such a sudden event caught the Xue Family off guard.

The master was imprisoned during his court session. The mansion was in chaos at the time, the Xue Family, once glorious in the Capital, fell apart overnight.

To be returned to freedom, in the mansion, still had a bit of dignity. Gu Chengyu wasn’t interested in why Mrs. Tan was returned to freedom, after all, the one who entrusted the orphan wasn’t this woman, probably just a victim of household strife!

Seeing Gu Chengyu seemed very familiar with the Xue Family case, yet how could he know she wasn’t entrusted to Mrs. Tan back then?

Moreover, Gu Chengyu wasn’t surprised about the Xue Family having a surviving orphan, could it be that Gu Chengyu had long known about the orphan surviving?

How much did he know about the Xue Family case? Could the other side be secretly investigating the Xue Family case?

Thinking this way, Liu Su’er’s eyes sparkled with confidence, gaining some assurance for the impending plea.

"Someone else took Miss Liu away then, but why did she end up with you later?"

Gu Chengyu wasn’t worried about them knowing he was well-informed about the Xue Family case; even if they found out Xue Miao was in his hands, it didn’t matter.

He originally planned to use Xue Miao to cast a long line to catch big fish, even if these were others’ agents, wouldn’t that just muddy the waters?

Xue Miao was in his grasp, he wasn’t afraid they wouldn’t dare come!

"Why does Mr. Gu know so much? Did you encounter the girl who took me away?" Liu Su’er asked solemnly.

"These matters, I don’t have to explain to Miss Liu. I have my own ways of knowing, you only need to answer my questions."

Gu Chengyu wanted to see if their statements matched Xue Miao’s narrative.

"The old servant didn’t understand either, back then after the Xue Family was executed, the old servant and master had nothing to do with the Xue Mansion, and were released after an investigation. But at the time, the old servant didn’t leave the Capital, originally planning to collect the old lady and others’ bodies, but the government wouldn’t allow it, we were helpless. Originally planned to leave, drove the carriage to go back to our hometown. Unexpectedly, met the Xue Mansion maid, Yilan, on the street, which was strange, as Yilan should have been sold, so why did she appear in South City? So we followed up to find out what was going on."

"Unexpectedly, we saw her holding a baby, upon closer thought, we could confirm this child was the baby girl the lady just gave birth to. We didn’t know the exact reason, initially intended to step forward to ask. But suddenly two child traffickers rushed out, intending to abduct Yilan."

Recalling this, Mrs. Tan still felt a lingering fear.

She continued: "My husband and I naturally went to stop them, he fought with those two. They had knives on them, my husband was injured, leaving a cut on his arm. I only had time to snatch the girl, Yilan was abducted by those two."

Uncle Qin stepped forward and rolled up his sleeve, Gu Chengyu immediately looked over, indeed, there was a scar about ten centimeters long.

"I was no match for the two; couldn’t save Yilan at the time, wonder what happened to her, sigh!"

Uncle Qin sighed, a pretty girl, who knew where she ended up, he was truly powerless back then, those two were ruthless, knives and swords stop at nothing!

They still had the child, couldn’t carry her and search for Yilan, the city’s search efforts weren’t over then.

"Maybe the old master entrusted the orphan, leaving the girl with Yilan? Later, we speculated this way." Uncle Qin pondered for a moment, then continued.

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