Chapter 229 Thoughtful Reminder

Chapter 229 Thoughtful Reminder

When Jiang Tong sent him this time, he thought he could easily handle the task Jiang Tong had given him, but unexpectedly, they suffered a setback in the small mountain village.

His face was very ugly, and he was already thinking of using force to suppress people regardless of the consequences.

Chen Lizheng, being an experienced and shrewd man, saw this and wisely began to soothe him, saying, "Since your family are A Yuan's biological parents, you must know if he has any special marks, right? For example, where on the child is there a mole, a birthmark, or how many whorls are on his head or fingers?"

When normal people recognize relatives, aren't they looking for these obvious characteristics?

Objectively speaking, Chen Lizheng's reminder was indeed quite thoughtful.

If they could just name even one of these things, their problem would naturally be solved.

The problem is, none of these people could say anything.

Let alone his subordinates, even Jiang Tong himself didn't know if Jiang Yuan had any special marks on him.

As for Jiang Yuan's birth mother, Madam Han, she might still remember the first few months after Jiang Yuan was born and the first few years after he left her, but after having her second son, all her maternal love shifted towards him.

In the first few years, if Jiang Tong asked her, she might still be able to recall things, but now, sorry, she has already subconsciously erased most of the things related to Jiang Yuan as invalid memories.

After all, human memory is not an infinitely storable "hard drive," but a dynamic "filtering and processing system."

Of the massive amount of information we receive every day, the vast majority will be naturally forgotten, and only a small portion will be firmly remembered.

As for Han, all the things about Jiang Yuan were unimportant information that she needed to filter out and forget.

Thanks to them, the child's physical characteristics, which are crucial and decisive factors in the normal process of recognizing relatives, became a fatal handle that left Jiang Tong's subordinates speechless when questioned by Chen Lizheng and Wang Xiaozhi.

Seeing that they were all speechless and unable to say anything coherent, many villagers who had subconsciously believed their story because of their extraordinary background suddenly began to look at them with suspicion.

Only a few shallow-minded people, including the families of Wang Dayou and Wang Eryou, thought that Chen Lizheng and Wang Xiaozhi were seriously ill.

In their view, if Jiang Yuan could recognize his father, who was a nobleman, he would surely enjoy endless wealth and honor in the future.

If that's the case, why are they so wary? Who cares if he's a real father or a fake father? As long as he can benefit Jiang Yuan, can't a fake father be treated as a real father?

They judged others by their own standards, thinking that anyone who wasn't a fool would choose to reunite with their biological father and live a life of luxury with servants, guards, silks, and delicacies, rather than risking their lives outside.

Little did they know that everything comes at a price, and there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

The advantage of this kind of sudden, unexpected gift, like a pie falling from the sky and hitting someone, is that the person hit can escape the tragic fate of dying from the impact of a falling object. They will also likely discover later that the pie actually contained poison.

As for the group of people sent by Jiang Tong, they were being stared at with suspicion and scrutiny by almost everyone. Unfortunately, because Chen Lizheng was being very polite and asking very objective questions, they lost the opportunity to gloss over the issue by being critical of the other party.

After holding it in for a long time, the leader finally managed to squeeze out a sentence, "It was my oversight. I was so eager to find the eldest young master that I forgot to ask my master if the eldest young master had any easily identifiable features."

He gave a vague answer and was about to press Wang Xiaozhi for Jiang Yuan's whereabouts when Wang Xiaozhi sharply retorted, "You were negligent, and your master was negligent too? He sent you to find my A Yuan to recognize his family, but he didn't even think to tell you about something so important beforehand?"

The leader: ......

He continued to fabricate a story, "My master acted rashly in a moment of panic..."

Wang Xiaozhi, however, was not buying it. "A Yuan has been in Mingfu Village for so many years and he wasn't in a hurry. Why is he suddenly in such a hurry now?"

"When the children are young, they only care about giving birth to them and not raising them. Now that the children have grown up and are useful, they remember they have a child and want to say nice things to pretend to be good parents. Isn't this like a weasel paying respects to a chicken?"

Recalling how, years ago, A Yuan was chased and mocked and insulted by some unruly children in the village, especially the unruly children from Wang Dayou and Wang Eryou's families, because of his unclear origins, Wang Xiaozhi couldn't help but want to say a few words of justice for him.

She slapped away Chen Zhao's hand, which was trying to cover her mouth, and said, "Why don't you just say it directly? What do you want my A-Yuan to do? Has he done something meritorious? Has he become successful? Have you thought he's someone you can profit from?"

Chen Lizheng, who had been signaling her to shut up with his eyes, and Chen Zhao, who had tried to cover her mouth but failed, both looked up at the sky with a "whatever, let it be, or let's just destroy everything" attitude. The other villagers stared in shock at Wang Zhenyong Xiaozhi, who was not afraid of the group of knife-wielding men.

Wang Xiaozhi, panting heavily, glared angrily at the group of people whose faces were more unsightly than ever since their secrets were exposed.

She put her hands on her hips and sneered, "You didn't expect this, did you? I know everything! Trying to get information about A-Yuan from me? Let me tell you, absolutely not!"

Several men in the group, enraged, couldn't resist drawing their knives. The leader watched coldly, not immediately stopping them. He couldn't kill them, but a little intimidation was always acceptable.

Coincidentally, he also found the ignorant village woman in front of him quite an eyesore.

However, Wang Xiaozhi, whom he had expected to be terrified and hastily change her story, was now even more imposing than when she had exposed their past.

Not only was she not afraid at all, she also pushed away Chen Zhao, who was trying to block and protect her.

"Want to kill me? Fine!" She stepped forward, pointing her right hand at her neck. "Come on, let my brother see the true colors of you people!"

Chen Lizheng broke out in a cold sweat, "No, no, please don't!"

He stood between Wang Xiaozhi and the group of uninvited guests, saying, "Everyone, and Xiaozhi, please calm down."

Seeing that the group of outsiders still showed no intention of sheathing their swords, he sighed, looked up at the leader, his expression still gentle, but his eyes had become sharp, "Are you planning to massacre the village?"