After I stopped being a lady from a rich family, I fought all over the capital

Chapter 158: Rumors
"Oh?"

Zhao Tan raised his eyebrows: "What?"

Guizhi hesitated, as if she found it difficult to speak and didn't know whether she should say it or not.

Zhao Tan looked at her, as if he had thought of something, and smiled: "Rumors in the market are probably just some harsh words, don't take them to heart."

"But..." Guizhi couldn't help but become anxious again.

"Go and do your work!" Zhao Tan dismissed him directly, "Don't look back. The guests are already here, and we haven't prepared anything yet. We are neglecting them."

"It is her honor to be invited by you to attend the banquet at your house!"

Guizhi had long been dissatisfied with Song Lan, so she couldn't help but be a little harsh at this moment: "How can she be so picky?"

"That's your good nature!"

"But not everyone is worthy of your wholehearted treatment!"

"She is just the cousin of a sixth-rank official. How dare she be so picky in front of you?"

"Are you tired of living?"

Guizhi kept complaining, and from her tone, one could tell how much she disliked Song Lan.

Zhao Tan raised his eyebrows: "You and the Song family's young lady have only met a few times, why do you seem to have so many dissatisfactions with her?"

"I have no problem with the young lady from the Song family!"

Guizhi argued anxiously: "I just couldn't bear it. You were so sincere, but in the end you were taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives!"

"Besides, Mr. Xiao has done you a great favor, so he is also my benefactor!"

"I naturally don't want your benefactor to be deceived."

"If I create a grudge against you over this, won't you be sad?"

"I don't want to see you sad..."

Zhao Tan frowned and interrupted her: "After saying so much, what did you hear?" Guizhi became quiet instantly.

After looking around, she came closer and whispered, "I heard that the Song family lady had something unclean on her!"

"Nonsense!"

Zhao Tan glared at him and shouted, "A gentleman should not speak of strange things..."

"My servant has spoken out of turn!"

Guizhi knelt down and apologized, but still couldn't help saying, "It's just that now everyone in the streets is gossiping about the Xie family. Some are crazy, some are sick, and it's all because of the Song family lady."

"Someone has even witnessed in the West Market that the Song family's wife was colluding with the ghosts that were attached to the Hu pancakes and cursed people..."

Seeing that Zhao Tan's expression was getting colder and colder, Guizhi quickly stopped talking and dared not say any more.

"What the market says cannot be taken seriously."

Zhao Tan hesitated for a moment and said, "Go and ask Xiao Langjun to come over and tell him that I want to talk to him."

Guizhi was just about to respond and go down.

Zhao Tan suddenly stopped her again: "You just said that some of the Xie family members are crazy or sick. What's going on?"

"When I first heard those rumors, I didn't believe them. So I made inquiries and heard that the eldest son of the Xie family saw something unclean, and the Xie family hired a demon doctor to stay in the mansion to treat the Xie family. In the past, this demon doctor was with the cousin of the Xie family. I don't know what happened that day, but the eldest son of the Xie family was suddenly possessed by an evil spirit, so they invited this demon doctor to treat him."

"In the end, not only did we fail to cure the patient, but we also caused the eldest son of the Xie family to lose his life in vain."

"The strange thing is this..."

Guizhi's expression changed slightly, as if she thought of something terrible.

Even the look he gave Zhao Tan was filled with unconcealed fear.

"According to the Xie family's neighbors, the eldest son of the Xie family had clearly died that morning! Their neighbors all saw it for real!"