Chapter 162, Tit for Tat
Xinglefang has the most flower streets and willow alleys. The people who come and go include high-ranking officials and dignitaries, as well as people from different schools of thought. It is very mixed. There are many people trying to fish in troubled waters here, and it is also the focus of the supervision of the special supervision department.
Zuihonglou, on the surface, is one of the three brothels in Xinglefang, but secretly it is the monitoring base of the Special Supervision Department.
In the private room on the fifth floor, Chu Yao played with the medicine bottle in his hand while listening to the people below report what happened in Xinglefang during the period of recuperation.
He listened, but he didn't hear anything important, so his thoughts went away.
Sai Hua Tuo.
The battle with Nanquan Fang Wuchen was the most serious injury he had suffered in so many years. He was preparing to spend the new year, but he didn't expect that Saihua Tuo was really capable.
Since he entered the Temple of Reincarnation, he has often suffered internal injuries due to his inability to control the internal force in his body. Thanks to Brother Eleven's knowledge of the ancients, he has helped transfer his body out of his body over the years, so he has not suffered so many crimes.
Rao is an ancient and superb medical skill, but facing him who was seriously injured by the supreme master and was backlashed by internal forces, he was helpless.
But Sai Hua Tuo healed him once, and his injury stabilized. After being raised for more than a month, he was able to go to the ground. This medical skill really surprised him.
Chu Yao couldn't help turning his eyes to the medicine bottle in his hand. The pills in the medicine bottle surprised him even more. Every time he felt that his internal strength was unstable, taking one pill could actually relieve the pain in his body.
He gave Gu Gu two and wanted him to study the formula, but unfortunately, he still has no idea.
Sai Hua Tuo, although he knew that Zhuang Yutang was good at medicine when he cured Zhuang Yutang from paralysis, but after experiencing it personally, he realized that this person is really talented.
Medical skills are good, but unfortunately, he is a money-loser.
One diagnosis and treatment costs 10,000 taels of silver, and he really dares to speak!
Is it going to be expensive?
That's not the case, as long as he can let himself walk around now, the 10,000 taels of silver will not be a loss, not to mention that he was given a bunch of pills for him.
For him who is suffering from internal force backlash, he is willing to buy this bottle of pills no matter how expensive it is.
However, when he thought of Sai Huatuo's ability to come and go without a trace, the special supervisor has not collected any useful information about the other party except medical skills, so he was a little frustrated.
This man is not only superb in medical skills, but also a master of concealment.
The Four Seas Casino in Anyefang is the property of Brother Eleven. Outsiders can't know where he is recovering from his injuries, but Sai Huatuo can find it accurately.
You know, there are guards and thugs on the surface, and there are spies and killers in the dark. With so many defenses, he still sneaked in quietly.
If it wasn't for his physical improvement, he wouldn't believe that this person had appeared.
"Brother Yao."
Just as Chu Yao was thinking about Sai Huatuo, Meng Moling walked in.
Chu Yao came back to his senses and looked at Meng Moling: "Did you find out? How did the door and window of Luo Yuanqing's private room be broken?"
Yuan Shiliu knew martial arts, which he firmly believed from the very beginning. There are four brothers and sisters in a family.
The martial arts cheats handed in by the Shi family, he had seen the emperor look through them, and each of them was priceless.
There are so many unique skills in the family, if you don’t learn one or two kung fu, you will feel like a fool.
Yuan Shiliu doesn't look like a quiet and good girl at first glance, it's no wonder that she can resist not learning, but now she doesn't know how her kung fu compares with her brother and sister.
Looking at the kung fu shown by Shi Dinghao, it should not be much worse.
Of course, it doesn't rule out that their family is a martial arts genius, but she is a waste material.
Meng Moling shook his head annoyedly: "Brother Yao, we are a step late."
Chu Yao showed surprise: "Who else has passed?"
Meng Moling hurriedly said: "It's a member of the Special Investigation Department. When we went, the Special Investigation Department had already dispersed the crowd and checked the private room. We can only ask Luo Yuanqing and a few people in the past."
Chu Yao frowned: "Why are people from the Special Investigation Department here?"
Meng Moling reminded: "Brother Yao, you forgot that Ye Mo will go to Baihualou every month."
Hearing these words, Chu Yao's face suddenly revealed.
Baihualou belongs to the Jiaofang Division. When Changlehou Mansion was ransacked, the men were exiled, and the female relatives were sent to the Jiaofang Division. Ye Mo's younger sister Ye Lanzhi and Ji entered the Baihualou.
Noble family, no one has many enemies, Ye Lanzhi, who was trapped in Baihualou, became the best target for them to make things difficult and insult. If Du Danyan, the old bustard of Baihualou, hadn't helped her many times, would Ye Lanzhi have survived until Ye Mo came back? Not necessarily in Kyoto.
In order to repay Du Danyan's kindness, Ye Mo would go to Baihualou every month to support Du Danyan and have some fun by the way.
Meng Moling continued: "When we came back just now, Ye Mo took his brothers into Baihualou."
Chu Yao nodded, and didn't say much about Ye Mo, but asked: "How many times have you asked Luo Yuanqing, what did they say?"
Meng Moling showed contempt on his face: "That guy Luo Yuanqing was so scared. So many people saw him naked, and he is still in a daze until now, and he doesn't know what to ask."
"Others didn't say anything, that is to say, the doors and windows were broken suddenly, and no one else was seen."
"We also asked the people who were present at the time, and they all said that we didn't see anyone approaching Luo Yuanqing's private room."
Chu Yao raised his eyebrows. He was not present, but he destroyed the doors and windows. The girl's internal strength is already strong enough to carry out long-distance attacks?
If this is really the case, that girl is amazing!
"By the way, I heard that the son of Shi's adopted son is also present?"
Meng Moling clicked his tongue immediately: "I really can't see it. I have met Shi Zhengkun, the adopted son of the Shi family. He looks decent on weekdays. I didn't expect to raise a son who likes men."
Chu Yao glanced at him: "Don't look at the surface of everything."
Although I don't know what Shi Fuxin did, but Dingheng's appearance at the scene must have something to do with her.
Meng Moling smiled and said: "Anyway, I don't want to know him, I don't care what he is, brother Yao, you don't know, now there are all kinds of things outside, but it's very lively."
Chu Yao was not interested in these, and continued to ask the person in charge of Zuihonglou to report the situation.
Baihualou.
In the best private room on the fifth floor, Du Danyan, an old bustard in her thirties who is still charming, came in with food and wine, glanced at Ye Mo standing by the window, and said with a smile: "Master Ye, come and have something to eat Bar."
Ye Mo didn't look back: "Just let it go."
Du Danyan's smile faltered, and he took out all the food and wine in the food box and arranged them. Then he glanced at Ye Mo who was still standing by the window without making any movements. His eyes drooped slightly. After a moment of silence, he silently exited the room.
After came out, Du Danyan stood outside the door for a while.
Ye Mo never asks girls to accompany him when he came to Baihualou, and he always stays alone in this private room for a whole night.
Du Danyan couldn't help thinking of the scene a few years ago when Ye Mo came back to Beijing and came to Baihualou to take away Ye Lanzhi.
She still remembers what Ye Mo said to repay her when he learned that Ye Lanzhi had been taken care of by him for many years.
'what do you want? '
‘You will give me whatever I want? '
‘Yes, as long as I can give it. '
'Heh, the reason I take care of Lan Zhi is because I treat her as my younger sister. I don't want to do anything. You don't need to repay me. '
‘As a human being, there will always be something you want. '
‘If you really want to do something. How about this, you can come to Baihualou more in your free time, and you can also bring your friends to play. '
Then, Ye Mo really came down with his hands, month after month.
At the beginning when he was asked to come and sit, he really just came to sit and sit.
Recalling the outside discussion about Ye Mo and Special Investigation Division, Du Danyan glanced at the door, his eyes flickered slightly, and when he saw the person named Zhao Jing coming, he immediately showed a just right smile to meet him.
Merry affairs always spread faster. Women who live in the backyard have a circle of women, and men who work hard outside also have a circle of men. Sometimes, some gossip news, men are more informed than women.
When he learned that his eldest son had actually mixed up with Luo Yuanqing, a well-known **** in Duke Qing's mansion, and was captured on the spot in Yutao Pavilion, Shi Zhengkun was so angry that his eyes turned black, and he hurriedly invited a False, hurried home.
Back home, seeing that the eldest son hadn’t come back yet, the wife and daughter went to the uncle’s mansion. After thinking about it for a while, he knew that the uncle’s mansion would know about it sooner or later, so he also came to the uncle’s mansion in a carriage.
In the Yixiang Hall, Zeng Yuwei was sobbing and told what happened at the banquet at Duke Qing’s mansion under Mrs. Shi’s questioning, and pushed all the rumors of Shi Fuyin’s and Luo Yuanqing’s engagement to Mrs. Luo San, and took her off herself. Clean up.
After saying this, she began to cry, looking like she had been wronged and humiliated.
At this moment, Zeng Yuwei hated Jin Yue'e to the core. Jin Yue'e's slap just now not only made her lose face, but her face was also swollen, and now she is in pain.
She must ask the old lady to give her an explanation.
Unfortunately, Shi Zhengkun came before he could explain.
Seeing Shi Zhengkun, Zeng Yuwei cried even harder, and rushed over: "Master, you are finally here. If you don't come, our mother and daughter will be bullied to death."
Hearing her words, Mrs. Shi, Mrs. Shi and others all frowned.
As for Shi Zhengkun, who was already anxious about the matter of the eldest son, he was shocked when he saw his wife's appearance at this moment. Before he could ask, he heard Mrs. Shi speak first.
"Zhengkun, shouldn't you be working in the Imperial Academy at this time? Why are you back home?"
Shi Zhengkun saw that Mrs. Shi was trying to divert his attention. Half of Zeng's face was swollen, and it looked like he had been beaten. Even the little daughter's face was swollen.
Someone hit them!
Who hit it?
The second sister was also there, and he believed that the second sister would protect Zeng's mother and daughter. If she didn't protect her at the moment, it could only show that the assailant was strong and didn't stop her.
Having lived in the uncle's mansion for more than 30 years, he still understands the nature of the people in the mansion. His mother is not a mean person, and his sister-in-law and fifth and seventh siblings are also incapable of beating others.
Then, it can only be that family who beat someone.
Shi Zhengkun's mind was spinning rapidly, do you want to ask?
I asked, will the government decide for them? Will the assailant be punished?
Thinking of Shi Dingxuan who was the imperial guard in the palace, Shi Zhengkun stopped thinking about asking for an explanation for his wife and daughter, and turned to show embarrassment: "I want to come back to prove something."
Seeing that Shi Zhengkun didn't have an attack on the spot, Mrs. Shi and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Zeng Yuwei was a little dissatisfied and wanted to tell Shi Zhengkun the grievance and humiliation she had suffered, she also wondered why Shi Zhengkun returned home at this time.
Msanggong has always fulfilled his duties, and unless something serious happened, he would not ask for leave at will. Thinking of this, he also looked eagerly at Shi Zhengkun.
"Prove what?"
Shi Zhengkun was a little embarrassed to say the nonsense he heard, and said vaguely: "It's just some gossip."
Zeng Yuwei thought that Shi Zhengkun was talking about the marriage between Shi Fuyin and Luo Yuanqing, she felt relieved, and then said indifferently: "Sir, this kind of thing is worth putting aside your errands and coming back to ask?"
Shi Zhengkun stared: "Rumours can kill people, do you know what people outside are saying about Dingheng?"
Zeng Yuwei was stunned, and Mrs. Shi and the others were also confused.
"Sanggong, what are you talking about? How did it involve Dingheng?"
Shi Zhengkun knew that the rumors would spread to the uncle's mansion soon, so he looked directly at Zeng Yuwei and asked, "Let me ask you, when did Dingheng get involved with Luo Yuanqing from Duke Qing's mansion?"
Zeng Yuwei's heart skipped a beat, feeling that something was wrong.
Actually, before this, their family had no contact with Duke Qing's Mansion, and it was only this time that their mother used Shi Fuyin's promise of marriage, so they had a relationship with Duke Qing's Mansion.
Dingheng, he should have met Luo Yuanqing when he went to Qing Guogong's mansion to pick her up.
Before she was still praising Luo Yuanqing as a good person, Fuyin was enough for the supporting role, and she must not tear it down at this moment.
"I have met Mr. Yuanqing of Duke Qing's mansion a few times. He is quite a nice person. Why do you ask me that?"
Shi Zhengkun was furious: "What do you know, then Luo Yuanqing is a **** who doesn't care about men and women. There is no brothel or men's house in Xinglefang that he hasn't been to."
Zeng Yuwei was shocked, she knew that Luo Yuanqing must have a problem, but she didn't expect the problem to be so big.
The Shi family members who were present were all sullen, even Shi Fuzhi and Shi Furan had a bad face.
Mrs. Shi glanced at her adopted son, and from his words, she could tell that the adopted son probably didn't know about protecting Sister Yin's matchmaker. After thinking for a while, she asked, "Zhengkun, what happened? Please tell us."
Shi Zhengkun had a look of anger and embarrassment on his face: "Dingheng was seen in Yu Tao Pavilion today in the same private room as Luo Yuanqing, and now everyone outside is saying some ugly things."
"What?!"
Zeng Yuwei was dumbfounded, how could her such an excellent son go to Yu Tao Pavilion: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible, Dingheng will not go to Yu Tao Pavilion."
Still with Luo Yuanqing!
The old lady and the others were also dumbfounded. They watched Shi Dingheng grow up. He is a very responsible child. How could he do such an outrageous thing?
Shi Fuzhi couldn't sit still any longer. Regardless of the presence of her elders, she interjected directly: "Father, I don't believe brother would do such a thing. Brother, have you asked him personally?"
Shi Zhengkun shook his head: "He's not in the mansion."
After hearing this, Mrs. Shi hurriedly asked Nanny An to talk to Mr. Shi, and asked Mr. Shi to find Shi Dingheng.
In Yiguiyuan, Shi Fuyin finally comforted Jin Yue'e with all kinds of talk, and then the mother and daughter knew that Shi Zhengkun had come to the uncle's mansion. Just when they thought that Shi Zhengkun was asking the teacher for a crime, they heard about Shi Dingheng He and Luo Yuanqing were captured in Yutao Pavilion.
When Shi Fuyin heard the news, her eyelids twitched.
How could it be such a coincidence?
It was reported that she and Luo Yuanqing were engaged, but Luo Yuanqing and Shi Dingheng were caught on the spot.
It is Fu Xin, it must be Fu Xin who did it.
"Mother Zhang, you go to Yixiangtang and watch. If you have any news, come back and report immediately."
Not long after Zhang's mother left, Shi Dingheng was found by Manager Shi and brought back to Bo's Mansion.
"Nizi, the good deeds you have done, the Shi family's face has been completely lost by you!"
As soon as he saw Shi Dingheng, Shi Zhengkun lost his temper and slapped him directly.
Zeng Yuwei hurriedly ran over to protect her son: "My husband, the matter has not been clarified yet, how can you beat the child?" Saying that, she looked anxiously at Shi Dingheng.
"Dingheng, tell your father quickly, you didn't go to Yutao Pavilion, and you didn't mess with Luo Yuanqing!"
Shi Dingheng hung his head and said nothing.
Seeing him like this, Zeng Yuwei's heart went cold.
Shi Zhengkun's anger that had just calmed down was ignited again: "You shameful thing, I don't have a son like you!"
When Fuzhi saw her father was furious, she stepped forward and asked, "Brother, what happened, what are you talking about?"
At this time, Shi Dingheng raised his head, his eyes were red, he looked at Shi Zhengkun and Zeng Yuwei, and then at Mrs. Shi and the others in the room: "I did go to Yu Tao Pavilion today, but I didn't want to go. Yes, someone sent me a message and asked me to go on purpose."
"Father, mother, grandmother, I fell into someone else's tricks to appear at the scene where Luo Yuanqing was doing dirty things with others."
"At that time, when I saw something was wrong, I wanted to leave, but my body seemed to be frozen, and I couldn't move. I could only watch helplessly as the private room was surrounded by people."
Hearing this, Madam Shi's eyelids jumped up, and the hand on the coffee table was clenched into a fist.
Is it a coincidence?
Zeng made Sister Yin's reputation bad, and now her son's reputation is also ruined!
This is really **** for tat!
When the old lady suddenly felt very tired, it was her wishful thinking before, and she always felt that the second son and the adopted son did not have any conflicts, as long as they were given more guidance, even if they could not be brothers, they could coexist peacefully.
But now it seems that she really thinks things are simple.
(end of this chapter)