Chapter 146: Inside Story
By the time Qin Hanzhen, Qin Jian, and Qin Jinhua returned home, it was already an hour later. Qin Jian was a little embarrassed by the abundant energy of her sisters, and her wallet shrank greatly. But thinking of the good show he saw today, his mood has also improved again, and he is not so distressed about the lost money.
The carriage arrived at the Yongjiahou Mansion first, Qin Jian sent Qin Hanzhen into the gate, and whispered to her: "I will come to see the third sister in a while and explain the truth to you." ”
Qin Hanzhen nodded: "Brother Lobby, you have to come quickly, I have a lot of things to ask you." ”
Qin Jian quickly sent his sister Qin Jinhua home, and successively visited his grandmother Xu, mother Yao, and dealt with his little cousin Qin Jinrong, who knew that they were traveling but did not take him with him, and finally got out and came to Yongjiahou's mansion through the side door.
Qin Hanzhen dismissed all the girls, leaving only Feng'er to guard at the door, and didn't even finish pouring the tea for his cousin, so he couldn't wait to ask Qin Jian: "What the hell is going on? How can so many people appear on that street at the same time today? Brother Lobby, don't say it's all a coincidence!"
Qin Jian smiled: "Of course it can't be a coincidence, this is something I discussed with the third uncle, my father, and the four people of Guanglu, and the arrangement is very clever, right? Even if King Ninghua, King Guangchang, and the Marquis of Zhenxi noticed something wrong afterwards, they couldn't find anything, because everything was natural." ”
First of all, it is not a coincidence that Cai Yuanzhen will appear there. She had to visit her grandfather's house every first and fifteenth day of the new year, and almost every time she went, she had to buy snacks in that shop, which was all traceable, and there were not one or two people who knew about it. Through Qin Jinhua's relationship, Qin Jian also knew that Cai Yuanzhen went out to her grandfather's house on weekdays, and liked to dress plainly, and only took a few skilled henchmen and attendants to go, sometimes by car, sometimes on horseback, but if she wanted to go to the dim sum shop on Gulou Street to buy clams, she would definitely walk. This is also Cai Yuanzhen's little hobby, she often walks around that street, and it is inconvenient to ride a horse in a car. In the area of Gulou Street, there are several shops behind the capital of the Yunyang Marquis Mansion, and it happens to be the area where one of her cousins is responsible for patrolling. Cai Yuanzhen is very confident in her personal safety.
Secondly, it is no coincidence that King Guangchang will appear there. He has been looking for an opportunity to contact Cai Yuanzhen recently, obviously wanting to see her appearance, but he will not have direct contact with her. He is now hiding his identity in the capital, if he meets the Cai family now, when he formally discusses marriage later, he will definitely be discovered by the Cai family that he has secretly infiltrated the capital, and it will not be good if it brings any changes to the marriage between the two families. Therefore, he needs an occasion where he can get close to Cai Yuanzhen without being noticed by her. Where else could there be a better opportunity in the near future than when Cai Yuanzhen was wandering along Gulou Street on his way to his grandfather's house? Therefore, he will definitely come today, and there is a very good chance that he will be able to achieve his goal.
Qin Jian said to Qin Hanzhen: "I heard Guanglu say that King Guangchang even once pretended to be Princess Ninghua's bodyguard, and let Princess Ninghua take the risk of crashing into Miss Cai's carriage in a car, causing an accident, and then used this as an excuse to let Princess Ninghua come forward to talk to Miss Cai, so as to give the fake guards who followed Princess Ninghua a chance to spy on Miss Cai's appearance head-on." It's a pity that Miss Cai politely rejected Princess Ninghua's request at that time, Princess Ninghua resent the grandmother next to her to step forward, and King Guangchang also followed in the name of a guard. However, because Miss Cai did not lift the curtain and talked face-to-face with her grandmother, Princess Ninghua and King Guangchang's calculations did not succeed. So I think that if King Guangchang knew that Miss Cai would go out for a stroll, he would definitely not let go of this opportunity. And this kind of thing is naturally early and early, and he will not delay it until the fifteenth. ”
Qin Han knew it in her heart, and she said to Qin Jian: "When Princess Ninghua's carriage collided, I felt that something was wrong, and reminded Sister Cai a few words. Moreover, Princess Ninghua's excuse at that time was simply stupid, and Sister Cai easily left a bad impression on her. As for Sister Cai not lifting the curtain to talk to the grandmother of Ninghua Palace, the reason is also very simple. She doesn't have so many strict rules herself, but she has to worry about me being in the car. If she lifted the curtain, it would be equivalent to letting me show my face in front of so many strangers outside the car, so Sister Cai only talked to her grandmother in the car and sent people away. Even if it really depends on what the other party is doing, there are still cracks in the car curtains. It's easy for us to see the outside, but we can't see the movement inside. Princess Ninghua and King Guangchang chose such an occasion, which was not smart in the first place. ”
The reason why Cai Yuanzhen and King Guangchang appeared on Gulou Street is now clear. These two things were their own decisions, and they had nothing to do with the Qin family and Zhao Mo. At most, they just spied on the movements of both sides in advance, and then took advantage of the opportunity. In addition, the temperament and whereabouts of the nephew of the Cai family, who was in charge of the security of Gulou Street, were also used by them.
Qin Hanzhen asked as soon as he heard it: "So, Miss Su will appear there, did you arrange it on purpose?"
Qin Jian nodded: "Although the little aunt has less contact with our family, the children of the family she married have never cut off contact with relatives and friends in the house. When the grandmother was preparing for the marriage of the little aunt, she took great pains to choose the family servants and all of them had close relatives to stay in the Qin family, so as to restrain the girls and companions who were married, and did not dare to easily disobey the wishes of the little aunt. Therefore, my father came forward and secretly instructed these roommates to do something, and they usually did not disobey the order. This matter is actually not a big deal, even the little aunt didn't know about it, but just asked a few people to find an opportunity to speak in front of Miss Su, so that she knew that there would be new jewelry in the jewelry shop on Gulou Street today, and it was the one she liked. Miss Su has been in a depressed mood recently, and the people around her persuaded her to go out for a walk, and then recommend a jewelry shop, no one will be suspicious. Gulou Street is not far from the Terracotta Hutong, and the law and order is good, so it was originally a pastime for the ladies of the Su family. ”
According to the news from the family slaves who accompanied Qin Youyi to marry into the Hou Mansion in Zhenxi, Miss Su has been in a bad mood these days, and there are all kinds of gossip that she seems to be worrying about her marriage. The Marquis of Zhenxi has already arranged for the marriage of his eldest granddaughter, and he is the eldest son of the Liao Wang's son, Zhao Mo, the king of Suning County. But Zhao Mo was not very enthusiastic about this marriage, so he had already declined. But Zhao Shuo, the prince of Liao, was still very enthusiastic about promoting the marriage, and neither the Marquis of Zhenxi nor he dismissed the idea. At the same time, the couple of Hou Shizi in Zhenxi also have their own ideas about the marriage of their eldest daughter, and they prefer Qin Jian, the maiden nephew of his brother-in-law Qin Youyi. The sons and daughters-in-law all reached an agreement, Mrs. Zhenxi Hou only listened to her husband, and the two generations were in a stalemate for the marriage of Miss Su. But there are rumors that Miss Su herself is actually interested in someone, she is a relative of her maternal grandfather's family, and she secretly mentioned it to her mother Bian, but she was opposed by Bian. Regardless of whether it is Zhenxi Hou or Zhenxi Hou Shizi who wins in the end, Miss Su can't decide her marriage, and it is normal for her to be in a bad mood.
When she went out to visit the jewelry store today, she didn't just bring a girl, but also her mother Bian's confidant and her own nurse. These two grandmothers are responsible for protecting the little master. But the production of the jewelry shop is so good, Miss Su and the grandmothers picked out the jewelry, and the latter didn't notice that there was a little girl in the jewelry shop who stuffed a small note for Miss Su when she delivered tea.
It was an eight- or nine-year-old girl who took money from others to pass on messages on behalf of others, and even if she was arrested and interrogated, she couldn't say anything useful. And the person who handed her the note and money was an ordinary-looking mother-in-law on the street, who was also hired to do errands. The person who handed over the note and money to this mother-in-law was the person sent out by Qin Jian. And this person, who originally lived in Zhuangzi, a suburb of the Qin family, had already taken his family out of the city gate and went south directly when King Guangchang was beaten in the teahouse. Their family will become the small steward of an industry in the Qin family's hometown in Jiangning, and they will not return to the capital for ten years. Anyone who wants to find out about the Qin family from them will only find a broken clue.
Zhao Mo knew from Qin Hanzhen that Miss Su had ladylike thoughts about King Guangchang, and the latter was not unintentional about the former. With that ambiguous little note, Miss Su would find a way to get rid of the two grandmothers who were traveling with her, and only took her henchman out of the house, and before she could find the trace of her sweetheart, King Guangchang was waiting for her in front of the door. King Guangchang would go to the dim sum shop next to the jewelry shop by himself, and then he was seen by Miss Su at a glance, which really surprised Qin Jian.
Qin Hanzhen listened to Qin Jian's words, and thought thoughtfully: "So...... Those few ruffians who stared at Miss Su were also arranged by you?" "She had heard Qin Jian say it several times, Gulou Street has always been safe, Cai Yuanzhen is always at ease to hang out there, and the daughters of the Su family also go to recreation from time to time, so how could a group of little hooligans who can't control their eyes suddenly come, staring at the obviously well-dressed Miss Su?
Qin Jian smiled: "These ruffians were originally messing around on the nearby streets, I asked people to stuff them with silver, and they didn't need to do anything, they just gathered around Miss Su and stared at her, and they wouldn't even say a word of rudeness." Even if they were really caught by the city guards, they would at most be chased away and scolded for a few words, and they would not even be beaten. But King Guangchang is said to have some pity for Miss Su, and it is natural that he will escort the girl to the teahouse. ”
Even which private room the King of Guangchang would go to with Miss Su was arranged in advance by Qin Zhonghai and Qin Jian's father and son. The teahouse guy had booked almost all the high-rollers in the private rooms around him and none other than Qin Zhonghai, so naturally, no guest would go to disturb their plans. King Guangchang started from stepping into the teahouse, and later met Su Zhongying, the uncle of Miss Su, and the imprint knocked down the guy, the guy knocked open the door of the private room, and Su Zhongying found that his niece had a private meeting with a foreign man...... Since then, all of them have been calculated by Qin Jian's father and son, and Zhao Mo naturally has the credit for it.
Qin Hanzhen sighed when she heard this: "I'm afraid you even have calculated your little uncle, right?" She kind of understood why Zhao Mo said that day, Qin Zhonghai was unexpectedly decisive.
Su Zhongying will appear there, it must also be the plan of Qin Zhonghai's father and son. His plan was tantamount to letting the unwitting Su Zhongying destroy his father's friendship with King Ninghua, and the two sides formed a grudge, and even Su Boxiong, the son of the Marquis of Zhenxi, also had a reason to oppose King Ninghua because of his daughter. Their brothers stood on the enemy side of King Ninghua, and only Zhenxihou was left, with no power but no real power, what use could it be?