Chapter 56: Branches

"Where did you find it?" Song Xinshu already had a premonition of the fate of this family in his heart.

"It was twenty miles from the city gate, two men and two women, both of whom had already lost their breath."

"What about the seriously ill little girl?" What she cares about most is this poor little girl, she is really distressed to be used at such a young age.

"I didn't find any trace of the little girl, I searched all around, but I didn't find it."

Song Xinshu nodded and asked the housekeeper to do something else.

They must know something when they are entrusted, and it seems that the person behind the scenes is really ruthless, but where is that little girl?

Is she still alive?

Song Xinshu opened the envelope in his hand while thinking, took out the letter paper inside and opened it.

She was unprepared and was taken aback by the contents.

There were a few obvious traces of blood on the dark yellow letterhead, which had turned rust-colored, and she seemed to be able to smell blood, and she carefully discerned the handwriting on it.

It is clearly written that the owner of the teahouse asked these people to come to the Northern Jiangsu Tea House to make trouble, promised to give them fifty taels of silver afterwards, and arranged for them to go out of the city.

It seems that they were hunted down, and then someone found the letter from their arms.

Song Xinshu carefully put the letter away, it seems that there will be another big battle tomorrow.

The next day, Song Xinshu got up early, and as soon as she pushed the door open, she saw more than a dozen big men standing in the yard, standing neatly and looking at her intently.

Song Xinshu was stunned, and couldn't figure out what the situation was.

Zhou Sheng trotted over all the way and said in Song Xinshu's ear: "These people came early this morning, saying that they were sent by Shopkeeper Zheng. ”

Song Xinshu patted her head with a headache, how could Zheng Tianyi do anything, but everyone came, and she could only accept them temporarily.

After Song Xinshu freshened up, he took this group of people to the tea house on West Street, attracting sideways glances from passers-by along the way.

After coming to the tea house on West Street, she walked straight in, and the guy in the shop looked at the group of people and asked in horror, "You guys...... What are you here for? ”

Song Xinshu sat on a chair in the center of the lobby and said calmly, "Ask your shopkeeper to come here." ”

The guy had never seen this kind of battle, so he trotted all the way to call the shopkeeper, and Song Xinshu took out the letter in his arms and put it on the table.

After the shopkeeper came, Song Xinshu glanced at him and said, "Look at this letter." ”

The shopkeeper picked it up and looked at it, his expression changed a little, and he put the letter on the table with a pale face, and told the men in the store to invite all the guests out, and then let all the men go to the backyard, leaving him here alone.

Song Xinshu looked at the bloody letter on the table, these were all arranged by Zheng Tianyi, he said that he used this letter to blackmail the owner of the tea house and force him to leave Jinling City with his family, and then this tea house was a gift to Song Xinshu.

The voice of the shopkeeper of the tea house trembled slightly: "What do you want?" ”

"Let me ask you first, where did that kid go?"

The shopkeeper of the tea house also looked at Song Xinshu, his eyes did not dodge, and said: "I don't know, I don't know any of this, but I can give you whatever you want." ”

"I want your life, can I give this too?" Song Xinshu suddenly raised his voice.

The body of the shopkeeper of the tea house trembled obviously, and the person sitting opposite was obviously a weak woman, but she felt so strong.

Although the shopkeeper of the tea house had already expected today's result, he was not a person who spared his life, his tone instantly softened, and he said tremblingly: "Shopkeeper Song, I am not involuntarily, I can give you whatever you want from me in this store, or this land!" ”

"You say you can't help yourself, like that?"

The shopkeeper of the tea house suddenly knelt down, kowtowed to Song Xinshu twice, and said: "Shopkeeper Song, please, you can let me go, just because I am confused for a while!" ”

Song Xinshu knew that he couldn't ask anything from his mouth, and if he could do these things, he was not afraid of being discovered.

"I want the title deed of your tea house, and then you move your family out of Jinling City, and you are not allowed to come back from now on, can you do it?"

Song Xinshu knew that he was also instructed by others, but he was just one of the chess pieces, so he didn't expect him to say anything useful.

The shopkeeper of the tea house agreed again and again, ran to get the title deed, and handed it to Song Xinshu.

Song Xinshu thought that there would be a fierce battle here today, but she didn't expect it to end so soon, she took the title deed into her arms and left with the group.

She walked out of the gate of the tea house, turned back to the dozen or so big men and said, "Your task has been completed, what are you doing with me now?" ”

A group of people looked at each other, and the leader gave an order, turned around and left in the opposite direction.

Song Xinshu breathed a sigh of relief, the group of people followed behind him, and those who didn't know thought that it was the landlord bully who came to collect protection money.

Song Xinshu and Zhou Sheng returned to the Subei Tea House, and when Ah Ja and Wu Xiuyuan, who were sitting at the door, saw which of them was coming, they stood up instantly, ran to the two of them and asked nervously, "Madam, are you okay?" ”

She smiled and touched the heads of the two of them, and said, "What can I do, things are going very smoothly, you guys should follow Brother Zhou to practice, there have been a lot of things in the past few days, right?" ”

When the two children heard that Song Xinshu was fine, they followed Zhou Sheng to practice martial arts with confidence.

Originally, it was just Wu Xiuyuan who contacted him every day, and when Ah Ja was fine, he followed him to fight a few punches, but later Song Xinshu also asked Ah Ja to follow the orthodox study.

I don't expect her to have any kind of kung fu in the future, at least she has the ability to protect herself and not be bullied.

This matter finally came to an end, Song Xinshu stood at the door of his tea house, stretched his waist, and when he entered the door, he saw a person he didn't want to see.

Zheng Tianyi was dressed in a jujube red robe, and was sitting in the store eating snacks and drinking milk tea, looking happy and comfortable.

Song Xinshu wanted to go forward to fingerprint her for a few questions, but the two agreed to pretend that they were not familiar with each other, and if there was something to discuss, they would meet in Qingyuan Tower.

Zheng Tianyi took a big sip of milk tea, picked up a piece of sesame red bean glutinous rice ball, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it with satisfaction, and his eyebrows shook happily.

If this expression was put on another guest, she would definitely think that this guest liked the food in the tea house very much, and her heart would be very happy.

But on Zheng Tianyi's face, she only felt that this person had never seen the world, and between his eyebrows and eyes, which were obviously not ugly, even revealed a bit of annoyance.

She picked up the kettle for milk tea, walked to Zheng Tianyi's table, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Zheng, you want me to cooperate with you, but you have played several chess moves, it's really troublesome." ”

Song Xinshu guessed that he was the instigator behind the scenes from the second time he asked someone to send a letter to him, if it weren't for him, how could he appear just right every time and affect her next move.

If he hadn't instructed the shopkeeper of the West Street Tea House, how could he easily get a small tea house, it was really step by step, and his scheming should not be underestimated.

"Also, where did you get that kid?" Song Xinshu asked without giving up, and added another cup of milk tea to him between words.

Zheng Tianyi didn't seem to hear her words, and said in a surprised tone: "Why is this glutinous rice dumpling so delicious, bring me another plate!" ”

Song Xinshu suppressed the anger in his heart, revealing a smiling expression: "This dumpling has eaten too much food, and Shopkeeper Zheng still does what he can." ”

Saying that, Song Xin clasped his hands to his chest and said: "But who is the shopkeeper Zheng, what is this dumpling, man, bring two more plates of red bean dumplings, and give them to the shopkeeper Zheng from the Northern Jiangsu Tea House!" ”

Song Xinshu left angrily, sitting behind the counter and looking through today's account book, but he couldn't read a word.

Now that the initiative is in Zheng Tianyi's hands, how can she be a puppet person, she must take back the initiative in the future and give him a dismount!

Zheng Tianyi finished eating a plate of red bean glutinous rice dumplings without changing his face, and packed the other plate and took it away, completely ignoring Song Xinshu's mouth shape behind his back to "scold" him for being cheeky.

Seeing him leave, Song Xinshu sighed helplessly, called the housekeeper, and said: "Sort out the three private rooms upstairs, clean them a little cleaner, and put them on weekdays, if a special guest comes, I will tell you, you will take the guest to one of these three." ”

The housekeeper nodded, and when he was about to do it, Song Xinshu called him back again and said, "What kind of people will come to these three private rooms in the future, who will eat with whom, and you must carefully record their appearance and dress, do you know?" Song Xinshu commanded in a low voice.

This is the condition of Zheng Tianyi's exchange, Subei Tea House provides three private rooms, which are specially used by special guests, and there are no idle people around, etc., and they must be kept secret from the outside world.

Song Xinshu agreed to this quid pro quo, but she vaguely felt that Zheng Tianyi was not an ordinary person, otherwise she would not be so mysterious.

There are too many doubts in this person, and she must pay more attention.

Song Xinshu suddenly thought that he hadn't visited Zhang Guodong and Fan for a long time, and he didn't thank Zhang Guodong well last time, so he must thank him well this time.

The next day, she asked the housekeeper to prepare a lot of gifts and sent someone to carry them to the Taishou Mansion.

The subordinates of the Taishou Mansion were very familiar with her, smiled and saluted her, and helped her carry her things in.

"Godmother, I'm here!"

Fan was embroidering, and when he saw Song Xinshu jumping into the house all of a sudden, he happily took her hand and said, "Girl, why did you come suddenly, aren't you busy with business?" ”

"I'm busy and I have to come and see your second elder, you and your godfather have helped me so much, I haven't thanked me properly, I'm really ashamed."

Fan smiled and said, "Then how can you just send us these things, and there is no other way to thank you?" ”