Chapter Sixty-Eight: Qiu Tong Breaks Up
Tong Yuqing had a smile on the corner of her mouth, and used her remaining strength to support herself and stand up, "It turns out that Bai Gongzi also went with the Overseer to save Miss Yiyou, you are really affectionate and righteous." β
Bai Qiaoxuan didn't know where Tong Yuqing's resentment came from, and was stunned. Tong Yuqing's last hope was crushed to the point that there was nothing left, she didn't look at Bai Qiaoxuan and Qiu Zeyuan, she picked up her younger brother and walked out, of course Qiu Zeyuan couldn't let her leave like this, but she didn't expect Tong Yuqing to shoot again, and the bullet fell at his feet.
"Qiu Zeyuan, the century-old friendship between the two Qiu Tong families is broken! I will make you pay for your choice today! Tong Yuqing's words are like bullets nailed into the ground, and there is no room for reloading.
"Bingzhi, immediately follow the clues that Miss Tong just left, find out where Tong Baiyi imprisoned Director Tong and his wife, and be sure to rescue them!" Qiu Zeyuan looked at Tong Yuqing's back and shouted loudly.
Yan Bingzhi's face showed embarrassment, Qiu Zeyuan held back the sorrow in his heart, and added, "You have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death." β
"Yes!"
Yiyou was so frightened by Tong Yuqing's sudden anger that she couldn't come back to her senses, shrunk in the corner of the table and shivered, until a warm embrace rescued her from the thousand-foot cold pool, she turned all the worries and fears of the past few days into tears.
"Is what Yuqing said true? Did you really give up Uncle Tong and Aunt Tong for me? They were also captured by Uncle Tong, and were they killed by him? Yiyou cried silently in Qiu Zeyuan's arms.
Qiu Zeyuan gently stroked her and sighed helplessly: "Why do you ask me like that?" I can't just watch your life go for it, and I can't put theirs at risk. β
"Then why did Yuqing say that? I've never seen her speak so harshly to you, and I never thought that one day she would look at me like she was going to kill me......" Yiyou's body couldn't stop shaking as long as he thought of Tong Yuqing's expression.
Yes, since he hadn't seen Tong Baiyi, why did Yuqing think he did it? Qiu Zeyuan was also puzzled.
Bai Qiaoxuan also felt that today's events were quite strange, as if someone had been placed in a big net, and he could even feel that person was hiding in a corner watching them, restraining their every move......
"Overseer." Bai Qiaoxuan thought about it again and again, but he still had to interrupt Qiu Zeyuan's thoughts, and he couldn't let his mind stay on Yiyou endlessly.
Qiu Zeyuan really let go of Yiyou when he heard this, after all, he and Yiyou were the ones who couldn't stop Bai Qiaoxuan.
"Yoyo, you go back to the room to rest first, and I'll talk to Qiao Xuan about something." Qiu Zeyuan said softly.
But Yiyou grabbed Qiu Zeyuan's shirt tightly, and choked up: "I don't want you to be around, I'm so scared...... I ......"
"Okay, I'm not leaving you, I'm always by your side, don't cry." Qiu Zeyuan had already seen that he had been wronged at all, and after this catastrophe, he was even more apprehensive, so he decisively kept her by his side and did not let her leave him for half a step.
Although Bai Qiaoxuan looked at the two in front of him and felt very uncomfortable, he thought that there were a hundred things more important than this matter now, so he suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and pulled his sister to sit opposite the two, but he didn't expect his sister to stand up impatiently and said, "I'm going to find Sister Yuqing, Sister Yuqing is not here, what are we doing here?" β
Although Bai Jiayin is a child, it made Qiu Zeyuan's heart suddenly startled, how many people in Pudong still think like this? How many people are loyal to him because of the Tong family? If the Tong clan rises up, won't the Qiu clan be in danger?
Bai Qiaoxuan dragged his sister back and sighed, "If you don't discuss the countermeasures with the Overseers, your sister Yuqing won't pay attention to us, and you won't be able to see her now." β
Bai Jiayin was full of anger on her face, and snorted fiercely, but she also listened to her brother's words and sat down.
Bai Qiaoxuan said bluntly: "Overseer, I believe you were framed. Do you have a clue about the person behind the scenes? β
Qiu Zeyuan shook his head helplessly, and nodded painfully, "It's my fault...... I indulged him again and again, let him go again and again, and I thought that in the long run, he would one day forgive us. It's because I'm too naΓ―ve, I should have thought that blood debts can only be paid with blood, and in blood, there is only life and death, and there is no right or wrong. From the moment we sent him to Puxi as a hostage, it was doomed to the end of the day. β
Bai Qiaoxuan knew who Qiu Zeyuan was referring to, after finding out the ghosts in the Financial Secretary, Tong Yuqing had already told him about her uncle. Even if Qiu Ze is far from it, Bai Qiaoxuan's most suspicious person is Tong Baiyi.
"Now that it has been determined that Tong Baiyi set up the bureau, the top priority now is to explain clearly to Yuqing, no matter what, let her be used by Tong Baiyi." Bai Qiaoxuan said.
Qiu Zeyuan had a cool smile on his lips, "Where is it so easy?" Yuqing is the child I watched grow up, she is not someone who can be easily swayed, if it is not for the person she has seen with her own eyes, or the person she trusts the most, she would not have suspected me at all, and even broke with the Qiu family. I guess Tong Baiyi may have found someone who looks similar to me, pretending to be me to talk to him secretly, deliberately letting Yuqing see it. Or among the people who were captured by Tong, there were his people......"
Speaking of this, Qiu Zeyuan's heart jumped wildly a few times, and Miao Wen ......
Qiu Zeyuan's strange appearance fell in Bai Qiaoxuan's eyes, "Overseer, did you think of something?" β
"Qiao Xuan, I may know who Tong Baiyi's people are."
"Who?"
"Miao Wen! Feng Yi's personal secretary. She disappeared with Feng Yi and Yan Jun, and was locked up with them, but I didn't find them at all where I was holding Yiyou. In other words, Miao Wen didn't see Youyou at all in the place where she was held, so how did she know where Youyou was? I was eager to save people at the time, and I rushed to see someone send out Tong's green dragon signal, and I didn't have time to think about it at all, but now I think about it is really full of loopholes. If she wasn't Tong Baiyi's person, how could she escape from Tong Baiyi's palm and report to me and tell me where Yoyo was? β
Bai Qiaoxuan pondered the causes and consequences of Qiu Zeyuan's words carefully, and replied, "You are reasonable. Then let's leave for Tongfu immediately. β
Qiu Zeyuan stopped Bai Qiaoxuan and said, "Wait, I can understand that Tong Baiyi framed Yu Qing in front of Yu Qing in order to provoke Qiu Tong and the two families, but have you ever wondered why Yu Qing also misunderstood you?" β
Bai Qiaoxuan's fist hidden in his sleeve clenched tighter and tighter, and the thick ink in his eyes became deeper and deeper, but he remained silent.
Yiyou tugged at Qiu Zeyuan's shirt and shook his head at him, Qiu Zeyuan seemed to understand everything, and as if he didn't understand anything, but one thing he knew was that he shouldn't ask about the matter between Bai Qiaoxuan and Tong Yuqing anymore.
Qiu Zeyuan broke the deep silence in the hall, "Without further ado, let's go to Tong's Mansion together." β
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Things were far from being as simple as they imagined, not to mention explaining to Tong Yuqing in person, they couldn't even enter the gate of Tong's Mansion. Qiu Zeyuan and Bai Qiaoxuan stood in the rain, and glanced at the car, if it was just the two of them, it didn't matter how long they stood and waited, but now that Yiyou and Bai Jiayin were here, and I didn't know if Tong Baiyi was hiding in the dark, they couldn't be distracted at all.
"Overseer, why don't you take Yiyou and Ayin back to the house first, and I'll wait here for Yuqing to open the door." Bai Qiaoxuan said.
Qiu Zeyuan shook his head, and just before he could answer, he saw Yan Bingzhi running from a distance, "Overseer ......"
Qiu Zeyuan saw that his face was pale, and sighed: "Let's say, I have survived so many winds and waves, and I can withstand it." β
Yan Bingzhi knelt on the ground with a thud, "Overseer, Bingzhi deserves to die, please surrender your guilt." Tong Baiyi imprisoned Director Tong and his wife in his mansion, but when I led people to search Tong's mansion that day, I found nothing, because Bingzhi was incompetent. As he spoke, he bowed deeply.
Although Qiu Zeyuan was annoyed, he also knew that it was pointless to pursue it now, so he asked, "Have you found them?" β
Yan Bingzhi's voice was hoarse, "Back to the Overseer, when we arrived, the entire mansion had been bombed into ruins, and Director Tong was afraid ...... I'm afraid it's a lot of bad luck and less ......"
"I'm afraid? Did I send you just to hear those two words?! What did I tell you? I didn't find anyone, and you still have the face to come back to see me?! β
Yan Bingzhi felt a pang in his heart, and buried his head and said: "Overseer, my subordinates will go and mobilize manpower, even if they dig three feet into the ground, they will find people!" β
After Yan Bingzhi left, Qiu Zeyuan said: "Qiao Xuan, the main door is not open, let's go to the side door and the back door to have a look." In the huge children's mansion, there must always be a door for people to enter and exit. β
Bai Qiaoxuan looked at the closed door again, and could only nod.
As expected, Tong Yuqing left the west gate of the house, and what is even more fortunate is that they happened to meet Tong Yuhao who was about to go out.
Bai Qiaoxuan hurriedly stopped him and asked anxiously, "Yuhao, how is your sister?" β
Tong Yuhao's eyes were red and swollen, it was obvious that he had just cried, and when he heard Bai Qiaoxuan ask like this, the tears couldn't stop flowing again, he shook his head, walked to Qiu Zeyuan, and said while crying: "Uncle Qiu, you go back first, my sister is angry now, except for letting me go to prepare for the funeral, which is to hold my mother's corpse." She won't say anything to me, let alone see you. β
The two words "your mother's ......" were stuck in Qiu Zeyuan's throat and difficult to speak, "Xiao Hao......"
"I'm not young anymore, I'm the only man in the Tong family. I have only one relative, my sister, left, and I won't go against her wishes no matter what, so I ask Uncle Qiu not to embarrass me anymore. If you really want to see your sister, wait until after the funeral. Maybe at that time, my sister will be able to calm down. β
"It will take seven or eight days before the funeral can be buried, even if your sister doesn't want to see me, at least let me help you arrange the funeral and offer condolences." Qiu Zeyuan said urgently.
"You can't even get in to the main entrance now, what are you talking about? Please read the Tong family's loyalty to the Qiu family for a hundred years, and let my parents leave quietly. Uncle Qiu, I don't want to believe what my sister said, and I don't want to go to the point of being your enemy one day. If you really want to prove your innocence, please take Tong Baiyi's head and pay tribute to my parents. After speaking, Tong Yuhao led a group of family members to arrange funeral matters.
"Overseer, I'd like to follow Yu Hao secretly to see if anything can help him." Bai Qiaoxuan said.
Qiu Zeyuan nodded, "It's okay, our soldiers are divided into two ways, you go to help Yuhao, I will send Youyou and Ayin back to the house first, and then go to thoroughly investigate Tong Baiyi's forces in Pudong." β
"Brother, I want to go with you." I don't know when Bai Jiayin got out of the car and stood beside Bai Qiaoxuan.
"No, you go back to the Overseer's Mansion with your sister Youyou, be obedient, at this time, don't let your brother be distracted." Bai Qiaoxuan firmly held his sister's shoulder.
Bai Jiayin nodded stupidly, but Qiu Zeyuan sighed: "Until now, I don't dare to guarantee that there is no fine work planted by Tong Baiyi in the Yuan Army, so let Ayin follow me closely." I will definitely protect her, you can go with confidence. β
Bai Qiaoxuan solemnly bowed to Qiu Zeyuan, and then ran into the distance without looking back......
A few scattered petals of Lingxiao flowers were hidden behind the sunflowers that had just bloomed, and the golden beams of light hit the golden sunflowers, making the already vigorous sunflowers shine more and more brightly. It's just that this scene falls in Tong Baiyi's eyes, and it is very eye-catching.
"Who takes care of this sunflower? Pull it all out for me! Take good care of the Ling Xiao behind it, if I can't see the blooming Ling Xiao before I leave, let the flower keeper disappear completely! Tong Baiyi yelled at the people behind him.
The man was frightened by Tong Baiyi's scolding, and he promised again and again, and immediately ordered someone to uproot all the sunflowers on the ground, but in a moment, only a few petals were left by the wall, which was almost withered.
"Father-in-law, please calm your anger, I didn't take good care of this courtyard, and I made you unhappy. It's better to let Xiaoliu serve you a cup of tea, and it will be regarded as making amends for your sins. β
Tong Baiyi closed his eyes slightly, and when Xiao Liu saw this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly went to cook Tong Baiyi's favorite Lushan clouds.
"Father-in-law, the tenth brother has already gone to the old lady's tomb for you. I don't think the old lady will blame you in the spirit of heaven. Xiao Liu handed the brewed tea to Tong Baiyi with both hands.
Just saw Ling Xiao, his mother's former voice and smile instantly appeared in Tong Baiyi's mind, but he couldn't be present on his mother's death, which made Tong Baiyi annoyed. However, after drinking the clouds and mist of Lushan Mountain offered by Yizi, Tong Baiyi's heart gradually settled down, and asked, "Your tenth brother has sent a letter?" β
Xiao Liu nodded and replied: "The tenth brother said in the letter that I asked my father-in-law to wait for good news in Puxi with peace of mind, and the situation over there is under our control. Tong Yuqing and Tong Yuhao never saw Qiu Zeyuan again, and Qiu Zeyuan never took the initiative to go to Tong's Mansion again, and even did not participate in the condolences and funerals. β
Tong Baiyi sneered: "He didn't go to the funeral because he was in a hurry to find me, right?" β
"That's right. It's just that Qiu Zeyuan, how can that guy compare to his father-in-law, and he has long thought about what they will do next. β
Tong Baiyi looked at the sycophant in front of him coldly, and said: "If you can use half of your sycophant kung fu to do business, I won't arrange for you to come to Puxi to do some idle things." How many times have I told you? What you have to face is the entire Pudong, and you must not have the slightest heart of underestimation! β
Xiao Liu bowed his head again and admitted his mistake, Tong Baiyi was too lazy to look at him anymore, and asked instead, "What else did your tenth brother say?" Is there any movement in the He family, the Huo family and the Guo family? β
"Father-in-law, rest assured, the third and fifth brothers are already blowing the wind in Huo Fan and Guo Sheng's ears. Let them stand on Tong Yuqing's side, and it is not a problem to raise troops against Qiu. Xiao Liu replied.
Tong Baiyi's gaze seemed to be fixed on the calm waves, and he said after a while: "Reply to your tenth brother, let him tell your third brother and fifth brother, just finish everything, don't be too deliberate." β
Xiao Liu smiled: "You can rest assured, the third brother and the fifth brother have a good grasp of proportion, but they are just ......"
"Ask whatever you want." Tong Baiyi could feel that there were words in Xiao Liu's words with his eyes closed.
"Father-in-law, how can you be sure that He Liren and He Lixin will definitely help the Tong family brothers and sisters? Although the mother and uncle are big, the nephew and niece are in trouble, and the uncle should help each other, but this time it is not a trivial matter, it is a big crime of rebellion and murder, don't they know how to protect themselves? β
Tong Baiyi smiled at the corner of his mouth: "Mingzhe protects himself? That's when the fire hasn't even burned on you. Tong Baiyi lit the sandalwood on the case, and after the fragrance slowly dispersed, he asked, "Do you think there is any way for this pillar of incense to get rid of the fate of being burned by the flames?" β
Xiao Liu looked at the smoke and shook his head, "Unless someone extinguishes the fire, it can only wait for the incense to be gone." β
"Then think about it again, in Pudong today, is there anyone who is not in this fire?"
Xiao Liu was speechless for a long time, and Tong Baiyi continued: "Don't say who the family, even we who lit this fire, we are also in it, and if we are not careful, we may start a fire*, and no one has the ability to extinguish this fire." Besides, where does the bloodline say that it can be cut off? Even if He Liren can be ruthless and not help Tong Yuqing, can he still be ruthless and help Qiu Zeyuan kill Tong Yuqing? It was impossible for Qiu Zeyuan to believe He Liren, he knew how much favor the He family had received from the Tong family in the past ten years. When the two sides are red-eyed, how can the He family stay out of the matter? Speaking of which, I have to thank Tong Guangting, the old fox, who finally left me something valuable. β
Xiao Liu said with a smile: "Yes, if he hadn't been careful and ordered Tong Fengyi to be the in-law of the He family, we wouldn't have such a good help." β
"He thought that everything would be fine if he didn't let Tong Fengyi marry Xin Daiyi, but he didn't expect that Tong Yuqing's aunt and uncle were from a military family, and he couldn't take care of other people's family affairs, so I could still make Tong Yuqing and Tong Yuhao a sharp sword." Tong Baiyi slammed the teacup on the case.
"Yes, no one can cover the sky with one hand, and Tong Guangting is no exception...... By the way, there is good news for my father-in-law, Yiyou is pregnant. β
Tong Baiyi was a little surprised, "Oh? That little girl was actually pregnant with Qiu Zeyuan's flesh and blood?! On the one hand, there is the joy of a new life, and on the other hand, the pain of death, the contrast is so great, God is really helping me! Do Tong Yuqing and Bai Qiaoxuan know this good news? β
Xiao Liu replied: "They all already know. Tong Yuqing didn't make any moves over there, but Bai Qiaoxuan ......"
Tong Baiyi listened to Xiao Liu's tone, as if things were not going as he wanted, so he asked, "Didn't Bai Qiaoxuan try to deal with Qiu Zeyuan?" β
"No, Bai Qiaoxuan is looking for you with Qiu Zeyuan now, I really didn't expect that he would ignore Qiu Zeyuan to bring him such a big green hat, and even wanted to help Qiu Zeyuan defend himself in front of Tong Yuqing's sister and brother! I really don't know what he thinks? β
Tong Baiyi originally leaned on the rocking chair, and when he heard Xiao Liu say this, he couldn't help but sit up straighter and straighter, and his expression became more and more solemn, "Maybe I made a big mistake...... I always thought that Yiyou was the person on Bai Qiaoxuan's heart, but now it seems that it is not. β
Xiao Liu muttered, "Could it be that Tong Yuqing is the person in Bai Qiaoxuan's heart?" How so? Hasn't he always liked Yiyou? What do we do now? You also said that Bai Qiaoxuan's weight in Tong Yuqing's heart is extraordinary, if Bai Qiaoxuan appeases Tong Yuqing's hatred for Qiu Zeyuan, then wouldn't we fall short? β
Tong Baiyi pondered for a moment, then leaned back again, "Don't worry, it doesn't matter who Bai Qiaoxuan really cares about, what matters is who Tong Yuqing thinks he cares about." β
Xiao Liu was like an initiation, "That's right! Bai Qiaoxuan chose to save Yiyou first between Tong Yuqing's parents and Yiyou, this is already a sure fact, and it is not something that Bai Qiaoxuan can overturn with some illusory speculation. β
Tong Baiyi took another sip of tea, "And we still have a handful of dry firewood to add to it." β
"Do you mean Yao Yao? Do you want the twelfth brother to urge her? β
"No hurry, in this matter, she is more anxious than us. When she marries Bai Qiaoxuan, see if my arrogant niece will ignore what Bai Qiaoxuan said......" Tong Baiyi brushed the incense mist and said: "When I left Pudong, I already told your tenth brother to blow Qiu Ze's farsighted and forgetful wind in various parts of Pudong, and you tell him that this wind will blow stronger in Baijiawan, I want everyone in Baijiawan to know about Bai Qiaoxuan's cuckolding, I want to see if Bai Ronghai's old face can be hung up." And you can contact Lu Tiansheng's people and ask them to show favor to Bai Ronghai more at this time. β
Xiao Liu admired Tong Baiyi's arrangement, "You really master the thirty-six tricks!" But father-in-law, I still don't understand a little, in fact, with our current strength, we can completely use Lu Tiansheng's hand to defeat the Yuan Army, why do you have to bother to let Tong Yuqing's sister and brother do this? β
"Thanks to you for following me for so many years, I can't figure out such a simple thing." Tong Baiyi gave him a blank look.
Xiao Liu's face turned red, and he didn't know how to reply, Tong Baiyi could only answer him: "What I want is never Qiu Zeyuan or Tong Fengyi's lives, their lives are worthless to me." What I want is to destroy what once ruined my life, the friendship between Qiu Tong's two families, and the country they painstakingly guard. They never treated me as family, so if it was up to me to provoke this war, they would feel regret at most and there would be no pain. But if Tong Yuqing killed Qiu Zeyuan with one shot, or ......"