Chapter 0005: Hidden Plot
On the way back, Li Weiguo sat sullenly in the car, thinking about his thoughts.
John next to him was also a person who came over, and knew that Li Weiguo was worried about his wife in his heart, so he persuaded him: "You don't have to worry too much, the person who can break into a place like Tianxiang Pavilion to save the woman in distress is not a bad person, your wife should be safe now, I will say hello to the prefect of Jiangning and ask him to send someone to help find it, you should meet your wife soon." ”
"Thank you, John." Li Weiguo thanked, thinking of his father in prison, he was afraid that he would suffer these days when he was old, so he continued: "Please also say hello by the way when you see the prefect of Jiangning, and ask him to take care of his father in prison, although I can't save my father for the time being, but I don't want my father to suffer in prison." ”
"You are a filial son, I like to deal with people like this, no problem, it's on me." John smiled and said that it was just a favor, and he was willing to do it.
But for Li Weiguo, this is a great favor, beware of gratitude.
"Thank you!" Li Weiguo thanked him again, feeling a little more good for John in his heart.
In the next few days, Li Weiguo stayed in the church and did not go out, but he always inquired about the news outside, mainly about Fu Shanxiang's whereabouts and his father's lawsuit.
John was very trustworthy, and even went to the prefect's yamen in person, told Li Weiguo in person about his relationship with him and the British Empire, and asked the prefect to send someone to find Fu Shanxiang's whereabouts and treat Li Yanming in prison. When the prefect of Jiangning saw the British coming forward, he naturally did not dare to slack off, and he did not need to elaborate on everything one by one.
Li Weiguo secretly sent someone to arrest the turtle slave of Tianxiang Pavilion and came back for interrogation, and learned that there were two groups of people fighting in Tianxiang Pavilion that night, one group wanted to kill Fu Shanxiang, and the other group rescued Fu Shanxiang.
According to the description of the turtle slave, Li Weiguo guessed that Fu Shanxiang should have been rescued by the Jianghu people, and John did not have the network to deal with the Jianghu people for the time being, so he could not help for the time being. However, John went to the prefect's yamen and his entourage to help find out some inside information about Li Weiguo's father's imprisonment, that Jiangning prefect eats the Li family's filial piety all the year round, and there is really no reason to treat the Li family like this, the mastermind behind the scenes is from a big man in the capital, and it is related to the maiden family of Li Weiguo's wife Fu Shanxiang, which involves the power struggle between the princes of Emperor Daoguang back then. Fu Shanxiang's father stood on the wrong side and fought with the Xianfeng Emperor Party, but he was undefeated and affected his family.
Li Weiguo had a premonition, but he was still taken aback, knowing that it would be difficult to rescue his father, but fortunately he chose to borrow from the British and hoped to succeed.
But Li Weiguo also knew in his heart that cooperating with the British was tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger, and he didn't know what kind of conditions the British would offer to help, but no matter what, Li Weiguo was determined in his heart that he would save his father at any cost.
In his previous life, he was alone, but in this life, God has mercy on him, and he will never allow his relatives to be hurt again.
Mother has been eating and living in the church these days, there is someone to help take care of her, and her complexion has improved, especially when she heard that her daughter-in-law Fu Shanxiang has been rescued, although she still doesn't know her whereabouts, but she is also relieved, her son is filial, and she seeks medical advice for her mother, and now she has found a stable job, because of the work, her husband in prison has also been taken care of, and everything is improving, which naturally makes her mood better.
Li Weiguo claimed to have been baptized in England, so he had to participate in various church activities, and most of the British believers in China were missionaries and had no priesthood, so it was particularly important for a "baptized" believer like Li Weiguo, and Pastor Fidan and other believers invited him to discuss life together every day.
Li Weiguo knows that he is suffering, so he can only slap his swollen face and become fat. Fortunately, he has a whole life of memory, and it is clear to say that it is a good idea, which has greatly benefited Pastor Fidan and other believers and made him a confidant.
On the road outside the church, Li Weiguo was quietly walking and thinking about things, planning how to return to the old business in his previous life, he wanted to continue to write the glory of the counterfeit-money empire in this life, and formulate the rules of money to dominate the world, no longer only for himself, but to survive in the cracks of the great powers to find a feasible way out for the great rejuvenation of China, and to seek a great revolution for the 40,000,000 robes that would no longer be bullied by the foreign powers and no longer be slaves for others.
Li Weiguo's plan was very big, and he had to plan carefully, and suddenly there was a coquettish cry behind him.
"Hey, that kid in front of you, stop!"
Li Weiguo stopped when he heard the sound, turned around to look over, but saw a four-wheeled carriage combining Chinese and Western cars stopping beside him, among which sat a middle-aged coachman and two women, one white and one green.
The woman in white wore a hat, her veil was long, she couldn't see her appearance clearly, she was richly dressed, and she looked like a young lady. The green-clothed woman next to her was dressed in general, about twelve or thirteen years old, with sharp eyes, but like a maid, and it was she who made the sound.
"Something wrong with the girl?" Li Weiguo frowned slightly, and it was natural that he would not be embarrassed if he was stopped politely.
The woman in white didn't react, but the woman in green's eyes lit up when she saw Li Weiguo, and smiled maliciously: "Sure enough, it's you!" ”
Li Weiguo was puzzled, and asked, "Does the girl recognize me?" ”
"Burn your skin, I recognize your ashes!" The woman in green glanced at Li Weiguo with unkind eyes, and continued: "Aren't you Li Weiguo, the young master of the Li family!" ”
"Don't curse me like that, do we know each other well? But why don't I recognize you? Li Weiguo smiled bitterly, the other party actually recognized him, but why did he not have any impression of her, looking at the other party's fierce appearance, did he offend her?
"Xiaohe, don't be rude!" At this time, the woman in white with the veil suddenly spoke, and only listened to her: "I'm sorry, it's the little woman who is blind and doesn't know that she met Li Gongzi. ”
Listening to the voice of the woman in white, Li Weiguo thought that the other party was a superb beauty, but it turned out to be a blind man, no wonder he would cover his face with a hat.
Since the other party apologized, he naturally didn't care, so he nodded and said, "It's okay, this young lady is polite, I won't meet her in general." ”
"Acquaintance with me?" The green-clothed woman named Xiaohe was unhappy, looked Li Weiguo up and down, and sneered: "You still think that you are still the eldest young master of the Li family in the past, but a street wanderer called Huazi, even his wife can be willing to sell his own Qinglou and is not willing to be with you, you are also worthy of being a man, find a tree and hang yourself on a rope!" ”
I'll circle you with a fork, when did Lao Tzu offend you and want you to slander like this.
Li Weiguo's face suddenly sank, the dragon had reverse scales, and the fire came out, and he said coldly: "It doesn't matter how you slander me, the manly husband is not as knowledgeable as you as a little woman, but you can't slander my wife, she has a noble personality, even if I am called Huazi, she will never give up, if it weren't for my illness and no money for medical treatment, her life would be hanging by a thread, she sold herself in Qinglou in order to save me, this matter is not her fault, but she has a deep friendship with me, if you dare to talk nonsense and slander her, be careful that someone sinks you into the river in a sack in the middle of the night to feed the fish." ”
"Who are you scaring about? Think this girl is afraid of you? Xiaohe was taken aback, and suddenly became short of breath, but he still stubbornly said a word.
"Try it if you don't believe it!" Li Weiguo shouted, his eyes full of murder.
Facing Li Weiguo's murderous eyes, Xiaohe felt scared, and a cold sweat broke out behind her back, she was spoiled by the young lady on weekdays, and she was a little snobbish, thinking that the down-and-out Li Weiguo was easy to bully.
"Xiaohe, you are presumptuous! Hugh is rude! The woman in white immediately scolded loudly, and at the same time said to Li Weiguo: "Xiaohe, she offended Li Gongzi by her hearsay, and I hope that Li Gongzi will not be as knowledgeable as her." The little woman is blind and not blind, she can feel that what Li Gongzi said is true, you are so protective of Sister Shanxiang, but it is not in vain that she pays for you, the little woman is ashamed of herself, if it is a little woman, I am afraid that there will only be tears. ”
"Could it be that this young lady knows my family Shanxiang?" Li Weiguo was surprised, looked at the woman in white, he felt that the other party was talking very strangely, calling Sister Shanxiang was obviously familiar with Fu Shanxiang, but compared himself with Fu Shanxiang, which made people puzzled.
"I'm ......," the woman in white wanted to say and stopped.
Xiaohe next to him suddenly interjected: "Miss, don't be deceived by his nonsense!" Now he even dares to deceive Pastor Fidan, pretending to be a foreign devil to fool people, others don't know, miss, you don't know, where has he been to England, how can there be the truth? ”
I ......@#¥%......&**!!
Li Weiguo grinded his teeth, resisted the urge to scold, hated his hands so much, and really wanted to slap this girl named Xiaohe away, when did Lao Tzu become a fake foreign devil again?
Seeing Li Weiguo glaring at Xiaohe fiercely, Xiaohe also glared back: "What's the drop, did I say something wrong?" Said that you are a fake foreign devil who wronged you? Don't tell me that you've been to England, and the sows will go up the tree when they hear it! ”
I ...... day
Li Weiguo collapsed, almost spurting out a mouthful of old blood, and at the same time he was horrified in his heart, the other party just knew him, and he knew his own details clearly, which was amazing.
The key is that people know everything about him, but he doesn't know each other at all, how can he not let him collapse.
"Who the hell are you? Why do you know so much about me? Li Weiguo said sharply, if the other party is his enemy, then wouldn't he have to hold his neck and wait for others to cut it?
Hearing that Li Weiguo's tone was not good, the woman in white thought that he was angry, and looked a little nervous, and hurriedly explained: "Li Gongzi should not be careful, the little woman's name is Shen Ziyan, and her father has business dealings with Ling Zun, so we know something about Gongzi, and we have no malicious intentions." ”
Li Weiguo sneered: "In terms of business, Miss Shen is as clear as a few things below, as if she has deliberately investigated!" ”
"This ......" The woman in white seemed to be very afraid of Li Weiguo's appearance, and she always slurred and stopped talking.
But the maid Xiaohe next to her ran the train with her mouth full, her words were sharp, and she had something to say.
"Investigate what's wrong with you? Back then, your parents wanted to join the Shen family, and the Shen family naturally wanted to investigate the future son-in-law, isn't this okay? Xiaohe said angrily, amazingly.
"Xiaohe, what are you talking about?" Shen Ziyan immediately said coquettishly, her delicate body trembled violently, her breathing was short, if she untied the veil, she would definitely see her blushing to the root of her neck, and she couldn't wait to find a crack to get into.
"Where did I talk nonsense?" Xiaohe knew that she had missed her mouth, so she simply didn't care about it anymore, her personality was like this, and she was uncomfortable, so she blurted out: "Miss, you care about him, but he pretends not to know anything, Xiaohe really can't stand it, so he has to teach him a lesson!" ”
"Shut up!" Shen Ziyan was annoyed and angry, and shouted loudly, she stopped Xiaohe from continuing, but bowed slightly to Li Weiguo, and said: "Li Gongzi, it's all in the past, at that time, our parents set a family ...... for the two of us."
"Family? Are you saying there is a marriage contract between us? How is this possible, how come I don't know at all? Without waiting for Shen Ziyan to continue, Li Weiguo became anxious, this is a big thing, he only knows that his wife is Fu Shanxiang, and he doesn't want anything to be sorry for her, even if it's just a misunderstanding.
"You don't know?" Shen Ziyan and Xiaohe were almost surprised in unison.
"I should know?" Li Weiguo asked rhetorically, his expression was in a daze, of course he didn't know.
"Yes, it's impossible for them to let you and Sister Shanxiang know about this, I should have guessed that I had been misunderstood." Shen Ziyan suddenly fell silent, and then sighed: "Uncle Zhang, let's go!" ”
"Miss, aren't we going to church?" The coachman, who was called Uncle Zhang, asked.
"I'm tired, I'm not going! Let's go home! Shen Ziyan said in a trembling voice, if you lift the veil, you can see two lines of tears on her beautiful face.
Looking at the back of the carriage leaving, Li Weiguo was in a daze, and was inexplicably beaten down by Xiaohe, thinking back to Shen Ziyan's words, he was still confused.
What the hell is going on? Is there a hidden plot in Lao Tzu that he doesn't even know?