Chapter 270: The Past Events
Zhinan looked at Gu Muqing and said, "I went this time and asked out, my parents were able to be burned to death by the fire back then, maybe someone did it on purpose." β
Gu Muqing asked in surprise, "Huh? Why? What the hell is going on? β
Gu Muqi was also shocked on the side, and put down the teacup he had just picked up in his hand again. Quietly waiting, Zhinan opened his mouth to tell the story.
Zhinan cleared his throat and said, "My father was a businessman back then, and he sold salt. But later, the official family said that all the salt in Kyoto was under the control of one family, and the people dared not speak out. My father had no choice but to change his business and start selling fabrics. But my father has been in business for many years, and he has interacted with housekeepers from some big families in the city or sons and gentlemen who have come to buy in person, and he has never dealt with women at all, so the business of the fabric shop is not as good as day by day. β
Later, he saw that there was no way, so he thought that there were no shops in the south city, and it was very inconvenient for men, women, and children in the city to buy something, and they had to walk dozens or more than ten miles to the market to sell and buy. Therefore, he found the Chu family's father and discussed that the two of them would go back to Nancheng together to do some small business. β
"Wouldn't that be nice?" Gu Muqi asked on the side, "It can be convenient for the people of Nancheng, and it can open up a new market for yourself." β
Zhinan shook his head, looked at Gu Muqi and said, "Niangniang, this matter is not as simple as imagined. My father's original thoughts were similar to what my mother had just said. But after really opening a shop in Nancheng, there are many people in Nancheng who don't recognize it, and they can't even stand the strangers passing by at their doorstep. So I went to my father and my father Chu again and again to make trouble, trying to drive the two of them back to the market. β
"However, my mother is a hot-blooded and brave person, and she has long felt that the people in Nancheng are too closed-minded, and it is convenient for the people and herself to open this shop in her own house. So I hit it off with my father, and I planned to settle down like this with the people in the city who were against me. Maybe they think that if this day is long, the people in the city will naturally accept it. Zhinan said lightly.
Gu Muqing listened to Zhinan's words, and the content of the novel when she was reading the novel flashed in her mind. She remembered that at that time, Zun Mojun wanted to reform the atmosphere of Nancheng, but Zun Motian never agreed. In addition, he respects Mojun as a military attachΓ©, and he can manage thousands of troops and horses, but he can't control the people.
In the novel, Zun Mo Jun had no way, and he also turned five times to Zun Mo Tian, but he was vetoed one by one, and then he went to Nancheng in person, intending to defy the law and open a shop in person. Although the people of Nancheng were afraid of the title of Zun Mojun, they still worked together behind their backs to find a way to sue the court for Zun Mojun's forcible opening of a shop.
The two brothers also had a quarrel because of this incident, which was also a fuse for the discord between the two brothers in the original novel.
Gu Muqing thought of this, looked at Gu Muqi beside him, and thought in his heart: If the prince of his family wants a coup d'Γ©tat now, it is still not the time. Relying on the soldiers and generals behind him alone is far from enough to shake the emperor's position, plus Gu Muqi who is now by his side. She wasn't really sure what Gu Muqi was thinking about now, and whether she was innocent before.
In addition, her arrival has changed the plot of this novel script a lot, and she doesn't know what else will happen if she prevents this coup.
Zhinan's words interrupted Gu Muqing's thoughts, and Zhinan continued to tell the two sisters about her parents' past, and she continued, "But the people of this city, somehow, may be resentful, or they just want to scare my father and mother. So I lit a fire and put it under the eaves of my house. But my house was full of piles of fabric, and when it came across a fire, it burned all at once. My parents were burned to death in order to save me. β
"How can it be?" Gu Muqi on the side slapped the table and scolded angrily, "The people in this city are so cunning and cunning, and they even set fire to death, is this southern city unattended?" β
Zhinan shook his head and said to Gu Muqi, "Niangniang, the people of this Nancheng are also very united, and this Nancheng is an official, and he has grown up in Nancheng since he was a child. This time Zhinan went to Nancheng, and the Nancheng he saw was no different from what Chu's father and mother described. It's still the same everywhere, one by one, and every neighbor knows each other. Didn't I just mention that in the entire large southern city, there is only one restaurant inn. β
"Then why, only one inn can be opened? Why didn't the people of Nancheng set fire to the inn? Gu Muqi asked angrily on the side.
Zhinan smiled shallowly, this smile was mixed with more sadness and helplessness, she said, "That inn is just mentioned, opened by the son of the Chu family who returned to Nancheng with my parents. β
Gu Muqing doesn't understand, the son of the Chu family? In her impression, this person is not mentioned at all in the novel. She continued to listen.
Zhinan said, "Maybe after the accident in my family, the people of this southern city have some worries." At first, everyone probably didn't really want to kill our family, but then the fire was too fierce and too prosperous. Everyone was also dumbfounded, coupled with the sound of the Chu family's cooking in the restaurant, the people in the city had some people who loved to eat wine, and they would steal to buy some wine from time to time. There are also some wedding events, banquet guests, and will drag people to make a few dishes. So everyone turned a blind eye to this inn restaurant, and with a sense of guilt for my parents, they kept their mouths shut about this inn. That's why this inn has been preserved so intact, and now it is taken over by the son of the Chu family and has been opened. β
"That's a good start." Gu Muqi said on the side, she looked at Gu Muqing again: "Sister, after listening to what Zhinan said, I really think that the matter of Nancheng must be explained to the emperor." When I return to the palace, I will tell the emperor about this matter, I really feel that I am sitting in the position of this concubine now, and I have to do something for the people in the city. And this southern city really needs to be governed. β