Chapter 179: Cause and Effect (Part II)
Chapter 179: Cause and Effect (Part II)
As Zhilan expected, in the first half of the night, Zhan Wenbing woke up. Aunt Fang was weak and didn't wake up until the middle of the night.
The two woke up in a daze for a while, and when they came to their senses, they were both shocked, and for some reason they arrived home after a meal. Zhan Shaofeng and Zhilan took a lot of words to explain this matter.
Zhan Wenbing was furious when he heard this.
"This is called the upper beam is not right, and the lower beam is crooked! That Zhang Laocai is not a good thing in the first place, and I can't imagine that his adopted son is even better! Dare to plot against me? I'm going to make him die a bad death!" Zhan Wenbing scolded hoarsely, pounding the quilt with both hands, and coldly bumped into the maid who was feeding him porridge. Hearing only a "pop", the porcelain bowl fell to the ground and shattered, and the hot gruel immediately spilled on the ground.
Zhilan hurriedly ordered someone to come forward to clean up, and persuaded again: "Daddy, don't be angry, these people have their own government to clean them up." If you ruin your body for this kind of villain, it's not worth it. ”
Zhan Shaofeng didn't want to blindly coax his father to be relieved, so he just heard him say: "Father, don't you think that there is a reason for this matter?" ”
"What do you mean? Did I ask for it? Zhan Wenbing was so angry that his beard trembled.
Zhilan wanted to persuade her, but when she thought of it, it was because her father-in-law was too desperate that she forced the Zhang family to jump off the wall. Not only Zhan Shaofeng, but she was also very curious about the reason, so she changed to not saying a word and waited to see the development of the situation.
Zhan Shaofeng seemed to have foreseen his father's reaction a long time ago, and saw him say calmly: "I didn't mean that, but that Zhang Zixing really didn't find you for no reason." ”
"Hmm." Zhan Wenbing snorted vaguely, but said nothing.
After waiting for a while and not responding, Zhan Shaofeng asked again: "Father, do you have a grudge against that Zhang family?" He had asked this sentence before, but his father bluntly blocked it. This time, he had to ask anyway.
"What nonsense!" Zhan Wenbing was a little annoyed, obviously still didn't want to say.
Seeing that the father and son stiffened again, Zhilan hurriedly smiled and said, "Daddy must be tired after such a catastrophe." If you have anything to say, it's not too late to wait until his old man is rested! As she spoke, she secretly pinched Zhan Shaofeng's arm and dragged him out stiffly.
The two walked out of the house, and Zhilan said complainingly, "What's wrong with you today?" So eye-catching. ”
Zhan Shaofeng didn't speak, but Zhilan still heard a soft sigh, and she couldn't help but turn her head sideways and look up.
At this time, the night was already very deep, and there was not a single star in the sky, only half of the waning moon hanging alone in the eastern sky. In the bleak moonlight, Zhan Shaofeng's face was hidden under the shadows of the trees, and it was difficult to see what his expression was.
"Lan'er, do you remember the arson incident in the Qi family that year?" Zhan Shaofeng asked suddenly.
After being stunned for a while, Zhilan realized what he was talking about. That year, she and her family went to Hangzhou and stayed at Aunt Du's house. Once Zhan Qingqing came to stay with her, but the courtyard where they lived caught fire on the first night. Fortunately, she was not in the room at the time, and Zhan Qingqing escaped this disaster with the help of Shen'er. It was later found out that it was a businessman who ran a porcelain shop, and the purpose was to take revenge on Zhan Wenbing.
"How could you not remember? Qingqing almost lost her life that time. What, what do you do with this all of a sudden? ”
I only heard Zhan Shaofeng say meaningfully: "Just like this time, these things are all for my father. If it is only once, it can be said to be accidental, but is it also accidental that two or three times? ”
"I see what you mean." Zhilan said. As early as when Lancaotang first opened, she learned from Ling Wei that people were both respectful and afraid of the Zhan family. Especially those small merchants, they are simply afraid to avoid it. She also knows that her father-in-law is too tough and often leaves no room for error, so she offends many people.
"And I've already checked, this time the Zhang family is going to sell the house, and the buyer behind the scenes seems to be his father." Zhan Shaofeng said again.
"Oh? What did he buy that house for? ”
"So, I have to ask. Otherwise, if it goes on like this, when will it be retribution? I'm afraid that my Zhan family will have no peace. Zhan Shaofeng's face was very heavy.
"It's as serious as you say." Zhilan stepped forward and grabbed Zhan Shaofeng's arm, gently pressed her face to it and said, "As long as you come back safely, I will be at ease." ”
Among the three brothers of the Zhang family, the third Zhang Zixing has always been his father's favorite one. Not only because he is young, but also because he is smart and bold, and always has more ideas than his brothers. Despite this, he is still a gentleman who doesn't study much. If the gradual decline of the Zhang family in the past two years was not enough for him to realize what it means to be in the hot and cold world, then the encounters in the past few days have made him strong and realize the coldness of human feelings.
The idea of kidnapping Zhan Wenbing was indeed proposed by him first, and the brothers did not raise objections, and the subsequent things were all done by the brothers working together to find someone. But when the time came, the blame was put on him alone. In prison, the two elder brothers turned their faces as fast as turning books, and first pleaded their feelings with tears in their eyes, saying that if all three of them were imprisoned, the poor old father would have no one to support him, and he would be lonely for life. Seeing that he did not comply, he scolded him for not learning and not knowing, and he did some crooked ideas, which caused his family to bear the guilt together. Then he threatened that when the time came to the lobby, the two of them would insist that they did not know about the matter and put the blame on the whole thing. Even their father advised him to focus on the overall situation, so as not to leave the Zhang family behind.
The disheartened Zhang Zixing still did all the tricks. Such a family is not worth sacrificing. The brothers couldn't survive the torture, and finally recruited. Only their father, who was as timid as a mouse, fell into an unwitting advantage.
Also recruited were Liu Dashuang of the Zhan Family Dart Bureau. It turned out that Liu Dascar was still a distant relative of the Zhang family who had gone around seven or eight times, and he couldn't wipe off his face and received a lot of benefits, so he pretended to have ingested the drug by mistake, and turned a blind eye to this matter, which can be regarded as an accomplice.
If it weren't for the farce that followed, this ascension would have been quite tedious.
After the incident happened after the retreat, the onlookers also planned to disperse and return home. At this moment, a young man suddenly stood in front of a group of people and blocked their way.
"Get out of the way! Do you have eyes that go down to the soles of your feet? The first middle-aged man said impatiently with his teeth picked. Judging from the clothes of the group of people behind him, they should be from the Changlong Dart Bureau.
The young man smiled maliciously and said, "Don't be in a hurry. Didn't you shout so vigorously just now, why didn't you squeak now? ”
What he said was that when Liu Dascar and others were interrogated at that time, this group of people took the lead in coaxing, saying that the Zhan family's dart game was just a vain name, they were all incompetent, and even their own masters could protect Yunyun.
The leader looked him up and down, suddenly sneered, and said loudly: "I know, you must be from the Zhan Family Dart Bureau." What's the matter, not convinced? Go back and ask you Zhan Ye, see if his old man asked his own people to lose it? Before he could finish speaking, the people burst into laughter. The man seemed to be very satisfied with the effect of his words, and then he clasped his hands and fists around and said: "Everyone, if you all have goods to escort in the future, come to the Changlong Dart Bureau to find us!" Our Changlong dart masters are all heroes! The ten straw bales of the Zhan family can't top one of us! Everyone burst into laughter again.
The young man was not angry, but said with a smile: "Then my straw bale will try your skills as a good man." ”
As soon as everyone heard this, they all came to their senses, and those who had already left turned back to see the excitement, and after a while, they surrounded several floors.
The middle-aged man looked at him with slanted eyes, spat a mouthful of phlegm and said, "You are also worthy!" Lao Tzu is a dart head! Then he turned his head and pointed to one of his subordinates and said, "You go up!" Teach this boy a lesson for me! ”
"Hey" the young man stretched out a finger and pointed at the middle-aged dart and said, "If you want to get on, you can get on, what are you doing so much?" Could it be that you have a weak heart? ”
The man was about to curse back, when he suddenly felt a force quickly coming from the young man's fingertips, and from a foot away, it hit one of his acupuncture points at once. After a tingling sensation, he suddenly realized that he could not move. "You, you, you! What did you do! ”
The young man spread his hands and said, "I didn't do anything!" You can't fight? Could it be that all of you in the Changlong Dart Bureau are some tricks, just moving your mouth and not using your hands? What kind of dart do you protect, how good it is to go to the teahouse to tell a story! Do you think so? ”
There was another burst of laughter in the crowd, some applauded, and some were stunned.
"Solve the acupuncture! You solve my acupuncture! The dart head suddenly realized that the young man had just clicked on his hole out of thin air.
The young man smiled sarcastically and said, "Some of you are good men in Changlong, why do you want me to use this straw bag to relieve your acupoints?" Besides, I don't know anything! Then he turned to the crowd and said loudly, "We all know that we have to speak with our conscience, and we have to do business with our conscience." The reputation of our Zhanjia dart bureau is earned back by the brothers rolling the tip of the knife desperately, and it can't be ruined by a few villains splashing a few basins of dirty water! With that, he strode away, leaving the crowd in place.
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly someone pointed to a place on the ground and shouted, "Look what that is!" ”
Everyone hurriedly looked there, and it turned out that on the green brick ground where the young man had just stood, there had been two deep footprints, three inches deep.
Looking at the group of people in the Changlong Dart Bureau, they were busy pointing at the dart head one by one, but it was all in vain. Their internal strength was not enough to compare with that young man, and they couldn't open the sealed acupoints at all.
"Retribution......
The cynicism is endless.