Chapter 174: Touching the Melon
Chapter 174: Touching the Melons (Part I)
Zhilan guessed well, then Li and her brother did have a problem. Today, they were entrusted by someone to deliberately go to the door of Zhan's house to fan the flames, seemingly quarreling with Uncle Su, but in fact distracting the old man's attention, so as to quietly insert the pre-prepared note into the door with a dart. All of this was similar to what Zhilan had guessed before, but the people behind the scenes that these two people confessed were unbelievable to her.
"Zhang Zixing? Who? Zhilan asked.
The two of them were both stricken, and as soon as they heard Zhilan's question, they hurriedly replied: "The three young owners of the tea shop." What we didn't know was what his guy who gave the money said. β
Zhilan has never been familiar with those merchants outside, and she has never heard of tea tasting shops before, but she feels very abrupt. But since it is a tea shop, it must be related to the business of the Zhan family. She also heard people in the house say that her father-in-law has always been tough and decisive in his work, so he has also formed a lot of grievances with others. Zhilan immediately realized the importance of this clue, so she continued to ask, "Do you know why he is dealing with the Zhan family?" Where are the old man and aunt now? β
Then Li Dakui replied blankly: "I also want to know, people don't let me ask......"
But his sister said, "Old man, aren't they in Suzhou? Didn't you send it personally? β
It turned out that these two men didn't know anything, but they were used to deliver the message. Zhilan asked some more things, and found that there was nothing to ask from these two people anymore, so she didn't plan to waste any more time. So she ordered Thrush to go to Qianzhuang to quickly inform Zhan Shaofeng of the matter, and ordered Huaxin to quietly send the sister and brother back to their residence, so as not to be noticed by the three young men of the Zhang family.
At the same time, in Zhan's money village, Zhan Shaofeng had also gotten the same news. It turned out that after he and Guanfeng took the medicine and returned to the money village, the first thing they did was to use the spirit dispersal on the guy who found the second letter. Because of the strange nature of the letter, he never trusted the man.
His suspicions were also confirmed by the facts. After taking the medicine, the man said that the letter was actually sent by an acquaintance of his, and asked him to send it to the young owner's house, and taught him to make up that reason in this way.
The shopkeeper was originally just suspicious of the young owner, and he didn't want the problem to lie with his subordinates, so he couldn't help but rush out and point at the guy's nose and scold: "You can do whatever he says?!" Who is your master? β
But the fellow was very honest at this moment, and replied, "He gave me ten taels of silver." β
When the shopkeeper heard this, he was even more angry and his head was congested, and he raised his hand and gave the guy a big slap, and scolded: "It's really a shame on me!" You haven't seen money in the people who work in your bank? Ten taels of silver bought you? He scolded and slapped him in the face.
Zhan Shaofeng was sitting there and asking in a dignified manner, and as soon as he found out a clue and was about to ask again, the shopkeeper jumped out to stir up the situation without an eye. Zhan Shaofeng frowned a little unhappily and said, "Can't you settle these accounts afterwards?" β
Only then did the shopkeeper realize that he had lost his temper, and quickly retreated to the side and said nothing.
Zhan Shaofeng continued to ask, "What is the identity of the person who asked you to deliver the letter?" β
The guy was stunned and said, "It's my cousin, who followed their third young master in the tea shop." β
"Tea shop?" Zhan Shaofeng's eyebrows jumped imperceptibly, and he asked, "Is that the tea shop run by the family surnamed Zhang and about to be mortgaged out?" β
"Yes, their owner's surname is Zhang. But I don't know if it's worth the mortgage or not, I only heard my cousin say a while ago that their tea shop is almost untenable. I heard that their owner can save all the expenses of the family now, and the servants are scattered. β
Zhan Shaofeng also knows a little bit about these things. Moreover, he knew very well in his heart that the reason why the Zhang family had fallen to such a point was because of his father's pressing step by step. At the beginning, the old man Zhan bought a tea garden and opened a tea shop with great fanfare, which suddenly cut off the source of goods that the Zhang family relied on for survival. At that time, the Zhang family had come to beg several times, hoping that the Zhan family could give them a way out, but the old man Zhan ignored them. Zhan Shaofeng also tactfully persuaded his father not to push people too much, but he rejected it. Zhan Shaofeng was not a nosy person, so he simply didn't ask about it again. This time, before Mr. Zhan went to Suzhou, he handed over all the affairs in hand to Zhan Shaofeng, and at the same time made a special explanation: "After I leave, the tea shop will inevitably come to the door to ask for a meeting." You remember, but everyone from the Zhang family, don't see it, everything will be said when I come back. β
Zhan Shaofeng naturally obeyed his father's orders, and none of the people sent by the Zhang family were seen. But he was also curious about what grievances his father had with the Zhang family, so he also sent someone to check privately, but he didn't find anything, but found out a lot of bad debts from the Zhang family many years ago. The old man of the Zhang family was a wandering swinger when he was young, and most of the prostitutes who were a little famous in Qinglou had a close relationship with him. I heard that he even robbed a woman from a good family and took advantage of other people's fiancΓ©es, and all kinds of evil deeds are too numerous to mention. Zhan Shaofeng already has a lot of things on his hands, how can he have the time and mood to turn over other people's old accounts? So he put the matter aside and didn't think much about it. Unexpectedly, this Zhang family was actually related to the kidnapping! Maybe they're the ones behind it. Is this the result of my father's own sowing?
At this time, the thrush also came. According to Zhilan's instructions, she told Zhan Shaofeng about the Li sisters and brothers.
A guy was listening, and finally couldn't help but say indignantly: "Is that the third young man of the Zhang family again?" Did he eat the gall of the ambitious leopard! Shao Dong, this person has all the evidence and physical evidence, why don't we report to the official, let the government arrest the three young men of the Zhang family, and see if he recruits or not! β
The shopkeeper glared at him and said, "The net will come up with a bad idea!" The owner's whereabouts are still unknown, at this time, to move that Zhang Zixing, once the grass startles the snake, have you thought about the consequences? Unthinkable! β
The guy heard that he was reasonable, so he said sullenly: "Then we can only pretend to be confused?" Do you have to give people money for nothing? It's a breath I can't swallow! β
Zhan Shaofeng remained silent and did not speak. After a while, he got up and walked to the window to look at the dark sky outside, and suddenly asked, "What time is it?" β
The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Young owner, this is the right time." β
"Well, there's plenty of time." Zhan Shaofeng muttered to himself. I saw that as if he had made up his mind, he suddenly walked quickly to the table, took out a bottle of medicine inside, and said to Guan Feng, who had been sitting at the table: "Feng'er, go!" β