Chapter 36: Guo Niangzi is missing
Su Yansheng sighed in her heart, and quickly searched all the rooms in the front and back yards, and sure enough, there was no one, and finally found a note on the side of the stove in the kitchen, which wrote a location: Shunxinju.
Su Yansheng's eyes were split, and she was full of regret in her heart. She knew that Shopkeeper Du was not a good person, but she did not take good care of the nurse, which put her in a dangerous situation.
"When I first came, I saw Xiaobao crying here, he said that his purse was missing yesterday, and he went outside to look for it before dawn, but when he came back, he was missing his grandmother." Shopkeeper Zhao said.
Two quarters of an hour later, Su Yanshang appeared in Shunxinju. This is a medium-sized ordinary restaurant in Nancheng, this is not meal time, I saw a shopkeeper in the lobby bored with Erlang's legs, saw someone coming, got up and asked, then pointed to a private room inside, Su Yanshang walked in.
"I didn't expect the boss behind Donglai Pavilion, who became famous overnight, to be a woman, it seems that she is not very old." Shopkeeper Du said with a grin, but there was no kindness in that smile.
One of the reasons why Su Yanshang went to Donglai Pavilion was that she didn't want the Dingning Marquis Mansion to know, and if she didn't say what would happen to Old Madam Feng, the Shen family wouldn't let her come out to do things.
And this is not the industry she really wants to run, everything is just to deal with Old Lady Yi. Therefore, only the Duchess of Xinguo, the county lord of Poyang, and Xie Xinyuan knew that Su Yanshang was the boss of this Donglai Pavilion.
"What does Shopkeeper Du want?"
"Girl! I thought you would pretend that you didn't care about the blind woman and threaten the old man. ”
When she appears, it proves that she cares about the nurse and has nothing to pretend.
"Since the girl is happy, she should know what I want, right?"
"I don't know." Su Yanshang was thinking about the possibility of poisoning Du's shopkeeper and forcing him to hand over people.
The poisonous sand used to deal with Gu Liulang was gone, and he was sneaking away from the mountain at that time, so he couldn't bring too much stuff.
She could make poisons, but she had to search for many herbs in the mountains, and she never had any free time.
Using a silver needle to hit the acupuncture point could theoretically make the other party faint, but she hadn't tried it, and she wasn't sure that the movement was fast enough.
Second, even if the other party faints, how will she carry a huge man out of this happy door? Shunxinju is the property of this old fox.
The shopkeeper Du's smile gradually retracted, and his eyes suddenly became sharp: "Since the girl doesn't know, Du is kind enough to tell you that the girl's way to make money is in the wrong direction." ”
"So you kidnapped my people? It turned out that Boss Du had been doing business like this all these years. ”
As long as there is a store that is in the limelight, illegal measures will be taken, which is the reason why Yunxiang Pavilion has been ranked first in the capital for five years.
"That's how to do business, so Du advised the girl, if she is young, she should just learn to embroider and embroider at home and learn housekeeping."
"Where are the people?" Su Yanshang didn't want to say anything more to him.
"The girl closed the shop and told the world that on the day of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, the clothes of the Duchess of Xinguo were from Yunxiang Pavilion."
"How do I know that people are with you? What if I do this, and you don't hand it over? ”
Shopkeeper Du showed a sinister smile like a fox: "Do you think you still have a choice?" Now you have to do it, you have to do it if you don't do it, if you make Du wait too long, don't blame me for being polite. ”
"I did what you asked, when will I release them?"
"As long as the girl is sincere, I can see it."
"It's so vague, I need a number."
"You close the door, and then I will send someone to the door of the Xinguo Mansion, and the Duchess of the Kingdom can admit that it is Yunxiang Pavilion's clothes, and release the person!"
Shopkeeper Du would not worry about Su Yansheng colluding with the Duchess of Guo, after all, the identity difference is too far.
Although Donglai Pavilion successfully grabbed Lou Ji's shop, it doesn't mean that her backstage can beat Zhenbei Houfu, after all, the store is rented. And he heard that the shopkeeper of that building was released soon after being arrested, and he was not punished, which shows that the other party's energy is not as good as that of Zhenbei Houfu.
Who doesn't know a few officials who do business in the capital? If everyone is used, then anyone can be the first in the world.
There is still a difference between this official and an official, even if you know a big official, people have to be willing to help, right?
"Okay, shopkeeper Du counts when he speaks."
Su Yanshang returned to Donglai Pavilion, Shopkeeper Zhao anxiously asked about the situation, and the masked man also came, and was about to go out to find someone.
"Where are you looking?" Su Yanshang asked.
She was about to come back to ask the masked man for help. Although he didn't admit it, the other party helped him a lot, and at this time, she could only beg him for this favor.
"I still have the ability to turn over the entire capital." The masked man said proudly.
"It's too time-consuming, to find the store under the name of the shopkeeper Du, as well as these stores." Su Yanshang said a list of names of shops, including Shunxinju, who had just gone.
I also have to thank Mrs. Yi for investigating all the properties under the name of the shopkeeper she hired and putting them together with the account book.
Tibetans are naturally safest to hide in their own territory.
"You know all this? How do you know? "The masked man has always prided himself on knowing everything, but he found himself too superficial.
"Go, hurry up, find someone and let the trustworthy person come back to report the news, and then don't save the person first, you are guarding over there, don't let Aunt Guo have an accident, can you do this?"
"Oh, I see, tell me not to startle the snake, right?" That is, there are plans ahead, and he is really looking forward to it.
Su Yanshang closed the door of the store according to the request of the shopkeeper Du. A piece of news gradually spread among the nobles.
Su Yanshang waited for a whole day, but did not wait for the masked man to send someone back to bring back the news that he had found the person, but waited for the masked man to return.
"I've searched all those places of yours, but I haven't found them. And there is no omission, by the way, I have even seen the ruined temple outside the city or anything, but I haven't seen it. ”
"What are you going to do in the temple?" Su Yanshang asked.
"I've seen someone kidnap people before, and take them to the broken temple, anyway, when I go to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Duhu, I have to pass by, by the way, by the way." The masked man said that he was very experienced.
Su Yanshang paced back and forth, thinking about multiple possibilities. In fact, the addresses she gave already included Old Lady Yi's property, but if she didn't have it-
The next day, Su Yanshang went to the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei in the morning to give acupuncture to the little Hou Ye, and when he came back, he handed a bill to Qi Yuncang, the prince of Xinguo.
The bill was lying on Qi Yuncang's coffee table at the moment, and he had just come back from martial arts practice, and he was already familiar with Su Yansheng's routines, and it was only three or five or eight thousand each time, and he didn't care about these: "Go and cash it out for Miss Su." ”
He commanded the guards.
The guard also thought it was silver, picked up the bill and walked out, opened it, and stopped: "Shizi-"
Qi Yuncang's scalp was numb: Could it be that he asked for 100,000 taels at one time! Or thousand-year-old ginseng?
"It's not about silver this time."
"That's what it wants." Qi Yuncang stretched out his hand to take the bill.
I saw that it was written: a favor.
Qi Yuncang's head was full of black lines.
Su Yanshang asked him to meet at Pinmingju.
"What is Miss Su looking for me? It doesn't have to be like this, I can help, but I still have to pay the money for the little marquis. ”
"Do you want to do me a favor and then make me owe you a favor? No way. ”
"Hehehe, Miss Su is so sharp at any time!"
Su Yanshang was stunned, has she become so sharp? Great, she seems to have had a very successful change.
"Thanks for the compliment!"
Qi Yuncang was stunned: "You're welcome." ”
"Can you help me find someone?"
"Why don't you go to the government if you're looking for someone?"
"Because I trust you more."
Qi Yuncang was surprised by this answer.
"The government won't pay attention to a little lady like me." Su Yanshang said helplessly.
"In that case, Miss Su is waiting for the news."
Facts have proved that it was right to find Qi Yuncang, he really found Guo Niangzi, who was in a good home in Du's shopkeeper, but he was not rescued directly.
Su Yanshang arranged for the masked man to guard secretly.
The next day, a piece of news spread among the nobles.
"You don't know, on the day of the Queen Mother's birthday, the Duchess of Xinguo wore the same body as the newly opened Donglai Pavilion, but Yunxiang Pavilion, saying that Donglai Pavilion stole the latest finished product of Yunxiang Pavilion in order to open a store and become famous." A noble girl Shi broke the sky and said.
"Really? No, tell me that it's fake, I still ordered clothes in Donglai Pavilion, and I don't know if I can return it. Another noble girl was still proud a few days ago, she was the only one among the sisters who had ordered Donglai Pavilion clothes, and now she was anxious.
She didn't want to wear stolen goods, so she took a few people to Donglai Pavilion to return the order, but when she arrived at the place, she found that it was not open.
"I said, Yunxiang Pavilion has been open for so long, how can it be so easy to be overtaken by Donglai Pavilion, at that time, I was alone in Yunxiang Pavilion, and you are all vying to go to that Donglai Pavilion."
Xinguo Mansion, the Duchess of the Kingdom Lu asked people to invite Du to the shopkeeper.
Every quarter, or before the arrival of major festivals, the shopkeeper Du will send the best tailor lady to the door of the Guogong Mansion to tailor the ladies and girls and men, but this is the first time to come in person.
The Duchess invited him for the sake of those rumors.
In the flower hall of the hospitality, the servants served tea, and Lu Shi asked unhurriedly: "This is from your Yunxiang Pavilion?" ”
Shopkeeper Du looked in the direction pointed by Lu Shi, and saw a set of dresses neatly stacked on a long case, with red bird pattern, dark purple peony pattern, and white gauze ......
Du shopkeeper in the brain of a spirit, this is his dream of a set of clothes, since he heard about it, he wanted to see it in person, he asked the tailor lady to draw a few pictures according to the legend, it is not as good as seeing it with his own eyes.
His eyes sparkled, but he pressed the excitement in his heart: "Exactly." ”
Lu Shi casually glanced at the shopkeeper Du: "You stepped forward to see clearly, is it really your Yunxiang Pavilion?" ”
The shopkeeper Du stepped forward excitedly, stretched out his hand to touch the clothes, the soft touch, the incredible thickness, it is said that such a complex pattern, it should be quite thick, but this half arm, but not very thick, the white shawl on the side, it is said that there will be a golden star, and there are faintly visible auspicious cloud patterns, but at this moment it is not visible.
He really wanted to take a look, but he didn't dare, he was too surprised, and the Duchess would not believe that they were the maker of this dress.
So he looked at it for a moment, then turned to Lu Shi and said: "It is indeed a good product from Yunxiang Pavilion, this fabric, this pattern, and this feel, which is very familiar." ”
Lu's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he changed his carelessness just now: "Then you are really bold, let me wear this set of clothes to participate in the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, the skirt is not twelve!" ”