Chapter 505: The Old House of the Zhou Family (1)
Zhou Cheng, a wealthy businessman in the south of the city, had two sons and two daughters. Twenty-two years ago, the ghost beggar sneaked into his family. The eldest son was killed by the ghost beggar. The youngest daughter was captured. The young son was frightened and died three months later. Zhou Cheng and his wife were overly sad and left one after another within a year. At the door of Hehemeirun’s family, only the married eldest daughter was still alive.
It can be said that the Zhou family was destroyed by the ghost beggar, and this is just one case of the case committed by the ghost beggar. God knows how many other families in the capital have been hurt by the ghost beggar? Every time I think of this, Li Zhang wished that the ghost beggar's body, especially the Shui Yuanzi, could only relieve the hatred in his heart.
This Zhou family was locked by Li Zhang, and it is probably the relative of the wild dog's mother. Because Lu Wu found a very important clue, that is, the daughter of the Zhou family was wearing a white jade bracelet on the wrist. The other party's description was very similar to the jade bracelet given to Xiuxiu by the wild dog.
Jade bracelets are usually paired, but the Zhou family only wore one, and the Wang family is not short of money. There is no need for her to wear only one jade bracelet all day long. Moreover, she never leaves her body. Obviously, she cherishes this jade bracelet very much, or that this jade bracelet has a very special significance to her.
After learning the above news, Li Zhang immediately investigated the current situation of the Zhou family. The more he knew, the more he sighed. It turned out that after Zhou Cheng and his wife passed away, the only eldest daughter left in the Zhou family, and she was already married. Some of Zhou Cheng's nephews also came to compete for the family property. As a result, the Zhou family, which had a huge business, was split and now it was no longer as prosperous as before.
The situation of the Zhou family's daughter is not very good. Her husband's family is a family of officials and is quite powerful. So when her cousins came to grab the property, the Zhou family's daughter also saved some industries. In addition, the Zhou family's old house was also in her hands, but her husband was weak and sick. He died a few years after marriage and was unable to give birth to a child and half of his daughter. Now he is alone.
Since her husband passed away, her husband's family has become increasingly neglected by the Zhou family's parents. Later, she simply moved back to the Zhou family's old house to live alone. Because she had the property left by her parents, she would not have to worry about food and drink. She was just a wife and didn't know how to manage it. She has been a little vain in recent years. In addition, she is old and doesn't seem to like life in the capital very much, so she has been selling her family's property and house during this period, as if she is about to go back to her hometown Luoyang.
After inquiring about the above news, Li Zhang was even more sympathetic to the experience of the Zhou family. Regardless of whether the wild dogs were their relatives or not, Li Zhang wanted to check the situation of the Zhou family, and he also told Qingori about this. As a result, Qingori burst into tears and then wanted to go together, so the two of them left the house in a carriage that day.
The Zhou family's daughter is selling the industry. Li Zhang thought about it when he went out. He and Qingzhi pretended to be a couple who were planning to buy the Zhou family's old house, so that they could have close contact with the Zhou family's daughter. In addition, Li Zhang also specially prepared a white jade bracelet for Qingzhi to wear. This white jade bracelet was not the one given to Xiuxiu by a wild dog, but Li Zhang bought it himself. However, the two were very similar in appearance. If they were not compared at close range, they would not be able to find it at all.
"Husband, is this really good?" Qingzhi stroked the white jade bracelet in her hand, but asked with some concern on her face, because she felt that doing so seemed to tease the Zhou family's daughter.
"There is no other way. The Zhou family is left with the other party. I don't know her attitude. Even now I can't be sure that the mother of the wild dog is a member of the Zhou family, so I can only use this method to test it. After that, you deliberately show the jade bracelet on your wrist. If the other party is really a relative of the wild dog, you should have a reaction." Li Zhang also spread his hands helplessly at this time. He didn't want to lie, but now he can only use this method.
"Then why don't you really need to be true? I can borrow Xiuxiu's bracelet for the time being." Qingzhi asked in a daze at this time.
"That's not possible. If the other party is really a relative of a wild dog and finds that you are wearing her sister's bracelet, you must ask clearly the origin of the bracelet. How can we explain it at that time? It will be much easier to use this fake bracelet." Li Zhang explained patiently again.
"Husband, you think so thoughtful!" Qingori finally reacted when he heard this and said in admiration.
The old house of the Zhou family is located in the south of the city. In fact, the Zhou family is a wealthy businessman in the south of the city, and most of the family's industries are concentrated in the south of the city. Li Zhang had already found out the address, so after a period of driving, the carriage finally stopped in front of the old house of the Zhou family.
Li Zhang helped Qing weave off the carriage, and then a maid came forward to knock on the door. After a while, an old man with dizzy eyes opened the door of the mansion, squinted his eyes and looked at them for a long time before he asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"Brother-in-law, I heard that there is a mansion for sale here. My wife and I were about to buy a mansion in the south of the city, so I came to have a look." Li Zhang came forward and smiled in person.
Although the old man guarding the gate had bad eyes, his ears were not deaf. When he heard that Li Zhang was visiting the house, he said happily: "Please come in quickly, you can take a walk in the front yard first, I'll go and invite the young lady!"
The old man said as he opened the door and invited Li Zhang and the others to come in. Then he asked a young servant to greet Li Zhang and the others. He quickly went to the inner house to invite the young lady he mentioned. However, as far as Li Zhang knew, the young lady was in her fifties, and it was estimated that only the old servants of the Zhou family would have this title.
The servant of the Zhou family was very clever and took Li Zhang around the front yard. The old Zhou family house covers a large area, which is certainly not as good as the Li Zhang family, but it is already very rare for a businessman. Moreover, the entire house is very exquisitely built. There is a garden pond in the front yard and a dedicated person to take care of it, which looks quite pleasing to the eye.
After walking around the front yard, Li Zhang and Qingzhi were sent to the front hall to serve tea. After a while, a lady in her fifties walked in. Although her temples were a little gray, they were very neatly combed, with a round face and big eyes and fair skin. Although she was old, she could vaguely see that she must have been a very beautiful woman when she was young.
"This is Mrs. Xu, my surname is Li. I heard that the house here is for sale, so I came to see it with my wife." Li Zhang immediately stood up and said, "The husband of the Zhou family's daughter's husband's surname is Xu, and she can only be named as her husband's surname when she gets married.
Chapter completed!