In Dou Qi's house, the shopkeeper hurried in, followed by a man, the same man who had just chased Li Dashao's wife in Taiping Residence.
The Dou family's residence is in Doujiazhuang. After the restaurant opened in the capital, Dou Qi built a four-entry residence near the middle of the capital and lived in it with two outer rooms.
When the shopkeeper and the man walked into the reception hall, Dou Qizheng was waiting impatiently.
"How?" he asked.
The man shook his head and pushed over a land deed.
Dou Qi sighed.
"I don't know what's good or bad." He cursed and waved his hands.
The man hurriedly exited.
The maid in the room poured tea and then left, leaving only the two of them talking.
"That's just a piece of cake." said the shopkeeper. "I followed the old man wholeheartedly at first, but now I regard them as my reborn parents and will not leave even if I live or die."
Dou Qi sighed again.
"Shameless." He said with a gloomy expression.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a boy ran in.
"Qi Langjun." He knelt down in the corridor, with a bit of panic, "Zhu Wu said that Wang Da and the others were beaten out!"
Dou Qi and the shopkeeper looked stunned.
"...Wang Da said, what about the good thugs raised by Taipingju? They are no match for them. He also said..." The boy continued.
Having said this, Dou Qi could no longer hold back his temper and overturned the table in front of him.
The boy was so frightened that he stopped talking.
"What else are you talking about?" Dou Qi asked angrily, eyes wide.
"They also said that the person in charge didn't tell them, which was why they failed like this. Therefore, they asked for some money for the soup or medicine, or else they would complain..." The boy lowered his head and said in one breath.
Sure enough, after saying this, a piece of paper was smashed out and rolled down in the yard.
"Get lost." Dou Qi cursed.
The boy turned around and ran away, but was stopped by the shopkeeper again.
"Master, if you don't get rid of these rogues, they will cause trouble," he advised.
Dou Qi got up angrily and walked back and forth in the room.
"He actually raised a good thug? With a few little strangers and no relatives to rely on, who would be afraid of him?" He said, raising his hand and pointing, "Take more money and tell Zhu Wu that those scoundrels used to brag.
Big, this trip has ruined your face. If you say someone is a good thug and just push him away, you will look like a coward."
The shopkeeper was a little hesitant.
"Are you making a big fuss?" he asked, "I don't know what other backers this Taipingju has. I can't find out anything else, except that the words hanging in front of the door are said to be written by a very powerful person."
Dou Qi sneered.
"So what if a scholar writes a few words?" he said. "Even if he has a backer, others don't. Besides, it's just a few ruffians making trouble and having a fight. What does it matter?"
The shopkeeper was a little confused.
If it's nothing, then why?
"If you cause trouble, bring it to the government office and teach them a long lesson." Dou Qi said with a sneer, "If he has connections behind his back, then even if they are lucky, they will just have to suffer a little. By the way, we can also see what it is."
Relationship, if there is no relationship..."
Speaking of this, the smile on Dou Qi's face became even colder.
"Send them to Scarlet Cai," he said.
Scarlet Cai, a well-known jailer in Beijing, walking around under him is no less than going through the gates of hell, there are a hundred ways to make you die quietly and silently.
Find an opportunity to send this bold foreigner in. Whether he can come out or not is entirely in his hands, Dou Qi.
You don't even need to ask Grandpa Gan to come forward to do all this. He, Dou Qi, can do it all by himself without anyone noticing.
"It's not that easy to make a fortune by relying on the Feng Shui of my Dou family!" He hummed and sat down.
In this way, maybe he can get this place back this time...
Dou Qi's eyes couldn't help but light up, and his breathing became a little rapid.
Zhou Lang and Qin Shisan returned home after eating vegetarian food. As soon as they entered the door, they were called by Mrs. Zhou.
There were two servant girls sitting in the room talking, looking very tired.
"...I met the master on the road. The master asked us to make sure the wife is safe." They laughed.
Is it the person that father went to Jiangzhou to bring? Why did he come back so soon?
Saturday Lang sat down and listened.
Mrs. Zhou ignored him for the time being, and was busy asking about Mr. Zhou. She was relieved when she heard that he had eaten, drank, and looked good.
"We have inquired about Mrs. Cheng's affairs these days."
Liu Lang, who was about to speak, suddenly stopped when he heard the servant woman's words.
Her thing?
"How is it?" Mrs. Zhou asked casually. Since she kicked the woman out, life at home has returned to normal, and she is no longer as nervous as before.
"Just as Madam guessed, she was kicked out because she was causing a lot of trouble at home..." the servant woman laughed.
Mrs. Zhou smiled.
"I knew it." She said, raising her hand to stop the servant girl, "Don't talk about her, I don't care. It's rare to have peace of mind. You are also tired, go down."
The servant girl put away her words and hurriedly said goodbye and left.
Saturday Lang looked away from the maid.
"Mother, what do you want from me?" he asked.
"I heard from Qiniang, what do you think Taipingju belongs to Jiao Jiao'er?" asked Mrs. Zhou.
"How could I say that?" Zhou Lang said, grinning, "Qiniang heard it wrong, I mean..."
He hesitated and lowered his head slightly.
"...Take her to Taiping Residence to try something new..." he said.
Seeing her son's shameful appearance, Mrs. Zhou felt angry and annoyed.
"How dare you! Break your legs!" she shouted.
Zhou Lang lowered his head and muttered and stopped talking.
"Go ahead, go ahead." Mrs. Zhou said angrily. She had no intention of asking who belonged to Taipingju.
Liu Lang exited, walked slowly, thoughtfully, and finally stopped.
Qin Shisan set up a chess board in Zuoru Lang's hall and played chess with two maids. When he came in, he ignored him until the two maids knelt down in the room.
"Tell me about it." Zhou Lang said.
The servant girl responded yes.
"Slave, did you start talking about the day when that... sweet lady came in?" she asked.
Qin Shisan raised his head and looked at the two servants, somewhat puzzled.
"It was evening that day, and the beautiful lady walked across the river bridge on the north side. At that time, there were many people washing clothes in the river under the bridge. They still remembered the lady's description. She walked slowly and seemed to be powerless..."
Along with the servant woman's narration, Liu Lang who was standing by seemed to have seen the plot at that time. Under the misty night, a woman slowly stood in front of the door of Cheng's house and raised her head to read the words on the door plaque.
She's home.
"...At that time, Mr. Cheng and Mrs. Cheng had a fight in Mr. Cheng's house... Although I tried to hide it, many people still heard about it. I spent five dollars to get information from Mrs. Cheng and her former errand mother.
I heard about it..."
Hearing this, the maid who was still playing chess with Qin Shisan in the room couldn't help laughing.
"You are really poor. The master is poor and the servants are also poor. You dare to sell it for five yuan," she said.
The servant girl also laughed.
"It's not that I'm greedy for money." She said, "Speaking of which, my mother also wanted to tell her that the Cheng family's sisters-in-law... don't get along."
"Oh?" The maid stopped playing chess and asked curiously, "Didn't you say that the family will not be separated for a long time? Why don't the sisters-in-law get along with each other?"
"Speaking of which, this also has something to do with the sweet lady." The servant girl smiled.
"What a joke. She is a fool, but she can't control their elders and sisters-in-law." Zhou Lang said with a snort, "The Cheng family is really useless, it's easy to say such things!"
"Sixth Young Master, when my dear wife came home, because she was ill and wanted to eat and drink better, the children at home complained..." the servant woman continued hurriedly.
Two servant girls were sitting in the hall, talking to each other to add fuel to the fire.
Qin Shisan slowly changed from casual to attentive and thoughtful.
In fact, there were not many things to talk about. One of them was something that Zhou Lang had personally experienced. The servant girl soon finished talking about it.
There was silence in the room, and both Zhou Lang and Qin Shisan seemed to be in a trance.
The two maids looked at each other, wondering what was so important about the trivial things they told about the food and drink of the maids and maids, that the young master valued them so much.
It seems that what I just heard about the Sixth Young Master and Cheng Jiaoniang is not a rumor among the people. Only those who are careful take everything into consideration.
"You guys go down." Saturday Lang said.
The maid was busy saluting, then thought of something and pushed out a small box from behind.
Saturday Lang looked over.
"This is Jiangzhou's famous dim sum." The servant girl said with a smile, "We specially sold some for you to try."
Liu Lang reached out and took it, looking at the words "Xuanmiao Guan" on the small box.
"Mysterious view?" he read.
"That's right, this is the most popular Taoist temple in Jiangzhou now. It's effective, and it makes delicious snacks..." the servant woman said enthusiastically.
Before she finished speaking, Qin Shisan spoke.
"What about the Xuanmiao Temple that Mrs. Cheng went to...?" he asked.
"Oh, Mrs. Cheng went to the Little Xuanmiao Temple. It was the property of the Cheng family. Later, it was burned down by thunder and fire, and it was handed over to the Daxuanmiao Temple down the mountain. So the Little Xuanmiao Temple disappeared. Now everyone just calls it the Xuanmiao Temple.
That’s it.” said the servant girl.
Saturday Lang was silent for a moment.
"Go down." He said.
The servant girl withdrew, and the maid in the house also withdrew.
Liu Lang looked at the small box in front of him, and Qin Shisan also looked over.
"Xuanmiao..." he said, "Taiping..."
"Are you saying that this also started from her?" Zhou Lang asked suddenly.
"Maybe." Qin Shisan smiled, "I don't know either."
When he said this, he became attentive.
"But I do know that this sister of yours is really someone you can't mess with," he said.
Saturday Lang looked at him.
Qin Shisanlang stretched out his hand.
"At least two lives," he said. "If there are still casualties among the servants and maids of the two families who were sold, then it will be more."
Saturday Lang's face was tense and his brows were deep.
"What are you talking about?" he said, "Why does she have to do with human life? That's thunder and fire! Natural disaster! Why does she want other people's lives!"
Qin Shisan looked at him in silence for a moment.
"Yes, yes, I am really becoming more and more fanciful. All I think about is all kinds of nonsense." He said with a smile, reaching for the small box, "Let me have a taste of this mystery."
When night fell, Xu Maoxiu, Fan Jianglin and Xu Bangchui sat in the Yudaiqiao house.
"These scoundrels are so bold!" The maidservant shouted anxiously and angrily after hearing this, "Madam, I will tell the old man right now."
Cheng Jiaoniang looked at her and smiled.
"How can these scoundrels work like an old man?" she said.
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Thank you to the leader for the rewards in the past few days. Thank you to the helmsman and Shibi for the rewards. Thank you to everyone for following the order in such a slow situation. Thank you to everyone for voting to keep me at the top of the list. I can see it. I want to work hard to do better.
