"Old friend? What old friend? How about a greeting?" Zhang Rongfang gathered his thoughts and looked at the old Taoist.
These experienced Taoists are all wandering Taoist priests who have recently been recruited and work as odd jobs in the temple.
Although they are just tourists, they still know a few basic Taoist classics. With a little training, they can also use it to trick pilgrims into paying for donations.
"Here." The old Taoist presented the greeting card with both hands.
Chen Han stepped forward to take it, unfolded it, smelled it, touched the paper, and made sure it was OK before handing it over to Zhang Rongfang.
After receiving the invitation, Zhang Rongfang glanced at the writing on it.
"Tan Yang's Sun family? Sun Qinghong? Sun Chaoyue's father?" He immediately recalled the president Sun Chaoyue and Sun Hui he had met a few days ago.
That noble and spiritual woman who is as proud as a red rose.
The greeting card mentioned that if he agreed, Sun Qinghong would visit him personally at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
"Daozi, should I come down?" Old Taoist asked in a low voice, "The person who asked me to pay my respects is still waiting outside."
Zhang Rongfang shook his head.
"Although we are old friends, the Tan Yangsun family is worthless to me. It would be a waste of time to meet them. Just go back."
Sun Chaoyue wasn't familiar with him either. She just said hello at first, but she didn't expect the family to climb up along the pole.
In addition, Sun Chaoyue's father, he remembered, seemed to be the ninth-grade governor.
Once upon a time, in his eyes, the ninth grade was an unattainable top master.
But now...that's it.
in his position.
Ninth grade is not even qualified to be his bodyguard.
Below the Ninth Grade, and above the Ninth Grade, there are already two worlds.
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In a post station in the outer ring of Erythrina.
Two strong men and women wearing black gauze hats and dark green attire, holding waist knives in hand, entered the inn and checked in.
The postman led the two people up to the second floor, opened the door to a large room in the corner.
As soon as the two of them entered the door, they closed it behind their backs and quickly checked their surroundings.
After confirming that there was no problem, the two came to the dining table.
The woman took out a large scroll more than one meter long from her back, unfolded the scroll, and painted three wanted portraits on it.
"Sir, my subordinate has just received news from the Yamen. Someone seems to have quietly gone to the Yamen to report the crime. Report the address and whereabouts of fugitive Sun Qinghong."
She pointed with her hand at one of the portraits.
"Good guy, this family can really escape." Another man looked at the portrait on the table in surprise.
"In that case, we will come to arrest you tomorrow," the man said seriously.
"This...I'm afraid it's not enough." The woman shook her head, "Although the Sun family is in dire straits now, according to the news I got, the Sun family seems to have some relationship with the new Shou Jiao."
"Hiss...Zhang Ying and Zhang Shoujiao?!" The man took a breath of air.
"Exactly." The woman nodded.
"That's really troublesome. How did you get the news?" the man asked quickly.
"My comrades here happened to see Zhang Shoujiao on the street when he was guarding important people. He took the initiative to talk to people from the Sun family.
They took note of this and gave it to me in advance." The woman replied.
"This is troublesome." The man frowned.
His name is Xue Zicun. He was born in Xuehong Pavilion.
But unlike many other Xuehong Pavilion masters, he is not engaged in protection work.
It's a pursuit.
Chase wanted criminals from all over the world.
But even if he didn't do protection work, he still had heard about the previous incident.
"Zhang Ying, Zhang Shoujiao, Taoist disciple of the Great Dao. This person is not an ordinary person.
Many people were implicated in the previous disappearance of Princess Yongxiang, but nothing happened to him, Citong.
Not only was it okay, he was even promoted because of it, and from his previous deputy position, he took over the power of his official position in disguise."
After a pause, Xue Zicun shook his head.
"Such a big shot like this can avoid being implicated even if the princess disappears. If there is really a connection with the Sun family, then..."
"Sir, why don't we wait a little longer? Let's make sure whether the Sun family has any relationship with this Taoist master. If it doesn't matter, we will arrest him directly. If there is a relationship, we will wait and see for the time being.
Anyway, Sun Qinghong was severely injured by us last time and couldn't go anywhere." The woman answered quickly.
"That's okay." Xue Zicun nodded.
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The largest medicine store in Erythrina - Mingjing Store.
Outside the gate, many sailors were carefully using trailers and carts to transport large quantities of medicinal materials out in sacks.
A store dedicated to retailing medicine.
Sun Chaoyue was dripping with fragrance and sweating all over her body. She had just finished practicing martial arts and came here to buy the medicine her father needed.
She wore very short gray and white short-sleeved shorts, exposing her fair thighs and arms, and wore a slim-fitting dark green windbreaker, covering most of the exposed skin.
Martial arts practice requires loose and less restrictive clothing, so she generally likes to wear very little to prevent sweat from soaking the clothes and making them uncomfortable to stick to her body.
But in this way, the attire for practicing martial arts alone is too revealing, and short-sleeved shorts can only cover three vital points.
So to prevent herself from being exposed, she added a windbreaker.
This kind of dress is very common among female warriors.
Windbreakers are generally used after sweating to block cold air and wind evil from entering the body.
Sun Chaoyue calculated the remaining money in his purse.
After almost falling into the dilemma of not being able to even afford juice.
She finally went back and returned the hairpin she bought for her birthday.
Now, as a gangster, she can't work to make money, so she can only sit and eat. She has to save as much as possible.
It's just... that hairpin only costs two taels of silver... compared to when I was in Tan Yang.
At that time, she even used hundreds of taels of incense at will.
Now for my birthday, I don’t even have two taels of silver for my hair accessories...
The huge sense of gap made Sun Chaoyue feel sad.
"Miss Xiaoyue, are you here to buy the medicine from last time? It's all ready for you."
The medicine shop clerk's voice brought her back to reality from her thoughts.
After gathering her mood, Sun Chaoyue nodded.
"Well, I want three pairs this time." She took out her purse, counted out twenty taels of silver, put it on the counter, and pushed it over.
My father's injury is very troublesome. He was injured before. If he had taken medicine quickly at that time, it wouldn't have been so difficult.
The key is that in order to avoid subsequent pursuit, my father held his breath and hid in the quagmire.
As a result, the wound became infected...
Later, he forced himself to hold himself up and fled with a group of people for several days, which eventually caused the root of the disease to penetrate deep into his internal organs.
Sun Chaoyue watched the money being picked up by the clerk and weighed it with a small scale. Then she began to stack three packages of medicinal materials wrapped in yellow paper in front of her.
This is the last bit of money...
In fact, their family has long been out of money. If it weren't for the funding from the gangster who tried to molest her, she wouldn't even be able to pay for the medicine this time.
What has made matters worse recently is that the security situation in Citong Port has suddenly become such that no one picks up items on the road and no one closes their doors at night.
The streets are full of patrolling officers and police officers.
Not to mention little gangsters, not even a drunkard fell to the ground.
The sailors who usually drank and made trouble disappeared during this time.
Occasionally, one of them would be dragged away and whipped immediately.
This level of security has cut off Sun Chaoyue's last source of extra income...
Picking up the medicine bag, she sighed softly, turned around and left.
"Huh? We meet again?"
In the shop, the short and fat shopkeeper, together with several people, slowly approached accompanied by a tall and burly man.
The man glanced over and looked surprised.
Sun Chaoyue also didn't expect that not long after, they happened to meet again.
"Zhang Ying?" She recognized the man.
"Are you here to buy medicine too?" She didn't know what to say.
Instinctively, she tightened her windbreaker to cover her exposed corset.
It seemed that such an action could ease the tension in her heart a little.
"Well... did something happen at home? Do you need help? I happen to have some spare time here." Zhang Rongfang glanced at Sun Chaoyue's outfit.
A linen windbreaker costing several hundred yuan, and her long black hair was so pure that there was only a wooden hairpin.
Underfoot are sheepskin short boots that are a little old and have some yellowing at the edges. Looking up from the boots, the edges of the socks inside are also a little damaged.
Combined with the previous greetings from Sun Qinghong of the Sun family, Zhang Rongfang instantly made an association in his mind.
He also had no idea that Sun Chaoyue, the then Miss Tan Yang, would end up in such a predicament.
I originally thought that even if the Sun family was weaker, they were still spiritual aristocrats and martial arts practitioners, so they wouldn't be that bad.
But now it seems... he seems to have misunderstood.
Zhang Rongfang changed his mind. He never thought that Sun Chaoyue would be like this.
I thought it would be nice to get acquainted with each other, and maybe I could help him by the way because I have some connections with Li Huoyun.
That's what he thought and what he did.
As long as it's not too annoying, many things are just a word to him now.
Sun Chaoyue gritted her teeth gently.
"Did you misunderstand something?"
She raised her pretty face and showed a natural smile.
"I just came back from practicing martial arts, and I was wearing a random set of old things from the past, which can be regarded as waste.
We have indeed encountered some difficulties recently, but... my Sun family is not reduced to the point of accepting charity from others."
She looked at Zhang Rongfang with the last hint of stubbornness in her eyes.
"Thank you for your kindness. Speaking of which, you don't think that I, a fourth-grade martial arts cultivator, can't even afford a good outfit, do you?"
"Really? That's good. It's true. With President Sun's talent, it's really not that bad. I just made a mistake." Zhang Rongfang nodded.
"It doesn't matter, you also have good intentions. Then I'll leave first." Sun Chaoyue smiled back.
The Sun family is involved in the Tantric Cult. This kind of trouble is also a huge concern for ordinary people.
Although she was grateful to Zhang Ying for her kindness, she was unwilling to implicate others because of her own affairs.
She doesn't know what Zhang Ying is doing now, but no matter what his identity is, once he is involved in the secret sect, he will definitely be in trouble.
Sun Jiagui was the governor of the government at first, but in the end he was reduced to this.
Thinking of this, Sun Chaoyue quickly walked out of the drug store without looking back. He walked faster and faster, and soon disappeared into the crowd, silently.
Zhang Rongfang looked away and continued to ask the drug store owner about the medicinal materials he needed.
After using up the previous Bigu Pill, he needed to purchase new raw materials and refine another batch.
As for Sun Chaoyue, it was indeed just a chance encounter.
He wanted to offer help, but it was only in a temporary mood. It was rare to meet fellow Tan Yang in Citong.
Since they don't need it, he won't take the initiative to get it.
This matter was forgotten by him in the blink of an eye.
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laugh.
The oil lamp flickered slightly at night, boiling some water.
Sun Qinghong coughed twice and rubbed her stomach after drinking the medicine.
For the injuries on the back and abdomen, the pain gradually subsided as the medicine gradually took effect.
The words of Tong Haocun, the former head of the Tong family, were still echoing in his mind.
The Sun family is now really at the end of its rope...
actually.
He had always had doubts.
The Tong family was involved in the shipowner's fraud case.
His money, jewelry, and years of savings were all gone overnight.
But there was no evidence, so he couldn't say anything. He didn't dare to say anything.
But Tong Haocun mentioned before that the pursuers of Xuehong Pavilion have arrived at Citong and may come to the door at any time.
Those damn spiritual guards were the murderers who left such heavy injuries on his body.
If they find out where I'm hiding... I'm afraid...