Rebirth of the Phoenix

Chapter 52 The Bridge Collapse Accident

Feng Yun'er rushed to find Zhang Xiu with a letter from Feng's family, "Brother Xiu, read this letter."

Zhang Xiu took the letter, glanced at it, and understood the central idea of ​​the letter, "It seems that someone has already made a move." She said flatly, a gleam of light flashed in her eyes.

"It's the second prince, right?" Feng Yun'er recalled that she was stopped by the second prince just now, so she told Zhang Xiu about the conversation she had just had with the second prince.

Zhang Xiu pondered for a while, "It may not be the second prince, it may be someone else." There is too little information, and she has too little to speculate on.

"Brother Xiu, you know the situation of our Feng family. Now we have separated, and we have no rights in our hands. If we want to run a big family, we have to squeeze out the money to buy food. Although it is said that if the restaurant business is reduced, it will We can take out the money, but in this way, we will lose a lot of money. I originally thought that it would be okay to lose money, and I will get through this difficulty first, but I am afraid that the person behind him will have something behind him..." This is What Feng Yun'er was worried about, she felt that she didn't have Zhang Xiu's cleverness in her mind, so she let Zhang Xiu make up her mind.

"Well, you wait for a while. I'm also waiting for the Zhang family's reply. I'll put aside the issue of food. I've already asked Yao Qi and the others to bring over the family's surplus food for emergency use. Use it first. Wait a minute. Let's talk about it one step at a time." Zhang Xiu pondered for a while, and said slowly, "During this time, don't be idle, please ask a doctor you know to go to the free clinic with you, and we will thoroughly investigate the situation of the shopkeepers in the restaurant, by the way. , you mentioned before that your maid’s father, Wang San, has done a good job in Beijing, since he’s here to deliver the letter, don’t leave, let’s talk about things later.”

What Zhang Xiu told Du Juan’s father Wang San to do was very simple. It was to collect and disseminate information among the refugees. The results were astonishing on the first day. There were already rumors among the refugees that the Yuelai Restaurant was rich and unkind, earning ignorant money. Zhang Xiu knew it when he heard it. This was guided by someone behind her back, she hooked her hand at Wang San, and when Wang San approached, she whispered in her ear, "Just push the rumors, just say how bad Yuelai Restaurant is, and talk about how bad the restaurant is." There is a lack of virtue, so let's focus on this point, and I will teach you the next step when the people become more and more popular." Zhang Xiu knew that every year the restaurant would open a porridge shop to provide disaster relief, so she didn't worry about the rumors at all. Rumors are also a science.

"Brother, I went to the prison supervisor. The shopkeeper Tong of the restaurant is not in prison. It is said that no one named Tong has ever entered the prison." Yao Qi walked in sweating profusely.

Seeing this, Wang San bowed and retreated.

Zhang Xiu frowned slightly. As expected, the prison warden was greedy for money and alcohol, so it was easy to knock his mouth open. Since Tong is not in prison, where is he now?Or is this a scene played by Shopkeeper Tong and County Magistrate Yuan?

"The one named Tong is Yuan Kui's wife-in-law." Xuan Bin's voice came from outside the door.

Zhang Xiu looked up and saw that there were water marks on Xuan Bin's forehead, obviously he had arrived in a hurry, and she understood this intention, "Then the problem came, everyone knew at that time that the restaurant was owned by Xiao Yuan, the uncle's mansion and the empress's house. As the backstage, did the two of them eat the ambitious leopard and dare to plot against the queen?"

Seeing Zhang Xiu believed what he said without questioning at all, Xuan Bin felt inexplicably refreshed, the exhaustion from traveling all the way was swept away, and there was a heavy feeling of being trusted in his heart. Hearing Zhang Xiu's words, he I also started thinking about it.

"I said, don't you think too much? It can't be simple corruption." Yao Qi muttered, these days he feels that his brain is not enough.

As soon as these words came out, the two looked at Yao Qi in unison, with an inexplicable brilliance in their eyes.

"Why are you looking at me like this?" Yao Qi felt puzzled.

"Brother, I didn't expect that, you're actually smarter." Zhang Xiu silently patted Yao Qi's shoulder.

"Yeah, I didn't expect to wake up the dreamer with just one word." Xuan Bin said, and patted Yao Qi's other shoulder tacitly.

"If this is the case, the plan will be changed." Zhang Xiu raised her head and looked at Xuan Bin calmly.

"Yes, but we must also beware of those orioles." Xuan Bin replied with a confident smile.

"I said, what kind of riddles are you playing? Why can't I understand anything?" Yao Qi felt that he was excluded, and he was very puzzled.

"You don't need to understand, let's go, let's drink flower wine." Xuan Bin said, pulling Yao Qi by the back collar and walking out the door.

"What? Drink flower wine? I've never been there before." Yao Qi's voice trembled, and he couldn't tell whether it was fear or excitement.

Zhang Xiu stood outside the door of the brothel, stroking the two mustaches on her lips. She had read a lot of novels in the past, and now it was finally her turn to walk into this kind of place in person. Thinking about it, she was a little excited.

"Brother Zhang, please." Xuan Bin changed his outfit and looked like a playboy, while Yao Qi, with a mournful face, followed Xuan Bin pretending to be a follower.

"Please." Zhang Xiu came back to her senses and played her role professionally. As soon as she entered the door, she was choked by the smell of rouge in the building.

"Oh, you guys are unfamiliar, but there are girls you know well, no, please, I will let some girls come to your room later." The old bustard said, and let someone lead the way .

This time, several people came here for only one person, and that was Yuan Kui's master, Master Wu.

"Hey, Binzi, have you arranged everything?" Yao Qi couldn't help himself nervously, it was the first time he did such a thing, no matter how bold he was...

"I'm doing things, so you can rest assured." Xuan Bin waved his fan calmly.

They didn't say a word after that, they just waited for someone from the next door to enter, Xuan Bin calculated the time, about three cups of tea, he rushed to the next room with a serious face, and went straight to the next room without saying a word. It was a good fight, "How dare you rob the maid by force! How dare you take the fugitive slave privately!"

Master Wu was beaten directly. He was lying on the ground and rolling around. It was the first time he was beaten like this. His mind was a bit dull, but no matter how dull he was, he knew that taking fugitive slaves privately was a capital crime. A fugitive slave!"

Xuan Bin sneered, and put the things in front of Master Wu. Master Wu took a look, "No, I bought Xiao Taohong three days ago. She is the number one brothel, how could she be a fugitive slave?"

"I said she is, so she must be." Xuan Bin stepped on the round stool, approached Master Wu, and said slowly.

Master Wu's pupils shrank slightly, should he be said to be a smart person?Suddenly he figured it out, "Master, I, Wu Neng, am just a small person, you...let me go, don't embarrass me?"

"That's why you don't make things difficult for us." Although Yao Qi hadn't rehearsed the scene beforehand, he still threw out a knife, put it under Master Wu's nose, and threatened.

"Don't tell me, don't talk to me, let me just say... let me say..." Master Wu hurriedly said everything like beans in a bamboo tube.

The three looked at each other unconsciously and smiled.

I finally know the truth, the truth is that the treasurer Tong sent here wanted profit, and the county magistrate Yuan wanted fame, so they partnered up to build the bridge. , while shopkeeper Tong benefited from it, after all, he was still greedy, and what happened after that was that someone in Beijing contacted Yuan County Magistrate, wanting to take this opportunity to take the restaurant into his hands.

"The restaurant is just a business after all, what are they doing it for?" Yao Qi wondered.

"In order to sit in that seat." Xuan Bin said lazily.

"Speaking of which, it's the first time I've seen you, Binzi, speak so seriously and domineeringly." Yao Qi looked at Xuan Bin curiously.

"Brother has always been very domineering." It was rare for Xuan Bin to say something complacent.

Zhang Xiu was smiling, but her heart was a little shy. She suddenly remembered the rumors in the palace a few years ago that the empress wanted to adopt Xiao Yuan at that time. A son, if something happens to the two princes, who can the throne be given to?Thinking about it this way, Xiao Yuan's departure may have been artificial, and is he going to deal with her and Yun'er now?

At night, Zhang Xiu couldn't fall asleep for a long time, she paced into the courtyard, it was cool tonight, she looked up, it was another fifteen, the moon was very round and beautiful, but her heart couldn't be calm for a long time, she was worried, rare She is not confident, she is not sure that she can pass this test safely, and she is not sure where she is going... "Who?" She seems to have noticed something, she feels that someone is watching her, she looks back , but only saw a black shadow...

"Qiao Xun, the dark hall, has seen the master." At this time, a flat voice came from directly in front of Zhang Xiu.

Looking back, Zhang Xiu saw the man in black kneeling on one knee and saluting with both hands raised. She pondered for a moment before asking, "Grandma asked you to come?"

"The old lady asked Qiao Xun to give this letter to the master." The man named Qiao Xun handed a letter and a token to Zhang Xiu.

After Zhang Xiu took the letter, she read it carefully. When it was over, she said to Qiao Xun, "Why is Hall Master Qiao still kneeling? Please get up quickly." She narrowed her eyes and smiled.

"Master won't let Qiao Xun get up, so Qiao Xun won't get up." Qiao Xun is a good person, and he can see Zhang Xiu's displeasure at a glance, "Qiao Xun was late this time because he wanted to catch two people and bring them back to the master. .”

"Oh?" Zhang Xiu listened intently.

"Qiao Xun knows that the master is troubled by all kinds of things now, so he specially ordered his men to go down and arrest the shopkeeper Tong and the waiter." Qiao Xun bowed his head and said respectfully.

Only then did Zhang Xiu lean over to help Qiao Xun up, "Master Qiao please get up quickly, and don't call me master, I don't like it, just call me young master." Only then did Zhang Xiu see Qiao Xun's words clearly. Appearance, Qiao Xun looks like the face of passers-by, the kind of face that no one would notice on the road, about [-] years old, with strong arms and many calluses on his hands, his ability to do things can also be seen from this matter, The old lady really sent someone over, "Brother Qiao has so many things to do."

"I don't dare to call you a young master like that." After saying that, Qiao Xun wanted to kneel down again, trying to talk about it, but in the end he only accepted Zhang Xiu to call him by his first name.

Qiao Xun didn't say that he had been here for a long time and had been watching Zhang Xiu's work. If Zhang Xiu didn't agree with him, he would still give Zhang Xiu the dark room, but he himself would not follow Zhang Xiu's side.

Zhang Xiu got Qiao Xun like a tiger with wings, and the next day, he gathered all the people and met with Yuan County Magistrate directly. Yuan County Magistrate was still denying it, but seeing that his wife and uncle fell into the hands of others, it was impossible to deny it. In the end, he admitted it. Forced to sign and pledge to leave evidence.

"Brother, since you know what the whole thing is like, why didn't you get Yuan Kui out?" Yao Qi frowned. If he hadn't been convinced by Zhang Xiu, he might have already Sued.

"If the county magistrate is changed, it will still be like this. The world is as black as crows." Xuan Bin grinned.

Zhang Xiu didn't answer because her reasons were too dark. The current county magistrate is an old acquaintance of them after this incident. If the county magistrate has to deal with them again, she owns a restaurant, so she will naturally choose The best solution, and Yuan County Magistrate has a handle in their hands, which also facilitates their work. Yuan County Magistrate is just greedy, just let him spit out the greedy money. The problem now is only the food problem.

On the other side, because Feng Yun'er is Chenghua's apprentice, she invited a few old doctors to go to the free clinic together. The medicinal materials needed for the free clinic were all provided by the Feng family and the Zhang family. There were few people in Yun'er's free clinic, so Feng Yun'er took the initiative to walk among the refugees, and when she saw someone who was not in good health, she went up to take a pulse. His medical skills are much higher than before.

On this day, she had a free clinic as usual, but was harassed by a refugee, "Little sister, you are so beautiful, why are you working so hard, why don't you go back with your father... Ouch! It hurts!" Yun'er stuck a needle in her hand and wanted to prick her buttocks, "Oh, brother, why do you feel pain here? Tsk tsk... that's not a good sign... The younger sister is not good at learning, so I have to wrong my brother to go to the old doctor's place." Seek medical attention." As she spoke, she deliberately used her heavy hand when pulling out the needle, "It hurts!"

Feng Yun'er Mimi smiled and watched the guy's hand swell, and then she held her hand and went to the next door to seek medical treatment. She queued up again, and when she finally reached this person, the old doctor was annoyed, "It's okay, go back and apply ice. It's all right, next one." The woman cried without tears.

Feng Yun'er hummed happily. She was originally in a good mood, but at the end of the free clinic, she became depressed. She was unhappy, but she had a smile on her face, "Brother You, why are you here?"

Long Xiang looked at Feng Yun'er seriously, and felt for the first time that even if they were face to face, there seemed to be a gap between the two, "I heard that you are doing free medical treatment here, so I just wanted to come and see you." He took a deep breath, and put on the charming smiling face that everyone in the academy said.

"Brother You has a heart." Feng Yun'er smiled softly, deliberately letting her mind go blank.

"Will you come to the Qiuting tea party in half a month?" Long Xiang glanced at the refugees around him. He felt very depressed. Looking at Feng Yun'er's smile, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that her smile was very awkward and very uncomfortable. Like...sincerely.

Feng Yun'er showed a surprised look at the right time, "Brother You has also seen the situation here, and I'm not sure if I can walk away, so..."

"Come if you can, I'll wait for you, Yun'er." Long Xiang said seriously, maybe Feng Yun'er is different to him, it is the mountain that he has never successfully conquered.

Feng Yun'er suppressed herself desperately. She thought that she would never hear her name from Long Xiang's mouth in this life, but when this moment came, she felt sick and wanted to vomit. In front of Long Xiang, she was trampled to pieces by his foot. In this life, she avoided him like a snake, but he regarded her as the target of conquest. Sure enough, she must have been blind in her previous life, otherwise why would she fall in love with such a person.

"Yun'er?" Seeing that she was distracted, Long Xiang called out softly. He took a step forward, and when he was about to reach out, Feng Yun'er, who had regained his senses, dodged that hand. A hurt expression appeared on his face, "Yun'er...sister, actually I've always wanted to ask, you and Zhang Xiu..." He seemed unable to continue, his black eyes were full of affection.

Feng Yun'er straightly said that it was affectionate and false, she just wanted to put Long Xiang aside, but she would use a tactful way, she nodded shyly and timidly, recalling Zhang Xiu, her face involuntarily showed joy , "We...we are together, Brother You, will you be happy for me?"

Long Xiang knew this fact very clearly, but when Feng Yun'er said it, Long Xiang felt a stabbing pain in his heart, "I...wouldn't..." He said with difficulty, "Yun'er, I originally Thought our childhood sweethearts could..."

Before she finished speaking, Feng Yun'er's face turned pale, "Brother You, even if you object, I will stay with Zhang Xiu, and I will not be separated from him." As she spoke, she burst into tears. Go, every move is like a girl whose lover has been rejected by her childhood sweetheart.

This performance of singing and writing really blinded Long Xiang, but Long Xiang's anger was all poured on Zhang Xiu. |Come in, he has already married Feng Yun'er.

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