Volume 3: The Richest Man in the World Chapter 43: Wanli Escort
Wu Liu said to Cai Qiaozhu, "Madam, I have invited everyone as you ordered. I will go one by one and they will all come."
Cai Qiaozhu had no expression on her face and just nodded.
Wu Liu couldn't help but said, "Young Lady, do you really want to..."
Cai Qiaozhu said with a dark face: "If you want to break it off, then break it off. If you want to end it, then end it... Didn't you hear what I said at the time?"
Wu Liu lowered his head.
Cai Qiaozhu said: "Go to Ritianju right now and tell him to come to Shanggong Garden the day after tomorrow. If he doesn't come the day after tomorrow, don't blame me for being rude then!"
Wu Liu agreed and walked out of the room. Suddenly, he turned sideways and saw Cai Qiaozhu holding her chest with a look of pain on her face. Wu Liu sighed and thought, "How could things turn out like this... Did I do something wrong?"
He came to Ritian Residence and saw Mr. Er He checking Ye Youyu's pulse in the small hall. Wu Liu was a little worried. After Mr. Er He finished checking Ye Youyu's pulse, he asked, "Is the Third Young Lady sick?"
Mr. Er He looked at the two of them separately. Ye Youyu said, "It's okay. I just feel a little uncomfortable, so I asked Mr. Er He to check my pulse." Mr. Er He said nothing more. He wrote a prescription and said, "This is not your first time. You know how to take care of yourself."
Ye Youyu took the prescription and folded it, and asked Dongxue to send Mr. He out, and then asked Wu Liu what was going on. Wu Liu was a little embarrassed, but he still briefly explained the matter: "...So the eldest young lady has made an appointment with the fifteenth uncle, the shopkeeper Liu and others to discuss important family matters with Hao Guan in Shanggong Garden the day after tomorrow, and asked Hao Guan to come at that time."
Ye Youyu guessed what Cai Qiaozhu was going to do, but Wu Chengjian had told her, and she had just been in this situation, so she didn't say anything. She thought, "My health is the most important thing now." She said, "Okay, I'll tell Hao Guan."
Wu Liu said, "Please ask Hao Guan to come..." He paused and said, "Third Young Lady, please persuade Hao Guan as well. Things have been a mess at home these days. I have done some things wrong, but I really don't want this family to continue to be so bad. If some of the problems here are because of me, I will not be able to face the master and the eldest young master when I die in the future."
He had gone a little too far by saying these few words, but he was just a servant after all. Ye Youyu glanced at him, said nothing, and nodded, "Okay, I'll tell Hao Guan what you said."
After Wu Liu left, Ye Youyu asked, "Where is Hao Guan?"
Qiuyue said: "I don't know, but Xia Qing just got a call and asked her to go to Huachahao."
Speaking of Huachahao, Dongxue, who had just sent Mr. Er He here, became nervous.
Ye Youyu called Changzi and said, "Go to Huachaihao to look for Haoguan. If Haoguan is not available, please come back immediately. If it is not convenient, tell him what happened just now. Also... ask him to come back tonight no matter what. I have something important to say."
Dongxue followed him out and whispered to him to pay attention to whether "the one from Yizhuang" had returned to Huachaihao.
Changzi took a small boat and went straight to the Huacha. When he got on the big ship, he felt that the atmosphere on board was quite tense. He was now the most trusted confidant among the servants, second only to Wu Qi, so someone led him to the main cabin. When he got inside, he did not see Tan Sanniang, but Liu Sanye and Foshan Chen were sitting inside, and Tietou Junba was accompanied by a middle-aged man with a package on his back, who seemed to be going on a long journey.
Wu Chengjian bowed to the man and said goodbye: "I'll leave everything to you."
The middle-aged man returned the greeting, said goodbye and left, and Ironhead Military Scar saw him off.
Changzai stepped forward, Wu Chengjian saw him and asked, "What's the matter?"
Changzi stammered, "Family...family matters."
Mr. Liu San asked, "Shall we step aside for a while?"
Wu Chengjian said, "Third brother, you guys take a seat, we'll go to the back." He took Wu Qichangzi to the back, and Changzi stuttered to finish his words. Wu Chengjian didn't respond, so he said, "Tell Third Young Lady that I'll be back at Shanggong Garden the day after tomorrow, and ask her to tell Sister-in-law that I'll be back tonight as well."
Changzi replied, "Yes." He was still thinking about Dongxue's instructions and wanted to see if Tan Sanniang was on the Huachahao.
Wu Chengjian said: "What are you still doing here? Go back."
After sending Changzi away, Wu Chengjian came out and continued talking with Liu Sanye and Foshan Chen.
Foshan Chen Dao: "Is there something urgent at home?"
The two of them are now close friends, so Chen from Foshan expressed his concern.
Wu Chengjian said, "It's not urgent..." He paused and said, "Brother Chen, come to my Wu Garden the day after tomorrow. I have something for you to watch. We burned yellow paper. Although it was just a game, we both know it's not a game."
Chen from Foshan guessed something and agreed.
Mr. Liu sighed, "Hao Guan, are you really going to break up with He Shen?"
"If possible, I don't want to lose face now." Wu Chengjian said, "It would be great if it could be postponed for a few months, but unfortunately, I am willing to do so, but others are not. After thinking it over, I feel that since there is no hope of delaying it, it is better to give it a try instead of struggling like this!"
At this time, Xia Qing came in and said, "Xiaojiu's injuries have been treated."
Behind her followed Wu Xiaojiu, who had washed up and was no longer in the miserable state he had been in downstairs at Zhenhai Tower. He had been tortured on the way and had lost a lot of weight, but fortunately his face was not injured or disfigured. At this moment, he knelt down and cried, "Hao Guan."
"Stop crying!" Wu Chengjian asked, "Calm down your emotions and tell me what's going on."
Wu Xiaojiu nodded like a chick pecking at rice, wiped away the tears that had just flowed, and said : "That day, Master Zhou suddenly received a letter. Master Zhou was very surprised after receiving the letter. He immediately took me on a small boat to a small temple in the southern suburbs, where I met a person.
"When Master Zhou saw the man, he asked in astonishment: 'You...how are you still alive!' The two of them hugged each other and started crying. I was confused watching from the side, but Master Zhou did not explain to me. The two of them went to the back and talked for a long time. Suddenly, Master Zhou yelled something. I hurried to see what was going on, but I saw Master Zhou staggering out, and then another person rushed out and grabbed Master Zhou.
"I was startled and wanted to go up to help, but several people suddenly rushed out of the small temple, which was originally empty, and grabbed me. The man who was holding Master Zhou said, 'Mr. Zhou, do you really want me to tie you up?' Master Zhou said, 'Let go! I will go with you.' The man who was holding him really let go.
"Master Zhou really stopped struggling, and the people who grabbed me let me go. At this time, the person who had been crying with Master Zhou before also came out. When Master Zhou saw him, he spit in the man's face - I have never seen Master Zhou be so rude. But the man lowered his head and dared not say anything. Those people wanted to take us away, but Master Zhou pointed at me and said, 'This boy has nothing to do with this, let him go.' But I saw the man who had twisted Master Zhou before sneered and said, 'Mr. Zhou, what do you think?' Then he winked, and I suddenly felt a pain in the back of my head, and I lost consciousness."
Hearing this, Mr. Liu San said, "The person that Master Zhou spat on must have been someone Master Zhou once trusted very much. This person betrayed Master Zhou out of loyalty, and that's how Master Zhou got betrayed!"
Wu Chengjian nodded and said to Wu Xiaojiu, "Go on."
Wu Xiaojiu said: "After I woke up, I found myself swaying, it was pitch black around me, and I was tied up, but I should be on a boat. I wanted to struggle, but I heard the voice of Master Zhou saying: 'Don't move, it's no good.' When I heard Master Zhou's voice, my heart settled a little. I wanted to speak, but I found my mouth was blocked. After an unknown amount of time, someone opened the cabin door, and someone came to carry Master Zhou out. I struggled quickly, and Master Zhou suddenly said to me: 'Xiaojiu, don't move, just follow them, so as not to suffer unnecessary hardships.' I listened to Master Zhou and stopped moving.
"They handcuffed me in the cabin and brought me food, but wouldn't let me out. They threatened me that if I screamed, they would cut off my tongue. I was scared and remembered Master Zhou's words, so I didn't dare to scream or move. I ate seven or eight meals in the cabin before they carried me out. As soon as I got out of the cabin, they covered my head with a black cloth. So I didn't know where I went or where I ended up. I just remember changing cars, stopping twice along the way, eating three or four meals, and then changing boats. I was almost shaken by the constant shaking of cars and boats.
"It was not until the fifth or sixth time that I changed boats. This time it was very long. The days were so long that I didn't even know how many meals I had. Just when I could no longer bear it, they took me out again. This time, the scenery around me was different. The trees were trees I had never seen before. The surroundings were very empty and looked desolate. The accents of the people on the dock were also completely different from our Guangdong accent.
"I saw Master Zhou again when I arrived at the dock. They had already untied me, and they didn't seem to be afraid that I would run away. I was about to ask something when I heard Master Zhou looking around and sighing, 'I never thought that I would come to the capital again in this life.'"
Chen from Foshan was a little surprised: "You have arrived in the capital?"
Wu Xiaojiu wiped away her tears. "Yes, I didn't dare to believe it at first, but after listening to what people around me said, I had to believe it. We actually arrived in the capital. The place where we landed seemed to be called Tongzhou. After landing, we traveled for two days before entering a big city. The people who were holding me said, 'You are blessed. I will let you see the prosperity of the capital .' In fact, I didn't have the heart to see the prosperity of the capital. I just felt that everywhere was gray and there were many people, but they were all very poor. Occasionally, there were a few nobles on horseback, and their clothes looked too rich. We were taken to a shabby government office. I looked carefully at the plaque and recognized the three words 'Shuntianfu'."
Mr. Liu Sanye and Foshan Chen looked at each other and thought to themselves, "We really have arrived in Shuntian Prefecture. What on earth did Mr. Zhou run into this time?"
