Fang Yuan looked at the pale face of his childhood friend, shook his head and said with a smile: "Qing Ning, what is our relationship, and how could we betray you? Things are not what you think."
"But... her?" Qu Qingning watched Su Li walking over with confusion on his face.
"To be precise, Su Li is my companion. That's why I disguised myself as a waiter in the restaurant. My sister also received a lot of care from Su Li."
Fang Yuan explained roughly, feeling helpless. During these days, Fang Ling's food, housing, and medical expenses were all paid for by Su Li. Fang Ling now completely regards Su Li as her own sister. Whenever he and Su Li argue, her sister will side with Su Li. Bian, he was really angry to death.
"Is this happening?"
Qu Qingning was stunned. In his eyes, Su Like had always been the eldest daughter of a merchant family who was inexperienced in world affairs. Why now, it seemed that things were much more complicated than he imagined.
"How about it, do you want to help me?" Su Liqing smiled slightly, "I can do the same, or even more, what Mrs. Zhu can give you."
Qu Qingning's face darkened and he asked: "I have a group of brothers in the ruined temple, will you help them?"
"I don't care for idlers here."
Su Li's first words made Qu Qingning feel cold, but his next words made him extremely stunned.
"However, even if they are sick or disabled, I will heal them and make them healthy, and then teach them skills to help me do things. What do you think?"
After saying this, Qu Qingning was slightly shocked. The most Madam Zhu could give him was two taels of silver, but when it came to teaching them skills to be self-reliant, he had no choice at all. After all, if his identity as a deserter from the Southern Border Country was exposed, he would definitely not be able to protect himself, so how could he possibly go there? Contact Dahan Country officials.
If Su Li is willing to help, that would be great!
"Miss Su is so forthcoming, I'll join!" Qu Qingning nodded without hesitation, and then asked cautiously, "Miss, have you noticed that something is wrong with me a long time ago?"
Su Li smiled meaningfully, "I've seen the 'Wu Jin' you pretend to be."
Qu Qingning suddenly broke into cold sweat. It turned out that he had been exposed from the beginning.
Heidan was listening to the conversation between the boss and Su Li, and he was also laughing. He was really ugly now.
"Since you have chosen to help me, then Fang Yuan, take them to the valley and spend some more money to build more bamboo buildings. Also buy the list I gave you before as soon as possible." Su Li took out a ten thousand tael silver note Handing it to Fang Yuan, Qu Qingning's eyes lit up.
This Su Li is so rich, she will give you 10,000 taels if you ask for it!
Fang Yuan laughed bitterly, "You are really good at calling people. I won't build a bamboo house this time. Qing Ning, you can build your own residence. I was very tired last time."
Qu Qingning waved his hand, "What a big deal, I have a lot of people under my command and can build it in a few days."
After the explanation, Su Li left the dark alley and had not gone to Baicaotang to help today.
Fang Yuan and Qu Qingning first went to South Street to pick up all their younger brothers, and then transferred to the valley.
Looking at the group of little beggars who were as skinny as monkeys following behind him, Fang Yuan suddenly laughed angrily, "Qing Ning, are these the large group of people you are talking about?"
Qu Qingning chuckled, then came over and rubbed his hands, and whispered: "They have been hungry for several days and haven't had enough to eat. Anyway, you just got ten thousand taels, so why not buy them something to eat first."
Fang Yuan was speechless and replied: "There is a lot of food over there in the valley, let's talk about it when we get there. You are still the same as before, but how did you get involved with these boys?"
Qu Qingning's face was slightly solemn, and he talked about his escape career, "I was covered in injuries and almost died. These boys would rather go to Baicao Hall to buy medicine. Mrs. Qi from Baicao Hall is very good. It saved me little by little.”
Fang Yuan was silent when he heard this. Qu Qingning was much worse off than him.
"Our family has been destroyed, and I will take back this revenge sooner or later!" Qu Qingning stopped laughing, and his words were full of hatred.
Fang Yuan patted his shoulder and said no more.
With a group of hungry little guys, Fang Yuan walked for two hours before reaching the valley.
Qu Qingning was amazed when he saw how hidden the terrain of the valley was. "This place is so hidden. How did you find such a place? You still live here with Su Li, dear..."
Qu Qingning started talking nonsense again, Fang Yuan rolled his eyes at him and emphasized: "And my sister! I didn't find this place, it was Su Li who brought me here."
With that said, Fang Yuan first went to the newly built cellar to get uncooked rice and meat, and then called Fang Ling to come out and cook it in the newly built Xiaozhulou kitchen. It was cooked in a short time.
A group of little beggars sat in a row around the wooden table on the first floor, all devouring their food. They were orphaned at birth, or abandoned. When had they ever eaten such exquisite rice and meat
"too delicious!"
"Can I have another bowl?"
“…”
Fang Ling squinted her eyes as she watched these beggars eating the food she cooked, and her eyebrows almost flew up with joy, "Of course, I'll serve it for you right now!"
Qu Qingning looked at the door for a while, sighed softly, walked to the steps and sat next to Fang Yuan.
"I am really useless as a big brother. I don't even have the ability to feed them. If I hadn't met you this time, I don't know what I would have done in the future."
Fang Yuan also smiled bitterly when he heard this. Thinking of all the previous encounters in South Street, he couldn't calm down.
"I'm actually similar to you. In order not to be exposed, I set up a stall on the street. Su Li kindly gave me five hundred taels, but in the blink of an eye I was stolen. I ended up living in a South Street alley, and Ling'er almost had her body taken away. .”
When the two of them talked about their past, they both felt bitter in their hearts. They were obviously only young, but they had endured too much.
"Let's not talk about this. I think Su Li is kind and generous, and she will get better and better in the future." Qu Qingning rolled his eyes and started talking nonsense again: "You might as well marry her!"
When Fang Yuan heard this, his expression was extremely strange.
Qu Qingning glanced out of the corner of his eyes and saw where Fang Yuan lived on the first floor of the Zhulou. He couldn't help but twitch his lips, "The place you live in is really well decorated. The second floor must be where Su Li lives. I'll go take a look!" "
Saying that, Qu Qingning was about to get up, but Fang Yuan was startled and quickly stopped him.
Qu Qingning chuckled and said, "Why are you pulling me? Are you so possessive?"
Fang Yuan rolled his eyes, let go of Qu Qingning's clothes, and hummed: "If you are tired of living, then go ahead. Don't blame me for not stopping you."
"Well… "
Hearing that something was wrong in Fang Yuan's tone, Qu Qingning was curious. Before he asked, the former explained: "That's... the place where Su Li refines poison."
Su Li
Refining poison
Qu Qingning was immediately dumbfounded. These two words were so awkward to put together. How could someone like Su Li know how to make poison
Qu Qingning suddenly remembered the inexplicable sense of crisis on the carriage during the day. He trembled and asked quickly: "Fang Yuan, if you and I had not met, what would have happened to me?"
Fang Yuan glanced at him expressionlessly and said calmly: "Probably... he will be poisoned to death, and not even the bones will be left."
Qu Qingning's whole body stiffened for a moment, and he laughed dryly. Although Fang Yuan's tone was very light, he could detect a trace of schadenfreude in the former.
When Qu Qingning thought of this, he suddenly remembered something and said in a panic: "That's right! How should I end up pretending to be Wu Jin? This is really troublesome. I even collected a deposit."
"Ask me why, I'm just a waiter now." Fang Yuan teased with a smile, "Who knows more about the Su family than Su Li?"
"She is just a young lady from the Su family. How can she be the match for the eldest lady?"
Qu Qingning was a little hesitant and had doubts in his heart. Isn't the eldest lady Su Li's biological mother? Why did she use this method to harm her daughter? Could it be that she was not her biological mother
With this hesitation, Qu Qingning went to find Su Li.
About two hours later, he came back as if he was a new person, and said happily: "Su Li is really amazing. She is so smart to come up with this method!"
Fang Yuan immediately rolled his eyes. Who just said with a lack of confidence that Su Li was not the match for the eldest lady
"Although Su Li is just a weak woman, we can't compare to her in terms of wisdom and strategy. From now on, you can help her with peace of mind and don't think of any evil ideas."
Fang Yuan knew that his partner had a quick temper, so he warned him like this. Qu Qingning laughed dryly and glanced at the second floor of the bamboo house, feeling extremely fearful.
Early the next morning, Su Huanli hurriedly got into the carriage, even before Li Yin could call him. He heard that someone had sent a message saying that there was something wrong with the Buzhuang business, and he had to go take a look.
Halfway through the carriage ride, Su Huanli suddenly felt something was wrong. He opened the curtains, but before he could see the scenery outside clearly, a dark shadow suddenly appeared from behind and covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief!
"Uh huh!..."
Su Huanli took two subconscious breaths, rolled his eyes and fainted.
I don't know how long it took, Su Huanli woke up slowly, opened his eyes and found that he was tied up and lying on the ground. Even his mouth was gagged, so he couldn't make a sound at all.
"Who kidnapped me? The Yang family? The Zhu family?"
Su Huanli's face was filled with panic, and he regretted not calling Li Yin. If Li Yin was around, how could he have been captured by mistake.
While Su Huanli was struggling desperately, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside. Su Huanli turned around with difficulty and found that he was in a ruined temple, and he was hidden behind the Buddha statue.
He was about to make some more noise to attract attention, but the sound outside made him freeze and become completely calm.
"You little bastard, I've already given you the deposit, why did you ask me to come here?!"
Su Huanli's eyes contracted. This voice was extremely familiar to him. It was his wife, Zhu Yan.
Ha ha ha ha…
There was a burst of laughter in the ruined temple, and Su Huanli heard it again. It was the prince "Wu Jin" who was a relative of the emperor.
How could these two people meet
Madam also called him a little bastard? !
"Madam, I asked you to come here, naturally I have something to ask for." Qu Qingning's face was full of greed, "I have inquired, Miss Su Li is a very important figure in the Su family, and she also has a Baiweilou in her hand. She My eldest brother is about to become a high-ranking official in Chaotian. I am really scared to deceive such a woman."
Saying he was afraid, Qu Qingning stretched out his right hand and twisted it, clearly intending to add money.
Zhu Yan immediately raised her eyebrows in anger, "You little bastard, don't be so shameless! I've already given you a thousand taels of silver, be careful if you look too ugly and choke to death!"
"Oh, the villain the eldest lady said is so scary!" Qu Qingning looked carefree, not even the slightest bit afraid. "If the villain brought this matter to Mr. Su, and everyone in the town knew about it, he would be Madam, please don’t blame me for not keeping my word. Madam didn’t make it clear, so she was wrong first.”
When Zhu Yan heard what Qu Qingning said, she was so frightened that her face instantly turned pale.