Chapter 436 Hidden Forces
[Lao Gao is guilty, forget it, it's time to beat him!]
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This is a young man with a pale face, medium figure and very strong, which is very inconsistent with his pale face. He also saw Zhang Chuchen and was so scared that he trembled. He turned around and wanted to leave, but Zhang Chuchen angrily scolded him, "Stop it!"
Everyone in the room stood up in surprise. Lu Qing looked at the young man, then looked at Zhang Chuchen, and asked in a low voice: "Wu Niang, who is he?"
"He is a child of the Dou family!"
Zhang Chuchen stared at the young man opposite him coldly. Only then did she realize that this jewelry store was the Dou family's property, and she felt as disgusting as if she had swallowed a flies.
Although her adoptive father was very nice to her, the rest of the Dou family hated her extremely. Dou Kang even publicly insulted her, asking her to get out of the Dou Mansion, and Dou Yan, and even wanted to drug her. If it weren't for escaping from the Dou Mansion with the last bit of sanity, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Faced with Zhang Chuchen's anger, the young man forced a smile, "It turns out that he is Chuchen, it's been a long time since we saw each other."
His name is Dou Yang, and he is the grandson of Dou Qing. He once had an idea of Zhang Chuchen with Dou Yan. He also had a portion of the medicine for Zhang Chuchen, so Zhang Chuchen hated him so much.
Zhang Chuchen bit her silver teeth and tightened the hilt of the sword in his hand. Lu Qing felt Zhang Chuchen's anger and held her hand and said, "Mr. Wu, let's go!"
She ignored Dou Yang and pulled Zhang Chuchen to walk out of the store quickly. The two guards stared at Dou Yang fiercely, as if as long as he dared to be rude to his wife, they would chop off his head.
Dou Yang's face turned pale and red, as if he had been immobilized. He stood there motionless until the carriage left, and the shopkeeper stepped forward and persuaded, "Boss, they are gone."
Dou Yang breathed a little relieved, but was very worried. Zhang Chuchen was a small problem. He just ignored it, and she didn't dare to do anything to herself, but Mrs. Zhang Xuan was a little troublesome, which meant that Zhang Xuan would know that the Dou family had industries and power in Jiang. Dou Qing had more than a dozen large shops in Jiangdu, and this jewelry shop was just one of them, including a wine shop, a boat shop, etc.
Dou Yang was very upset and turned around and walked towards the inner hall.
Inside the carriage, Zhang Chuchen looked out the car window in a daze. He seemed so sad. She once committed suicide for Wuchuan Mansion and regarded the Dou family as her own home. But since the disbandment of Wuchuan Mansion, her fate has also changed. The Dou family, who has always regarded her as a princess, turned against her and regarded her as a demon, as if her whole body was full of ominousness, and some even had dirty thoughts about her.
Even the only caring adoptive father was powerless because he was sick and weak, so he could only persuade her to leave. Looking back now, she was just a knife in the hands of others for so many years, how could she have ever had herself?
"Mr. Wu Niang, has this person hurt you?"
Lu Qing asked in a low voice. Although it was a bit difficult to speak, Lu Qing could still feel that Zhang Chuchen was depressed and she could not ignore it.
"he?"
Zhang Chuchen sneered, "Can he hurt me even if he is a coward? But he once had a little delusion."
"I feel you're angry with him!"
"It's not that they are angry with him, but that they hate me so much for their family. They are incompatible with me, and even their adopted father can't protect me, so they have to let me leave."
"Why?" Lu Qing asked in confusion.
"Because I have too many blood on my hands, they are afraid of revenge from their enemies. So I must firmly draw a clear line with me, as if the name Fire Phoenix has nothing to do with them."
Zhang Chuchen sighed, "I am an ominous person, and I will implicate others wherever I go."
Lu Qing held her hand and smiled, "Don't say this, what is ominous? My husband killed many more people than you. I didn't feel that he was self-pitying. I can only say that the Dou family is hypocritical and cold, and has nothing to do with you."
"You are right, I'm a little bit self-deprecating." Zhang Chuchen smiled bitterly, "I'm going to bring you to buy jewelry today, but I encountered such an unpleasant thing. Sister Qing, I'm sorry!"
Lu Qing gently stroked her hair, "It's okay, let's come back next time and change one."
The carriage quickly drove out of Nanshi and headed towards the government office of Zhaogui.
Two days later, Zhang Xuan led the main force of the Sui army to return to Jiangdu. The army rested for three days and took turns to take holidays. Zhang Xuan immediately wrote a military report to the court to apply for commendation of merit.
At night, the child creation movement ended. Lu Qing snuggled in her husband's arms. Zhang Xuan hugged his wife's shoulders, and her beautiful hair like a waterfall was scattered on Zhang Xuan's arm, "I'm not in Jiangdu, is there anything at home?" Zhang Xuan asked casually with a smile.
"If you are not here, what can you do at home? Either I have told you a few times, or you will ask your personal soldiers to withdraw from the inner house, or you will recruit some female soldiers. It is really inconvenient."
"Okay! I will start recruiting female soldiers tomorrow. In fact, with Wu Niang here, there is no need to worry too much about the safety of the mansion."
"When it comes to Wu Niang, you reminded me."
"What?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.
"The day before yesterday! Wu Niang accompanied me to buy jewelry and went to a large jewelry store. But Wu Niang met the Dou family."
"Why is this when I met the Dou family in Jiangdu?"
"That shop was opened by the Dou family! It seems that the relationship between Wu Niang and the Dou family is very bad, and they feel irreconcilable."
Zhang Xuan didn't know the grudge between Zhang Chuchen and the Dou family, but this reminded him of what Fang Xuanling told him. The Guanlong nobles and Jiangnan Association controlled most of the business in Jiangdu. How much did Zhang Xuan become interested? Anyway, it's okay in the past few days, so it's okay to go and have a look.
"Go to sleep, there's still a lot of things tomorrow!"
Zhang Xuan blew out the candle, but Lu Qing had some worries. She wanted to talk to her husband about Zhang Chuchen again. After hesitating for a while, she felt that it seemed that it was not time yet, so she could only sigh in her heart.
The night was getting deeper and it was already two o'clock. Nanshi was also very quiet, but it was not silent. Many shops were on their lights. Some shops needed to prepare goods for tomorrow morning overnight, so figures kept shaking in and out of the yard, especially the shops by the river. The guys were even more busy moving the goods onto the boat overnight. Before dawn, the boats had to transport goods along the Caohe River out of the city.
Outside the Yuhe Jinshu, a light-shaped black shadow easily climbed up to a big tree in the backyard. She observed for a moment. The backyard of the Jinshu was silent. This black shadow was naturally Zhang Chuchen. Zhang Chuchen knew Dou Yang very well. He was the legitimate grandson of the Dou family and had a high status in the Dou family. In the Dou family, which paid great attention to the superiority of the legitimate and illegitimate concubines, he ran to Jiangdu to take care of the shop. This was not in common sense.
Moreover, Zhang Chuchen also discovered something wrong with the store, just like Lu Qing. The jewelry store covering an area of five acres only has more than 200 pieces of medium-quality jewelry. What is the problem here?
The more Zhang Chuchen thought about it, the more strange it became. She always felt that there must be hidden secrets in the store.
It was cloudy tonight, with dark clouds covering the stars and moons. The night was particularly dark and the road could not be seen a few steps away. It was a good opportunity to visit the shops at night.
Zhang Chuchen gently walked into the yard and hid in a cluster of shrubs. Not only did she have great light skills, but she also had rich experience. She saw the target she was looking for at a glance, a warehouse covering at least two acres. Just as Zhang Chuchen was about to go to the warehouse, she suddenly heard footsteps coming from the side corridor. She turned over with a kite and gently hid back from the bush.
After a moment, the light suddenly appeared, and more than a dozen men came carrying lanterns. Someone whispered: "Anyway, I have to transport it away by boat. Isn't it enough to just move it onto the boat when the boat arrives, so why do I move it into the cellar?"
"Where did you get so much nonsense? You just need to do your work. If you complain, be careful of peeling you off!"
The short and fat middle-aged man spoke, and through the light, he could clearly see a big face like a persimmon cake. It was the shopkeeper Wang I saw two days ago. They opened the warehouses and hung lanterns on the door. After a moment, they carried large bags and small bags to walk into a small cottage opposite. The floor of the cottage had been lifted, and there was a dark hole below.
Just as several people left the warehouse, Zhang Chuchen flashed and slipped into the warehouse. The materials in the warehouse were piled up like hills, all in long and short sacks. She hid behind the hills of supplies, pulled out a dagger to cut a sack, and dozens of sharp swords appeared in front of her.
Zhang Chuchen was secretly surprised. She cut open a sack and exposed several pairs of leather armor. It turned out that this was a weapon warehouse.
Chapter completed!