Chapter 172 Shocking step by step, painful price!(1/2)
Guanxue Pavilion is in a corner of Pingyang Hou Mansion. Qin Ming doesn’t like the excitement and waits here.
Shang Zhi followed the maid's guidance and went to Guanxue Pavilion.
Zhang Xueshan caught up from behind and grabbed Shang Zhi's sleeve, "Zhizhi, wait a moment."
Shang Zhi looked at Zhang Xueshan calmly, pulled her sleeve out of her hand, flattened her wrinkles and said, "If you are looking for the wrong person for your second cousin's marriage, Miss Zhang has found the wrong person, I can't help. Marriage is about fate. Without fate, you can't force it."
The blood on Zhang Xueshan's face faded away, and Shang Zhi's words were more embarrassing than any sharp words. A woman put down her figure and asked a man to form a marriage, which was originally embarrassing. Shang Zhi's words did not leave any room. Fortunately, she regarded Shang Zhi as a good friend, but Shang Zhi was so inhumane!
Her self-esteem made her want to turn around and escape, but thinking of her mother's earnest advice, Zhang Xueshan restrained her shame and begged: "Zhizhi, I have no choice but to beg you for help when I am desperate. If there is a little hope, I will not force you. Just say a good thing in front of Mrs. Qin. I will not blame you for whether this marriage will be successful."
Shang Zhi's eyes became cold, and Zhang Xueshan would not know that as long as she spoke, Old Lady Qin would agree to her no matter how embarrassed she was in her heart.
The Xingning Marquis Mansion has a ulterior motive. When he was hunting in the winter, Zhang Xueshan and Zhang Ruyun protected her in front of Su Jinse and asked her to sacrifice Qin Ming's marriage to repay her. I forgive her for not being able to do it!
If it were something else, maybe she would agree!
"Ms. Zhang, if you treat me as a true friend, you will not make things difficult for me so much. If you have other requests, I will help you within my ability." No matter how Zhang Xueshan persuaded him, Shang Zhi did not let go.
Zhang Xueshan held Shang Zhi's arm tightly with her hands, and tears rolled down, "Shang Zhi, please help me this time! We are good friends, just help me this time! I will repay you!"
Shang Zhi pursed his red lips tightly and said coldly: "What are you trying to marry Qin Ming?"
Zhang Xueshan opened her mouth. She married Qin Ming to seek protection for the Xingning Marquis Mansion. But how do you say this? I am afraid that Shang Zhi will worry that the Xingning Marquis Mansion will implicate the Qin family and will not help.
"Miss Zhang, it's not because of your feelings, you must not marry Qin Ming. How do you ask me to help you? If you want to find a backer for Xingning Marquis' Mansion, there are many people with deeper background than the Qin family, why are you the Qin family? Don't forget that your aunt did the things that my mother and me did to me. If I help you marry into the Qin family, all my grandmother's persistence will be a joke." Shang Zhi brushed Zhang Xueshan's hand away, "You have contacted me with purpose from the beginning, and we have never been friends with me."
The Xingning Marquis Mansion and the Qin family have different positions. How can they be friends?
Zhang Xueshan looked at Shang Zhi leaving with a confused expression in her eyes. Should she really do what He said?
Zhang Xueshan thought of her begging Shang Zhi, but she was indifferent. She even said heartless words such as they were not friends. For the first time, she felt that hating someone was such an easy thing!
She wiped away the tears on her face and turned around to leave. Seeing Shang Zhi's purse falling on the ground, Zhang Xueshan paused, bent down to pick up the purse, held it tightly in her palm, intending to borrow the purse and chat with Qin Ming. If Qin Ming was willing to marry her, it would be more effective than anyone else.
Zhang Xueshan made up her mind and followed Shang Zhi. Seeing Shang Zhi stop and turn back, Zhang Xueshan was so scared that she was about to jump out of her heart. She hurriedly hid behind the rockery and heard the sound of conversation coming from the rockery cave.
"He's birthday invites a juggling procession. There is a fire-breathing process. At that time, you find an opportunity to lure Qin Ming away and ask Shang Zhi to Qinfang Pavilion to watch juggling. At that time, someone will pour flour on her body, and the fire will spray it at her, and immediately burn it and blow it to death. It will only be an accident and will not involve you."
"How do you invite her over? What should she do if she refuses to go?"
"Try everything."
Zhang Xueshan's face turned pale and bit her finger hard, so she didn't feel scared. When the person in the cave left, she was soft and she didn't fall to the ground.
She didn't expect to hear the news of the murder of Shang Zhi!
Tell her? Use this matter to threaten Shang Zhi for help?
No, no, Shang Zhi won’t be threatened by her!
Zhang Xueshan's heart was beating violently, her eyes were turned, and she suddenly thought of a solution. She took a small path and arrived at Guanxueting one step ahead.
The hem of the skirt was scratched by thorns. After tidying up her dress, Zhang Xueshan took a deep breath, suppressed her panic, rubbed her stiff cheeks, and the smile on her face was natural. She walked out from the side and saw Qin Ming sitting in the pavilion and resting with her eyes closed.
With his upright eyebrows and handsome appearance, he looked very handsome and outstanding. He leaned casually on the stone pillar, and his temperament was all over the family, but also his heroic and heroic posture with extraordinary iron-blooded appearance.
As soon as she came in, Qin Ming suddenly opened his eyes, holding the scabbard in his hand. When he saw that it was a woman, he frowned and placed the scabbard beside him, and closed his eyes to rest. The foreign tribes had already stationed on the frontier, and there was a possibility of war at any time. The uncle had led his troops to the frontier. They were stationed in the capital, but they could not relax. They were training in the wild a few days ago and returned this morning. Su Yue and Su Yi went to the training camp. Shang Zhi came to the Su Mansion. They were worried and asked him to escort Shang Zhi to the Su Mansion.
Zhang Xueshan was shocked by his sharp eyes and her heart was raised, as if her pickled thoughts were pierced by his eyes. But for a moment, he closed his blood-covered eyes again, obviously not sleeping well, and was exhausted all over. Zhang Xueshan felt inexplicably distressed.
Qin Ming suddenly remembered that Zhang Xueshan looked familiar. Didn’t Shang Zhi go to see He with her?
"Where is the Shang branch?"
Zhang Xueshan looked up at the tall figure in front of her, and felt that she was looking up at a mountain. "Zhizhi had an unhappy relationship with the second wife. She left first. I chased out and saw Zhizhi falling on the ground. I picked it up and returned it to her. Her figure was not found everywhere. I heard that you were at Guanxue Pavilion, come and see if she was there."
Qin Ming looked at the purse in Zhang Xueshan's hand. It was indeed what Shang Zhi wore on his body today. His expression changed and his eyes stared at Zhang Xueshan with sharp eyes.
Zhang Xueshan gritted her teeth and asked with a thorn in her mouth, "Mr. Qin, is this Zhizhi's purse?"
Qin Ming hurriedly left with his purse, found a maid and asked her to stay in Guanxue Pavilion. If she met Shang Zhi, she would let Shang Zhi wait here, so she would not go anywhere!
Zhang Xueshan watched Qin Ming leave, her eyes flashed slightly. She couldn't blame her. If she wanted to blame her, she would blame Shang Zhi for being unreasonable. If she agreed to her request, she would definitely repay Shang Zhi and tell Shang Zhi about this matter!
After Qin Ming left, he contacted the mansion to search for Shangzhi.
Shang Zhi happened to arrive at Guanxue Pavilion at this time, and there was only one maid in the pavilion.
When the maid saw Shang Zhi, she hurriedly said, "Are you Miss Shang? Master Qin Ershi left a message to me and asked you to go to Qinfang Pavilion to find him."
"Qinfang Pavilion?" Shang Zhi frowned. Qin Ming had not encountered any important things and agreed to wait for her here, so he would not leave easily.
"There are juggling people in Qinfang Pavilion, and there are some young masters from aristocratic families. Mr. Qin was persuaded to watch juggling, and asked me to wait for you here to pass on the message." The maid's face was as usual, and she answered Shang Zhi's questions respectfully.
Shang Zhi pondered for a moment and asked the maid to lead the way to Qinfang Pavilion.
The maid did not hesitate and led the way in front.
Shang Zhi couldn't see any abnormality. Could it be that Qin Ming was really waiting for her here?
From afar, she heard cheers and applause.
When I approached Qinfang Pavilion, there was a wooden platform built in the wide courtyard. A strong man with a naked upper body took a sip of wine and sprayed it on the wooden stick with tincture oil in his hand, and the flames were rolling.
Shang Zhi looked around and did not see Qin Ming. Only a few families of aristocratic families were sitting in the distance to watch.
The maid took Shang Zhi and asked the maid who was guarding Qinfang Pavilion, "Did you see the second young master Qin?"
"Young Master Qin has just gone out and will be back later." At this point, the maid suddenly looked at Shang Zhi and said, "Are you Miss Shang? You two Master Qin asked you to wait here."
A strange feeling emerged in Shang Zhi's heart. Both places where Qin Ming was in were lost. It seemed that he had specially led her here!
Just leading her here, what should I do?
Shang Zhi looked at many people at Qinfang Pavilion. She thought about it and then watched the juggling here waiting for Qin Ming.
When the maid saw Shang Zhi standing not far from the wooden platform waiting for Qin Ming, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and hurried out to inform him.
As soon as the person left, Shang Zhi called Shen Qiu and said with his ears: "Follow her and see where she is going."
"But..." Shen Qiu hesitated, and Xue Shenzhi told her to stay away from Shangzhi.
What if something happens if she leaves for a while?
"Go quickly!" Shang Zhi urged, not to be argued.
Shen Qiu had to go and go back quickly.
The maid brought a chair and brought a cup of tea to Shang Zhi.
Shang Zhi held the tea and drank a few lightly, watching the strong man spew out several fire dragons.
"Okay! Spray out a few more fire dragons, and I will be rewarded!"
A ingot of ten taels of silver was thrown onto the wooden platform.
The strong man's fire dragon spewed longer and longer. In a few breaths, two or three fire dragons were spewed out.
Shangzhi could almost feel the hot breath coming to his face.
The breeze blew on his face, the Shangzhi wrinkled his nose, and there seemed to be a smell of flour in the air.
She rubbed her nose, looked up at the air, and could not see anything unusual. She pulled up her purple wide sleeves and blocked the wind direction and saw fine white flour on her sleeves.
It's really flour!
Shang Zhi looked back and saw someone coming with a tray. Under the light, there seemed to be a rush of dust flying in the air.
With a sense of awe in her heart, Shang Zhi felt a sense of uneasiness. Without waiting for the person holding the tray to approach, she suddenly stood up and walked towards the door quickly.
Suddenly, a figure rushed out from the side and hit Shang Zhi's shoulder hard. She fell back with weightlessness. The maid seemed to be tripped. The tray in her hand flew out, and the white flour was splashed out, and the strong fire dragon spewed out at the right time.
There was a loud bang, deafening sound.
Everyone saw only a ball of fire, rushing into the sky.
"Ah-" Someone screamed in the crowd, "It's on fire! Someone is on fire!"
Shang Zhi rolled around the ground for a few times, avoiding the danger, looked at the person who hit her coldly, caught fire on his back, and rolled on the ground.
Someone reacted quickly and picked up the bucket beside him in time and poured it on the man, destroying the flames.
"He was so lucky that he was far away, but was splashed by the explosion. He was closer and could not be saved!"
"He was too reckless and just knocked Mrs. Xue down. If Mrs. Xue hadn't reacted quickly, she would have been burned to death."
"What are these people doing? What are they doing when they send flour in?"
“Would it be intentional…”
The person who spoke was silent in an instant.
The surroundings became quiet.
Only the burned person lay on the ground and groaned in pain.
Shang Zhi got up from the ground, patted the mud and dust off his body, looked at Hong Fu, who was burning on his back coldly, and saw Chen Qiu rushing in quickly, "Catch this man!"
Chen Qiu hurriedly grabbed the person.
Hong Fu struggled and said, "What do you want to do? Let me go!"
Chen Qiu reached out and pinched his chin and removed his chin. Hong Fu howled, saying vague words in his mouth, no one could hear them clearly.
Shang Zhi looked at the strong man kneeling on the wooden platform in fear, knowing that he must have no idea.
The maid holding the tray had already gotten up and ran away while the chaos was in the chaos.
"Cousin, are you okay?" Qin Ming heard a loud noise and rushed in quickly. Fortunately, Shang Zhi was fine.
To be continued...