Chapter 9: Indulge in nothing
Speaking of which, after Li Qingkong was assassinated, he returned to the Li Mansion and did not tell others about the assassination. He encountered it several times during this period, which was considered accustomed to it.
When Manager Wang saw that his lady was back, he immediately told the truth about Zhao Baoyu's visit and what happened. After hearing this, Li Qingkong frowned: "You are so chaotic. Even if I don't like this marriage, you can't be so rude. The Li family and the Zhao family are family friends. If this matter is spread, wouldn't it ruin my father's reputation?"
Manager Wang was so scared that he was sweating profusely. Just as he was about to speak, the charming woman came over and snorted, "It was my idea, and it was me who pretended to be you, and I came to me angry."
Li Qingkong was a little helpless, waved his hand and asked the manager to step down. Then Qingli sighed on her face and said, "Auntie, why bother like this!"
Yu Xuefei said, "I am your elder, so I will naturally find a good husband for you! That Zhao Baoyu is a disciple, exactly the same as the rumors, bastard, vulgar, shameless, despicable, and all bad words can be used to describe him. I will never let you marry him, absolutely not!"
"Marriage matters are the decisions of parents. Auntie, don't cause trouble, okay?" Li Qingkong had no choice but to say anything about this aunt.
Yu Xuefei smiled and said, "While your father and mother did not go home, I must drive Zhao Baoyu away, let him lose face and go back to Qingzhou in shame."
"What do you want to do? Don't do it nonsense!" Li Qingkong said quickly.
Yu Xuefei took Li Qingkong's hand and smiled, "My family is both literary and martial, not inferior to men. How many men in Pengcheng love you? As long as I make a sound of the wind, I can naturally kill people with a knife. Wang Beixuan of the Wang family is your number one suitor. As a top-grade family in Pengcheng, the Wang family is better than Zhao Baoyu."
Li Qingkong frowned slightly and said, "No! My father told me that you should not get too close to the Wang family. You understand the relationship."
"Of course I know, don't worry, you're not asking you to seduce Wang Beixuan with a beauty trick. I heard that there will be a banquet the next day, which was held by Wang Beixuan. I heard that I'm going to entertain the big guys from Kyoto. This time I happened to go and take this opportunity to humiliate Zhao Baoyu!" Yu Xuefei narrowed her eyes, like a charming fox.
When Li Qingkong was still objecting, Yu Xuefei suddenly asked: "What, do you really want to marry Zhao Baoyu? Let his dirty hands caress your little butt?"
Speaking of this, Yu Xuefei felt disgusted.
Li Qingkong was silent immediately.
I didn't feel anything at first, but when I heard my aunt's description, my hair stood up in an instant. So I stopped talking and tacitly agreed to this matter.
"By the way, aunt, you hate Zhao Baoyu so much. What happened when you met?" Li Qingkong asked curiously.
Yu Xuefei snorted, "Nothing happened! It definitely didn't happen, and he didn't dare! Oh, by the way, he beat your cousin. He was so cruel when he met just now. Such a person cannot be married!"
Li Qingkong frowned and asked, "Have you beat Brother Xiaojie? Brother Xiaojie is at the warrior level after all. Can Zhao Baoyu beat him? I haven't heard that Zhao Baoyu knows martial arts!"
"This... maybe it's because the blind cat hit a dead mouse." Yu Xuefei said casually.
Li Qingkong did not continue to ask, but asked back: "Zhao Baoyu has been very treacherous since she was a child and is unlikely to fall into your trap, so it is not that easy for you to force him away!"
"You don't have to worry about this matter, leave it to me." Yu Xuefei was so excited that she ran out immediately.
Li Qingkong sighed and looked at the sky outside quietly, feeling a little dazed.
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Chen Ning returned to the inn from Yue Yidao's home, and Zhang San and Li Si also interrogated all the situations from Sun Yeshang.
The Zhao family does not have many industries in Pengcheng, with only a few book shops and paper shops. If they have these shops, they are all taken care of by the Li family. The Zhao family does not expect to make money, so they arranged for a foreign manager to take charge.
So only Sun Yeshang had seen Zhao Baoyu's true appearance, and the other guys in the store did not know Zhao Baoyu.
In addition, Sun Yeshang also revealed other details, such as Zhao Baoyu's reputation. What Chen Ning did not expect was that the Zhao family's legitimate son had such a bad reputation, was lazy, forced to steal women, went to brothels without paying money, bullying children, etc. It was said that all the bad behaviors were spread to Pengcheng.
As a famous lady in Pengcheng, Li Qingkong was eyed by countless young talents. Naturally, Li Qingkong's marriage also attracted much attention.
Because the Zhao family offended King Sima Ji in Qingzhou and was hostile to Sima Ji, he did not dare to send Zhao Baoyu to Pengcheng with great fanfare, so he asked three guards to escort him in a low-key manner, and then he happened to be killed by Chen Ning halfway.
Chen Ning was depressed and cursed: "Damn, pretending to be such a person is simply sorry for my handsome appearance. I originally wanted to be low-key, but it doesn't seem that easy now."
Just when Shen Ning was a little worried, the other three guards hurried back.
"Young Master is not good. I don't know who is rumored in the city. Many young talents are talking about the marriage between the young master and Miss Li family." The three of them inquired about Pengcheng's situation in the city, but they did not expect that the marriage of their young master had become a hot topic.
"Okay! Not only can you not be low-key now, the fire has already burned to you."
Chen Ning rubbed his eyebrows and couldn't smile bitterly.
"Forget it, the generals come to block the water and the soil, and the chess has been played, and there is absolutely no possibility of abandoning the game. One of you five people is here to watch Sun Yeshang, and the others follow me." Chen Ning ordered.
After leaving the inn, Chen Ning took the four of them to the Zhao family's shop in Pengcheng, summoned the shopkeepers of all the shops, told them that Sun Yeshang had escaped with corruption, and then appointed Zhang San as the manager of Pengcheng.
These shopkeepers are all servants of the Zhao family, so they naturally obey.
After the explanation, Chen Ning asked Zhang San to check the accounts immediately, and then withdrew fifty taels of silver to Chen Ning. With the money, Chen Ning could continue to expand his Beggars' Sect.
Next, Chen Ning also moved into the mansion purchased by the Zhao family in Pengcheng. Although the small mansion that he had been in Sanjin was not large in scale, it was also in the south of the city and the environment was quiet.
But what Chen Ning didn't expect was that he had just rested when Li Si suddenly reported: "Young master, it's not good, that woman from the Li family is here!"
Chen Ning raised his eyebrows and asked, "By the way, what is the origin of that woman? Have you found it?"
Wang Er, who was standing beside him, replied: "Young Master, except for the Li family's lady Li Qingkong, there is only one woman in the Li Mansion who is about the same age as her and has a higher status. Her name is Yu Xuefei, who is Li Qingkong's aunt. It is said that she has been in Pengcheng for a while."
"Auntie? Are you dear?" Chen Ning was a little surprised, and he didn't expect it to be this relative.
Wang Er scratched his head and said, "I guess only Miss Li's grandmother knows whether to be kinship or not."
Chen Ning was speechless. This was fine and reasonable.
"What's this arrogant woman here for? She's so arrogant during the day, now she's here, showing her kindness for nothing, either a traitor or a thief!" Chen Ning snorted coldly, "Go and invite her!"
Chapter completed!