Chapter 181 Resentment

After realizing that the You siblings were very likely to join forces with outsiders to seize the Shen family restaurant, Shen Dalang did not alert the enemy, but quietly returned to the capital and secretly investigated the transactions between the casino, the Yulong and the Hengchang.

He discovered that these three families were in collusion with each other and had set up traps to murder countless people like him who had a small fortune.

In the eyes of the casino, they are all "pigs".

When you first get them to place bets, you usually let them win a few times, which is called "feeding the pigs."

Once they let their guard down, they will use cheating methods to make them lose money one after another.

At the same time, they arranged for people to lure them into following the trend and borrowing money.

In order to keep them excited and keep them at the gambling table, the charcoal fire and incense in the casino are carefully designed.

Once they signed the IOU, the debt would continue to double at an alarming rate, eventually forcing them to mortgage their property to pawnshops affiliated with the casino.

These affiliated pawnshops will do their best to lower the price and tempt them to pawn their items.

Not only did the Hengchang and Yulong collude with casinos to rob other people's property, they also bribed officials and sold stolen goods. It was precisely because of the protection of these officials that they were able to stand firm for many years and not fall into any storm.

Ever since Youshi fell in love with Bi Siquan, she had been secretly having an affair with him behind his back.

Her younger brother, after using the Shen's Restaurant as a token of his allegiance, has now become a lackey of the Bi's family. Together with his bunch of cronies, he specifically lures "pigs" into the casino.

He secretly collected a lot of evidence, but before he could report it, he was discovered by the Bi family and was secretly hunted down.

Because he was afraid that his sister didn't know the truth and would be deceived and exploited by Youshi, he wanted to tell her something, but the Bi family sent people to watch outside the Wenyuan Marquis Mansion, so he couldn't go to see her in person.

I could only write it in a letter and ask someone to deliver it to the mansion of Marquis Wenyuan.

However, the letter ultimately failed to reach Concubine Shen's hands - Meng was extremely harsh in her treatment of her husband's concubines, and anything sent in from outside had to pass through her hands before being delivered to the concubines' courtyard.

At that time, Aunt Shen had just arrived and was quite favored by her husband. She was secretly jealous and wished that Aunt Shen would be in trouble.

So he intercepted the letter to prevent Aunt Shen from knowing about Shen Dalang's recent situation and Youshi's danger.

Therefore, Aunt Shen not only did not know what happened to her brother after he escaped, but also did not know the real cause of his death.

Shen Dalang was captured by Bi Siquan's men, drowned and thrown into the pond in his hometown. He did not drown after getting stuck in the mud while trying to steal fish in the pond.

This letter was thrown into the storage cabinet by Mrs. Meng for many years. It was not until recently when the Marquis Wenyuan's mansion was stripped of his title and his property was ransacked that it was found and fell into Mrs. Meng's sight again.

When the Queen sent her secret guards to find Meng to seek revenge on the Ji family, Meng gave the letter to the Queen's secret guards.

As a result, Youshi felt threatened and asked Bi Yue'er to pretend to come to the house to recognize her relationship with him and try to tamper with the birthday gift that Ji Changqing was sending to the emperor.

The above information was confessed by the Queen's secret guards.

Ji Changqing handed over the evidence of crimes found by the Queen's secret guards against Tang's back-mounting shop, Hengchang, Yulong and related casinos to the Criminal Justice Department.

So overnight, the heads and heirs of the Tang, Bi, and Xin families were thrown into jail.

Bi Yue'er and Youshi failed in their request for help. After receiving the letter copied from Shen Dalang's original letter brought back by the procuring company, they were met with the fate of having their property confiscated and exiled within a few days.

On the day she was escorted out of the capital, Youshi turned her head to look at the city gate that was gradually moving away, and suddenly remembered the day she married Shen Dalang, when he lifted the red veil and revealed a shy smile.

"Sanniang, I will treat you well for the rest of my life."

At that time, she also thought about growing old with the man in front of her and going to the underworld together.

When did you start to dislike him for being dull, boring and rigid?

It probably started when she and her sister-in-law were playing in a private room on the second floor of a restaurant. She threw a handkerchief at her sister-in-law, and the handkerchief accidentally flew out of the window and landed on the face of Bi Siquan who happened to pass by.

She leaned over to check, and he took off the handkerchief and gave her a wicked smile.

The suave yet gentle and affectionate eldest son of the Bi family fell in love with her at first sight. How could she not be moved?

So she threw herself into Bi Siquan's arms like a moth to a flame.

She helped him seize the Shen Family Restaurant, and he married her.

Although she found out after marriage that the reason he married her was simply because he didn't want to obey his mother's order and marry a lady from a wealthy family, because he wanted her to be knowledgeable, interesting and easy to control.

She had felt lost before, but the difference between her position as the owner of the Shen's Restaurant, who always smiled at everyone she met, and the respected young lady of Hengchang, was enough to make up for the loss.

If it weren't for the gods fighting and the mortals suffering, she could have died peacefully in this life.

pity……

Perhaps it was the evil spirit of Shen Dalang that caused her to fall into such a situation.

If I had known this earlier, I should have found someone to perform a ritual to calm his resentment.

"Mom, why do you look so resentful?"

After Ji Changqing returned home, he went to Ci'an Hall to pay his respects to his mother. Seeing her looking at the invitation in her hand angrily, he raised his eyebrows and asked.

Qi gave him a glare.

"It's because you're not careful enough!"

"How many ladies have invited your mother and me to their homes to drink tea, appreciate flowers, and see their daughters."

"You are so good, the East Family looks down on you, the West Family also looks down on you, and others think your mother is so arrogant that she wants to marry a fairy as her daughter-in-law."

"It's caused your mother to feel embarrassed to come to your house when she receives an invitation, and she doesn't know how to refuse. Seeing an invitation gives me a headache."

Ji Changqing: (; one_one)

It turned out that the resentment was directed at him.

He didn't dare to take up such a delicate and important topic.

He looked around and saw that Feng Qingsui was not there, so he asked, "Mother, where is my sister-in-law?"

When the eldest daughter-in-law was mentioned, Qi's expression softened.

"Today is Wanxing Trading Day. Your sister-in-law and Wuhua went to Tianma Temple."

Ji Changqing: “???”

The Bi family was raided, Bi Yue'er was exiled, and there was no one to help her appraise the value of something. Why would she still go and pick up a bargain?

Are you so short of money?

Thinking that the queen had died and the prince was her only enemy, his mood suddenly darkened.

She couldn't be in a hurry to save up money for the trip to see the prince.

Glancing at the sky filled with dark clouds, he asked in a deep voice, "Mom, it's going to rain soon. I'll go get an umbrella for my sister-in-law."

After saying that, he turned and strode away.

Qi: “?!”

There are servants in the mansion, so is it necessary for him to go there personally to deliver the umbrella?

This evil guy always changes the subject whenever blind dates are mentioned. He can even make up such a ridiculous excuse as giving an umbrella to his sister-in-law.

Why isn't he so attentive on weekdays?

Ji Changqing carried three oil-paper umbrellas out of the house and said: Mother, I will really go and deliver the umbrellas.

Feng Qingsui happened to not bring an umbrella.

She didn't come to Wanxing Trade to pick up bargains, but to buy medicinal herbs.

The herbal medicines sold here are fresher and cheaper than those sold in pharmacies. She just needs to prepare a few medicines, which require a lot of herbs. She can save a lot of money by buying them here.

We had only been walking for less than half an hour when the sky changed.

Seeing that it was about to rain, the vendors hurriedly packed up their stalls and the scene was in chaos.

Feng Qingsui was about to leave with the Wuhua when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a skinny man in ragged clothes who took advantage of the stall owner closing up his stall to steal several things.

Then he gave Wuhua a wink.

Wuhua threw the fruit core he had just eaten and hit the man's knee.

The man fell to the ground.

Feng Qingsui stepped forward and looked at the man coldly, "Give the things back."