Chapter 86: Their Common Rival in Love
Baili Yunzhou looked at Xu Fu and felt that this boy was different from before. In the past, if he had given him something to bribe him, he would definitely be happy.
But this time he didn't want to endure it anymore and asked directly, "I was busy before, and it wasn't until I got home yesterday that I found out that the new Mr. Zhao was her ex-husband!"
Zhang Liang didn't say anything. Baili Yunzhou really liked Miss Yu, and Xu Fu was Miss Yu's junior fellow apprentice, so he could only be considered an outsider.
Baili Yunzhou said impatiently, "This happened a long time ago, and it's still a secret now. Is there anything you can't say?"
Zhang Liang swallowed his saliva. Actually, everyone in the Dengshitang knew about it, but the owner Li Ruotong had warned them not to allow anyone to talk about Miss Yu while working in the shop.
Zhang Liang said helplessly, "This is the truth. We actually heard it from someone else, on the day the government sent someone to explain the crime."
After Baili confirmed it, he said angrily, "I can't believe it. This person is right in front of us, and he's pretending so well. I really don't know what kind of person he is."
Zhang Liang followed up, "Yes, we all say that scholars have always been the most ruthless. This Mr. Zhao did some good things at first, but after everyone found out he was the one before, they started scolding him. They said he was a good hypocrite, and maybe he had his eyes on some girl from a good family and forced Miss Yu away."
"Before, we all thought that a caring official had arrived, but we didn't expect this to happen. But why did he bring people to personally help Huatang deal with the Chen family's affairs? And why did he take care of her before? What was that?"
"He must want to be Chen Shimei, but he's afraid of being scolded by others, so he wants to make up for it. Granny Niu said the same thing before, but we didn't believe it. Now I think that's the case." Zhang Liang said.
He was used to inquiring about news, and now that Baili provoked him to talk, he couldn't control his mouth for a moment.
At this time Xu Fu said, "I think he wants to reconcile!"
"What!" Baili slammed the table and stood up. "Did he treat me as if I didn't exist?"
After saying that, Baili and Zhang Liang turned around and looked over.
Xu Fu had been so pissed off by Zhao Yan that he hadn't slept well all night. Yesterday, he'd even said something about them being husband and wife. It had truly irritated him to the point of gnashing his teeth. Seeing Baili also furious, he immediately felt like the two of them were on the same side, and he was determined to teach Zhao Yan a lesson!
He exaggerated, "Yesterday, when I was sending my senior sister home, he was hiding in the bamboo forest in front of her courtyard. When I found him, he had a fight with me, but he's an official, so I couldn't argue with him. He was hiding in front of my senior sister's courtyard in the dark, so he definitely had bad intentions!"
Zhang Liang felt he couldn't listen any longer. If he told anyone about it, it would be disastrous. He quickly stood up and left without paying any attention to the other's expressions.
After hearing what Xu Fu said, Baili Yunzhou felt more and more that this was what Zhao Yan meant.
The last time he invited him to dinner, he also asked about his ex-husband. No wonder he refused to say anything.
Before, Zhao Yan had claimed he had no wives or concubines, that he was a single man. Now, he repeatedly inquired about Hua Tang's affairs, even using his official position to deliberately approach her. Wasn't this clearly an attempt to reconcile?
This Zhao Yan is really scheming. He kept the secret from them and made them suffer, and he seemed to be getting more information from them unintentionally. His wolfish ambitions are known to everyone!
Thinking of this, Baili Yunzhou suddenly became alert. Huatang said that she didn't want to get married again because her last marriage broke her heart, and the culprit was Zhao Yan.
This marriage can be said to be Huatang's heart knot. Now that he has come, he is the source of the knot again. Will Huatang be moved by him again?
As the saying goes, the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it!
This Zhao Yan relied on his imperial examination background, his good looks, and his deep scheming. They used to be husband and wife, and there were many pasts that he didn't know about, so this man was the number one rival in love!
He suppressed his panic and asked Xu Fu, "Ever since Mr. Zhao came, what do you think of your senior sister's attitude towards him? Has she given him any special care?"
"How is that possible? Although my senior sister didn't say anything when she saw him before, I know that she disliked him a little. Just say that I was accompanying my senior sister back to her cousin's house, and this guy surnamed Zhao also came eagerly. If there was no car, my senior sister would never take his car..." Xu Fu replied.
"Is it really like that?" Baili Yunzhou asked.
Xu Fu nodded affirmatively.
He continued, "You don't know, last time this brother surnamed Zhao and his sister-in-law also came here. This brother's name is Zhao Xun. He followed Ge Peng, who was enjoying himself, and brought a boatload of prostitutes. Zhao Xun was so impatient that he took one of them and wanted to do that to his senior sister and cousin's reed marsh. Not only did he trample on a lot of fish fry, he also stole several chickens..."
Baili was in disbelief when he heard this. "What kind of family is this Zhao family? Even the experienced prostitutes in the entertainment industry wouldn't dare to be so vulgar."
Xu Fu also followed up with sarcasm, "They are just of noble status. Who knows what kind of filthy people are inside? No wonder the country folk said they were just a few filthy people..."
Baili was both happy and worried at this moment. He was happy because if all the members of Zhao Yan's family were like this, Huatang would never marry him again. But Zhao Yan himself didn't look like someone who would keep a prostitute. Although he looked cold and aloof on weekdays, he was a man of principles.
So, is it just their Zhao Xun who is like this? But no matter what, Huatang's cousin and his wife must have a very bad impression of him, and that is enough.
"Let him wait. Now that he is in Quanzhou, do you think I will not find a chance to deal with him?" Baili concluded.
Huatang was unwilling to tell him Zhao Yan's identity, probably because he felt that the past was in the past, but he would never forget that Zhao Yan had made a fool of them.
After listening to this, Xu Fu felt that it was a good idea to meet Baili Yunzhou today. Baili Yunzhou was young and had no official position to rely on, so he could help teach Zhao Yan a lesson. But Baili was different. He was the son of the chief of the merchant ship, and he had a group of people under him. They would definitely be able to vent the anger that his senior sister and he had suffered together!
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In the government office, Zhao Yan was handling a snail case. These were originally incidents of fights between villagers or village tyrants bullying villagers. In fact, he didn't have to handle them personally, but today he wanted to take a look.
After turning a few pages, I saw stories of neighbors cutting down their trees and stealing their cows and chickens.
He gave orders one by one. These livestock are the hope of a poor family.
After a while, he turned to the middle and a person's name caught his attention.
The man's name is Chen Ergen, and the plaintiff is Wang Aniu. The plaintiff claims that Chen Ergen, relying on his large numbers, was a village bully and had seized his family's farmland. Originally, his family owned four acres of farmland, one of which was adjacent to Chen Ergen's. Initially, Chen Ergen encroached on small portions, repeatedly moving the ridges back.
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