Chapter 174 The Fang Family Harmed Us
"This is called while the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits." Guo Yang held the sword, and the curve of his lips also proved his joy.
"Guo Yang, you learned a few words from Third Master, and you think you're showing off your elegance?" Guo Sheng listened to the flowery words and said, "Third Master, we have to leave Hongdu quickly so they can't find out anything!"
"No, there's still a good show to come." Jun Lie looked at him, slightly hooked his finger at him, and whispered something in his ear. Guo Sheng's eyes lit up, and he gave Jun Lie a thumbs up and said, "Third Master, this way, there will be no suspicion that we were the ones who got these weapons."
"Third Master, I'll do it right away." Guo Sheng ran as fast as he could, fearing that if he ran too slowly, he would delay Third Master's plan.
As soon as Guo Sheng left, it seemed as if the whole world had quieted down. Guo Yang looked at Jun Lie with worry in his eyes and said, "Third Master, the day after tomorrow is the first day of the new year."
"It's okay. I'll go to the pond in the mountain behind the Xiao family after I get the weapon this year." Jun Lie raised his eyes and asked, "Have you sent the person over?"
"Well, we sent it over, but something unexpected happened." Guo Yang cleared his throat. It was originally the Third Master's sudden idea. They were nearby, and it would be hard to find someone who was good in martial arts and had to be a woman, not too old, who had to be careful in doing things and had a quick mind.
"Donggui, you are twenty-six this year?" Xiao Jiuyue looked at Donggui. Even though she was wearing a plain dress, it still couldn't hide Donggui's proud figure. She was different from Hua Qing, the kind that could not be found even in a crowd of people.
But Donggui, no matter how simply she dresses, her proud figure makes people unable to help but look at her sideways. She hasn't even dressed up yet. If she dresses up beautifully, wouldn't she be an enchanting beauty?
"Yes." Dong Gui responded. When Xiao Jiuyue was looking at her, she was also looking at Xiao Jiuyue. Xiao Jiuyue's beauty was not surprising. Anyone who could catch the eyes of the Third Master was naturally not an ordinary person.
What surprised Donggui was that when Xiao Jiuyue saw her figure, he didn't look at her with disgust, nor did he think that she was unfaithful. Instead, he looked at her with admiration.
"Do you have children?" Xiao Jiuyue asked.
"No." Dong Gui shook her head. Xiao Jiuyue asked again, "Okay, this is the employment agreement. Ten taels of silver per month. Your daily duties are very simple. Just protect me when I go out."
"Don't you want to sell your body contract?" Dong Gui was surprised. Although she didn't go through human traffickers, didn't the daughters of wealthy families usually like to hold other people's body contracts so that they could use them with confidence?
Ten taels of silver a month, that's one hundred and twenty taels of silver a year. She used to work hard in the escort agency, delivering letters and things for people. It was hard for her to earn even fifty taels of silver, let alone one hundred and twenty taels a year.
"No need." Xiao Jiuyue shook her head. Her fingers tapped the agreement lightly, and she said, "What I need is someone who is willing to stay with me, not because of a contract to sell themselves."
Dong Gui held the agreement and asked, "Miss, don't you want to test my skills again?"
"No need. The people that Manager Jin found are naturally good." Xiao Jiuyue's words were all filled with trust in Manager Jin.
Manager Jin stood aside and straightened his body subconsciously. He felt that all the hard work and busyness in recent days were worth it.
Dong Gui pressed the handprint directly and said, "I will definitely protect the young lady from now on."
"Don't you want to take a look at the content?" Xiao Jiuyue watched her press her fingerprints and sign her name, thinking that she must be literate.
"The young lady would definitely not lie to me." Dong Gui was efficient and not shy at all, which made Xiao Jiuyue very impressed. She said, "Welcome to the Xiao family."
Dong Gui was stunned. Xiao Jiuyue in front of her was smiling sweetly.
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Cheng family.
The house was searched and County Magistrate Cheng was arrested, waiting to be executed in the autumn. This scared the Cheng family. When Cheng Yanwen was arrested, he was still drunk and unconscious in Yilan Courtyard. When he woke up, he didn't believe that his own father had been arrested. He was still drunk and started fighting with the officials.
In the end, Cheng Yanwen was dragged back to the prison and his life or death was unknown.
The Cheng family was in chaos. Fang Caiwei subconsciously wanted to go back to her parents' home. Cheng's mother grabbed Fang Caiwei and looked at her coldly: "Where do you want to go?"
"Mom, I..." Fang Caiwei was frightened by the soldiers who had raided her house during the day. After being unconscious for the entire afternoon, she woke up with only one thought in mind: "I want to go home."
Mother Cheng held Fang Caiwei tightly in her hand, staring at her belly with burning eyes and said, "This is your home, where else do you want to go back to?"
"Mom, my father-in-law has been arrested, and Yanwen has also been arrested. I, I, I have to go home!" Fang Caiwei was so anxious that she didn't know what to say. She rolled her eyes and said wittily, "Mom, I have to go back to my parents' home to find out the news!"
Cheng Fangjiao had been scolded by her own mother these days because Fang Caiwei was pregnant. She was treated like a maid by Fang Caiwei, and she was found to have faults in everything and was even asked to arrange a marriage for her. She had been unable to bear it to the extreme, so she rushed forward and slapped Fang Caiwei in the face.
"Hehe, our family is in this situation because of you, the Fang family!" Cheng Fangjiao yelled at her.
Cheng Fangjiao's slap and roar stunned Fang Caiwei. She subconsciously hid behind her mother-in-law, protecting her belly and said, "Mom, I'm pregnant, Cheng Fangjiao hit me."
"How dare you hide!" Cheng Fang's delicate eyes turned red. Everything she had was gone, her beloved dress, her beloved jewelry, all were gone.
Cheng Fangjiao rushed forward and wanted to hit someone, but Cheng's mother grabbed her hand and said, "Jiaojiao, Caiwei is pregnant. He's your brother's son, and my grandson!"
If anything happens to Cheng Yanwen, the baby in Fang Caiwei's belly will be the only child of the Cheng family!
"Mom, it's the Fang family who harmed Dad and us." Cheng Fangjiao fell to the ground. What happened today was beyond her expectations. She curled up and hugged her mother: "Mom, what should we do? Will Dad be okay?"
Cheng Fangjiao looked at Cheng's mother with sobs in her eyes.
"It'll be okay." Mother Cheng's pale words didn't know whether they were comforting Cheng Fangjiao or herself.
"You're talking nonsense! How could the Fang family possibly harm the Cheng family?" Fang Caiwei held her stomach and stood up, saying, "No, I'm going to ask my dad for answers."
"Auntie Qiu, hurry up and go find my dad." Fang Caiwei looked at Mother Qiu who was also trapped, and pushed her out.
"Miss, I, I can't get out. The soldiers have locked us up." Mother Qiu offered money and said all the nice things she could, but the other party didn't care at all. Money didn't work, and she couldn't leave at all!
"Give me money, I still have some here." Fang Caiwei said, and started to take out the silver bills from her waist. She couldn't find the silver bills she usually took, so she started to pull out the hairpins on her hair. The gold hairpins were still valuable.
"Oh, don't even bother looking for it. How could those people let go of the money on you?" Cheng Fangjiao sneered.
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