Chapter 69: The Living God from the Village

Liang Jinyu stood up and said, "What a coincidence! My jade hairpin is also unique and a family heirloom. It's worth one thousand taels!"

"Who are you kidding? This broken thing of yours can be bought for just a few coins!" The stall owner reacted and sat up immediately.

Liang Jinyu retorted: "Your junk is worth a hundred taels, so why isn't mine worth a thousand taels?"

"you--"

"Don't be so harsh, everyone knows what you are thinking. If you want to cheat, you should use smarter methods."

Liang Jinyu didn't give the stall owner a chance to refute. She turned around and left, saying, "If you want compensation, come with me. You won't get a penny if you stay there."

The stall owner looked at the Xie family's carriage unwillingly, but heard a chuckle coming from the carriage. The laughter was clearly warm and pleasant, but it made him shudder suddenly.

"You, you Xie family are bullying others by taking advantage of your power. I won't bother with you!" The stall owner shouted angrily, got up and ran away.

The carriage started moving slowly, and the laughter inside became more joyful.

There were three men sitting in the huge carriage. Facing the door was Xie Qingyu, the young master of the Xie family. On his left was Yuan Shanting, the fifth son of the Yuan family, and on his right was Rao Ji, the third in charge of the Xie family.

"She is very smart to give someone a taste of their own medicine." Rao Ji commented on others out of habit.

Yuan Shanting asked hurriedly: "Why? So you know her?"

Rao Ji's eyes flickered, realizing that he had said something wrong.

"It's just a chance encounter." Xie Qingyu said casually, took out an envelope from the desk beside him and handed it to Yuan Shanting, "This is the clue I asked someone to find after I was assassinated. Maybe it can be useful to you."

Yuan Shanting took it but did not open it immediately. Instead, he talked about another thing.

"Although men from the Xie family cannot enter the government, they have never missed any news from the palace. I want to ask you, is the Southern Tour true? Don't tell me when I have already brought my goods here, and it will be a false alarm."

Xie Qingyu rubbed his aching knee and chuckled, "It seems that your Yuan family is really left with no one."

Others who heard this found it puzzling, but Yuan Shanting's face changed instantly, feeling embarrassed and awkward.

The first head of the Yuan family was Yuan Gui. Yuan Gui had three sons, the second oldest, Yuan Qiaoyong, was the second head of the family.

It was under Yuan Qiaoyong's rule that the Yuan family gradually grew stronger and became one of the three richest businessmen in the Great Zhou.

As the ancients said, it is easy to conquer a country but difficult to keep it. The Yuan family is facing this situation today.

Yuan Qiaoyong had a first wife in his early years and they had a daughter. Later, due to various reasons, his first wife died and their daughter disappeared.

A few years later, Yuan Qiaoyong married his current wife and gave birth to his only son Yuan Shanting.

I thought there was finally a successor, but who knew Yuan Shanting was not fit to be the head of the family.

It's not that he has bad character, but that he is too indecisive, and he is unable to make a decision when faced with a big event.

It was because of this problem that Yuan Qiaoyong delayed passing the position of head of the family to him.

There are even rumors outside that the third branch of the Qiao family has many male descendants, and the position of head of the family is likely to fall into the hands of the third branch. After all, the rule of the Yuan family has always been "talent, not relationship."

Although everyone knew about this matter, no one had ever pointed it out directly to Yuan Shanting.

Fortunately, Yuan Shanting was kind-hearted and seldom held grudges. Although he was embarrassed for a while, he did not turn against Xie Qingyu.

"To be honest, we have found a good emerald deposit in Jiuge, but it is extremely difficult to mine. If this is true, I will immediately send more people to Jiuge."

The current emperor is very fond of gemstones, especially emeralds, so Yuan Shanting also wants to cater to his preferences.

Xie Qingyu stopped and looked at him: "The emperor does have the idea of ​​a southern tour, but the situation in the court changes rapidly and nothing is absolute. Besides, there is no business in this world that is guaranteed to make money, don't you think so, Fifth Young Master?"

Yuan Shanting naturally knew this truth, but he was worried that after investing all the manpower and financial resources, he would get nothing in the end. The most important thing was that the risk of mining was too great.

"Fifth Young Master, we're here." The driver outside reminded.

Yuan Shanting nodded slightly to Xie Qingyu, then turned and got off the carriage.

A moment later, a plain carriage drove slowly over, and the driver was a servant of the Zhou family.

Yuan Shanting got on the carriage, sat there thinking for a long time, and suddenly said, "It turns out he wasn't just scolding me."

Xie Qingyu's original words were "It seems that your Yuan family is really out of people", which means that he not only looked down on Yuan Shanting, but also looked down on those in the third house.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shanting suddenly felt relieved. After all, he was not too bad.

But then he sighed again, filled with worry, wondering what would happen to the Yuan family in the future.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Liang Jinyu threw a bunch of money to the stall owner, who shouted that it was not enough.

Liang Dingfang happened to bring the old doctor back. Seeing the old doctor's bruised face and nose, the stall owner immediately grabbed the silver and ran away.

Liang Jinyu couldn't help but sigh. Although she didn't advocate the use of force, sometimes force was really useful.

"Sister, is this the man?" Liang Dingfang threw the old doctor into the corner.

The old doctor covered his swollen cheeks and cried: "You little kid, you were too cruel. My old bones almost fell apart."

Liang Jinyu squatted down and looked at the other person straight in the eye: "Tell me, why are you here?"

The old doctor felt very sad and immediately told the whole story with tears and snot.

"He was a drunkard. Not only did he steal my money, he also scolded me, calling me a quack who took people's lives lightly. God knows, I just wanted to sell some dog-skin plasters to make a living. Why is it so difficult?"

Liang Jinyu frowned: "Are you saying he went to Yanghe Village?"

"I don't know. Anyway, I saw him staggering out of the city." The old doctor glanced at Liang Dingfang timidly, lowered his voice and said to Liang Jinyu, "Miss, I suffered because I was trying to help you. Regardless of other things, you have to take responsibility for my injury, right?"

Liang Jinyu glanced at his swollen cheeks and took out a piece of silver from her pocket: "Go buy some medicine to apply."

"You are a kind-hearted girl. I will leave first." The old doctor ran away very fast and disappeared in a flash.

Liang Jinyu had a headache, fearing that the man surnamed Yan would ruin Yao Yao's plan, so she decided to hurry back to the village.

...

The brother and sister hurried back to the village, and soon after they entered the village, they heard that a young doctor had come to the village.

Not only is he handsome, he is also a skilled doctor. He treated several villagers in the whole afternoon, and his prescriptions were always accurate, like a living god.

Liang Jinyu followed everyone to the back of the village and walked to the bamboo forest in front of the Chen family.

The villagers surrounded the place in three layers inside and outside, and the people in the middle could not be seen at all. Only the laughter of the wives and girls could be heard from time to time. The men standing on the outside had complicated expressions, including envy, jealousy, and mostly admiration.

Liang Jinyu looked around and finally found Yao Yao in the crowd. She was supporting her waist with one hand and stroking her belly with the other, with a very proud expression on her face.