Chapter 283 The Jiang Family is Targeted
"Why are they all running? What are they going to do?" Fortunately, Jiang Fengnian was quick and came to help his mother.
Feng hugged the lady's short legs tightly, then stepped back a few steps, and stretched her neck to look.
At this time, Li Qiqiao said with wide eyes, "I heard it clearly. It seems that someone just died in front. There is a lot of commotion. Everyone wants to rush to see the excitement!"
"It's a big festival. There are people who are willing to join in this unlucky and lively occasion." Feng frowned, and someone bumped her back again...
Yuncheng is a small place, and the people don't have many entertainments.
Therefore, whenever something happens, people will rush to it.
One after another, people carrying lanterns and mooncakes in their mouths chased the crowd. Suddenly, the whole West Street became crowded.
Soon, Mrs. Feng's heels were stepped on and Mrs. Xiao's hair was knocked crooked. There was
no other way. Seeing that they could not continue to visit the lantern festival, the Jiang family had to follow the crowd and move a few steps in the direction of Weirui Lane.
Coincidentally, the sign of Qincaiju soon came into view.
Feng heaved a sigh of relief and was muttering to Old Lady Xiao, "Let's go in and sit for a while and get away from these people first, so as to avoid squeezing around. We haven't finished our snacks yet."
Unexpectedly, just as the voice fell and Old Lady Xiao hadn't nodded, they found that the crowd that had been surging all the time suddenly stopped.
The front of Qin Cai Ju was already crowded with people.
They came here to enjoy the hustle and bustle of Qin Cai Ju!
Qin Bu Tong's face was pale, he lowered his head and stared at his feet, his breathing was still rapid.
Feng was surprised and quickly squeezed through the men and women in front of him. When he got closer, he was shocked.
He saw a woman lying on the bluestone slab in front of the door, twisted and motionless.
The woman's arms and legs were broken, her posture was twisted terribly, and her embroidered shoes fell off her feet.
The bright red blood flowed from her body to the middle of the street, and it looked like a long black ink in the night.
At this time, people around were pointing and talking, screaming and talking.
"How could she fall so badly?"
"I just saw it, with a bang, the lady fell down!"
"She fell from the second floor of Qincaiju. I guess she slipped."
"This restaurant is very particular about the show. They built the second floor so high. Look, something must have happened now."
Qin Bu Tong's chest rose and fell violently. After a while, he called the waiter to report to the police.
Feng came to her senses and hurriedly asked Qin Bu Tong.
"Boss Qin, did this person really fall from your restaurant?"
Qin Bu Tong's face was still pale. He helped Jiang Fengnian and finally steadied his feet.
"Just now, I saw that the colored lights were still hanging crooked, so I adjusted them in front of the door. Who would have thought that this woman would suddenly fall from the building and break all over... I heard it all..."
It was a big festival, and such a thing happened out of nowhere, which inevitably made people feel shocked.
Feng noticed the twisting in her arms, and saw that it was Xiao Nuobao who was looking straight at her, so she quickly covered her eyes.
He comforted Qin Bu Tong and said, "Don't worry too much. Since it's an accident, just report it to the government."
Qin Bu Tong's face became even uglier. "The government won't bother me, but this happened during the festival, and the customers will definitely think my restaurant is unlucky. If this goes on, I'm afraid my reputation as the best restaurant in Yuncheng will really change hands."
Hearing that he was breathing heavily, in the past, Xiao Nuobao would definitely smile and comfort Qin Bu Tong.
Or think of some way to increase his wealth and help him get through the difficulties.
But now, Xiao Nuobao's eyes rolled around, but she couldn't listen at all, because she found that the old lady lying on the ground was actually seen in the afternoon!
Xiao Nuobao tugged at Feng's clothes and reminded her anxiously, "Mom, look again!"
Feng was stunned for a moment, then she turned her eyes back to the poor corpse.
The middle-aged woman on the ground was wearing a satin dress with a pendant and painted with powder and rouge, but her face was full of wrinkles from hard work, which was more conspicuous than any makeup.
After looking at her face carefully, Feng's pupils couldn't help but tremble.
Only then did she realize that the dead person was Zhao!
"Why is it her?" Feng was a little unconvinced, and pulled Jiang Fengnian over to look, "I just saw her during the day, how come she is gone in a short while."
Jiang Fengnian was also very surprised.
He looked for a long time before he dared to confirm it.
"…It's really her. It's strange. Why did she come to Qincaiju to eat for no reason? And… she fell to her death…" Jiang Fengnian touched his head.
Li Qiqiao pondered for a moment, glanced at the second floor of Qincaiju, and then muttered to Jiang Fengze.
"Old Third, you said that a table here must cost at least half a tael of silver. Even if Zhao was really rich, she wouldn't be willing to come here to eat by herself."
Jiang Fengze was stunned. "That's right, most likely someone brought her here, but if there was really someone with her, why didn't anyone come down to see her even though she was dead?"
This made sense.
They both felt that something was a bit strange, but they didn't dare to point it out directly for fear of causing trouble for Qincaiju.
During the festival lantern festival, there were yamen runners patrolling the streets. With something like this happening, the government officials would naturally come quickly.
Not long after, after asking everyone in the restaurant, the coroner came to check and confirmed that it was a fall to death. The yamen runners wrapped Zhao in a white cloth and covered her up.
The guests of Qin Caiju had already been scared away.
Feng saw that Qin Bu Tong was distressed, so the group did not visit the lantern festival anymore. Instead, they stayed at the door and chatted with Qin Bu Tong to divert his attention and wait for the government to drag the person away before leaving.
During the reunion lantern festival, someone died in the city's number one restaurant.
The spectators were curious and naturally reluctant to leave. Even the storytellers and opera singers in the teahouse came to watch, hoping to get some inspiration for their stories and plays.
The crowd was so large that many people were still muttering about whose family the woman who fell to death belonged to.
But no one noticed that at the end, a boy of about twelve or thirteen wearing a raccoon fur cape had his shoulders shaking violently.
An old servant stood beside the boy, sighing in a suppressed voice, "Ah, what a fuss! The master just scolded her a few times, but she was so scared that she jumped off the building because she was worried that she would get you involved."
"But young master, don't blame me. It was your mother who crossed the line." The old servant continued to sigh. "
I saw her come to me and gave her enough clothes and jewelry, which was good enough. But Zhao was so confused that she dragged you to the blacksmith shop to meet your father who became a government slave. Isn't this a trick for me? If things go wrong, I will be implicated."
The boy standing behind sobbed and said slowly, "I know, Uncle Tian, it's my mother... it's Zhao, she shouldn't do that!"
The old servant looked up and saw the Jiang family in front of the door.
He rolled his eyes and asked, "By the way, young master, I heard that the Marquis of Guanwai who was awarded a few days ago has the same surname as you, Jiang, and seems to be your cousin?"
"...Yes, why are you talking about this?" The young man's muffled voice came.
The old servant reminded in a low voice, "Don't blame me for being nosy. After all, you are the old master's adopted son. Because of your biological father and mother, the old master has left you. If you can borrow the help of this cousin and regain the old master's favor, you will be able to gain a better foothold in the mansion."
"I heard that the second master in the city has always wanted to find a good marriage for his only daughter. Some time ago, he asked the matchmaker to go to Dalui Village, hoping to choose your cousin as a son-in-law." The old servant coughed hintingly.
Under the tent, the boy's expression was gloomy.
After a long while, he raised his yellow eyes and said, "Well, I know what to do."
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