Chapter 96: Fight 2 Is the princess not coming tonight? ...
When Su He rushed to the south bank of Qingshui River, Xie Wuhen had already deployed his men and was watching the surrounding movements in the jewelry store opposite Changlong Restaurant.
The jewelry shop owner was a middle-aged woman. Seeing the distinguished family background and remarkable appearance of the young official, she couldn't help but approach him and offer some flattering words. "Sir, are you looking for jewelry for your wife? We don't have every style, but we're sure they're unique in the capital."
She added, "If you would like any piece of jewelry, please tell me, and I will introduce it to you in detail."
Xie Wuhen also acted as if he was going to buy some jewelry. "No need to bother with the introductions, Boss. If it's convenient for you, could you give me a private room and bring out the most popular jewelry in your store so I can choose for myself?"
The boss smiled so hard that his teeth showed, "It's convenient, it's convenient."
In just a moment, the boss arranged a private room facing the street for Xie Wuhen, and then moved out all the expensive jewelry in the store, allowing Xie Wuhen to choose by himself.
While watching what was happening across from him, he was choosing jewelry and actually picked out a set of silver-gilt jade headpieces for Su He.
When the payment was made, the shopkeeper was overjoyed. He hadn't expected Mahakala to make such a big sale. He praised her repeatedly, "Mr. Shaoqing really has good taste. If she were to wear this headgear, not only would the ladies in the city, but even the ladies in the palace would probably look at her with a twinkle in their eyes. Madam Shaoqing is so lucky to have such a husband."
Although Xie Wuhen knew that the boss was being sweet, he was still quite impressed by her words. Finally, he asked, "I have some official business to attend to today. May I borrow your private room to rest for a while?"
The boss immediately nodded and said, "Of course it's okay, you can rest here, sir." After saying that, he specially added a candle in the private room and then turned around and left the room.
Xie Wuhen rested in the private room for nearly an hour, but there was still no movement in the restaurant opposite.
Wu Sheng came into the room and asked, "Boss, do you think the princess won't come tonight?"
He answered the question irrelevantly: "What's the situation inside the restaurant?"
Wu Sheng replied, "Zhou Ping found someone who looks like Zhou Yuanze, and he's impersonating him and drinking heavily in the building."
He frowned slightly: "What about Zhou Yuanze himself?"
Wu Sheng curled his lips in disdain: "With his character, I guess he's probably having a good time somewhere right now."
Xie Wuhen was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind. He then stood up and walked out of the house.
Wu Sheng was completely confused and hurried to follow him, "Boss, where are you going?"
Xie Wuhen ordered: "Hurry to the Zhou family and keep an eye on Zhou Yuanze."
Wu Sheng became more and more confused: "Then... should we stop watching this restaurant?"
Xie Wuhen replied: "Maybe the princess won't come."
Wu Sheng was somewhat discouraged. "After spending so much effort to deploy manpower, are you just...just letting it go?"
Xie Wuhen instructed as he walked: "Leave a few people to guard here, and the rest of you go to Zhou's house."
Wu Sheng still didn't understand: "Aren't we going to find the princess? Why do we have to go to the Zhou family?"
Xie Wuhen was completely speechless about Wu Sheng's stubbornness. He replied angrily, "The princess has fallen into Zhou Ping's trap. She will definitely take advantage of the Zhou family's lack of defense tonight to attack Zhou Yuanze."
Wu Sheng was shocked when he heard this and turned around to arrange for people to come.
At this time, the Zhou family.
Zhou Yuanze walked around Jingya Garden.
It was late at night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. There was not a single unsightly person around. Even the few guards in the courtyard had been withdrawn, leaving only two personal servants at his disposal.
Zhou Yuanze was in a good mood. He hurried into the house and asked the servant to change his clothes.
The servant Wang'er hesitated a little: "Master, are you...going out?"
Zhou Yuanze smiled proudly: "That's right, I'm going out."
Wang Er was terrified: "Master has told us that we are not allowed to go out."
Zhou Yuanze raised his finger and shushed him: "Keep your voice down, don't let Changping hear."
Changping is another servant in the courtyard, and also the spy Zhou Ping placed next to his son.
Wang Er had no choice but to lower his voice: "Where on earth are you going, Master?"
Zhou Yuanze smiled wickedly: "On the south bank of the Qingshui River, there's a flower boat called 'Yuefang'."
Ever since he drank the pigeon blood soup from the Wu family's pigeon shop, he had been so lustful for several days that he could not control himself. Although he had a group of wives and concubines in the mansion to relieve his lust, his desire was insatiable and he felt as if a claw had grown in his heart, scratching it constantly.
Fortunately, Wu Qiutang was quite sensible. Seeing that he was restless and irritable when sitting still, he was willing to help him privately - he even arranged an appointment with a boat girl for him to entertain himself.
The old man is not at home tonight, and there are only a few soldiers left in the mansion. It is a good time for him to go out and have fun.
Wang'er was worried: "Changping is tidying up the study and will be here soon. If he doesn't see the young master by then, he will definitely go to the old master to complain."
Zhou Yuanze didn't care. "When he comes over, tell him that I want to sleep, but the bugs outside are making it hard for me to sleep, so I told him to go outside and catch bugs all night long."
Wang'er lowered his head and replied "yes".
But after a while, Changping came back as expected, and was indeed assigned to catch insects outside the house.
Zhou Yuanze was complacent. He took Wang'er out of the mansion through the back door, quickly rented a carriage, and headed straight for the south bank of Qingshui River.
Wang'er was a little uneasy. "The south bank of the Qingshui River is very remote. What if... we run into some bad guys? What will the young master do?"
Zhou Yuanze remained unconcerned. "The villain who wants to murder me is lurking in Changlong Restaurant. He might have already fallen into the trap set by my father." He glanced at the night streets outside the car and smiled. "Don't worry, we are very safe now."
Wang'er had no choice but to lower his head and remain silent.
The carriage sped along in the dark night.
In less than half an hour, they arrived at the south bank of the Qingshui River.
The south bank is also the southern suburbs. A road cuts straight through, dividing the vast wasteland into two. On one side are scattered houses, most of which are inhabited by porters; on the other side is the Qingshui River flowing like a white silk ribbon, with a bare river bank.
On the bare shore, there is a flower boat named "Yuefang". Red lanterns are hung on the bow and stern of the boat, and colorful sails are stretched out in the wind on the hull. It looks very flamboyant and festive.
Zhou Yuanze likes this publicity and festive atmosphere.
Isn't that the preparation to welcome him?
He looked very excited and immediately ordered Wang'er: "You stay by the carriage. I'm going to get on the boat first."
Wang Er grabbed his sleeve and said, "Master, how about... I come aboard with you?"
Zhou Yuanze scoffed: "Why, do you think you're not an eyesore enough?"
Wang Er replied: "I dare not."
"Since you don't dare, then just stay outside obediently." After saying this, Zhou Yuanze pulled out his sleeves, turned around and strode towards the flower boat, then jumped onto the bow and walked in.
The first thing Zhou Yuanze saw after entering the boat was a woman's back.
The woman was dressed in a light gauze, swaying gracefully in the wind. She was sitting in front of a table with dishes, pouring wine from a jug. The delicate hands holding the jug were white, tender, smooth, and exquisite, which aroused many fantasies of Zhou Yuanze.
He swallowed and called out "little lady" excitedly.
The young lady did not turn around, but said softly, "Master Zhou has kept me waiting for so long."
Zhou Yuanze also spoke softly: "I am here, young lady, please don't blame me, don't blame me."
As he spoke, he rushed forward and put his arms around the young lady's waist from behind.
The young lady did not avoid him, but looked back at him.
Under the flickering candlelight, the young lady's skin was as white as cream and her face was as beautiful as a lotus. She seemed like someone walking out from the depths of a dream, with a mixture of truth and falsehood.
Zhou Yuanze was a little dazed. He slowly let go of her and looked at her meaningfully: "Who are you?"
He seemed to see the beautiful woman from the Du family who had been defiled by him.
Su He smiled slightly, "Master Zhou, this is a good question. I am a boat girl."
Zhou Yuanze looked wary: "You, are you a boat girl?"
Su He replied: "Yes, what happened to Mr. Zhou?"
Zhou Yuanze stood up and took two steps back, still looking her up and down.
Su He also stood up and met his gaze calmly.
He said something with a hint of meaning: "I think you are the flower girl in Yichun Tower?"
He still remembered the appearance of Hua Niang who poisoned him in Yichun Tower that day.
Su He asked back, "What if it's Hua Niang? What if it's Chuan Niang?"
Zhou Yuanze's face suddenly turned cold, and he glanced around a few times. After confirming that she was the only one on the boat, a hint of cruelty appeared in his eyes. "Or perhaps, this young lady is not Hua Niang, nor is she the boat girl, but the wife of Xie Wuhen, the Junior Official of the Dali Temple?"
Su He smiled again, and laughed wantonly, "Since I am the wife of the Shaoqing Lord, why do I still want to meet with Lord Zhou at night?"
Zhou Yuanze suddenly stepped forward and grabbed her neck.
Her neck was slender and long, and he only needed to exert a little force to kill her.
But he didn't use any force. He really missed her face and was reluctant to leave. Since there were only the two of them on the boat, he had plenty of time to slowly "get along" with her.
Zhou Yuanze asked coldly, "Who are you?"
Suho didn't struggle.
She knew that he would not take her life, after all, he came with lustful intentions.
She looked at him, her eyes revealing a hint of charm: "How about this, Master Zhou and I drink and chat together?"
Zhou Yuanze sneered: "Is there poison in the wine?"
Su He replied: "I can drink first."
"I don't believe you."
"I am but a weak woman, powerless as a chicken. I can do nothing to Lord Zhou. Lord Zhou is holding me like this. Even if I have a thousand words in my heart, I am powerless to speak them."
Zhou Yuanze finally let her go, brushed off his sleeves, and sat down on the other side of the desk, facing her. "Tell me, what are your origins, and why do you keep trying to pick on me?"
Su He also sat down at the table, picked up the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp. Then he turned the cup over and shook it towards Zhou Yuanze: "Master Zhou, please see clearly, the wine is not poisonous."
Zhou Yuanze chuckled, "I will not touch any food that has passed through the hands of the young lady, no matter if it is poisonous or not. Please stop talking nonsense and get to the point."
Su He put down his wine cup and, as expected, became more serious. "Master Zhou may appear to be extremely dissolute on the surface, but in reality he is just a facade of strength, isn't he?"
Zhou Yuanze frowned: "What do you mean by that?"
Su He said sarcastically, "Master Zhou has kidney deficiency, so he must often have erectile dysfunction in bed, right?"
This statement was too damaging to his pride. Zhou Yuanze stood up angrily and clenched his fists: "You dare to say that again?"
Su He remained unmoved, speaking calmly, "Why not say it again? Lord Zhou has been indulging in lust for years, and his body has long been hollowed out. That's why you're suffering from impotence. That's why you need to constantly find new women to stimulate yourself, right or not?"
Zhou Yuanze was so angry that his face flushed red and veins popped out of his forehead: "I will take your life right now, you bitch."
He swung his fist and lunged at Su He. However, before his fist could even touch Su He, his legs gave way and he fell to the ground, sweeping the bowls and chopsticks off the table to the ground...
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