Chapter 172
It was getting late, Xiao Yue asked Fu Xunzhou to tell Fang Sanhong and others that he was safe, then...
It was getting late, and Xiao Yue asked Fu Xunzhou to tell Fang Sanhong and others that he was safe, and then he disconnected the megaphone.
Or perhaps the megaphone disconnected automatically. There was a crackling sound when the two spoke the last few words, and it took a while for them to quiet down.
The surroundings also became quiet. Unlike half an hour ago, this quietness no longer made Xiao Yue anxious.
She stood there for a while, went to the kitchen to boil some water, and then went to the room to find some simple clothes to prepare for washing.
At the same time, Liuyun City.
Fu Xunzhou sat quietly in the study, holding the megaphone in his hand for a long time, not wanting to let go even for a moment.
"Your Highness, the people have arrived."
It was not until he finished his conversation with Xiao Yue and completed the tasks he had been asked to do that Fu Xunzhou raised his eyelids, with indifference in his eyes.
After a while, Fu Xunzhou arrived at the side courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion.
A man dressed in luxurious clothes, with a haughty look and a bloated body was waiting here, looking around with disdain.
"Royal brother, it seems that your life in this remote place is really uncomfortable?"
Fu Xunzhou glanced at the arrogance on his face, sat aside without saying a word, his attitude seemed more dignified than if he was being deliberate.
The second prince narrowed his eyes and sat up straight unconsciously, but he only heard him say -
"This is not a reception room, but the dog room of the previous city lord. It is particularly suitable for you."
A dog house?
What's the meaning?
That means there can only be two identities appearing here, one is the dog, and the other is the master.
After understanding the meaning, the second prince became so angry that his face turned red and he slammed the table and stood up.
"Fu Xunzhou! What do you think your current situation is? I have heard everything about it. You have been restricted everywhere because of a woman who disregarded the royal dignity. Now that woman is in our hands, you still dare to shout at me?"
Are you not going to pretend anymore?
Fu Xunzhou stroked the megaphone in his hand and chuckled in an ambiguous tone: "What do you want?"
Seeing that he was truly forbearing and not saying anything, the Second Prince believed the man's words a little more.
At the same time, he also thought to himself that Fu Xunzhou was indeed as infatuated as his mother!
"Don't you always know what I want?" The second prince said angrily, "You handed over the 200,000 guards of the imperial city to my sister. What can a woman like her do? My father's time is coming. You might as well give the remaining troops to me. I will lead Dachen to new heights!"
"I want the tiger amulet that controls all military power!"
"So you cooperated with Luo Zhi." Fu Xunzhou looked at him indifferently: "What did he give you, a drug that can control people's minds?"
The second prince has always been unpopular in the court, and those who support him think he is cowardly and incompetent.
But as long as he can win over the rest of the factions with medicine and then hold the tiger talisman in his hand, wouldn't he be the one who has the final say in Dachen?
The second prince's eyes moved slightly, but he did not answer the question. He snorted and laughed, "I don't mind you reminiscing about the past in a place like this. You'd better take out the tiger talisman quickly. I will consider not letting your woman get hurt. Otherwise, how can a delicate woman bear any suffering? You..."
"You are wrong."
Fu Xunzhou suddenly sighed and stood up. His tall and slender figure looked down from above, more oppressive than the fat and bloated Second Prince.
"I am hers."
The second prince was stunned, and before he could react his neck was strangled tightly, his feet left the ground, and he couldn't breathe in an instant.
Fu Xunzhou exerted force on his hands, his expression hidden in the shadows: "It's time for me to consider whether to let you leave alive."
“Huh…huh…”
The second prince desperately pulled at his hands, the feeling of death was so close.
"Let Luo Zhi show up tomorrow." Fu Xunzhou was almost done with the torture, so he loosened his grip and let him fall. "You and the people you brought are only allowed to stay outside the city, and all carriages are allowed to pass freely."
The second prince lay on the ground, his hands and feet shaking uncontrollably, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.
He almost died...
He is scared!
He shouldn't have come!
How could he forget that this man was a killing god who would even attack people with whom he was related by blood when he got ruthless!
"I, I'll go right away..."
The second prince was squirming on the ground, but as soon as he got up, his hand was stepped on forcefully, but he dared not utter a word.
As expected, Fu Xunzhou said calmly: "Did the king ask you to leave?"
"I……"
If he doesn’t leave, how can he contact Luo Zhi to show up! How can we tell people outside the city not to intercept any carriages!
The second prince was angry and afraid, and did not dare to look up at those eyes.
"Stupid as a pig." Fu Xunzhou increased the strength of his feet, and his tone was full of laughter: "A prince has fallen to this point?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened.
Duan Lin, along with the people from the City Lord's Mansion, has captured a group of unfamiliar secret guards.
"Choose one." Fu Xunzhou's words sounded like he was saying, choose one to die.
But the second prince understood that this was to ask him to choose people to do the work, and there was no need for him, a prince, to do it himself.
Because these captured secret guards are all his men, and he himself will be locked up in this doghouse...
There was despair in the second prince's eyes.
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Qingyun City.
Xiao Yue didn't sleep well last night and woke up before dawn.
She didn't know when Lu Ran and Sun Wen would come, so she could only take this opportunity to find Fang Fang and tell her about the current situation.
Of course, things that should be concealed still need to be concealed, and Xiao Yue will not tell everything all at once.
Fang Fang lives with her sister. When she heard the knock on the door, she thought she had misheard. But when she opened the door, tears immediately rolled down her cheeks.
"Madam Xiao!"
Fang Fang rushed over.
"I was scared to death! We couldn't get into the store yesterday because Sister Sanhong was taken away, and suddenly we heard that Yueting Buffet was going to increase its prices, so we wondered if you were in danger..."
Fang Fang was like all the sisters in the store. When the news spread, she did not suspect Xiao Yue, but was worried that something might have happened to her.
Otherwise, with her personality, how could she do such a thing?
Xiao Yue patted Fang Fang on the back, comforted her and told her the situation, and finally said: "...you should be careful about your diet these days, and it's best not to eat sweets. Don't worry, I will return to Liuyun City soon, and the matter will be resolved soon."
By then, both the branches in Qingyun City and Shancheng will be able to reopen.
"good!"
Fang Fang sniffed and agreed to her request, saying that she would tell all the sisters so that they could feel at ease.
After saying this, Xiao Yue said goodbye and left. It was still dark when she came, but now it was bright. She came in a hurry and left in a hurry.
On the way back, Xiao Yue's pace quickened but then slowed down.
"Hey, the group of bandits outside the city suddenly disappeared!"
"I heard it, I heard it, I can finally rest assured!"
"That's great. I wonder which chivalrous man did this!"
The bandits are missing?
Xiao Yue frowned slightly and then relaxed his brows, thinking to himself that this was a good thing, at least it would not be difficult to leave the city later.
"Madam Xiao!"
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yue had just returned home when Lu Ran, Sun Wen and several young men came to greet him the next second.
Xiao Yue didn't expect them to come so quickly. Seeing the anxiety in their faces, she quickly explained that she had gone to find Fang Fang.
"So that's how it is. I'm glad you're okay..." Sun Wen held her hand tightly, as if she didn't dare to let go at all.
Lu Ran looked Xiao Yue up and down, nodded and said, "There is no time to lose, the carriage is ready, we will go back to Liuyun City now."
"good."
Seeing the bloodshot in their eyes, Xiao Yue had to hold back her desire to talk more or reminisce about the past.
The carriage was simply prepared, but no one complained, and it drove quickly away from Qingyun City.
When they got outside the city, Xiao Yue lifted the car curtain and looked at the road they had taken yesterday. As expected, there was not a single bandit.
She suddenly thought of something, glanced at the people riding horses behind the carriage, then glanced at Lu Ran and Sun Wen in the carriage, but in the end she didn't ask anything.
The carriage traveled a distance further, and Xiao Yue took out the megaphone. He inexplicably felt that it had "recovered" or "fully charged."
Only then did she silently recite the location of the mountain city in her mind and contact Jiang Yi and Xiao Nuo.
…
In Liuyun City.
Ever since Yueting Buffet announced a price increase and did not reduce prices for a few days, many customers have given up.
But they were already accustomed to the delicious food at Yueting Buffet, and found anything else hard to swallow.
With their minds conflicted, many wealthy young men and women paid eight taels to go for a meal.
Therefore, there are still customers in Yueting Self-service South Street branch, even though it is not as prosperous as before.
Old customers are very disappointed with this, but they can't just feel sorry for other people's money and worry about them. After all, delicious food is not guilty.
However, this behavior can be regarded as encouraging the trend of price increases, and some people still complain about it.
Who knew that the complaints only lasted for a day, because the next day the group of rich young men and women did not go.
When someone asked, they found out that the store was dark and scary. Although the women who were originally helping had smiles on their faces, their actions were repetitive and stiff.
In this kind of atmosphere, who would dare to eat there?
Therefore, after yesterday, there were few people in the South Street branch even at noon today, but the surrounding shops had more customers.
Nowadays, everyone knows Yue Ting’s situation, and those who pass by always sigh.
The Qian sisters also stopped and recalled that there were crowded queues a few days ago, but today it was deserted, and they felt very sad.
Just at this time, a carriage stopped on the street.
A tall woman in a red dress came down, looked around, and walked straight towards Yueting Self-service.
This action attracted a lot of people's attention, and someone exclaimed.
"Is this Sister Fang?"
"It's true, Sister Fang is back!"
"Isn't she in cahoots with the store owner? Why is she so aggressive now?"
The Qian sisters looked at each other, then followed. Seeing that something was wrong, the others also hurried to follow.
Facts have proved that Fang Sanhong is not only aggressive, he stopped at the door and sneered, and the words he said were also surprising -
“Why is business so bad?”
What's the meaning?
Everyone was confused.
Why is business so bad? Isn't it known to everyone by now?
"Where's the boss?" Fang Sanhong raised her hands and raised her eyebrows as if she remembered something. "Oh, I mean the one who announced the price increase. I don't know where he got the qualifications. If he really thinks of himself as the boss, why doesn't he come out to greet the guests?"
She was standing right outside the store, or even a little further inside.
Normally speaking, the volume can be heard on the second floor, so there is no reason why people in the lobby on the first floor cannot hear it.
Fang Sanhong clearly came to cause trouble, but no one came out.
Everyone looked at each other.
The Qian sisters were close by, and Qian You's heart moved, and she immediately asked: "Sister Fang, don't you support the price increase?"
"Raise the price?" Fang Sanhong turned around and looked at everyone: "Yueting Zizhui has never asked for a price increase. It was that villain who stabbed him in the back. Now that he knows the real boss is coming back, isn't he just a coward?"
"If you don't believe me, just go to the store and look for Luo Zhi. Is he still there? Ridiculous! I want to see how he hides when Xiao Yue comes back tomorrow!"
After saying this, Fang Sanhong left, in front of everyone with expressions of disbelief and surprise.
In fact, Fang Sanhong knew very well that Luo Zhi had been captured by Fu Xunzhou's men last night, and was just waiting for Xiao Yue to come back and confront him in person.
But she just couldn't help being angry. She heard that the store was no longer as good as it used to be and there were hardly any people around.
Fang Sanhong was anxious, and his current mission was to stabilize people's hearts, so why not come a step earlier?
She just couldn't stand Luo Zhi being so self-righteous and complacent behind his back!
Little did they know that after she left, the Qian sisters and everyone else's moods were full of ups and downs.
Like a pot of cooled water, it is now rekindled and boiling.
The real owner is back?
Xiao Yue is back!
It turns out that she never agreed to the price increase, and it was Luo Zhi who stabbed her in the back? !
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