[Big Boss Chapter 26] Concubine
"School anniversary performance, the giant lamp on the stage fell! Injured several students!"
The next day, the accident of the school anniversary was reported in the newspaper. The parents of the students were angry and accused the school of inadequate inspection, and the governor Yan Zhan also issued a request for a thorough investigation of the matter. The
school and the police station worked overtime overnight to investigate, and the final result was that the screws of the lamp connecting rod fell off, which was a complete accident.
Yan Zhan did not expect the police station to find out anything. After he learned from Chu Jiao that Du Shourong and his daughter had an affair, he ordered people to keep an eye on the Du family theater, but he did not expect to find out something. After
Du Xiruo got the dragon button, he applied for a leave of absence the next day. She enrolled in school to avoid the previous city-wide manhunt. The police station searched for half a month but failed to catch the real criminal. Yan Zhan also learned the truth from Chu Jiao, so he asked the police station to withdraw the search warrant. Du Xiruo was afraid of nightmares, so she immediately changed back into Xiao Duxian's men's clothes after taking a leave of absence and returned to the opera house.
She thought she was foolproof. Even if Chu Jiao found out that she had fallen and suspected "Fu Xiruo", she would not be able to find her even if she searched everywhere. After all, the identity and gender are different. Who would suspect an actor who has never read a book?
During the period when he changed his identity and disappeared, Du Shourong announced to the outside world that Xiao Duxian was seriously ill. As the pillar of the company, Xiao Duxian did not show up, and the business of Li Cuiyuan went from bad to worse.
But Du Shourong was not worried, because his good daughter brought him the good news that he had been looking for for a long time. She found Long Button!
What does this theater mean? Once Long Button succeeds, he will be the greatest contributor to the restoration of the royal family and the support of the young emperor!
Du Shourong hurriedly sought help from the underground party that had been secretly in contact. The underground party was planning to establish a Manchuria government to compete with the current Peking government, but it was not strong enough and lacked talents, so it could only secretly accept the support of the Japanese Empire. This time, Japan sent Yoshida Hideaki to assist Du Shourong.
Yoshida Hideaki arranged several ninjas to help Du Xiruo create a chandelier accident, and then erased the traces afterwards. This is why the police and the school could not find anything.
Du Shourong wanted to use this wealth to help the Manchurian government, which was about to be established, get rid of the control of the Japanese and restore the imperial power, while the Japanese wanted to seize the treasure and embezzle it all.
Both sides had their own ideas, but at the moment when the treasure had not been found, they were still in harmony on the surface.
Du Shourong had been looking for seals and treasures since his grandfather's generation. He had been searching for several possible places where the treasure might be hidden for many years, and finally determined the most likely one, which was Wutai Mountain in Jin.
Wutai Mountain has always been said to be the place where Emperor Shunzhi became a monk, and successive emperors including Qianlong and Kangxi had visited this place many times. This place is undoubtedly of great significance to the royal family.
Du Shourong had already arranged for people to keep an eye on Mount Wutai, and wanted to go and see what was going on as soon as he got the dragon button. But although Zhang Chong, the military commander of Jin, could not read a single word, he had a strong control over the Central Plains. Even if the treasure was really in Mount Wutai, it was impossible for Du Shourong to transport such a large amount of treasure without Zhang Chong's knowledge.
Fortunately, Zhang Chong did not smoke opium or play mahjong, but he had a hobby, which was to listen to opera. At the same time, he especially liked to play opera.
Before Du Xiruo "sick", Marshal Zhang had been the host of Li Cuiyuan for a month in a row. Everyone knew that he admired and loved little Du Xian very much.
"Xi Ruo... Marshal Zhang thinks highly of you and personally invites you to perform in his mansion. This is a great opportunity!" Behind the scenes of Li Cui Garden, Du Shourong stroked his beard and spoke to his daughter earnestly.
"I'm not going!" Du Xiruo threw her hairpiece on the dressing table, "You know what he thinks of me!"
"Xiruo...you have to put the overall situation first..." Du Shourong persuaded her with emotion and reason, "Think about it, although Marshal Zhang is a rough guy, he is a military leader after all. His power in the Central Plains is no less than that of Governor Yan. If you really win his favor, even if something happens to me in the future, he will be able to protect you..."
When Du Xiruo heard Governor Yan's name, her eyes flashed a few times, but quickly dimmed, "Dad...don't say that...I, I'll go..."
In the Yan Mansion, Adjutant Li was reporting the news he had received recently to Yan Zhan.
"Oh? Zhang Chong is going to marry another concubine?" Yan Zhan was peeling grapes for Chu Jiao, and asked casually, "Which room is this?"
"The... fifth room." Lieutenant Li wiped his sweat.
"Wow, he is still strong even when he is old," Chu Jiao chewed the grapes peeled by the governor himself, and sighed, "I remember Brother Yan said that this Marshal Zhang is almost fifty years old?" "
Forty-eight years old." Lieutenant Li was glad that he had done a thorough investigation.
"Who is he marrying? Is it worth you running here in the middle of the night to deliver the invitation?" Yan Zhan knew that his adjutant was more aware of the importance of things.
Lieutenant Li presented the invitation, "It's the actor from Li Cui Garden that you asked me to keep an eye on."
Chu Jiao and Yan Zhan looked at each other.
It was really... I never expected it.