Chapter 190: Betting on Fishing and Deceitful Tricks
The Du family runs a tofu shop. Although the money is hard earned, they can still make a small profit.
Therefore, the eldest son of the Du family, who was spoiled by Mrs. Du and her husband, had no shortage of money. He could often go to some special places with his friends to have fun.
For example, pubs, casinos, brothels, etc.
Although Hongye Town is not large in area and does not have many streets and residents, it has many places for entertainment because of the existence of martial arts sects such as Maple Leaf Hall, and basically has everything you need.
The eldest son of the Du family used to love taking a small amount of money to these places to pretend to be a big shot, and to experience the feeling of being flattered and admired as a rich young man, and he never got tired of it.
Because of this incident, the Du family had to pay him a lot of money, but it was still not enough. The incident also got out and ruined their reputation. As a result, now their two children are over 20 years old, and no one has come to propose marriage to them.
That's why Mrs. Du set her sights on the Song brothers and sisters who had just moved in and seemed to be quite wealthy.
Rongzhen laughed when he learned about this.
How dare you plot against outsiders when you haven't even cleaned up your own mess?
Jingshu didn't leave after completing the 'task'. Instead, he asked her, "What are you going to do?"
When he first heard that she wanted to investigate the eldest son of the Du family, he thought that she was really motivated by the rumors and wanted to see what kind of character that person had.
But then he realized that he was misjudging her. How could she behave like that? She would definitely not fall for someone like that.
Looking at her reaction now, she's like a little fox about to play a trick on someone. She's probably up to something bad.
Since she was not blind, he didn't mind helping her again.
Rong Zhen stroked his chin and acted mysterious: "I won't tell you yet, I need to borrow a few people from Brother Da Huang."
Jingshu was puzzled: "Brother Dahuang?"
"It's Master Huang. Don't tell him that I gave him this nickname." Rong Zhen slapped himself lightly. It was because he called it so smoothly that he accidentally let the secret slip.
Jing Shu pondered and said, "Do we have to use his people? Master Huang is not as simple and kind as we see him."
Otherwise, he would not be able to become the leader of a sect, and when he was seriously ill and about to die, he could still keep the Xuanmen firmly under his control.
Rongzhen knew this of course, but that didn't stop her from borrowing a few pawns from others.
Rong Zhen: "I always feel that there is something fishy going on with the Du family."
Her sixth sense told her that the Du family might not be just an ordinary tofu seller, and Mrs. Du might have set her sights on more than just money.
I said before that I was just playing with them out of boredom, but in fact I just wanted to see if I could find some clues through contact.
But she didn't know whether the other party was hiding too deeply, or the time was not right, or she was just too nervous and didn't find any evidence that they had other intentions. Now she could use Master Huang's men to test it out.
I'm afraid her influence may not be enough to attract the person behind the scenes. Isn't the influence of the Yellow Sect Master of Xuanmen big enough?
Maybe they originally wanted to attack the target from a distance, and their target was actually Master Huang. After all, she said on the day she came that they had a connection with Master Huang.
The neighbors who heard it at the time didn't react much. They didn't know who Master Huang was, and now that so many days have passed, they are not sure.
Rong Zhen suddenly had an idea and thought that this was a possibility. Why didn't she think of it earlier?
Jingshu watched her stand up and walk around, as if she had suddenly thought of something. Before she could finish the words "What do you want to do? I can help you," she was dragged by Rongzhen towards the five-story mansion of Master Huang.
"I just thought of this. We are very likely implicated by Patriarch Huang. He must contribute his manpower and manpower to this matter." Rong Zhen explained on the way.
Hearing her doubts, Sect Master Huang laughed heartily. "I see you're quick to act. In the martial arts world, people always take pleasure in settling scores. Even if sects engage in violent conflict and resort to schemes and intrigues, they wouldn't be so despicable as to resort to such petty tactics."
"But don't forget that I'm not a gangster, but an ordinary civilian's daughter. To gangsters, it's just a small fight, but to me, it's a disaster!" Rong Zhen argued with reason and successfully borrowed three spies from Shengji Pavilion to serve him. By the way, she made a bet with Master Huang.
Bet on whether there is a martial arts sect behind the Du family, plotting against the Xuanmen through the Song brothers and sisters.
If there is, Rong Zhen will win, and Master Huang will give her another five thousand taels of silver.
If not, Huang Menzhu wins, and Rong Zhen will name five more auxiliary medicines that can treat his illness, which can save Doctor Liu from spending more time screening and make it easier for him to find the best medicine prescription to cure him as soon as possible.
Upon hearing this, Master Huang immediately perked up, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? It's just two people, it's no big deal. Here you go."
Since he was so straightforward, Rong Zhen didn't hesitate and defended herself before taking him away: "I just remembered it too. Let me tell you about the two most important ones first: Artemisia capillaris and Bupleurum chinense."
These two are also the main medicines for treating jaundice hepatitis in traditional Chinese medicine, and should be of some use to Huang Menzhu's symptoms.
In addition, there are turmeric, tangerine peel, and gardenia, but I am not sure about the others.
Master Huang was overjoyed and ordered his men to find Artemisia capillaris and Bupleurum chinense as soon as possible.
Shengji Pavilion used to specialize in this kind of work, and had a wide range of connections. In just one night, two large carts of Artemisia capillaris and Bupleurum chinense were transported to the five-story mansion for Doctor Liu to use as he pleased, and if that wasn't enough, there was more.
Doctor Liu accepted it with a twitch of his lips. He continued to research poisons as usual and only took Master Huang's pulse and prescribed medicine for him in his spare time.
Even with this, Master Huang was very satisfied. At least it was much better than his previous indifference. Didn't you see that he was drinking the medicine prepared by Doctor Liu himself? Although it was caught and boiled by Yuan Que, his body felt right.
While he was making progress, Rong Zhen also set up the first trap overnight.
In order to target the Du family who were plotting against her, she set up a three-step plan for them, with a trap in each step, aiming to lure them into a trap and have them take the bait willingly.
If they could control themselves or were lucky enough to avoid and escape her revenge, she wouldn't say much and would just consider themselves unlucky.
But the fact is that this family can neither control themselves nor have good luck.
In just two days, three out of the four members of the family fell into the net willingly and even impatiently.
The first one to fall was Old Man Du. The spies from Shengji Pavilion had originally arranged a gentle and virtuous widow to seduce him, but he didn't fall for it and was easily defeated in the casino arranged for his son. He became addicted to gambling and couldn't extricate himself.
Everyone used to say that he was an honest man, but it’s unimaginable how bad an honest man can become.
The second one was the eldest son of the Du family. No one expected that he went into the casino just to play with the men and didn't really like them. Instead, he fell in love with the widow arranged for his father - the daughter of a brothel.
What a big gasp! When Rongzhen saw this, she almost thought that he liked the widow.
最后是在家里躲羞的杜二姐，她早前偷偷给人当外室被大房逮住揍得没个人样，爱上了借酒消愁。
The people from Shengji Pavilion took the opportunity to send her fine wine in the name of her lover, which made her drunk and she started to act crazy at home, making Mrs. Du unable to take care of anything else.
It is probably because of this that the money-picking and bankruptcy game arranged for Mrs. Du could not be used.
But it doesn't matter. What she cares about most is her family. Isn't it her husband and children that she schemes against others? Now that her husband and children are in trouble one after another, she will suffer.
When the three things happened to the Du family by chance and were about to explode, someone quietly opened the door and walked towards the Du family late at night.
Jingshu stood silently on the rooftop, while the spies from Shengji Pavilion quietly hid in the shadows. They both watched as the guy, believing no one had noticed, sneaked into the Du family's house and questioned Mrs. Du: "What's going on in your family? Didn't you say it would be easy to capture the new brother and sister?"
"It's been so long, and there's no progress at all. With this level of efficiency, you still want me to recommend you to the sect? Dream on!"
"No, Brother Dafang, what's the relationship between us? You also know that my family has been in trouble recently. I can hardly take care of myself, so how can I have the energy to do the thing you asked me to do? Can you give us some time?" Mrs. Du hugged the arm of the brother she called Dafang and rubbed it. Even at her age, she could still pinch her throat and act coquettishly.
Her brother Dafang turned away from her with disdain and angrily said, "That was so long ago. Why are you still bringing it up? I tell you, there are countless people who want to join our Maple Leaf Hall. If your family doesn't take it seriously, I'll find someone else to do it."
"Take the Li family across from you. Their wives have been repeatedly showing affection to that newcomer, Xiao Song. Isn't it just to curry favor with the Huang Sect Master and bypass the Maple Leaf Hall to join another faction? Bah, don't you even consider whether you're worthy enough?"
Mrs. Du awkwardly put away her flirting gesture and said with a pout, "You've been watching all day, haven't you? It's not that I didn't try hard before, it's Xiao Song and the others who didn't accept it, and..."
"What else do you have to say? Tell me!" Dafang's patience was about to run out.
Mrs. Du was puzzled. "Also, it's barely ok for me, someone who hasn't even entered the sect yet, to plot against Xiao Song. I'll wait until I've sorted out my family affairs, and then I'll put in some effort to set a trap for Xiao Song and his sister. The key is how can we use them to plot against the Master of the Huang Sect?"
He is a big shot in the underworld, and they are just a small fry who are not even qualified to step into the underworld. Asking them to design a leader of a sect as a test for entry is definitely making things difficult for them.
Okay, after hearing this, there is no need to listen any further. The spies from Shengji Pavilion took the first step and directly captured the elder brother Da Fang, one of the two.
Mrs. Du was so frightened that she sat down with a thud. When she saw Jingshu appearing closely behind her, her face turned pale and she shivered, a pool of smelly yellow liquid seeping out from her vagina.
Seeing this, Jingshu didn't want to attack again, but in order to serve the purpose of warning, he still used stones to break all her teeth and the tongue that loved to gossip and spread rumors behind her back, without hurting his clean silver sword.
Ever since he fell from the sky, Mrs. Du knew that she had offended someone she shouldn't have offended, and that she would definitely suffer the consequences.
Now that the butcher's knife was about to fall, she covered her mouth and whimpered for mercy, not even daring to cry out loudly.
Jingshu didn't take her life in the end and left gracefully.
The next morning, the Du family and the Wang family, who lived next to the Li family through a wall, started a quarrel. The noise and crying woke Rong Zhen up.
Rong Zhen was not surprised that the Du family would make a fuss, after all, she was involved.
What's going on with the tough Wang family, who are said to have someone working at Maple Leaf Hall?
Mrs. Bai, who had gone out to inquire about the situation, hesitantly told her, "I heard, I heard that Wang Dafang, the head of the Wang family, and that powerful woman from the Du family secretly eloped last night."
"Ah? Ah?!" Rongzhen's head was full of question marks.
She swore she hadn't arranged it that way.
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