Chapter 315: The Glazed Shed is Completed
Shen Zhao only has one daughter, Shen Wei, and he spoils her to the point of lawlessness.
The sentence he said most often was, "Wei'er, in Tianshan County, no one can bully you. As long as you don't kill or burn anything, Daddy will protect you."
This is why Shen Wei dared to attack Qi Yanzhou and Ye Chutang even though she knew their identities.
Shen Zhao thought that Zuo Ao was injured so badly, and his daughter, who was the mastermind, must be in an even worse situation.
He was angry and anxious, and reached out to grab Qi Yanzhou's collar.
"Tell me, where is my daughter?!"
Qi Yanzhou grabbed Shen Zhao's wrist and kicked him in the heart.
Shen Zhao was kicked so hard that his feet flew into the air and slammed heavily onto the ground.
He groaned and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Qi Yanzhou, don't go too far!"
Qi Yanzhou looked at Shen Zhao, whose face was pale and whose mouth was stained with blood, and raised the corners of his lips in mockery.
"I saw that your daughter was in need of men, so I kindly gave her a bunch of them. She is living a happy life now."
These words made the last bit of color on Shen Zhao's face disappear completely.
"You...what did you do to my daughter?"
Ye Chutang came to another table and picked up the dagger with dried blood on it.
She lifted up Shen Zhao's chin with her dagger and said with a smile, "Chen Wei said she wanted to scratch my face and send me to the lowest brothel to ruin me, so I took these two as her punishment. Is that fair?"
When Shen Zhao thought of what happened to his daughter, his anger burned away his remaining rationality, and he instinctively reached out to grab the dagger.
The sharp dagger pierced his palm.
"ah!"
When the scream rang out, Ye Chutang exclaimed "Ouch".
"How could Lord Shen be so careless? His hand was injured so badly. I'm afraid he won't be able to write anymore."
Qi Yanzhou took over and said, "Sir Shen doesn't need to review official documents as a governor anymore, so it doesn't matter if he can't write."
Shen Zhao weakly covered his bleeding hand, gasping in pain as he questioned.
"I am the chief official of Tianshan County. You are just a commoner. What qualifications do you have to dismiss me?"
“I’m indeed not qualified, but I won’t tell you where Shen Wei is unless you step down from the position of governor.
The longer you persist, the longer she will live in purgatory, and everyone will know that she is a promiscuous woman.
Lord Shen, you make the choice between your daughter's reputation and your own official position. ”
After Qi Yanzhou finished speaking, he added another sentence.
"By the way, with my ability, it's only a matter of time before I remove you from office. If you don't believe me, you can try it."
Shen Zhao knew how capable the Qi family was.
What my daughter did has already offended the Qi family, and there is no room for maneuver.
If he did not give up the post of governor, he would not only lose his daughter but also lose his official position.
So, he quickly made the decision that was best for him.
Resign and return home!
"I will resign if you tell me where my daughter is!"
Qi Yanzhou corrected him, "You didn't resign. You took the initiative to confess your crimes and let the general and the prefect judge you and dismiss you from office."
Before Shen Wei gave him the drug, resigning was an option.
But now, only if Shen Zhao is dismissed from office and kicked out of Tianshan County in disgrace can he feel relieved.
Shen Zhao looked at Qi Yanzhou in disbelief.
"You weren't calculated by Wei'er, but you destroyed her instead. Do you want to kill me now?"
Qi Yanzhou nodded affirmatively, "Yes! This is the price of being my enemy."
Shen Zhao clenched his back teeth and nodded heavily.
"Okay, I agree to your terms."
Qi Yanzhou looked at Xiao He and said, "Master Xiao, please fetch the pen, ink, paper and inkstone to write down the charges against Governor Shen."
This was the first time Xiao He saw Qi Yanzhou's iron-blooded wrist, and he was frightened to the point of being on edge.
When she heard him asking her to do something, she stood up immediately.
"Please wait a moment, Master Qi. I will be back soon."
After saying this, he left the private room and went to the shopkeeper himself to get writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone, and warned him at the same time.
It also made him mentally prepared: Baiweixuan might be finished.
After Xiao He left, Shen Zhao pulled out the dagger that had pierced his palm and knelt on the ground to kowtow to Qi Yanzhou.
"I have promised to make my crimes public and have been removed from office. Tell me where my daughter is?"
He felt so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe when he thought of his daughter being tortured in the lowest-class brothel.
Qi Yanzhou glanced at Keerhan calmly, and then said to Shen Zhao: "The sooner you confess your crimes, the sooner you can save Shen Wei."
Khar Khan knew that Qi Yanzhou was making an example of someone to scare the monkeys.
After all, a military general who commands troops is much more dangerous than a civil servant who holds a pen.
A wise bird chooses the right tree to roost in.
He has chosen the Qi family as his "wood" and will not change it easily.
After all, people are profit-seeking, and it is hard to find someone like the Qi family who can provide him with food and winter clothes.
"Don't worry, Master Qi. I will take this evil boy back and discipline him properly!"
Ye Chutang looked at Zuo Ao who was hiding behind Kerhan and said, "I have already disciplined him on behalf of General Zuo. Young Master Zuo will definitely become an obedient son in the future."
These words made Khar Khan's heart skip a beat.
He always felt that Ye Chutang's words were not good, and glanced at his son worriedly.
Zuo Ao gave Khar Khan a soothing look.
Compared to Shen Wei, the price he paid was very small.
After receiving his son's gaze, Khar Khan felt a little relieved.
Xiao He returned soon.
In order to save his daughter, Shen Zhao confessed all the illegal and disorderly things he had done while he was an official.
"I have a ledger hidden under the wooden pillow of my bed. It could get me fired."
Although he did a lot of wrong things, none of them cost him his head.
Therefore, these evidences could not take away his life, but could only take away his official position.
Qi Yanzhou read through the charges against Shen Zhao and asked him to sign.
"Sir Xiao, take Lord Shen to the prefectural government for custody. The trial will be held tomorrow. I will have someone send Shen Wei over later so that the father and daughter can be reunited."
"Okay, Master Qi."
"Master Xiao, Baiweixuan put drugs in customers' food and must be severely punished."
Xiao He, who was going to catch Chen Zhao, paused and asked, "I wonder how severely Master Qi wants to punish him? Can you leave some leeway for Baiweixuan?"
Qi Yanzhou threw two questions to Ye Chutang.
"Ma'am, what do you say?"
Ye Chutang knew that Baiweixuan was related to Xiao He.
She said: "Make the drugging public, apologize and compensate the victim, and take a month off to recover."
This punishment is a bit heavy for Baiweixuan, but it is acceptable.
After all, Xiao He had already prepared himself for Baiweixuan to close down.
After hearing what Ye Chutang said, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, I will let Baiweixuan satisfy Madam Qi's request."
After that, he took Shen Zhao away.
The door of the private room opened and closed.
Khor Khan asked Qi Yanzhou.
"Master Qi, can I take my son away?"
Qi Yanzhou did not answer immediately. He turned to look at Ye Chutang and let her make the decision.
Ye Chutang's gaze fell on Zuo Ao.
“Mr. Zuo, remember what I said before, or your fate will be worse than Shen Wei’s.”
Zuo Ao quickly assured, "I will remember Madam Qi's teachings for the rest of my life!"
"Let's go. I'm waiting to see your performance."
"Okay, goodbye."
Before leaving, Keerhan said to Qi Yanzhou: "Master Qi, as long as the Qi family can guarantee the survival of the garrison, I will obey the Qi family's orders and have no second thoughts."
The garrison was willing to submit to the Qi family naturally for the benefits.
As long as there is mutual benefit, cooperation will be solid.
Qi Yanzhou naturally understood this truth and said with a smile: "General Zuo, don't worry. Since the Qi family wants to use troops, they will raise them."
But he would not overfeed any garrison, which could easily become taken for granted.
"Okay, I'll go first."
After Qi Yanzhou and Ye Chutang finished their work and had their fill, they returned to the Qi Mansion.
Before returning to Tangzhou Courtyard, the two went to the side hall.
Chen Ruoyun woke up once in the afternoon and looked much better now.
Mrs. Chen was watching over her.
Seeing Ye Chutang come in, he thanked him again.
"Mrs. Qi, thank you for saving my daughter."
If her daughter died, she would die with her and go to the underworld to reunite with her children.
Therefore, Ye Chutang not only saved his daughter's life, but also saved her life.
Ye Chutang quickly helped Madam Chen up, "Madam, you have already thanked me many times, no need to thank me again."
After saying that, she came to the bedside and took Chen Ruoyun's pulse.
She had just finished taking the patient's pulse when Song Jingning, who had been busy all day, came.
When he entered the side hall, he just saw Ye Chutang retract his hand.
"Mrs. Qi, is Miss Chen feeling better?"
Ye Chutang nodded affirmatively, "Miss Chen's pulse has become much stronger. She just needs to rest well and take medicine on time to recover. But her body is too weak, and she will be in a coma for a long time in the next few days."
"As long as you can recover, Miss Chen has not rested for a long time for the sake of the people living on the border. Just treat this as a long rest."
Mrs. Chen thought so too.
"Mr. Song is absolutely right. As long as Yun'er doesn't recover, I won't let her return to Linzhou City."
Ye Chutang advised: "Next time Miss Chen wakes up, you can feed her some light soup."
Eating properly can speed up your body's recovery.
"Okay, I'll make a note of that."
"You guys chat, I'm leaving first."
When Ye Chutang and Qi Yanzhou returned to Tangzhou Courtyard, it was already past midnight.
Jinzhi hurried over.
"Miss, have you had dinner with your uncle? Why are you back so late?"
After asking, she realized that Ye Chutang was covered in dust.
"Miss, what's wrong with you? Why are your body and face so dirty?"
Ye Chutang looked at Jin Zhi who was worried, and said with a smile: "Aunt Jin, I just stayed in the blacksmith shop for a little too long and accidentally got dirty."
"That's good. Miss, what do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it for you."
"No need to do it. Ah Zhou and I have already eaten outside. Has Aunt Jin eaten?"
Jinzhi nodded, "I ate in the big kitchen."
In addition to cooking for the master who doesn't want to cook for himself, the big kitchen also prepares big pot meals for the servants.
Although the ingredients for the big pot dish are the same as what the master eats, the taste is average due to the portion size.
"Aunt Jin, if you don't like the food in the big kitchen, you can use the small kitchen to cook."
Jinzhi knew that Ye Chutang meant well, but she was not particular about food.
"Stop it, my lady. She is dirty and needs a bath. I will go and boil some hot water."
After she left, Qi Yanzhou said, "Atang, I still have things to deal with. You should go to bed early and don't have to wait for me."
He went to the study and called Nan Xiao in.
"Go to the brothel at the innermost end of Red-light Alley and take Chen Wei to the prefectural government."
Nan Xiao knew who Shen Wei was, but he didn't know what she looked like.
“Master, Miss Shen…”
Qi Yanzhou knew what Nan Xiao was going to ask, "She is the one who doesn't want money. She is the one who suffers the most."
"Yes, I will go find someone right away."
As Nan Xiao turned around to leave, he was stopped by Qi Yanzhou.
"Wait a minute, how are the things I asked you to prepare going?"
Nan Xiao turned back.
"The heavy snow blocked the roads, so many things couldn't be brought in, which resulted in several things not being purchased. But please rest assured, my master, I will be able to prepare everything needed for the wedding in a month at most."
Qi Yanzhou nodded and said, "Go ahead. Don't let the news about the wedding preparations leak out."
"As you command."
After Nan Xiao left, Qi Yanzhou went to the secret room in the study.
In addition to some confidential letters, there were also many wooden boxes tied with red silk in the secret room.
These were the betrothal gifts he prepared for Ye Chutang.
He said that holding a wedding banquet again was not as simple as inviting relatives and friends to a meal.
Instead, you have to go through all the wedding processes again.
He had started preparing these betrothal gifts a long time ago, but the road to exile was difficult and dangerous, and there was nothing good in the north, so the preparations were slow.
There are sixty-four loads of betrothal gifts, but only half of them are ready.
Fortunately, the wedding date has to wait until Ye Chutang is out of confinement.
That means he still has two months, enough to plan a grand wedding.
"Atang, I will give you the best of everything so that you won't regret marrying me."
***
The next day.
It’s Chen time.
Shen Zhao was put on trial in the prefectural government.
He confessed to his crimes, and after Xiao He discussed it with the Khan, he was dismissed from his post.
Ye Chutang received a thousand taels of silver from the owner of Baiweixuan as an apology.
Soon after, what Shen Wei had done was made public.
When those who had been bullied by her saw that Shen Zhao had been dismissed from office, they immediately came to his house to ask for an explanation.
The Shen family was forced to leave Tianshan County before noon.
Zuo Ao also compensated all those he had harmed before.
Karhan also forced him to write a letter of guarantee and personally delivered it to Qi Yanzhou.
After reading it, he handed it to Ye Chutang.
"Atang, do you believe that this bully from Tianshan County would do good deeds every day?"
Ye Chutang read the letter of guarantee and returned it to Qi Yanzhou.
"Yes, because Khal Khan is a good father."
The reason why Karhan didn't care about the bad things Zuo Ao did before was because he only knew that Zuo Ao was a bad guy, but he didn't know what he had done.
After all, no one brought the matter to his attention, so he thought it was just a small matter.
But after he brought his son home last night, he found out everything and beat his son half to death.
The aftermath was dealt with early this morning.
Then he ordered his son to write a letter of guarantee and do one good deed every day.
Qi Yanzhou put away the letter of guarantee and nodded in agreement.
"I believe it, too."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qingping came forward to report.
"Master, Madam, the blacksmith shop sent two hundred pieces of colored glaze. Where should they be placed?"
When Ye Chutang heard this, his eyes sparkled like stars.
"As expected, money makes the world go round. Send the glass pieces to the northwest yard."
"Yes, ma'am."
After Qingping left, Ye Chutang immediately discussed with Qi Yanzhou what material to use for the main structure of the greenhouse.
After discussing for a long time, the two decided to use poplar trees.
Although stone support is strong, it takes several days to make a stone pillar, which is time-consuming and laborious.
By using poplar trees as the main support, grooves can be made on the trunk to easily insert the colored glaze.
It is beautiful and built very quickly.
As for the load-bearing problem of wood, it can be solved by increasing the density of the support.
In this way, although some sunlight is blocked, it will not affect the growth of vegetables.
After all, ordinary vegetables do not have such high requirements for light.
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