Thinking of the two elders of the Liu family, Liu Ji felt heartbroken. He and Liu Guiyuan had been playing together since childhood, and it has been more than ten years now. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are brothers with different parents.
Now that one person is missing, Liu Ji can't do much except to find out more. He feels very guilty.
Seeing his face full of shame and his repeated choking while speaking, Zhao Luochuan couldn't help but feel a little depressed. He comforted him, "The clothes alone can't tell you anything. It doesn't necessarily mean it's your old friend."
"Yes." Liu Ji clenched his fists. "I don't want to admit it either. Now this matter is inextricably linked to Li Shangcai. Guiyuan's life or death can only be determined by asking him in person."
"That's right." Zhao Luochuan nodded. "To be honest, Li Shangcai and I have a grudge against each other. We're already at loggerheads. He's just suffered a loss and will definitely be looking for trouble again. He has someone to back him up, so I have to be on guard."
Liu Ji was also deeply moved by these words: "I am just a scholar, and I am not close to Li Shangcai. Just seeing the resentment in his heart makes me feel uneasy. Thinking that Guiyuan might die at his hands, I can't control myself."
The two men had a common enemy, and their feelings quickly heated up. After a few drinks, they began to call each other brothers.
Li Shangcai's backer is Madam Zhang, but Madam Zhang lives in the inner house, and it is difficult to see her on weekdays, not to mention the matter of a man from outside and a woman from the inner house. They can't even get close to her, let alone push this backer away.
Among the people sitting here, only Yang Anchen can enter and leave Zhang's house without restrictions and can get close to Mrs. Zhang. But if he is asked to offend the host because of his own private affairs, Zhao Luochuan feels embarrassed and can't bring himself to speak.
Yang Anchen sat aside and listened for a long time. He knew their concerns and after thinking for a long time, he couldn't help but said, "Perhaps, I can help with Madam Zhang's matter."
Hearing this, the two of them raised their heads and looked at him, staring at him so hard that Yang Anchen felt a little embarrassed: "Why are you looking at me like that? I'm serious."
"But you're working for someone after all. What if you get caught and end up in trouble?"
"It's okay. I've been a tutor in the Zhang family for quite a while. Miss Zhang Baoyu, the eldest daughter of the Zhang family, trusts me to some extent. Disharmony is common in a large family compound. She and Madam Zhang are not enemies, but they are definitely not close. Miss Zhang hates evil, and if she knew what Li Shangcai did, she would naturally make a decision."
After listening to this, Zhao Luochuan also felt that this method was feasible. If he wanted to drag Mrs. Zhang into the water, Zhang Baoyu was indeed the more suitable person. However, if this plan succeeded, he would inevitably owe Yang Anchen a big favor.
Zhao Luochuan felt a little sorry and said, "You have helped me a lot again."
Yang Anchen waved his hand, then thought of something and said with a smile: "Well, what's the big deal? I'll need your help someday, so don't refuse me when I ask."
"That's natural."
Several people stayed in the room for several hours, and then went their separate ways after talking for a while.
Yang Anchen accepted the task and on his way back, he asked the restaurant owner for a piece of peach blossom cake to take with him. This was Zhang Baoyu's favorite recently, so it was unreasonable to return empty-handed after asking someone for help.
Mr. Zhang was decisive and swift. After sending someone to bring Madam Zhang back yesterday, he confined her to his own house. After he sent people to investigate all the crimes of Li Shangcai as mentioned by Yang Chunxiao, he was furious and took back all of Li Shangcai's houses outside, leaving only a small house for him to live in.
Mrs. Zhang knew that her brother was in the wrong in this matter, so she did not dare to argue after returning home. However, Mr. Zhang was angry and did not stay in her yard at night.
She could still pretend to be gentle and generous in front of outsiders, but now that she was confined to Tingyuxuan, she started to act like a spoiled child.
Somehow the news got out to the young ladies from several families that she had introduced to Li Shangcai, and they returned all the jewelry she had given them, clearly intending to draw a clear line between them.
Master Zhang took back the house with great fanfare. Outsiders only needed to inquire a little to find out that Li Shangcai had been caught doing something evil and had already lost Master Zhang's favor. Of course, he would not let his daughter jump into this fire pit.
No matter how clever Mrs. Zhang's words were, or how angry she was, she couldn't make those ladies change their minds. In this case, not to mention the rich ladies being unwilling, even the girls from poor families were hard to say whether they would be willing.
No matter how loud the noise was in Tingyuxuan, it did not disturb the good mood of others. Zhang Baoyu was originally troubled by the article assigned by Yang Anchen, but she did not expect that today Yang Anchen not only did not slap her palm, but handed her a box of snacks.
Zhang Baoyu was a little flattered. After opening the box, she didn't dare to eat it immediately. She carefully looked at Yang Anchen's expression, but didn't find any difference. He still looked gentle.
"Sir? You're not thinking of some new way to teach us a lesson because I didn't write well, are you?"
It's not Zhang Baoyu's fault for not trusting him. It's just that something strange happened today. According to Yang Anchen, Zhang Baoyu's articles can make people vomit and unable to eat for three days just by reading them. Most of the beatings Zhang Baoyu received on the palm of his hand were because of his poor writing.
As for her younger brother Zhang Baochen, there is no need to say much. He is even worse than his sister. He gets spanked as many times as he attends classes.
Yang Anchen smiled slightly: "How could that be? I bought it specially for you, try it."
Zhang Baochen was young and inexperienced, and he didn't have the same vigilance as his sister. Almost the moment Yang Anchen finished speaking, he pinched a piece of cake and put it in his mouth: "I'm starving. My father got really angry today, and I was so scared that I came here without even eating."
Yang Anchen looked at Zhang Baoyu with a smile: "Try it."
Zhang Baoyu felt a chill on her back, and she always felt that he was holding back some trick that he hadn't used yet. However, seeing that Zhang Baochen had finished eating without any adverse reactions, she picked up the pastry and took a small bite.
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