Chapter 69: Which Gu Family?
"Unless you go find the Grandmaster..."
However, what Wang Mazi didn't expect was that when Qian Youliang heard the word "Grandmaster", his whole body shook like a sieve.
His face was pale, his legs and feet were weak, and his eyes revealed deep fear.
"Master, what's wrong with you?"
Qian Youliang seemed to be immersed in a nightmare, his face was pale, and he seemed not to hear what Wang Mazi said.
Wang Mazi was hesitant. What was going on with Qian Youliang?
No matter what Qian Youliang was doing, Wang Mazi didn't have time to wait for him to calm down.
"Master, if you don't go find that Grandmaster, those unruly people will probably rush to our house and beat us to death. They are so many and powerful..."
Qian Youliang didn't hear a word of what was said afterwards. He only heard the words "beat and kill".
Last time, Zong Hao brought him to that terrible place and had him fed poison by that devilish cloaked man. If he didn't take the antidote within three months, he would die.
Although he hated Zong Hao terribly, he would not be able to get the antidote without the other party's introduction.
Now Zong Hao is his hatred! But also his life!
"Look for Zong Hao, let's go find Zong Hao now!"
Wang Mazi reminded Qian Youliang that the most important thing now was his life, and it would not be too late to deal with Zong Hao after his life was saved.
When Wang Mazi heard this, he naturally thought that his goal had been achieved.
Qian Youliang and Wang Mazi rushed to the ancestral home.
"Master, Qian Youliang and the housekeeper request a meeting with you. Do you want to meet him or not?"
Zong Hao played with the jade ring on his thumb for a long time before saying:
"Let him in. This money is still useful to you."
Zong Hao thought that since Qian Youliang had become the spy of the secret door, he might as well take advantage of the situation and let Qian Youliang become his spy as well, so that he could find out the movements of the secret door for him.
Since he has been found here, Qian Youliang has to be a double agent whether he wants to or not.
Qian Youliang brought Wang Mazi to Zong Hao. After Zong Hao dismissed the servants, Qian Youliang became impatient. "Sir! You must save my life!"
Zong Hao didn't answer, but looked at Wang Mazi beside Qian Youliang with a somewhat obscure look in his eyes. "Can you trust a servant like you?"
Being called a servant, Wang Mazi felt shame and hatred in his heart. Being a servant was only temporary; he would become a master one day sooner or later!
However, Wang Mazi appeared even more respectful, and then he heard Qian Youliang's reassurance. "Don't worry, sir. Wang Mazi is trustworthy."
Qian Youliang felt that Wang Mazi's indenture contract was still in his hands, so he was not worried that he would betray him.
But Zong Hao didn't care. No matter whether he could trust him or not, once he was in his hands, he would not say anything he shouldn't say unless he died.
Wang Mazi thought he had passed the test, but he didn't expect that what Qian Youliang and Zong Hao said next would shock him.
"Sir! The person at the secret door poisoned me. When can I get the antidote? The three-month period is only half a month away!"
Zong Hao, however, remained expressionless as he spoke calmly. "When the deadline comes, I'll take you to find the antidote. Don't worry."
Qian Youliang's lips trembled when he heard this:
"My Lord! How can I not be anxious? If three months are up and I don't have the antidote, I'll bleed from all seven orifices and die!"
Perhaps because he thought Qian Youliang's shouting was too noisy, Zong Hao's originally droopy triangular eyes became sharp:
"If I don't want to take you with me, there's no way for you to go there."
How could Qian Youliang not know this? Seeing Zong Hao's impatience, he didn't dare to urge him anymore.
Wang Mazi, however, came back to his senses from the shock. "Master, when were you poisoned?"
The conversation between Qian Youliang and Zong Hao made Wang Mazi shudder. If Qian Youliang had been controlled by Zong Hao, then even if he killed Qian Youliang, would he be able to get his property?
In a panic, Wang Mazi came out without asking any questions.
Who would have thought that this question would attract Zong Hao's visit.
Qian Youliang naturally didn't want to recall the last time he was poisoned, so he didn't answer Wang Mazi at the moment. However, Wang Mazi continued to ask, "Master, aren't we here because of those troublemakers in the Gu family?"
Qian Youliang was just about to scold Wang Mazi for being ignorant and daring to speak too much in front of Zong Hao.
Unexpectedly, Zong Hao caught the information from Wang Mazi's mouth, and a cold light flashed in his eyes as he said:
"What Gu family? Qian Youliang, which Gu family is he talking about?"
Although there are many families with the surname Gu in Liangcheng, Zong Hao has to pay attention to the Gu family.
When Qian Youliang saw Zong Hao asking questions, he blamed Wang Mazi for being nosy, but on the surface he said respectfully:
"To answer your Excellency, this Gu family is nothing more than a group of unruly country folk. They beat up a servant in my house some time ago, and recently they hooked up with Bao Hongcai of Zuixianlou."
Although Qian Youliang didn't know who was behind Zong Hao, judging from the other party's behavior, he seemed not to be afraid of Bao Hongcai.
Zong Hao didn't pay attention to what Qian Youliang mentioned about the Gu family. He asked with a sharp hawk-like gaze:
"Does the Gu family have a seven or eight-year-old girl?"
Before Qian Youliang responded, Wang Mazi looked surprised when he heard this.
"How did Grandmaster know this? This scoundrel family does have a daughter!"
Zong Hao's face wrinkled like hills and valleys when he heard this, looking even more strange:
"You just said that they hooked up with Bao Hongcai. Is that true?"
Wang Mazi wanted to get close to Zong Hao, so he naturally told him everything he knew. He then told Zong Hao what had happened in the past few days.
When Zong Hao heard that the Gu family could cook food that ordinary people had never seen before, he didn't take it to heart. After all, Gu Lang was a top-ranking official in the past, so it was not surprising for him to eat food that ordinary people had never eaten.
But the fact that the Gu family was able to use these foods to get close to Bao Hongcai of Zuixianlou seemed a little unusual.
After all, Bao, the shopkeeper of Zuixianlou, is a shopkeeper who came from Jiangzhou Prefecture, and Jiangzhou is not much inferior to the capital.
How could Manager Bao not have heard of the food that the Gu family has seen?
Or is it that the reason why Bao Hongcai is on good terms with the Gu family is because of Gu Lang?
Could it be that the Bao family intends to help Gu Lang clear his name?
In Zong Hao's eyes, the only reason the Gu family could get close to Bao Hongcai was because of Gu Lang. Otherwise, how could the Bao family, who only care about profit, befriend a commoner?
However, he didn't expect that the food Gu Feixue made was something rare that no one had ever eaten before, even Bao Hongcai who came from Jiangzhou had never seen it before.
"You bribed the chef of Zuixianlou to get information from him."
Qian Youliang hesitated after hearing this, and then listened to Zong Hao continue:
"Qian Youliang, don't you own a restaurant? Whatever food Zuixianlou serves, you can bribe the staff there to make the same food."
When Qian Youliang heard this, he said with a bitter face:
"Sir, Zuixianlou is backed by the Jiangzhou Bao family! How dare I go against them? Besides, all my previous property was swindled away and confiscated by the prefect, and now I am penniless..."
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