Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 493 He is still my uncle

"What are you laughing at?" Zou Wei frowned.

"You said Wang Cishan is your uncle, so he is your uncle. I also said he is my uncle. So, who is closer to you, your nephew or your wife's nephew?"

Qin Jingyang looked at Zou Wei and said almsgivingly: "If you kneel down and kowtow to me three times today, call me grandpa six times, and pay me two thousand taels of silver, I will not bother with you about this matter. Otherwise, I will ask my uncle to judge."

“You, you!” Zou Wei was so angry that his face turned red. “You are asking for death!” He turned to look at the two officers and shouted, “What are you waiting for? Arrest him now!”

It is one thing for the officials not to offend the Wang family and to curry favor with them, but that does not mean that a relative of the Wang family can tell them what to do.

At this moment, hearing Zou Wei speaking to them in a commanding tone, they couldn't help but sneer in their hearts and stood still.

Qin Jingyang said at the right time: "You two officials have heard it just now. He is Wang Cishan's nephew, and I am Wang Cishan's nephew. It is a family matter between us, so I won't bother you. If you have other errands, please go and do them first."

If it were normal, Qin Jingyang would have already mentioned his father's name to put pressure on others.

But after what happened in Haozhou City, he also realized that the emperor is far away and outside the capital, people outside may not necessarily give his father face.

Besides, Wen Shu also reminded him that it was hard to tell whether there were more people who wanted to curry favor with his father or more enemies. If he ran into someone who had a grudge against his father, he would be secretly harmed without knowing it.

That's why he had been patient again and again, but now that he heard that the other party's backer was Wang Cishan, he really didn't need to be patient anymore.

The officer didn't want to deal with the matter because of Zou Wei's attitude. Hearing this, he followed up and said, "Then you guys handle it well. There's nothing that can't be discussed between family members. We still have to patrol the streets, so we'll leave first."

Seeing that the officer really walked away, Zou Wei was extremely angry.

But now his leg was injured and he had to see a doctor in time, so he just said harshly: Wait for me, and then left with his men.

Qin Yangyang spat at his back and touched the wound on his face.

Turning around, he saw that Zhang had been frowning as if thinking about something, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, it's okay."

Shopkeeper Zhang was not so optimistic and still advised: "Why don't you two stay in another inn?"

"What? Are you afraid that the Wang family will cause trouble for your inn?" Qin Jingyang raised his eyebrows.

When I saw him speaking up for justice just now, I thought he was a brave man.

Shopkeeper Zhang shook his head, "That's not the case, but you are just passing through here and will leave in two days. There is really no need to provoke this big Buddha of the Wang family."

Seeing that Qin Jingyang disagreed, Manager Zhang added, "I heard that Madam Wang treats Mr. Zou very well, almost like her own son. You hurt him this time, and Madam Wang will definitely not let it go."

"Tsk, I'm afraid of him. Not to mention Madam Wang, even if Wang Cishan came in person, I wouldn't be afraid."

Seeing that he was not moved, Shopkeeper Zhang couldn't help but sigh and went to see Old Man Wen again.

Old Man Wen roughly knew the relationship between Qin Jingyang and the Wang family. Seeing this, he just shook his head at Manager Zhang.

He said he couldn't persuade her either.

Shopkeeper Zhang could only sigh. He came forward to testify because it was indeed Master Zou who took the first step.

He was just telling the truth, and secondly, it was also because of Zhuo Rufeng. After all, he came here with the Third Young Master, and it would never be good to get into trouble.

Although the Zhuo family is also a major family in Lin'an City, it is still inferior to the current power of the Wang family.

If the Wang family really launches an attack, it will be difficult for the Zhuo family to cope with it.

With this in mind, Shopkeeper Zhang could only write a letter hurriedly and have someone send it back to the old house to tell the owner of the house.

On the other side, on Qianyue Street, Wen Shu was already hanging a plaque. After a while, she jumped down and looked at the words "Wen Ji Xiang Yin" written by herself, and was very satisfied, especially the pattern in the lower right corner of the plaque.

She noticed that all big businesses had unique signs under their shop signs, like the one at Tangquan Inn had wisteria, so she learned to make one too.

"Is this a painting of a bird's head?" Zhuo Rufeng looked at the red mark on the lower right corner of the plaque with a puzzled look.

Wen Shu nodded, full of confidence, "How is it, not bad, right?"

The corner of Mr. Zhuo San's mouth twitched.

It’s a bit weird to draw a bird’s head and an angry bird.
However, he was quite intelligent and responded readily: "It's quite impressive."

Hearing this, Wen Shu became even more proud, "Right, I drew it five or six times before I decided on this one."

Young Master Zhuo waved his folding fan, smiled and said nothing.

After hanging up the signboard and looking at the newly tidied shop, Wen Shu said, "Everything has been purchased. If we can find the staff, we can open the shop tomorrow."

"I asked Manager Zhang to help me find two. He said they will be here soon. There should be no problem opening tomorrow." Zhuo Rufeng said.

"That's good." Wen Shu nodded.

The Shopkeeper Zhang that Zhuo Rufeng mentioned is the Shopkeeper Zhang of Tangquan Inn.

Wen Shu has always known that Tangquan Inn is the property of the Zhuo family because there is a wisteria flower mark under the plaque of Tangquan Inn, the same as the wooden sign that Mr. Zhuo gave her.

However, when she checked into Tangquan Inn, she did not take out the wooden sign to reveal her identity, but checked in like an ordinary guest.

Although she had the wooden sign in her hand, she also knew that favors should be used wisely. If she took advantage of everything, people would look down on her over time.

Secondly, she also wanted to exercise herself and didn't want to rely on others for everything.

Because they had to wait for the waiter to come and learn the skills, Wen Shu and Zhuo Rufeng did not return to the inn until nightfall.

But when they returned to the inn, they found that Qin Jingyang and his father were not there.

Shopkeeper Zhang said that her father was taken away by the Wang family. As for Qin Jingyang, it seemed that he had left before her father was taken away, and no one knew where he went.

After learning what happened in the afternoon, Wen Shu rushed to Wang's house. Seeing this, Zhuo Rufeng wanted to go with him, but was stopped by Manager Zhang.

"Third Young Master, the Patriarch has a letter for you."

Zhuo Rufeng took the letter and read it. The gist of the letter was: If this matter involves the Wang family, it is better not to get involved. The Wang family is looking for faults of their Zhuo family everywhere, so they should not send themselves to their door.

The less trouble, the better.

Zhuo Rufeng returned the letter to Shopkeeper Zhang, but he was very conflicted and hesitant.

He had been with Wen Shu and the others for such a long time that he had already developed a sense of closeness to them.

Now that they are in trouble, if it were up to him, he would naturally stand with them.

But he is the third son of the Zhuo family. If he shows up, it will not just be him who is implicated, but the entire family.

The Zhuo family has been in decline recently, and the Wang family has become the only dominant family in Lin'an Prefecture. If he shows up at this juncture, as the head of the family said, it is very likely that he will give the Wang family a handle and implicate others.

After hesitating for a while, he finally sat down and did not follow.