The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 42 Magpie Bridge Immortal (11)

The patrolling horse seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly shuddered, saying: "Uncle Zhou, that mason is from another town, and he was called by Young Master Wei to repair the roof just passing by outside the Mongolian Pavilion by chance?"

Uncle Zhou nodded: "Young master told me so."

Wei Rutao glanced at him, and asked anxiously, "Where are they now?"

Uncle Zhou hurriedly said, "I've already brought them all back, and I'm asking people to watch them in the front yard."

Hearing this, Wei Rutao hurried to the front yard together with the patrolling horse.When they arrived at the front yard, the mason was indeed with Qiu'er. Seeing Wei Rutao approaching, he hurriedly said loudly: "Master Wei, I...I didn't intend to deceive you, nor did I intend to blackmail Qiu'er..."

"Tell me, who ordered you to frame my Wei family!" Wei Rutao was furious, stomping his feet repeatedly, "And Qiu'er, my Wei family has never treated you badly, you want to cooperate with outsiders to destroy my Wei family. That sign , Hurry up and hand it over!"

The mason and Qiu'er were startled when they heard this, and shouted at the same time: "I didn't..."

Qiu'er came to her senses as she spoke, and said dumbfounded: "Master thinks that he and I are behind the young master's affairs?"

"Otherwise, why don't you stay up in the middle of the night and run to find him!" Uncle Zhou snapped, "Now that things are going on, why don't you tell me who is behind the scenes."

"Master misunderstood." Qiu'er was so anxious that she burst into tears, "This matter really has nothing to do with us. I went to him only because of some personal matters."

"Looking for him in the middle of the night for a private matter?" Wei Rutao laughed angrily, "It seems that you two are old acquaintances!"

Qiu'er bit her lower lip tightly, seeing that everyone was looking at her suspiciously, she had no choice but to shake her heart, and said, "He...he is that salesman!"

Wei Rutao didn't realize it for a while, and said in a daze, "What peddler?" Then he realized it, and suddenly realized, "When you left Wei's house to go home, your parents told you about a marriage. The other party was a peddler, and he ?”

Qiu'er blushed, lowered her head and said, "That's right, it's him."

Everyone present was stunned, Wei Rutao saw that things were not as he thought, and he was dumb for a while before he said: "But he is not a mason from a foreign country, is he still trying to blackmail you, why...became a salesman again? "

Qiu'er refused to speak again, but her face became more and more embarrassed. The shopkeeper seemed a little bit embarrassed to speak, but hesitated for a while, and said: "Let me say it. I blame me for this matter, and it has nothing to do with her."

Everyone looked at him, and the shopkeeper said embarrassingly, after Qiu'er left the Wei family, her family announced their marriage for the two of them, and both families were very satisfied, and it was about to be settled, but Qiu'er was unwilling .There are not so many rules in the countryside. The shopkeeper fell in love with Qiu'er, and when he learned that she refused to marry him, he ran to ask her if she was dissatisfied with him.

Qiu'er didn't want to pay attention to him at first, but he kept pestering him endlessly. Qiu'er was forced by him, so she had to tell him that she liked the young master of the Wei family and would not marry him.Not long afterward, Qiu'er returned to Wei's house, but the shopkeeper still refused to give up and chased him all the way.

He knew that Qiu'er's father was a teacher, so she also learned a lot of sour literature since she was a child, and she liked learned people in her heart, and Wei Zhiyan happened to be a teacher who opened the Mongolian Pavilion, so he thought about going to the gate of the Mongolian Pavilion to have a look. See what Wei Zhiyan looks like, but he was discovered unexpectedly by Wei Zhiyan, so he had to lie that he was a mason. Seeing that the roof of the Mongolian Pavilion was a little damaged, he thought of asking the owner if he wanted to repair the roof.

Originally, he thought that Wei Zhiyan would ignore him, but Wei Zhiyan was a talkative person. Seeing that he was a foreigner, he felt that it would be difficult for him to attract business, so he actually called him to repair the roof.Fortunately, he was originally a mason, and his ancestors have made a living by it for several generations. It's just that in his generation, he was not satisfied with earning a living honestly in the town, so he bought a peddler's burden and walked around the streets.

In the Mongolian Mansion the day before yesterday, when he was on the roof, he did see Qiu'er delivering a note, but Qiu'er didn't notice that it was him on the roof, and left after delivering the note.He met Wei Zhiyan, felt that he was far inferior in terms of appearance, character and family background, and was a little ashamed, so he didn't call Qiu'er. He only planned to find a chance to talk to Qiu'er after the roof was repaired, and he would never Don't bother her again.

Who knew that something happened to Wei Zhiyan that night, and Zhou Zhier deduced that someone had been to the Mengguan, and asked him to question him. He deduced from the awe-inspiring expressions of the Wei family that something major happened to the Wei family, and it was very likely that he had gone to the Meng Pavilion at that time. In order to protect Qiu'er from getting involved, he lied that he didn't see the man's face clearly, but he wanted to sell it to Qiu'er, so he vaguely revealed that he saw the man wearing.

Seeing that the mason was actually him, Qiu'er was shocked, so she found an excuse to stay and wanted to question why he appeared in the Mongolian Pavilion.Later, Wei Rutao and others speculated in the Mongolian Pavilion that the person who went to the Mongolian Pavilion to deliver the note might be Qiu'er, so they turned back to look for her. When they found the back door, he had already heard footsteps coming from the courtyard and saw Uncle Zhou. Lantern flare in hand.Due to his own status, in order not to embarrass Qiu'er, he purposely uttered blackmailing words to them. When Qiu'er heard that his words had changed, she naturally knew what he meant, so she followed his words. cater.

Wei Rutao and the others looked at each other, Qiu'er even lowered her head, as if she was trying to find a way to get in, Wei Rutao's eyes softened when she saw her, and he persuaded her a few words, since this shopkeeper is so affectionate to her. , she should not let others down.However, the patrolling horse frowned, as if he had some thoughts about the shopkeeper, but he just moved his lips and didn't say anything.

The peddler must have learned the ins and outs of the Wei family's affairs from Qiu'er. Seeing Wei Rutao's amiable face, he wanted to say something, but obviously hesitated. Seeing this, Wei Rutao asked: "What do you want to say, just say it."

"Master and young master of the Wei family are good people." The peddler said hesitantly, "I've heard Qiu'er talk about the Wei family's affairs. I shouldn't talk too much about this matter, but there is one thing that perhaps Master Wei should know."

"Oh, what's the matter?" Wei Rutao asked him.

"I went to the town the day before Young Master Wei's accident. It was night time, and there were few people in the town, but the young lady was walking on the road in a hurry, as if she was going somewhere. I felt strange, so I thought Follow up and have a look." The salesman said in a nonchalant manner.

"Oh, where did you see Zhier go in a hurry?" Wei Rutao's expression changed.

The peddler opened his mouth to answer, but at this moment the patrol horse suddenly interrupted: "Before this, you knew the young lady of the Wei family, and you knew that she was her?"

"Ah?" The peddler was taken aback, but then quickly said, "I've never been to the town before, so naturally I don't know her, but I just see that she looks like a young lady from a rich family. Qiu'er told me that the Wei family is A big family in the town, so I thought in my heart that maybe she is from the Wei family, and I can find Qiu'er by following her, so I followed her."

He seemed to have no flaws in what he said, but I suddenly realized when I heard it, no wonder the city patrol horse kept looking at him coldly, as if he had a strong prejudice against him, it turns out that this shopkeeper is really not a good person, and what he said was not true.He himself said before that he came to Songxia Town this time to see what kind of person Wei Zhiyan is.After seeing Wei Zhiyan, he felt ashamed of himself, so he planned to find a chance to tell Qiu'er after the roof was repaired, so that he wouldn't bother her anymore.Since he didn't plan to pester Qiu'er again, he just left on his own, why did he have to tell her again?
He saw Qiu'er on the roof, and in order to protect Qiu'er from getting involved, he lied that he didn't see her face clearly, but he revealed Qiu'er's clothes in his words, Zhou Zhier used this to judge that the person might be Qiu'er .Since he wanted to protect Qiu'er, why did he reveal such a tone?

According to his own statement, he wanted to sell it to Qiu'er, but since he planned not to entangle him anymore, why did he sell it to her?Using other people's private affairs to sell good things, is this something a good person would do?And if he was a good man, why would he follow a young woman at night?
So, he may have actually been lying all along.She concealed that the person who had been to the Mongolian Pavilion was Qiu'er, not to sell Qiu'er, but to coerce her—not to extort money, but to force her to agree to a marriage with him.If he could really do such a thing, then when he saw no one around in the town, he followed a lonely young woman, naturally he would not want to follow her to find Qiu'er, but he had malicious intentions.

His answers to these things came out of his mouth, which could not be said to be unintelligent, but it also revealed one thing, that is, he was very comfortable in doing this kind of thing, and he was obviously used to it.From this point of view, it is really a blessing that Qiu'er did not agree to marry him, but seeing that Qiu'er came to see him in the middle of the night, probably to thank him, I couldn't help but feel a little anxious, for fear that she would develop a good impression in her heart. I fell for this cunning salesman.

As I was thinking this way, for some reason, a thought suddenly flashed in my mind. It seemed that I was familiar with words such as peddler and young woman, as if I had met a peddler hooking up with a young lady from a rich family somewhere, but I tried hard to think about it again. Can't figure it out.I met a lot of shopkeepers along the way, but where have I encountered such a thing?
Seeing my frown, Bu Ying suddenly said, "Do you think this salesman in front of you looks familiar?"

I nodded, but before I could speak, he said again: "Haven't you thought of it—his surname is Ruan."

"Ruan Lang!" I yelled, and it turned out that the peddler in front of me was Ruan Lang's father. Thinking about it this way, Qiu'er must be Ruan Lang's mother. No wonder this iron plate appeared in Ruan Lang's hand. Qiu'er really took the cards!

Ruan Lang's father was killed by Mrs. Luo in Luolian Town because of ambiguity with Mrs. Luo. When Ruan Lang found him, he kept muttering that he wanted to avenge his father. He killed the one he loved, so he committed suicide and left the huge Luo family to Ruan Lang.

At that time, Mrs. Luo was young and widowed, she was an out-and-out young woman, and judging from the current performance of Ruan Lang's father, he was indeed not a good person, and he tried every means to provoke the young mistress of a wealthy family wherever he went, and Mrs. Luo When she found out that she fell in love with a gangster, she didn't want to let him go to harm others, so she accidentally killed him in a moment of excitement.

Now it seems that what he did to Qiu'er was to get her by any means, and Qiu'er did marry him later.After he got married, he began to walk around the streets again, and later he never returned. Qiu'er sent Ruan Lang on the road and asked him to find his father. According to Bu Ying, she passed on the signboard that she had taken from the Wei family. I gave it to Ruan Lang, and asked him to go to me at the same time and hand over the sign to me.

But, I am only slightly older than Ruan Lang, and I have never seen Qiu'er, why did she ask Ruan Lang to hand over the sign to me?I suddenly remembered that the name of the young master of the Wei family is Xiu Shu, who is exactly the same as me, and this brand belongs to the Wei family. Could it be that...

I couldn't help shivering, not daring to think about it anymore, I glanced at Bu Ying in horror.Bu Ying looked back at me with deep eyes, didn't say a word, just motioned me to continue looking down.

(End of this chapter)