The dim back

After going through all these complicated relationships, Zhang Yulu felt suffocated.

Seeing the little girl coming out of the door, Zhang Yulu said to her, "What on earth is this place for?"

The little girl pointed at the two words on the door: "It must be a place of pretentiousness. Those who come here are here to discuss what I wrote. Are you interested in going in and taking a look?"

Hearing the little girl say this, Zhang Yulu nodded: "What's your name?"

The little girl smiled and said, "My name is Xiaodie. I'm ten years old. I work here with my father. I'm only responsible for stewing soup and pouring water."

Liu Zhongqing looked at the little girl in front of him and asked casually, "How much money do you have here?"

The little girl told the truth: "I only get one ounce of silver a month, but this is already very good. I have worked for many families, and this one gives the best."

This time, Zhang Yulu heard the system remind him: "Uncle, the boss behind this dormitory is actually Zhang Laojiu."

Zhang Yulu found it very strange: "How could a scoundrel do such a refined thing?"

The system began to remind Zhang Yulu: "The records of all the dirty things Zhang Laojiu has done are in this academy. They are now placed in the study. The host can go and take a look."

After hearing this, Zhang Yulu said in her heart: "I can't go back to the modern world anyway, so I might as well take advantage of this time to help Liu Zhongqing investigate the case."

After Zhang Yulu made up his mind, he said to Liu Zhongqing, "Do you believe it? The evidence we want is in this study room, because this study room was opened by Zhang Laojiu."

Hearing Zhang Yulu say this, Liu Zhongqing asked curiously: "How did you know about this?"

After hearing these words, Zhang Yulu shook his head: "The mountain man has his own clever plan. I said I was just guessing, do you believe it?"

Xiaodie, who was walking in front, heard the conversation between the two people and turned to Zhang Yulu and said, "Sister, you are absolutely right. Our boss is Zhang Laojiu, but the owner is talking to a secret friend right now, so we should not disturb him."

After hearing these words, Zhang Yulu felt that there must be a bigger secret.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Yulu said to Xiaodie, "My stomach hurts. Where is the toilet?"

Hearing this, Xiaodie laughed and said, "Your move is terrible. Many people have used it before. But I can tell you that you will get there if you walk to the left."

The feeling of being exposed by others was too bad. Zhang Yulu stood there awkwardly. Liu Zhongqing couldn't help laughing when he saw Zhang Yulu's situation.

"So you have such a bad side. It seems I should refresh my views." Liu Zhongqing said while covering his mouth and laughing.

Zhang Yulu immediately responded to Liu Zhongqing: "Don't blame me for not telling you, you'd better handle this matter well, otherwise Miss Qiufeng will not forgive you."

When the autumn wind was mentioned, Liu Zhongqing shut his mouth.

Xiaodie said to Liu Zhongqing who was standing beside her, "Sir, please go to the front hall and see if there are any calligraphy or paintings you need. I'll be waiting for this beautiful young lady here."

Xiaodie's words were so sweet that Zhang Yulu was very happy: "You are such a poor child, then you just wait for me here."

Liu Zhongqing had no choice but to sit in the front hall for a while, and saw that the front hall was full of rich and incompetent people.

Liu Zhongqing sat here and waited for a while, but a long time had passed and he still didn't see any news from Zhang Yulu.

Liu Zhongqing hurried to the inner house, but Xiaodie was gone.

Liu Zhongqing hurriedly grabbed a waiter who looked like a waiter and asked, "Did you see a girl with two pigtails?"

The waiter thought for a while and said, "I just saw him go out with a little girl. Maybe it's something important?"

Liu Zhongqing suddenly remembered something: "Isn't Xiaodie a child from your place?"

The waiter shook his head and said, "This little girl has been here for three or two days. We don't know what she is doing. She doesn't buy anything every time she comes. She just sits there and watches."

Liu Zhongqing realized that he had been fooled: "Then who is this little girl named Xiaodie with every day?"

The waiter shook his head and said, "As you can see here, we are all men here. We don't need a little girl to serve us."

Liu Zhongqing still held out a little hope: "He clearly said that he came here with his father to work, and he only needed to serve tea and water, and he would be paid one tael of silver a month."

The waiter thought Liu Zhongqing was talking nonsense: "We don't even earn one ounce of silver a year, how can we pay such a high amount of silver?"

Liu Zhongqing did not dare to neglect: "Can you tell me? Did you see where the two of them went?"

The stable boy waited for the child to say, "It seems that the two of them should go riding. If you go over and take a look now, you can't tell, but you can still see traces of the two people."

Liu Zhongqing ran towards the stable, but there was no one in the stable.

Liu Zhongqing grabbed a horse feeder and asked, "Didn't two girls, one big and one small, come here just now?"

The horse feeder nodded: "The younger girl said that she wanted to take this beautiful girl to the south. It seems that they should go to the Nan Family Inn."

Liu Zhongqing felt very strange: "I followed the Third Uncle here, but he disappeared out of thin air. Now Xiaodie appeared and kidnapped Zhang Yulu. Then the two of them returned to the Nan Family Inn. This is not good. Zhang Yulu is in danger."

Liu Zhongqing hurried back and just when he reached the private room, he saw the Third Prince sitting at the table drinking tea and seeing Liu Zhongqing.

He said calmly, "What are you doing? Why are you sweating so much? Where are the moral principles I taught you?"

Liu Zhongqing put his clothes in order at this time: "Uncle, have you seen Zhang Yulu?"

The Third Prince nodded and said, "I just want to teach this girl a lesson. I have just asked someone to take her away. If you want me to hand over Zhang Yulu, then you should immediately return to Liuzhou and wait to marry your bride."

How could Liu Zhongqing let go so easily? "Regarding the matter of framing the Qiu family, I don't want to get to the bottom of it yet. I just want to save our only dignity. If mother knew about this, she would definitely fight you to the end."

Hearing Liu Zhongqing say this, the Third Prince was not afraid at all: "What can I say to you? You are as stubborn and self-righteous as your mother, which makes people hate you so much."

Seeing the Third Prince speaking like this, Liu Zhongqing found it incredible: "Have you forgotten the past two years? When Third Prince was short of money, it was Mother who helped you pay off the debt."

When the matter was mentioned, the Third Prince became even more angry and ashamed: "That was charity to me. I didn't expect it to be so interesting. I can still clearly remember your mother's expression at that time."

Liu Zhongqing also told the truth: "Mother just wants you to study hard and doesn't want you to be idle every day. If the emperor knows about this, be careful to dismiss you from your post."

The Third Prince smiled and said, "If I don't commit any serious offense, I believe Brother Huang can't do anything to me."

The Third Prince was so confident that Liu Zhongqing felt particularly hateful: "Just because you are a royal relative, you can't trample on others at will. Quickly release Zhang Yulu."

When the Third Prince heard Liu Zhongqing's repeated requests, he began to remind him: "It seems that after these two months of getting along, you and the eldest lady of Yiren Villa are quite compatible. But don't be like your father. He was too obsessed with Liu Yue'e, so he insisted on marrying you to Liu Yue'e's daughter. He wanted to protect Zhang Yulu."

Liu Zhongqing finally understood: "So Dad has always thought this way. No wonder Mom didn't agree to this marriage at the time. Fortunately, Mom agreed later."

When the Third Prince heard this, he smiled incredulously, "My sister really has no other choice. All the silk sent to our palace this year is of poor quality because of the small quantity. Many ladies in the palace don't have New Year clothes. It just so happens that your father has this batch of silk, so he is showing off and using this as a condition to get the emperor to agree to let you marry Zhang Yulu."

Liu Zhongqing finally understood: "That Liu Yue'e must have some special qualities that Dad likes. I have never seen Dad lose his mind like this."

When the Third Prince heard this, he gritted his teeth in anger: "Do you know? At first, Liu Yue'e wanted to marry me, but she believed Zhang Shaohua's sweet talk and even took the initiative to say that she was willing to marry Zhang Shaohua when facing the emperor."

Only now did Liu Zhongqing realize: "So, what you just said was all a lie. Is Liu Yue'e willing to marry Zhang Shaohua?"

The Third Prince laughed and said, "He didn't want to do it in the first place. Who would want to marry someone who drugged them and then did something dirty to them? He was willing to do it, but I don't know why he chose to marry that bad guy."

When Liu Zhongqing heard this, he also felt that something was wrong: "What is this all about? But no matter what, you have to hand Zhang Yulu over to me. She is actually my fiancée, so her affairs are my affairs."

Hearing Liu Zhongqing defending Zhang Yulu like this, the Third Prince laughed and said, "You all say that Zhang Laojiu is a bad person, but in fact, the one who treats Liu Yue'e the best is Zhang Laojiu. For Liu Yue'e, Zhang Laojiu can actually do so many bad things."

Hearing what the Third Prince said, Liu Zhongqing immediately asked: "What does this have to do with Zhang Laojiu?"

The Third Prince remembered something: "Zhang Laojiu's family has always been very poor. It was because Liu Yue'e once rewarded him with a bowl of rice that he later found his lost family. It turned out that he was a prince from a foreign country. He didn't want to return to his own country, so he stayed here to wait for Liu Yue'e."

After hearing this, Liu Zhongqing finally understood: "All these right and wrongs seem to be related to the previous generation."

Liu Zhongqing thought of something: "Apart from these backgrounds, are the other things you said true?"

The Third Prince nodded and said, "Of course what I said is true, but you have to be careful of Zhang Laojiu. Concubine Xiao has already set her sights on you, because the incident with Lord Qiu was done by Concubine Xiao's father. If this is verified, the Emperor will have Concubine Xiao's father thrown into prison."

Liu Zhongqing finally understood: "It seems that this matter involves a lot of people. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Qiu family's case to be made public."

But Liu Zhongqing didn't want to care about these. What he had to do now was to rescue Zhang Yulu as soon as possible.