A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Gui'er was stunned. It was only then that she remembered that there had been no movement from the Fourth Concubine in the past few days. Could it be that they had been threatened by Tang Yaozu? This man was too bold, wasn't he?

Gui'er asked Song Xichen, "Then what can I do?"

Song Xichen said, "Take these photos back to Sha Yanxiao and tell him that you knew the owner of this photo studio, who had developed your photos there before. He saw you and Sha Lili walking together, so he kindly gave you this evidence."

Gui'er said uncertainly, "Is this okay? Will the boss be in danger? I'm afraid the people in the Marshal's Mansion will get angry and take it out on him."

Song Xichen patted her shoulder and said, "Don't worry, we will protect him."

Guier asked curiously, "How did you find these photos?"

"Tang Yaozu's men went to develop the photos. Actually, there are only a few photo studios in this city, and the owners all know each other. Didn't you hire a photographer to take pictures of Sha Yanyao and Sha Yanxiao when they got married? They all know your family members, so..."

Guier understood that this meant that all the people in the photo studios in this city actually had some connection with the underground party, and ordinary people were still very inclined towards revolution.

Gui'er also felt sorry for Sha Lili. Although she was vain and wanted to get close to rich people, that was not a reason for her to be hurt.

She said to Song Xichen, "I'll go find Sha Yanxiao right now."

As he said that, he went to find a rickshaw to take him back to the Marshal's Mansion.

Ding Xiang and A Cheng were very surprised to see her come back so early today. Gui Er said to A Cheng, "Brother A Cheng, I have something urgent to do. Please take me to the military camp to find Brother Yan Xiao."

Ah Cheng was stunned for a moment and said, "Is anyone bullying the young lady? I, Ah Cheng, can handle two or three little hooligans by myself."

Gui'er quickly waved her hands and said, "No, I discovered something and I need to tell Brother Yanxiao right away."

When Ah Cheng heard this, he knew it was a big deal, so he immediately went to find a rickshaw and jogged all the way to the military camp.

It was Gui'er's first time here, so she asked Ah Cheng to explain to the soldier standing guard at the gate. Suddenly, an adjutant walked through the gate and saw Gui'er. Recognizing her, he hurried over and said, "Miss, why are you here?"

Gui'er said quickly, "I need to find my brother urgently. Sir, please take me there."

The adjutant said, "Please follow me." and brought Gui'er to Sha Yanxiao's office.

Sha Yanxiao was discussing matters with other officers and was very surprised to see Gui'er. The adjutant said, "The young lady was just lingering at the door, so I brought her in."

Sha Yanxiao nodded, and the officers in other rooms were tactful and left one by one.

After they left, Sha Yanxiao turned around and asked Gui'er, "What happened?"

Gui Er said, as she had agreed with Song Xichen, "Isn't there a photo studio near the Zhenxiufang? We used to get our photos developed there, and today the owner came to me and said someone had developed some not-so-good photos there. The person in the photo looked familiar to him, as if he had walked with me before, so he brought the photos to me."

He handed the photo to Sha Yanxiao. Sha Yanxiao took one out of the paper bag and looked at it. His expression changed immediately. He asked Guier, "Does anyone else know about this?"

Guier said, "I only told you."

Sha Yanxiao walked to the door and said to the guard, "Go and get Dali." Then he picked up the scissors on the table and cut off the head part of Sha Lili's photo.

At this time, Dali walked in and asked in surprise when he saw Gui'er, "Why are you here?"

Sha Yanxiao handed him the paper bag containing the photos from the studio and the photo of Sha Lili with only her head, saying, "Go and find out who went to this studio to develop the photos. Once you find out, arrest them first, prevent the photos from leaking out, and get the negatives back."

Dali took the photo bag and the photo of Sha Lili's head, stood at attention and saluted, said "Yes," and walked out.

Then Sha Yanxiao took Gui'er back to the Marshal's residence and went straight to Marshal Sha's office.

It was Gui'er's first time to come to Marshal Sha's office. Sha Yanxiao knocked on the door and pushed it open without waiting for anyone to respond.

The seventh concubine was sitting on Marshal Sha's lap. When she saw someone breaking in, she was so scared that she jumped off Marshal Sha's lap. She was about to get angry, but when she saw that it was Sha Yanxiao, she smiled awkwardly, kissed Marshal Sha on his bald forehead, and walked out.

Marshal Sha glanced at Gui'er and said with a smile, "You and your sister suddenly came to see me in broad daylight. What's the matter?"

Sha Yanxiao handed the stack of Sha Lili's photos to Sha Dashuai and said, "Luckily, the owner of the photo studio recognized Gui'er and was on the lookout. He took the photos and went looking for him. I've already asked Dali to track him down."

Marshal Sha looked at the photo and asked, "Who do you think did it?"

"Tang Yaozu."

Marshal Sha looked at the photos one by one, gently threw them on the table, crossed his arms, breathed a sigh of relief, adjusted himself to a comfortable position, sat on the leather chair with his legs crossed, tilted his head to look at Sha Yanxiao and said, "Do you think they will really give us the shares?

Sha Yanxiao thought for a moment and said, "I just know that if we start a fight with him, we might not win. After all, he's so rich and has made friends with many high-ranking government officials, even those in the central government."

The Marshal frowned, stood up, put his hands behind his back, and walked around the office. Then he said to Sha Yanxiao, "Alas, it seems that Tang Yaozu is a slippery and unreliable person. You can just scare him."

Sha Yanxiao said, "Yes." Then he pulled Guier out.

Gui'er asked Sha Yanxiao, "What is father going to do?"

Sha Yanxiao patted her head and said, "I just told you to scare him. This marriage is definitely not going to happen. Tang Yaozu has a wide network of contacts, and we don't know his background. This is the only way to avoid offending his backers."

What about Sha Lili? Aren't you going to seek justice for her?

Gui'er wanted to ask that, but then she thought, from the beginning to the end, the Marshal had always been concerned about whether Tang Yaozu would really give him any benefits. Now that he had discovered that he had secretly taken nude photos of Sha Lili, he might just think he was dishonest and worried that he couldn't be trusted, not considering his daughter's happiness.

The two returned to Sha Yanxiao's yard. After a while, Dali came over with a few people, carrying a man who was tied up. The man's nose was bleeding. Gui'er identified him and found that she had indeed seen him next to Tang Yaozu. It seemed that he was the driver who usually acted as a driver.