The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

"Well, it's all right, just enough. Do you have anything you like to eat today? If you like anything, I'll treat you."

The proprietress Xue Gu forced a smile.

The waiter waved his hand and stated his purpose. "I just saw that person in your shop who looked familiar. It seemed like I've known him before. I was busy just now and didn't have time to greet him, so I asked you."

When she heard about this, Xue Gu shook her head and said, "He was a guest. How would I know where he was from? He bought three pieces of dried rabbit meat and left."

After knowing the situation, the waiter said he wanted to leave.

Xue Gu tactfully gave each of them two pieces of dried meat and said, "These are the food I made myself. They're not expensive. Take them."

After sending the two away with a smile, Xue Gu's face fell when she turned around and went back to the house.

Life is difficult...

When has Xue Gu ever tried to please men? It was always the men who went to please her.

Forget it, a good woman doesn’t brag about her past achievements.

Fang Youming, who has already left, always feels uneasy.

General Duan said that the waiter was a trustworthy person, and if he told him the message, someone would come to pick him up.

However, the person next to the waiter just now was the one who chased the young general that day.

When he met an acquaintance, Fang Youming put aside his doubts and responded with a smile.

"What a coincidence! I'm a very busy man there. I heard there's a place in the east part of the city that sells delicious dried meat, so I made a special trip to buy some for Captain Zhao."

Whenever Fang Youming met someone, he would talk while holding the paper bag in his hand.

He skillfully came to a restaurant, asked the waiter which private room Manager Zhao was in, and went over with his things.

Captain Zhao was originally just an ordinary minor official. His sister was a concubine of a general above him, so he was said to be quite favored.

There was a shortage of people to begin with, and with some pillow talk, the petty clerk suddenly became the head of the department, and power and money gradually came to him.

Seeing what Fang Youming was holding, Captain Zhao was in a very happy mood.

"I don't have much money on me. I spent some on my brother's medicine, so I kept some. I heard there's a good dried meat shop in the east of the city, so I went there and bought some for the captain to have while he drinks."

This small package probably costs about ten cents.

Captain Zhao knew that Fang Youming was very poor and that the reward he gave him last time was probably not enough for him to spend.

"You're so thoughtful, would you like to drink something?"

Fang Youming waved his hands and said that he didn't know how to drink it. Captain Zhao was in a good mood and insisted on asking him to drink a few sips.

Fang Youming was drunk and his face was as red as a boiled shrimp.

Seeing him like this, Captain Zhao waved his hand in disappointment and told him to go back by himself.

Fang Youming stumbled out, looking a bit silly.

After he left, Captain Zhao opened the paper package with some disgust and ate a small piece.

"Pah, pah, pah, this meat is so hard that it hurts my teeth."

The half-chewed dried meat was spat out on the ground, and the rest was thrown casually on the table.

Fang Youming returned home first. He Jiajing saw her son coming back drunk and helped him lie down on the bed.

"Mom, I'm going to take a nap. Here's some dried meat I brought back. You can have it as a snack. Just save some for me for dinner."

He took out the paper bag from his arms and kept muttering these words.

He Jiajing helped him onto the bed, smoothed his hair, looked at him for a while, and then took her things and left.

When the door closed, Fang Youming opened his eyes.

He was not drunk, he was just acting for the people outside.

When he came back just now, he noticed someone was staring at him, so he went to the restaurant and messed around for a while before coming back.

He was worried about General Duan in the cellar and didn't know what to do.

General Duan took an antidote pill last night and seemed to be getting better, but he didn't expect the symptoms to recur after midnight.

He was still asleep when he went out in the morning.

I'm afraid the detoxification pill won't work.

But I am so poor that I can only fan the wind with my pants. In this Mu City, except for some hooligans and beggars, I don’t even know anyone.

My uncles and the others are all together, but...

This cannot be told to anyone.

There are many people and they all talk a lot, so the news will leak out if you are not careful.

And if his guess was correct, someone above him might not want General Duan to go back.

The news about the young general must be kept secret. If it is discovered accidentally, the whole family will be implicated.

A struggle flashed in Fang Youming's eyes.

After a long time, he let out a long sigh.

Life is full of dangers. Once he chooses this path, no amount of wind and rain can stop him from moving forward.

One day, he will go to that familiar place and clear the injustice done to his Fang family.

At this time, he thought of someone.

Fang Youming felt a little regretful. How could he have forgotten about him?

He was too naive before, thinking that he was just passing on a message to help the young general in trouble.

Given General Duan's previous personality, he put on a good show to make sure he could stay by his side.

Your goal has been achieved.

Fortunately, he was more cautious today and did not go there rashly, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

There is no time to lose. We still don’t know what’s happening to General Duan in the cellar, so we have to find our grandfather to discuss it first.

……

In the cellar, Kang Ge'er was burning hot all over, but he felt very cold.

He huddled into a ball in the corner.

It has been so long and Fang Youming still hasn't come back. It is very likely that something unexpected happened to him.

He prayed in a daze that he would not be discovered.

With the methods those people use, they would probably lose their lives if they were discovered.

I don’t know how much time has passed, but Kang Ge’er just felt like ice and fire, and the poison was quite strong.

Although it is highly toxic, it is not fatal.

This made him very confused. If they wanted to kill him, they could just smear him with poison that would kill him instantly. Why go through so much trouble?

Could it be that the other side wants to capture me alive?

Live to see people, die to see corpses.

The group of people who couldn't find anyone for a long time became a little frustrated.

"Sir, we have searched everywhere around here."

I really couldn't find anyone.

He didn't dare to say this.

Seeing that the boss's face was becoming more and more gloomy, the man wanted to hide himself.

I told you not to talk too much, and now you're in trouble.

"Search for me, search every house, search carefully."

Seeing the people below showing some complaints, the leader said in a gloomy voice: "If we can't find the person, those of us present don't need to go back and report."

What does this mean?

The others looked pale and looked at each other with some fear.

The scene was somewhat quiet, and one of them stepped forward.

"Sir, I think we can look for the place where General Duan was last seen. He was injured, and the arrow was poisoned, so he couldn't have gotten far. He's probably hiding nearby."