My nemesis is pregnant, the baby is mine
Chapter 44 If You Stay
"Whatever you want, our Feng family can afford it." Feng Yanping was very confident.
Of course Feng Yanping has this confidence. The Feng family has been passed down for several generations, with a rich family background and a very wide network of contacts. Basically, as long as Shen Mo doesn't deliberately make things difficult, the Feng family can do it.
Even among the four great families, the Feng family is the leader.
Feng Yanping was full of confidence, but Shen Mo couldn't help laughing when he heard the words.
"What are you laughing at?" Feng Yanping frowned slightly.
Shen Mo didn't answer, just shook his head with a smile.
Shen Mo didn't speak, but Feng Yanping only thought that Shen Mo was not satisfied with the conditions he offered.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Otherwise, what do you think? Next, the Feng family will open a Feng Tianbao Pavilion in Qingcheng. The address has already been selected. If you agree to come to the Feng family, then this Feng Tianbao Pavilion will be handed over You are in charge of the house."
Shen Mo is now just a master chef in the Qi family's big workshop. Compared with the two, it is natural that the conditions offered by the Feng family are more attractive.
Shen Mo was obviously moved when he heard the words, he asked curiously: "Isn't Qingcheng the territory of the Qi family?"
"So what? No one has stipulated that the Feng family cannot open a shop here."
"But do you think the Qi family will let you drive here?"
The Feng family had opened several Feng Tianbao Pavilions in the Qi family's territory before, but the business of those shops is very bleak now.
Don't talk about business, even the cost invested in the past may not be paid back when.
If the Feng family threw him an empty shell, it would naturally be inferior to the status of the master of the Qi family.
"You don't have to worry about this, I've already personally arranged for Qingcheng." Feng Yanping sneered, Feng Yanping really never imagined that the previous stores would become what they are today.
Thinking of this incident, Feng Yanping felt a little unhappy. If it wasn't for Qi Yunshu, the situation would not be like this at all.
He invested a lot in those palaces, and even transferred several famous masters from Feng Tianbao Pavilion, but he didn't want to but it became a joke.
Shen Mo cast a suspicious look at him, "I only believe what I see with my eyes."
"I heard you just came back from outside?"
"So what?"
"Then you probably don't know yet, most of the Qi family's shops in Qingcheng have been closed."
"I have heard about this matter, but I still say the same thing. So what? The Qi family is so big, and these things will at most cause the Qi family to suffer setbacks in a short period of time, but they cannot shake its foundation at all."
Feng Yanping snorted coldly when he heard the words, with a bit of disdain in the smile on the corner of his mouth, "You don't think that this incident is only in Qingcheng, do you?"
"The big cities where the Qi family's property is located have already been reported, saying that the Qi family secretly evaded taxes. I believe that the government will take action in a short time. Do you think the Qi family can handle it by then?"
Shen Mo frowned, not only Qingcheng?
Feng Yanping glanced at Shen Mo, and said with a smile: "Besides, the person who reported the Qi family's tax evasion this time is also one of the shopkeepers of the Qi family's own workshop, and there is the account book as evidence. Even if Qi Yunshu has ten mouths, I'm afraid he can't tell. .”
No matter how big the Qi family is, they are just rising stars in the final analysis, and their foundation is far less solid than that of the Feng family.
Just like a big tree with luxuriant branches and leaves, the roots of the Qi family have not had time to penetrate deep into the ground, and it is far from enough for them to survive strong winds and waves.
People like the Qi family are the easiest to be uprooted, which is why the Feng family chose to start with the Qi family.
"The shopkeeper of the Qi's workshop? As far as I know, the shopkeeper of the Qi's workshop was selected by Qi Yunshu. How could he betray the Qi's?" Shen Mo didn't believe Feng Yanping's words.
The shopkeepers of the big workshop of the Qi family that Shen Mo has seen so far are only Yu Yan, and the shopkeeper of the big workshop of Shuangqingcheng from the previous competition. Neither of them seem to be the ones who would betray the Qi family.
"People will always change, and they will always be dissatisfied." Feng Yanping smiled, "How can a shopkeeper of a Shuangqing City workshop compare to the person in charge?"
Speaking of rising, Feng Yanping narrowed his eyes slightly, his whole body was like a cold snake, making people shudder.
Shen Mo took a sip of the tea in his cup, and looked out the door with his eyes.
The heavy rain outside the house was getting heavier and heavier, and the sky was getting darker and darker, as if the sky was about to fall.
Shen Mo remained silent, and Feng Yanping didn't urge him, but just waited quietly by the side to let Shen Mo think clearly.
The time for a cup of tea passed, Shen Mo put down the empty teacup, and stood up.
Feng Yanping also put down the teacup, looked at Shen Mo with a smile in his eyes, and waited for Shen Mo to make a decision.
Shen Mo walked aside and took the umbrella that he had placed by the door when he came in. He shook and shook some of the water out of the umbrella.
Seeing this, Feng Yanping frowned slightly, Shen Mo wants to leave?What does he mean?
"I will consider this matter when I go back." Shen Mo walked towards the door.
The smile on Feng Yanping's face gradually disappeared, and he said: "I hope you can make a decision on this matter as soon as possible, the Feng family will not wait for you forever."
Shen Mo nodded, held up his umbrella, took his tool bag, and walked downstairs along the corridor.
Shen Mo's back disappeared at the door, Feng Yanping frowned slightly, he looked at the rain curtain outside the door, stood up suddenly after a moment of silence.
At that moment, his face changed again and again, from blue to white.
The next moment, Feng Yanping threw the teacup in his hand to the side, and it shattered to the ground.
"Stop him." Feng Yanping hurried out.
The servants of the Feng family who were waiting outside the door were startled when they saw him yelling suddenly, and when they realized that they hurriedly chased after him, Shen Mo had already arrived downstairs in the inn.
The servants of the Feng family rushed downstairs, found Shen Mo who was walking towards the door, and rushed up immediately.
The rude actions of those people startled the guests downstairs in the inn, and everyone started to yell for a while.
Qingcheng was rainy, the ground was muddy, and the air smelled of mud.
Yu Yan helped Shen Mo get the tools, and after separating from Shen Mo, he went back to the nearby place where he lived in the heavy rain.
After the big workshop was closed, all the things in his hands were put on hold, and he was much more relaxed.
Staying at home until the sky gradually darkened, Yu Yan went out again, planning to go to Qi's house to see the situation.
As soon as he went out, there was a person rushing towards here in a distance, and the person who came was the servant of Xiong's family.
Because Xiong Lei had been going to the Qi family's big workshop every day for a while, Yu Yan was no stranger to the servants of the Xiong family.
"Master Yu, our master asked me to ask you, did you see Master Shen?" The servant looked anxious.
"What?" Yu Yan frowned suddenly, his heart skipped a beat, a bad premonition welled up in his heart, "Has he not gone back yet?"
"I haven't seen anyone all the time. The head of the house is very anxious, so I asked me to come over and ask, do you know where he went?"
Shen Mo left the Xiong's house in the middle of the afternoon to look for Yu Yan, wanting to get back his tools, but now it was already dark, and almost two hours had passed, but Shen Mo never went back.
Normally, Xiong Lei wouldn't be so nervous, but today is a heavy rain day, and the Qi family is in the current situation, so he has to worry.
"Have you asked at the Qi's house?" Yu Yan hastily propped up his umbrella. He and Shen Mo had been separated for more than an hour.
"I asked, and the Qi family said they didn't see him."
When Yu Yan heard this, the bad premonition in his heart suddenly became worse.
Yu Yan went out and hurried towards the courtyard where the Qi family arranged for the master to live.
It was not far from where Yu Yan lived, not long after, Yu Yan came to the courtyard.
After entering the door, Yu Yan pulled the person by the door and asked Shen Mo's whereabouts.
Knowing that Shen Mo didn't come back, Yu Yan went to the small courtyard where Shen Mo lived, and searched one by one.
The furnishings in the room were the same as before, and there was no rain footprint on the ground. Shen Mo obviously never came back.
When no one was found, the bad premonition in Yu Yan's heart suddenly became worse.
He became a little annoyed, under the current situation, he should be optimistic about Shen Mo, Qi Yunshu also told him to be optimistic about Shen Mo before leaving.
"Does the head of the Qi family know about this?" Yu Yan looked at the servant of the Xiong family who came here with him to find someone.
"When I went to the Qi's compound before, the people in the compound said that they sent someone to find the head of Qi. If they were quick, they should have found someone by now." Xiong's servant said.
On the other side of Qingcheng, where the heavy rain was pouring, was the Prince Jin's mansion.
After Qi Yunshu explained his whereabouts during this time, he was comforting Prince Jin when the housekeeper who followed him outside the door hurried in.
Seeing the housekeeper rushing in, Qi Yunshu frowned slightly.
The butler has been by his side for more than [-] years, and he has helped a lot with business matters, so he knows how to measure.
If it wasn't something very important, the housekeeper would never bother him at this time.
The butler came to Qi Yunshu's side, lowered his head and whispered in his ear about Shen Mo's disappearance.
Hearing that Shen Mo had disappeared, Qi Yunshu's face paled and he immediately stood up. He didn't care about other things and quickly asked, "Have you sent someone to look for it?"
He should have thought a long time ago that since the Feng family dared to attack the big workshop of the Qi family, they might find Shen Mo, after all, Shen Mo had humiliated them before.
Thinking of this, Qi Yunshu felt his hands and feet go cold for a while, and he had never been so afraid in his heart.
If it's really the Feng family, then Shen Mo...
Even if he was the only one left in Qi's family back then, even if those relatives of Qi's family looted his house like crazy, even if he almost lived on the street back then, he was never so afraid.
That feeling overwhelmed him, immersing him in it, as if every hair was clamoring for fear.
He shouldn't have brought Shen Mo to Shuangqing City, he shouldn't have let Shen Mo participate in any competitions, and he shouldn't have known that the Feng family was against each other. If something really happened to Shen Mo, it would be him who harmed him.When the Qi family was doing tricks, Shen Mo was left alone.
If something really happened to Shen Mo, it would be him who harmed him.
If something happens to Shen Mo, it's all his fault!
"I've sent someone out to look for it, and the Xiong's is also looking for it, but it's raining too much, and there are not many pedestrians on the road..."
It was raining continuously and there was no one on the road. It was even more difficult to find someone in this situation.
Listening to the housekeeper's words, Qi Yunshu finally regained some sense of reason. He even forgot to breathe at that moment.
"Send more people immediately, no, let everyone look for it." Qi Yunshu clenched his hands, his heart was in a mess.
"What happened?" Prince Jin was a little unhappy because of the Qi family's affairs, but now seeing Qi Yunshu's appearance, he couldn't help being a little curious.
Qi Yunshu has always been a person who is very aware of the importance, which is why he is optimistic about Qi Yunshu and promised the Qi family to use the Qi family's works as a gift.
This was the first time he saw Qi Yunshu lose his composure in front of him, so he was naturally a little curious about what made him behave like this.
Qi Yunshu was flustered, but when he heard Prince Jin's question, he took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
"My lord, Shen Mo is missing, please ask your lord to send someone to search." Qi Yunshu clasped his fists, lowered his head slightly, but looked at Prince Jin urgently with both eyes.
"What?" Prince Jin was a little surprised, "How could he disappear?"
"My lord, you are a smart person. Don't you understand the current situation?" Qi Yunshu's mind turned quickly, but the expression of surprise and worry gradually disappeared on his face, and he regained his former shrewdness and calmness.
"You mean the Feng family took him away?" Prince Jin frowned.
"Regardless of whether it was the Feng family's actions or not, one thing is for sure. It is a well-known fact that the Qi family and the prince have cooperated, but at this time, that person is doing something to Shen Mo..." Qi Yunshu left half of what he said.
A person with the status of Prince Jin can't tolerate sand in his eyes, and he can't tolerate others' provocations to him.
Lord Jin frowned when he heard the words. He was already unhappy when something like this happened to the Qi family at this time, but at this time something happened to Shen Mo, he suddenly became even more unhappy.
Leaving aside the matter of the Qi family, Shen Mo, the Prince of Jin, admired him quite a lot, and he was also looking forward to the congratulatory gift that Shen Mo was about to present.
"I see, I will let people look for it together." Prince Jin got up and went out.
He recruited the steward of the nearby palace and asked people to pass on the word, so that people from the nearby government offices and the palace went out to find someone.
"Thank you, my lord."
Qi Yunshu thanked Prince Jin, he didn't stay in the palace for long, so he said goodbye and left soon.
Leaving Prince Jin's Mansion, Qi Yunshu walked quickly towards the carriage. The housekeeper followed him with an umbrella, but couldn't keep up with his speed.
Arriving in front of the carriage, Qi Yunshu quickly got into the carriage, then grabbed the whip from the driver's hand, and drove the carriage out quickly in the face of the pouring rain.
The heavy rain did not stop, and it happened to be meal time, so there was no one on the way, which made it easier for Qi Yunshu to rush back to Qi's house as quickly as possible.
The carriage stopped in front of the gate of Qi's house. Before the car stopped, Qi Yunshu jumped out of the car, and the butler beside him was terrified.
"Master, be careful, slow down." The butler hurriedly jumped out of the carriage.
Qi Yunshu is already pregnant, how can she stand up to such a torment now, what if something happens to her?
The moment the butler got out of the car, Qi Yunshu had already rushed into the yard quickly.
In the living room, Yu Yan, Xiong Lei and others were already circling the living room like ants on a hot pot.
Seeing Qi Yunshu appear, several people immediately came up to greet them and asked, "Is Shen Mo with you?"
Everyone had already searched everywhere they could, but they couldn't find anyone.
They were still holding on to their last sliver of hope, hoping that Shen Mo and Qi Yunshu would be in the Jin Palace, but now seeing Qi Yunshu walking in such a hurry, their hearts suddenly turned cold.
"Who was the last person to see him?" Qi Yunshu asked after entering the door.
Yu Yan stood up quickly, and he said again that he and Shen Mo went to the big workshop to get tools.
"After taking the things, he said he was going back to Xiong's house, so I left him alone." Yu Yan was also very upset at the moment, he should have been with Shen Mo back then.
"Didn't I tell you to look at him?" Qi Yunshu was angry.
Yu Yan opened his mouth, but he was unable to speak for a while, and he was indeed to blame for this matter.
Shen Mo and Qi Yunshu just came back from the outside, and they don't know the situation yet, but he does.The Qi family is already in such a situation, he should have been careful.
When the few people around saw this, they didn't bother to appease the angry Qi Yunshu, and told the situation on their side again.
Xiong Lei was the first person who found out that Shen Mo was missing. Shen Mo had greeted him when he left Xiong's house to get tools. He originally said that someone would send Shen Mo over, but Shen Mo refused.
When it was time for Shen Mo to come back later, Xiong Lei went to the courtyard to look for him, but there was no one there.
At first, Xiong Lei didn't think about it, but after waiting for half a stick of incense, he felt that something was wrong, so he asked the servants of the Xiong family to find someone.
But at that time, he just thought that Shen Mo was delayed on the road. After all, it was raining so hard that traveling was not as convenient as usual.
It wasn't until the servant came back and told Xiong Lei that he hadn't seen Shen Mo all the way, that Xiong Lei really became alert, and then immediately sent people to Qi's house and the big workshop to find someone.
There are not many places Shen Mo can go to, the workshop, his own yard, and Qi's house, these are the only three places, and Xiong Lei was sure that something went wrong after searching around but not finding anyone.
"Immediately call all the members of the Qi family in Qingcheng, and ask them to go door-to-door. Even if Qingcheng is turned upside down, they must be found for me!" Qi Yunshu turned her head and said to the butler who had just entered the door.
The butler was stunned for a moment, and he opened his mouth with bitterness in his eyes.
Qi Yunshu knew that it was impossible for him and Shen Mo, but he still couldn't let go, so why bother?
"I've ordered everyone in the Xiong family to go out and look for them, not only those in the house, but also those in the store," Xiong Lei said.
Xiong Lei usually lives in Qingcheng, and there are quite a few of him here.
"As for the carpenter, Mr. Jia and I have sent someone to look for it." Gu Ming'an said.
Gu Ming'an and Jia Lao lived in Xiong's Mansion recently, and they were also the first to know about the situation.
Knowing that something was wrong, the two immediately went to Qingcheng to find a carpenter they knew and asked everyone to help.
With the relationship of the exchange meeting and the prestige of Mr. Jia, although the two of them have little influence here, the news spread quite quickly, and many people are already helping to find someone.
For a while, the house was quiet, only the patter of rain outside the door remained.
It was raining so hard that the ground was covered with puddles.The air is filled with the smell of earth, which is very rich.
The sky gradually darkened, and the mountains a little further away could no longer be seen clearly.
Qi Yunshu drove the carriage all the way back, his body was covered in rain, and his clothes were already half wet.
After the butler gave Qi Yunshu the order to let everyone go out to find someone, he made a detour to get clean clothes when he came back.
Qi Yunshu was absent-minded and restless, but she changed her clothes anyway.
After changing his clothes, Qi Yunshu walked to the side and sat down. He took the hot tea handed over by the housekeeper and drank it.
After drinking the hot tea, the chill on his body subsided a little, and his tense body couldn't help but relax a bit.
After less than half a cup, he stood up again, and he couldn't calm down at all.
Qi Yunshu took the cloak that the housekeeper put aside and put it on, took the umbrella and was about to go out the door.
"Where are you going?" Seeing this, Xiong Lei also stood up, as did Gu Ming'an and Jia Lao.
"Go to someone from the Feng family." Qi Yunshu said.
Several people looked at each other in blank dismay. Although they already knew that this matter must be related to the Feng family, they had no evidence.
Qi Yunshu went out with an umbrella, but he didn't look back.
Feng Yanping's methods are dirty and despicable, if Shen Mo is really with him, it will be much more dangerous for Shen Mo to wait a little longer.
Qi Yunshu couldn't wait patiently at all, as long as he thought of the possibility of something happening to Shen Mo, he would feel anxious and uneasy.
The Feng family doesn't have any big property here in Qingcheng, let alone Feng Tianbao Pavilion. There are only some scattered small shops that sell some materials from the Feng family.
The Qi family also has such a shop in the Feng family's side, as do the other two. After all, the weather in the four places is different, and the materials in their hands are also different, so there is business to do.
Seeing Qi Yunshu go out, Xiong Lei hesitated for a moment, and then rushed out with an umbrella.
Xiong Lei gathered his men, and instead of following Qi Yunshu, he went to find other people in Qingcheng who were related to the Feng family.
Gu Ming'an and Jia Lao both went out after seeing this, and disappeared into the rain.
The sky was getting dark, but Qingcheng gradually became bustling, and there were many people in a hurry on the road.
Qi Yunshu and Xiong Lei led people, each on the side of Qingcheng, but all the shops related to Feng's family were searched next to each other.
As night fell, the street became more and more lively, Qi Yunshu rushed towards an inn with a group of people.
Approaching the inn, Qi Yunshu quickened his pace, and shouted in between movements: "Surround this place."
All the people who followed dispersed, and soon surrounded the inn.
When Qi Yunshu entered, the people in the inn were commotion. He thought it was because he brought so many people, but he didn't want to see Shen Mo confronting Feng Yanping in the crowd soon.
With his tool bag on his back and an umbrella in his hand, Shen Mo was quietly looking at Feng Yanping in front of him, "I told you before, you can't afford what I want."
After Feng Yanping caught up, he looked at him with an unfriendly expression.
"Then what exactly do you want?" Feng Yanping stopped Shen Mo, not about to let Shen Mo leave, "Are you trying to trick me?"
It was only after Shen Mo came downstairs that Feng Yanping realized that Shen Mo had no intention of cooperating with him at all.
On the contrary, he himself, under the ambiguity of Shen Mo's few words and non-rejection, easily told Shen Mo almost all the next plans.
Hearing this, Shen Mo couldn't help but smile with the corners of his mouth curled up, and Feng Yanping became angry instantly when he saw that smile.
But so what, they were among the crowd at the moment, and Feng Yanping asked the Feng family to block Shen Mo, which had already caused many people to discuss it. If he really did something to Shen Mo, the people next to him would definitely not stand by and watch.
When Qi Yunshu came in, he saw this scene.
Not knowing what happened between the two of them, Feng Yanping's face was extremely ugly, as if there was fire in his heart, but he couldn't vent it.
The moment he saw Shen Mo, Qi Yunshu's heart suddenly started beating wildly. His cold hands and feet gradually returned to temperature, and the temperature was getting higher and higher. It didn't take long for him to tremble slightly.
A group of people suddenly came outside the inn, and the people in the inn who were watching the scene reacted and asked what was going on.
Shen Mo heard the movement, turned his head and looked outside the door.Turning around, he bumped into Qi Yunshu's worried eyes.
"Why do you—" Before Shen Mo could ask the words full of surprise, Qi Yunshu had already quickly walked to his side and grabbed his arm.
Shen Mo looked at Qi Yunshu quietly, Qi Yunshu grabbed his arm so hard that his fingers almost sank into his flesh.
Qi Yunshu's body wet by the rain was shaking slightly, not because of the cold, but because of anger. He looked at Feng Yanping, as if he wanted to cut Feng Yanping into pieces.
Feeling the pain of being tightly grasped, Shen Mo didn't feel angry. There was something swimming in his heart. The feeling was so subtle that Shen Mo couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
"Are you alright?" Qi Yunshu panted heavily, he almost came at a trot.
He withdrew his gaze from Feng Yanping, and turned to look at Shen Mo.
He looked Shen Mo up and down, looked carefully twice, and was relieved to make sure that Shen Mo was not injured.
"It's okay." Shen Mo glanced at the members of the Qi family outside the door, and then at Qi Yunshu who was drenched by rain in front of him.
Qi Yunshu took an umbrella, but his clothes were all wet. He must have been looking for him outside for a long time.
Hearing that Shen Mo said it was okay, Qi Yunshu breathed a sigh of relief, but he held Shen Mo's hand and did not relax, it was still very tight, as if he was afraid that Shen Mo would disappear as soon as he let go.
"Why are you here?" Qi Yunshu asked again.
"Master Feng invited me to come and have a seat." Shen Mo looked at Feng Yanping, the corners of his mouth curled up, but there was no smile in his eyes.
Qi Yunshu looked at Feng Yanping who was on the side. He was full of worry and uneasiness, but now the uneasiness and worry in his heart dissipated, replaced by uncontrollable anger and killing intent!
Feng Yanping saw Qi Yunshu barging in suddenly, the anger towards Shen Mo in his eyes had subsided, his face turned cold, and he was about to speak, but someone from the Feng family ran in beside him.
"The head of the house..." When the man entered the door and saw Qi Yunshu, he stood upright and didn't dare to move.
When Feng Yanping saw this, he felt ashamed, and his face immediately became extremely ugly, and then he looked at the servant who was obviously afraid of Qi Yunshu with unfriendly eyes, "What's the matter?"
The servant came to his senses, walked quickly to Feng Yanping's side, and said what happened before.
Just now, people from Qi's family and Xiong's family broke into and searched almost all Feng's properties in Qingcheng.
In addition, anyone related to the Feng family was also affected, and even the Feng Tianbao Pavilion of the Feng family in several other nearby cities had people going in to make trouble.
And the situation continued to get worse. Qi Yunshu even directly detained the shopkeepers in several places of the Feng family. It was very likely that the Feng family would not hand over Shen Mo, but would directly copy the Feng family to the bottom.
Qi Yunshu was usually a rational person and would not have such a direct conflict with the Feng family, but at this moment he had already lost his reason.
His eyes were as scarlet as an angry beast, not to mention the Feng family, even the Qi family felt terrible.
Outside of Qi's family, Xiong Lei's side directly ordered people to confiscate all the goods of Feng's family on the nearby wharf.
The Xiong family is in the catering business, and the catering business is the most widespread. There are semicolons of his family almost everywhere, and there are many people they know. If the goods are seized by them, the Feng family has nothing to do.
The shopkeeper, the goods, that's not all.
In Qingcheng and the nearby cities, some carpenters who did not know where they came from directly detained all the carpenters in Feng Tianbao Pavilion of their Feng family.
Feng Yanping's face darkened a little when he heard what the man said.
He was about to speak, but there was another commotion at the door.
A group of people in armor rushed in and took control of the entire inn in a short time.Those people were different from those brought by Qi Yunshu, obviously all of them were officials.
The cold rain, the heavy armor, and the weapons that were shining coldly in the hands of those people made many innocent people in the inn who had never seen this posture turn pale when they were innocently involved.
Seeing those soldiers in armor, even Feng Yanping's face turned pale.
The Feng family is in business. Although they have contacts with the officials, they are just doing business after all. Besides, this is not his own territory. If he provokes these officials, he will just walk around.
Not long after the soldiers came in, a man who looked like the captain walked in.
His cold gaze swept across the crowd, and he asked, "Who is Shen Mo?"
"I am." Shen Mo took a step forward.
The captain's face remained unchanged, he sized up Shen Mo under the breathless and silent gaze of the crowd, and said: "My lord, please come with me."
Shen Mo was a little surprised when he heard this, but he quickly realized it. He glanced at Qi Yunshu next to him, and guessed that it was Qi Yunshu who went to find Prince Jin.
"Let's go!" The captain took a step back to make way, his face expressionless but respectful.
Seeing that person's attitude, Feng Yanping, whose face had already lost all color, had surprise in his eyes. He glanced at Shen Mo again, and cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Feng Yanping had sent someone to inquire about Shen Mo before. He knew about the relationship between Shen Mo and the Qi family, but he didn't know when Shen Mo met Prince Jin who lived in Qingcheng, and even asked the other party to send someone to invite him personally.
The one above is only the younger brother of Prince Jin, and the relationship between the two is quite harmonious.
Such a character, all civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty should be in awe, how could Shen Mo, a carpenter, know him?
Shen Mo went out under the escort of the group of soldiers, and Qi Yunshu quickly followed.
After going out the door, Qi Yunshu came to his senses when he saw the carriage in Prince Jin's Mansion, and let go of the hand that had been holding onto Shen Mo's arm.
Because he was too nervous and too hard, the back of his hand holding Shen Mo's arm was pale, and he was a bit of a servant.
"Sorry." Qi Yunshu wanted to calm down, but her voice was still trembling.
"Nothing." Shen Mo said.
Qi Yunshu's whole body was trembling, which might not be obvious to the naked eye, but the hand that had just grabbed Shen Mo's arm just now felt a slight tremor.
His entire face was even paler, turning blue.
"Would you like to go back first?" Shen Mo suggested.
Qi Yunshu's condition was not very good, his clothes were already wet, and his face was pale.
"No, I'll go there with you." The moment Qi Yunshu heard this, almost reflexively, he raised his hand and grabbed Shen Mo, as if he was afraid that he would disappear again.
Shen Mo looked down at his arm, feeling the strength of Qi Yunshu's fingers, he said nothing, and walked towards the carriage.
Qi Yunshu followed closely behind, and did not let go of Shen Mo's arm along the way.
The two got into the carriage of Prince Jin's Mansion, and went towards Prince Jin's Mansion under the escort of the group of soldiers.
After about a stick of incense, the two got off the car in front of the Jin Palace.
When the two saw Prince Jin, they figured out what happened, and when they came out of Prince Jin's mansion, it was already night.
On the way back, the rain gradually lightened up.
In the carriage, Qi Yunshu couldn't help asking, "Why did you go there?"
When he was in front of Prince Jin just now, Shen Mo had roughly explained what happened.
Shen Mo didn't lie, but Qi Yunshu knew that with Shen Mo's intelligence, if he didn't want to go, the other party would have nothing to do with him.Even if there is no one on the street, he can call for help on the way.
"I'm just a little curious about what's going on with him." Shen Mo didn't expect to make such a big fuss, even Prince Jin was alarmed.
Hearing this, Qi Yunshu frowned slightly, obviously disapproving of Shen Mo's actions, he said: "It's dangerous for you to do this."
Shen Mo said nothing, it was indeed risky to do so, but he was also really curious about what Feng Yanping would do with him, and at that time he was taking every step.
When those people found him, there was no pedestrian around, even if he escaped, he would be easily caught by the other party, so it is better to take one step at a time.
As for why he followed into the inn, it was also because that place was an inn.
There were many guests downstairs in the inn, if Feng Yanping really wanted to do something to him, as long as he called for help, everyone outside would be able to hear him immediately.
If the place he went to was another place, Shen Mo might not have followed him in.
"What did you say?" Seeing that Shen Mo was silent, Qi Yunshu had no choice but to change the subject.
Shen Mo is like this sometimes, he looks smart and calm, but occasionally he does some worrying things.
"Feng Yanping asked me to go to Feng's house to do something." Shen Mo couldn't help feeling better when he thought of this matter.
Qi Yunshu didn't expect this to happen, and she didn't recover for a while.
He originally thought that something happened to Shen Mo, he was so nervous that his hands and feet were numb, and he was terrified, so he went all over the city looking for someone to make a fuss.
"He made a condition, saying that if I go to Feng's house, I will be in charge of the Feng Tianbao Pavilion that will be opened in Qingcheng." Shen Mo said again.
Qi Yun opened his mouth, but he didn't know whether he should say congratulations or something else.
For Shen Mo, the identity of the master of the Qi family workshop must be far inferior to that of the shopkeeper of Feng Tianbao Pavilion.
Qi Yunshu looked at Shen Mo, and there was a burning pain in his chest, which almost made him suffocate.
The rain-soaked clothes stuck to his body, making Qi Yunshu inexplicably irritable. He tugged on his sleeves, but the cold feeling made him even more uncomfortable.
The lights in the carriage flickered from time to time, making it difficult to see the expression on Shen Mo's face at the moment.
Qi Yunshu was so happy, at least he didn't have to pretend to be calm.
"Aren't you wondering where the Feng family plans to open Feng Tianbao Pavilion in Qingcheng?" Shen Mo slowly induced.
"Where is it?" Qi Yunshu hardly thought, and followed Shen Mo's words.
He just felt tired and cold, unable to think about anything.
Qi Yunshu leaned back against the carriage, and he let the bumps of the carriage hit him, causing constant pain. Only in this way could he control himself not to think too much.
It's good for Shen Mo to go, in this way, he and Shen Mo can be just enemies.
"It's on the street not far from the yard where you live. The place has been found. It is said that even the land deed has been negotiated, and work will start in two days." Shen Mo's deep voice spread in the carriage.
It was late at night, and there was silence on the street outside the carriage, which made it difficult for Qi Yunshu not to hear Shen Mo's words.
Qi Yunshu remained silent, but Shen Mo asked again: "How about the Qi family, what does the prince say?"
Qi Yunshu shook his head, the bitter taste in his heart was so strong that his throat was filled with fishy sweetness.
Shen Mo was about to say more, but Qi Yunshu suddenly interrupted him, he stared at him nervously, and said, "Don't go to Feng's house."
"What?" Shen Mo was slightly surprised.
Qi Yunshu had been silent all this time, but now that she suddenly spoke, Shen Mo couldn't react and didn't hear clearly.
"Don't go to Feng's house." Qi Yunshu heard his own voice, because he was nervous, his clenched hands were a little weak.
Shen Mo heard clearly this time, but didn't speak.His expression was hidden under the swaying bamboo lamp, so Qi Yunshu couldn't see clearly.
Qi Yunshu became a little anxious, he leaned forward slightly, and said: "Stay here, don't go to the Feng family. The Feng family wants you to be the shopkeeper, and the Qi family is also fine. As long as you can stay, the conditions are up to you."
There was silence in the carriage for a while, no one spoke, only the sound of the wheels and the hooves of the horses.
After an unknown amount of time, Shen Mo broke the silence and asked, "Is it because of the gift?"
That congratulatory gift is very important to the Qi family
Of course Feng Yanping has this confidence. The Feng family has been passed down for several generations, with a rich family background and a very wide network of contacts. Basically, as long as Shen Mo doesn't deliberately make things difficult, the Feng family can do it.
Even among the four great families, the Feng family is the leader.
Feng Yanping was full of confidence, but Shen Mo couldn't help laughing when he heard the words.
"What are you laughing at?" Feng Yanping frowned slightly.
Shen Mo didn't answer, just shook his head with a smile.
Shen Mo didn't speak, but Feng Yanping only thought that Shen Mo was not satisfied with the conditions he offered.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Otherwise, what do you think? Next, the Feng family will open a Feng Tianbao Pavilion in Qingcheng. The address has already been selected. If you agree to come to the Feng family, then this Feng Tianbao Pavilion will be handed over You are in charge of the house."
Shen Mo is now just a master chef in the Qi family's big workshop. Compared with the two, it is natural that the conditions offered by the Feng family are more attractive.
Shen Mo was obviously moved when he heard the words, he asked curiously: "Isn't Qingcheng the territory of the Qi family?"
"So what? No one has stipulated that the Feng family cannot open a shop here."
"But do you think the Qi family will let you drive here?"
The Feng family had opened several Feng Tianbao Pavilions in the Qi family's territory before, but the business of those shops is very bleak now.
Don't talk about business, even the cost invested in the past may not be paid back when.
If the Feng family threw him an empty shell, it would naturally be inferior to the status of the master of the Qi family.
"You don't have to worry about this, I've already personally arranged for Qingcheng." Feng Yanping sneered, Feng Yanping really never imagined that the previous stores would become what they are today.
Thinking of this incident, Feng Yanping felt a little unhappy. If it wasn't for Qi Yunshu, the situation would not be like this at all.
He invested a lot in those palaces, and even transferred several famous masters from Feng Tianbao Pavilion, but he didn't want to but it became a joke.
Shen Mo cast a suspicious look at him, "I only believe what I see with my eyes."
"I heard you just came back from outside?"
"So what?"
"Then you probably don't know yet, most of the Qi family's shops in Qingcheng have been closed."
"I have heard about this matter, but I still say the same thing. So what? The Qi family is so big, and these things will at most cause the Qi family to suffer setbacks in a short period of time, but they cannot shake its foundation at all."
Feng Yanping snorted coldly when he heard the words, with a bit of disdain in the smile on the corner of his mouth, "You don't think that this incident is only in Qingcheng, do you?"
"The big cities where the Qi family's property is located have already been reported, saying that the Qi family secretly evaded taxes. I believe that the government will take action in a short time. Do you think the Qi family can handle it by then?"
Shen Mo frowned, not only Qingcheng?
Feng Yanping glanced at Shen Mo, and said with a smile: "Besides, the person who reported the Qi family's tax evasion this time is also one of the shopkeepers of the Qi family's own workshop, and there is the account book as evidence. Even if Qi Yunshu has ten mouths, I'm afraid he can't tell. .”
No matter how big the Qi family is, they are just rising stars in the final analysis, and their foundation is far less solid than that of the Feng family.
Just like a big tree with luxuriant branches and leaves, the roots of the Qi family have not had time to penetrate deep into the ground, and it is far from enough for them to survive strong winds and waves.
People like the Qi family are the easiest to be uprooted, which is why the Feng family chose to start with the Qi family.
"The shopkeeper of the Qi's workshop? As far as I know, the shopkeeper of the Qi's workshop was selected by Qi Yunshu. How could he betray the Qi's?" Shen Mo didn't believe Feng Yanping's words.
The shopkeepers of the big workshop of the Qi family that Shen Mo has seen so far are only Yu Yan, and the shopkeeper of the big workshop of Shuangqingcheng from the previous competition. Neither of them seem to be the ones who would betray the Qi family.
"People will always change, and they will always be dissatisfied." Feng Yanping smiled, "How can a shopkeeper of a Shuangqing City workshop compare to the person in charge?"
Speaking of rising, Feng Yanping narrowed his eyes slightly, his whole body was like a cold snake, making people shudder.
Shen Mo took a sip of the tea in his cup, and looked out the door with his eyes.
The heavy rain outside the house was getting heavier and heavier, and the sky was getting darker and darker, as if the sky was about to fall.
Shen Mo remained silent, and Feng Yanping didn't urge him, but just waited quietly by the side to let Shen Mo think clearly.
The time for a cup of tea passed, Shen Mo put down the empty teacup, and stood up.
Feng Yanping also put down the teacup, looked at Shen Mo with a smile in his eyes, and waited for Shen Mo to make a decision.
Shen Mo walked aside and took the umbrella that he had placed by the door when he came in. He shook and shook some of the water out of the umbrella.
Seeing this, Feng Yanping frowned slightly, Shen Mo wants to leave?What does he mean?
"I will consider this matter when I go back." Shen Mo walked towards the door.
The smile on Feng Yanping's face gradually disappeared, and he said: "I hope you can make a decision on this matter as soon as possible, the Feng family will not wait for you forever."
Shen Mo nodded, held up his umbrella, took his tool bag, and walked downstairs along the corridor.
Shen Mo's back disappeared at the door, Feng Yanping frowned slightly, he looked at the rain curtain outside the door, stood up suddenly after a moment of silence.
At that moment, his face changed again and again, from blue to white.
The next moment, Feng Yanping threw the teacup in his hand to the side, and it shattered to the ground.
"Stop him." Feng Yanping hurried out.
The servants of the Feng family who were waiting outside the door were startled when they saw him yelling suddenly, and when they realized that they hurriedly chased after him, Shen Mo had already arrived downstairs in the inn.
The servants of the Feng family rushed downstairs, found Shen Mo who was walking towards the door, and rushed up immediately.
The rude actions of those people startled the guests downstairs in the inn, and everyone started to yell for a while.
Qingcheng was rainy, the ground was muddy, and the air smelled of mud.
Yu Yan helped Shen Mo get the tools, and after separating from Shen Mo, he went back to the nearby place where he lived in the heavy rain.
After the big workshop was closed, all the things in his hands were put on hold, and he was much more relaxed.
Staying at home until the sky gradually darkened, Yu Yan went out again, planning to go to Qi's house to see the situation.
As soon as he went out, there was a person rushing towards here in a distance, and the person who came was the servant of Xiong's family.
Because Xiong Lei had been going to the Qi family's big workshop every day for a while, Yu Yan was no stranger to the servants of the Xiong family.
"Master Yu, our master asked me to ask you, did you see Master Shen?" The servant looked anxious.
"What?" Yu Yan frowned suddenly, his heart skipped a beat, a bad premonition welled up in his heart, "Has he not gone back yet?"
"I haven't seen anyone all the time. The head of the house is very anxious, so I asked me to come over and ask, do you know where he went?"
Shen Mo left the Xiong's house in the middle of the afternoon to look for Yu Yan, wanting to get back his tools, but now it was already dark, and almost two hours had passed, but Shen Mo never went back.
Normally, Xiong Lei wouldn't be so nervous, but today is a heavy rain day, and the Qi family is in the current situation, so he has to worry.
"Have you asked at the Qi's house?" Yu Yan hastily propped up his umbrella. He and Shen Mo had been separated for more than an hour.
"I asked, and the Qi family said they didn't see him."
When Yu Yan heard this, the bad premonition in his heart suddenly became worse.
Yu Yan went out and hurried towards the courtyard where the Qi family arranged for the master to live.
It was not far from where Yu Yan lived, not long after, Yu Yan came to the courtyard.
After entering the door, Yu Yan pulled the person by the door and asked Shen Mo's whereabouts.
Knowing that Shen Mo didn't come back, Yu Yan went to the small courtyard where Shen Mo lived, and searched one by one.
The furnishings in the room were the same as before, and there was no rain footprint on the ground. Shen Mo obviously never came back.
When no one was found, the bad premonition in Yu Yan's heart suddenly became worse.
He became a little annoyed, under the current situation, he should be optimistic about Shen Mo, Qi Yunshu also told him to be optimistic about Shen Mo before leaving.
"Does the head of the Qi family know about this?" Yu Yan looked at the servant of the Xiong family who came here with him to find someone.
"When I went to the Qi's compound before, the people in the compound said that they sent someone to find the head of Qi. If they were quick, they should have found someone by now." Xiong's servant said.
On the other side of Qingcheng, where the heavy rain was pouring, was the Prince Jin's mansion.
After Qi Yunshu explained his whereabouts during this time, he was comforting Prince Jin when the housekeeper who followed him outside the door hurried in.
Seeing the housekeeper rushing in, Qi Yunshu frowned slightly.
The butler has been by his side for more than [-] years, and he has helped a lot with business matters, so he knows how to measure.
If it wasn't something very important, the housekeeper would never bother him at this time.
The butler came to Qi Yunshu's side, lowered his head and whispered in his ear about Shen Mo's disappearance.
Hearing that Shen Mo had disappeared, Qi Yunshu's face paled and he immediately stood up. He didn't care about other things and quickly asked, "Have you sent someone to look for it?"
He should have thought a long time ago that since the Feng family dared to attack the big workshop of the Qi family, they might find Shen Mo, after all, Shen Mo had humiliated them before.
Thinking of this, Qi Yunshu felt his hands and feet go cold for a while, and he had never been so afraid in his heart.
If it's really the Feng family, then Shen Mo...
Even if he was the only one left in Qi's family back then, even if those relatives of Qi's family looted his house like crazy, even if he almost lived on the street back then, he was never so afraid.
That feeling overwhelmed him, immersing him in it, as if every hair was clamoring for fear.
He shouldn't have brought Shen Mo to Shuangqing City, he shouldn't have let Shen Mo participate in any competitions, and he shouldn't have known that the Feng family was against each other. If something really happened to Shen Mo, it would be him who harmed him.When the Qi family was doing tricks, Shen Mo was left alone.
If something really happened to Shen Mo, it would be him who harmed him.
If something happens to Shen Mo, it's all his fault!
"I've sent someone out to look for it, and the Xiong's is also looking for it, but it's raining too much, and there are not many pedestrians on the road..."
It was raining continuously and there was no one on the road. It was even more difficult to find someone in this situation.
Listening to the housekeeper's words, Qi Yunshu finally regained some sense of reason. He even forgot to breathe at that moment.
"Send more people immediately, no, let everyone look for it." Qi Yunshu clenched his hands, his heart was in a mess.
"What happened?" Prince Jin was a little unhappy because of the Qi family's affairs, but now seeing Qi Yunshu's appearance, he couldn't help being a little curious.
Qi Yunshu has always been a person who is very aware of the importance, which is why he is optimistic about Qi Yunshu and promised the Qi family to use the Qi family's works as a gift.
This was the first time he saw Qi Yunshu lose his composure in front of him, so he was naturally a little curious about what made him behave like this.
Qi Yunshu was flustered, but when he heard Prince Jin's question, he took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
"My lord, Shen Mo is missing, please ask your lord to send someone to search." Qi Yunshu clasped his fists, lowered his head slightly, but looked at Prince Jin urgently with both eyes.
"What?" Prince Jin was a little surprised, "How could he disappear?"
"My lord, you are a smart person. Don't you understand the current situation?" Qi Yunshu's mind turned quickly, but the expression of surprise and worry gradually disappeared on his face, and he regained his former shrewdness and calmness.
"You mean the Feng family took him away?" Prince Jin frowned.
"Regardless of whether it was the Feng family's actions or not, one thing is for sure. It is a well-known fact that the Qi family and the prince have cooperated, but at this time, that person is doing something to Shen Mo..." Qi Yunshu left half of what he said.
A person with the status of Prince Jin can't tolerate sand in his eyes, and he can't tolerate others' provocations to him.
Lord Jin frowned when he heard the words. He was already unhappy when something like this happened to the Qi family at this time, but at this time something happened to Shen Mo, he suddenly became even more unhappy.
Leaving aside the matter of the Qi family, Shen Mo, the Prince of Jin, admired him quite a lot, and he was also looking forward to the congratulatory gift that Shen Mo was about to present.
"I see, I will let people look for it together." Prince Jin got up and went out.
He recruited the steward of the nearby palace and asked people to pass on the word, so that people from the nearby government offices and the palace went out to find someone.
"Thank you, my lord."
Qi Yunshu thanked Prince Jin, he didn't stay in the palace for long, so he said goodbye and left soon.
Leaving Prince Jin's Mansion, Qi Yunshu walked quickly towards the carriage. The housekeeper followed him with an umbrella, but couldn't keep up with his speed.
Arriving in front of the carriage, Qi Yunshu quickly got into the carriage, then grabbed the whip from the driver's hand, and drove the carriage out quickly in the face of the pouring rain.
The heavy rain did not stop, and it happened to be meal time, so there was no one on the way, which made it easier for Qi Yunshu to rush back to Qi's house as quickly as possible.
The carriage stopped in front of the gate of Qi's house. Before the car stopped, Qi Yunshu jumped out of the car, and the butler beside him was terrified.
"Master, be careful, slow down." The butler hurriedly jumped out of the carriage.
Qi Yunshu is already pregnant, how can she stand up to such a torment now, what if something happens to her?
The moment the butler got out of the car, Qi Yunshu had already rushed into the yard quickly.
In the living room, Yu Yan, Xiong Lei and others were already circling the living room like ants on a hot pot.
Seeing Qi Yunshu appear, several people immediately came up to greet them and asked, "Is Shen Mo with you?"
Everyone had already searched everywhere they could, but they couldn't find anyone.
They were still holding on to their last sliver of hope, hoping that Shen Mo and Qi Yunshu would be in the Jin Palace, but now seeing Qi Yunshu walking in such a hurry, their hearts suddenly turned cold.
"Who was the last person to see him?" Qi Yunshu asked after entering the door.
Yu Yan stood up quickly, and he said again that he and Shen Mo went to the big workshop to get tools.
"After taking the things, he said he was going back to Xiong's house, so I left him alone." Yu Yan was also very upset at the moment, he should have been with Shen Mo back then.
"Didn't I tell you to look at him?" Qi Yunshu was angry.
Yu Yan opened his mouth, but he was unable to speak for a while, and he was indeed to blame for this matter.
Shen Mo and Qi Yunshu just came back from the outside, and they don't know the situation yet, but he does.The Qi family is already in such a situation, he should have been careful.
When the few people around saw this, they didn't bother to appease the angry Qi Yunshu, and told the situation on their side again.
Xiong Lei was the first person who found out that Shen Mo was missing. Shen Mo had greeted him when he left Xiong's house to get tools. He originally said that someone would send Shen Mo over, but Shen Mo refused.
When it was time for Shen Mo to come back later, Xiong Lei went to the courtyard to look for him, but there was no one there.
At first, Xiong Lei didn't think about it, but after waiting for half a stick of incense, he felt that something was wrong, so he asked the servants of the Xiong family to find someone.
But at that time, he just thought that Shen Mo was delayed on the road. After all, it was raining so hard that traveling was not as convenient as usual.
It wasn't until the servant came back and told Xiong Lei that he hadn't seen Shen Mo all the way, that Xiong Lei really became alert, and then immediately sent people to Qi's house and the big workshop to find someone.
There are not many places Shen Mo can go to, the workshop, his own yard, and Qi's house, these are the only three places, and Xiong Lei was sure that something went wrong after searching around but not finding anyone.
"Immediately call all the members of the Qi family in Qingcheng, and ask them to go door-to-door. Even if Qingcheng is turned upside down, they must be found for me!" Qi Yunshu turned her head and said to the butler who had just entered the door.
The butler was stunned for a moment, and he opened his mouth with bitterness in his eyes.
Qi Yunshu knew that it was impossible for him and Shen Mo, but he still couldn't let go, so why bother?
"I've ordered everyone in the Xiong family to go out and look for them, not only those in the house, but also those in the store," Xiong Lei said.
Xiong Lei usually lives in Qingcheng, and there are quite a few of him here.
"As for the carpenter, Mr. Jia and I have sent someone to look for it." Gu Ming'an said.
Gu Ming'an and Jia Lao lived in Xiong's Mansion recently, and they were also the first to know about the situation.
Knowing that something was wrong, the two immediately went to Qingcheng to find a carpenter they knew and asked everyone to help.
With the relationship of the exchange meeting and the prestige of Mr. Jia, although the two of them have little influence here, the news spread quite quickly, and many people are already helping to find someone.
For a while, the house was quiet, only the patter of rain outside the door remained.
It was raining so hard that the ground was covered with puddles.The air is filled with the smell of earth, which is very rich.
The sky gradually darkened, and the mountains a little further away could no longer be seen clearly.
Qi Yunshu drove the carriage all the way back, his body was covered in rain, and his clothes were already half wet.
After the butler gave Qi Yunshu the order to let everyone go out to find someone, he made a detour to get clean clothes when he came back.
Qi Yunshu was absent-minded and restless, but she changed her clothes anyway.
After changing his clothes, Qi Yunshu walked to the side and sat down. He took the hot tea handed over by the housekeeper and drank it.
After drinking the hot tea, the chill on his body subsided a little, and his tense body couldn't help but relax a bit.
After less than half a cup, he stood up again, and he couldn't calm down at all.
Qi Yunshu took the cloak that the housekeeper put aside and put it on, took the umbrella and was about to go out the door.
"Where are you going?" Seeing this, Xiong Lei also stood up, as did Gu Ming'an and Jia Lao.
"Go to someone from the Feng family." Qi Yunshu said.
Several people looked at each other in blank dismay. Although they already knew that this matter must be related to the Feng family, they had no evidence.
Qi Yunshu went out with an umbrella, but he didn't look back.
Feng Yanping's methods are dirty and despicable, if Shen Mo is really with him, it will be much more dangerous for Shen Mo to wait a little longer.
Qi Yunshu couldn't wait patiently at all, as long as he thought of the possibility of something happening to Shen Mo, he would feel anxious and uneasy.
The Feng family doesn't have any big property here in Qingcheng, let alone Feng Tianbao Pavilion. There are only some scattered small shops that sell some materials from the Feng family.
The Qi family also has such a shop in the Feng family's side, as do the other two. After all, the weather in the four places is different, and the materials in their hands are also different, so there is business to do.
Seeing Qi Yunshu go out, Xiong Lei hesitated for a moment, and then rushed out with an umbrella.
Xiong Lei gathered his men, and instead of following Qi Yunshu, he went to find other people in Qingcheng who were related to the Feng family.
Gu Ming'an and Jia Lao both went out after seeing this, and disappeared into the rain.
The sky was getting dark, but Qingcheng gradually became bustling, and there were many people in a hurry on the road.
Qi Yunshu and Xiong Lei led people, each on the side of Qingcheng, but all the shops related to Feng's family were searched next to each other.
As night fell, the street became more and more lively, Qi Yunshu rushed towards an inn with a group of people.
Approaching the inn, Qi Yunshu quickened his pace, and shouted in between movements: "Surround this place."
All the people who followed dispersed, and soon surrounded the inn.
When Qi Yunshu entered, the people in the inn were commotion. He thought it was because he brought so many people, but he didn't want to see Shen Mo confronting Feng Yanping in the crowd soon.
With his tool bag on his back and an umbrella in his hand, Shen Mo was quietly looking at Feng Yanping in front of him, "I told you before, you can't afford what I want."
After Feng Yanping caught up, he looked at him with an unfriendly expression.
"Then what exactly do you want?" Feng Yanping stopped Shen Mo, not about to let Shen Mo leave, "Are you trying to trick me?"
It was only after Shen Mo came downstairs that Feng Yanping realized that Shen Mo had no intention of cooperating with him at all.
On the contrary, he himself, under the ambiguity of Shen Mo's few words and non-rejection, easily told Shen Mo almost all the next plans.
Hearing this, Shen Mo couldn't help but smile with the corners of his mouth curled up, and Feng Yanping became angry instantly when he saw that smile.
But so what, they were among the crowd at the moment, and Feng Yanping asked the Feng family to block Shen Mo, which had already caused many people to discuss it. If he really did something to Shen Mo, the people next to him would definitely not stand by and watch.
When Qi Yunshu came in, he saw this scene.
Not knowing what happened between the two of them, Feng Yanping's face was extremely ugly, as if there was fire in his heart, but he couldn't vent it.
The moment he saw Shen Mo, Qi Yunshu's heart suddenly started beating wildly. His cold hands and feet gradually returned to temperature, and the temperature was getting higher and higher. It didn't take long for him to tremble slightly.
A group of people suddenly came outside the inn, and the people in the inn who were watching the scene reacted and asked what was going on.
Shen Mo heard the movement, turned his head and looked outside the door.Turning around, he bumped into Qi Yunshu's worried eyes.
"Why do you—" Before Shen Mo could ask the words full of surprise, Qi Yunshu had already quickly walked to his side and grabbed his arm.
Shen Mo looked at Qi Yunshu quietly, Qi Yunshu grabbed his arm so hard that his fingers almost sank into his flesh.
Qi Yunshu's body wet by the rain was shaking slightly, not because of the cold, but because of anger. He looked at Feng Yanping, as if he wanted to cut Feng Yanping into pieces.
Feeling the pain of being tightly grasped, Shen Mo didn't feel angry. There was something swimming in his heart. The feeling was so subtle that Shen Mo couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
"Are you alright?" Qi Yunshu panted heavily, he almost came at a trot.
He withdrew his gaze from Feng Yanping, and turned to look at Shen Mo.
He looked Shen Mo up and down, looked carefully twice, and was relieved to make sure that Shen Mo was not injured.
"It's okay." Shen Mo glanced at the members of the Qi family outside the door, and then at Qi Yunshu who was drenched by rain in front of him.
Qi Yunshu took an umbrella, but his clothes were all wet. He must have been looking for him outside for a long time.
Hearing that Shen Mo said it was okay, Qi Yunshu breathed a sigh of relief, but he held Shen Mo's hand and did not relax, it was still very tight, as if he was afraid that Shen Mo would disappear as soon as he let go.
"Why are you here?" Qi Yunshu asked again.
"Master Feng invited me to come and have a seat." Shen Mo looked at Feng Yanping, the corners of his mouth curled up, but there was no smile in his eyes.
Qi Yunshu looked at Feng Yanping who was on the side. He was full of worry and uneasiness, but now the uneasiness and worry in his heart dissipated, replaced by uncontrollable anger and killing intent!
Feng Yanping saw Qi Yunshu barging in suddenly, the anger towards Shen Mo in his eyes had subsided, his face turned cold, and he was about to speak, but someone from the Feng family ran in beside him.
"The head of the house..." When the man entered the door and saw Qi Yunshu, he stood upright and didn't dare to move.
When Feng Yanping saw this, he felt ashamed, and his face immediately became extremely ugly, and then he looked at the servant who was obviously afraid of Qi Yunshu with unfriendly eyes, "What's the matter?"
The servant came to his senses, walked quickly to Feng Yanping's side, and said what happened before.
Just now, people from Qi's family and Xiong's family broke into and searched almost all Feng's properties in Qingcheng.
In addition, anyone related to the Feng family was also affected, and even the Feng Tianbao Pavilion of the Feng family in several other nearby cities had people going in to make trouble.
And the situation continued to get worse. Qi Yunshu even directly detained the shopkeepers in several places of the Feng family. It was very likely that the Feng family would not hand over Shen Mo, but would directly copy the Feng family to the bottom.
Qi Yunshu was usually a rational person and would not have such a direct conflict with the Feng family, but at this moment he had already lost his reason.
His eyes were as scarlet as an angry beast, not to mention the Feng family, even the Qi family felt terrible.
Outside of Qi's family, Xiong Lei's side directly ordered people to confiscate all the goods of Feng's family on the nearby wharf.
The Xiong family is in the catering business, and the catering business is the most widespread. There are semicolons of his family almost everywhere, and there are many people they know. If the goods are seized by them, the Feng family has nothing to do.
The shopkeeper, the goods, that's not all.
In Qingcheng and the nearby cities, some carpenters who did not know where they came from directly detained all the carpenters in Feng Tianbao Pavilion of their Feng family.
Feng Yanping's face darkened a little when he heard what the man said.
He was about to speak, but there was another commotion at the door.
A group of people in armor rushed in and took control of the entire inn in a short time.Those people were different from those brought by Qi Yunshu, obviously all of them were officials.
The cold rain, the heavy armor, and the weapons that were shining coldly in the hands of those people made many innocent people in the inn who had never seen this posture turn pale when they were innocently involved.
Seeing those soldiers in armor, even Feng Yanping's face turned pale.
The Feng family is in business. Although they have contacts with the officials, they are just doing business after all. Besides, this is not his own territory. If he provokes these officials, he will just walk around.
Not long after the soldiers came in, a man who looked like the captain walked in.
His cold gaze swept across the crowd, and he asked, "Who is Shen Mo?"
"I am." Shen Mo took a step forward.
The captain's face remained unchanged, he sized up Shen Mo under the breathless and silent gaze of the crowd, and said: "My lord, please come with me."
Shen Mo was a little surprised when he heard this, but he quickly realized it. He glanced at Qi Yunshu next to him, and guessed that it was Qi Yunshu who went to find Prince Jin.
"Let's go!" The captain took a step back to make way, his face expressionless but respectful.
Seeing that person's attitude, Feng Yanping, whose face had already lost all color, had surprise in his eyes. He glanced at Shen Mo again, and cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Feng Yanping had sent someone to inquire about Shen Mo before. He knew about the relationship between Shen Mo and the Qi family, but he didn't know when Shen Mo met Prince Jin who lived in Qingcheng, and even asked the other party to send someone to invite him personally.
The one above is only the younger brother of Prince Jin, and the relationship between the two is quite harmonious.
Such a character, all civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty should be in awe, how could Shen Mo, a carpenter, know him?
Shen Mo went out under the escort of the group of soldiers, and Qi Yunshu quickly followed.
After going out the door, Qi Yunshu came to his senses when he saw the carriage in Prince Jin's Mansion, and let go of the hand that had been holding onto Shen Mo's arm.
Because he was too nervous and too hard, the back of his hand holding Shen Mo's arm was pale, and he was a bit of a servant.
"Sorry." Qi Yunshu wanted to calm down, but her voice was still trembling.
"Nothing." Shen Mo said.
Qi Yunshu's whole body was trembling, which might not be obvious to the naked eye, but the hand that had just grabbed Shen Mo's arm just now felt a slight tremor.
His entire face was even paler, turning blue.
"Would you like to go back first?" Shen Mo suggested.
Qi Yunshu's condition was not very good, his clothes were already wet, and his face was pale.
"No, I'll go there with you." The moment Qi Yunshu heard this, almost reflexively, he raised his hand and grabbed Shen Mo, as if he was afraid that he would disappear again.
Shen Mo looked down at his arm, feeling the strength of Qi Yunshu's fingers, he said nothing, and walked towards the carriage.
Qi Yunshu followed closely behind, and did not let go of Shen Mo's arm along the way.
The two got into the carriage of Prince Jin's Mansion, and went towards Prince Jin's Mansion under the escort of the group of soldiers.
After about a stick of incense, the two got off the car in front of the Jin Palace.
When the two saw Prince Jin, they figured out what happened, and when they came out of Prince Jin's mansion, it was already night.
On the way back, the rain gradually lightened up.
In the carriage, Qi Yunshu couldn't help asking, "Why did you go there?"
When he was in front of Prince Jin just now, Shen Mo had roughly explained what happened.
Shen Mo didn't lie, but Qi Yunshu knew that with Shen Mo's intelligence, if he didn't want to go, the other party would have nothing to do with him.Even if there is no one on the street, he can call for help on the way.
"I'm just a little curious about what's going on with him." Shen Mo didn't expect to make such a big fuss, even Prince Jin was alarmed.
Hearing this, Qi Yunshu frowned slightly, obviously disapproving of Shen Mo's actions, he said: "It's dangerous for you to do this."
Shen Mo said nothing, it was indeed risky to do so, but he was also really curious about what Feng Yanping would do with him, and at that time he was taking every step.
When those people found him, there was no pedestrian around, even if he escaped, he would be easily caught by the other party, so it is better to take one step at a time.
As for why he followed into the inn, it was also because that place was an inn.
There were many guests downstairs in the inn, if Feng Yanping really wanted to do something to him, as long as he called for help, everyone outside would be able to hear him immediately.
If the place he went to was another place, Shen Mo might not have followed him in.
"What did you say?" Seeing that Shen Mo was silent, Qi Yunshu had no choice but to change the subject.
Shen Mo is like this sometimes, he looks smart and calm, but occasionally he does some worrying things.
"Feng Yanping asked me to go to Feng's house to do something." Shen Mo couldn't help feeling better when he thought of this matter.
Qi Yunshu didn't expect this to happen, and she didn't recover for a while.
He originally thought that something happened to Shen Mo, he was so nervous that his hands and feet were numb, and he was terrified, so he went all over the city looking for someone to make a fuss.
"He made a condition, saying that if I go to Feng's house, I will be in charge of the Feng Tianbao Pavilion that will be opened in Qingcheng." Shen Mo said again.
Qi Yun opened his mouth, but he didn't know whether he should say congratulations or something else.
For Shen Mo, the identity of the master of the Qi family workshop must be far inferior to that of the shopkeeper of Feng Tianbao Pavilion.
Qi Yunshu looked at Shen Mo, and there was a burning pain in his chest, which almost made him suffocate.
The rain-soaked clothes stuck to his body, making Qi Yunshu inexplicably irritable. He tugged on his sleeves, but the cold feeling made him even more uncomfortable.
The lights in the carriage flickered from time to time, making it difficult to see the expression on Shen Mo's face at the moment.
Qi Yunshu was so happy, at least he didn't have to pretend to be calm.
"Aren't you wondering where the Feng family plans to open Feng Tianbao Pavilion in Qingcheng?" Shen Mo slowly induced.
"Where is it?" Qi Yunshu hardly thought, and followed Shen Mo's words.
He just felt tired and cold, unable to think about anything.
Qi Yunshu leaned back against the carriage, and he let the bumps of the carriage hit him, causing constant pain. Only in this way could he control himself not to think too much.
It's good for Shen Mo to go, in this way, he and Shen Mo can be just enemies.
"It's on the street not far from the yard where you live. The place has been found. It is said that even the land deed has been negotiated, and work will start in two days." Shen Mo's deep voice spread in the carriage.
It was late at night, and there was silence on the street outside the carriage, which made it difficult for Qi Yunshu not to hear Shen Mo's words.
Qi Yunshu remained silent, but Shen Mo asked again: "How about the Qi family, what does the prince say?"
Qi Yunshu shook his head, the bitter taste in his heart was so strong that his throat was filled with fishy sweetness.
Shen Mo was about to say more, but Qi Yunshu suddenly interrupted him, he stared at him nervously, and said, "Don't go to Feng's house."
"What?" Shen Mo was slightly surprised.
Qi Yunshu had been silent all this time, but now that she suddenly spoke, Shen Mo couldn't react and didn't hear clearly.
"Don't go to Feng's house." Qi Yunshu heard his own voice, because he was nervous, his clenched hands were a little weak.
Shen Mo heard clearly this time, but didn't speak.His expression was hidden under the swaying bamboo lamp, so Qi Yunshu couldn't see clearly.
Qi Yunshu became a little anxious, he leaned forward slightly, and said: "Stay here, don't go to the Feng family. The Feng family wants you to be the shopkeeper, and the Qi family is also fine. As long as you can stay, the conditions are up to you."
There was silence in the carriage for a while, no one spoke, only the sound of the wheels and the hooves of the horses.
After an unknown amount of time, Shen Mo broke the silence and asked, "Is it because of the gift?"
That congratulatory gift is very important to the Qi family
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