Extreme anger

  Zhang was already a bit embarrassed, but when she heard Zhenming say this, she became even more flustered. Seeing the teasing glint in his eyes, it seemed like he had known all along that what she said was nonsense. She couldn't help but stare at him with a shocked expression.

  Zhen Ming was not surprised by her sharp insight, and smiled: "Actually, I met Lin Po and Xiao Que a few days ago. They had been waiting at your doorstep for two days. Now they are fine and living in my house, you don't have to worry."

  Zhang looked at Zhen Mingsu in a daze for a while, then walked solemnly to his front and said, "The great kindness of Master Zhen, this humble girl has no way to repay, please accept this humble girl's bow."

  "I'm saying, why do you all like to bow back and forth so much? Can't you be more practical? For example, get me a lifetime membership for Zhang's soy milk and give me an 80% discount or something. That's better than bowing to me a hundred times." Zhen Ming hurriedly helped her up, saying with a face full of impatience.

  Zhang smiled, as bright and moving as a snow lotus in bloom.

  At this time, Xing'er lifted the door curtain and came in, seeing Zhang Shi being teased by Zhen Nang's bitter smile. Xing'er frowned, rushed to Zhang Shi's side in a few steps, pulled her over, protected her behind him, and shouted at Zhen Nang: "A lonely man and woman are alone in one room, please be careful, Brother Zhen!"

  Saying so, she turned her head and warned Zhang: "Sister Zhang, he's not a good person, don't be deceived by him."

  Zhang said in a low voice with his head down: "I know."

  Zhen Ming bitterly said with a tearful smile, staring at Xing Er: "Xing Er, are you angry that I didn't find someone to deceive and take you away too?"

  "I won't talk to you, Sister Zhang. Go, teach me how to grind bean paste!" Xing'er said, dragging Zhenming out the door while covering her mouth and giggling at Zhang Shi.

  As soon as the two of them had left, Sun Lang came in from outside, chuckling and shaking his head: "This girl has always been close to Yue'er, but recently she's seen Yue'er getting along with Fei Long, so she feels like Yue'er is neglecting her. She gets angry and takes it out on whoever is around, even I have to hide from her. Luckily Zhang Niang came to keep her company, or else she'd be stuck with Zhang Niang every day."

  Zhen Mingkuai watched Zhang's wife leave the room before turning around and looking at Sun Langzhong, asking: "How come you also got up so early, Old Sun?"

  Sun Langzhong looked at him and sighed, "I didn't sleep all night, thinking about your words 'not just ten thousand volumes of books'. At dawn, I got up and went to the mountains to gather some herbs. When I came back, I saw the person you brought secretly untying your horse and riding away."

  "It doesn't matter, this carriage isn't mine anyway." Zhen Ming said with a shrug.

  Sun Langzhong was taken aback for a moment before he smiled. He had lived for so long and seen many strange people and events, but someone who didn't put anything in his heart, he saw for the first time. It seemed that nothing could make him worried.

  "Let's have breakfast together, Moon knew you were coming and got up early to prepare the meal, it should be ready by now."

  Zhen Ming smiled bitterly and said, "I really miss Moon's little chicken stewed mushrooms."

  ……

  "Who is it! Who did it!"

  In the Pei Mansion in the south of Luoyang City, a thunderous roar came from Pei Qiantong. In the main hall of the house, the masters and deputy masters of various salt gangs gathered together, all lowering their heads and standing silently on both sides of the hall like cicadas in winter.

  Luo He's oars were taken away by someone, and Pei Qian's spine was broken by someone, his life or death is still unknown.

  Pei Qiantong found the most famous doctor in the city to treat his brother, and more than a dozen doctors were busy inside the house for an entire night, and they still haven't come out of the house until now.

  The helmsman of the Luhe ferry had been killed on the spot by Pei Qian in a fit of rage.

  Yan Bang and his brothers didn't know that Pei Qiantong was just a younger brother, although he usually didn't show any respect to this younger brother, scolding him in front of everyone. But if Pei Qian really got into trouble, the first one to clean up the mess would be Pei Qiantong himself, notorious for being biased and protective of his own.

  Now that Pei Qian has gotten himself into this mess, it's likely that everyone in the entire gang will be implicated and held accountable.

  Time ticked by bit by bit. For the salt gang's branch leaders, every second was a torment. Not a few people had sweat seeping from their foreheads.

  Pei Qiantong's face was dark with anger as he sat at the head of the table, staring at these branch leaders.

  "Fan Duozhu, how's the investigation going?"

  "Report to the master, I have just captured Lü Mazi from the City God Temple. He said that on that day, a young man with a scar on his face, no more than twenty years old, of medium build, and a skilled martial artist came looking for Doufu Xishi. I had someone draw a portrait, offering a heavy reward, and posted it in various places throughout Luoyang City."

  "Bring it here and let me see!"

  That Fan Duozhu took out a painting from his bosom and handed it to Pei Qiantong. As soon as Pei Qiantong took a look, he immediately tore the portrait into pieces and slapped them onto Fan Duozhu's face, shouting: "Does this look like a person?! Let that Lu Ma Zi find this person for me within three days, otherwise let him dig his own grave and wait for someone to fill it with dirt!"

  "Go and inform him at once!" Fan Duan's master nodded hastily and retreated, as if he had just been pardoned, and escaped out the door.

  Just then, the door of the inner room opened and a dozen or so doctors poured out.

  Pei Qiantong hastily stood up and went forward to greet him.

  "Doctor Wang, how is my brother? Can he be cured?"

  Wang Daifu shook his head with a look of regret: "Although his life is not in great danger, it's just that..."

  Pei Qiantong's expression suddenly became tense: "What is it?"

  "It's just that from now on, he might not be able to stand up and walk again. His lumbar vertebra was broken by someone, his nerves were severely damaged, and this life is likely to be spent lying in bed... Ah!"

  Wang Dafu hadn't finished speaking when Pei Qian Tong slapped him with a loud crack, sending him flying out the door and crashing to the ground where he lay motionless. The power of Salty Gang's leader was astonishingly fierce.

  "A group of quacks! You can't even cure my brother, I'll have you all drowned in the river!"

  Those few doctors had long heard of Pei Qiantong's notorious reputation for cruelty, and he said that he would drown them at the bottom of the lake. That was absolutely something he would do, these powerless and insignificant doctors, even if they disappeared without a reason, the government wouldn't ask questions, who didn't know about the intricate relationship between the Salt Guild and the government?

  Several people knelt down on the ground, knocking their heads, and one of them cried out: "Master Pei, we may not have a way, but I know that in Luoyang City, there is someone who can definitely cure Young Master Pei's injury..."

  "Who is it? Speak quickly!"

  "His name is Sun Simiao, he used to be a royal doctor, but because he accidentally killed the king's favorite concubine while treating her, he was stripped of his official position and not allowed to practice medicine. For over a decade, he has been in hiding, and no one knows where he is. If Master Pei can find him, he will definitely be able to cure Young Master Pei's injuries!"

  "Sun Simiao?" Pei Qiantong's eyes sparkled with excitement as he turned to the salt gang's branch leaders and said: "You all heard that, I want you to search for that doctor Sun Simiao, even if it means digging three feet underground! And also, bring back that tofu western woman, I want to interrogate her personally!"

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