Poor Lady Chapter 81: Two years

At dusk, Yun Youzi came back humming a ditty, holding a wine gourd in his hand.

"Master." Qi Surong got up to meet him, but Feng Zhan didn't stand up.

Yun Youzi glanced at the two casually, and said lazily, "Are you here?"

"Master, 'Zhuo Fan' is here to wish you New Year greetings. I wish you good health and a long life." Qi Surong bit the word "Zhuo Fan" very hard.

"I wish you a long life and a hundred years old, so I'll save you. I've passed a hundred years ago, so don't curse me." Yun Youzi walked up to him, and Qi Surong was about to introduce Feng Zhan, but was interrupted by him, "Okay It's over, and the New Year is over, you can go."

"Master, apart from paying New Year's greetings, I'm here today to ask you a question." Qi Surong whispered.

"Ask a hexagram? I never do this kind of nagging."

"Master..." Qi Surong called helplessly.

Feng Zhan, who was sitting by the side, was not happy. This old man had never looked at him since he came back. He was disheveled and looked like a madman.

He got up and said: "Zhuo Fan, since the old man is unwilling, let's go back? Before it gets dark, there is still time to enter the city."

Qi Surong ignored Feng Zhan and continued to look at Yunyouzi eagerly.

Yun Youzi waved his hand: "Okay, don't look at the old man like that, your heart is almost broken by you, you go to the back mountain bamboo forest and stay, the old man will look for you later."

Qi Surong was overjoyed, bowed and went to the back mountain.

After she left, Yun Youzi looked at Feng Zhan again. Feng Zhan thought he wanted to say something to him alone, but the old man turned around and went back to the house, closing the door behind him.

Feng Zhan was so angry that he sat alone in the yard, blowing the cold wind.

The sun is setting and the sky is getting dark. Feng Zhan sat on an empty stomach for more than an hour, but Yun Youzi never came out, he just didn't want to see him, but Zhuo Fan was still waiting for him in the bamboo forest.

Thinking of this, Feng Zhan walked to the door, knocked on the door and said, "Mr., didn't you make an appointment with Zhuo Fan in Zhulin? When will you meet?"

"What do you see? It's gone." Yun Youzi's voice came from inside the house.

Feng Zhan became angry when he heard this, and said angrily: "You let 'him' wait in the bamboo forest for so long, and you never see him again? How do you become someone's master?"

"Fuck you!"

Where has Feng Zhan been treated like this before? He was about to break in, but he thought that this person was Zhuo Fan's master after all, so he didn't do anything after all. He just walked away angrily and went to the bamboo forest to find Zhuo Fan.

In the bamboo forest, Zhuo Fan stood alone, wrapped in a cloak, motionless like a stone sculpture.

Feng Zhan stepped forward quickly, grabbed "him" and said, "Let's go, your master can't come."

"Not coming?" Qi Surong hesitated, "He said it himself?"

"Yeah." Feng Zhan scolded her while pulling her out, "How could you worship such a weird person as your teacher?"

Qi Surong broke away from his hand, smiled and said nothing.

Feng Zhan frowned, and said, "Let's go to the village for a night's stay and return to the city tomorrow, shall we?"

"You go, I still have something to ask the master."

Feng Zhan had no choice but to follow "him" back to Yunyouzi's residence.

Qi Surong was about to knock on the door, but Yun Youzi had already opened the door, blowing his beard and staring: "What are you doing?"

"Master, what I want to ask..."

Yun Youzi interrupted: "Didn't I already give you the answer?"

Qi Surong was stunned for a moment, his face full of doubts.

"If you don't understand, don't come back tomorrow." After finishing speaking, he closed the door again with a "bang".

Qi Surong rubbed his nose, it's strange, the master in the last life wasn't so irritable? Is it the wrong time to meet?

Afterwards, she went to the village with Feng Zhan to spend the night, and asked for a meal by the way. That night, Qi Surong was absent-minded and kept thinking about what the master said. He said that the answer has been given, so what is the answer? How did he give it?

The master made an appointment to meet her in the bamboo forest, but he was nowhere to be found. Could it be a puzzle? Bamboo forest... Treating people... Not seeing people... Qi Surong's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "I see, it's 'wait'!" Did the master tell her to wait patiently for news? In other words, Jin Yun is still alive, but the time for their reunion has not yet come.

Qi Surong thought so, she stayed up all night, and the next morning, she immediately went to see her master.

When Yun Youzi saw her, he said with a smile: "The sharp edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. Girl, you and I are indeed destined to be mentors and apprentices. The old man gave you this message, I hope you will soon get rid of the pain."

A smile appeared on Qi Surong's face, and for the first time in several months, she felt relieved. With a word from her master, she no longer panicked. No matter how long, she has the confidence to wait.

"Thank you, master." Qi Surong gave him a long salute.

At this moment, Feng Zhan rushed over and said to Qi Surong: "Zhuo Fan, I hired a car, let's go back to the city together?"

"Master..." Qi Surong glanced at Feng Zhan, but hesitated to speak.

"Hehehe." Yun Youzi let out a weird laugh, "Go back."

When Qi Surong saw the master's weird smile, he knew that he was up to something, so he said goodbye and left without further words.

Feng Zhan heaved a sigh of relief and was about to follow when someone grabbed him by the collar. He was caught off guard and fell backwards. When he turned around, Yun Youzi's wrinkled face appeared at some point behind him.

"Boy, you are very sick."

"Nonsense, who is ill?" Feng Zhan was about to make a move, but he felt **** pinching the back of his neck, and his body immediately froze, unable to move.

"Come here, the old man will treat you well." Yun Youzi dragged him into the house.

"Let go! How dare you be so rude to me!"

"Troubleshooting." With a bang, the door was closed.

"Ah——"

Qi Surong turned around to look around, shed tears of sympathy, and then walked away lightly.

Back in the city, Qi Surong cheered up and began to seriously help Gu Yufeng with the Gu family's business. The imperial court will soon usher in major changes, and the business in the capital will be greatly affected. Qi Surong plans to gradually shift the focus of business to Lincheng.

She shared the plan with Gu Yufeng, and Gu Yufeng naturally had no objection. Seeing that his sister-in-law, who had been depressed before, suddenly came back to life, he was quite happy in his heart.

"Sister-in-law, just do whatever you want, and Yufeng will definitely help you."

"Thank you." Qi Surong said with a smile.

Years later, Qi Surong first distributed red envelopes to the servants of the Gu family and shopkeepers of the store, and rewarded them with money, food and clothing. Then New Year's resolutions were made, and a new reward system was added. Gu Yufeng is not good at business, but he can speak well. With Qi Surong behind him, he gradually established his prestige among the shopkeepers.

Not long after, the tracking expert Xu Chen invited brought back a piece of good news. According to the clues provided by Qi Surong, he searched along that road and found the bodies of several nurses, all of whom died under sharp weapons and were buried in the wilderness. Fortunately, the bodies of Gu Jinyun and Yan Ping'er were not found, and there is a high possibility of them surviving. But the clues were interrupted so far. The policeman speculated that the two of them might have fallen into the Yinghe River. If they were alive, they must have been washed to the Zhuocheng area.

Two months later, Qi Surong started to shift the focus of his business, and the first battle was Zhuocheng. Zhuocheng was already close to Jiangnan, and she planned to take the opportunity to find some embroidery girls from Jiangnan to learn double-sided embroidery. She needs to sell two or three pieces of embroidery to Aluoba every year, which cannot be done by her alone.

Before leaving, she quietly met with Gu Chang and told the whole story about Jin Yun's disappearance. Gu Chang was not as furious as he imagined, he said: "I already knew."

Qi Surong said unexpectedly: "Father already knew?"

Gu Chang snorted, "I know exactly what Yufeng is capable of. How could he manage the business so well?"

"Father really has sharp eyes."

"Don't say nice things." Gu Chang said, "You and Jin Yun's matter, you can settle it yourself. I believe my son will be lucky and fateful, and nothing will happen."

"Well, I believe it too."

Gu Chang looked at her and sighed, "He married a good wife, you go."

Qi Surong bowed to leave, and then went to see Gu Yufeng, and told him to take good care of Shuangshuang and her family.

After hesitating for a while, she said again: "Uncle, pay more attention to the nanny and Fanghe beside Shuangshuang. I suspect that they don't care about Shuangshuang. Too many things have happened during this period, and I haven't had time to deal with it." Things. Be careful, don't let Shuangshuang be wronged, she doesn't know how to defend herself, and she can't restrain those servants."

Gu Yufeng's face darkened: "Hearing what you said, I just remembered one thing. Didn't you send two new maids to Shuangshuang's side before? Fanghe often picks their faults, and I'm still hesitating whether to change them Looking at them, from this point of view, there may be something strange about it. I will pay attention, if Fanghe and Nanny really bully Shuangshuang, I will not let it go lightly!"

Qi Surong nodded, and after explaining, he packed his luggage and went to Zhuocheng.

Looking at the road ahead, Qi Surong looked calm, she would wait, no matter how long it took.

However, she didn't know that this class lasted for two years.

In the past two years, she has been doing business as "Zhuo Fan", but externally she uses the name of Gu Yufeng. Taking advantage of her business, she traveled to more than a dozen cities in search of Jin Yun. In the general slump in business in the capital city, the business of the Gu family is under her management, and the business has prospered all over the country.

In the past two years, earth-shaking changes have taken place in the capital. The emperor and the eighth prince officially broke up. .

Everyone in the capital is in danger, the ministers are vacillating, and the situation is full of murderous opportunities. King Jing had the imperial edict of his predecessor, so he should have succeeded to the throne logically, but now he has only received two imperial edicts, and those who hold the imperial edicts are not powerful enough to compete with other princes. He must find out all the secret decree holders and increase their power to ensure that the enthronement is safe.

At this moment, King Jing got a list of all the secret decree holders, a total of seven, two of whom had already died. Of the remaining five people, only one was quite powerful in the court, and the other four were all relegated and their whereabouts are unknown.

Qi Surong didn't know at this time that among the seven people, there was no name of her father Qi Shuo. The person who handed over this list to King Jing was the former prime minister Wang Qinghe. He was not the holder of the secret decree, but the only insider who upheld the royal intention of the former king.

Her act of tampering with the secret decree at the beginning can be said to have gambled a rich future for the Qi family. The layout a few years ago, now it's time to close the network. The people King Jing couldn't find were all on the list she made back then. She knew their whereabouts clearly and took them under her banner one by one.

When King Jing was working hard to collect the imperial decree, she secretly sent this generous gift. Of course, she didn't come forward in person, she just gave others the opportunity to get in touch with King Jing and protect their safety. The so-called too much is too late, she doesn't need to take all the credit for it, it will only attract suspicion.

Although the last few holders of the secret decree are powerless, as long as they get the secret decree, King Jing can use it in exchange for the support of any powerful minister.

Two years later, in midsummer, seven ministers read out the secret decree of the previous king at the same time, supporting King Jing's ascension to the throne. These seven people are Zuo Mingtang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Gu Yin, a scholar of the cabinet, Qi Feng, the general of Hushi, Junyi, the Taifu, Qiu Jingyang, the privy envoy, Fuye, Hou Dongyuan, and Zuo Zhao, the Taichangqing.

The seven royal edicts appeared in the world, shaking the court and the public. The Eighth Prince was severely injured in the battle with the former king, but now he is unable to recover. King Jing's ascension to the throne is well deserved.

King Jing ascended the throne, changed the name of the country to "Fengjing", and the world amnesty. The battle for the throne that has lasted for several years has finally settled.

There are many people affected by this incident, Taiwei Liu's family, Minister of War Luo's family, Jing Zhaoyin Feng's family, Sinong Temple Yuanjian Fang's family, etc., were all relegated because of the Eighth Prince. Correspondingly, all the people who once held the secret decree were restored to their original posts, but there was no Qi family among them.

After everything settled down, Qi Surong returned to the capital, and before he had time to catch his breath, the new king sent someone to send an oral order, calling Qi Surong into the palace.

Qi Surong was slightly stunned, because the father-in-law who passed the decree read the oral decree directly to her who had not yet removed her disguise.

"Madam Gu doesn't need to change her clothes. The emperor summoned Madam Gu and his son Zhuo Fan." The father-in-law said.

"If so, then there will be Mr. Lao."

Qi Surong said hello to her family and entered the palace with her father-in-law.

King Jing summoned her in the side hall, except for a few palace attendants, there were no other outsiders in the hall.

Qi Surong saluted King Jing respectfully, neither humble nor overbearing.

King Jing stepped down from the seat, stood a few meters away from Qi Surong, looked up and down for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's true that seeing a hundred things is better than hearing a hundred times, and women don't give in to men."

"Your Majesty praises you, I don't know why the Emperor summoned the women?"

"Qi Shi, you have surprised me time and time again, as if you were always anticipating the enemy's opportunities. The reason why I was able to successfully enthroned was almost all facilitated by you. Tell me, how should I reward you?"

"Your Majesty has a high reputation. What the women did was just for self-protection. Please forgive the women for their disrespect." She was referring to the tampering of the secret decree.

"It's a good one for self-protection." King Jing smiled: "I have found out everything you have done these years. Qi, do you know why I have not rewarded the Qi family alone?"

"The women don't know."

"Because I want to meet you in person, it's up to you to ask for credit. What do you want, you may wish to speak up."

Qi Surong pondered for a moment, then knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, women have two wishes."

"You say."

"The first is to rehabilitate the Qi family, and the second is to find the husband of the civilian woman."

"There are no other requirements? I can make you an imperial wife, make the Gu family an official businessman, and make your father a high-ranking official."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your great kindness." Qi Surong said earnestly, "What the women have done is not enough to receive such a generous reward, to rehabilitate the Qi family and repeat it with your husband is the best reward the Emperor can give to a woman. "

Admiration flashed in King Jing's eyes, and he took an imperial decree from the **** and handed it to her: "Look at it."

According to the destiny of heaven, the emperor said: I only rule the world with literature, and put an end to chaos with martial arts. And the commander-in-chief Rong will be the mainstay of the imperial court and the backbone of the country. The former general Qi Shuo fought for the country for several years, and his contributions were indispensable, but he was wronged unjustly, and his title was removed, and he was demoted to a commoner. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, I hereby rehabilitate the Qi family. From now on, the official will be restored to his original post, and he will be granted the title of Marquis of Zhongyi, and the property confiscated in the past will be returned in detail. Xi's edict is ordered in opera, temporarily Xi Wubian, plus Pi Ji, Qin Zai.

The imperial edict said: Ministers have the code of honoring the public, borrowing internal virtues to make friends with each other, and the imperial court has the kindness of sparse nobles, and treats all husbands equally. Xier Gushang Jinyun's wife, Qi Shi, is beautiful in Kunyi, intelligent and cunning, and has contributed to the community and the righteousness of the world. It is appropriate to present you as his wife, Jiaer Guanrong, and Yongxi's heavenly favor.

The author has something to say: The imperial decree is adapted from Baidu.