Xuanxia

Chapter 99: My Daughter-in-Law

Snapped!
Fu Qingzhou was held down on the shoulders by Brother Sha and Brother Dao, and pressed heavily next to the tea table where the contract had been signed before.

He murmured in despair: "How could I lose? How could I lose..."

With a creak, the side door of the tea room opened, and Gu Zhengqing walked out slowly with the support of Xiao Ling.

"Hey, little brother Tang, what can I say about you?"

He sighed and sat down: "Five hundred taels of silver, just gone like that?"

Fu Qingzhou clenched his fists tightly, his whole body trembling: "Master Gu, can you lend me a little more? If you lend me a little more, I can make my money back! I can definitely..."

"Little brother."

Gu Ye smiled and said, "It's not difficult to lend you money, but on what basis?"

"You had a ring before, what about now?"

"What are you going to bring out?"

"And ah..."

He narrowed his eyes and said, "As the saying goes, if you borrow, you must pay it back, and it is not difficult to borrow again. How can you borrow again if you haven't paid off your previous debt?"

Fu Qingzhou lowered his head, his teeth chattering.

His expression changed again and again: "I, I..."

Gu Ye held the teacup in front of him and played with it, saying in a relaxed tone: "I know you are not a young master from a wealthy family. I don't care where you got all that jade and money, but you owe me money now, so you have to give me an explanation, right?"

At this moment, Brother Sha behind Fu Qingzhou seemed to have cooperated with him thousands of times, and said with a smile: "Master Gu, this kid said before that he has a wife in the country."

Hearing this, Gu Ye smiled slightly.

Fu Qingzhou was shocked: "No! No! That's me...that's me..."

After he muttered a few times, a ferocious look suddenly appeared on his face: "Master Gu, how much money can a wife get?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the room showed expressions of disgust.

Gu Zhengqing, Xiao Ling, and Brother Dao, although they all make money from this job, it doesn't mean they like this kind of gambler.

After hearing his words, Gu Zhengqing sneered: "How much money can be exchanged, I have to see it to know."

Fu Qingzhou gritted his teeth: "But she is in the countryside..."

"fine."

Gu Zhengqing smiled and said, "You can write a letter and we will send someone to deliver it. Just say that you have made a fortune in the town and want to take her here to enjoy a good life. The rest... you don't have to worry about it."

Fu Qingzhou showed signs of struggling.

But Gu Zhengqing was not in a hurry. He just sipped his tea and waited silently.

After a long time, Fu Qingzhou nodded heavily: "Okay! I'll write it! But I have a request!"

"Well, you say." Gu Zhengqing remained calm.

Fu Qingzhou lowered his head and said, "I, I have to see her again."

Gu Zhengqing smiled and said, "No problem, young people. After you pick him up, you can spend a night together. Xiaodao, send Brother Tang back to the inn and watch him write a letter."

Brother Dao laughed: "Okay!"

……

In the inn, under the supervision of Brother Dao, Fu Qingzhou "tremblingly" finished writing the letter.

"My home is in Zhuangyuan Village, which is several hundred miles away."

He handed the letter to Brother Dao: "It may take a few days to go back and forth."

Brother Dao didn't care: "No, two days is enough - you stay here and don't walk around. I'm telling you, someone is watching you!"

After saying that, he put away the letter and left the room.

Only after the door was closed did Fu Qingzhou let out a long sigh of relief.

Apart from anything else, acting is still a bit tiring...

"Where did you get your wife from your hometown?" The smoker couldn't help himself and asked, "You're not going to ask that little girl Tang Jiao to help you act, are you?"

Fu Qingzhou shrugged: "Jiaojiao is practicing martial arts in the mountains, how can she care about me? Besides, the letter from Zhuangyuan Village can't be delivered to Langhuan Mountain." "Then?" The smoker was puzzled: "What are you going to do?"

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "The mountain man has his own clever plan - soon the daughter-in-law from my hometown will come to me on her own."

Almost as he was speaking, the smoker was startled: "Hey, there really is someone outside the window, isn't it the girl you fought with last time?"

Before he finished speaking, the window of the inn room opened a crack, and a black shadow slipped in like water. In the blink of an eye, the window closed with a snap.

The woman in black sneaked into the room. She was still masked, her bright eyes full of confusion.

Fu Qingzhou smiled at her: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I feel like you're waiting for me."

The woman in black whispered, "But I don't understand..."

As she spoke, she raised her hand and a small note flew out and fell into Fu Qingzhou's hand.

That was the note he left outside the pawnshop a few days ago.

Inscribed on it are eight large characters: "The stubborn stone nods, the Buddhist chanting makes one fall asleep."

Fu Qingzhou blinked: "You really don't understand? If you don't understand, you wouldn't be here today."

The woman in black was silent for a moment, then finally spoke: "Are you also checking the Fanyin Temple?"

Fu Qingzhou smiled and nodded.

Yes, it was not accidental that he came to Hard Stone Town.

Perhaps being involved in a serial murder case was a rise, but when he discovered that these people were related to the casino, it became his own business.

The letter from Ning Baimei detailed the details of the actions of the Fanyin Temple that Mingjian Pavilion had investigated, and one person was mentioned among them.

Gu Zhengqing.

Fu Qingzhou came to Wanshi Town to investigate him.

The letter had stated that Gu Zhengqing ran a casino on the surface, but was also a human trafficking business in private. His main source of income was the families of gamblers - among those people, women were sold to brothels, men were sold to do hard labor, but there were also some people who disappeared and were never found again.

The letter mentioned that those people were most likely sent to Fanyin Temple, but it is still unknown how Gu Zhengqing contacted the temple and what the people sent there did specifically.

The woman in black frowned slightly: "Who are you?"

"Just think of me as a nosy knight." Fu Qingzhou smiled faintly, "At least now, since you don't want to show your true face, I will naturally not tell you my identity."

The woman in black was silent for a moment, then said, "What are you going to do?"

Fu Qingzhou did not answer directly, but asked: "Xiao Ling beside Gu Zhengqing, is she one of yours?"

The black-clad woman's pupils shrank slightly.

"Don't deny it. I'm not completely sure, so I won't make any judgments."

Fu Qingzhou said slowly, "I played a perfect trick in front of Gu Zhengqing today, and you knew you had to come find me right away... Brother Sha and Brother Dao, although they are also Gu Zhengqing's confidants, they only do the dirty work. Only people like Xiao Ling who are close to him can find out more secrets. If you want to plant an insider, she can only be him."

After hearing this, the woman in black smiled softly: "It's a pity that she has been lurking for a long time and still doesn't know what the connection is between Gu Zhengqing and Fanyin Temple."

Fu Qingzhou looked at her deeply and said, "Can I ask you one more question? Why are you investigating the Fanyin Temple?"

"Because behind them is the Jinchan Temple."

The woman in black laughed and said, "And we really hate Jinchan Temple."

Fu Qingzhou blinked.

The Jinchan Temple is one of the largest sects in the world. They dare to "hate" them, have profound skills, and even use talismans...

He had an idea in mind and laughed: "In that case, I think we can cooperate temporarily?"

The woman in black nodded: "Okay."

"You chose to come at this time, so you must have an idea in mind." Fu Qingzhou looked at her and said, "You should know that my plan is only one step away, and I still lack a 'wife from my hometown'."

The woman in black didn't mind and chuckled, "I came here for this matter."

After saying that, she raised her hand and took off the veil covering her face.

Under Fu Qingzhou's stunned gaze, the woman smiled slightly and saluted: "I am Qiuchan, nice to meet you, young man."

(End of this chapter)