Chapter 297: The Great Summer Vacation
"Catch me?" Gu Dashu looked shocked.
Tong Huaqiong, Liu Yue'e, Gu Taohua and others were also shocked.
"Why are you here to arrest someone?" Tong Huaqiong asked Hong Xiaoxi after calming down.
Hong Xiaoxi glanced at Gu Dashu and said, "It is said that Tianxianglou murdered someone... Brother Dashu needs to go to court."
Liu Yue'e immediately started cursing, "What does the murder at Tianxiang Tower have to do with my Dashu? Why are you targeting my Dashu? This matter has nothing to do with my Dashu from beginning to end. The second master Chen and Xianxian schemed against me, and Dashu was being polite by not reporting it to the police. Why are they targeting Dashu?"
"It must be Xianxian who deliberately framed me."
"Whoever dares to come and take me away will be killed by me."
Liu Yue'e came out with an attitude of throwing a tantrum.
Tong Huaqiong didn’t understand why someone was murdered in Tianxianglou.
The information she obtained from the yamen runners guarding Tianxiang Tower was that the Second Young Master Chen was not dead, and that the conflict between Xianxian and the Second Young Master Chen was initiated by the Second Young Master Chen, and Xianxian was acting in self-defense.
Could it be that things are reversed now?
He Chao came in with two constables.
Tong Huaqiong recognized one of the constables. He was the constable who was with Lord Yao whom she met in Pingchuan County last time.
Tong Huaqiong breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't come in to kidnap anyone, nor did he cause chaos outside, nor did he attract the attention of the customers. This shows that Gu Dashu was just going through the motions as a witness.
Tong Huaqiong asked Hong Xiaoxi and Taohua to serve tea, and then tried to get close to the familiar official, saying, "Thank you, official. How did the Tianxianglou incident involve my Dashu?"
The familiar Constable Xie naturally also knew Tong Huaqiong, and he was very polite to Tong Huaqiong.
Officer Xie said, "Auntie Tong, Miss Xianxian confessed that Mr. Chen lured her into setting up a trap for your second son to attack Taohua Dessert under the pretext of redeeming her. The two of them had an argument over this matter and almost caused a death. Because this matter involves your second son, he has to go..."
Now Tong Huaqiong was completely relieved.
Gu Dashu's heartbeat instantly stabilized, and he asked casually, "Are you going to kidnap me, or should I go with you?"
Gu Dashu thought that Lord Yao was an honest official who knew his mother, and he had not done anything illegal. He was just going through the motions as a witness.
Officer Xie said, "You are a witness. How can we kidnap a witness? Please come with us."
Gu Dashu followed the two officials without saying a word.
Liu Yue'e asked Tong Huaqiong with a worried look on her face: "Mom, is everything really going to be okay?"
Tong Huaqiong said: "Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Liu Yue'e wiped away her tears and said, "I didn't expect that we would almost get into trouble after only being here for a few days. It's really hard to survive in this city."
Tong Huaqiong said: "This can be regarded as a lesson for Dashu. He will never dare to go to Fengyuelou Casino again. If he is not careful, he will get into trouble."
Although Liu Yue'e agreed with her mother-in-law's opinion, she was still nervous.
Tong Huaqiong sent someone out to inquire about the news.
Soon, Lu Chaoyang also sent someone to appease Tong Huaqiong, and brought a note from Mr. Lu inviting Tong Huaqiong to visit the Lu Mansion in the evening.
In the afternoon, Gu Dashu returned.
Sure enough, nothing happened.
Gu Dashu is a vengeful person. As soon as he came out of the yamen, he hired a group of beggars to shout all over the city. Master Chen Er forced Xianxian to set up a trap to frame Gu Dashu and plotted against Peach Blossom Dessert. Miss Xianxian was unyielding in the face of his tyranny. Master Chen Er wanted to kill someone, but was countered by Xianxian.
This piece of gossip instantly set off the entire city.
It was finally said that Mr. Chen II used peach blossom desserts as a weapon in order to revive Jin Feng Xiang.
Of course, Tong Huaqiong wouldn’t believe that the spread would be so fast without the promotion of Gaoxiangji.
However, Tong Huaqiong has to thank Gaoxiangji. Taohua Dessert has become more famous in the city. Many guests of Jinfengxiang have come to Taohua Dessert to eat melons and taste pastries.
"......Didn't you say that you finished the trial this morning? Why did you come back only now?" Liu Yue'e couldn't help but complain.
Gu Dashu said, "I'll stay and eat the melon."
Liu Yue'e was so angry that she hit Gu Dashu hard and scolded him, "You are so arrogant. You almost got involved. Why are you so careless?"
Gu Dashu laughed.
"What was the final verdict?" Tong Huaqiong asked.
This case should not be difficult to try, as there are both witnesses and evidence.
"After all, this is a romantic case... Mr. Chen was sentenced to thirty lashes of the cane and to pay Miss Xianxian fifty taels of silver as compensation, and Xianxian was acquitted." Gu Dashu said.
Tong Huaqiong certainly hoped that the second master Chen would be sentenced to exile or something.
But it didn't go as she wished.
Gu Dashu and Taohua Dessert did not suffer any losses. Mr. Chen Er refused to admit that he had forced Xianxian to set up a trap to trap Gu Dashu.
So this matter eventually turned into a romantic dispute case.
However, after this incident, Mr. Chen Er never dared to plot against Taohua Dessert again.
The entire Jin Fengxiang is cleaning up the mess made by the second young master Chen.
Not only that, Gu Dashu’s negative publicity about Jin Fengxiang also served as a warning to others.
Anyone who wants to get Peach Blossom Dessert from now on will have to think twice.
In the evening, the Lu family sent a carriage to pick up Tong Huaqiong, Gu Taohua and others to visit the Lu family.
Mr. Lu was very cool this time. The carriage he sent had a big word "Lu" written on it, and the decorations were even more gorgeous than Boss Qian's carriage.
Tong Huaqiong knew that it was the Lu family that was backing Taohua Dessert.
Mr. Lu wants to let the merchants in Pearl Lane know that his friendship with Peach Blossom Dessert is more than just the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
As someone who is using the tiger's skin as a banner, Tong Huaqiong naturally welcomes this kind of support.
In the evening, when Tong Huaqiong brought Gu Taohua, Gu Dashu and others to visit the Lu family, the whole street was filled with rumors about the romantic affair of the second son of Jin Fengxiang.
Some even said that not only was Mr. Chen's head hit, but his roots were also broken.
Tong Huaqiong passed by Tianxiang Tower and found that the yamen runners surrounding Tianxiang Tower had withdrawn.
The Lu family is located in the west of the city.
The wealthy families in the city are concentrated in that area.
The Lu family’s house occupies most of the street.
Thanks to Tong Da Jiao, Tong Huaqiong was no stranger to the Lu family.
At that time, Lu Zhaoyang and Old Man Lu passed away one after another, leaving Lu Zhaozhao as the only one left in the entire Lu family. Tong Dajiao came to the city to give silver and clothes to Gu Jingzhe who was studying at Wanliu Academy, and she once went to the Lu family in a pretending manner to comfort Lu Zhaozhao.
In the previous life, when Tong Da Jiao and her daughter Gu Tao Hua came to the Lu family, the decoration of their shop was comparable to that of the queen and empress dowager.
But Lu Zhaozhao, this naive girl, was fooled by Tong Dajiao into breaking off relations with County Magistrate Liu's family and only listened to the Gu family.
In the end, the Lu family was wiped out by the Gu family.
If Mr. Lu and Lu Zhaoyang knew what Tong Dajiao's family did in the previous life, they would probably hold a Hongmen Banquet for Tong Huaqiong today.
"Aunt Tong, peach blossom."
Lu Zhaoyang and Lu Zhaozhao had been waiting at the door for a long time. When Lu Zhaozhao saw the carriage sent by his grandfather come back, he knew that Tong Huaqiong and others had arrived, and he shouted happily.
After the carriage stopped, Tong Huaqiong and others got off.
Lu Zhaoyang and Lu Zhaozhao led Tong Huaqiong into the yard.