Chapter 498 The Yellow Bird Behind
"Tomorrow morning, come to Zheng's house to find me. Remember to enter through the corner gate."
After giving Gu Ruinian some instructions, Xu Zaohua got into the carriage carrying the child.
Gu Ruinianxi's assurance arrived early in the morning.
As soon as the carriage started, Xu Zaohua's eyes revealed a fierce look.
Xu Zaohua strongly encouraged Gu Ruinian to plot against Lian Hengruo, not because she was an outsider making trouble out of boredom, but because it involved her own interests.
Xu Zaohua knew the Lian family's situation very well.
Her father-in-law intended to form an alliance with the Lian family and let the second son of the Zheng family marry the second daughter of the Lian family.
Although the second Miss Lian was not very enthusiastic, she had heard that the mistress of the Lian family wanted to do her best to promote this marriage.
It's the parents' order and the matchmaker's words. If the master and mistress of the Lian family really agree to it, there will be no room for the second Miss Lian to object.
As the eldest wife of the Zheng family, if the eldest son of the Zheng family was not dead, she would not watch who her younger brother-in-law married, because most of the family property belonged to their eldest wife anyway. But the problem was that the eldest son of the Zheng family was dead, and the Zheng family still had a young son. As the eldest son's widow, the Zheng family's property would not be given to her even if she had a son, unless she could defeat the youngest son of the Zheng family or the youngest son of the Zheng family was hopeless.
She couldn't defeat the youngest son of the Zheng family, and if she did, her father-in-law might adopt someone from the clan, which would make things even more difficult.
Fortunately, the second son of the Zheng family is just a student. As long as Xu Zaohua can establish herself, most of the family property will belong to her and her son.
These days, she has been concentrating on participating in the Zheng family's external business. Her father-in-law has just begun to trust her a little, but he wants her younger brother-in-law to marry Lian Hengruo.
If Lian Heng were to marry into the Zheng family, with her abilities, she would be able to eat up Xu Zaohua until nothing was left.
How could Xu Zaohua tolerate this happening?
The best way is to prevent Lian Hengruo from marrying into the Zheng family.
During this period of time, she was thinking about how to deal with Lian Hengruo, and was at a loss when Gu Ruinian came to her door.
She can use Gu Ruinian's help to get rid of the second lady.
She has seen many guys like this who are like toads wanting to eat swan flesh. They love to live in the fantasy of being favored by the daughter of a wealthy family, and they will bite the slightest hook and won't let go.
If Gu Ruinian can take down Lian Hengruo, that would be even better. If he fails and ruins Lian Hengruo, no one will know that she has anything to do with this.
If she wants to do it, she will be the oriole behind the scenes.
When Xu Zaohua and Gu Ruinian met an old friend in a foreign land, Tong Huaqiong was laughing in the house.
The storyteller in the teahouse came to Tong Huaqiong and wanted her to write two more hit stories. Tong Huaqiong was so busy that she had no time to write stories. During the chat, the storyteller retold the story of the talented scholar and the beautiful woman written by Gu Ruinian to Tong Huaqiong.
"Manager Tong, in our line of work, we need to have photographic memory. Everything I told you was written down by Gu Ruinian. A toad wants to eat swan meat, bah! If I told you about the book he wrote, Miss Lian would smash my teahouse to pieces. I will never be able to survive in Pingchuan County again."
The storyteller spat fiercely.
Gu Ruinian wants to harm him.
The heroine of that story is obviously Miss Lian Er.
Even though the Second Miss is not an ordinary person, she can still make her three legitimate brothers so anxious and frustrated. Wouldn't it be even more cruel to deal with unrelated outsiders?
He had dared to accept Tong Huaqiong's script about Tong Pandidi and the Wu family before. Firstly, Tong Huaqiong gave him money, and secondly, Wu Ren was just the village chief of Heilongtan and had no roots in Pingchuan County. On the other hand, Tong Huaqiong and County Magistrate Liu's mother were best friends, and Wu Ren could not beat her, so he dared to accept Tong Huaqiong's script.
Gu Ruinian didn't understand the twists and turns in the matter. He didn't even have money, but they wanted him to build momentum for Gu Ruinian to pursue the Second Miss Lian. How could he possibly agree to that?
"Manager Tong, you also find it funny, don't you? Gu Ruinian is from a rural place like Qinghewan. He thinks he can control the daughter of a wealthy family with a handkerchief. Did he learn it from the New Year's opera in the village? I tell you, that wild opera troupe is unreliable. They make up stories to attract attention. Simple-minded boys who don't know the truth are easily fooled."
The storyteller kept chattering, but suddenly remembered that Tong Huaqiong was also from Qinghewan in the countryside, so he immediately shut up.
Tong Huaqiong laughed so hard that her stomach hurt, and she waved at the storyteller, not minding at all.
Tong Huaqiong thought that Gu Ruinian learned this operation from her, but he had learned a pitfall.
I have to say that his storybooks are too old-fashioned.
The writing is terrible, the story is totally unappealing, and it's a pure fantasy of a loser.
Hahaha, how funny.
The storyteller drank a cup of tea and stood up to say goodbye.
"Mom, I just saw Gu Ruinian standing in front of the carriage. He must be talking to Xu Zaohua. I recognize Xu Zaohua's carriage."
After the storyteller left, Gu Taohua came in from outside and told Tong Huaqiong about Gu Ruinian's whereabouts.
Xu Zaohua has never returned to Qinghewan since she failed to frame Tong Huaqiong with fake pesticides. Tong Huaqiong learned from the villagers that she had given birth to a son, and she had established a firm foothold in the Zheng family.
Although He Chao, the former steward of the Zheng family, suspected that Xu Zaohua had given birth to a child through surrogacy, without solid evidence, the child could only be the son of the eldest son of the Zheng family.
Tong Huaqiong was not clear about the relationship between Xu Zaohua and Gu Ruinian, so she asked Gu Taohua: "What was Ruinian's relationship with Xu Zaohua like when he was a child in Qinghe Bay?"
Xu Zaohua said: "They have a good relationship. They once teamed up to deal with me."
That means they are childhood sweethearts.
Since they have known each other since childhood, Xu Zaohua and Gu Ruinian are entangled with each other, which is definitely not a good thing.
Moreover, the two of them have a common enemy, Tong Huaqiong, so Tong Huaqiong cannot take this lightly.
So he called Su Chengmin and Nie Xiaofeng and asked them to continue keeping an eye on Gu Ruinian and Xu Zaohua at the same time.
"Let Xiaofeng keep an eye on him. Xiaofeng has made great progress recently. I have to go back to Qinghewan in the next few days. I am worried about Xiaolong at home."
After Su Chengmin asked Tong Huaqiong for permission to return to Qinghewan, he told Nie Xiaofeng: "You should pay attention to whether the eldest young lady of the Zheng family met Gu Ruinian in the past few days, where they met, and who was around. Remember it clearly and come back to tell Aunt Tong."
Nie Xiaofeng asked: "Why do you still need to pay attention to the people next to you?"
Su Chengmin knocked on Nie Xiaofeng's head and said, "I told you you're stupid, but you still don't accept it. Just do as I say."
Tong Huaqiong said, "The Zheng family and the Lian family are both local bosses in Pingchuan County. Such local bosses are all relatives trapping relatives. Gu Ruinian has intentions towards the second Miss Lian. Xu Zaohua is the eldest lady of the Zheng family. It is normal for her to know someone from the Lian family. How come she appeared just after Gu Ruinian stopped the second Miss Lian? The second Miss Lian is being targeted by her three brothers at home. Who knows if Xu Zaohua and Gu Ruinian will use this to deal with the second Miss Lian. We still have to rely on the second Miss Lian for the pearl stall, so it's always a good idea to pay more attention to her."
Su Chengmin nodded. This was his purpose.
Tong Huaqiong thought for a moment and further instructed Su Chengmin, "Don't just keep an eye on Xu Zaohua and Gu Ruinian, go find out about the relationship between the Zheng family and the Lian family, especially the relationship with the three sons of the Lian family."
Nie Xiaofeng didn't dare to ask why this happened this time. Anyway, grandma's instructions couldn't be wrong, so if she asked him to find out, then he could go and find out.
After Tong Huaqiong finished speaking, she continued to check the accounts and did not notice that Gu Taohua's face looked unhappy.