Chapter 249： 249 Determination

Chapter 249 249 Determination

"Old man? What old man? Where's the invitation?" Zhang Rongfang restrained his thoughts and looked at the old Taoist.

These veteran Taoists are wandering Taoist priests who have recently been recruited to do odd jobs in the temple.

Although they are just traveling, they still know a little about some basic Taoist classics. With a little training, it can also be used to trick pilgrims into raising money for donations.

"Here." The old Taoist presented the invitation with both hands.

Chen Han stepped forward to take it, unfolded it, smelled it, touched the paper, and made sure there was no problem before handing it over to Zhang Rongfang.

After receiving the card, Zhang Rongfang glanced at the writing on it.

"Tan Yang's family? Sun Qinghong? Sun Chaoyue's father?" He immediately recalled the President Sun Chaoyue whom he had met a few days ago.

That noble and spiritual woman who is as proud as a red rose.

It was mentioned in the greeting post that if he agreed, Sun Qinghong would come to visit him in person at 4:00 pm tomorrow.

"Daozi, do you agree?" The old Taoist asked in a low voice, "The person who invited you is still waiting outside."

Zhang Rongfang shook his head.

"Although I am an old friend, the Sun family of Tan Yang is worthless to me. It is a waste of time to see it. Go back."

Sun Chaoyue didn't know him very well. At first, he just said hello, but he didn't expect the family to climb up the ladder.

In addition, Sun Chaoyue's father, as he remembered, seemed to be the Governor of the Ninth Rank Mansion.

Once upon a time, Jiupin was an unattainable top master in his eyes.

But now. That's it.

in the position he is in.

Ninth grade is not even qualified to be his guard.

Below the ninth grade and above the ninth grade, there are already two worlds.

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In a post station on the outer ring of Erythrina.

Two strong men and women wearing black gauze hats and dark green outfits entered the station and checked in, holding waist knives in their hands.

The postman led the two of them up to the second floor, and opened the door to a large room in the corner.

As soon as the two entered the door, they closed it behind their backs, and then quickly checked the surrounding environment.

Confirming that there is no problem, the two came to the dining table.

The woman took out a large picture scroll more than one meter long from her back, unfolded the picture scroll, and painted three wanted heads on it.

"My lord, this subordinate has just received news from the yamen. Someone seems to have quietly gone to the yamen to report the case. Report the whereabouts of Sun Qinghong's fugitive."

She pointed at one of the portraits.

"Good guy, this family can really escape." Another man looked at the portrait on the table in surprise.

"If that's the case, we'll come and arrest him tomorrow." The man said seriously.

"I'm afraid it won't work." The woman shook her head, "Although the Sun family is in a state of decline, according to the information I have received, the Sun family seems to have some relationship with the newly appointed Shoujiao."

"Hiss, a photo of Zhang Shoujiao?!" The man gasped.

"Exactly." The woman nodded.

"That's really troublesome. How did you get the news?" the man asked quickly.

"The comrades here saw it by the way when they were taking care of the important people. The Zhang Shoujiao was on the street and took the initiative to talk to the people of the Sun family.

They took note of this and gave me here ahead of time. "The woman replied.

"This is troublesome." The man frowned.

His name is Xue Zicun. Born in Xuehong Pavilion.

But unlike many other Xuehong Pavilion masters, he is not engaged in protection work.

Instead, they are hunting.

Hunt down the most wanted criminals on the list from all over the world.

But even if he didn't do protection work, he had heard about the previous incident.

"Daojiao Daozi Zhang Ying, Zhang Shoujiao. This person is not an ordinary person.

Many people were implicated in the case of Princess Yongxiang's disappearance before, but he, Zaitong, was fine.

Not only was he okay, he was even promoted because of this, and from the previous deputy position, he had mastered the power of the principal position in disguise. "

After a pause, Xue Zicun shook his head.

"This kind of big man who can't even be implicated in the disappearance of the princess, if he really has a relationship with the Sun family, then"

"My lord, why don't we wait a little longer? Find out whether the Sun family has anything to do with this Daozi. If it doesn't matter, then arrest him directly. If there is, let's wait and see.

Anyway, Sun Qinghong was also severely injured by us last time, so she couldn't run anywhere. "The woman replied quickly.

"That's fine too." Xue Zicun nodded.

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Erythrina's largest medicine store——Mingjing.

Outside the gate, many sailors were carefully pushing the cart with a trailer, carrying a large number of sacks of medicinal materials to transport out.

Pharmaceutical retail stores.

Sun Chaoyue was sweating profusely. She had just finished practicing martial arts and came here to buy the medicine her father needed.

She was wearing extremely short gray and white short-sleeved shorts, exposing her fair thighs and arms, and she was wearing a slim dark green windbreaker, covering most of the exposed skin.

Martial arts requires loose and less restrictive clothing, so she generally likes to wear very little to prevent sweat from soaking the clothing and making it uncomfortable to stick to her body.

But in this way, the attire for practicing martial arts alone is too revealing, and the short-sleeved shorts can barely cover three vital points.

So in order to prevent getting naked, she added a windbreaker.

Such outfits are very common among female warriors.

Windbreakers are generally used to block cold and wind evil from entering the body after sweating.

Sun Chaoyue calculated the remaining money in the purse.

After almost falling into the predicament of not even being able to afford juice.

After all, she went back and returned the hairpin she bought for her birthday.

Now as a black household, I can't work to make money, so I can only sit and eat. She had to save as much as possible.

It’s just that the hairpin is only two taels of silver compared to when I was in Tan Yang.

At that time, she even used hundreds of taels of incense at will.

Now it’s my birthday, but I don’t even have hair accessories of two taels of silver

The huge gap made Sun Chaoyue feel sore.

"Miss Xiaoyue, are you here to buy the medicine from last time? It's all ready for you."

The voice of the pharmacist pulled her back from her mind to reality.

Cleaning up her mood, Sun Chaoyue nodded.

"Well, I want three pairs this time." She took out the money bag, counted out twenty taels of silver from it, put it on the counter, and pushed it over.

Father's injury is troublesome. If he was injured before, if he could take the medicine quickly at that time, it would not be so difficult.

The key point is that in order to avoid subsequent pursuit and killing, the father held his breath and hid in the quagmire.

Result Wound inflammation and infection

Later, he held on to his body and fled with a group of people for several days, which finally caused the root of the disease to go deep into the internal organs.

Sun Chaoyue watched the money being picked up by the assistant, and weighed it with a small balance. Then he began to stack three packs of medicinal materials wrapped in yellow paper in front of her.

This is the last bit of money

In fact, their family has run out of money a long time ago. If it wasn't for the help of the gangster who tried to moles her, she wouldn't even be able to pay for the medicine this time.

And to make matters worse recently, the law and order in the entire Zaitong Port has suddenly become unreliable, and the door is not closed at night.

The streets are full of patrolling officers and soldiers.

Not to mention punks, not even a drunk who fell to the ground.

The sailors who drink and make trouble on weekdays have also disappeared during this time.

Occasionally there is one, and it is dragged away and whipped immediately.

This level of law and order cut off Sun Chaoyue’s last source of additional income

Picking up the medicine bag, she sighed, turned and left.

"Huh? We met again?"

In the shop, the short and fat shopkeeper was slowly approaching with a few people, accompanied by a tall and burly man.

The man glanced over here, showing surprise.

Sun Chaoyue also did not expect that, not long after, they happened to meet again.

"Zhang Ying?" She recognized the man.

"Are you here to buy medicine too?" She didn't know what to say.

Instinctively, she tightened the windbreaker on her body to cover the exposed corset.

It seems that such a move can relieve the tension in her heart a little.

"Well. Is there something wrong with your family? Do you need help? It just so happens that I have some spare energy here." Zhang Rongfang glanced at Sun Chaoyue's attire.

A linen windbreaker worth a few hundred pennies a piece, so plain that there is only one wooden hairpin with long black hair.

Under the feet are some old sheepskin boots with yellowed edges. Looking up from the boot, the inner sock is also slightly torn at the edge.

Combined with the greeting post from the Sun family Sun Qinghong, Zhang Rongfang instantly had an association in his mind.

He also never expected that Sun Chaoyue, Miss Tan Yang, would end up in such a situation.

At first, I thought that even if the Sun family was weaker, they were still spiritual nobles and martial arts, so they wouldn't be so bad.

But now it seems... It seems that he misunderstood.

Zhang Rongfang changed his mind, he never thought that Sun Chaoyue would be like this.

Thinking about getting acquainted somehow, it is also because Li Huoyun has some connections, so it is okay to help by the way.

He thinks so, and he does the same.

As long as it is not too annoying, many things are just a sentence to him now.

Sun Chaoyue gritted her teeth lightly.

"Did you misunderstand something?"

Lifting her pretty face, she showed a natural smile.

"I just came back from martial arts practice, and I casually wear old things from the past, which can be regarded as waste.

I did encounter some difficulties recently, but my grandson's family is not reduced to the point of accepting charity from others. "

She looked at Zhang Rongfang with the last hint of stubbornness in her eyes.

"Thank you for your kindness. Speaking of it, you don't think that I am a fourth-rank martial artist, and I can't even earn a good outfit?"

"Really? That's good. That's true. With Chairman Sun's talent, it's really not. It's a slip of the tongue." Zhang Rongfang nodded.

"It's okay, you are also kind. Then I will go first." Sun Chaoyue smiled back.

The Sun family was implicated in Esoteric Buddhism. This kind of trouble is also very implicated for ordinary people.

Although she is grateful to Zhang Ying for her kindness, she is unwilling to implicate others because of her own affairs.

She doesn't know what Zhang Ying is doing now, but no matter what her status is, once she is involved in secret religion, it will definitely be troublesome.

At the beginning, Sun Jiagui was the governor of the government, but in the end it was different.

Thinking of this, Sun Chaoyue walked out of the pharmacy quickly without turning her head. She walked faster and faster, and soon disappeared into the crowd without seeing her.

Zhang Rongfang withdrew his gaze, and continued to ask the pharmacy shopkeeper for the medicinal materials he needed.

The previous bigu pills were used up, and he needed to purchase raw materials again and refine another batch.

As for Sun Chaoyue, it was indeed just a chance encounter.

He wants to speak out to help, but it is only a momentary mood, and it is rare to meet fellow Tan Yang in Zaitong.

Since they don't need it, he wouldn't take the initiative to join in.

This matter was forgotten by him in a blink of an eye.

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Chick.

At night, the oil lamp flicked slightly, and some water boiled.

Sun Qinghong coughed twice and rubbed her stomach after taking the medicine.

The wounds on the back and abdomen, as the effect of the medicine gradually took effect, the pain also gradually subsided.

The words of Tong Haocun, the head of the Tong family, are still echoing in his mind.

The Sun family is really at the end of its rope now

actually.

He always had doubts.

The Tong family was involved in the ship owner fraud case.

His money and jewels, so many years of savings, disappeared overnight.

It's just that there is no evidence, and it's hard for him to say anything. I dare not say anything.

But Tong Haocun mentioned before that the pursuers of Xuehong Pavilion have already arrived in Eitong, and they may come to the door at any time.

Those damned spirit guards were the murderers who left him with such serious injuries.

If they find their hiding place. I'm afraid.

(end of this chapter)