northernbook Chapter 820 The Marshal is Strange
Chapter 820 The Marshal is Strange
Wu Mingqiang said, "Miss, you are very careful. I didn't think of that. Don't worry, I will find some people from other places, and they will definitely not find anything about us."
Guier nodded and said, "Okay, then just tell me the progress when you come to change the dressing."
Just after seeing Wu Mingqiang off, Song Xichen came over. Manager Liu specially arranged a therapeutic massage for him, and then asked Guier to come in to help create an opportunity for the two of them to communicate.
Gui'er told Song Xichen the news she heard from Dingxiang.
Song Xichen sighed and said, "It seems the situation is even more serious than we anticipated. However, once the arrow is shot, there's no turning back. Old Meng has already set off and will arrive in Fengcheng in a few days. Our comrades will then go to the train station to meet him and secretly escort him through Jiangcheng."
Gui Er said, "I just ran into my brother's thug, Wu Mingqiang. He's a capable man. I used Zhao Yingwu's incident as a cover and asked him to help me find someone to follow Sha Yanyao."
Song Xichen frowned and said, "Is this plausible? From what I know, Wu Mingqiang is a figure feared by both the black and white worlds. How could he be your brother's thug?"
Guier smiled and said, "You forgot that my second brother used to own a mine, which he managed. Now that the mine is under your family's management, my second brother asked him to open a restaurant as a base for collecting market intelligence. He also opened a casino before, but my brother later asked him to close it down."
Song Xichen frowned and said, "Are you sure it's safe to leave this matter to him? I've heard rumors that his personal life is quite decadent. He's young, but he's married several concubines and even raped other people's wives."
Gui'er was surprised and said, "Really? I have no idea about this and I haven't heard my brother mention it. Doesn't that mean I did something wrong? What should I do?"
Shopkeeper Liu consoled him, "Don't worry. Maybe things can turn around. What did you tell him? You wouldn't have just stared at him and told him it was about our mission, right?"
"No, I used Zhao Yingwu's recent incident as an excuse. I suspected that the people in the first house were colluding with Butler Zhao. I asked him to arrange for someone to follow the eldest young master and find out who he was associating with. Then report back to me. Maybe there was a middleman hired by Butler Zhao. That's what I said."
Shopkeeper Liu and Song Xichen both breathed a sigh of relief. Shopkeeper Liu smiled and said, "See, I told you you're not that stupid. This way, even if the young master of the Marshal's Mansion finds out that you asked Wu Mingqiang to do this, he won't be able to say anything. At most, he'll blame you for not trusting him. Even if he thinks it's related to us, you still have an excuse to shirk responsibility."
Song Xichen also nodded and said, "However, those people he found are all hooligans and can't accomplish anything big. Next time he comes, just tell him not to investigate, understand?"
Gui'er nodded, feeling very regretful in her heart. She was too impulsive and did not think things through. She could not imagine that Wu Mingqiang had become a real gangster now, whereas he was clearly a bookish young man before.
Today was the day to have dinner with the Marshal. Gui'er and Sha Yanxiao came to the main courtyard, and everyone else took their seats. However, the Marshal did not come out for a long time. Everyone was wondering when they suddenly heard a dong dong dong sound.
Following the sound, I saw the Marshal walking down from the second floor carefully with the help of a cane.
Madam, Sha Yanyao, Sha Yanxiao and the others hurried forward and helped him to sit down at the dining table.
Gui'er noticed that even when the Marshal was sitting, his hands and feet were trembling slightly, and she couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that the Marshal's health has been poor recently? It was precisely because of this reason that her marriage to Zhao Yingwu had not been carried out.
The others had obviously noticed it, and the Fourth Concubine asked Butler Zhao, "Butler Zhao, has the Marshal been feeling unwell again these past couple of days? Why hasn't a doctor been called in to see him?"
"Replying to the Fourth Concubine," said the Housekeeper Zhao, in a panic, "we have asked the Marshal what he thinks, and he said he is well and there is no need to call a doctor."
The lady said with a unhappy expression, "Even if he is in good health, we still need to find a doctor to take his pulse."
"Yes, I'll go call him right away."
"I, I'm fine. I'm fine. I just couldn't sleep at night, so I felt a little tired."
"Okay, okay. If you're okay, then it's okay. Then the doctor can come over and prescribe some tranquilizing soup so that you can sleep better at night. Wouldn't that be better?" The lady coaxed the Marshal like a child, and he didn't say anything else.
"Yes, Marshal, didn't you say that you still wanted to marry Gui'er to Zhao Yingwu? You have to keep your spirits up. It would be great if you could be a spirited old Taishan at the wedding banquet." The fifth concubine suddenly said.
As soon as she finished speaking, Sha Yanxiao glared at her. She quickly shut up and lowered her head. Gui'er guessed that she just wanted to stir up trouble because it was none of her business and she wanted to make some fun for herself.
"Marry, marry whom? My Gui'er is so beautiful, I want to marry her to the Song family, Song, the eldest son of Song."
Everyone in the room was shocked when they heard this, but the Marshal didn't seem to notice their surprised expressions. He picked up his chopsticks and bowl and started eating.
"Did I just hear father say that he wanted to marry Sister Guier to the Song family? Didn't he say before that he wanted to marry her to Zhao Yingwu?" The eldest daughter of the sixth concubine asked her mother.
"Go, little girl, eat your meal." The Sixth Concubine wanted to cover her daughter's mouth.
Although Gui'er was the adopted daughter of the Marshal's family, it was not surprising that the Marshal wanted to arrange a political marriage for her or pair her off with anyone. However, he said he would marry her to this person, and then just a few days later, he said he wanted her to marry to that person. This was too unreasonable. Everyone looked at each other in confusion.
"Father may be confused due to lack of sleep. Wait for the doctor to come and see him. He can prescribe some tranquilizers for him to have a good sleep. We'll talk to him when his mind is clear." Sha Yanyao said uncertainly.
"Is father confused?" the fifth concubine's youngest daughter said naively.
"Pa" The fifth concubine was so scared that she slapped her daughter in the face and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, you short-lived girl, eat your meal, and when you're done, go back to the yard quickly." As she said that, she lowered her head and dared not look at anyone again, for fear that others would hold her responsible for her nonsense.
Gui'er looked at Dashuai in confusion. He seemed to be completely oblivious to what was happening in the restaurant and was just eating his meal.
Guier was a little suspicious that Dashuai had suffered another stroke, but shouldn’t a stroke cause mobility problems?
She thought for a moment, then walked over to Madam and Sha Yanyao, bowed, and whispered, "Mother, Big Brother, maybe Father fell again? We don't know, and it's affecting his thinking. Wouldn't it be better to find a doctor who's more knowledgeable about brain diseases?"
Upon hearing this, the wife nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes." Then she said to Zhao Yingwu, "Why are you still standing there? Go find your father and tell him this. Ask him to find a doctor who is good at treating brain diseases."