Chapter 51: Behind the scenes
"Dad!" Nian Ruipeng was so angry that he shouted loudly. He walked over in a hurry without even looking at Li Yannian and asked, "Give me some money and I will redeem Xiao Hongxiu's life."
"Nonsense! Why are you saying this in front of distinguished guests?"
Nian Qi did not expect that his son would suddenly appear. He scolded Nian Ruipeng, first winked at the housekeeper behind him, and then apologized to Li Yannian after they left.
"The dog is shapeless and has collided with you, sir. Don't take it to heart." Nian Qi bowed deeply to Li Yannian and called Nian Ruipeng over to pay homage to Li Yannian.
"I have met Mr. Li." Nian Ruipeng bowed casually, and then looked at his father, "I want to touch the fairy ointment, but mother won't let me. I want to redeem Xiao Hongxiu's life, but father won't let me do it. How can I do what I want to do?
You all don’t agree? Mr. Li, tell me, is this the principle of being a parent?”
Unexpectedly, Nian Ruipeng actually came to him. Li Yannian stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Master Nian is young and bloody, and the little red-sleeved girl from Chunfeng Tower has always been a good story in Yuzhou City. It is only natural for you to want to save her from fire and water.
Why don't you help them?"
"Master Li has said so. Dad, hurry up and give me the money!" Nian Ruipeng quickly stretched out his hand, fearing that his father would disagree.
Since then, I had no choice but to give him money.
After Nian Ruipeng left, Li Yannian stared at his back and praised: "Master Nian is really affectionate and righteous, and ordinary people are not as affectionate as him."
"It's all common people's money. Otherwise, who will talk to him about friendship?" Nian Qi snorted and looked away, with a hint of fawning on his face, "I have to look up to you more in the future, and I hope you don't do anything to me."
I take the child’s collision to heart.”
"It doesn't matter, it's a small matter." Li Yannian waved his hand and narrowed his eyes and said, "After all, you are doing this to make Yuzhou rich. I will discuss it carefully with you."
Just what he said made me feel relieved from now on.
After all, the two of them were grasshoppers tied to the same rope. He was not worried that Li Yannian would not speak up for him.
But Nian Qi never expected that after Li Yannian returned to the government, the first thing he did was to call the secret guards around him and ask him to kill Nian Ruipeng to silence him.
"That kid has a very lively mind. I'm afraid he already knew that the Nian family's business is related to the fairy ointment. Going to Chunfeng Tower to redeem Xiaohong Xiuxiu's life is a lie. It's true that he wants to clear the relationship with the Nian family. Go and keep an eye on him.
, look at who he has met in the past few days, if he is sure that no one knows about this except him, then..."
Li Yannian put his hand across his neck and made a slight stroke. The secret guard immediately understood and turned around to go to Chunfeng Tower.
But it was said that Ruipeng returned to Chunfeng Tower that year, holding the 50,000 taels of silver notes that he had been reluctant to give since the beginning of the year, but his hands could not stop shaking.
He gritted his teeth, pretended to have a normal expression, returned to Xiao Hongxiu's room, and collapsed to the ground as soon as he entered the room.
"Master Nian!" Xiao Hongxiu exclaimed and quickly stepped forward to help Nian Ruipeng up, "What's wrong with you?"
Nian Ruipeng was so frightened that he couldn't say a word and could only shake his head.
His father is a businessman who has no profit and cannot afford to be early. How could he find Li Yannian for no reason?
The biggest official in Yuzhou City is the prefect Yang Pei'an. Even if he tries to find him, it is impossible to find Li Yannian unless there are other interests involved.
But all Nian Ruipeng could think of was fairy ointment!
Although he has been staying in Chunfeng Tower these days, he also knows what kind of trouble the fairy ointment has brought to people outside through the words of Xiao Hongxiu and the kaiko singers who are called in every day to sing and dance.
But if the mastermind behind this incident is Li Yannian, I am afraid that even Chang'an Hou Shizi may not be able to uproot him.
Li Yannian's name is much more useful in Yuzhou City than Chang'an Hou Shizi.
He didn't know if he had deceived him today - he just asked Xiao Hongxiu to call a clever beggar to find out that his father was going to meet an important person today, so he went straight back to Nian's house without notifying the boy.
I once thought that the person turned out to be Li Yannian.
Taking a deep breath, Nian Ruipeng held Xiao Hongxiu's hand tightly. He hugged Xiao Hongxiu and rolled onto the bed. He seemed to be shaking, but sometimes he whispered softly.
In the evening, Xiao Hongxiu ran out of the private room in ragged clothes and asked someone to call Mother Chun.
"What's wrong with this?"
As soon as Chun's mother came in and saw the house full of smashed utensils, she immediately felt distressed and angry. She couldn't hit Xiao Hongxiu or scold Nian Ruipeng, so she could only stamp her feet and said, "What on earth happened, Xiao Hongxiu?"
Say it quickly!"
"Mr. Nian's 10,000 taels of silver note was not paid by him himself, but by Mr. Zhao. Now that he can't pay back the money, he wants to send me to the Zhao family to compensate Zhao Jie! The Zhao family has not ended up in anything.
If I go to Zhao's house, will I still have a good life? Besides, when did our girl from Chunfeng Building ever leave this building? Mom, you must help me!"
Xiao Hongxiu held her handkerchief and fell into Chun's mother's arms, crying into tears.
Kechun's mother immediately became happy when she heard this.
That 10,000 taels of silver note was actually given by Zhao Jie? How could the Zhao family decline if they could easily give 10,000 taels?
With bright eyes, Mother Chun helped Xiao Hongxiu sit down outside, then went in to apologize to Nian Ruipeng, and served Nian Ruipeng two jugs of good wine, and then went out to persuade Xiao Hongxiu.
"The Zhao family can afford 10,000 taels, so why is it in decline? Those who work in our industry need his money. As long as you can get money from the Zhao family, it doesn't matter whether he is in decline or rich, you will serve him the same.
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At this moment, Mother Chun looked at Xiao Hongxiu as if she were looking at her own golden Pixiu. This is the real money tree!
After talking through Xiao Hongxiu, she went in and asked Nian Ruipeng, and she was sure that it was Nian Ruipeng himself who wanted to give Xiao Hongxiu to Zhao Jie - naturally, what Nian Ruipeng said was not so nice, and Chun's mother also knew that Nian Ruipeng
meaning, but as long as she can get money, she doesn't care about this.
So that night she stuffed Xiao Hongxiu into the sedan chair and carried her to Zhao's house.
Xiao Hongxiu entered the door of Zhao's house in Nanluogu Lane, still holding the 50,000 taels of silver notes given to her by Nian Ruipeng in her arms. She was frightened to see Zhao Jie and Lin Xing, and bowed down to salute.
"This is the twenty thousand taels Mr. Nian asked me to return to Mr. Zhao. He said it was with interest, so Mr. Zhao must not refuse." Xiao Hongxiu handed the silver taels to Zhao Jie, then turned to Lin Xing and knelt down.
Next, he cried and said, "Please Madam and Young Master, please save Young Master Nian! I'm afraid Young Master Nian's life will be in danger!"
She told the story about Nian Ruipeng bumping into Li Yannian. Zhao Jie was dumbfounded and Lin Xing was also extremely surprised.
They never expected that the mastermind behind this would be Li Yannian.
Thinking of the connections Li Yannian had accumulated over the years in Yuzhou, Lin Xing did not dare to delay. She called Chunxiao and asked Chunxiao to take five hundred taels of silver notes and personally send Chun's mother back to Chunfeng Tower, and then reported the news to Zizi Mansion.
Chapter completed!