Chapter 227 Replacement
Chapter 227 Replacement
Wang Jinnian said, "I'm afraid that won't work."
Yang Tongzhi didn't say anything. In fact, he also knew that demolishing the temple was unrealistic. So many believers believed in the goddess, and demolishing it hastily would definitely cause dissatisfaction among the people.
The fundamental method is to expose the conspiracy of Governor He, but it is difficult to convince the public with Wan Weishang's one-sided statement alone, and not all waiters are victims. There are indeed another part of waiters whose terms have expired successfully and then made a big fuss about it.
Therefore, even if other victims are found, they are unlikely to admit to it.
"Madam, madam, save me!" At this time, a woman's voice came from the courtyard. Bai Zhaozhao and others looked over and saw a beautiful girl stumbling towards them.
"Stop! You unfilial daughter, you are not allowed to disturb the old lady!" A man's voice came immediately afterwards.
"What's going on?" Yang Tongzhi shouted.
The girl ran over as if she had found a life-saving straw, knelt down in front of Yang Tongzhi and said, "Uncle, please help me! My father wants to sell me out!"
"Nonsense!" the man who came over later scolded, "Didn't they just ask you to be a waiter? You unfilial daughter, you ran to your cousin and talked nonsense about such a small matter!"
"Waiter? You want Arui to go to the Goddess Temple?" Yang Tongzhi looked unhappy.
The man immediately lost his temper and said with a guilty conscience: "Second cousin, you know that my family is not doing so well. It's not a bad thing to be a waiter. I can also make some money. Why can't I do that? Besides, she is pretty so people are willing to marry her. Otherwise, how could she have such a good thing?"
"No, that's not the case. Uncle, listen to me. I heard with my own ears that my father took money from others and said he was going to send me there! He wasn't going to be a waiter at all!"
"Silly girl! Don't talk nonsense. Even if you're going to be a waiter, how can I, your father, harm you?"
"Shut up!" Yang Tongzhi asked in a deep voice, "Sixth Brother, tell me the truth, do you know something?"
Yang Laoliu was stunned. What did he know? What did his cousin mean by this?
Yang Tongzhi saw that his expression was slightly relaxed and asked, "Our Yang family has long said that you are not allowed to participate in the waiter selection. Why do you insist on letting Arui go? Tell me!"
Yang Laoliu's eyes flickered, and he hesitated to answer. Yang Tongzhi obviously had no patience and said directly: "If you don't tell the truth about this matter, someone else will be in charge of the shop on South Street in the future!"
Yang Laoliu was shocked and asked, "How can this be possible?"
"Tell me! What's going on? Are you tempted by just five taels of silver?"
Seeing how serious he was, Yang Laoliu suddenly became much more sober. Although they were cousins, he was from a side branch and had separated long ago. He could not afford to offend this cousin!
Alas, it’s all that damn girl’s fault. If she had just been obedient and gone away secretly for a month, wouldn’t it have been enough?
He had no choice but to confess honestly: "Someone made a bet with me, saying that if I could send A Rui to be a waiter, he would give me 100 taels of silver!"
"Who said that?" Yang Tongzhi continued to ask.
"It's... it's the shopkeeper Cheng who used to drink with me."
"Hmph! We're all in the same boat!"
"Cousin, I know I was wrong. I will take Arui home now!" Yang Laoliu was about to pull Arui's arm, but Arui dodged him.
Seeing this, Bai Zhaozhao had an idea and winked at Wang Jinnian, but Wang Jinnian obviously did not understand what Bai Zhaozhao meant. She raised her eyebrows and asked what she wanted to do?
Bai Zhaozhao couldn't help it. It seemed that Wang Jinnian wasn't that great after all! At least he couldn't read minds.
So Bai Zhaozhao said, "Master Yang, why don't you let Miss Arui stay here with me for a few days!"
Yang Tongzhi looked at Bai Zhaozhao in surprise, but nodded and said to Yang Laoliu, "You go back first and let Arui stay."
Yang Laoliu left in frustration, but Arui looked confused. What was she going to do if she stayed?
Then Bai Zhaozhao said, "I just wanted to visit this goddess temple. I'll be a waiter for Miss Arui!"
Yang Tongzhi was horrified: "How can this be possible! It's too dangerous, you can't go! If... anything unexpected happens, how can I explain it?"
Wang Jinnian finally understood what Bai Zhaozhao meant and said, "Okay, then you should be careful."
Yang Tongzhi's mouth twitched: "Lord Wang, how can you agree to this?"
Wang Jinnian: "I'm her uncle, of course I can agree!"
Yang Tongzhi laughed angrily: "You are her uncle? Then I am still her uncle! I don't agree. Besides, that person specifically asked Arui to go. He must have seen her appearance, and it will be exposed immediately!"
A moment later, Bai Zhaozhao and Arui stood in front of Yang Tongzhi.
Seeing two identical girls, one graceful and elegant, the other bright and flamboyant, Yang Tongzhi widened his eyes in disbelief and asked, "Two Arui?"
Wang Jinnian said calmly: "It won't be exposed now."
Yang Tongzhi: ...
Is the main point the problem of exposure?
Wang Jinnian added: "Don't worry, Lord Yang, I will protect the county lady in secret."
Seeing that Yang Tongzhi was still hesitant, Bai Zhaozhao asked the real Arui to leave first, and then said, "Uncle Yang, have you ever thought about a question?"
Yang Tongzhi was startled by the word "uncle" and asked, "What's the problem?"
"Prefect He already knows that Wan Wei Shang is on our side, what will he do?"
Yang Tongzhi's face changed. He did have this concern, but for a moment he really couldn't think of what He Zhifu would do. At least he would remove the so-called villa first! But he wanted to get A Rui over there. Why?
Bai Zhaozhao continued, "I think Prefect He may have two reactions. One is that he will be fearless and find a way to kill Wan Weishang to silence him. Anyway, you have no evidence, so he is not afraid even if you report him to the capital.
The second is to completely break off relations. In this case, he would at least kill my uncle first, and then find a way to deal with the Yang family. So he didn't care about the Yang family's face at all, and took Miss Arui over to vent his anger first!"
Yang Tongzhi turned his head and glanced at Wang Jinnian. Did you teach him this? He really has the temperament of a detective!
Wang Jinnian took a sip of tea and said, "It seems like I'm in danger!"
Yang Tongzhi was speechless. How can you remain so calm even though you know the danger?
Finally, after the three of them had discussed it, Bai Zhaozhao went to the Goddess Temple on the second day.
The person in charge's eyes lit up when he saw Bai Zhaozhao. He immediately registered her and took her to a remote courtyard.
"Miss Yang, you are so beautiful and noble, it is most suitable for you to live alone in this small courtyard!"
"Hmm!" Bai Zhaozhao pretended to be very satisfied and said, "Manager Lin, I heard that the Goddess Temple has powerful masters to protect everyone's safety. Is that true?"
"Of course!" Manager Lin said proudly, "Since our government has chosen you to be waiters, we must protect your safety!"
"But..." Bai Zhaozhao hesitated, "I only saw the guards, not the experts?"
"Haha, you don't know this! Our masters are hiding! Protecting you in secret!"
"Ah!" Bai Zhaozhao was surprised, "Then they won't peek at me taking a bath, right?"
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