The three Songlins returned home.
Grandma Song thought they had come back for Song San Xiao’s engagement tomorrow, “Why do you need to come back all the way here, just let the oldest come back by himself.
When she said this, only then did several people remember that tomorrow Song San Xiao’s betrothal was scheduled.
Song Wan Yue pursed her lips, “Tomorrow, Third Uncle may not be able to get engaged.”
The smile on Grandma Song’s face froze, “What’s wrong?”
Song Lin told her about the Gu family’s restaurant burning down and the death of the shopkeeper Wei, and after hearing this, Grandma Song did not respond for half a day.
“At this time, it’s a bit inappropriate for third brother to get engaged, or else I’ll go back to the county and discuss it with Qi Da Dang’s family, and move it back a few days.”
She couldn’t imagine how those people could be so vicious as to set fire to the restaurant, killing so many innocent fellows, and even killing Boss Wei, because they wanted to take over people’s business.
“I’ll go with the Dangjia.”
Grandma Song definitely couldn’t follow along on the trip, and it wasn’t appropriate for Song Lin to go alone.
“Okay, okay, okay, the two of you go, meet the Dangjia Qi and make it clear, they can understand.”
Without stopping, Song Lin and Xu both immediately drove the carriage back up to the county to the Wei Yuan Dart Office again.
The dart office was as busy as ever, with several dart masters going in and out, carrying boxes to the carriage. When they saw the two of them, they greeted them warmly, knowing that they were both here to see Qi Wu, and immediately led them in.
Qi Wu received them in the parlour.
“I’m really sorry, we’ve received several orders in the past few days, all in a hurry, and we were too busy to entertain you properly.”
“You’re welcome, Grand Master Qi ……”
Song Lin had an apologetic face, “We are here today to discuss with you about the engagement tomorrow.”
Qi Wu was stunned, “Isn’t it all discussed, what else has been left behind?”
“No, nothing.”
Song Lin waved his hands and said with some difficulty, “I, we, are, are trying to postpone the betrothal?”
“Postpone the betrothal?”
Qi Wu was surprised.
Lest he misunderstand, Song Lin added hastily, “I wonder if you’ve heard about what happened to Master Wei?”
“What’s the matter with Shopkeeper Wei?”
“He, he died.”
Qi Wu drew back a breath of cold air, “How is that possible, wasn’t he temporarily locked up in prison?”
“We don’t know exactly, but he’s dead, Master Gu and Yi’er are both very sad, plus the tavern was also burned down last night, we don’t think it’s a good time for Lao San to get engaged, so we want to discuss with you if we can postpone it for a few days, until the Gu family’s affairs are over.”
“Naturally you can.”
“Many thanks, Grand Master Qi.”
Qi Wu waved his hand, “You’re welcome, I’ve been too busy with the darting these past few days to care about this. If I’d known about this, I wouldn’t have needed you to make this trip, I would have sent someone over to you to say that it was postponed.”
Song Lin thanked him again with gratitude.
“Please also ask the Grand Master to give a good word to sister-in-law and Miss Qi, so that they don’t have any hard feelings in their hearts.”
“They have gone to fetch Yingzi’s aunt today and will not be back until the evening, so don’t worry, they will definitely not say anything.”
Song Lin and Xu thanked them again, and after they came out of the dartboard and got into the carriage, Song Lin lamented, “It’s still Qi Dangjia’s people who are good, if it were anyone else, they would have flipped out with us long ago.”
Xu pursed her lips and smiled.
Song Lin was puzzled by the laugh, “What are you laughing at?”
“Laughing at the fact that you just called out to Mrs. Qi’s sister-in-law.”
Song Lin didn’t respond for a moment, “Isn’t that right?”
Xu laughed even harder, “The one third brother is betrothed to is Miss Qi.”
Song Lin suddenly realized and slapped his head, “I was confused, fortunately my sister-in-law’s husband, no, Madam Qi is not here today, otherwise I would have lost a lot of face.”
The two of them went to the bazaar.
The two of them went to the market, and naturally Song Shu had heard about what had happened to the shopkeeper, and they were thinking of going there to have a look after the stall closed.
“Lao San ……”
Xu waved at Song Sanxiao, who came over with a smile, “Sister-in-law wants to see me for something?”
“Sit.”
Song Sanxiao sat down, his mouth hadn’t closed since he opened his eyes this morning.
“Your elder brother and I have just gone to the dart board and discussed with Qi Da Dangjia, postponing the date of your betrothal with Miss Qi by a few days.”
Song San Xiao stood up in a misty voice, the smile that had been hanging all day instantly retreating.
“It’s just a postponement of a few days, once the Gu family’s affairs are over, we will immediately betroth you.”
Song San Xiao’s lips quirked many times, what he wanted to say was that the Gu family had offended the Third Prince and the Duke of Qi, and that things would not be settled so easily, but when he thought of the death of Wei’s boss, he couldn’t say anything else.
Liu Cui Lan also heard it and sighed slightly.
Song San Xiao sat back down heavily again, covering his head with both hands, and did not speak for a long time.
Song Lin was not used to seeing him like this, “What kind of bear are you, it’s not like you’re not sure about the wedding, it’s just a delay of some days.”
Xu instructed him not to say anything. Old San had been thinking about her for more than a day or two.
Liu Cui Lan also changed the subject, “Brother, sister-in-law, have you eaten yet, I’ll mix you two cold skins?”
The two of them remembered that they hadn’t eaten lunch yet, so they let her mix three portions, two for them and one for Song Sanxiao, “After you finish eating, follow your elder brother to the mansion to rest, I’ll stay and help.”
……
Duke Qi opened his eyes.
The pain that was worse than death had receded.
“Grandfather.”
Noticing the movement over here in the end, the body sitting to the side drinking tea got up and came over.
“How do you feel now?”
Duke Qi held out his hand and instructed Imperial Doctor Zheng, “Take my pulse.”
He had a hunch that something was wrong, after so many days of needles, even if the bruises hadn’t completely melted away, it couldn’t be worse, so why did his head suddenly hurt so much?
While he was unconscious, Imperial Doctor Zheng had already taken his pulse several times at the urging of the Third Prince. Hearing his command, he sat down on the round stool by the bed and carefully took his pulse again. Only after a long time did he release it and frowned, “According to reason, the blocked blood in your brain is slowly dispersing, you shouldn’t have such a headache ……”
Duke Qi narrowed his eyes, “Are you saying that he did it?”
Imperial Doctor Zheng was not sure, “Imperial Doctor Liu and I watch daily, and the acupuncture points he zapped are the same every day.”
“Could he have tampered with the silver needles?”
Imperial Doctor Zheng hadn’t really thought about it.
The Duke of Qi slowly rose, “After he comes again tomorrow, you guys check carefully, if you find out, I won’t spare him!”
“Yes.”
The Third Prince waved his hand to indicate for Imperial Doctor Zheng to withdraw, he walked to the table and poured a cup of tea and brought it over to Duke Qi before sitting down, “Grandfather, what should we do next?”