Chapter 114: Shen Que is your second brother?!

Jiang Xiaoxiao had been wondering at first. With Jiang Yu's status, who in Yong'an County would dare to provoke him? But if it was Zheng Yaocai's sister, then it made sense.

A woman who didn't care about outside affairs and only focused on domestic fighting, constantly thinking about relying on her brother to climb the social ladder—having her plans ruined, wouldn't she be angry enough to retaliate?

Jiang Xiaoxiao estimated that the matter of hiring someone to frame them was done privately by Zheng Yaocai's sister, and Squire Sun did not know about it.

Since Squire Sun could build his family business to such a size, he must be a smart man and would certainly not do such a stupid thing as offending Jiang Yu.

Although the father and son confessed the mastermind, they were still taken back to the county yamen by Shen Que's men for trial.

However, who reported the case?

After the two were taken away by the yamen runners, Jiang Xiaoxiao felt puzzled again. This matter had just happened, how could anyone have time to report it?

Just as she was thinking, she suddenly saw Shopkeeper Zhou respectfully step forward and bow to Shen Que: "Young, Young Master, why did you come here suddenly today?"

Young Master?!

Jiang Xiaoxiao was stunned by this address. How could Shopkeeper Zhou know the County Lieutenant of Yong'an County, and even call him Young Master?

Just then, a carriage drove up quickly and stopped in front of Yuelai Restaurant.

The curtain was lifted by a slender, fair hand. The next second, Jiang Yu jumped down from the carriage, and following him down was Dr. Zou from Ciji Hall.

Everyone was stunned to see Dr. Zou get off the carriage.

How could Dr. Zou be in Young Master Jiang's carriage?!

Ignoring the surprised expressions of the crowd, Jiang Yu walked straight to Shen Que, looked behind him, and then looked around: "Where are the people? Where are the two troublemakers?"

Shopkeeper Zhou silently pointed to the yamen runners who had already gone far away: "They have already been taken away."

Jiang Yu only glanced at the yamen runners who were moving away in a grand procession, then glared angrily at Shen Que and said: "Why did you let them be taken away without waiting for me again!"

Shen Que looked at him indifferently: "Who told you to be so slow."

After saying that, he flipped onto his horse, tightened the reins, and loudly ordered Shopkeeper Zhou on the side: "I'm going back to the county yamen first. If there is any news, send someone to notify me."

After saying that, he rode away without waiting for Shopkeeper Zhou to nod in response.

The sound of horse hooves "clattered" away. In just a moment, the majestic County Lieutenant caught up with the yamen runners on horseback and began leading the way at the front.

Jiang Xiaoxiao gradually withdrew her gaze and happened to meet Shopkeeper Zhou's slightly helpless look.

She couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Uncle Zhou, you all are so amazing, you actually know the dignified County Lieutenant!"

Who knew that after hearing her words, the expression on Shopkeeper Zhou's face became even more helpless.

Jiang Yu turned his head to look at her and said: "What's so amazing about it? That's my second brother."

"Second... brother?!" Jiang Xiaoxiao was stunned.

Even Jiang Wei on the side couldn't help but be surprised: "You are brothers?"

Jiang Yu nodded: "Real brothers, no doubt about it."

"No, you have the surname Shen, and he has the surname Jiang. What kind of real brothers are you?" Jiang Xiaoxiao was full of question marks. Moreover, she remembered that the novel didn't mention that Jiang Yu, the owner of Fu'an Trading House, had a second brother above him?

Jiang Yu glanced at her sideways: "Why, haven't you seen brothers with different surnames?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao: "..."

Shopkeeper Zhou explained obscurely on the side: "Young Master Shen's mother remarried..."

Jiang Xiaoxiao paused. Remarried refers to a woman marrying again.

So they were brothers from a reorganized family...

Remarriage was extremely rare in feudal society. The ancients often said that if a husband died, one should follow the son, and there was no such thing as remarriage for women. Moreover, prominent official families were also very taboo about marrying women who had remarried.

However, since women could remarry in this era, did it mean...

Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaoxiao's gaze suddenly shifted to her mother.

Jiang Wei seemed unaware, just looking at Dr. Zou, who had been silent since getting off the carriage, and asked: "Young Master Jiang, why is Dr. Zou with you?"

Just now, the shop assistant went to Ciji Hall to invite Dr. Zou, but he wasn't there. Why was he suddenly with Jiang Yu now?

Jiang Yu looked at Dr. Zou and said: "When I was going to the county yamen, I happened to run into people sent by Madam Sun to Ciji Hall to take Dr. Zou away. She is a lady from a wealthy family in Qingping County. She could invite a famous doctor to see a patient just by waving her hand. Why would she come to our small Yong'an Town to find Dr. Zou? There must be a ghost..."

So he had the carriage driver turn the horse's head and followed them all the way to the alley, where he saw the maid and old woman sent by Madam Sun bribing Dr. Zou with silver to make him go to Yuelai Restaurant to give false testimony.

Dr. Zou refused, so the maid and old woman had their servants escort Dr. Zou back to the residence, intending to kill him to silence him.

Jiang Yu stepped in to save him, and then went straight to the county yamen to find his second brother.

"So it was you who reported the case, Young Master Jiang..." Jiang Xiaoxiao realized.

Dr. Zou bowed solemnly to Jiang Yu: "Thank you very much for saving my life today, Young Master Jiang. If it weren't for your intervention, my old life would probably have..."

"Forget it." Jiang Yu raised his hand to interrupt him, "It's the Sun family that is bullying people too much. You were also implicated. In the future, if you encounter them coming to retaliate at Ciji Hall, just use my name to report it to the county yamen."

Ciji Hall was a rare, good medical hall in Yong'an Town that practiced medicine to save the world. Dr. Zou had superb medical skills, was dedicated to studying medicine, and had a compassionate heart, often helping those poor people who had no money to see a doctor.

Dr. Zou thanked Jiang Yu for his kindness and hurried back to Ciji Hall.

Madam Sun had sent people to forcibly take him away, and there were still many patients waiting for treatment in the medical hall. He had to hurry back.

After Dr. Zou left, Jiang Yu looked at Jiang Xiaoxiao, and a smile finally appeared on his face: "Little girl, why do you have time to come to Yuelai Restaurant to see me today?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao smiled and replied: "Jiang Brother, the ice cream and snow cakes you ordered from our house are ready, you can come and pick them up."

"Is that so." Jiang Yu smiled. It hadn't even been half a month, the time was faster than he expected.

He looked up at the sky, and then said to Jiang Wei: "In that case, I will send someone to your house to pick up the goods tomorrow morning."

Jiang Wei nodded slightly and left with Jiang Xiaoxiao.

As soon as the mother and daughter left, Jiang Yu's face sank. He turned and entered the restaurant, ordering: "Old Zhou, go get paper and brush, I want to write a letter."

Shopkeeper Zhou followed behind, also with a gloomy face, and soon had someone find high-quality Xuan paper and a brush.

Fu'an Trading House had a reputation, and even those old fellows in the capital had to respect them by three points. A small Sun family dared to come to his territory to cause trouble, clearly touching the head of the Tai Sui.

Jiang Yu sneered and picked up the brush. Just because they had a few merchant ships, they were so arrogant. He wanted to see if the Sun family could still be so arrogant without the wharf business?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 115 =====