Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Chapter 205 World 377

With the entire Zhan family working together, the rumors circulating outside soon went beyond the simple tale of love at first sight. Instead, many unspoken calculations among adults were exposed to the public.

The efforts outside have yielded results. In the Zhan residence, the only troublemaker, the third branch of the family, has had their finances cut off by Yu Miaoqi. Apart from their monthly allowance, they can't withdraw a single penny. Furthermore, their shops outside have been sabotaged by Yu Miaoqi's men, resulting in a significant financial loss.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the third son-in-law did not dare to cry out for justice, and retreated back to the courtyard, no longer daring to make any further moves.

The old man and his wife didn't even flinch at this, acting as if nothing had happened. Only the second wife's family laughed heartily inside the house.

Young Master Huang's carefully cultivated image began to show blemishes. Yin Yin also received the evidence verified by her subordinates. She was about to discuss the next steps with Zhan Zheng, but when she went to his study, she found that he seemed to have something on his mind.

Yinyin asked curiously, "Big brother, is something wrong on your end?"

Zhan Zheng shook his head at first, then remembered that Yin Yin was in front of him. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "It's not that things are going badly, it's just that things have been going too smoothly."

"Based on my original prediction, there would definitely be some people who would secretly take action against the Zhan family. But for some reason, these people are all very understanding, and there is even one who opposes us."

Yinyin raised an eyebrow: "That's quite a strange thing."

It's not that Zhan Zheng and Yin Yin have paranoia, but reality is different from novels and TV dramas. If you want everyone to be a good person in front of you, to greet you with smiles, and to agree with whatever you say, you first need to have enough power and status to make people willing to flatter you.

Zhan Zheng today is still a long way from that goal.

"Could it be that someone is helping us behind the scenes?"

“That’s what I think too,” Zhan Zheng said. It was still light outside, and since he hadn’t been reading or writing, he hadn’t lit a candle. But he propped one hand against his temple, blocking out the light and keeping his face in darkness, making his eyes seem even more unfathomable.

"So I set up a scheme, intending to use that courtesan to make the people who were helping us behind the scenes reveal themselves, but I didn't expect..."

"What didn't you expect?" Yin Yin asked, holding her teacup and looking at him.

Zhan Zheng tapped the table a few times with his other hand, and after a moment of silence, he said, "That courtesan has someone protecting her. Although the old master went to visit some of them, there were bound to be some who didn't give him face and deliberately opposed him, trying to get me to let things go."

"I pretended to be threatened and left in anger. Immediately afterward, the courtesan was taken away from the brothel in broad daylight and her mouth was sewn shut..." Before he could finish speaking, Zhan Zheng quickly stopped, as he couldn't use such dirty things to offend his younger sister's ears. "Then the brothel was shut down, and everyone was arrested and imprisoned."

Yin Yin wisely refrained from pressing Zhan Zheng about what he hadn't finished saying: "The person behind this is quite capable, not afraid of offending anyone at all. Big brother, do you know who's helping us?"

That's what they say, but judging from their methods and ability to mobilize official power, Yin Yin can only think of a few people.

“It was the Sixth Prince,” Zhan Zheng said reluctantly, but he didn’t hide it from his sister after all. “The Sixth Prince, along with the Tenth Princess, asked the Crown Prince to express his opinion and also borrowed people from the Eastern Palace. However, the Sixth Prince himself led the people to do all these things.”

Yinyin was silent for a moment: "Judging from this, I really will have one more guest of honor in the future."

Zhan Zheng was not happy, but he couldn't say anything to refute it. After all, the Sixth Prince had really put in the effort. But to him, it was like driving away a wolf only to have a tiger appear right afterward. And this tiger was one that was very good at putting on an act, making it impossible to refuse.

He could only say, "In the future, when you host a banquet for the Sixth Prince, you must do it when I am free and on leave. Otherwise, if there are no suitable guests to accompany him, the Sixth Prince will be neglected."

Yinyin nodded seriously.

In fact, the brother and sister knew perfectly well that the Sixth Prince had feelings for Yin Yin. He didn't need any guests; he would have preferred Yin Yin to entertain him personally.

But Zhan Zheng will show him with his actions what it means to daydream!

"By the way," Zhan Zheng rubbed his temples, "you came here now because there's something you want to tell me?"

“Brother, I almost forgot about it if you hadn’t told me,” Yin Yin said, placing the information her men had gathered in front of Zhan Zheng. “Brother, take a look.”

Zhan Zheng picked up the documents, glanced at them, and remained silent in thought.

Yinyin picked up the first page: "It's not surprising for a prodigal son to return, but I've never heard of a book-illiterate blockhead composing a poem overnight, or even one with allusions and sources, a poem that can be passed down through the ages."

"Moreover, all his changes happened after he fell into the water. Don't you find that strange, brother?"

“After being rescued, a person who had been dead for almost half an hour was able to wake up properly. The first thing he said after waking up was, ‘What kind of movie are you filming?’ He also asked, ‘What year is this? Which emperor is on the throne?’”

"Although I don't know what he meant by filming, it sounds like it's related to plays in theaters."

Yinyin pressed the paper down on the table: "Big brother, I have some doubts. Is this person still Young Master Huang?"

"The Master did not speak of strange phenomena, physical prowess, disorder, or spirits," Zhan Zheng said, stopping Yin Yin from continuing, but in his heart he already believed it.

The idea of ​​someone being resurrected through another's body has been written in storybooks before; the only difference is whether people believe it in real life.

If it were Zhan Zheng from the original drama, he would certainly be among those who didn't believe it. However, Yin Yin had performed a strange "learning to talk" act when she was young, and a Taoist priest claimed with certainty that Yin Yin was the reincarnation of his younger sister. After these two events, Zhan Zheng was highly accepting of these things.

“I’m not making this up,” Yin Yin said, picking up the second page. “Big brother, look, this is what the servant who used to serve Young Master Huang in the Huang family said.”

"Young Master Huang's previous behavior, though somewhat timid and dull, was quite in line with the characteristics of a merchant. But after that thing arrived, it first inquired about many things about Young Master Huang from this servant, and then directly sent him away from the mansion."

"This is a loyal servant who has served me since I was a child and was groomed to be a future manager. He was even sent away when Young Master Huang fell into the water."

“Moreover,” Yin Yin paused, then pointed to a spot and said, “that thing once ‘wrote’ a poem when it was being tested by its elders at home.”

“‘A tender lotus bud has just emerged, and a dragonfly has already alighted on it.’ How delightful! But this servant said that he clearly heard the thing say ‘Song, Yang Wanli’ when it first recited it in a low voice in the mansion.”

"Brother, do you think 'Song' sounds like the name of a country? And could 'Yang Wanli' be a person's name?"