Chapter 116: Dark Stake
Because of the concern in his heart, Liu Shi never slept for a long time, just sat on the soft chair like that, raised his eyes and looked at the moonlight outside the window.
"Madam, the old slave is back. The sound of light footsteps sounded the voice of an old woman, old and weak.
Liu stood up from the soft chair almost as soon as he heard the voice, and couldn't wait to ask, "What's going on?"
It was the henchman who was instructed by the Liu family to monitor Song Wuliang's henchman who sent poisoned soup to Song Zhentang, she first saluted the Liu family, and then lowered her head and said respectfully: "Please forgive the old slave for being useless, this time, the old slave failed to complete the task assigned by the lady." Originally, the old slave had already followed the second young master into the study, but when he saw that the second young master was about to hand the soup to the master, he suddenly fell down, and the soup was spilled all over the ground......"
This development was really a bit unexpected for Liu, "Did he fall on purpose?
The old slave saw it really, the second young master did fall by himself, he might fall in pain, and immediately threw himself on the ground and cried, but it annoyed the old man! What's even funnier is that he actually wanted to put the porcelain cup together with his hands, but this is another accidentally pricked his hand, but the old man was very angry. The old woman chuckled as she spoke, and after a moment she seemed to think it was inappropriate, and then stopped laughing again.
"In this way, you didn't reveal to the master that he poisoned the potion?" Liu's face had become a little unsightly.
The old woman hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times to the Liu family, and kept begging for mercy in her mouth, "The old slave was thinking about what he wanted to say at the time, but, it's just the old man, he didn't give the old woman a chance to speak, and drove the old slave out without waiting for the old slave to speak......"
Liu has never been a foolish person, even if she is a confidant who has been with her for many years, she still suspiciously looked at the expression on the old woman's face carefully, not letting go of any corner, "Is this really the case?" asked Gui Gui, what is the matter she still has to ask someone to investigate.
The old woman was busy kowtowing a few more times, "The old slave is not doing well, please punish the lady." ”
"Well, you get up first. It's getting late, so let's step back. Liu gave a light order, but she was not sleepy at this time. She beckoned the maid into the house, and she put her ear to the side of the maid's ear and whispered a few words.
Since she couldn't make a plan, she had to make another plan. Horizontally and vertically, that fool can't stay.
Liu was pampered since he was a child, proud and mean, jealous and scheming, but not good at guessing people's hearts. She calculated that she could crush Song Wuliang to death, but she didn't expect that she had been living in the calculations of her husband Song Zhentang all along.
There are many people in this world who are busy fighting every day, some losing and some winning, but no matter what the outcome, the sun will still rise the next day.
Early in the morning, the pigeon with white feathers all the time flew into the back house of the Su family and flew straight into the courtyard of Qingfeng Residence.
At that time, Cuiluo was busy instructing the maid to clean the water for Su Qi, and when she saw the pigeon, she went to get the note on the pigeon's leg, and after entering the house, Cuiluo handed the note in her hand to Su Qi.
"Yesterday, there seemed to be a new thing happening in the Song family, Song Wuliang went to bring soup to his father, accompanied by the people around the Liu family, this scene is a little funny to think about. Su Qi read the contents of the letter, but his face became more and more serious, "This is not right, how could Song Wuliang go with Liu's side to deliver soup to Song Zhentang? Could it be that it was the incident of catching the 'thief' from Song Zhentang last time that made Liu Wuliang suspicious of Song Wuliang, so she came up with such a way to deal with Song Wuliang? But what is she for? Song Wuliang is the one who is at her mercy." ”
The more Su Qi thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, and she had some vague conjectures in her heart, but she couldn't confirm it for a while. However, this incident made her think of another matter, when it came to Liu's henchmen, she knew one. But what's interesting is that the so-called henchman of the Liu family is actually just the person arranged by Song Zhentang by her side, and she will do her best to listen to her words on weekdays, but when it comes to the critical moment, Song Zhentang is the only one left who obeys the order.
The backstage of the Liu family can be said to be a public secret in Yizhou, and it is not surprising that Song Zhentang will be wary of her. In her previous life, Su Qi also learned about this when she accidentally saw Song Zhentang secretly talking a few words to the old woman, but she didn't take this matter to heart at that time, if she remembered correctly, the old woman was a very face-wrenching mother-in-law beside the Liu family, and she was quite relied on by the Liu family on weekdays.
Thinking of this incident, some things that can't be explained on a daily basis seem to be able to be explained. The Liu family obviously had many opportunities to get rid of Song Wuliang, but they failed repeatedly, although Song Wuliang was clever and intelligent, did Song Zhentang secretly instruct the old woman to let her keep Song Wuliang?
"Cuiluo, tell the Liu family to pay attention to the Deng Pozi beside her. Also, it is also time to let the Liu family give more snacks to their hidden opponent. In the future, if Song Wuji reveals his identity as not a fool, he will inevitably get Song Zhentang's attention, and it will be even more difficult to deal with him when the time comes. ”
Su Qi naturally didn't know that long before she got the news, Song Wuliang had already revealed his identity.
At this time, Song Zhentang had already begun to pack up and prepare to go out to run errands, and when he had breakfast, his thoughts involuntarily drifted back to last night, recalling what happened in the study at that time, recalling his son who had always been an idiot, and recalling the past, he only felt embarrassed.
God may really like to joke with him, the eldest son he has worked so hard to cultivate is an unassuming talent, but the second son, who has been neglected a lot, is a hidden talent.
He didn't take to heart what Song Wuliang said to him last night, 'The Liu family wants to attack him, the Song family' and the like, but the fact that he secretly did business outside the mansion and made small achievements in the years he mentioned later really made him feel admired. At that time, he had the idea that there would be a successor to the Song family's business, but he didn't expect that his second son was not only good at disguising himself, but also very talented in business.
But the trouble now is how to deal with the Liu family and the entire Liu family behind her. With the Liu family for many years, Song Zhentang is clear about the Liu family's character, these years his concubine has nothing to do except give birth to a few daughters, but in the back house, all the favored concubines always die for no reason, he is not ignorant of this, but he disdains to care about these things.
is his second son, if he hadn't been secretly protected by others all these years, and he was cold enough to him on the surface, I am afraid that he would have gone down to accompany his short-lived mother.