Chapter Eighty-Three
Suddenly, Xia Chen felt a sound of breaking wind behind her, she subconsciously turned her head sideways, Yu'er let out a short cry, and the whole person fell down softly, nailing a plum blossom dart to the center of her eyebrows.
Xia Chen couldn't help but be stunned, she felt someone's breath coming from behind her, and before she could think about it, her body shifted three feet to the left, but the breath followed her as if she had expected it.
Xia Chen was shocked in her heart, her body slammed upwards with force under her feet, and she really climbed the beam of the house, she looked down, and a black-clothed masked man was looking up at her, with a slight look of surprise in his indifferent eyes.
"Who are you?" Xia Chen couldn't help but ask.
The man in black didn't speak, he walked in front of Yu'er, and then took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and poured a few drops of something on Yu'er's body, and then a red light flashed from his palm, slapping at Yu'er's body, but it didn't touch her body, a bit like a master in a martial arts movie fighting true qi in the air.
In an instant, Yu'er's body turned into a pool of black-purple blood, and the blood soon turned into a purple smoke and disappeared, leaving only a disgusting fishy smell and the plum blossom dart.
Xia Chen was completely dumbfounded by this scene, what kind of evil method did this man in black use, he could turn a person into nothingness like this, and this method of destroying corpses and destroying traces was really terrifying, not to mention that it was the first time she had seen someone kill, and a cold breath rushed up from her spine.
The man in black didn't look at her again, and said coldly in a suppressed voice: "You get out of here quickly, remember to pretend that nothing happened." ”
Xia Chen's throat tightened. Dry voice asked, "Who are you?" ”
The man in black said: "You don't need to know, just do what I say." ”
Xia Chen hesitated slightly, but thought that with the martial arts of this man in black, he wanted to kill her. She was afraid that she would not be able to escape, so she jumped down from the beam in the direction of the door, took a deep breath and opened the door and left the house.
The twilight was vast, and a gust of wind blew through Xia Chen, and she couldn't help but shiver, she felt as if she had gone to the ghost gate. Thinking of the words of the man in black, she made her steps as easy as possible and came to the gate.
There was no one else in the courtyard. The coachman was still waiting at the gate, and when he saw Xia Chen coming out, he bowed down and said, "Where is Childe going?" ”
"Chengnan Xia Mansion." Xia Chen said and got into the carriage.
The coachman didn't ask much. Rode the horse to the south of the city. He just sent people to pick them up as ordered, but he didn't know what the people were doing.
Xia Chen looked out the window for a while, making sure that the coachman was taking the right path this time, so he wiped the cold sweat from his palm. Lean your body against the wall of the carriage. Think back to what just happened.
Yu'er was obviously arranged by Yan Shiming and them to lure him, Xia Chen felt very helpless at this point, don't these people have any other tricks? And since Yu'er is their person, they won't kill her before the matter is completed, so it seems that the man in black should not have been arranged by them, and he didn't come to assassinate himself, otherwise he would have killed Yu'er by mistake. I won't let myself go.
But it would be even stranger if the man in black came to save him. He and Ben are not one of the people he is familiar with, his face can be covered, his voice can be disguised, and his martial arts can be hidden, but his height can't be faked, right?
At first, when she saw him using corpse medicine, she immediately thought of Hua Manlou, but he was obviously taller than Hua Manlou, and the smell on his body was different, Hua Manlou was a faint fragrance of herbs, but the breath on his body was a cold fragrance like the cold air of winter, although it was extremely light, but her current sense of smell was several times more sensitive than before, and she had never seen those indifferent eyes.
And the man in black is unlikely to be Yu'er's enemy, even if she was used and bought by Yan Shiming's people, but she is still young, and she can't do anything that makes the man in black-like character have to kill her, right?
Alas, a life is lost like this, Xia Chen can't help but sigh in her heart, she thinks that Yu'er should be a girl with a poor background, even if she is not forced, she is not willing, because she doesn't recognize herself.
"Young Master Xia, it's here." The coachman shouted.
Xia Chen went directly back to his room, lying on the bed and covering himself in the quilt to sleep. She felt very tired and bored, and there were too many things that she didn't expect, such as the appearance of Hua Manlou and the grudge with Yan Shiming's gang. At this moment, a mysterious and terrible man in black suddenly appeared, it was better for him to disappear like this, she really didn't want to have anything to do with such a dangerous and vicious person.
Xia Qingyang's matter was not found out smoothly, she couldn't ask Xia Zhongyang and Xia Feiyang to ask, even if she asked them, she wouldn't say anything, and she didn't even know about Yao Zhen, who was in the army at the beginning, after many years, where to find clues from thousands of miles away.
Yueniang pushed the door in and quietly walked to the bed: "Chen'er, are you sleeping?" ”
Xia Chen pulled down the quilt and sat up: "I really want to sleep for a while, but I can't sleep at all." ”
Yueniang saw the red mark on her forehead and asked curiously, "How did you get this?" ”
Xia Chen smiled bitterly secretly, does everyone have to ask a circle? "I don't know, but it doesn't hurt or itch, it's okay."
Yueniang nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Chen'er, I heard the third lady say something strange, do you want to hear it?" ”
Xia Chen was a little strange why Yueniang asked like this, she would tell herself directly if she heard something special before. "What strange words?"
Yueniang said: "I heard that the third master came back in the morning, and I wanted to ask him if he had met you, but as soon as I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I heard the third master and the third lady quarrel." ”
"Hmm." Xia Chen motioned for her to continue.
"The third lady scolded the third master for being unproductive, and said that she knew that there was today, and she shook out the matter of the second uncle at the beginning, and now no one cares if he has an accident, and sooner or later, they will also be killed."
The second uncle in Sun's mouth naturally refers to Xia Qingyang, and what she said about shaking off must be Xia Zhongyang's harm to Xia Qingyang.
"Yueniang, what else did she say?"
Yueniang shook her head: "As soon as the third lady finished speaking, she was slapped by the third master, and then she cried and made a fuss, and I saw that the eldest lady brought someone here, so I had to leave." ”
Xia Chen nodded: "These are enough." "As long as she is sure that Xia Zhongyang and Xia Feiyang are not clean, she will not be wronged in any way she deals with them.
Yueniang sighed: "Chen'er, Mother Wang said that the eldest lady and the third lady have met like enemies in the past two days, saying that it is all for the sake of their children." ”
Xia Chen sneered: "They all want to marry their daughters to a rich and powerful person, but they don't know that once they enter a wealthy family, they are as deep as the sea, let alone a concubine." ”
Yueniang said helplessly: "Chen'er, my daughter was born with a hard life, and she couldn't help herself, not to mention that it was not bad to be able to worry about food and clothing this year." ”
If it was three years ago, Xia Chen would definitely refute Yueniang's words, but now she feels that Yueniang is not wrong, in such an era, what is a woman? Tools for having children? A rich man's plaything? Or is it an item that can be traded?
As the saying goes, poor people must have something to hate, but the reverse can also be understood as a hateful person must have something to be pitiful.
"What's going on with the eldest and second misses?"
Yueniang said: "The past two days have been quite substantial, but the second lady has moved to Leng Meixuan's wing, and it seems that she and the third lady have also had an awkward quarrel." ”
Xia Chen smiled: "No wonder the Sun family will sprinkle today, her daughter doesn't understand her hard work, she is pressed everywhere in the house, and her husband can't support the wall like a pile of mud." Even I feel a little sympathetic to her. ”
Yueniang said: "Hearing Chen'er say this, I think the third lady is bitter enough." But Chen'er, they are all a thorn in your side, or we will go back to Qingzhou after you finish the scientific examination, I still have some savings, with your mind and ability, don't worry about a bad life, why bother to wade into this troubled water again. ”
Xia Chen took Yueniang's hand: "Actually, I also miss my grandmother and them, and I also think that the life of walking horses and grazing, hunting and farming is good, but in this world, how can it be so easy for ordinary people to live freely?" It's impossible to predict what the future holds, but it's always good to plan for it. ”
Yueniang muttered: "That's right, who knows when there will be another fight, and you will be a military household again." ”
At this time, there was a rapid knock on the door, and Lu'er shouted, "Young master, the old lady has fainted." ”
Hearing this, Xia Chen jumped out of bed and hurriedly walked to the door and opened the door: "Lu'er, although you are in a hurry, be careful." ”
Lu'er patted her chest and took a few breaths: "I just wanted to go to the kitchen to get some fruit for the young master, and I was running into Mother Wang hurriedly going to the kitchen to make ginseng soup." She said that just now the third lady ran to the old lady and didn't know what to say, and the old lady fainted after hearing it. ”
"I'll take a look." Xia Chen said and walked out quickly.
As soon as she entered Mrs. Xu's courtyard, she saw Xia Feiyang and Sun kneeling in front of the door, and Qian just sent the doctor who had come to the mansion before to knock on the door and come out.
"How's the old lady doing?" Qian asked.
The doctor shook his head and said in a heavy tone: "I'm afraid, the time limit has come." ”
Qian's face was dry, but he pretended to wipe his tears: "It's been fine these days." ”
The doctor sighed: "Older people are most afraid of stimulation, let alone one after another. Xu Lao Taijun was still very excited when she woke up after these two faints, he had been a doctor for decades, so he naturally could see that she must have been stimulated.
Sun also heard this, and cried loudly: "I...... It's all my fault, if the old lady goes, who will come to call us the masters. ”
Xia Feiyang said angrily: "You still dare to say it!" If my mother has three long and two short this time, I will divorce you. ”
Sun's crying stopped, and then the cry became louder: "You will only be strong with me, I ...... I think I'm still dead......"
"Haven't you had enough? In front of outsiders, he is not afraid of being embarrassed. Xia Zhongyang came out of the room and shouted.
Sun was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he laughed out loud: "Shame on you? If I tell me about it, I don't know who will be more embarrassed, even my brother ......" (to be continued...... R1292