Chapter 136: Secret Plan
In the Golden Jade Pavilion, Shen Mo and Xiaohuan pruned flowers and plants together, and the two talked and laughed.
"Xiaohuan, how many people are there in the Shen Mansion?"
Shen Mo asked suddenly.
"There are a total of forty people in the Shen Mansion."
Xiaohuan replied.
"If I want to send them, how many can I call?"
Silently thinking that what he was going to do next needed manpower, and the more he could help, the better.
"This... Miss, Mrs. Yuan is in charge of managing the scheduling of subordinates, if Miss hires people, she must be approved by Mrs. Yuan, and it is estimated that it will not be easy to do. β
Xiaohuan spoke about the current situation.
As soon as the Yuan family entered the Shen family, they quickly enveloped the rights of all parties, from Shen Li to the family's trivial matters, the Yuan family has always done it himself, never pretending to others.
So over the years, the Yuan family has accumulated a lot of contacts, because he likes to use money to manage relationships, so there are many people who follow the Yuan family.
Shen Mo didn't force it, even if the Yuan clan agreed to her sending these people, then these people might not really obey her.
"Xiaohuan, you come with me."
Shen silently called Xiaohuan to follow her into the house.
After entering the house, Shen Mo took out a bag of silver and handed it to Xiaohuan.
"Miss, you are..."
Xiaohuan was puzzled.
"Take this money and go to the Shen Mansion to find me thirty strong men."
"Miss, what do you want these people for?"
Xiaohuan was worried about what Shen Mo would do, at least the matter of using the lotus flower to force King Wu to marry had been spread to everyone, and now if anything happened again, it would be even more difficult for him and Miss to be in the Shen Mansion.
"Don't worry, just do some physical work."
Shen Mo smiled smartly and winked at Xiaohuan.
Xiaohuan was worried, but did so.
Watching Xiaohuan go out, Shen Mo's face immediately returned to indifference.
I want to move my mind to see who has moved whom.
When Xiaohuan came back, Shen Mo had already tidied up the flower bed.
"Miss, I've got it all for you."
Xiaohuan was snorting and panting, and it seemed that he was in a hurry to run back.
"Why are you in such a hurry, sit down and rest."
Shen Mo entered the house and poured a glass of water for Xiaohuan, the two of them depended on each other in the Shen Mansion, and they had long been like sisters, and there was no difference between upper and lower.
"Everyone is waiting outside, miss, you can tell me if you have something!"
Xiaohuan wiped a handful of sweat with his hands.
"Okay, when you rest, I'll give them the job."
Silently smiled and patted the red ear of the little ring, this girl had fair skin, and she was too red when she moved a little.
Xiaohuan quickly stroked his chest, trying to calm himself down quickly.
Silent and unhurried, he called the thirty people outside the door to wait in the Golden Jade Pavilion.
In the Embroidery Pavilion, Shen Yan's maid Lan'er hurriedly ran in.
"Miss, Miss, something is wrong!"
Shen Yan was fiddling with his newly bought skirt, and he didn't care when he heard Lan'er's shout.
"Miss, something happened to Jin Yuting!"
Hearing this, Shen Yan stopped what he was doing.
"Say."
"The eldest lady sent Xiaohuan's girl to the market to find dozens of strong men, and now they have all entered the Shen Mansion and summoned into the Golden Jade Pavilion."
Lan'er didn't have time to stop and take a breath, and finished her words directly in a row.
"Why did she call so many people?"
Shen Yan was puzzled, this woman was really strange recently.
Lan'er shook her head, as soon as she heard about this incident, she hurried back to report it, and as for why Shen Mo was called, she didn't know.
"Let's go, let's see!"
Shen Yan put down the skirt in his hand and walked straight to the Golden Jade Pavilion.
"Don't forget, go and call your mother to come with you."
Shen Yan instructed Lan'er to call her mother, and at the same time hurried towards the Golden Jade Pavilion by herself. She'd have to seize this opportunity to see what the hell that woman is up to.
"What are you doing?"
A shrill cry came from the doorway, causing the strong man who was working to look back at Shen Mo together.
Shen Mo sneered, thinking that the news had spread quite quickly.
Shen Yan was a little stunned, dozens of big men were digging the ground shirtless, and now they all stopped their movements and looked back at her, but they looked at her in the heart.
"Let me tell you about the movement, look, I have alarmed my good sister!"
Silence changed into a smiling face, pretending to complain about the strong men digging the ground.
"It's my sister who is not good, and I disturbed my sister."
Shen Yancai didn't believe what kind of medicine was sold in Shen Mo's gourd.
"What are you digging this ground for?"
Shen Yan asked, she didn't believe Shen Mo's perfunctory words.
"It's not that my Golden Jade Pavilion is overgrown with weeds, I specially invited some strong men to help me weed and loosen the soil."
Shen Mo said easily, and motioned for those big men to continue working.
Seeing those big men working again, Shen Yan couldn't help frowning, this silence actually ignored her existence so much.
"Really?"
Shen Yan asked rhetorically, although he knew that Shen Mo could not tell her the true situation, he still asked.
"Of course it's true."
Shen Mo put on a sincere face, and his big clear eyes blinked.
A big man worked too hard, and directly poured a piece of soil on it, which happened to be scattered on Shen Yan's new shoes.
"You dead minion, you actually soiled my new shoes!"
Shen Yan shouted and hurriedly shook off the soil on his shoes.
Dahan scratched his head, not knowing what to do. The Shen family is also a family with a head and a face, and it is not a good thing to anger the second miss of the Shen family.
"How do you do things! Didn't you see me chatting with my sister! Hurry up and remove the water tank by the wall, and be careful that I won't give you a tael of silver if you make any more trouble!" β
Although Shen Mo's words sounded like blaming Dahan, they actually found an excuse for Dahan to leave.
Shen Yan was angry, but when he saw that the person was silently sent away, the fire couldn't come out, and he squeaked the roots of his teeth angrily.
"What's wrong?"
As soon as the late Yuan clan came in, he saw Shen Yan's angry face.
"Mother, it's that slave who stained my newly bought shoes."
Shen Yan directly pointed to the big man who was carrying the water tank by the wall.
"Sister Mo Qi, I have already punished him, I believe he will never dare to spill the soil at will again."
Shen Mo deliberately protected his workers, and absolutely did not let them be wronged in his own Golden Jade Pavilion.
"Auntie, you see that my Golden Jade Pavilion is a piece of dust, I'm afraid you'll be dirty!"
Shen Mo politely said to the Yuan clan that she didn't want these two things to get in the way of her.
"Mo'er, what are you asking these big men to dig into the ground?" Stumped in the demolition of the house?
Yuan asked maliciously, hoping to catch any clues to suppress silence.
"My aunt also knows that my Jinyuting house is old, and the yard is overgrown with weeds, and Xiaohuan and I can't clean it, so I invited these strong men to come over to help."
Yuan's looked at the dozens of men working hard in the yard in disbelief, how could it take so many people to weed!
Shen Yan winked at the Yuan family, hoping that his mother would stand up for him.
"Thank you aunt and sister for your concern, when you heard that there was movement in my Golden Jade Pavilion, they all came to visit."
Shen Mo praised Yuan and Shen Yan, so that they couldn't get angry easily in front of these outsiders.
When the Yuan clan heard this, he really couldn't pursue the big man who soiled Shen Yan's shoes.
The Yuan clan and Shen Yan who had nothing to say looked at the big man in the courtyard helplessly, and had no reason to stay, so they could only leave in a huff.
Seeing that the two obstacles had left, Shen Mo breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, she knew best what the two of them were thinking.
"Brothers, work hard, dig three feet into the ground, and find things for me."
Shen Mo took out another bag of silver and threw it on the stone table.
When the big men saw the silver, their eyes straightened.
"If you can find something, everyone will be rewarded!"
Silence raised her voice, for she knew that everything seemed insignificant in front of the silver.
The big men were obviously stimulated a lot, and they exerted their strength one after another.
Seeing that people were trying to find it, Shen Mo nodded affirmatively.
"Miss, you spent so much money to find so many people, is it really to loosen the soil for the yard?"
Xiaohuan looked at it in surprise, she thought that the young lady called these strong men to help carry things, but who knows, the young lady just told them to keep turning over the earth.
"Xiaohuan, you are so simple, you will be deceived in the future, you have to follow me to learn the mind."
Silently clicked on the center of Xiaohuan's brain, laughing at her for being too naΓ―ve.
Xiaohuan covered her head, unable to understand.
Shen Mo didn't tell Xiaohuan what happened last night, so it's not easy to explain today's events to her.
"Miss, I've found it!"
A strong man excitedly lifted something that had just been turned out of the soil.
When the big man saw what he had dug out like a crystal ball, he immediately reported it to Shen Mo.
Shen Mo heard the voice and quickly looked back.
Seeing the thing in the strong man's hand, the corners of Shen Mo's mouth raised a cold arc.
Sure enough, these people wanted to kill her.
Shen Mo walked over and took the poison stone in the strong man's hand, and his eyes became extremely calm.
This poisonous stone is not from the Shuxia Kingdom, but from the outer regions.
This poisonous stone is very easy to distinguish from ordinary stones, the stone body is crystal clear, can transmit light, and the beautiful appearance is a highly toxic inner material.
Buried in the courtyard where there is often activity, people can be poisoned from the soles of their feet, so that they can go up the eight veins of the strange meridians, and finally the seven orifices will bleed to death.
With such a vicious heart, her silent expression was solemn, if she hadn't heard the trembling movement in the courtyard last night, and saw a person in black burying something in her golden jade pavilion through the window, otherwise she and Xiaohuan wouldn't know how they died.
"That's right, it's such a stone, dig three feet into the ground and find it for me, and find one with a reward of one hundred taels of silver!"
Silently holding the poison stone high, at this time, the poison stone door must be clear and clean, and no bane can be left.
The strong man seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, just for the hundred taels of silver, desperately looking for it.
In the end, a total of three such poison stones were found.
Shen Mo instructed those strong men to go back and rinse and bathe with Coptis soaphorn water repeatedly, and distribute the silver they deserved to them according to their promises, before dismissing them.
The big men were very happy when they got the silver, and they praised this eldest lady of the Shen family constantly, what is approachable, and she is trustworthy, which is in stark contrast to her previous barbaric and unreasonable, and likes to climb dragons and phoenixes.
"Miss, you spent so much money just to find these stones?"
Xiaohuan was even more surprised than just now, stumped on these stones so valuable?
"Xiaohuan, guess where these three stones come from?"
Shen Mo carefully placed the three stones in the polished porcelain bowl and closed it tightly.
"According to Xiaohuan, these three stones are nothing more sleek and beautiful than other stones, but they are not worth hundreds of taels of silver."
Xiaohuan has read a lot, and he hasn't seen the world much, so naturally he doesn't know this poisonous stone.
"Then let me ask you, is it worth a few hundred taels to buy two lives?"
The silent and serious expression made Xiaohuan afraid, and he didn't know what to say.
"If these three stones are not found today, ten days later, the Golden Jade Pavilion will find two female corpses."
Such a terrifying word was said silently and carelessly, which made Xiaohuan even more afraid.
"Miss, what do you mean... Someone wants us to die..."
Xiaohuan said that in the end, his feet were weak, and he held on to the table so that he did not fall.
"Don't be afraid, didn't I find this stone, it's okay."
Shen Mo regretted telling Xiaohuan this tragic reality, but Xiaohuan is too innocent now, and if she doesn't tell her the cruelty of reality now, she will be easily deceived in the future.
"Who's going to kill us?"
Xiaohuan's voice trembled slightly, she didn't dare to imagine the consequences of not finding this stone, it might really be the same as what Miss said, and it would directly turn into a female corpse and be carried away.
The faces of Yuan and Shen Yan flashed in Shen Mo's mind, but he didn't say it.
"Miss, did you say that Mrs. Yuan and Second Miss were..."
Before Xiaohuan could finish speaking, he was silently dragged to the back room.
Xiaohuan can be regarded as following the silence for so long, and he understood the meaning of his young lady with one look, and quickly closed his mouth, and swallowed all the words back into his stomach.
"Xiaohuan, now that the Shen Mansion is full of soldiers, you and I must be cautious step by step."
Shen Mo knows his current situation, his father in the Shen Mansion doesn't give him a good look, the Yuan family and Shen Yan chase him every day to find fault, and there are gossips outside the house, now, if she is caught by someone again, the consequences will definitely be unimaginable.
"Miss, I know, I'll definitely pay attention to it in the future."
Xiaohuan is timid by nature, and when she follows Shen Mo, she is afraid of causing trouble for her own young lady.
This is also the place that Shen Mo regretted the most in his previous life, he did not protect Xiaohuan, the Yuan family threatened Xiaohuan with silence, and Xiaohuan chose to be wronged for fear of causing trouble to Miss.
"Today, let's find out about the poisonous stones, don't talk to others, those strong men have been bribed by me and promised that I won't say it."
Silent had learned the lesson from her previous life, and this time she wouldn't be stupid again.
Put a long line, catch a big fish, as long as you wait patiently, the story will only become more and more "exciting"
After leaving the Golden Jade Pavilion, the faces of the Yuan clan and Shen Yan were extremely bad, especially the deflated food from the woman who was silent, which made them panic even more.
"Mother, this silence spent so much manpower definitely not to loosen the soil for the flowers!"
Shen Yan tentatively asked the Yuan clan next to him who was speechless.
"You stupid girl, you can't see that this is just a cover for silence!"
Yuan Shi glared at his daughter who asked a fool-like question, and he really hated that iron could not become steel.
With her brain, let alone silence, even an ordinary woman can't fight.
"Mother, but I really can't figure out why Shen Mo wants to find someone to loosen the soil for the yard."
Shen Yan scratched his head, Shen Mo This woman has been mysterious recently, as if she deliberately hid it from them but deliberately released the news to them, she didn't know what she was doing.
After speaking, he came to the Fiber Embroidery Pavilion, and the Yuan family signaled his maids to disperse, and pulled Shen Yan to the house.
Carefully close the door, and Yuan sat down with confidence.
"Silly girl, how many times have my mother told you, the wall has ears, and it's still in the compound."
Yuan picked up a cup of tea and blew it gently.
"Since this silence has turned the Golden Jade Pavilion upside down, he must be looking for something important."
"What important things can she have, and when her mother died, she didn't leave any valuable treasures behind."
Shen Yan looked disdainful, if Shen Mo could have a baby, she wouldn't believe it.
"What do you want me to say about you!"
"Shen Mo, this girl picked up King Wu a while ago, and now she has turned the Golden Jade Pavilion upside down, what do you say her intentions?"
Yuan really loves and hates his stupid daughter.
"Mother's meaning... Shen Mo does have a treasure, and he is also determined to marry into Wu Wangfu? β
Shen Yan couldn't believe it, but his mother had already said it so thoroughly, and it was his own problem if he didn't understand it.
"Yan'er, the doctor who asked you to check the head of the small county last time, do you have any clues?"
Yuan Shi saw that his daughter didn't seem to understand, so he didn't continue to talk anymore, and instead mentioned the last time he asked Shen Yan to look for a suspicious doctor.
"The informant said that the doctor was not from the city, but probably a barefoot doctor, a warlock who walked the rivers and lakes."
Shen Yan told the original words of the informant to the Yuan family.
After all, neither the Yuan clan nor Shen Yan had seen the doctor with their own eyes, and it was not clear what the scene was going on at that time, and it might really be just a coincidence that King Wu came to Shen Mansion to fetch the White Lotus.
"Continue to investigate, ask the onlookers at that time one by one, as long as you give enough money, it will naturally come to fruition."
The Yuan family has never been stingy with money, and firmly believes that money can make ghosts grind, and as long as something happens, it will be solved with money.
"I see, mother."
Regarding Yuan's orders, Shen Yan has always obeyed his words and did not dare to say anything.
"Silence, keep an eye on her and see what the hell she's up to."
After the Yuan clan finished giving instructions, Shen Yan asked the maid to find the housekeeper's adopted son, the little dog.
After a while, Shen Yan's eldest maid Lan'er brought the puppy here.
"What did you call me for!"
The little dog looked impatient, and shook off the corner of his clothes that was dragged by Lan'er, he hated it most when others disturbed him to carve the sword.
Just now, the little dog got a good log, and he was very happy, and planned to carve a sword that he had loved for a long time, and when he was carving the wood wholeheartedly, Lan'er suddenly visited and dragged him to the Embroidery Pavilion.
"Little dog, let me ask you, you told those maids this morning that you saw the eldest lady practicing dance in the Golden Jade Pavilion, but is it true?"