When she followed Zhong Wuregret, Lingxiang had a dead face, but when she came back, her face was full of excitement.

She told Cao Yun'e with admiration: "Brother Zhong really has a way. Unconsciously, Zhong Wuregret also became a big brother in her mouth.

Cao Yun'e joked: "So soon, the thief will become your eldest brother." ”

Although Cao Yun'e and Lingxiang are the master servants, the two live together and are inseparable, and they have long been like sisters, so there is nothing to say about the affairs between the ladies, and when they saw Lingxiang's red face full of bright smiles, they couldn't help but laugh with her.

As soon as she said this, Lingxiang twisted upside down, pinched the corner of her clothes and said, "It's ...... Not really. ”

Cao Yun'e is the first time I've seen her like this, this is like a girl who is hot and spicy on weekdays.

She asked in surprise, "Don't you like Brother Zhong?" If you like him, how about I ask Daddy to marry you to him? ”

"I don't, I've followed Miss all my life." The girl's face is really the same as the weather in the mountains, and it will change, and Ling Xiang was still smiling just now, and she was immediately in tears.

"Okay, okay, I'll be funny with you, just now you said that Brother Zhong really has a way, do you already know who the thief is?" Cao Yun'e asked.

"Hmm!" With this question, Ling Xiang became excited again: "If it weren't for Brother Zhong asking it, Miss would definitely not have guessed who it was." ”

"Who is it?"

"Cao Er, it is Cao Er, the leader of the nursing home!"

"Is it him?" When Cao Yun'e heard that it was Cao Er, she felt scared for a while. Cao Er is her cousin, and it is because of this that his father handed over the responsibility of guarding the Cao family to him.

"Is this news true?" Cao Yun'e still couldn't believe it.

"Definitely, you don't know, after Brother Zhong caught the person sent by Chen Ming outside, the man refused to say anything, only said that he learned pheasant crow for hunting, Brother Zhong said to that person, do you like pheasants very much? You can't eat the pheasant, but you can taste the feathers. Lingxiang said with Zhong Wuregret's demeanor.

"The taste of pheasant feathers?" Cao Yun'e was a little puzzled.

"I didn't know at first, Brother Zhong asked me to use a pheasant feather, keep scratching that person's feet, and start that person, keep laughing, but after laughing, I started crying, kept begging for mercy, and finally confessed all the tears and snot." Speaking of which, Lingxiang was still immersed in Fang Cai's excitement.

"How did Brother Zhong come up with these strange interrogation methods?" Cao Yun'e muttered to herself.

Ling Xiang continued: "That person said that the night after tomorrow, Chen Ming's people asked Cao Er to mix the drug into the rice, and he invited the nursing homes to drink and eat, and fascinated the nursing homes.

Then he led people to sneak into the inner house, charmed the young lady with incense, and quietly sent the young lady to Chen Guo without knowing the ghost. Cao Er himself pretended to be fascinated, so that no one chased after him, and when everyone woke up, the young lady had disappeared. ”

Cao Yun'e, who heard this, shuddered, if she really encountered this situation, it would be difficult for her to die.

"I really didn't expect that the dignified doctor would be so shameless." Cao Yun'e gritted her teeth angrily and said hatefully.

"The shame of high-ranking officials is said to the people below, in fact, the best words are what they say, and the dirtiest things are done by them." At this time, Zhong Wu's voice came from outside the door. He remembered the officialdom sketches of his own time: no official is not greedy, no corruption is not official, so he couldn't help but answer.

"Brother Zhong is here!" Lingxiang said happily.

At this time, Cao Weng and Zhong Wuregret had already come to the door, and Cao Yun'e hurriedly invited the two indoors.

After sitting down, Zhong Wuregret said: "Unexpectedly, the matter is already very critical. But Cao Weng has some ideas, I guess it's the same as Xiaomei's thoughts, that is, I can't believe that Cao Er is a traitor. You are afraid that the other person will say this on purpose, so that we can use our own hands to get rid of our own people.

I want to make a little arrangement, please Xiaomei and Cao Weng to go together to verify the facts, if the evidence is conclusive, but also ask Cao Weng not to be soft-hearted, as the saying goes, kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself. ”

"Well, I've never heard of this saying, but it makes sense." Cao Yun'e looked at Zhong Wuregret's eyes, and there was another layer of meaning.

Cao Weng sighed and didn't answer, which could be regarded as agreeing, how could a businessman like him, who was maneuvering in the business field, open his mouth to attack someone else's own eldest brother's son.

Zhong Wuregret took Cao Weng and Cao Yun'e to the place where the spies were held.

Zhong Wuregret took a black pill and said to the spy: "This is a unique poison prepared by collecting poisonous snakes, centipedes, and poisonous weeds in the mountains, called 'Heart Rotting Intestine Pill', after eating it, there is no antidote to me, and the poison will occur three days later, but when the poison is made, it will not kill you, but will slowly rot the heart, liver, and intestines in your stomach little by little, and it will never let you die in less than ten days." With that, Zhong Wuregret quickly stuffed the medicine into the spy mouth, and slapped him on the back, and the medicine slid into his stomach.

The spy was so frightened that he cried, and desperately kowtowed to Zhong Wuregret, begging him to spare his life. Looking at the tragic situation of that person, Cao Yun'e was a little unbearable.

Zhong Wuregret said: "It's okay to spare your life, as long as you listen to me, do some small things, and after the matter is over, I will give you the antidote immediately." "Anyway, whispered something in the ear of this spy.

"Remember, don't let it take three days, I'll keep you alive after three days...... Hey, hey, hey" Zhong Wuregret laughed darkly, and the sinister sinister laugh was terrifying.

This spy is like a hen pecking rice, and he only nods vigorously: "Don't worry, I will do it, I will do it." ”

"Go ahead!" After saying that, Zhong Wuregret let the spy go.

Cao Yun'e was a little worried: "Your medicine is so poisonous, can it be cured?" ”

Zhong Wuregret said: "I will tell you the formula of this poison, you can see if you can solve it." Then, he pretended to mysteriously lean into Cao Yun'e's ear and whispered: "The ingredients of this medicine are to pick a little inside the nose, rub a little on the feet, and take a little in the stove, do you think it can be solved?" As he spoke, he seemed to blow his breath on Cao Yun'e's earlobe.

Cao Yun'e felt a tingle under his blow, but after hearing what he said, she laughed so hard that her thin sideburns brushed Zhong Wuregret's face, as if it had scratched his heart, and suddenly her eyes were full of green light.

Cao Weng snorted unhappily on the side.

Cao Yun'e immediately restrained her smile, took two steps back and said to Zhong Wuregret, "The little girl has been taught. ”

In the early hours of the morning, in a secluded place in the manor, I actually remembered the cry of the pheasant, and after a while, Cao Er appeared, and as soon as we met, he reprimanded the spy and said: "Recently, the defense in the village is very strict, before you start, you actually dare to run here, what should you do if you spoil the adult's big thing?" ”

"Which adult? Is it Cao Weng, or is it Dr. Chen Ming? ”

"How dare you ......" Cao Er didn't finish his words, and when he saw Zhong Wuregret suddenly appear, he was immediately a little flustered: "You...... If you don't guard the manor, what are you doing here? ”

"I'm not here, how do I know about you selling your relatives for glory!" Zhong Wuregret said calmly.

"Don't you plant a false accusation indiscriminately, don't you just want to drive me away and become the head of the nursing home yourself? Tell you, I don't know this man at all, I was about to arrest him, and asked him what he wanted to do when he sneaked into the village, but I didn't expect you to come. Cao Er quibbled.

Zhong Wuregret sighed: "Lying must at least have a little level so as not to lose your identity, go back and see who came." ”

Cao Er pulled out his sword: "If you want to trick me into a sneak attack, you are still a little tender." ”

"Bastard thing! When is it, you still say that. Cao Weng shouted behind Cao Er, and his voice trembled a little because of anger.

As soon as Cao Er saw that it was Cao Weng, he knew that his crimes had been exposed.

He hurriedly threw away the sword, knelt down in front of Cao Weng with a "plop" and said, "Second Uncle forgive my sins, I have no choice but to do this, Doctor Chen took my parents and said that if I don't do it, I will kill them." All of this is caused by Sister Yun'e!

If you ask Sister Yun'e to marry him, there will be nothing to do, and in the future, we will not have to worry about food and clothing, wind and rain, and the Cao family will be rich and prosperous from now on. ”

When Cao Er was full of nonsense, Cao Yun'e stood behind Cao Weng, only listening to her with her willow eyebrows upside down and silver teeth clenched.

Zhong Wuregret spoke, he didn't want to give up this good time to please Cao Yun'e, he just listened to him say, "Chen Ming, what? The toad on the ground, what is Cao Xiaomei? Beautiful swan, the toad wants to eat swan meat, don't break his heart with the lewd blood he thinks! ”

Hearing this, Cao Yun'e laughed from the bottom of her heart, she glanced at Zhong Wuregret coquettishly, and Zhong Wuregret's hands and feet were weak.

Cao Weng seemed to have been drained of all his strength, and he said to Cao Er weakly: "You go immediately, don't let me see you again!" ”

Zhong Wuregret just wanted to stop it, Cao Weng waved his hand and said: "My eldest brother is such a son, he can't help himself by doing this, thinking about the eldest brother's affection, it is better to expel him from Cao Zhuang, and it can be regarded as a favor for my eldest brother." ”

Cao Er glanced at Zhong Wuregret viciously, got up, and when he passed by Zhong Wuregret's side, he said viciously: "This hatred will be avenged, I will teach you to die without a place to be buried!" ”

At this time, it was already dawn, and Cao Weng immediately summoned the nursing homes to announce on the spot that Zhong Wuregret would be their leader, although some of the old nursing homes were a little unconvinced, but for the sake of Cao Weng's face, they didn't express it.

Zhong Wuregret learned the news of the spy and immediately began to arrange the defense of the Zhuang Yuan. He always had a pimple in his heart about Cao Weng letting Cao Er go, but considering that Cao Weng might be doing this for the benefit of the family, he didn't say much, so he acquiesced to his approach.

In order to deal with the invading enemy, Zhong Wuregret transferred several hunters to the village courtyard after obtaining Cao Weng's permission, mainly to defend the inner house, in case the outside could not resist, he would have to kill the inner house.

Zhong Wuregret first strengthened the defense of the courtyard, thickened the wall, placed more bows and arrows, resisted the enemy outside the village, and according to the terrain, set up crossfire, some of the stronger sword kung fu courtyard is a group of three, specifically fighting the enemy who enters the courtyard, and the roof and small building have more arrow holes, forming crossfire, which can not only defend, but also support ground forces.

The hunters put their skills to good use by setting traps in the inner courtyard, setting bamboo stakes in the traps, and placing brass bells in the doorway corridors, and when the bells rang, they fired arrows at the doorways.

At the last pass, a trench was dug and guarded by the smallest hunters, and as soon as they found that the front was breached, they immediately poured pine resin mixed oil into the trench and lit it.

For Zhong Wuregret's arrangement, even the old nursing home, who was originally a little unconvinced, was convinced, and Cao Yun'e, who was good at research and ingenious, was even more shocked, this kind of arrangement, there is no one before or after, how did Zhong Wuregret come up with it?

After seeing Zhong Wuregret, the spy kept kneeling and begging for mercy, he thought that a "scholar" like Zhong Wuregret, at least he thought, should keep his word.

Zhong Wuregret had no good intentions, and said with an evil smile: "I will only apply poison, if you want to detoxify, go and beg my wife!" ”

This spy was brought to Cao Yun'e, and when he saw Cao Yun'e, he couldn't help but kneel down and beg for mercy: "Madam, I have done what you said, and your husband said that I can atone for my sins, so spare my life!" In a hurry, he didn't see Cao Yun'e still dressed as a sister-in-law.

Cao Yun'e took a sip, but there was an indescribable sense of joy in her heart, she asked Lingxiang to bring a cup of tea, and said, "It's okay to drink it, run as far as you want!" ”

When it came to the day of Chen Ming's sneak attack, Cao solemnly waited. What is surprising is that not only did Chen Ming not come, but half a month later, the Cao family was still calm as usual.

Cao Weng's father and daughter thought that after all, the scholar paid attention to "etiquette", and after the matter was revealed, he had no face to come back, so they advised Zhong Wuregret to hurry up and prepare to go to Chudu.

Zhong Wuregret remembered what his father said before, during the Spring and Autumn Period, fighting was a noble thing, a noble thing, and extremely important etiquette. The one who participated in the battle must be a nobleman, and the lowest one was a sergeant. This soldier is called a "warrior" because he wants to fight, and under the misdirection of historical knowledge, coupled with the persuasion of the Cao family's father and daughter, Zhong Wuregret also gave up the most shameless modern proverbs of high-ranking officials.

Unexpectedly, this thought brought catastrophe to the Cao family.