Chapter 83: Provocation
The news of the young marquis's return to the house is only known to Mei Xiang and Zhu's mother, Chu Yuanlang and the Liu family reported that they were safe and lived in Vanilla, Chu Nian asked the Liu family to pretend not to know Chu Yuanlang's return home, she wanted to know what the purpose of the person who captured Chu Yuanlang was.
The next day, Chu Nian came back from Jishitang, and was summoned to the old lady's courtyard, at this moment the old lady was sitting on the main seat, holding a dirty figure under his knees, Chu Nian took a closer look to recognize that it was Chu Yunfeng, now he was dirty, tears and sludge on his face were mixed together, and it looked like he was rolling in the mud.
The old lady was so distressed that she burst into tears, "Where has this child been these days, but grandma is worried." ”
Chu Yunfeng knelt under the old lady's knees, howled and cried when he was emotional, hugged the old lady's leg tightly and did not let go, which made the old lady feel even more distressed, and when he saw the old lady asking, he sobbed and said: "I was ......"
"When did Xiao Langjun come back? Why is your body so dirty, Mother Zhu, take Xiao Langjun to wash up. ”
As soon as Chu Nian's voice sounded, he saw Chu Yunfeng shrinking and hiding behind the old lady, seeing his appearance, Chu Nian raised his eyebrows, and saw the old lady say kindly: "Xiao Langjun, don't you recognize your third sister?" What are you hiding? ”
Mother Zhu was stepping forward to pull Chu Yunfeng out, and she heard him cry loudly, "Don't! Grandmother! Don't let her touch me! She was the one who delivered me to the bad guys! Grandmother! She's the bad guy! ”
As soon as these words came out, the old lady suddenly raised her eyebrows, and her gaze at Chu Nian also changed, "Children can't lie, Nian'er, how can you do such a thing?" ”
At this moment, Mother Zhu reached out and grabbed Chu Yunfeng, and dragged the person out regardless of the old lady's face, Chu Nian sat on the side of the old lady with a smile, "The old lady doesn't understand Feng'er, this kid is the best at lying." ”
She clearly didn't send Chu Yunfeng out, but this kid said this, obviously someone instigated it, but Xiao Chen's family has gone crazy and has been staying in the Chu family, and the one who instigated him to talk like this can only be the one who took him away. But the man clearly arrested him, why did he put him back? Right now, this person is coming at her, Chu Nian can't think that the other party is to deal with Xiao Chen, but I'm afraid that it is her old enemy, not to make Xiao Chen's crazy, but to ask Xiao Chen's to deal with her, but now that Xiao Chen's is useless, Chu Yunfeng's last trace of use has been exhausted.
In the past, seeing Chu Nian's indifferent appearance, the old lady had already had a seizure, but now Chu Nian is the unequaled county lord, although she is still a member of the Chu family, but nominally, she is already the emperor's righteous daughter, how dare she attack Chu Nian? I had to hold my breath to watch Chu Yunfeng being taken away by Mother Zhu, and snorted coldly: "Feng'er is washed and asked him to live with me." ”
Chu Nian raised his eyebrows and smiled, the murderer behind the scenes still had to be taken out of Chu Yunfeng's mouth, if Chu Yunfeng lived in the old lady's place now, and Chu Yunfeng made such a fuss today, I was afraid that the old lady would still guard against her, how could she still talk from Chu Yunfeng's mouth?
"I'm afraid not, old lady, you know, Feng'er is not well managed by Xiao Chen's family, I still have to train myself as a sister, by the way, a few days ago, I sent a gentleman to the young marquis, and now the young marquis is not here, it is better to let him teach Feng'er first, and when the young marquis comes back, it is good for the two of them to take classes together."
The old lady finally couldn't help it, only to see her slap the table fiercely, "It's because Xiao Chen's treated you badly before, how can you be so careful?" You brought Feng'er back to avoid people's eyes, and this time you planned to kill him directly? ”
But she didn't want to, her anger couldn't tolerate Chu Nian's half of it, only to see Chu Nian squint her eyes slightly, and her voice was cold, "Old Taijun said that it was funny, if I want Feng'er to die, I don't have to avoid people's eyes and ears at all." ”
As soon as the words fell, an inexplicable murderous aura permeated the surroundings, and the old lady's expression turned pale, and he saw Chu Nian getting up with a smile and saluting and leaving.
Since the news of Chu Yunfeng's return home, Xiao Chen, who was locked in the firewood room, gradually recovered his spirits, but he was lying on the small window of the firewood room all day, looking in the direction of the herb house, his clothes were untidy and his face was gloomy.
"Three ladies," Chu Nian was reading at night, when he saw Mei Xiang coming in from outside the door and said: "Chun Tao has been a little wrong recently, she often goes out and doesn't come back until the evening, I once followed, and I saw her go towards the west of the city." ”
Chu Nian frowned, Chun Tao has indeed had something wrong recently, she doesn't like to talk anymore, and she doesn't even salute when she sees her, she only thinks that Chun Tao is sad because of her brother's death, and she doesn't care too much.
Chu Nian pondered for a while before he said, "How is Chun Tao's body?" ”
Mei Xiang looked at Chu Nian inexplicably and said, "When the slave went to deliver something to her a few days ago, she saw it, and she didn't look very good and haggard. ”
"yes, got it." Chu Nian nodded, maybe Chun Tao was trying to find a way to treat her mother's body, so she frequently went in and out of the Chu family.
After a while, she suddenly said to Mei Xiang as if she remembered something: "Tomorrow, bring Chun Tao's mother in, go to the housekeeper to register, and say that I have recruited an extra mother, and arrange people next to the room where Chun Tao lives, and you can also help a little more." ”
If she was accompanied by her mother, maybe Chun Tao would be better, and her mother was sick now, and she might be better off than Chun Tao if she was to find a way.
Mei Xiang was moved by Chu Nian's actions and cried bitterly, "Lady, it's good that we subordinates can have a master like you." ”
Chu Nian smiled indifferently, and saw her turn around and leave.
In the early morning of the next day, a "distinguished guest" came to the house, Chu Nian came back from Jishitang, and saw Shen Ruan and Chu Yuan and Chu Erniang walking around in the garden together, Chu Nian passed by the garden, and wanted to bypass them and go back to Vanilla House directly, but he didn't want to be caught by Shen Ruan.
Shen Ruan stopped on Chu Nian's way and said, "Yo, isn't this the Peerless County Lord?" So busy these days? Distinguished guests from the house don't have time to say hello? ”
Chu Nian was stopped by her, so he had no choice but to stop, and said with a cold face: "Distinguished guest? Have you ever had a guest in the house? How did I not know? ”
As she spoke, she looked at Chu Yuan and Chu Er beside Shen Ruan with her eyes inquiringly, Shen Ruan is a person from the Foreign Mansion is naturally not afraid of Chu Nian, but Chu Yuan and Chu Er know how Chu Nian killed his mother to the point of madness, the two of them were afraid of Chu Nian's deterrent, and they only lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.
was ignored by Chu Nian, and Chu Yuan and Chu Er didn't dare to help her speak, Shen Ruan laughed angrily, "As a concubine, you were bullied by a wild species, you two are really promising." ”
Chu Nian raised his eyebrows, his eyes fell on the willow tree on the side, Shen Ruan was not sure why, he saw Chu Nian stretch out his hand to break the wicker, and then the wicker waved and smashed it on her.
Shen Ruan couldn't dodge, and was slammed on his waist by the wicker, and suddenly his body weakened in pain, and his knees fell to the ground, and when he reacted, he was already kneeling in front of Chu Nian.
Chu Nian looked at Shen Ruan condescendingly, with a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth, "It's still Shen Erniang who has a chance, and it's really polite to give this gift in front of outsiders." ”
As she spoke, she walked around Shen Ruan, leaving only a light sentence, "Persuade Shen Erniang to be honest on other people's territory, otherwise I'm afraid that I will make trouble for Lord Shen." ”
Shen Ruan's face turned red with anger, but Chu Nian didn't know what acupuncture point she had hit, so she couldn't stand up with weak legs for a long time, and when Chu Nian walked away, Chu Yuan and Chu Er dared to step forward and subdue Shen Ruan, and as soon as they stood up, Shen Ruan suddenly glared at the two of them fiercely.
"Your mother is a waste, and so are you two! One by one, they just don't fight for Miss Ben! Miss Ben has put so much effort into you! Ming'er Flower Appreciation Party, no matter how good-looking the boy is, don't even think about going! ”
After that, she also regained some strength, shook off the support of Chu Yuan and Chu Er, ignored the pleas of the two sisters, and left with her sleeves brushed up.
Chu Nian had just returned to the Herb House, and saw Dark San sitting triumphantly on the Taishi chair in the bedroom, Chu Nian glanced at him, and was about to drive him out, when he saw him dry a cup of tea, and then said, "Third lady, do you remember that person we caught back a few days ago?" ”
Hearing this, Chu Nian raised his eyebrows, "What did you ask?" ”
Dark San said triumphantly: "I just pulled out his clothes and was about to use medicine on him, and he recruited him." ”
There is also a set of secret three to extract confessions, because there is a good poison adjusted by the aunt, when others force the confession, they just stuff the poison into the other party's mouth, and wait for the poison to attack a few days and then ask for everything, the dark three are different, he ingeniously mashes the medicine of the aunt and dissolves it into the hot water, and then pours it on the person when the water boils, the hot water blisters on the person's body, he is picking the blisters one by one, and the pain makes people scream, this is not the end, after the scalded blisters are picked open, the poison of the poison melts into the person's skin, It's not as slow as oral administration, but in an hour, the person who is forced to confess will be recruited for everything.
Seeing Chu Nian's suspicious look, Dark San hurriedly said: "It's Shen Erniang, that person is Lord Shen's subordinate, saying that he was forced by Shen Erniang to arrest Yuan Lang, but he also knew that this matter would bring trouble to his master, so he did it reluctantly, so he was chased back by us." ”
Hearing this, Chu Nian lowered his eyes and groaned for a while before nodding and saying, "Give him a good time." ”
Dark San nodded, turned and left, leaving Chu Nian alone in the bedroom to ponder.
No wonder Shen Ruan came to the mansion to mock her today, it seems that she has not received the news that Chu Yuanlang has been released, but if this matter is Shen Ruan's doing, then the motive is not difficult to guess - Chu Nian supported Chu Yuanlang to be the Marquis of Zhenning in order to completely control the Marquis of Zhenning, so Shen Ruan's motive is to make Chu Nian unable to control the Marquis of Zhenning.
But Shen Ruan was so short-sighted, how did he come up with this idea? Could it be that there are people around her who give her advice? Or is it ...... Is there Shen Dusk's involvement in this matter?
Chu Nian stood up as if he remembered something, and said towards the door: "Mei Xiang! Tell the dark three not to do it first, there is still something to ask that person! ”
At this moment, Mei Xiang was watering the flowers in the yard, and when she heard Chu Nian's words, she hurriedly walked towards the basement where the dark three were, Chu Nian frowned and followed out, and when she arrived in the basement, she only heard a scream.
Dark Sanzheng looked at Mei Xiang with a frightened face, and Mei Xiang was so frightened that she fainted from the person who stabbed her to death with the sword in front of her.