Chapter 21: Vicious
Feng Niang was grief-stricken, and when she lay on the table, she began to suffer again: "Cang'er! O my Cang'er! Mother can't stand you! β
Feng Niang's heart-rending voice made the others in the front hall begin to waver, and they all glared at Cheng Yuxi, as if she was the one who started this matter.
Cheng Yuxi, on the other hand, lowered his eyelashes slightly, as if he was thinking about something.
Bizhu and Hongluo didn't have any fear at all, and the two of them stood straight behind Cheng Yuxi, and they didn't panic much.
"Miss Cheng, did you hear what you said?" Li Ming slapped the table and stood up, he shouted angrily: "Your father Cheng Yuanshan grass is careless about people's lives, and now something has happened, and he has gone away in the name of purchasing medicinal materials!" β
"Don't rush to a conclusion, Master Li." Cheng Yuxi said: "Feng Niang may be grieving too much, some things don't seem to be clear, can you let me ask again?" β
Feng Niang's shoulders shrank obviously, and her crying began to become choppy.
Li Ming was furious: "I think you just want to prevaricate this matter!" What a big Cheng family, such a black heart! β
Cheng Yuxi was so troubled by Li Ming that his brain hurt, and he frowned, and then said, "Master Li! Anyway, you are still standing in the front hall of our Cheng family, I advise you to speak politely! β
After that, she didn't give Li Ming a chance to refute at all, looked at Feng Niang and said, "Feng Niang, think about it again, did you really meet your father on the way to the town?" β
Feng Niang nodded, tears in her eyes: "It's true." β
"Oh...... That's a little weird. Cheng Yuxi laughed softly, she took a sip of the cup with just the right temperature a little carelessly, and then said in Feng Niang's uneasy look: "If I'm not mistaken, three days ago, there were no temple fairs or other activities in the town, why did you sell your old hen at that time?" β
A panicked expression appeared on Feng Niang's face.
"Moreover, three days ago, my father went out to buy medicinal herbs and did not return home." Cheng Yuxi said.
"Nonsense!" Another man who was as thin as a bamboo pole stood up, and he said, "I went to the Chengjia Pharmacy three days ago to ask clearly, your father has returned home, why haven't you returned home yet!" β
"Oh, you can't blame the people of the medicine hall for not knowing about this matter." Cheng Yuxi said: "My father's expectation was indeed to return home three days ago, but on the way home, because of the rugged mountain road, the medicinal herbs rolled off the carriage pulling the goods, and my father stopped the team and went to the nearby village to find someone to help pick up the medicinal materials, so he delayed the journey and stayed until the early morning of the next day. β
"But the people of the Medicine Hallβ"
"What the people in the medicine hall know is only when my father is expected to return." Cheng Yuxi said: "If you don't believe it, you can go to that village and ask someone to see if my father is looking for them to help carry the scattered medicinal materials." β
For a while, the entire front hall fell into a dead silence, Cheng Yuxi put down the delicate and beautiful cup in his hand, then flicked the dust on his sleeve, and turned his head to ask Feng Niang: "My father returned in the early morning, but Feng Niang, you met my father the day before......"
She smiled lightly: "And no matter why my father went to that wild place, and no matter why he wanted to harm your Cang'er for no reason, just time is completely wrong?" β
Feng Niang's face suddenly turned pale.
Suddenly, her whole body began to tremble violently, her eyes rolled white, and her reaction was extremely terrifying!
Seeing this, Bizhu and Hongluo hurriedly blocked Cheng Yuxi behind them, staring at Feng Niang who was constantly twitching in horror!
Cheng Yuxi frowned, she quickly glanced at Li Ming, who had a vicious gaze, and then suddenly pushed away the two people in front of her, she stretched out her hand and grabbed Feng Niang's wrist, and then picked up the cup that was still warm next to her hand, and suddenly splashed all the tea on Feng Niang's face.
The warm tea was sprinkled on Feng Niang's face, and her whole body gradually stopped convulsing and gradually quieted down.
Chang Fu was stunned: "This, this, this...... What's going on! β
Cheng Yuxi looked very calm, she said, "Who knows." β
Li Ming's face was very ugly, he stood in place and pondered for a while, and then discussed a few words with a few men behind him, and then stepped forward and said to Cheng Yuxi: "Miss Cheng is really talented and intelligent, she can actually see the tricks of this vicious woman!" β
"Yes, yes, if it weren't for the fact that you said that Master Cheng returned late, I'm afraid we wouldn't know the truth yet!" The people who were eyeing Cheng Yuxi before didn't have that kind of atmosphere at the moment, they smiled at each other, as if they had forgotten how they treated Cheng Yuxi before, and they were happy.
Cheng Yuxi's face was a little cold, she silently put down the cup in her hand, then took the silk handkerchief from Bizhu's hand, gently wiped the tea on her fingertips, and said lightly: "Oh? Is that really the case? Feng Niang...... It turned out that he was harming others. β
"yes!" Li Ming sighed, and said to Cheng Yuxi: "Actually, I noticed that something was not quite right before, so I brought this woman to Cheng's house to face it, but I didn't expect it to be debunked so quickly...... Alas, blame me for not being able to see people. β
Cheng Yuxi looked at Li Ming and the group of people behind him, and said, "Then you ...... about my father's character?"
"Nature is believed!" Others chimed in.
After the rest of the people praised each other in the front hall for a few words Cheng Yuanshan, they left one after another in embarrassment, and the originally noisy front hall was soon left with only a few subordinates, as well as Cheng Yuxi.
Bizhu and Hongluo hurriedly stepped forward and said distressedly, "Miss, are you okay?" β
"What can I do, those people don't dare to do it." Cheng Yuxi said, "It's not ......"
She looked down at Feng Niang, who was unconscious on the ground, and felt that this woman was really sad, when she first came in, she was surrounded by a bunch of people, but when their purpose was not achieved, she was abandoned again......
"Take her into the empty room and let her know when she wakes up, I have something to ask her." Cheng Yuxi said.
Although Chang Fu still had doubts in his heart, after this incident, he could be said to admire Cheng Yuxi, so he hurriedly went to greet people and moved Feng Niang into an empty room for his subordinates to live in.
About three or four hours later, Cheng Yuxi was reading some pharmacopoeia books in his boudoir, and Chang Fu hurriedly ran over and said that Feng Niang had woken up.
"Let's go." Cheng Yuxi closed the book in his hand and said.
After she came to the side room, she saw Feng Niang lying on the bed with a pale face, she looked at Cheng Yuxi who walked in blankly, and her eyes suddenly swelled with infinite horror, and the whole person began to tremble.
"You don't have to be afraid." Cheng Yuxi said lightly: "I left you behind, but I just want to ask you a few questions, the poison in your body has not been completely unraveled, if you want to live, then be honest, you know?" β
Feng Niang shrank suddenly, she raised her head and looked at Cheng Yuxi hesitantly, and asked hoarsely, "How do you know that my body has been planted with poison?" β
"You're not qualified to ask me any questions." Cheng Yuxi said: "Let me ask you, who instructed you to do this? β
Feng Niang's face was a little hesitant, she looked at Cheng Yuxi's beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and the small porcelain vase in her hand, then gave up resistance at once, and said in a low voice: "It was Li Ming and the head of the Li family who asked me to do this." He poisoned me and threatened me that if I didn't, he would poison me to death. β
"What a vicious man......" Bizhu said in shock behind Cheng Yuxi.
"Sure enough." Cheng Yuxi glanced at Feng Niang, and then asked, "What else do you know?" If you can help me, I will not only be able to unravel the poison from you, but I will also allow you to fly away from the manipulation of those people. β
Feng Niang thought for a while, and then said slowly: "This is not Li Ming's attention alone, the Li family, the Liu family, and the large and small families in this area are all involved. β
"Is it just a frame-up, and so many people are involved?" Cheng Yuxi frowned.
"More than that." Feng Niang said in a low voice: "Miss Cheng, you should rarely step out of the Cheng family, so you don't know, the second day after the people of the Three Realms appeared in the Cheng family for the first time, everyone will know that you Cheng Yuxi is going to fly on the branches and become a phoenix." β
After hearing Feng Niang's words, Cheng Yuxi's eyes flickered slightly, she raised her eyes to look at Feng Niang, and then said, "Oh? Why didn't I ever know about it? β
Feng Niang sighed, and then said, "This Cheng family, who told you about this?" β
Thinking about it carefully, what Feng Niang said seems to be right. Cheng Yuxi was not very valued in the Cheng family because of his low ability before. And the rules of the Cheng family are more cumbersome, and the daughter's family will not let you go out unless there is some reason.
In this case, Cheng Yuxi is naturally completely unaware of all kinds of comments from the outside world.
After hearing Feng Niang say the news this time, Cheng Yuxi lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, and then said lightly: "What you said makes sense." Okay, I've already asked what I want to ask, Feng Niang, you can go. β
When Feng Niang heard this, her whole body stiffened, she raised her head, looked at Cheng Yuxi and said, "Miss Cheng, did you really let me go like this?" β
"Or else?" Cheng Yuxi asked rhetorically, her slender and beautiful eyes glanced at the plainly dressed woman next to her, and said, "There is no need to force people to death, I still understand this truth." β