Chapter 39: Blackmail
The moment Shen Rong said this, Chu Xiu's face twitched slightly, but a monstrous wave had already been set off in his heart.
Colluding with bandits and killing people. What kind of crime is this, of course Chu Xiu knows, this is a crime that is enough to kill!
Chu Xiu's face remained calm, he stood up and said coldly: "Steward Shen, you can eat things indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense! I'm not crazy, how can I do such a crazy thing?"
Shen Rong said lightly: "Yes, you are not crazy, but what you Chu Xiu did is unimaginably crazy." ”
As he spoke, Shen Rong pointed to the subordinate behind him: "Wang Er, Prince Chu Xiu doesn't seem to have an impression of you, you can say a few words, let Prince Chu Xiu recall and reminisce." ”
The subordinate named Wang Er stood up and said with a smile: "Young Master Chu Xiu, I remember the scene when you seriously injured the third child with a knife in the Nanyan Mountain.
It was Ma Kuo who helped you kill at the beginning, I ran fast and escaped by luck. It's good now, you blatantly took Ma Kuo with you, this courage is not ordinary. ”
Chu Xiu closed his eyes, he finally knew what the problem was, but this could only be said to be a coincidence, a helpless coincidence.
Chu Xiu chose Ma Kuo to help him, one was because Ma Kuo's strength was good, bold and careful.
The second is because Ma Kuo almost never shot in the North Death Mountain, and although he shot a few times in the South Death Mountain, he did not leave any life.
And the only time anyone knew about the relationship between Ma Kuo and Chu Xiu was when Ma Kuo met Chu Xiu for the first time, when Chu Xiu hired Ma Kuo to help kill Lian Laosan.
Even the bandits under the command of Lao San were numerous, and they could be regarded as having some effort, so at that time, Ma Kuo only defeated them and killed some people, but not all of them.
And Chu Xiu really didn't take this into account at that time, because even the people under the command of the third child were bandits, and they didn't dare to enter the Tongzhou Mansion easily.
Unexpectedly, there was such a person among them, who not only returned to Tongzhou Mansion, but also joined the Shen family, was favored by Shen Rong, and finally pointed out Ma Kuo's identity.
All this can only be said to be a coincidence, and Chu Xiu should be unlucky.
Opening his eyes, Chu Xiu sat down again, and said in a deep voice, "So Steward Shen means that I want a hush money?"
Seeing Chu Xiu calm down so quickly, Shen Rong was still a little stunned.
Fang Cai still refused to admit it, but now that he has definite evidence and puts on such a natural appearance, this mentality alone can be regarded as a character.
Of course, Shen Rong didn't think much about it, his mind was now full of the Li family's property, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but nod and said: "That's right, Chu Xiu, I advise you to be more interesting and hand over the Li family's property obediently, otherwise if this matter spreads, your fate will be even more miserable than your fourth brother Chu Sheng, who has been abolished by you!"
Chu Xiu frowned and said, "Steward Shen, you are too strong, I have already handed over two-thirds of the Li family's property to the family, and even one-third is only in my hands, where can I get two-thirds for you?"
Shen Rong waved his hand indifferently and sneered: "I can't control this kind of thing, anyway, I only look at the results, not the process."
I'll give you ten days here, and after ten days, if I can't see anything, you should know the result, and at that time, Chu Zongguang will probably kill his relatives in righteousness!"
Chu Xiu said expressionlessly: "Is this matter really non-negotiable?"
Shen Rong stood up, nodded Chu Xiu's shoulder, and said proudly: "Others can discuss, but only you, Chu Xiu, are not qualified to negotiate, you just need to remember one thing, your handle is now in my hands!"
'Poof!'
With a soft sound, Shen Rong's smile froze on his face, and he looked at Chu Xiu's short knife that he didn't know when he stabbed him in the chest with a face full of disbelief, hoarsely voiced, and said intermittently: "I...... I'm the big housekeeper of the Shen family, how dare you kill me?"
Chu Xiu didn't answer his words, just covered Steward Shen's mouth, twisted the short knife in his hand, and pushed it to the ground after Steward Shen was desperate, looking towards Wang Er.
At this time, the second Wang was already frightened, and when he saw Chu Xiu's gaze, he just wanted to scream, but Chu Xiu directly threw a short knife and nailed it to the ground.
Looking at the two corpses on the ground, Chu Xiu couldn't help frowning.
He didn't kill Steward Shen because of Steward Shen's ridicule, he wasn't so low-level, and he was so angry and lost his mind when he was ridiculed for a few words.
What really made Chu Xiu kill was Steward Shen's last sentence, and his own handle had already fallen into the hands of this Steward Shen!
This time, Steward Shen opened his mouth and told Chu Xiu that he wanted two-thirds of the Li family's property, and Chu Xiu could take out one-third, and he would calculate and calculate it, and it was possible to get another one-third.
But the problem is that people's greed is unlimited, since Steward Shen has held Chu Xiu's handle, and if Chu Xiu gives in the first time, then there will be a second and a third time.
The handle has already fallen into the hands of the other party, of course, the other party can handle it as much as he wants.
And this kind of thing happens to be something that Chu Xiu absolutely can't tolerate, so this Shen Rong must die!
At this time, Gao Bei outside heard the movement and hurriedly pushed the door in, but when he saw the corpse on the ground, his complexion suddenly changed, and he just wanted to exclaim, but he immediately covered his mouth, closed the door and whispered to Chu Xiu: "Childe, why did you kill the people of the Shen family!?"
Gao Bei really didn't understand, he was fine before, how could it be that in such a short period of time, Chu Xiu actually killed the people of the Shen family.
Chu Xiu doesn't seem to be the kind of person who has no reason, the Li family is weaker than their Chu family, as long as the family side is dealt with, Chu Xiu can kill as much as he wants.
But now this is a member of the Shen family, and he is also the chief housekeeper of the Shen family, Shen Rong, now they are in a big trouble!
Chu Xiu pulled out the short knife from the corpse, shook off the blood on the knife, and said lightly: "They are looking for death by themselves, threatening me with Ma Kuo's matter, if you don't kill them, I will be the unlucky." ”
Gao Bei said with a sad face: "Childe, I was worried at the beginning, you were unreliable in cooperating with those bandits, and now it is really discovered, what can I do now, you killed the chief butler of the Shen family, it is not so easy to pass." ”
The Shen family is not as good as the Li family, of course he knows that it is not so easy to pass, but when he started to kill, Chu Xiu had already thought of an excuse.
He took out the evidence written by Li Cheng to Shen Rong from Shen Rong's corpse, but it said Shen Rong's conditions and Li Cheng's promise.
"Some people have sent excuses to the door, and if they want to get through, it's actually simple. ”
Chu Xiu looked at the corpse and said, "Clean up the corpse and follow me back to Chu's house." ”
Gao Bei looked at the two corpses on the ground, and Gao Bei was speechless for a while.
Childe's ability to do things is strong, but this ability to cause trouble is stronger.
Chu Xiu returned to the Chu family and immediately found Steward Chen, asked him to invite Chu Zongguang out, and also called all the elders of the Chu family and some stewards.
Although Steward Chen wondered what happened to Chu Xiu, he didn't ask much, after all, Chu Xiu's current status in the Chu family was no longer what it used to be.
When Chu Zongguang came to the council hall, everyone else also arrived, but Chu Zongguang's face had a look of impatience.
He hated that someone would disturb him the most, but recently, Chu Xiu was the one who bothered him the most.
"What's the matter? Didn't I warn you last time, so that you don't have to cause trouble. ”
Chu Xiu lowered his head and said, "I killed Shen Rong, the chief housekeeper of the Shen family." ”
"What!?"
As soon as these words came out, Chu Zongguang directly crushed the teacup in his hand that was about to be handed to his mouth, and the other elders were also shocked.
Chu Zongguang pointed at Chu Xiu, his hands trembled with anger, and he shouted: "Chu Xiu, what do you want to do? You dare to kill anyone, do you give you strength, you even dare to kill the sect master of the Canglan Sword Sect?"
Chu Xiu took out the evidence that Li Cheng wrote to Shen Rong and said, "Father, please look at this, it's not that I want to kill Shen Rong, but that Shen Rong has gone too far!"
The Li family wants to kill me, then Shen Rong is an accomplice, and afterwards he even wants to control my Chu family and ask for two-thirds of the Li family's property, which is simply domineering and arrogant, how can this be reasonable!
The child was angry for a while and gave Shen Rong a knife, who would have thought that his strength would be so bad that he would be killed by me without even blocking it. ”
The other elders also frowned when they looked at what was written on the paper.
To tell the truth, what Shen Rong did was indeed a bit excessive, using their Chu family as a bargaining chip, and the Li family came to blackmail after they were defeated, but they simply didn't take their Chu family in their eyes.
It's just that if it was them, even if they were insulted face-to-face by Shen Rong, they wouldn't dare to kill them.
Although Shen Rong is only the housekeeper of the Shen family, his status in the Shen family is definitely the first person under the head of the family.
Shen Bai, the Shen Bai of the Shen family who worshiped the Canglan Sword Sect, and Shen Mo, the current head of the family, were both brought up by him, and even Shen Mo had to call him Uncle Rong when he was a child.
Later, Shen Mo took over the position of the head of the family, beheaded several elders in a row, and the descendants of the Shen family who were killed trembled, and the status of those Shen family members was really not as high as that of this Shen Rong as a housekeeper.