Chapter 154 Three Hooked Noses (Two Chapters in One)

Zhao Shiqing looked at the legendary hooked nose and was in a trance for a moment.

The deceased Xu Kun and the present Xu Lin would never have dreamed that their hooked noses would become heirlooms?

Xu Lin had also seen the people coming towards him, among whom were two pretty little girls.

Of course there are young girls in the village, but the daughters of farmers either work in the fields like men, or spend the whole day around the stove cooking for the family. How can they compare with the delicate skin and exquisite features of these two little girls?

Xu Lin's cloudy old eyes were glued to Zhao Shiqing's face and he was reluctant to move away.

Zhao Shiqing suddenly felt as if she was being stared at by a fly. The gaze was sticky and disgusting.

Jiang Han also noticed something was wrong and subconsciously took a step forward to block Zhao Shiqing and Ling Bo behind him.

Xu Lin sensed the hostility coming from the other side. He coughed lightly, frowned, and put on the airs of a manager: "Who are you three? Who let you in? Do you know where this place is?"

Zhao Shiqing was blocked behind Jiang Han and whispered, "Stop him."

Jiang Han laughed heartily and walked forward, acting like a good brother. He put his arm around Xu Lin's shoulders and said, "Second Xu, you're such a forgetful person! You don't even remember me? Have you forgotten that year when you cheated on someone else's wife and got chased and beaten by her husband? I was the one who saved you!"

Xu Lin was stunned. Is this true? When was this? He couldn't remember. Could it be that his memory had deteriorated with age?

But the next moment, Xu Lin felt pain in his shoulder. Jiang Han's arm was like an iron hoop, preventing Xu Lin from moving.

Xu Lin realized that the visitor was not friendly and was about to call for help, but he heard Jiang Han say, "Xu Lao Er, why are you coughing again? Come, use my handkerchief. I don't mind your dirtiness."

Before he could finish his words, a handkerchief was handed to Xu Lin's mouth, and a hemp seed was forcefully stuffed into his mouth. Almost instantly, his tongue became uncontrollable, and then his lips became numb, and he couldn't even open his mouth.

Jiang Han still held Xu Lin's shoulders, and they walked forward together with their arms around each other's shoulders.

Manager Jin told them that at this time every day, Xu Lin's two sons would play dice at Gao Laoer's house. Gao Laoer was also a tenant farmer in the farm. He broke his leg last month and couldn't go out to work in the fields, so he simply gave up and left all the heavy work at home to his wife and sons. He would sit on the kang every day and call a few lazy people in the farm to play dice.

At this time, Gao Laoer's house was very lively. In addition to Xu Da and Xu Er, there were two other people, both of whom were famous lazy people in the village.

Ling Bo called out from outside the door, "Brother Xu, someone's here to collect the mountain produce. The villagers are all at the threshing ground. There are people coming to the Marquis's Mansion too. It's really lively there. Do you want to go?"

The room was quiet for a moment, and Gao Laoer said to Xu Da with a grin, "That little voice is quite sweet. Who is this lover?"

Xu Da looked very proud: "This woman is just too clingy. She can't stand not seeing me for a while. Wait, I'll go out and talk to her."

But I was wondering in my heart, he sounds young, and the girls here are guarding against him like a thief, whose family is this?

As soon as this thought came to his mind, he had already walked out of the house, and then he saw his father Xu Lin, Zhao Shiqing and Ling Bo.

As for Jiang Han who was hugging his father, he didn't care, and didn't even notice that his father's expression was a little strange. His attention was on Zhao Shiqing and Ling Bo's faces.

This young girl has skin so tender that you can pinch water out of it. She is a hundred or ten thousand times better than those flabby and lazy old women in the village.

He rubbed his hands and drooled: "You are the ones who came to find me, you..."

Before he could finish his words, Lingbo's delicate hand touched his face. He was delighted, but before he could say anything dirty, the hand removed his chin!

He stared at the girl in front of him with his mouth wide open in shock. Zhao Shiqing stepped forward and, together with Ling Bo, tied Xu Da's hands behind his back with a cowhide rope before he could react. Ling Bo held him with a dagger from behind: "Behave yourself, or I'll stab you!"

Xu Da had never seen such a scene before. He was so scared that his legs were shaking. If he could speak at this moment, he would have been begging for mercy.

Zhao Shiqing shouted into the room, "Second Brother Xu, come with us!"

This time, not only Xu Er came out, but also two other lazy men. Gao Laoer had a broken leg and couldn't get off the kang, otherwise he would have come out too.

Seeing Xu Lin and his son standing outside, Xu Er did not doubt him. His eyes fell on Zhao Shiqing's face, and his eyes lit up: "You are the maids of the Marquis' Mansion, right? Tsk tsk tsk, the Marquis' Mansion must have kept people. Any maid can be so beautiful."

Zhao Shiqing smiled and said, "Oh, let's talk on the way. Let's go quickly. The steward of the Marquis' Mansion is looking for you by name."

Xu Er was overjoyed. He and his son lived very comfortably in this farm. Except for not being able to leave the farm, everything was good. They also had a share of every gift sent from the Marquis' Mansion. It seemed that they were here to send gifts again. No wonder his father and brother wanted to go.

He said to the two lazy guys, "You guys play first, I'll go over and take a look."

As he spoke, he stretched out his claws and touched Zhao Shiqing's body. With a snap, his claws were hit, but he was not angry. He smiled playfully and said, "Beating is love and scolding is love. Sister, how much do you like me?"

Zhao Shiqing ignored him and turned away. Xu Er quickly caught up with him. The two lazy guys saw him, laughed, and turned back into the house to continue gambling.

Seeing that there was no one else around, Zhao Shiqing kicked Xu Er on the knee. Before Xu Er could wail, he followed suit and removed his chin.

Just like what he did to Xu Da just now, he followed the same pattern, tied his hands behind his back with a cowhide rope, held a knife against his back, and followed the instructions of Manager Jin to leave the village through a small path.

The threshing ground was still bustling with people buying mountain products, and the young and old men, aunts and grandmothers from various families were bargaining with each other. It was so lively that no one noticed that the Xu father and son had already left the farm.

Guessing that the time was almost up, Zhen Wuduo and Shen Wangxing drove a mule cart loaded with mountain products out of the farm.

Half an hour later, Manager Jin went to Gao Laoer's house as planned and asked, "Where are Xu Da and Xu Er?"

"Manager Jin, if you want to find them, go to the threshing ground. His father just called them away." said Gao Laoer.

Manager Jin hummed, turned around and left. Then, thinking of something, he turned around and said to the three people playing dice in the room, "All you do all day is gamble. How much do you earn to gamble? You guys are such bad boys!"

He didn't know how many times he had said this, and he just kept saying it. Gao Laoer and the others had heard it so many times that their ears were callused. They sent him away with a smile.

After leaving Gao Laoer's house and walking a distance, Manager Jin picked up a stone from the ground, gritted his teeth, and smashed it against his forehead. Blood immediately flowed out and he fainted...

Haitang was sewing at home when her youngest son came running home crying, "Mom, please go and see! My dad is bleeding so much! He's almost dead!"

Haitang's heart sank. She dropped her needle and thread and ran out with her son. When they reached the scene, it was already crowded with people, all talking at once: "Who did this? They're so bold! They even hit Manager Jin!"

"Thanks to Manager Jin's good fortune, he is blessed by heaven!"

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Haitang squeezed into the crowd and saw her husband, his face covered in blood. "Go get a doctor, get a doctor!"

Half an hour later, Haitang sent the doctor away and looked at the now awakened Manager Jin and asked, "Who did this?"

Manager Jin touched his bandaged head and said, "It was Xu Lin! He brought those two troublemakers with him, hooking up with the other men in the farm and not working properly. He went to Gao Laoer's place to gamble all day. I saw him and said a few words to him, and he picked up a stone and threw it at me... I'm useless, I'm not a man, and he bullied me again and again! Haitang, I'm sorry for you. You can't even hold your head up high with me!"

Thinking of all the losses he had suffered at the hands of Xu Lin over the years, Manager Jin expressed his true feelings. He took Haitang's hand and sobbed like a child.

Haitang gritted her teeth. Although she was sent by Old Madam Wei to monitor Manager Jin and Xu Lin, she and Manager Jin had been married for more than ten years and had two children together. They had a deep affection for each other. Now her husband almost died at the hands of Xu Lin. How could she not be angry?

"The doctor told you to rest well for a few days. You stay in bed and leave this matter to me."

Haitang gave a few more instructions, asking the two children to take care of their father, and she called a few young men to go find Xu Lin together.

However, after searching the entire village, not only could Xu Lin not be found, but also his two sons could not be found.

Gao Laoer and the two lazy men can testify that the Xu family's father and sons left with two young and beautiful girls, and they also said that the girls were maids in the marquis's mansion.

Haitang reported the matter to Madam Wei the same night, and she cursed, "Lechers! These are lechers! Which maid in the Marquis's mansion would be in league with them? They're just talking nonsense to deceive us. Find them! Even if they're hiding in a rat hole, find them!"

When things developed to this point, Mrs. Wei still just thought that the father and his two sons were hiding somewhere and having a good time. After all, they had lived in the manor for many years and had never left the manor. Of course, they did not dare to leave the manor.

Therefore, Madam Wei did not believe that they had the courage to leave the manor. As for whether someone would capture them, that was even more impossible.

Apart from his own son, Lord Zhu, no one else in the world knew their true identities.

Who would come to catch these three hooligans who were kept in the farm?

They offended many people, but only in the manor. For those men whose wives were stolen, at most they would just beat them up or ask for some money. Those people still had to rely on the mansion for a living, so they would not do anything too extreme.

As for the people outside, that is even more impossible. In the eyes of the world, Xu Lin is already a dead man.

Yes, Xu Lin is Xu Kun's twin brother. The two brothers look exactly alike and have similar personalities. One is a romantic man, but he only loves young girls in their twenties, and every time he loves them, he is deeply in love with them; the other is also a romantic man, but he is not picky about food or meat. Because he got his cousin's wife pregnant, the clan elders ordered him and his cousin's wife to be drowned in a pond together.

His father didn't want his son to die young, so he bribed the clan members to do something, and his cousin's wife died. However, he escaped death and traveled around with a caravan until he was found by Madam Wei many years ago.

At that time, he was blackmailed for a lot of money because he stole someone else's wife. He had no choice but to sell his wife to pay off the debt, but it was still not enough. He hid like a rat crossing the street.

The people sent by Old Lady Wei found him, helped him get rid of his creditors, and told him that his brother had offended many people. Now his brother was burned to charcoal, and even his own mother could not recognize him. Those enemies did not believe that the charcoal was his brother, and now they mistook him for his brother and were looking for him everywhere.

The enemy was powerful and had great powers. He killed his brother's wife and children, and even spared the Yue family. So now the only thing he faced was death.

In this way, Xu Lin willingly hid in this remote village. He was still uneasy at first, but soon he discovered the joy of living in the village, so he settled down with peace of mind. Here he had no worries about food and drink, no need to run around, and he could gamble for a little money and have sex when he was free.

So how could Xu Lin, such a person, possibly escape?

However, Xu Lin did run away.

Lord Zhu went to Tong'an in person to look for them. After all, he was an official and had many connections, and he soon found the whereabouts of Xu Lin and his son.

Someone saw three men who looked like father and son, hiring a carriage and heading south along the official road.

Why is it so memorable?

Because these three people all have the same hooked nose, it is inevitable that people will take a few more glances at them.

Lord Zhu could not leave the capital too far, Tong'an was already his limit, so he could only send people south to chase, while he himself stayed in Tong'an to continue the investigation.

Soon he found another important clue. The Iron Plate Diviner on East Street proved that three men with the same hooked nose came to see him. The older one was looking for someone, a woman. He told the woman's birth date and the Iron Plate Diviner calculated that the woman was still alive and in a place with water.

The old hook-nosed man was stunned, and the other two hook-nosed men asked him if he knew where it was.

The old man with the hooked nose thought for a moment and slapped his thigh, "I remember now. It must be there. Let's rent a carriage and we'll definitely find her!"

All signs indicate that the father and his two sons went south to look for someone, and they were looking for a woman.

If they said they were looking for a man, Mrs. Wei would definitely not believe it, but if they said they were looking for a woman, Mrs. Wei would believe it.

Old Madam Wei did not sleep the whole night. Xu Lin, who looked exactly like Xu Kun, was her trump card and also the shield of the Baoqing Marquis' Mansion.

But now the shield is gone...

At this moment, the people sent by Marquis Zhu brought good news. They had found the place where Xu Lin's carriage stopped and were chasing him. They would soon catch up.

Madam Wei gnashed her teeth and said, "If you find these three ungrateful bastards, send them to the Marquis' Mansion. I want to see them in person!"

Just as she finished speaking, a maid ran in hurriedly: "Old Madam, there's a nun outside. She says she's from Qingjing Temple and has something important to tell you!"