Tap! Tap!

Lin Yu walked over step by step and stopped in front of the head butler, looking down at him.

Say what you just said again!

The butler knelt on the ground, trembling, a far cry from his earlier arrogance; his pants were soaked with sweat.

"Young Marshal, your presence at the Marquis's residence is an honor!"

Circumstances are beyond our control.

Under immense pressure, the head butler had no choice but to change his tune. He dared not say again that he wanted Lin Yu brought to justice!

Lin Yu smiled dismissively and slowly withdrew his aura.

thump!

The head steward and many of the guards collapsed to the ground, feeling completely soaked!

...

A moment later, Lin Yu was led to a spacious hall.

The head steward, trembling, served tea. "Young Marshal, this is the Marquis's treasured Longjing tea. Please enjoy!"

Lin Yu picked up his cup, took a sip, and said casually, "I heard your wife is home. Why didn't she come to greet the guests?"

The head butler stiffened and quickly said, "Young Marshal, please calm down. My wife has a hidden illness and is unable to receive guests!"

Feng Jiu glared at her and said coldly, "You didn't even inform them, how did you know your mistress was unable to receive guests!"

The head steward felt as if he were being stared at by a lion or tiger, and a chill ran down his spine from that glare.

Lin Yu said calmly, "I do know some medical skills. Go and invite your wife over. I'll take her pulse myself!"

"This..." The head butler looked troubled.

The Marquis's rule is that his wife is not allowed to go out or see anyone, but the young marshal is about to break this rule when he comes to visit.

Feng Jiu sneered and said, "You've seen my young marshal's strength. He can enter the Marquis's mansion, and he might not be able to stop the lady from entering her boudoir!"

The head steward shuddered and said helplessly, "Young Marshal, please wait a moment, I'll go and fetch Madam right away!"

After a while, the butler brought a pretty woman in her thirties, who walked unsteadily and had disheveled hair, into the hall.

"Little white rabbit, white and white, with two ears standing up..."

The woman, completely oblivious to the presence of outsiders, tilted her head and sang a children's song to herself. The housekeeper helped her to a chair and sighed.

"Young Marshal, as you can see, our lady has some mental issues!"

Lin Yu glanced at the woman, gently put down his teacup, and said, "It's not a serious illness, I can treat it. You can go out now!"

"Um, young marshal... isn't this inappropriate?"

The head steward's face was grim. He had already broken the Marquis's rules by bringing the lady out, but he hadn't expected the other party to make such an outrageous request.

Feng Jiu said coldly, "Didn't you hear me tell you to get out? Do you want the young marshal to give you a good scolding too?"

"No, I wouldn't dare!"

The head butler shuddered and, with no other option, had to leave.

After the head butler left, Lin Yu looked at the woman and said calmly, "Pretending to be crazy every day must be tiring, right? If you have any difficulties, feel free to tell me, perhaps I can help!"

The woman continued to giggle foolishly, "Little white rabbit, white and white, two ears standing up, giggle... giggle!"

Lin Yu frowned and tapped the table with his knuckles.

Feng Jiu understood, took out a revolver from her waist, unloaded all the bullets except one, put it back in the chamber, and spun it around a few times, click click click!

Feng Jiu smiled slightly, walked up to the woman, and pressed the gun against her temple.

Even now, the woman's expression remained unchanged, and she continued to giggle foolishly.

Feng Jiu frowned, and without hesitation, pulled the trigger!

Clap clap clap clap clap!

Five shots were fired, all of them blanks!

The sound stopped abruptly.

The woman's breathing became rapid, but she tried to remain calm and started singing the nursery rhyme again.

Feng Jiu frowned. "You really think I wouldn't dare to shoot? Killing you won't affect the young marshal at all! We can just say to the outside world that the Marquis's wife had a fit of madness and attempted to assassinate the young marshal, but was shot dead by the guards. That's all!"

As he spoke, he pressed the gun against the woman's forehead again.

thump!

The woman finally couldn't hold back any longer and collapsed to the ground, crying out, "Spare me! Young Marshal, spare me!"

Lin Yu's lips curled up slightly. "Finally, you're not pretending anymore?"

"Tell me, why were you pretending to be crazy?"

Qi Wei's delicate body trembled uncontrollably as she said with a bitter expression, "If I don't pretend to be crazy, the Marquis will not spare me. I beg you, please don't tell the Marquis!"

Lin Yu leaned down slightly and said, "I can choose not to tell him, but I'm very curious, why are you pretending to be crazy?"

Qi Wei bit her thin lips and said in a low, timid voice, "Because I know a big secret about the Marquis!"

Lin Yu's eyes flickered slightly as he pressed on, "What secret?"

Qi Wei bit her lip, remaining silent.

Lin Yu slowly straightened up and said, "What are your conditions? Feel free to state them."

Bang!

Qi Wei immediately kowtowed to the ground, her eyes red, and said, "Please, young marshal, take me away from the Marquis's mansion!"

For years, she had been feigning madness in the Marquis's mansion, living a miserable life every day, enduring bullying and ridicule from the servants. She had long since reached her breaking point; if this continued, she might truly become mentally ill!

Lin Yu could naturally see Qi Wei's predicament, and nodded, saying, "I promise you, as long as you tell me Xu Chengyi's secret, I can take you away from the Marquis's mansion!"

Qi Wei asked with a look of surprise, "Really? You're not lying to me?"

Feng Jiu coldly said, "My young marshal is a man of his word. If he wants you to tell the truth, there are a hundred ways. Don't make a mistake!"

"Okay! I'll talk, I'll talk!"

Qi Wei's expression hardened, and she immediately began to recount the story: "This matter dates back to more than ten years ago... Back then, I was only a teenager, serving as a maid to the Madam. At that time, the young Marquis was only two years old. One night, I heard the young Marquis crying, so I went to the Madam's bedroom to take him out and comfort him, but unexpectedly, I happened to see..."

Feng Jiu frowned and urged, "What did you see? Tell me!"

Qi Wei bit her lip but still managed to say, "I saw... the Marquis, he... he strangled the Madam to death!"

Lin Yu and Feng Jiu exchanged a glance, their eyes wide with shock!

Rumors circulated that Wu Xuefang died suddenly from an illness.

I never imagined that he was killed by Xu Chengyi!

Lin Yu quickly asked, "Why did he do that? Was it because of something trivial, or...?"

Qi Wei shook her head, "The Marquis and his wife have a very good relationship and have rarely quarreled before!"

Recalling the events of that year, she was still shaken, her delicate body trembling. She tried to calm herself down before continuing, "I felt that the Marquis's condition at the time seemed a bit off. He seemed to have gone mad, as if he didn't recognize you at all, Madam!"

"Insanity?"

Lin Yu frowned and fell into deep thought.

Squeak!

Just then, a faint sound came from outside the door.

Feng Jiu's expression changed, and she hurriedly ran over, only to find that a figure had already run far away.

Qi Wei panicked and pleaded with Lin Yu, "Young Marshal, over the years, the madam's maids have been killed one after another. I only managed to escape by pretending to be insane! According to the rules, a maid must return to the Wu family at the age of thirty and be arranged to marry. The Marquis married me in order to keep me here. I don't know how I've survived all these years. If the Marquis finds out that I was pretending to be insane, he will definitely kill me!"