Chapter 57 Believe it or not, I will cut off your head and feed it to the dogs

Fresh air filled his lungs, and Zhao Xiaosi fell on the bed and started coughing, alarming the servants outside.

"Master, what happened?"

There were servants asking anxious and concerned questions, and someone was even about to push the door open to check.

Zhao Xiaosi's pair of dark eyes swept across Xiao Zhinian's ferocious face, and he immediately raised his voice, "Don't come in and disturb my sleep! Get out of the way!"

The servants all said yes and then fell silent.

Zhao Xiaosi was also frightened by Xiao Zhinian. He quietly moved his butt back, wrapped himself in the quilt, and whispered, "Why are you in my room? Dad and the others are drinking in the front, shouldn't you be there?"

The naive Zhao Xiaosi had seen Xiao Zhinian and Yang Shihui eating together at the table last time and thought they were together.

Xiao Zhinian had just come out of the cellar and was planning to go to the prison to inquire about Shen Zhejiang. When he was about to go out, he saw the yamen runners chasing him on the street. Coincidentally, Zhao Xiaosi happened to return to the Zhao residence at that time.

After careful consideration, he felt that he was outnumbered and not strong enough to force his way in, so he changed his strategy midway and followed Zhao Xiaosi all the way here.

"I want to ask you something," Xiao Zhinian said, "Where have you been these days?"

When Zhao Xiaosi heard him ask this, he instantly perked up. He threw off the quilt and crawled to Xiao Zhinian's side using his hands and feet. He immediately forgot about the fact that Xiao Zhinian almost strangled him to death just now, and said excitedly: "Finally someone is willing to ask me, young master, that's great! Let me tell you, I went to Wucheng to play for several days and had a great time. My father rarely allowed me to go out to play alone, and I don't know why he changed this time. Let's not talk about these, you know? I..."

Xiao Zhinian was so annoyed by his noise that his head hurt. He was already annoyed, and now he had to deal with this talkative guy.

Zhao Xiaosi was completely unaware of Xiao Zhinian's disdain and was still immersed in it, talking nonstop: "I met a camel driver on the road and bought an interesting and rare thing from him. I will give it to you tomorrow. I haven't seen you for so many days and I miss you so much."

Xiao Zhinian couldn't stand it anymore and got angry: "Who is your husband? Who asked you to think about it?"

"What does it have to do with you? Don't think that just because all the portraits in the master's house are of you, you can monopolize the master. I'm telling you, don't even think about it! You are not allowed to take my master away!"

Zhao Xiaosi puffed up his cheeks and spoke louder and louder.

If Xiao Zhinian hadn't covered his mouth in time, he might have attracted the servants outside.

"Chen Zhejiang can only belong to me. If you keep talking nonsense, I will chop off your head and feed it to the dogs!"

"......"

As expected, Zhao Xiaosi shrank his neck. He wanted to argue a few more words, but when he met Xiao Zhinian's murderous eyes, he immediately lost his voice.

Seriously, he felt that Xiao Zhinian might really kill him.

"I will stay in your house for two days. Please do something for me." Xiao Zhinian looked at him coldly. Then he thought of something and said, "I will only tell you once. If you dare to betray me, watch out for your head!"

"Um...by..." Being covered by Xiao Zhinian, Zhao Xiaosi spoke unclearly and struggled frantically, "Let...me go..."

Xiao Zhinian said very quickly: "Chen Zhejiang is in prison, I want you to save him for me, hiss!"

He felt a pain in the palm of his hand. It turned out that Zhao Xiaosi had bitten him.

Haha, this kid is quite smart.

Zhao Xiaosi spat and finally realized what Xiao Zhinian said: "What did you say?! Why is the gentleman in prison?!"

"I can't explain it to you clearly. In short, you just need to do my job honestly, and later..."

When Xiao Zhinian said this, he suddenly paused.

What will happen in the future?

Zhao Jianji committed such a heinous crime, so of course he would not let him off easily. However, Zhao Xiaosi, as his blood relative, would be implicated along with his entire clan, so he would definitely not be able to escape this disaster.

...Forget it. If Zhao Xiaosi really helped him succeed, then his merits would have made up for his mistakes, so he might as well be spared his life.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zhinian saw Zhao Xiaosi's puzzled look and said, "We'll talk about it later."

Zhao Xiaosi was simple-minded, so he naturally couldn't guess that Xiao Zhinian in front of him had already gone through a lot of twists and turns. He asked, "Well, I don't know why I should trust you. Maybe it's because I knew you since I met you. What do you think I should do to save you?"

"There is a family named Han opposite Chen Zhejiang's house. There lives a woman there. Tomorrow morning, you can ask her for something for me. Just tell her who I am and don't let anyone find out."

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As expected, Zhao Xiaosi believed Xiao Zhinian and went out at dawn. He was used to running around the city, and the servants did not find it strange and let him play by himself.

Xiao Zhinian was waiting in his room, but he was restless. Sometimes he paced back and forth, sometimes he leaned against the pillar and thought about it, and sometimes he flipped through Zhao Xiaosi's daily homework, and took out a collection of poems from under the table.

"I didn't expect that boy to be so hardworking. His handwriting is comparable to mine."

Xiao Zhinian leaned on the edge of the table, casually flipping through a book and talking to himself.

But at this moment, the tip of his ears twitched.

Someone is coming.

Xiao Zhinian jumped onto the beam, and a book fell where he had been standing, with pages turning.

Who?

He lay quietly on the beam, staring at the direction of the door. After a while, the closed wooden door was stealthily pushed open a tiny crack.

"Xiao Si? Xiao Si?"

The person outside shouted twice, but got no response.

The gap in the door was pushed wider.

Then, Xiao Zhinian discovered that the person who squeezed in was actually——

Zhao Jianji.

What is he doing here sneaking around?

Xiao Zhinian's gaze followed the fat figure of Zhao Jianji below.

After Zhao Jianji entered the room, he quickly closed the door behind him, as if he was afraid of being noticed. Seeing that the room was empty and no one was there, he let out a long breath.

"Where have you been so early in the morning? You really don't want to be home at all. It's good that this happens to be convenient for me."

Zhao Jianji had obviously relaxed. He was talking to himself and walking towards the bed.

Xiao Zhinian moved his gaze over there, but was unpredictably blocked by the curtain hanging on the beam over there. On second thought, he tiptoed along the beam and took two steps closer, then peered through the gap to observe secretly.

What is this doing?

But Zhao Jianji lifted the bed board with ease. It was incredible that a fat man like him could move such a heavy object.

Book?

Xiao Zhinian narrowed his eyes to make sure he was not seeing things. Hidden under the bed was actually a pile of old books.

"Yang Shihui, you old fox, you are so smart that you want me to burn the account books?"

It's not a book, it's an account book.

Xiao Zhinian frowned and his eyes became even colder. It turned out that Zhao Jianji had hidden all the account books here. No wonder he couldn't find them in the study last time.

"Haha, I didn't expect that you would fall into my hands one day. I have kept every account of the business I have done over the years, and the money you received is also written in black and white," Zhao Jianji said, wiping the sweat from his tiredness, and took out one of the books with a radiant face, flipping it open and reading it, while muttering, "With this handle in my hand, let's see what tricks you can play."

Xiao Zhinian finally figured it out.