The doubt in Zheng Xiu's mind flashed across her mind, and Fen Ge urged her again: "Madam, let's go back quickly, you don't look very good." If something happened to Madam, she would be blamed for it.

Zheng Xiu took Fen Ge and Shu Liu back to the front.

Xue Shao had already gotten up, and Bai Zhu was preparing some cakes for him.

Seeing Zheng Xiu coming back, he jumped down from the stool, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Zheng Xiu shook her head, "It's okay, it's okay, I'll be fine after sitting for a while."

Fen Ge waved gently at Bai Zhu, and the two went outside to talk.

Fen Ge said, "Madam just went to see a crazy man on the farm and was shocked. We have brought some shock tea with us. You can make a batch for Madam first."

Bai Zhu was in charge of all the food in the second room. She nodded and said, "Sister Minghui thought of it carefully and let me bring it. I'll go to the kitchen to make it."

Then she went back to the room to find the shock tea and quickly went to the kitchen.

Fen Ge went back to the room to serve, and Zheng Xiu said, "It's not a big deal, don't make a fuss, I'll just rest for a while."

Fen Ge said, "Bai Zhu has gone to make the tea for shocking. I'll ask the servant to inform the second master."

Zheng Xiu thought Xue Zhi must be busy outside, so she didn't want to distract him. Just when she wanted to continue insisting, Xue Shao said, "Mother, just ask someone to inform Dad. He is most worried about you. Before he left, he quietly told me to take good care of you." After that, he trotted out the door and asked a servant who was guarding outside to report the news.

Xue Zhi came back in half an hour.

Because he was in a hurry to ride back, his face flushed.

Zheng Xiu had already drunk the tea for shocking and rested on the bed.

As soon as Xue Zhi entered the house, he took off his shawl and threw it to the servant. He walked in quickly and asked with concern: "How did you get frightened? Are you okay now? I have asked someone to go back to the city to ask for a doctor."

Zheng Xiu drank the tea to relieve the fright and felt a little sleepy. She perked up and said: "It's not particularly serious. I just heard that a maid from the former Duke of Qing's mansion was imprisoned in the backyard and was crazy, so I went to take a look

." Xue Zhi said unhappily: "What's there to see? Where are the people around you? Just let them go?" As he said that, his eyes swept towards Fenkudzu and Baizhu.

He usually looked dignified and solemn in front of others, and at this time he looked even more majestic.

Fen Ge and Bai Zhu immediately knelt down. Fen Ge said, "My Lord, the Third Young Master was taking a nap before, and Bai Zhu was here to watch over him. I went with my wife. If you want to punish someone, just punish me."

"Fen Ge stopped me before, and I insisted on going. If you want to blame someone, blame me." Zheng Xiu said hurriedly.

People at that time had a superstition about incurable madness, thinking that it was an invasion of evil spirits. Even Xue Zhi didn't believe it, and he didn't dare to let Zheng Xiu take risks.

He sighed, "Look at you, what's so new about this? If you really get sick, what will A Shao and I do?"

Zheng Xiu smiled apologetically and said softly, "I didn't think so much at the time. I was reckless. A Zhi, please don't be angry with me, okay?"

She looked at him so gently, and Xue Zhi didn't have any anger at all. Besides, the anger was not directed at her.

"Okay, you came back in a hurry from outside, so drink a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up first." Zheng Xiu winked at Fen Ge and Bai Zhu, and they got up from the ground. Bai Zhu went to bring the tea.

The room was warm and cozy, and it was fumigated with the silver silk charcoal brought from the Duke of Qing's Mansion. It was so much more comfortable than the cold wind outside.

Xue Zhi drank the hot tea and sighed comfortably.

"How was the patrol outside?" Zheng Xiu asked directly because everyone in the room was his own.

Xue Zhi said, "They were all apprentices who had worked in the wild fields, and I couldn't tell anything. I went to the orchard to take a look, and the fruit trees didn't grow well. I heard from Manager Li that the fruit trees here are usually taken care of carefully, but few of them grow well, and even those that do grow well don't have a good harvest."

The two of them felt more and more strange about this manor. The place was really good, but the poverty was really poor. It was too weird.

Not long after, the servant invited the doctor. Shu Liu also came to serve.

The doctor took Zheng Xiu's pulse and said that she was frightened and that she should take two doses of tranquilizers and sleep aids and rest for a few days and she would be fine.

Everyone in the room finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Zheng Xiu thought it was okay, it was just a shock, it was nothing.

After sending the doctor away, Shu Liu did not go back immediately, but seemed to want to say something

but hesitated. Zheng Xiu saw through it and told her to say whatever she wanted to say.

Shu Liu then said, "I am also worried about Madam's health, so I said some things bravely."

Zheng Xiu nodded and motioned her to continue.

Shu Liu said, "Ever since Jingying was sent to the farm, strange things have happened one after another. The harvest is getting worse every year, and the crops in the fields and the fruit trees in the orchard just don't grow well. People are saying that Jingying was possessed by evil spirits and that's why she brought disaster upon herself. The Second Madam went to see her today, and I'm afraid you might..."

Xue Zhi immediately said, "Don't talk nonsense!"

Shu Liu hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, I was wrong. The Second Madam is blessed with good fortune, so nothing will happen to her."

Zheng Xiu also said, "Don't believe all the stories about supernatural powers. You go down first." It would have been

fine if Shu Liu hadn't said this, but after she said it, Zheng Xiu felt that this matter was not simple. It was Shu Liu who had mentioned Jing Ying who had gone crazy in a veiled way, which aroused her interest in investigating. Then, he linked Jing Ying's matter with the strange and powerful things... It was as if it was planned.

Shu Liu quickly retreated.

Zheng Xiu asked Fen Ge and Bai Zhu to guard outside, and then he told Xue Zhi about his doubts.

Xue Zhi was not good at farming, and he felt that this matter was confusing, so he asked, "Are you saying that this matter was caused by Manager Li and his wife?"

Zheng Xiu nodded, "I just guessed so." If Shu Liu hadn't mentioned those rumors, she would not have thought of this. As the eldest maid who used to be by the old lady's side, Shu Liu suddenly went crazy and was imprisoned on the manor. This should be related to the secrets of the Duke of Qing's Mansion, and she should be imprisoned privately and low-key. There are only a few old servants in the manor who cannot leave the house, and the others are tenants outside. How could others know this? Since there is such a rumor outside, what else could it be but someone spreading it with ulterior motives?

Xue Zhi frowned and said, "Then I will have someone arrest them directly and interrogate them."

Zheng Xiu pondered for a moment and said, "Don't make a fuss first. I think we can start with one person."

"Who?"

"Li Guanshi's only son." The man who had a strange disease a few years ago and is now confined to his room, so sick that he is no longer human.