Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Hidden Illness
"Su Peisheng, deal with the spies listed on the list."
Yinzhen lowered his head, clenched his fists, and pinched his palms with his fingertips in anger. He had endless indignation and sadness but no one to talk to. He never doubted that the man was the mastermind behind his assassination.
Never.
Su Peisheng took the secret report, glanced at the list of people involved in the assassination of the Fourth Master, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
I didn't expect it. It was really unpredictable. How could it be that gentleman?
"master.."
Su Peisheng looked at the Fourth Master with heartache, his lips opened and closed for a long time, then gradually became lighter and lighter, and he fell into a dead silence, not knowing how to comfort his master.
Yinzhen knelt majestically on the bamboo couch, leaning slightly forward, his left elbow supporting his knee, his right hand already unsheathed his long sword.
He blinked for a moment, his eyes flickering with fire. He curled his lips in a cold smile, "Su Peisheng! Prepare the carriages and horses! I'm going to do it myself!"
"yes."
Su Peisheng turned around and opened the door. The cool night breeze brought a bone-chilling sadness.
The sound of the carriage wheels gradually faded into the dark night.
Near midnight, a flying stone suddenly brushed past the stone paving at the corner of the wall and fell into the pool with a splash, breaking the silence.
After a long silence, a burly black shadow leaped from the green wall and disappeared into the dark night.
Zhuangzi's wooden door slowly opened a narrow gap.
Chu Xian hurried and finally got out of the city before the gate was locked.
When her father was not at home, she would rather sleep in the open than go back home.
If she hadn't brought her ID card, she would have found an inn to stay in first, and there would be no need to rush back in the dark.
It was past midnight when she tiptoed to the kitchen to find a pair of scissors. The candlestick in her hand was shaking violently. A gust of cold night wind blew, and with a plop, the candle was blown out by the wind.
Chu Xian's face turned pale and she fled into the dark house in a hurry.
She frantically searched for a tinder to light a red candle. The darkness before her eyes was illuminated by a faint blue light. Then she gasped and held her pounding heart.
She hurried to the full-height wardrobe with a lacquered cloud pattern and flung open the door.
After opening the three cabinet doors and finding nothing wrong, she walked over to the bunk bed and bent down to check if there was anyone hiding under it.
After carefully checking all the places in the house where people could hide, Chu Xian checked whether the doors and windows were locked. Then she hid the scissors in her palm under her pillow, changed into cool pajamas, and lay down on the bamboo couch to sleep.
The red candle crackled softly, and the candle oil gradually filled the candlestick.
Half asleep and half awake, Chu Xian always felt uneasy. She always felt that there was someone standing beside the bed, staring at her. She turned over in a daze.
When she raised her hand, she felt a hot hand beside the bed. The fingertips were greedily stroking her wrist, and the rough scratching feeling was clearly felt.
All sleepiness disappeared in an instant. She was frightened out of her wits and opened her eyes in panic.
In the dim light, she happened to meet a pair of black eyes that were staring straight at her.
"Chi Zheng! There's a thief!!"
Chu Xian screamed at the top of her lungs, grabbed the scissors hidden under her pillow and stabbed the thief fiercely.
"Chi Zheng!" Chu Xian shouted in a trembling voice.
"Su Sheng!!"
"Madame Zheng!"
What happened? She screamed until her voice was hoarse, why didn't anyone come to save her?
The masked thief crossed his arms and calmly watched her struggle and scream. He couldn't help but sneer: "Stop shouting. There are only you and the old mute in this village. The old mute won't wake up for a while."
"Be good, take off all your clothes and lie on the bed. If you don't struggle and serve me well, I won't make things difficult for you after we're done."
"Do you want to take it off yourself, or should I do it?"
"Tsk tsk, she's a servant from a wealthy family, but she's even more delicate and tender than the girls in the Eight Great Hutongs."
"Look at your figure, you are still a virgin. Don't worry, I am not someone who doesn't know how to be gentle with women. I will not let you suffer for too long."
The masked thief's eyes were full of lust and evil, and he spoke foul words.
Chu Xian was pressed step by step by the thieves and retreated to the corner with nowhere to retreat.
"Brother, there is silver in the crack in the corner of the wall. Can you spare my life?"
Chu Xian held the scissors tightly with trembling hands, but she was caught off guard when the thief suddenly dodged and knocked her scissors to the ground with a knife.
Chu Xian's heart sank. She was afraid that she might meet a martial artist with extraordinary skills tonight, and she would be completely unable to resist.
"Why not toast and eat?"
I don't know how the thief used his strength, but in a few seconds he pushed her down on the bed, leaving her with no power to resist.
Suddenly, a hissing sound of tearing cloth was heard, and Chu Xian felt a chill on her body. She was so scared that she covered her chest with her hands.
The thief couldn't wait to steal the jade and the beauty, so he just took off his belt and pounced on her anxiously.
In despair, Chu Xian remembered the death curse Sui Qing had mentioned.
Six inches below the armpit, there is a point called Dabaoxue. A sudden attack on this point can make a person feel weak and limp all over.
If Jueyin xue and Renmai xue are added, it can cause paralysis.
She couldn't remember which acupoint was Jiuweixue and Renmaixue for a moment, so she pursed her lips and bit the tip of her tongue, suppressing her fear.
"Brother...we agreed to serve you comfortably, so you won't make things difficult for me. Please be gentle."
Chu Xian smiled flatteringly and took the initiative to hug the thief's sweaty body.
"My dear, open your mouth a little, and you will know how comfortable and happy you are in a moment~"
The thief was so lustful that he couldn't wait to kiss the girl's sweet cheeks and neck.
Chu Xian suppressed her nausea and moaned softly, her hands flirting as she rubbed the thief's body, which was covered with sour, smelly, and sweaty clothes, in a pretentious and ambiguous manner.
Suddenly, her whole body tensed up and her face flushed red, and the thief's dirty hand was reaching out there.
Without time to think, Chu Xian gritted her teeth and tried her best to press down on the big bag.
"ah!!"
The thief cried out in pain and sat up with a jerk, but he showed no sign of collapsing.
"Bitch!"
Before he could recover, he heard a muffled sound of something penetrating his neck.
Chu Xian panted as she pulled out the hairpin that had pierced the thief's neck. Warm and fishy blood splattered all over her face. Without bothering to wipe the blood, she gritted her teeth and stabbed into the bleeding neck again.
My head was buzzing, and all the terrible nightmares from the past came flooding back. There were so many of them that I didn't dare to think about them. It was too painful.
Her eyes were blurry, and she couldn't tell if her face was covered more with blood or tears.
Ma Mu raised the hairpin and thrust all the endless hatred and pain into the bloody corpse.
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At five o'clock in the morning, the sky was already turning a crab-shell blue.
Su Peisheng drove his carriage to the gate of the manor and was about to go straight into the manor, but was surprised to hear a candle lit in Lin Shu's house.
"Master, the spies say Lin Shu has returned."
"When will you come back?" Yinzhen was not worried that Lin Shu would suspect him. Before leaving, he left a piece of paper with excuses on the desk.
"I don't know. No one is left to guard this place tonight."
"Well, from now on, two people will stay to monitor Zhuangzi."
As Yinzhen raised his hand, Su Peisheng quickly helped him into the manor.
As Pu Yi approached the wing room, he was greeted by a strong smell of blood.
Yinzhen and his servant remained calm and stopped.
The bloody smell was extremely strong, and no one knew how many people had died.
As the night deepened and everyone was asleep, sudden and strange muffled sounds came intermittently from Lin Shu's house.
Su Peisheng looked at the Fourth Master inquiringly, and when he saw the Fourth Master nod, he opened his mouth and called out, "Lin Shu! Are you okay?"
The strange muffled sound in the house never stopped, but Lin Shu did not respond.
"Lin Shu! What happened? If you don't open the door, I'll be disturbing you."
Su Peisheng walked towards the closed door. Just as he took a step, he heard the Fourth Master's low voice remind him from behind: "Go find Madam Zheng first."
"If Madam Zheng is alright, have her knock on the door."
After Yinzhen finished speaking, he turned aside and said, "Han women attach great importance to their reputation. If two outsiders break into her boudoir, it will definitely damage her reputation. She will definitely seek death to preserve her reputation."
Su Peisheng let out a cry and went to look for Madam Zheng. After a cup of tea, Madam Zheng was supported by Su Peisheng to the door.
The door was locked. Nanny Zheng sobbed anxiously and pushed the door desperately.
Su Peisheng couldn't bear it anymore and kicked the door open.
In the dim candlelight, Su Peisheng took a peek at the situation inside the room. His eyes widened in an instant, and he stepped back, retreating behind the Fourth Master.
"Master, the knockout drug that old nanny was given is not the right one. It was not given to her by this servant."
Su Peisheng lowered his voice, took even breaths, closed his eyes, and saw the bloody and tragic scene in the house.
"Master, Lin Shu... Lin Shu was sitting naked on a bloody man. Both of them were covered in blood. The bed was soaked in blood, and the floor was covered in blood."
As he was speaking, Nanny Zheng, covered in blood, rushed out of the house crying and grabbed Su Peisheng's hand and dragged him into the house.
Without caring about anything else, Su Peisheng rushed into the house.
Lin Shu had been wrapped tightly in a blanket by Nanny Zheng, leaving only a portion of his shoulder splattered with blood exposed.
Her scattered black hair was still bleeding. With a muffled sound, the crooked silver hairpin pierced into the neck of the corpse.
The neck of the corpse had been stabbed to pieces long ago, but Lin Shu seemed to have lost his soul and was still desperately poking at it with the hairpin.
"Lin Shu, what are you doing? He is already dead!" Su Peisheng tried to grab the hairpin tremblingly.
“Lin Shu!!”
Sui Qing's anxious cry was heard outside the door.
Sui Qing was so scared that her legs went weak. She staggered to the bed and pushed Su Sheng away.
"Get out! All of you get out!"
Sui Qing's eyes were filled with fear as he snatched the crooked and deformed hairpin from the girl's hand.
Su Peisheng was pushed out of the door by Sui Qing. When he turned around, a corpse flew towards him.
"Su Sheng, chop this corpse into pieces and burn it! No! Keep it for now, I'll chop it up myself!"
Sui Qing hugged the unconscious girl tightly and shouted angrily.
There was chaos in the manor until dusk, when Sui Qing wiped the blood from his face and tiptoed out of the house.
Su Peisheng carried a bucket of hot water and moved closer to the murderous Sui Qing.
"Is Lin Shu sick? What happened last night?"
"Su Sheng, where were you and Chi Zheng last night? Where did you go?" Sui Qing asked angrily.
"Last night, after Miss Lin Shu entered the city, the young master and I had nothing to do, so he took me to Songzhuzhai to resign. We left a letter to explain the matter."
"As soon as the city gates opened at four o'clock in the morning, we returned and discovered something was amiss in Lin Shu's room."
"I'm really sorry, but we didn't know Lin Shu would come back early."
"How's Lin Shu? I see she's not feeling well. Does she need to be taken to the city to seek medical treatment?"
Su Peisheng was certain that Lin Shu must have a hidden illness, most likely something like insanity or hysteria.
"Su Sheng! Watch your mouth! If I hear any rumors, I won't let you go!"
"Lin Shu is not ill, she is just frightened. You don't need to make a fuss about it."
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