Chapter 161
When he woke up the next day, Xue Shun was in the same mood as usual.
It was as if I had completely forgotten the unpleasantness of yesterday.
While getting dressed, he took the initiative to mention Li Yan: "After dinner, go call Li Yan, let's go capture Lin Changxi first, and then we can talk about other things, so that he won't take the opportunity to escape."
"Just the three of us going?" Shen Jiao felt that this was a bit risky.
"Let's talk about this later." Xue Shun was just thinking about it. The people in the hall were all uneasy. It seemed a bit useless to ask his mother for help. Besides... he was not sure whether his mother would give it to others.
Shen Jiao said that what Luo Wendi said was worth pondering carefully, so Xue Shun listened to him.
He thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.
My mother seemed to know something, but she didn't care.
Even knowing that he had few confidants, they did not send anyone to him.
He wasn't sure if his mother wanted him to do this, so he was even less sure if he should ask her to borrow a few people.
Patience and kindness are things that become less and less with use. Xue Shun still wants to ask her for help on more important matters.
For example, the matter of Shen Jiao...
When Xue Shun thought of this, he was suddenly stunned.
Shen Jiao waved her hands in front of him: "What are you thinking about, sir?"
"Nothing." Xue Shun lowered his head and smiled self-deprecatingly.
He just suddenly realized that sometimes patience and kindness are not enough.
No matter what happens to Shen Jiao, his patience and kindness will not be worn out, no matter how painful it is.
He was worried because he knew very well that his mother was not his mother, or he knew very well that he could not do whatever he wanted and no one would let him do what he wanted.
A warm person snuggled into his arms.
Xue Shun subconsciously hugged Shen Jiao and asked in a muffled voice: "What are you doing?"
"Nothing, I just thought you were unhappy."
Shen Jiao hugged him tightly and said.
Xue Shun: ...
He took a deep breath, touched her head and said, "Sometimes I really don't know whether you are real or fake. How can you be so good and yet so unlike a human being?"
Shen Jiao's good intentions seemed to have been bitten by a dog, and she immediately turned bad: "Let go, I don't want to hug you anymore, you'd better be unhappy by yourself!"
"Are you angry already?"
"What else? They meant well, so it's fine if you don't appreciate it, but why are you cursing at them?"
Xue Shun's unhappiness disappeared, and he hugged her and laughed out loud. No one knew what he was happy about. Shen Jiao always felt that there was some inconspicuous sadness mixed in his laughter.
What's there to be sad about so early in the morning?
Shen Jiao didn't bother to pay attention to him. This guy was pretentious and awkward, and he didn't even want to eat.
Xue Shun still refused to eat this morning and didn't even look at it. When Shen Jiao went to eat, he had to open the window to let the smell out, otherwise he would feel uncomfortable.
He didn't practice cultivation, but instead acted like he didn't want to eat grains.
I don't even drink much water.
There is only medicine in the stomach.
If it weren't for the fasting pills, Shen Jiao was afraid that he would be so hungry that he would be exhausted and unable to move.
"Sir, you know you have to eat something sooner or later, right?" Shen Jiao tried to persuade him.
Xue Shun: "Eat yours, leave me alone."
This is what really makes him ungrateful.
The one who resisted just gave Shen Jiao a pat on the back of his head.
If he doesn’t want to eat, then don’t eat. He can still talk and walk anyway. It will be easier to feed him when he is exhausted.
Shen Jiao was also open-minded. He ate happily, and then asked Xue Shun about the shortage of manpower. He also figured it out.
"Transfer them from the hall. There's no need to tell them where to go. Just take them away later. Oh, right," Xue Shun thought of someone, "go ask if the person in charge who went to the clinic that day is here. That fence-sitter seems like a smart guy. If he's here, ask him to come over and ask him about Chu Ge Tower."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Shen Jiao was reliable and found out the truth quickly. Unfortunately, the person in charge had gone out early in the morning. He was indeed busy with the Chu Ge Tower affairs. It was not known whether he had made any progress. When he was not there, Shen Jiao asked for someone else.
Those people tried to find out something from her indirectly, but when they got nothing, they started to blame each other. It was not until Shen Jiao started to curse that they sent a few disciples to her.
Judging from his appearance, he is probably not very popular in the hall and does not look very powerful.
But it is better to have something useful than nothing. Shen Jiao and Xue Shun are not picky and have only one requirement for them.
"Shut up tight, control your legs, and do what I tell you to do. Anyone who dares to disobey orders or secretly pass on information will die. My kind-hearted master will certainly not have the heart to kill you and will only drive you out. But before that, I will tattoo the word "traitor" on your face and brand you with the seal of Tongcai Villa. If you don't have the guts to do it, then don't be disobedient. Do you understand?"
Shen Jiao looked very gentle and amiable, with a warm smile on his face. The next moment, he brought out a plate of medicine.
"One for each of you. This is a reward from the Master. Eat it quickly."
She specifically asked Wei Qian for it yesterday.
But it's not poison. It's just some ashes made from burned medicinal residues. It has no benefits, nor any harm. People who don't understand pharmacology can't tell what it is, and people who do understand it will be confused for a while. Anyway, it's enough to scare people.
They all cried and begged for mercy.
Shen Jiao tried to persuade them kindly, "What are you doing? Don't you want your tongues anymore? I gave you poison, not to kill you, but to make you obey. Is this too much? Is it worse than what the hall has been doing these years?"
The crying stopped abruptly.
"Girl, those things have nothing to do with us."
"Please spare my life, sir. It's all because of the hall master and the principals."
"I'm new here and I don't know anything."
"I have parents who are buried above me, a child who is yet to be conceived below me, and a wife who I can't marry in my heart. I can't die..."
"Can we?"
The eight men cried like eight toads, chattering with their mouths wide open.
Shen Jiao was impatient: "Choose one: eat or die."
She threw a knife in front of them, and the eight people suddenly understood.
"Then it's better to eat better."
"It is better to live longer than to die early."
They encouraged each other, ate one each, and praised each other.
"It's sweet."
"Like honey."
“It tastes like candy.”
"My mother is right. Good medicine tastes bitter..."
Shen Jiao walked over to the oldest one and asked, "Have you eaten?"
He slurped it and said with a wry smile, "I've eaten it. If you don't believe me, just watch. Ah!"
Shen Jiao rolled her eyes and said to the figure behind the screen, "Sir, everything is ready."
"Okay, let's go." Xue Shun also held a long sword and did not take a carriage. Instead, he rode a horse and took four people straight to Taihe Casino. Shen Jiao took another four people to Yonghe Restaurant.
Li Yan was dressed like an old man in a straw raincoat and hat, covering his face as he followed Shen Jiao. No one could tell who he was...
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