Cheng Zhiwu laughed, "I had already given up on this idea, but who knew you would bring her back to be your concubine... You are going to marry the eldest daughter of the Liu family, do you think Miss Liu can tolerate her? Rather than watching her be tormented to death by Liu Xixue, it's better to go back to the beginning..."
Go back to the beginning and become his woman.
This is tantamount to admitting to the plan to imprison Shen Qing in the dungeon and rape her.
Cheng Zhiwen was furious: "I'm going to kill you!"
The gun barrel was thrust forward, about to pierce Cheng Zhiwu's forehead.
Jiang Shen and He Fei rushed in.
Jiang Shen gripped the gun barrel: "Mr. Cheng, don't be impulsive!"
This is the Cheng residence. If Cheng Zhiwen kills his own brother here, the Cheng family will be destroyed.
He didn't want Cheng Zhiwen to regret it later, so he boldly stepped forward to stop her.
Like a madman, Cheng Zhiwen threw Jiang Shen aside and roared at Cheng Zhiwu, "No matter what happened before, she is my lover now! If you touch her, I'll kill you!"
"Click," he pulled the trigger.
Cheng Zhiwu knew the power of a gun; a single shot to the forehead would be enough to send him to his death.
But he wasn't afraid; he still had leverage to make Cheng Zhiwen submit.
“I didn’t want to use these things to blackmail you, after all, you are my only brother, but you have to turn against me for a woman and shoot me with a gun, so I have no choice but to speak frankly.”
He looked at Jiang Shen, He Fei, and their brothers standing outside the door.
Then he looked at Cheng Zhiwen, his eyes hardening: "Don't think I don't know you're a revolutionary! You gave me a bullet today, and I'll send your brothers to their graves!"
Cheng Zhiwen was greatly alarmed.
Jiang Shen and He Fei exchanged a glance.
Everyone realized that things were out of control.
Jiang Shen stepped forward again and whispered to Cheng Zhiwen, "Mr. Cheng, don't act impulsively."
They weren't afraid of death, but they were afraid that everything that so many people and so many years had built would be destroyed because of their rivalry.
If we fail, the new world will be even more out of reach.
At this moment, Cheng Zhiwen also put down his pistol.
A victorious smile appeared on Cheng Zhiwu's lips.
He shoved Cheng Zhiwen aside, straightened up, and calmly straightened his sleeves: "If you want to protect your brothers, personally deliver her to me in three days."
Cheng Zhiwen was to personally send Shen Qing to the dungeon for him to abuse.
After saying that, he pushed aside Cheng Zhiwen's already wooden body and left the dungeon with a smile.
Jiang Shen stepped forward and took the pistol from Cheng Zhiwen, who was still in a daze: "Mr. Cheng, please go and check on Miss Zhu's injuries. She's lost quite a bit of blood."
"Keep a close watch on every gate in the mansion. No one is allowed to enter or leave without my permission!"
"yes!"
...
Cheng Zhiwen went back to her room to see Shen Qing.
Jiang Shen and He Fei patrolled the courtyard.
Although He Fei did not witness Shen Qing's rescue firsthand, he had guessed what was going on after the confrontation between Cheng Zhiwen and his brother.
"The eldest young master has taken a liking to Miss Zhu, so he's threatening Mr. Cheng's career and the lives of his brothers. What do you think Mr. Cheng will choose?"
Jiang Shen shook his head: "I don't know."
He Fei sighed: "If Mr. Cheng chooses to protect the brothers, then he will definitely have to sacrifice Miss Zhu. He likes Miss Zhu so much, how can he do it? If he doesn't sacrifice Miss Zhu, then the brothers..."
He didn't believe that Cheng Zhiwen would kill Cheng Zhiwu because of this.
Therefore, in his view, Cheng Zhiwen only had two choices—
Either sacrifice your career or sacrifice your woman.
Inside the room.
Shen Qing took the medicine and fell into a deep sleep.
Cheng Zhiwen sat on the edge of the bed watching her, gently wiping her sweaty forehead before closing her eyes in pain.
He sat there all afternoon until his subordinates came to report in the evening that Qi Zhenheng was bringing the prefect of Yongzhou and a large group of soldiers to enter the Cheng family's residence.
He then stepped out of the room.
Before leaving the courtyard, he warned Jiang Shen and He Fei: "Keep a close watch on this courtyard! If anything happens to her again, I'll kill you both!"
Jiang Shen and He Fei replied with pale faces, "Yes."
When Cheng Zhiwen arrived at the gate, Master Cheng and Cheng Zhiwu were already there.
Beside Qi Zhenheng was the prefect of Yongzhou, and behind him was a large group of soldiers.
Master Cheng stood with his hands on his hips, blocking the entrance, and cursed, "You scoundrels! You two, one a fourth-rank official and the other a fifth-rank official, dare to enter the residence of a third-rank official and cause trouble?"
The prefect looked at Qi Zhenheng with a troubled expression and whispered, "Lord Qi, Lord Cheng is right. We have no evidence and cannot enter his residence!"
Qi Zhenheng glared at Cheng Zhiwu with hatred: "There's no evidence, but there are witnesses! I am a witness! Cheng Zhiwu, the eldest young master of the Cheng family, imprisoned my sister last night and seriously injured her! I witnessed the whole thing! Go in and arrest him! I will bear all the consequences!"
Seeing that the prefect still dared not move, he roared, "Arrest them! I want to interrogate them myself!"
Cheng Zhiwen stepped down the stairs and strode up to him: "Let's talk in private."
The two walked to the side.
He lowered his voice: "I'll handle this. Give me some time."
Qi Zhenheng growled, "He's your own brother! If you can't lay a hand on him, I will!"
"If you arrest him and interrogate him in court now, it will inevitably lead to the discovery of what he did to Qing'er... and Qing'er's true identity..."
Qi Zhenheng was shocked: "Cheng Zhiwu knows that Qing'er is Shen Qing?"
Cheng Zhiwen nodded: "I understand. Even if it's just for Qing'er's sake, please let me handle this matter."
Qi Zhenheng stared at Cheng Zhiwu for a while, then looked at Cheng Zhiwen: "Fine! I'll give you three days. If you can't give Qing'er an explanation after three days, I'll take action myself!"
"good."
Qi Zhenheng told the prefect to leave with his men, and then returned to Cheng Zhiwen's courtyard.
Shen Qing was still unconscious. With him by his side, Cheng Zhiwen took Jiang Shen to the dungeon of the accounting office again.
After rescuing Shen Qing from the dungeon in the morning, he immediately ordered his men to keep a close watch on the accounting office and prevent Cheng Zhiwu from getting close.
Once down in the dungeon, Cheng Zhiwen discovered that there were three locked secret rooms.
One of them is the one where Shen Qing was imprisoned, and the other two are still locked.
He coldly ordered, "Pry them all open!"
"yes!"
Jiang Shen stepped forward and pried open the lock on the right-hand secret chamber.
But this lock was clearly more complicated than the one at the entrance, and he tried to pry it open for quite a while with various tools but couldn't.
Cheng Zhiwen surveyed his surroundings with a dark expression.
He never expected that Cheng Zhiwu would dig such a large dungeon under the Cheng family's accounting office.
The secret room used to imprison Shen Qing contained a wedding bed. What were the other two rooms for?
"Did you pry it open?" Cheng Zhiwen asked Jiang Shen sternly.
Jiang Shen wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Not yet."
Cheng Zhiwen lost his patience, pulled out a pistol and pointed it at the door lock: "Get out of the way!"
Jiang Shen stepped back.
Cheng Zhiwen pulled the trigger, and after several shots, the copper lock was pierced. He stepped forward and kicked it a few times, separating the copper lock from the wooden door.
He kicked furiously, his eyes bloodshot, until the wooden door fell backward, kicking up a cloud of dust.
He raised his hand and gestured, extending his left hand to Jiang Shen, who then handed him the lamp.
Cheng Zhiwen carried the fire and bowed as he entered the secret room.
The previously pitch-black room suddenly lit up.
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