Chapter 252 Stupid
The next day, when I had breakfast with my eldest brother, I tried my best to dress up, but I could still see that I was tired.
"Did you have a fight with Tianhai last night?" Dai Kun asked slowly.
The prefect's wife curled her lips and said, "No, I just had a nightmare last night. Brother, you've been in Guancheng for two days now. Why don't I take you out for a walk today?"
"No hurry!" Dai Kun put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth. "I did receive a piece of news last night. I heard that Liu Tianhai wanted to send Sisi to Prince Huai's mansion to accompany Concubine Xu."
The prefect's wife's face froze, and she raised her eyes: "Brother, do you understand?"
Dai Kun nodded slightly, his expression serious: "But do you know why Liu Tianhai wanted Sisi to accompany Concubine Xu?"
The prefect's wife felt choked up, and her voice was muffled: "Prince Zhou..."
"Ha!" Dai Kun scoffed, "It seems you still don't understand Liu Tianhai!"
Hearing this, the prefect's wife knew the truth might not be what she thought. She had a bad feeling in her heart: "Then he wants to..."
Dai Kun snorted coldly: "Liu Tianhai is really calculating!"
After that, he told the story about the other party and the Xu family. "A restaurant, if it's said they accepted bribes, the maximum would be 1,800 taels of silver. But he actually colluded with the Liu family to pass off inferior grain allocated by the court as good grain in the granary. He then sold the high-quality grain to the Liu family at a high price. If there was any spoiled grain in the granary, he would also mix it with the Liu family's good grain and sell it to ordinary people..."
"Hundreds of people die in Guancheng every year because of the Liu family's food shortage. No wonder the population has always been so small!"
"He confuses right and wrong, his heart is black!"
Dai Kun's tone was grim. He said that the main reason he came this time was for this nominal brother-in-law, and secondly, to obey his father's wishes and let his younger sister get a divorce!
Although the prefect's wife was his partner, she had no idea that he had colluded with the Liu family to do so many unscrupulous things!
"Then...what does this have to do with Sisi?" What she cared about most was her daughter.
Dai Kun gave her a deep look. "The Crown Prince Zhou caught him with the evidence. Since the Crown Prince Zhou didn't agree to his terms, he used Concubine Xu to get close to Prince Huai..."
Boom——
The bowls on the table were swept to the ground.
The prefect's wife's arms drooped limply, her voice shrill, "So, Liu Tianhai wants to give Sisi to Prince Huai!"
When Dai Kun heard the news, his first reaction was disgust. He never expected that his brother-in-law had lost his conscience to such an extent!
He nodded: "While my eldest brother is still in the city, divorce as soon as possible, and I will take you back to the capital!"
The prefect's wife felt as if the sky had fallen. She had thought that this man was greedy, but at least he was nice to her and her daughter, but now he wanted to squeeze every last drop of blood out of him!
"Madam!" the housekeeper called out from outside, "The old man has sent a servant to pick up Miss Sisi..."
The prefect's wife suddenly stood up and felt dizzy for a moment, but fortunately she grabbed the edge of the table in time.
When the housekeeper saw the lady come out, he was about to urge her to come in as the master had said, but he didn't expect that Lord Dai was also there, so he immediately stopped talking.
The prefect's wife stepped forward and said coldly, "Go back and tell Liu Tianhai that I want to divorce him!"
The housekeeper was startled and thought he might have heard it wrong!
But then, the servants who followed rushed up and drove him out of the yard, and the butler knew that things were bad.
Immediately send someone to the government office to inform the master!
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At this time, Zhu Mingqing paused when he returned home from outside.
"Madam, what's wrong?" Fen Tao was puzzled.
Zhu Mingqing turned her head and looked at the men who seemed to be chatting at the corner of the street. She hooked her finger and gave Fen Tao a few instructions.
At night.
The two men flew into Luo's house with ease, easily avoided the patrolling guards, and headed towards the target yard.
"I heard that this was the former royal residence. It seems that it is nothing special."
"Better be careful. If this deal goes through, it will be enough for the two of us brothers to live on for the rest of our lives."
"We're here! This is the young master's yard!"
The two of them quietly climbed over the wall, pushed the door open, and saw the maid sleeping inside. They felt a little relieved, and walked further in. There was a small bulge on the bed.
“Brother, hurry up!”
The person who was called immediately took out a powder, poured the substance into the kettle, then poured a glass of water and slowly brought it to the bedside.
"Haha, it's done!" The man couldn't help but pull back the quilt, his expression frozen instantly!
The other person was also stunned for a moment!
The dark room suddenly became bright, and a group of people rushed in and surrounded the two men who were hiding their heads and tails.
"Brother, we've fallen into a trap!"
"Nonsense, do you even need to tell me that?" The eldest brother gave his younger brother a look and told them to run for their lives.
The two men immediately separated and started fighting with these people.
During the journey, Wu Xing kept winking at the guards, gradually showing signs of weakness.
In the end, the eldest brother was arrested and the younger brother escaped!
The younger brother was unwilling to give up, but he knew that he could not save the person by himself without money or help. Regardless of the injury on his arm, he went straight to the agreed location.
Liu Ge heard a sound coming from next door, put his ear close to the wall, and found that the person he sent out had returned.
His face lit up with joy, it seemed like he had succeeded!
Otherwise, it’s impossible to escape unscathed!
Just as he was about to go out to take a look, he heard a large group of footsteps surrounding the next door.
Later, he heard various fighting sounds from next door, and he quickly asked the servant behind him to squat down.
The two hid under the wall, not daring to speak or breathe hard.
A quarter of an hour later, the sound of footsteps faded away!
"Sir." The servant pointed to the next room, "No movement!"
Liu Ge still didn't dare to move until another quarter of an hour passed and he was sure that there was no more movement. Only then did he dare to breathe deeply.
"You scared me to death!"
"Go, go, go, hurry back home!"
If it didn't work this time, there won't be a second chance. He should just listen to his father, pack up his things quickly, and go out to hide!
Suddenly, the door was pushed open and a voice carrying a chill was heard.
"Master Liu, I'm afraid you can't go anywhere!"
Liu Ge raised his eyes, his heart almost jumping out of his throat.
Zhu Mingqing was seen standing in the darkness, wearing a white gauze dress, like a ghost seeking revenge.
"You, you, you..." Liu Ge stretched out trembling fingers, "Why are you here?"
Zhu Mingqing smiled faintly: "This is all thanks to your subordinate. We agreed to meet next door, but you didn't show up. You really kept us waiting for a long time."
Liu Ge stood up and pretended to be deaf and dumb: "I don't understand what you are saying."
Zhu Mingqing clapped his hands and stepped aside to make way. Wu Xing immediately took people to tie up Liu Ge.
"How dare you! My father is Magistrate Liu. How dare you kidnap me? You must be dead!" Liu Ge's arms were lifted up, and he was so anxious that he jumped up and down when he passed by Zhu Mingqing.
"Soon it won't be!" Zhu Mingqing replied calmly, "Take it away!"
Liu Ge's face turned pale, but he still insisted, "You're accusing me out of nothing. I didn't do anything! Let me go!"
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