Chapter 44: Counter-capture

The servant had a strange expression on his face that was hard to describe.

Prefect Cheng: “…”

Shen Shilang drank again?

Why do I feel like I'm even more drunk?

Looking more closely, why did Shen Shilang's face become even redder?

Prefect Cheng hurriedly called the servant who had just brought Shen Shilang the hangover soup and asked in a low voice, "Did Shen Shilang drink again?"

"No." The servant whispered, "I brought Mr. Shen some hangover soup, and he asked me to wait at the door. During this time, no one brought Mr. Shen wine. Unless Mr. Shen brought wine with him, he didn't drink it."

Prefect Cheng knew that Shen Shilang did not bring any wine.

So……

This kid is pretending!

Then Shen Shilang staggered back to his seat, propped up his hands on the low table, and fell onto the cushion with a "thump", unable to hold his liquor.

Prefect Cheng: “…”

Seeing Shen Shilang pretending to be drunk like this, Prefect Cheng felt numb for a moment.

If you didn't know the truth, you wouldn't be able to tell that Shen Shilang was pretending to be drunk.

Prefect Cheng couldn't help but look at Wei Jianming who was still staring at Shen Shilang not far away.

Seeing that Shen Shilang was very drunk, Wei Jianming still had a mocking and smug smile on his face.

The corner of Prefect Cheng's mouth twitched.

I cursed him in my heart as an idiot.

He doesn't even know that Shen Shilang has plotted against him, and is still feeling complacent.

After the banquet, Prefect Cheng arranged for Steward Lin to personally send Shen Shilang to the carriage.

In the carriage, Shen Shilang drunkenly thanked Steward Lin. Steward Lin had no idea that Shen Shilang was pretending to be drunk, and was wondering why this Master Shen suddenly became so careless and allowed himself to get so drunk.

Could it be that he was flattered at the banquet because he won the title of Lieyuan? He reported to Prefect Cheng, "Sir, I have sent Master Shen to the carriage."

Prefect Cheng nodded, "How is Shen Shilang doing?"

"He was so drunk that he couldn't even sit steadily on the car. After getting in, he almost fell down." Butler Lin said.

Prefect Cheng laughed. This kid was acting so pretentious at the door.

"Did you meet Wei Jianming at the door?" Prefect Cheng asked again.

"What a coincidence! Young Master Wei is here." Steward Lin said, "When he saw Young Master Shen's embarrassment, he smiled."

Prefect Cheng snorted.

Laugh, laugh, there will be times when Wei Jianming will cry.

In just today's short banquet, Prefect Cheng has already gained full confidence in Shen Shilang.

Shen Shilang pretended to be drunk and didn't notice that the coachman had been replaced. When the carriage started, Shen Shilang put away his pretended drunkenness, and his eyes suddenly turned cold and his look was stern.

The driving time was obviously much longer than the normal time to return to Wei Mansion.

Shen Shilang lifted the car curtain with his long fingers and took a look. The bustling street outside was no longer there.

Before I knew it, I was out of the city.

There were uneven trees on both sides, and the carriage was traveling on the bumpy dirt road, which was much bumpier than inside the city.

Shen Shilang then spoke in a drunken tone, "Where are we going? This is not the way back to the Wei Mansion."

The driver did not answer, but suddenly shouted, and the carriage accelerated suddenly.

Shen Shilang smiled. He had already drunk the hangover soup and felt much better.

He had just taken the hangover pills that Su Jinshi gave him, and now he wasn't drunk at all.

Finally, the carriage slowly stopped.

The driver said nothing, but suddenly reached out and grabbed Shen Shilang.

However, he didn't know that Shen Shilang was well prepared and kicked him directly.

Then the coachman let out a scream and was kicked off the carriage.

At the same time Shen Shilang jumped off the carriage, four bearded men suddenly jumped out from the bushes on both sides.

The knife in his hand flashed in the sunlight as he chopped towards Shen Shilang.

The four people Wei Jianming found actually had some skills. They pointed their knives at Shen Shilang's arm, and their intentions couldn't be more vicious and obvious.

When one of the knives was about to hit his wrist, Shen Shilang cut the opponent's wrist with his hand knife.

"Ah!" The other party cried out in pain, and after feeling a sharp pain in his wrist, he lost consciousness and the knife in his hand fell.

Shen Shilang took the knife that he dropped and knocked the other person unconscious with the handle of the knife.

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

The remaining three people plus a coachman were no match for Shen Shilang and were all knocked out by him one by one.

When Shen Shilang was at Cheng's house, he asked Cheng for hemp ropes, tied up all five people, and then woke them up.

The five people woke up and found themselves tied up like this. They twisted themselves like twisted dough sticks and begged for mercy, "Please spare us, sir! Please spare us, sir!"

"If you want me to spare your life, it's not impossible." Shen Shilang said, "Tell me the truth about who sent you here and what you are here for."

The five people were paid to do the job, so how could they dare to confess to Shen Shilang?

"If you can't get the job done, just return the money. It's more important than your life." Shen Shilang said coldly, "You murderers and robbers, do you still talk about integrity with your customers?"

"Good man, we... although we are vicious, we dare not actually kill anyone!" said one of them, "We have never killed anyone."

"Yes! Yes! Good man, trust us!" another person also begged for mercy.

"Then explain the matter clearly, or I will take you to the government office to explain it clearly. We can always make it clear."

The five people looked at each other and realized that life was indeed more important.

Immediately afterwards, they were afraid that they would be late, so they rushed to give out Wei Jianming.

"He asked us to disable your hands so that you can no longer write."

"He gave us 20 taels as a deposit first, and will give us 50 taels after the deal is done."

Su Jinshi snorted coldly, Wei Jianming was quite generous.

"You must have done this kind of thing a lot before, right?" Shen Shilang looked at them, "Although you haven't killed anyone, you have hurt people a lot."

"I...we dare not!" How could they dare to admit it.

Just by looking at their reactions, Shen Shilang knew that he was right.

These people will do things for money.

The fact that Wei Jianming was able to find them showed that they had done this kind of thing many times before.

Shen Shilang wrote down their confessions, cut their fingertips with their knives, and forced them to press their fingerprints on the paper.

Shen Shilang wrote two copies in total and asked them to sign them. Then he threw them into the carriage one by one and drove back to Wei Mansion.

Butler Ning just arrived today and is not familiar with the mansion yet, so Manager Yue has to stay in the mansion for three days to complete the handover with Butler Ning before leaving.

Shen Shilang parked the carriage in front of the gate of Wei Mansion, and Manager Yue and Butler Ning came out to greet them.

Wei Jianming had returned earlier, and Manager Yue took Butler Ning to meet the people in the mansion. Only Shen Shilang had not returned yet, and Butler Ning had not met him yet.

On the way, Shopkeeper Yue reminded him, "Brother Ning, it is never too much to value Young Master Shen. Just give him all the good things in the mansion. General Wei values ​​Young Master Shen very much. Brother Ning must not be influenced by the attitudes of the ladies, young masters, and young ladies in the mansion."

(End of this chapter)