Chapter 461 My family was beaten
Lian'er's voice was trembling with tears, "Manager Du, Xiao Liu hasn't come back yet."
Du Wanchun glanced out the window and whispered, "Haven't they come back yet?"
Lian'er nodded. "Yes, I'm afraid something might have happened to him."
Du Wanchun got dressed and went out. "Let's go take a look."
Zhou Ruiyuan was also woken up. He quickly got dressed and came out with her. "Wanchun, you stay at home. I'll go look for her."
Just as Du Wanchun was about to reply, Xiao Liuzi returned.
However, he was covered in injuries.
"Lian'er! Manager Du!"
He was covered in blood. After saying a few words, he closed his eyes and collapsed to the ground.
"Little Liu!"
Lian'er was shocked and rushed towards him.
Du Wanchun sensed something was wrong and immediately sent someone to the estate to summon Doctor Xu.
After settling his wife and children in, Dr. Xu rushed over immediately.
Xiao Liu was covered in bruises, probably from being beaten up by someone.
Dr. Xu prescribed medicine to stop the bleeding and bandaged the wound.
Lian'er asked anxiously, "Doctor Xu, how is Xiao Liu's injury?"
Dr. Xu wiped his hands and said, "This kid is lucky. An ordinary person would have died long ago from such serious injuries, but he's still alive and well."
Lian'er breathed a sigh of relief.
After Dr. Xu finished speaking, he called Du Wanchun aside.
"Although this kid has survived, his health will probably never be as good as it used to be."
Du Wanchun understood what he meant. "Later, I'll let him try my prescription as well."
Doctor Xu nodded, then said, "There's something else I'd like to discuss with Manager Du."
"What is it?" Du Wanchun asked.
Doctor Xu said, "This young man used to work in the palace, didn't he?"
Du Wanchun didn't intend to hide it from him, "That's right."
Doctor Xu smiled and said, "This kid is lucky. He didn't completely lose his blood. My family has an ancestral remedy. If he can survive, I have a way to cure him."
Du Wanchun was overjoyed, and it was also a great joy for Xiao Liuzi and Lian'er.
The next day, just as dawn broke, Xiao Liu woke up.
"Little Liu, what happened to you yesterday? How did you get beaten up like this?" Du Wanchun asked him.
Xiao Liu opened his eyes, looked at the people surrounding him, and said with a slight tremor of his lips, "On my way back yesterday, I was accidentally tied up. They blindfolded me, beat me up, and then dumped me at the gate of the mansion."
"Who has the audacity to hit even one of our own people?" Aunt Zhou said angrily.
The Third Prince asked with a stern face, "Is someone targeting our Zhou family?"
Aunt Zhou looked flustered. "Could it be someone from the capital?"
Du Wanchun quickly said, "Mother, don't worry. If they were really from the capital, they wouldn't do such a petty theft."
Aunt Zhou looked up and asked, "Then who could it be?"
While everyone was making their own guesses, Lian'er suddenly said, "Little Liu, could he be someone from your family?"
"Your home?" Everyone looked at the two of them with surprise.
Most of the people who entered the palace to become eunuchs were either orphans or were sold into the palace because they were too poor.
Lian'er explained, "Before Xiao Liu entered the palace, his family was quite wealthy."
Aunt Zhou was very puzzled, "If you are rich and noble, why did you enter the palace?"
Lian'er continued, "His father was a wealthy merchant surnamed Liu. In his early years, he favored his concubine and neglected his mother. When the family went to the capital for a trip, the concubine deliberately threw him into a pile of beggars to be a beggar."
"His father searched everywhere but to no avail, and assumed he had drowned. Then he encountered a group of thugs who sold him into the palace to become a eunuch."
“Over the years, he has remained in the palace and has not recognized any members of the Liu family.”
As Lian'er spoke, she looked puzzled and asked, "But how did they recognize Xiao Liu?"
Little Liu looked at the red mole that Zhou Da Niang had deliberately drawn on at the corner of her eye, and suddenly remembered something. Pointing to his face, he said, "Is it because of the black mole on my nose?"
Most people don't have moles on their faces, but Xiao Liu's mole is quite unusual, so it's easy to spot.
It seems his family recognized him by his mole.
Du Wanchun listened to their conversation and asked, "So Xiao Liu's family doesn't know he went to the palace to become a eunuch? They only think he was sold to our household to work as a servant?"
Xiao Liu nodded. "I guess that's probably it. If they knew I had become a eunuch in the palace, they would have told the Emperor long ago and had me arrested instead of being beaten up."
Du Wanchun finally understood. "I see. In that case, don't be afraid. If they dare to come again, they'll be coming to their deaths."
Xiao Liu was very grateful. "Manager Du, I'm sorry, I've caused you trouble."
Du Wanchun smiled slowly and said, "It's nothing much trouble."
Xiao Liu risked his life to come to Cheng'an County to deliver a message to them; he should be rewarded.
As for the Liu family, daring to lay a hand on Little Liu, they were naturally also looking to deal with the Zhou family.
Both the Zhou and Liu families were merchants, but the Zhou family sold rice, spices, and rouge, while the Liu family sold tea and silk.
Originally, the two families had no dealings, but recently Du Wanchun opened a rouge shop in the Northern Di Kingdom, and needed caravans to transport goods there every day.
Therefore, the two families will have some disputes over business practices.
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