Chapter 134 My Master Sent It (Two Chapters in One)
The Baoqing Marquisate is famous for its wealth in the capital.
Although there are many playboys in the capital, Zhu Yu is the only one who can lose the entire street in one go.
But having money is one thing, but paying 50,000 taels of compensation in one lump sum is another.
Lord Zhu was heartbroken.
Even when Zhu Yu lost a whole street, Lord Zhu was not so distressed.
He covered his heart and asked the accountant to prepare the money.
But even though the Baoqing Marquis's Mansion was rich and powerful, there was not even 50,000 taels of cash in the account.
Marquis Baoqing had no choice but to ask someone to go to the shop to withdraw money.
There are many shops in the mansion, both openly and secretly, and many of them make a fortune every day. For example, the Jinbao Casino is ostensibly owned by a boss named Jin, but in fact even the common people know that it is the property of the Baoqing Marquisate. Marquis Baoqing felt sorry for Zhu Yu who gambled a lot and lost a lot, so he simply bought the casino to keep the money within the family.
But even with the cash cow of Jinbao Casino, there would not be 50,000 taels of cash on the books.
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Since you have to wait, then wait comfortably.
The Yan family is a group of rough men, big and small, but they all love cleanliness.
The mansion was littered with broken tiles; it was dirty, messy, and in poor condition.
So they simply came out and spread a large piece of cloth in front of the marquis's mansion. Sixteen uncles, nephews and nieces took out the water and food they brought with them from the carriage, divided themselves into groups according to age, and sat on the large piece of cloth to eat and drink.
Master Yan Er: "Xiao Wuzi, why did you only bring roast duck and no pancakes? My excellent knife skills are wasted."
Yan Bashao: "Don't worry, uncle. Try this roast chicken. This is Old Wang's roast chicken. I had to queue up to buy this one."
Yan Jiushao: "Second uncle, try mine. This is made by my wet nurse herself. You can't buy it outside."
Yan Shiyi: "Myna, myna, leave me a chicken wing."
Master Yan Wu: "This braised pig's trotter is from Zhang's, right? Big brother isn't here, so we won't have a treat today. He loves it the most, and usually he has to queue up to get it."
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Marquis Baoqing and his men: So you were all prepared early in the morning to have dinner at the Marquis's mansion?
When what happened outside spread to the backyard, Old Madam Wei was so angry that she wanted to faint again, but she couldn't. She was not called the pillar of the Marquis' Mansion for nothing.
"Just treat it like sending away beggars and give them the silver. As long as my Yu'er can come back safely, that's all that matters. Ask the second brother to send the person to the Ministry of Justice and then bring Yu'er back."
In the eyes of Old Madam Wei, besides herself, only Marquis Zhu in the whole mansion was worthy of going to pick up her eldest grandson. But now those crazy people in the Weiguo Mansion were still at the door, and neither she nor Marquis Zhu could leave.
As for the third and fifth sons, Old Madam Wei was worried that they would do something bad, so the important task of taking over Zhu Yu fell on the shoulders of the second master, whom she despised the most.
Although he is just a bastard who is not presentable, he has the same father as Marquis Zhu, so Zhu Yu is his nephew.
Although the group of lunatics in the Duke of Wei's Mansion were hateful, there was one thing that made Old Lady Wei and Marquis Zhu very envious, and that was their protection of Yan Xia.
Just because Yan Xia had a broken head, his uncle and brothers ran to the Baoqing Marquis's mansion and lifted the tiles off the roof. This alone was enough for Old Lady Wei to scold the masters in her own mansion to death.
Master Zhu Er was worried that innocent people would be implicated, so he sent his two sons out early in the morning. All of his sons were excellent in both character and study, and they had a good friend, Deng Zheng, the son of Duke Dingguo. Master Zhu Er didn't want them to be implicated by Zhu Yu and affect their future career.
But Mr. Zhu Er never expected that Madam Wei would ask him to go to the Ministry of Justice and use Nanny Niu to exchange Zhu Yu.
Although Madam Wei had already entered the palace, Master Zhu II felt that this was inappropriate.
Zhu Yu was captured by Yan Xia. If Yan Xia was not 100% sure, he would not have rashly captured Zhu Yu. Now you say that the murderer is someone else. You really treat Yan Xia as a fool.
Besides, Master Zhu Er had also heard that the dead woman was none other than Yan Xia's cousin, the daughter of the Duke of Weiguo. Not only that, the Duke of Weiguo's aunt also died because of this incident.
These are two lives, how can just anyone take the blame?
But Madam Wei gave the order, and Master Zhu Er had no choice but to go even if he didn't want to.
Master Zhu Er brought a few people with him, including the tied-up Nanny Niu, and quietly left the house through the back door.
As soon as I reached the back door, a young wife chased out and said, "Second Master, I beg you to help my mother. She is only following orders!"
Master Zhu Er knew this daughter-in-law, Ah Xi, the daughter of Nanny Niu.
Nanny Niu's mouth was blocked and she couldn't speak. She could only shake her head at Ah Xi with tears in her eyes, signaling Ah Xi to stop talking so as not to let the old lady hear it.
How can we change what the old lady has decided?
Besides, the Second Master has no say in front of the Old Madam, so it’s useless to beg him.
Ah Xi said to Master Zhu Er, "I am also involved in this matter. Master, please take me with you. We will go to jail together and be beheaded together."
Nanny Niu was extremely anxious. "Silly girl, why are you following them?"
Mother and daughter are connected by heart, and Ah Xi guessed what Nanny Niu was thinking.
She gave a bitter laugh, "Mother, do you think I can still have a good life in this mansion after you've gotten into trouble? I'll be sent away sooner or later. And that Liu Zhong, I don't know how he got to know you were locked up, so he started to speak rudely to me. Haha, believe it or not, the minute you're arrested and taken to the Ministry of Justice, he'll be begging the old lady to divorce me. Instead of that, I'd rather go to jail with you. We can be companions on our way to the underworld."
Nanny Niu couldn't stop crying. She was useless. She was useless.
She should have opposed it when the old lady wanted to marry Ah Xi to Liu Zhong, but at that time Marquis Zhu also fell in love with Ah Xi and wanted to make her his concubine.
Although she knew that Liu Zhong was not a good match, she still agreed.
At that time, she thought that as long as she was still in the mansion, Liu Zhong would not dare to wrong Ah Xi. In this way, marrying Liu Zhong was much better than being a concubine of Marquis Zhu.
She never expected that within less than a year, she would get into trouble, and even Ah Xi would be disliked by Liu Zhong.
It was her who harmed Ah Xi, it was her!
Master Zhu Er sighed and said to Ah Xi, "If you want to follow me, then follow me. Whether the Ministry of Justice accepts you or not, my words don't count."
Ah Xi was overjoyed and quickly thanked Master Zhu Er. He followed them out of the house, got on the carriage, and drove towards the Ministry of Justice.
At this time, a large group of people from the Yan family were still eating and drinking in front of the Marquis' Mansion.
But they had eaten up all the food they brought, and the people sent by the Marquis' Mansion to collect money had not returned yet.
"This is the last piece of jerky. It will be gone once we eat it." Yan Twelve held the jerky in his mouth and was reluctant to eat it.
At this time, a young man and woman walked towards this side, each holding a large food box in their hands.
The boy has slightly dark skin and is not tall, but his eyes are extremely lively.
The girl was about fourteen or fifteen years old, with twin buns on her head and a plain bodice on. When she smiled, she had a pair of dimples, and looked like a maid from a wealthy family.
The two men walked over to the large piece of cloth, put down the food boxes in their hands, and said, "This is what our master asked us to bring over. Please don't be polite, masters."
The girl took out a silver needle from her purse and placed it on one of the food boxes.
Master Yan San looked at the silver needle and knew in his heart that it was used for them to test poison.
He asked, "May I ask who your master is?"
The young girl said, "It is not convenient to reveal the name of my master for the time being. I hope Master Yan Er will forgive me. However, we are related to the Duke's Mansion."
Master Yan San was about to ask again when Master Yan Er coughed lightly and said, "In that case, we would be honored to receive your master's kindness. Please convey our gratitude to him."
The girl smiled and saluted, then left with the boy.
After the two figures completely disappeared, Master Yan San asked, "Second brother, why didn't you let me ask in detail?"
Master Yan Er said, "Didn't I tell you that it's not convenient to reveal it now? It's so rude of you to keep asking questions."
Master Yan San was stunned: "Second brother, could it be that you have guessed who their owner is?"
Master Yan Er nodded: "I guess I can guess it. Even if I don't know who it is, I can guess which family it is from."
Master Yan San stopped asking questions, but he was thinking in his heart that he would make sure his second brother told him after he left here.
Yan Twelve looked pitifully at his second uncle, then at his third uncle, and pointed at the two large food boxes, asking, "Can you eat what's in there?"
Master Yan San: "There is a silver needle there. If you are not sure, you can test it yourself."
The boys were overjoyed and opened the food boxes with a smile. Then they exclaimed, the food in the food boxes was much more abundant than what they brought.
"This is the food from Zhuangyuanlou. Wow, this is a feast!"
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Niu Qiu and Ling Bo left the Baoqing Marquis Mansion. Niu Qiu did not go far and waited for news not far away. Ling Bo came to Zhuangyuan Building alone. Zhao Shiqing was sitting in the private room, and the person with her was none other than the rarely seen Master Zhen, Zhen Gui.
Yes, Xiao Zhen put on his human skin mask again and transformed himself into Zhen Gui.
There was no way. Young Master Xiao was already dead. If he walked out with his real face, he might scare a few people to death.
Zhao Shiqing was regretting that she didn't see the Yan family climbing up the roof and removing the tiles with her own eyes. All her information came from Xiaoguai.
Unfortunately, Xiaoguai's eloquence is far inferior to Xiaoyao and Dapang, so Zhao Shiqing can only imagine freely from its dry narration.
"Did you know Yan Xia before?" Zhao Shiqing asked.
Xiao Zhen nodded: "I know him, but not very well. Yan Xia never played with the princes, but I often went in and out with the princes at that time."
Zhao Shiqing understood and asked, "Since you are not familiar with Yan Xia, why did you send him the Golden Healing Medicine?"
That’s right, today Xiao Zhen asked Fatty Si to go to the Duke of Weiguo’s Mansion and deliver the Xiao family’s unique secret golden medicine to Yan Xia.
Xiao Zhen said: "Just because we weren't familiar with each other before doesn't mean we won't be familiar with each other in the future. It's not too late for me to make friends with him now."
Zhao Shiqing remained silent. Although she had never asked, she could guess that Xiao was really planning something big.
But she still couldn't guess what Xiao Zhen's ultimate goal was?
Want to rebel?
Become the emperor yourself?
Zhao Shiqing felt that it was unlikely. It was not that she thought Xiao Zhen was incapable, but she thought that the Xiao family would not agree with him doing so.
The Xiao family had no intention of rebelling. Just like the Liang Palace, they just wanted to live in peace.
In this case, even if Xiao Zhen is ambitious, the Xiao family will not support him. On the contrary, the old man of the Xiao family might even break his legs.
But if Xiao Zhen didn't want to rebel and become emperor, then he would kill the emperor to avenge himself. Then what? Would he change the emperor? Would he pick the most pleasing prince from among the others and make that person the emperor?
He killed his father, then helped his son become emperor, and after the son became emperor, he avenged his father.
Haha, isn't this a disease? And it's quite serious.
Zhao Shiqing found it funny just thinking about it, so she actually laughed out loud.
Xiao Zhen looked at her: "Is there anything interesting?"
Zhao Shiqing wanted to say, aren’t you the interesting one?
But she held back and cleared her throat: "I'm thinking of finding an opportunity to meet Yang Shengqiu, the top scholar."
Xiao Zhen was not surprised when he heard her suddenly mention Yang Shengqiu.
Zhao Shiqing will go find Yang Shengqiu sooner or later, they have known each other since childhood.
He suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. Yang Shengqiu had known Zhao Shiqing long before him, and they had lived under the same roof. Zhao Shiqing even called him "Brother Lamb".
Xiao Zhen took a deep breath and said, "Tomorrow is the day he enters the palace. He is used to going to Qingyang Bookstore after leaving the palace. That is also the only way from the palace to his home."
Zhao Shiqing looked at him gratefully. "Thank you. You're really well-informed. You even know this. What else in this capital city don't you know?"
Xiao Zhen shook his head: "After Yan Xia returned to the Ministry of Justice last night, he sent people to the villa outside the city. I have no idea what those people did."
Zhao Shiqing exclaimed, "Hero Yan sent people to the manor again? The bodies have been found, and everyone in the manor has been brought back. Why would he send more people?"
Xiao Zhen was silent. These things had never happened in his previous life. He had not even heard of the death of his cousin from the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion.
Zhao Shiqing lowered her voice and asked, "Didn't these things happen in your dream?"
Xiao Zhen shook his head: "No, I'm also wondering why there's no news of the cousin's death in the dream, and I haven't heard that Zhu Yu has anything to do with her disappearance."
Zhao Shiqing blinked, she seemed to understand.
She touched her nose, a little embarrassed. "Actually, I was the first one to discover my cousin's death... The reason Yan Xia found out so quickly was because I asked Xiaoguai to deliver the letter to him. I was afraid he wouldn't be able to find the place where the body was buried, so I asked Xiaoyao to lead the way for him. Hehe, didn't you say that I wasn't in your dreams? So, you know."
Xiao Zhen understood. In his previous life, Zhao Shiqing had not come to the capital, so of course she would not have discovered this matter. If she had not informed Yan Xia, Yan Xia would of course not have known about it.
However, in his previous life, Zhu Yu eventually died at the hands of Yan Xia, but that was a few years later.
Xiao Zhen really wanted to ask Zhao Shiqing why she found out about her cousin, but the door of the private room was pushed open from the outside. It was Loach who came back.
"Second Miss, the Baoqing Marquisate has collected enough silver and has paid it back to the Weiguo Duke's Mansion. The people from the Weiguo Duke's Mansion have already retreated!"
"Oh, right, Master Zhu Er went to the Ministry of Justice with a pair of maids, hoping to use them to exchange Zhu Yu for his daughter."
Zhao Shiqing sneered: "Wishful thinking, let's go to the Ministry of Justice!"
Yan Xia is recuperating in the mansion. Zhao Shiqing is worried that the people in the Ministry of Justice will not be able to withstand the pressure and will really release Zhu Yu.
She is going to the Ministry of Justice now to guard it. If Zhu Yu really walks out of the Ministry of Justice, she will turn Zhu Yu into a dead hedgehog.
Miss Zhao Er's martial arts skills were average, but she had put a lot of effort into using hidden weapons. Besides, she hadn't had the chance to use the treasure she got from Xiao Su.
Zhu Yu must die!
If he cannot die openly on the execution ground, then let him die with a hidden weapon.
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