In Liujiabao, Liu Shao was taken to Liu Shao's bedroom by Uncle Zhong. Uncle Zhong left only after settling the frightened Liu Shao down.
"Uncle Zhong, what should we do with the body?" a servant asked after seeing Uncle Zhong coming out.
"Take me and I'll go see it."
The servant took Liu Zhong to where the body was stored. After a careful inspection, he said solemnly, "This man is a killer."
"A killer?! Huh? Uncle Zhong, don't try to scare me! If he was a killer, how did he die?!" The servant was completely unconvinced. The killer was too far away from him, a figure he only heard of in legends and stories. In real life, he felt very far away from him. He didn't trust Uncle Zhong's judgment.
"I don't know how he died, but I know why he came here!" Uncle Zhong carefully looked at the potion he had found on the killer, and said with murderous intent in his eyes.
"Uncle Zhong, you mean, because of the young master?! This is impossible, right?! We all know that although the master is not close to the eldest young master, he has no intention of killing him, right?! Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs." The servant muttered to himself.
"Who said master? I was talking about Aunt Lin!" Uncle Zhong said with a cold face.
"Mrs. Lin? It's even more impossible for her! She's just a woman, how could it be possible?! Impossible!" The servants seemed to have heard a joke. How could it be possible for a delicate woman like Mrs. Lin?
"I know more about Aunt Lin's affairs than you do! Okay, go down. Don't talk nonsense about this matter." Uncle Zhong ordered with a sullen face.
"I understand, Uncle Zhong." The servant opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he only said this sentence.
With a heavy heart, Liu Zhong walked to Liu Shao's bedroom. Looking at the sleeping Liu Shao, he said with a firm gaze, "Young Master, don't worry! I, Liu Zhong, will protect you even if I die. No one can take your family property away from you!"
After saying this as if swearing, Liu Zhong left Liu Shao's bedroom with a determined look and went out to arrange security work.
Although it was unlikely to be attacked by force, Liu Zhong still arranged the guard team in Liujiabao to ensure security as soon as possible.
"Your muskets are not meant to be used as coal fire sticks! Hold your guns and stand guard!"
"Open your eyes! It's noon today, the sun is so bright, and you guys can let the young master slip away alone? You are all useless!"
"Keep a close eye on them all. If any outsiders appear on Huishou Island, tell me immediately. Do you hear me?"
Following Liu Zhong's roar, the guard team finally perked up and stopped being so inactive.
Then Liu Zhong went to the kitchen and gave careful instructions on how to check whether there were any problems with the food to prevent it from being poisoned.
After giving orders to the kitchen, he gathered all the servants and told them to keep an eye on the young master and not let any accidents happen again like what happened at noon, where the young master would get away from them and sneak out to play!
"If the young master leaves your sight again, you will automatically be punished by the family discipline!" Liu Zhong said sternly.
The servants were so frightened that they dared not utter a word. Liu Zhongcai smiled with satisfaction. Then he said
"Next, I'm going to do a thorough inspection. You guys can return to your jobs."
After saying this, he let the servants go.
Liu Zhong carefully checked the room inside and out, and only rushed over after a servant came to tell him that the young master had woken up, which made the servants breathe a sigh of relief.
"Uncle Zhong is really something. I don't know what medicine he took wrong today. He actually tortured us for a long time." A servant said dissatisfiedly.
"Alas, the young master was frightened. It's not his fault that Uncle Zhong was so angry." Another servant said helplessly.
"I heard someone died outside today? Who was it? Do you know?"
"I don't know. Why do you ask?"
"Do you think this person could be a killer sent by the master? And was he killed by someone who was secretly protecting the young master?"
"How could you have such a weird idea?! Do you think this is a novel? How is this possible?"
"How is it impossible? The master married into the Liu family. His wife passed away a few years ago, and the master has never returned to Liujiabao. He married a concubine named Lin and had a son. I heard that the Liu family's wealth was almost drained by the master. Tsk tsk, if he can do such a thing, how can he not send an assassin to kill the young master? Wouldn't that put an end to it all? By then, the entire Liu family will belong to the master."
"Read less of those messy storybooks and novels from now on."
"Tsk tsk... the more you talk about it, the more it makes sense to me."
"Okay, stop being silly and get to work."
A servant not far away was listening to the conversation between the two and stood there in a daze. He was the servant who took Liu Zhong to the morgue.
The master has lived in Liujiabao for nearly ten years, so naturally he has his own people, and he is one of them.
However, he was also a member of the Liu family and had great respect for his deceased wife!
He believed Uncle Zhong's judgment that the man was a killer. The killer who came to kill the young master. And the person who hired the killer, Uncle Zhong said it was not the master, which made him feel relieved! But, Aunt Lin? The servant was also skeptical.
He had met Aunt Lin a few times. What a delicate, kind, and beautiful woman! How could she do such a horrible thing?
He believed that this might be a killer hired by an enemy of the Liu family. Uncle Zhong had wrongly accused Aunt Lin, who was by the master's side. How could the person chosen by the master be so vicious?
…
When Uncle Zhong was having a major checkup.
Chen Mo was thinking about how to deal with this situation.
"I didn't expect that, by some strange mistake, I would disguise myself as Liu Shao! The young man I saw the first time I arrived in the West Sea?"
Chen Mo sighed. But now that things had come to this, Chen Mo didn't mind pretending to be Liu Shao.
"If it weren't for me, Liu Shao would have died by now. I can only say that this is the child's fate!"
Although Chen Mo felt a little uncomfortable about killing Liu Shao, he did not have too much psychological burden.
In a place where everyone is an enemy, there are no innocent people. Everyone can be killed!
"I just happened to be in the West Sea, and I don't have any clear goals. I'm here to avoid disaster, as long as I don't reveal my whereabouts. Disguising myself as Liu Shao is also a good choice!"
"Liu Shao is a native of Xihai. This is perfect for me, as it allows me to quickly integrate into the West Sea. He's the sole legitimate heir to the Liu family, a renowned sea merchant family in Xihai, so this identity isn't bad either. Liu Shao's young age and limited social circle are also a plus, making his disguise much easier. However, the people in Liujiabao are too familiar with him! Especially Uncle Zhong. I'm not sure I can keep my disguise as Liu Shao without being discovered." If you want to chat about "{?$article_title?}" with like-minded people, follow "Youdu Literature" on WeChat to read novels, discuss life, and find close friends.
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