Chapter 308 Life and Death Are Determined by Fate
Compared with the Chen family's cumbersome trip with ten carriages, Xie Zhan and Chen Baozhu only arranged two carriages for the trip, which can be said to be simple and light.
It can be said that not long after Chen Jiaye and his group arrived at the foot of Puxian Temple, Xie Zhan, Chen Baozhu and others also arrived.
"Baozhu, the rain is too heavy. Let's take a rest at the foot of the mountain first and go up when the rain is a little lighter." Xie Zhan suggested.
Chen Baozhu looked at the rain and knew it was indeed difficult to go up the mountain at this time, so she nodded.
Chen Yu and Chen Jin were in charge of security, and were surprised to see Xie Zhan and Chen Baozhu here.
"Why are you here?" Chen Jin looked at Xie Zhan with suspicion.
Before Xie Zhan could say anything, Chen Baozhu immediately started to scold him, "What's with that look in your eyes? Can't we come here? I haven't even asked you yet, what are you and Big Brother doing here?"
Chen Jin's face turned red because of Chen Baozhu's words.
"Baozhu!" Xie Zhan called out to her disapprovingly. After Chen Baozhu shut up, he turned to the Chen brothers and said, "Baozhu wanted to come to Puxian Temple to burn incense and fulfill a vow, so I accompanied her. I didn't expect to meet you here, Big Brother and Little Brother."
Chen Yu signaled Chen Jin to stop talking nonsense and said in a deep voice, "We have important matters here. We'll explain it to you in detail when we get back."
Xie Zhan nodded.
Chen Baozhu was somewhat dissatisfied.
Xie Zhan looked around and pointed to the outermost room and said, "Brother, Baozhu and I will go to the outermost room and ask her to change her clothes and shoes. When the rain stops, we will go up the mountain. If you have anything to do here, you can also tell me."
Chen Yu nodded, "Okay, go change your wet clothes first."
"Brother, do you want to tell our father that Xie Zhan and Baozhu have also arrived here?" Chen Jin asked.
Chen Yu thought about it and shook his head, "Let's not do it." The top priority now was to capture Mr. Xue. He had vaguely heard his wife mention Baozhu coming to Puxian Temple to fulfill a vow, but he hadn't expected them to come in the rain.
"But send someone to keep an eye on them."
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Chen Hai and Chen Cheng are members of the Chen clan, and they are currently guarding an exit.
Just then, two figures came towards them. Due to the heavy rain and the fact that they were wearing straw raincoats, they could not see the people clearly.
"Who?" Chen Hai and Chen Cheng shouted.
"One of our own!"
When they got closer, Chen Hai and Chen Cheng realized that it was their two companions Yang Jie and Hu Jun who were carrying a basket covered with oilcloth.
The two of them relaxed their guard and said, "It's you."
Yang Jie replied, "Of course it's us. Otherwise, who do you think would come out in such heavy rain?"
Hu Jun also said, "I didn't expect you guys to be so responsible."
"Hey, there's nothing we can do about it. We're all the same. By the way, did you bring any delicious food?"
"The things in the basket belong to us, so don't worry about it. The eldest master asked us to replace you two. Why don't you go change into dry clothes and have a bite to eat? We can guard this place."
"Okay, I'll leave this to you."
Chen Hai and Chen Cheng chatted as they walked back.
Chen Hai: "Chen Cheng, are Yang Jie, Hu Jun and the others coming together?"
Chen Cheng: "Too many people came out today, I can't remember clearly. But I think there should be some, right? Otherwise, where did they come from?"
Bang! The two men, who were talking, were not paying attention and were attacked from behind. They fell down immediately. Then, they were dragged to a secluded place nearby and hidden.
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Not long after Xie Zhan and Chen Baozhu entered the house, another carriage drove into the main street.
Both of them heard the noise in the house. Chen Baozhu wondered why someone else came. She thought that on such a rainy day, there would be few people like her who were so persistent in coming to burn incense.
"I'll go out and take a look."
After Xie Zhan went out, he didn't come back for a long time.
Chen Baozhu changed her rain-soaked clothes and shoes inside, and also dried her wet hair. But she noticed her husband was outside, seemingly talking to someone, but because of the interference of the rain, she couldn't hear clearly.
Outside the house, the coachman who drove Lu Xihua had been following the carriage of the eldest lady Lu Fei at a close distance. When he saw the eldest lady's carriage stop, he also stopped.
Lu Xihua squinted his eyes and looked at the man and woman chatting happily under the eaves through the curtains of rain. He recognized the man as Xie Zhan, the son-in-law of the Chen family.
Lu Xihua has very good eyesight. Even from a distance, he can see Lu Fei's cute smile.
Lu Xihua thought secretly, this bitch actually fell in love with a married man? Meeting in the rain?
But the two people who were flirting in Lu Xihua's imagination were actually like this:
"Is Lu Xihua still following behind?" Lu Fei asked nervously.
Xie Zhan: "No, he didn't catch up, but he should be able to see us."
"Will he do it?"
"Yes." Xie Zhan continued, "Come, it's raining heavily, I'll take you to the next room."
From Lu Xihua's perspective, he saw Xie Zhan and Lu Fei holding an umbrella together, gradually moving to the left, and finally disappearing from his sight. They obviously entered the house.
The groom asked, "Master, are we still going to follow?"
Lu Xihua's eyes lit up, "Follow them and catch this adulterous couple!" Catch them! He had to catch them! He wanted to make her lose face in front of her father. How could she have the nerve to find fault with him in the future?
A trusted servant tried to dissuade him, "Wait, Master. As the saying goes, if you catch a thief, you take the stolen goods; if you catch an adulterer, you take both. Besides, it's still early, so they probably won't do anything. Rushing in now will only alert the enemy. It's better to have someone guard here first, and then you can go home and get the master."
"In this case, regardless of whether the eldest lady had an affair with Xie Zhan or not, as long as her affair with a married man is exposed, the master will be furious."
Lu Xihua thought about it and felt that what his trusted servant said made sense. But how could he ensure that they would not leave while he was away to invite people?
His troubles were quickly solved by his trusted servant.
"My Lord, I know this street at the foot of Puxian Temple. It has gates at both the beginning and the end. We just need to lock the gates and then catch the adulterer, right?"
Lu Xihua calculated that this place was not far from the Lu Mansion. It would take more than half an hour to go back and forth, or at most an hour. Moreover, during this time, they might not find that the outside was locked.
"That's it!"
So Lu Xihua took out the iron lock to lock the carriage.
Locking the main street gate went smoothly.
When he was locking the gate at the end of the main street, he was discovered after he had completely locked it.
The other party shouted, "What are you doing?!"
"Lu Xihua, is that you?!"
Middle of Main Street
Brothers Chen Jiaye and Chen Jiayu picked up clean clothes and shoes, dried their hair, drank a cup of hot tea, and then went to the door next door.
"Mr. Xue, I'm Chen Jiaye. It's been many years since we last met. Please come out and chat."
Chen Jiaye and others didn't notice that it was in the middle of the main street, which was their blind spot. As a loud shout was heard at the end of the street, a cloud of wolf smoke slowly rose, and a red cloth fluttered in the wind.
The movement at the end of the street caught the attention of Chen Jiaye and others. "What happened?"
Boom—boom—
There was a roar.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and were immediately shocked.
"Oh no! It's a flash flood! Run!"
The person who spoke had a trembling voice and a look of fear.
Xie Zhan reacted the fastest. He immediately dragged Chen Baozhu towards the hill behind the house and shouted to Lu Fei, "Run!"
Lu Fei followed silently.
Xie Zhan left through the exit guarded by Yang Jie and Hu Jun. This was the closest exit to them and the most spacious besides the two main gates on the main street. After his men emerged, they seemed to accidentally trigger something, and a piece of wood rolled down from the side, completely blocking the exit.
On a mountain not far away, a group of people retreated to a safe place out of reach of the mountain torrents.
Xie Wei leaned against a pine tree, looking at the ground at the foot of the mountain that was washed away by the mountain torrents with interest. This was the result of several days of labor he and his men had done.
The personal guard asked Xie Wei, "Major General, should we go down to rescue people?" The clan leader was still down there, and it was unknown whether he could escape this disaster safely.
Xie Wei stretched himself and said, "No."
He did what Xie Zhan asked him to do, but he didn't ask him to save him again.
Life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor are determined by heaven. If Xie Zhan dies, we can talk about it later.
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