Chapter 47 Catching an adulterer
Even though Shen Shuwei was prepared and held his breath the moment he covered his mouth and nose with the handkerchief soaked in medicine, he still inevitably inhaled some of the medicine.
Shen Shuwei knew what it was in an instant by the strong and pungent smell.
The shopkeeper released his hand and raised his chin towards a side room. "Send the person inside. The master will be here soon."
The subordinate did as he was told and frowned at the frail Zhao Yun. "What should we do with this pretty boy? Should we bury him on the spot or kill him?"
She is very pretty, but unfortunately her master wants a girl who can give birth to a child.
Shen Shuwei was pretending to be powerless from the Chinese medicine. Upon hearing this, he turned around and looked at Zhao Yun, "Don't touch him."
Zhao Yun clenched his fist and pressed his lips together, coughing non-stop, as if he was going to cough himself to death in the next second. He raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard the sound.
The shopkeeper glanced at the sickly Zhao Yun, then looked away with disdain. "Alright, tie him up and throw him down the corridor. Don't spoil the master's mood."
Two men came and tied Zhao Yun tightly, pushing him to the corridor.
One of them glanced at Zhao Yun and said, "What bad luck! He's coughing like this, is he a tuberculosis ghost?"
The other person was about to say something when several voices were heard from outside the courtyard. Then a middle-aged man with a big belly and pimples all over his face walked in with a beautiful young girl.
The young girl was Yan Yan. She glanced around the yard and her eyes inevitably fell on Zhao Yun. She stared at him intently for a moment.
The servant whispered a few words in her ear. Yan Yan sneered and walked towards Zhao Yun.
"I thought Chen Shuwei was arrogant and undisciplined, having had affairs with men in private. It was a bargain for her to be my cousin's concubine!"
"But if she can serve her cousin-in-law well and leave a descendant for the Wang family, the Wang family may treat her well." Yan Yan said with a sneer, as if she was certain that Shen Shuwei would be ruined today.
Zhao Yun lowered his head and coughed, without responding to her words.
Yan Yan looked at him and felt bored. She was about to turn around and go out to see if the Chu family had arrived, when she suddenly heard her cousin's husband's screams and the sound of porcelain breaking.
Yan Yan's expression changed immediately, and she turned around and was about to walk towards the room. Suddenly, she felt a chill on her neck, and a dagger was silently placed on her neck.
She looked back with a stiff face, only to see a handsome young man grinning at her with two sharp fangs showing.
All the thugs in the yard fell to the ground. The young man who had been tied up in the corridor slowly dusted off his robe and kicked the man lying in front of him down the stairs. He no longer looked as weak as before.
He is pretending!
Realizing that things were out of his control, the color drained from Yan Yan's face in an instant.
Zhao Yun's eyes fell slowly on Yan Yan and he smiled at her, "I thought today's incident would be a little more exciting, so that the young lady could learn a lesson."
Zhao Yun sighed, feeling a bit regretful that today's event wasn't big enough.
Yan Yan had a dagger at her neck and her legs were weak. If Chengfeng hadn't held her collar with one hand, she would probably have knelt on the ground.
However, Zhao Yun didn't intend to let her off so easily. She continued softly, "My identity needs to be kept secret, but you saw everything. What should I do?"
Yan Yan was shaking like a sieve, and said in a trembling voice, "I...I won't tell anyone. Nothing happened in this courtyard today! I promise!"
She was really scared now. It sounded like the weak and gentle young man wanted to kill her to silence her.
"How can I believe you without any evidence? You might as well dig out my eyes." Zhao Yun said lightly. The smile on his face looked like a devil crawling out of the ground in Yan Yan's eyes.
Frightened and terrified, Yan Yan wanted to scream for help. She was really going to die! The man in front of her was a lunatic!
However, just as he uttered a syllable, his throat was fiercely pinched by a cold hand, and the gentle voice like the whisper of an evil spirit sounded again.
"How could I forget? Digging out a pair of eyes is not enough. You should also take off your tongue."
Yan Yan trembled all over, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted from fright.
Chengfeng's ears twitched, and his expression changed. "Prince, quite a few people are coming this way."
Zhao Yun loosened his hand, wiped his fingers with a handkerchief, and said calmly, "Give her a pill and throw it in."
The fun has just begun.
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Chu Yunlan brought a number of his friends with him, claiming they were there to support the newly opened Wang's Grain Shop. Also accompanying them were Chu Xinrou and the wife of the Wang family, who happened to be Yan Yan's cousin.
Everyone present, except Chu Yunlan and Chu Xinrou, assumed they were here to celebrate the grand opening of Wang's Grain Shop. Mrs. Wang, in particular, was overjoyed when she learned that Chu Xinrou was from the Marquis of Jingning's mansion and had come to support her shop out of Yan Yan's favor. She showered her with praise.
Chu Xinrou smiled shyly, as if she was embarrassed by her praise. "Madam, you are flattering me. Yan'er and I are close friends. This trip is what I should do."
"Hey, didn't they say that Wang's Grain Shop just opened? Why is there no one in the shop?" Someone shouted suspiciously when they arrived in front of Wang's Grain Shop.
Mrs. Wang was startled when she heard the sound, and when she saw the empty shop, she immediately cursed the shopkeeper and the clerk in her heart.
They are asking for death. She finally invited people from the Jingning Marquis Mansion, but they dared to be sneaky and hide away and be lazy. She will skin them alive!
Chu Xinrou glanced at the shop and knew that the matter was settled. She suppressed her joy and said in a gentle voice, "Don't worry, Madam. The person may be inside. I will go in with you to take a look."
She couldn't wait to let these people witness Shen Shuwei's miserable appearance, not to mention that among them was Boss Wang's wife, who was a fierce and powerful woman. She had beaten to death or sold off many of the concubines in her family.
When Madam Wang discovered the affair between Shen Shuwei and Boss Wang and caught them in bed, she wanted to see how Shen Shuwei could still have the face to behave. After being seen by so many people, she could only obediently become the old man's concubine.
However, she had made Madam Wang lose face so much that even if she entered the Wang family, Madam Wang would not let her go.
The more Chu Xinrou thought about it, the happier she felt, and she couldn't wait to take her people to the backyard.
As soon as they stepped into the yard, they heard some lewd sounds, and everyone's faces became excited.
Mrs. Wang, in particular, felt even more embarrassed when she heard the noise, thinking about how Boss Wang had said he would come to the shop to take a look half an hour ago. She looked gloomy and was about to lose her temper.
Chu Yunlan pointed at the door impatiently and asked someone to break it open.
Looking at the door, his eyes turned red, as if he had already seen the 1,000 taels of silver that Boss Wang had promised him flying towards him.
"Someone reported that Wang's Grain Store was suspected of kidnapping, so I came here to investigate." Dozens of guards suddenly rushed in from outside the courtyard, led by none other than Shen Zhang. At this moment, his face was gloomy as he glanced at everyone present one by one.
When he saw Chu Yunlan, he sneered with an ambiguous tone.
"Everyone, stand still where you are. Anyone who dares to move will be struck down with the knife in my hand."
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