Chapter 173 This Bad Breath
Shi Yang looked at Xie Rongying with a beautiful smile and subconsciously turned around to leave. However, the moment he turned around, he saw Gu Xun blocking his way with a long sword in his hand. Shi Yang and his son were so frightened that they were forced to retreat into the room.
Shi Yang retreated into the room and turned around abruptly: "What are you going to do!?"
Shi Yang's third son, Shi Mingyu, felt his heart tighten when he saw about five or six men in plain clothes rush into the room and close the door in an instant.
"Uncle Shi, I'm sorry for coming here uninvited today." Xie Rongying said with a forced smile, glancing at the round table filled with dishes. "Please sit down."
Shi Yang glanced at the ferocious-looking men behind him, suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and turned sideways to meet Xie Rongying's gaze.
"Xie Rongying, I'm your elder after all, and a close friend of your father. What are you doing?" Shi Yang's tone was filled with the anger of an elder. "Why did you bring these people here? Are you trying to kill me?"
Xie Rongying's eyebrows twitched slightly, his expression relaxed as he chuckled, "So you also know that you are close friends with my father. Then what's the matter with Uncle Shi placing a woman next to my father? Does he want my father's life, or does he want the destruction of my Xie family?"
Shi Yang knew that the matter had been exposed since the group of people he sent into the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion did not come back to report. He was very uneasy during this period, fearing that his status would be ruined and thinking about his close involvement with the Xie family.
If the Xie family finds out, the relationship between the Xie and Shi families will naturally break down.
He had been waiting for Xie Jing to show up these days, and he had thought of several excuses to explain to Xie Jing.
Unexpectedly, Xie Jing did not come, but Xie Jing's married daughter came instead.
"Rong Ying, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. That woman was met by your father himself. Your father has always been cautious. If she wasn't attractive, it wouldn't matter who gave her the gift. Those women in your father's backyard were most likely gifts from his colleagues." Shi Yang took a deep breath and explained calmly.
Xie Rongying raised her eyes and said, "According to you, the women in Youqing Tower have nothing to do with you?"
"I don't know who is gossiping around you and trying to throw dirty water on me, but this matter really has nothing to do with me." After Shi Yang said this, he felt calmer. He thought that he had been in the court for half his life, so he would not be afraid of a little girl.
"I think you started to suspect me after I went to your Xie family to meet your father that day." Shi Yang knew that he had exposed himself by going to the Xie Mansion immediately after the incident at Youqing Tower. "Actually, I went to see your father that day for something else, not..."
Snap! Xie Rongying threw the Shi family token towards Shi Yang.
Shi Yang's words were swallowed back when the token fell to his feet, and his face darkened.
When Shi Mingyu saw the token, anger rose in his heart: "Xie Rongying, you, a married daughter, still want to meddle in your family's affairs? Or is it that all the men in your Xie family are dead, leaving you, a woman, to..."
Before he could finish his words, Shi Mingyu was kicked hard in the knee and fell to his knees. When he raised his head and tried to stand up, two cold swords on both sides were pressed against his shoulders.
Shi Yang was shocked by this scene and turned his head stiffly.
At this time, Xie Rongying slowly stood up and smiled. "Master Shi, let's be frank today. You either give me an explanation about the matter of that woman in Youqing Tower, or you can use your youngest son to let me vent my anger."
"Xie Rongying!" Shi Mingyu didn't expect Xie Rongying to speak so arrogantly. "This is Bianjing. Bianjing is not under the control of your Xie family. You still want to take it out on me? Who do you think you are?"
Xie Rongying simply ignored Shi Mingyu's words, walked up to Shi Yang, and stared at him, her words clear: "My patience is almost exhausted."
Shi Yang naturally knew what explanation Xie Rongying wanted, why the Shi family did this, and who was behind it.
But if Xie Rongying can touch the people of his Shi family, can she also touch the people behind him?
What's more, he didn't believe that Xie Rongying would really do anything to them father and son.
The Xie family's presence in Bian Jing was originally a contender for power. Now that the Xie family is loyal to the emperor, it means they are hostile to the people behind him. To disintegrate the Xie family is to cut off the emperor's most powerful arm.
"It seems Master Shi doesn't want to give me an explanation." Xie Rongying smiled and sat down at the round pear blossom table. She looked at the steaming dishes on the table, glanced at Shi Yang, and then her eyes fell back on the table: "This sea bass soup at Yongle Tower is really good."
As he spoke, Xie Rongying picked up a spoon and poured sea bass soup into the bowl, saying nonchalantly, "I want to see how tough Lord Shi can be."
"Xie Rongying, you're not taking care of the affairs of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion, but are interfering in your mother's family's affairs. Does your father know?" Shi Yang ignored Xie Rongying's threat and said, "I just told you there was a misunderstanding. I told your people to release Mingyu. Uncle Shi, just pretend that what happened today never happened."
Xie Rongying put down the spoon, picked up the porcelain spoon again and tasted a mouthful of sea bass soup. Her brows relaxed, and there was a smile in her eyes: "My patience is only as long as the ten fingers of Master Shi's son. If Master Shi doesn't tell me, I will chop off one finger. When all ten fingers are chopped off, I will kill your son.
"You dare!" Shi Yang and Shi Mingyu said in unison.
Xie Rongying lowered her eyes to the bowl, and her voice was filled with murderous intent: "Don't dare?"
Shi Yang's expression suddenly changed.
"Xie Rongying, you bitch!" Shi Mingyu wanted to stand up, but because of the cold swords on both sides of his neck, he dared not act rashly. He could only speak venomously: "If you have the guts, don't try such dirty tricks! I'll kill you!"
Xie Rongying picked up the porcelain bowl, slowly picked up the porcelain spoon, and began to taste it. When she swallowed the first bite, she said in a deep voice: "Do it."
In just a moment, Shi Mingyu's left hand was tightly grasped by someone, and the other hand was handcuffed behind his back by someone else.
"Dad!" Shi Mingyu cried out, "Dad! Save me! Dad! Save..."
Shi Mingyu's mouth and left little finger were blocked and chopped off by a piece of rag at the same time. Shi Mingyu's pupils widened and the pain on his face was self-evident.
A faint whimper could be heard, and then tears rolled out of Shi Mingyu's eyes.
Shi Yang took a deep breath, and a chill ran through his body. He pointed at Xie Rongying with a trembling finger: "You, how dare you, how dare you!?"
As he was speaking, when Shi Yang wanted to get closer to Shi Mingyu, another man in black raised a long sword and pointed it at Shi Yang.
"Master Shi, do you still think that I don't dare?" Xie Rongying put down the porcelain bowl, and Cuizhi stepped forward and handed over the handkerchief with both hands.
"If you dare to kill someone, I will report you to the government!" Shi Yang still thought that Xie Rongying was just threatening him.
Xie Rongying took the handkerchief from Cuizhi. She raised her eyes and wiped the corner of her mouth: "Continue."
Gu Xun half-knelt on the ground, and when Xie Rongying finished speaking, the sharp blade in his hand cut off the ring finger of Shi Mingyu's left hand.
There was a faint smell of blood in the room.
Shi Yang stared at Shi Mingyu's bleeding hand with two broken fingers, then his gaze fell on the pain on his youngest son's face, and finally there was a hint of fear in his eyes.
"Go on." Xie Rongying said lightly.
Just as Gu Xun raised his hand to cut off Shi Mingyu's left middle finger, Shi Yang shouted, "Stop! Stop! What do you want to know?"
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