Someone discovered his identity!
Someone actually discovered his identity!
Fortunately, fortunately, the other party seems to have no malicious intentions...
He took a deep breath, and after the shock in his heart subsided, he pretended nothing had happened and continued to remove his makeup.
At the entrance of the third floor, Xiao Ye returned to Su Li and said, "Madam, I have done as you said. When I came out, I looked at the door and he had already read the note."
Su Li nodded: "Let's go."
When he returned to the mansion, it was already late at night. Pei Ji was still living in the Dali Temple. Su Li was not sleepy for the time being, so he simply took out the lease contract to read. This was the contract that Su Er had sent over in the evening and had just signed today.
There are nine in total, and they are all small shops.
Glancing at the hourglass beside her, it was already one in the morning. Su Li put the contract away and was about to leave the study when Xiao Wu came in to report, "Madam, Ah Fu just came back to report that the people on Jinxiu Street have been arrested. Xiao Mu asked you, what should be done with them?"
"Oh? You're finally here? Have Ah Fu prepare the horse, I'll go take a look..."
Half an hour later, the carriage arrived at Jinxiu Street.
The street had not yet opened for business, and it was already late at night, so the entire street was pitch black. Su Li could only see the big red word "cheap" still written on the wall of the shop in front of him.
As soon as she entered the shop, Xiao Mu came up to her and said, "Madam."
"Well, where are the people?"
"Inside."
As he said this, he led the way into the inner room.
At this time, three people were tied to the ground in the corner of the inner room. They were wearing the same servant clothes and had cloth strips stuffed in their mouths. When they saw Su Li and others coming in, their eyes widened in fear and they were moaning something.
Su Li gestured to Xiao Mu to tear the cloth from their mouths and asked, "Tell me, who told you to do this?"
The three of them denied it repeatedly: "No one called us, we did it ourselves!"
Su Li didn't ask any more questions and said calmly, "Beat them until they talk."
"yes."
The three people shouted in horror: "What do you want to do!"
"Do you know who we are? Just try and hit us!"
Xiao Mu pretended not to hear anything, picked up a wooden stick, and beat the three men mercilessly. The whole shop was filled with screams, but no one could hear their screams, after all, this was just a commercial street where no one was doing business.
"Stop hitting me, spare my life!"
"Stop hitting me, I said!"
"I said! Stop hitting me!"
The three of them couldn't bear it anymore after a while and begged for mercy.
Su Li signaled Xiao Mu to stop and threatened, "Speak now! If I find out you're lying, I'll break your arms and legs!"
The three of them couldn't help but shudder when they heard this, and quickly put away the thought of telling lies, and confessed honestly: "We are servants of the Duke of Ji's Mansion. It was the housekeeper Liu in the mansion who asked us to do it. It has nothing to do with us. It was really the housekeeper Liu who asked us to do it!"
Although they received money to do this and promised not to betray Butler Liu, who could have expected that they would be caught? Now they have been beaten up, not to mention that they may even lose their lives. Compared with other things, life is definitely more important!
"Butler Liu?"
Ha! It really is Liu Furong!
Then he asked, "Does Steward Liu live in the Duke's Mansion?"
"No, Butler Liu bought the house himself. He doesn't live in the mansion on weekdays."
Not all servants in wealthy families live in their master's house, especially those at the steward level who have high monthly salaries, most of whom buy their own houses.
"Do you know where he lives?"
"I know, I know!" The three were afraid of being beaten again, so they answered every question honestly.
This is easy to handle. Su Li instructed: "Xiao Sanzi, you and Xiao Mu take someone to find the way and invite Butler Liu over."
"yes."
The two men took one of the people on the ground and got into a carriage and left Jinxiu Street.
Perhaps because Butler Liu lived not far from here, Xiao Sanzi and his companions quickly "invited" Butler Liu over.
Seeing Su Li, Housekeeper Liu was not afraid at all. Because he was brought here by force, he started to curse: "Madam Pei! What do you want to do? You let your people break into my house in the middle of the night and tie me up. What do you want to do? Do you believe that I will report you to the police?"
Su Li said disdainfully: "Stop pretending. You and I both know what's going on."
"I don't know what you are talking about!" Butler Liu had seen the servants in the mansion who were also tied up when he was tied up and put into the carriage, so he knew what was going on. But he was not stupid. It was just the three servants' identification. As long as he refused to admit it, what could they do to him?
The three servants hurriedly called for help: "Butler Liu, save us!"
"Butler Liu, you asked the three of us to do this, you can't just ignore us!"
"Shut up!" Butler Liu yelled angrily, "You're talking nonsense! How dare you frame me? I'll make you suffer when I get back to the mansion!"
The three servants were so frightened that they dared not speak.
Housekeeper Liu was very satisfied with the attitude of the three people and said proudly, "Madam Pei, I told you, I didn't order them to do this. If you don't let me go, I will report it to the police!"
Su Li sneered: "Oh? I want to see who has a harder mouth between you and the other three!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Mu hit him with a stick.
Butler Liu screamed in agony, his eyes wide with disbelief as he shouted, "What are you doing? How dare you hit me! How dare you! I'm from the Duke's Mansion! I'm the butler of the Duke's Mansion!"
Su Li acted as if he hadn't heard: "Continue."
Xiao Mu followed Su Li's instructions earlier, avoiding vital points and hitting where it hurt the most, making Butler Liu scream.
Finally, Butler Liu couldn't stand it anymore and begged for mercy: "Stop hitting me! Stop hitting me! I admit it, I admit it all, I told them to do it, stop hitting me, I told them to do it... Stop hitting me!"
Su Li signaled Xiao Mu to stop and asked, "Did Liu Furong ask you to do this?"
"No! No, it has nothing to do with Madam. This was all ordered by me. It was my idea!"
Even if he dies, he will never admit that it was Madam who ordered this. If he gives Madam away, he will definitely have a bad life in the future.
"Xiao Mu!"
After Su Li's signal, Xiao Mu continued to beat him. However, this time, Butler Liu seemed determined and only said that he did it, without mentioning Liu Furong at all. She knew that it would be useless to beat him no matter how hard she tried. Moreover, beating him was fine, but she couldn't really beat him to death, as that would be considered lynching.
"Xiao Mu, stop it." Su Li looked at Butler Liu, who was lying on the ground in pain, and said with a smile, "Since you are so loyal, I will not make things difficult for you."
"How about this, as long as you clean up all the words on the shop outside, this matter will be settled."
Although Butler Liu was filled with hatred, he naturally did not dare to resist because he was in someone else's hands. "You said that!"
"certainly."
Steward Liu struggled to get up and said to the three servants from the Duke's Mansion in a domineering tone, "Didn't you three hear me? Why don't you go clean the walls?"
"Wait," Su Li said with a half-smile, "Who said I wanted them to clean it? It's you who cleaned all the shops on this street by yourself."
Then he ordered, "Xiao Mu, watch him wash. If he doesn't finish before dawn, break one of his legs and throw him in front of the Duke's Mansion."
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