Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 76 2.53 Our master was assassinated
Volume Two

2.53 Our master was assassinated
The "What is this thing written about" activity that every book must read has started again~~~
The next morning, the bright morning light shone directly on the window lattice, leaving a bright spot or thin line on the curtain, which also awakened the lovely couple in the room who were greedy and tender yesterday. Zhou Yang looked at it with a smile. The girl, whose cheeks were red but embarrassed to open her eyes, deliberately reached out and pinched Qiong's nose.

"You really want to see me embarrassed?" Opening his eyes helplessly, Dongfang Bing could no longer maintain his usual coolness. He blushed and waved away someone's bad hand, "What else do you want?"

"Okay, okay, okay, I'm wrong, okay?" Zhou Yang quickly grabbed the "little fist" that wanted to hit him, and didn't dare to say more, otherwise he would be beaten without being able to explain, and he was reluctant to hit a girl, " Why do you have to come back here? The conditions here are not good."

"When I came with you for the first time, I was actually ready." Dongfang Bing sighed lightly, but his expression became more determined, "Since I decided to start here, it must be here; I'm sorry, I will still do it in the future. If you have to follow the princess, you can't always be with her like an ordinary woman, she is our child."

"Okay, if you feel embarrassed, then have a few more children. Anyway, our old Zhou family is sparse, so we can't afford to raise a few more." As a modern person, Zhou Yang actually doesn't mind if his children take their mother's surname. It's not a big deal. Having a few more children does not prevent him from taking the opportunity to negotiate terms, "It depends on whether you can satisfy me!"

"Get out!" Dongfang Qianhu regained his usual momentum, knocked someone over with a punch and stood up behind the bed to get dressed. "You should get up too. There is no one around the princess. I'm really worried. Let's get over here."

"It depends on my mood!" Zhou Yang hugged the girl angrily.

The result was that he ate and slept (verb) slept and ate, with a few intermissions in between. By the time Zhou Yang returned to his home, the sun was already due south to west. Although his waist could hardly stand up, he was still able to The girl admitted that she was a slave of the Zhou family and would never dare to disobey her master again, but the atmosphere when she returned home made him feel that something was obviously wrong.

"I've seen Mr. Zhou!" A young man dressed as a servant who looked familiar but could not recognize him knelt down in front of him with a "pop" sound, his tone was tearful, "Master Zhou, please follow me to have a look, our master"

"Wait, you are -" Zhou Yang looked at the young man carefully before recognizing him, "Zhang Dehui, Manager Zhang's son, Zhang Lu? Aren't you serving the Xue family in Jinling? Why are you here?"

"Our master has been attacked by an assassin!" Zhang Lu shocked Zhou Yang with just one sentence. "This is a letter dictated by the master and written by my father. Please ask Mr. Zhou to read it. When the slave came, he had specially prepared a clipper according to his wife's instructions. Just park at Tongzhou Pier, we can go there and set off."

I read it several times, and his expression was extremely gloomy. The letter was not long, less than two pages, and the writing was large, so the content was actually very little. To sum up, there were only two points. Xue Tu was seriously injured after being assassinated. He was asked to rush to Jinling as soon as possible, and important matters were explained, but no details were given.

Therefore, Zhou Yang made some preparations and summoned everyone in the entire courtyard to explain the situation. In fact, there were only a few people, including the Li brothers, ten soldiers and servants, and Qingwen, a maid. The time for going to Jinling was uncertain. As a result, as soon as he sent the manservant away, Qingwen panicked.

"Master, are you leaving again? Is it going to take a long time? Why don't you bring a slave to serve you, so as not to miss you for a long time?"

"Okay, I still need you to watch over me at home." Zhou Yang quickly hugged her and comforted her softly, "I will arrange for Li Xionghe to take five people at home, and I will take Li Hu and five other people to Jinling. My kindness is too great, and such a big thing happened to the Xue family, I will get over it no matter what."

"So, where is Grandma Li?" Qingwen asked in a low voice.

"It's too late to tell her. I'll pack my things first and leave after dinner." Zhou Yang shook his head helplessly, "And Dongfang, if she comes over, just tell her and show them this letter by the way. Don't You don’t have to worry about it, just take care of your home, do you hear me clearly?”

"Sister Dongfang?" Qingwen was immediately dumbfounded, "Are you not... when?"

"You don't need to worry about it. I wrote two letters to arrange things in the capital and go south to Jinling as soon as possible." Zhou Yang explained again, and then took her to pack her luggage.I took six domestic slaves and rode wildly all the way. They boarded the fast boat that day and traveled non-stop day and night. It took seven days and finally arrived at Xue's house in Jinling on September [-]th. It was also evening. Fortunately, There were no white flags or lanterns on the gate, so I was not late.

"Brother Zhou, you are finally here!" As soon as he entered the main hall, he saw Xue Pan standing up suddenly, and rushed over with relief and grabbed his hand, "My father has not been well these days, and he said he wanted to come over to you. Explain."

"What about you?" Zhou Yang got angry and kicked Xue Pan to the ground, "You are the only male in the entire Xue family now, what are you doing these days?"

"I" no one expected that Xue Pan would burst into tears all of a sudden, "I don't understand! Dad originally gave me instructions, but I couldn't understand them! I couldn't understand anything about the business or the way. What do you want me to do? My mother scolds me, my sister scolds me, and my father is so angry that he doesn't want to see me, what should I do, huh?"

Zhou Yang:.
"Brother Zhou is here?" Fortunately, as soon as he entered the door, the servants of the Xue family rushed to the backyard to deliver the news, and then Mrs. His hair was tangled and his clothes were obviously wrinkled. It was obvious that he had been suffering a lot these days. "Please forgive me, can you please do it now?"

"You're welcome, madam." Zhou Yang quickly interrupted her. Even though he was still tired and didn't want to move anymore, he knew that now was not the time to rest. "We'll go over now. I wonder how Mr. Xue is doing now?"

Mrs. Xue did not answer, but tears could not stop sliding down her face. It was obvious that the situation had reached the last moment. She just walked all the way to the backyard, but she saw that the originally exquisite and stylish yard had long been neglected, and there was no way to avoid it. , a team of more than 20 bodyguards, half carrying swords and half carrying firecrackers that had been filled with medicine and lit matchsticks. It seemed that they were working in shifts day and night.

"Ahem, Brother Zhou is here?" As soon as he entered the bedroom, Zhou Yang couldn't believe what he saw. In addition to the smell of medicine, there was also an unmistakable rancid smell in the whole room. It was obviously Xue Tu's injury. Very serious, "I made you laugh, but unfortunately I don't have much time, so I can only trouble you to listen to my explanation as a living dead."

"Xue Gong, who is it?" Zhou Yang's first thought was revenge.

"Madam, you go out first." Unexpectedly, Xue Tu arranged for Mrs. Xue to evade first. It was obvious that he had other secrets. "Hurry up, I'm afraid it's too late."

"Brother Zhou, please help me drink this bowl of ginseng soup." Obviously, this ginseng soup is life-threatening, and this is not the first time. After Mrs. Xue handed over the ginseng soup, she covered her face and staggered. After walking out, her maid Tongfu quickly supported her.

"Ahem, I didn't expect that I would die in the hands of the insider this time." Xue Tu's face was pale, and he had lost his human form in just over half a month. "The new fire gun you made is really useful. , I only suffered once, but I have searched all over Jinling’s famous doctors, but they still can only hang on to keep me alive until now.

Fortunately, you came and I had time to explain, so that I would not die in silence. I just asked my wife to go out first because there were some things that were not convenient for her to know, so I could only tell you. "

"Is it - the Wang family?" Zhou Yang's face was gloomy. The only reason why Mrs. Teng took over the post of Jia Jing and said, "Juniors remember that you, Jia Shi Wang Xue Ke, have always been called the 'Four Great Masters of Jinling'."

"The gunslinger who took action was originally a son of the Xue family. Otherwise, I wouldn't have trusted him so much." Xue Tu's voice was very weak, but he still couldn't hide his anger. "I sent someone to check afterward. He His family has disappeared, but according to the information found, he had a close relationship with one of his wife’s companions.”

"Huh?" Zhou Yang didn't expect that he would be so direct, "Have you checked the roommate? Is he already..."

"Dead, cough!" Xue Tu said coldly, "Just two days before I was assassinated, he drank too much and died. His family didn't know the situation, or even who he was drinking with to cause the problem. , but not the other slaves in the family!"

(End of this chapter)