kingnovel Chapter 440: Feeling Strange, Suspecting a Thief
Chapter 440: Feeling Strange, Suspecting a Thief
Zhongshun, who had gone to sleep in Liu Damen's room after the house was soiled by Old Yin, was woken up by the cold.
On a late autumn night, Zhongshun was sleeping on a big kang without even a corner of the quilt covering him. It would be strange if he was not woken up by the cold!
Zhongshun shrank his cold body and turned back to look...
It turned out that he and Liu Da were sharing a blanket;
Now it seems that Liu Da must have wrapped up the quilt when he turned over, leaving himself exposed.
Zhongshun wanted to reach out to pull the quilt, but suddenly remembered something and turned to look out the window.
Look at the sky...it's still early.
But Zhongshun thought that the Marquis had to go to court today, so he didn't dare to sleep anymore.
Zhongshun was afraid that if he pulled the quilt over himself to keep warm, he would oversleep and miss the time for his master to go to court. That would be fatal!
Yesterday, the Emperor ordered Eunuch Yu to come and deliver a special oral order, asking his Lordship to attend the court this morning.
If I make this mistake, I'll have more heads than I can chop off!
After lying down for a while, Zhongshun got up in the dark.
After opening the door, Zhongshun wanted to go to the bathroom.
Faintly, Zhongshun heard shouts and cries coming from the crowd...
It's not even daybreak yet, who is causing such trouble?
Zhongshun thought to himself and listened again...
The sound seemed... seemed to come from across the courtyard.
But it didn't sound like the voice of housekeeper Lu Jie'en.
Oh, right!
Zhongshun suddenly realized that the Marquis was now living in the courtyard over there.
Zhongshun quickly found a corner to drain the water, and then walked quickly towards the courtyard.
The closer I got, the louder the sound became...
A grown man, crying, begging for mercy, and expressing his lovesickness...
This...this Marquis...what is going on?
Zhongshun thought, could it be that the Marquis is having a nightmare again?
Thinking back to a few days ago, the Marquis had experienced something like this...
Zhongshun was certain that the Marquis must have had another nightmare.
This...what should I do?
What if… What if the Marquis can’t wake up by then, what if he misses the morning court again…
This... could it be that... the thirty strokes of the cane should be changed to sixty strokes, eighty strokes, or a hundred strokes of the cane?
My Lord, do you still want your ass?
Thinking of this, Zhongshun quickened his pace and came to the house where Leng Xian lived.
Standing outside the door, Zhongshun heard Leng Xian inside yelling, "Baozhen...Zhen'er...
Please spare my husband!
Please spare my husband!
I didn't want you to die!
I really don’t want to!
I don't want to harm you!
I don't want to harm you!
It’s my mother, oh, it’s that...that vicious Yin!
It's them...it's them who want to harm you, not me!
Also, I wasn’t the one who bullied Yue’er!
It’s…it’s…it’s that vicious Yin and the two little beasts she gave birth to!
That's really not me!
Yue'er is our biological daughter!
How could I...how could I not love her?
Zhen'er, please, spare me!
......"
Zhongshun stood outside the house, listening to Leng Xian inside repeating these words in high and low voices like the wheels of a wheel...
Zhongshun seemed to have heard some of the most secret secrets...
The death of the late wife was caused by the old lady and the current lady...is that right?
Zhongshun was so shocked that he opened his eyes wide and covered his mouth with his hands.
The servants in the mansion mentioned the late Madam in private, and there were actually quite a few speculations...
Originally, the young wife had always been in good health and was pregnant;
The palace doctor of the Duke of Anguo's mansion asks for An's pulse every other day...
How can life just be gone?
Then think about the humanity of the lady who came in later...
There is no need to guess the cause of death of the late lady.
Zhongshun listened at this time and thought to himself: It’s confirmed!
It turns out that the late lady was really murdered by someone!
He was killed by the old lady and the Yin aunt and nephew!
However, the secrets of these palaces were not something that a servant like me could delve into.
On the contrary, it’s best to pretend you don’t know.
At the same time, Zhongshun was also wondering, the Marquis was making such a loud noise and making such a fuss, but how come there was no noise at all from the housekeeper Lu Jie'en who lived next door?
At this moment, Zhongshun wanted to go in and see his master.
But then I thought, listening to the Marquis's efforts, if I went in alone... I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to handle it!
It would be better to go next door and call Butler Lu to join us.
So Zhongshun turned around and knocked on Lu Jie'en's door.
However, after knocking more than ten times, there was no response from inside.
Zhongshun put his ear to the crack of the door, but could only hear snoring from inside.
Is Butler Lu sleeping so soundly?
Zhongshun frowned and thought about it, then simply pushed the door open.
The door opened and Zhongshun walked in without hesitation.
When I came to the bed, I saw Lu Jie'en lying on the bed, snoring steadily, and it seemed that he was sleeping soundly.
Zhongshun stretched out his hand and pushed while shouting: "Butler Lu...Butler Lu...Butler Lu..."
Zhongshun called out several times and pushed him several times, but Lu Jie'en showed no sign of waking up.
Zhongshun, please use more force and raise your voice...
The result is still the same, I can’t wake him up.
Zhongshun felt something was wrong...
Could it be that... someone drugged him again?
But...but the mansion had been robbed long ago!
What kind of stupid thief could break into the marquis's mansion and steal at this time?