Chapter 833 Human life is worthless, assassination by Xie Mansion
There is something wrong with Butler Lu, and Zhou Chen has already discovered it from the first time he met him.
It's just that there hasn't been much movement from Butler Lu, and he hasn't been at home much recently, so he hasn't bothered to take care of Butler Lu.
But Gong Yu discovered something strange about Butler Lu, and Butler Lu was also aware of Gong Yu's following, which made him even more interested.
He was really confused as to which force this Butler Lu was from?
After he came to Jinling City, he didn't do anything. Who noticed him and sent an experienced spy to lurk next to him.
Being able to know his relationship with Gong Yu, being able to accurately grasp the time when Gong Yu bought a house, and even allowing Gong Yu to choose him, in addition to his own abilities, must also be due to the planning of the forces behind him.
In the next few days, Zhou Chen did not go out, but stayed in the yard. But what puzzled him was that there was no movement at all from Butler Lu in the past few days, and it was quite quiet.
Butler Lu hasn't found anything yet, but Gong Yu has brought him some news.
"Sir, we have received news that the sect master was assassinated last night."
Zhou Chen paused and asked, "I understand."
Gong Yu asked in confusion: "Master, aren't you worried?"
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "It's unnecessary to worry. I even know who is going to assassinate him. What's more, besides Fei Liu, there are also Li Gang and Zhen Ping secretly around him. Even Zhuo Dingfeng from Tianquan Villa personally
Even if you take action, you can't do anything to him."
Gong Yu was shocked: "Have Master Li and the others arrived in the capital? It was Tianquan Villa who assassinated the sect leader last night?"
Although she is also under important spies, Miaoyinfang is in the hands of Mr. Thirteen. She is not as high-ranking as Mr. Thirteen, so he needs to tell her a lot of information.
"Well, Xiao Shu was assassinated, so it seems that the corpse hiding case in the dry well in Lanyuan has been exposed."
Gong Yu said: "Young master's guess is correct. The case of the corpse hidden in the dry well in Lanyuan was only exposed yesterday. It has already spread today. It is estimated that it will spread throughout the capital in a few days."
Zhou Chen nodded silently. Mei Changsu's way of revenge was different from his. Maybe it was due to physical reasons. Mei Changsu's tactics now focused on attacking the heart and calculating every step.
These steps after coming to the capital were all closely linked. Mei Changsu had basically simulated them countless times in his mind, so he was not particularly worried.
"Not only has Butler Lu been quiet these past few days, but he has been doing his best. If I hadn't noticed something was wrong with him, I would have thought he was a diligent butler."
Zhou Chen was also really surprised, because according to his observation, Butler Lu was very concerned about the affairs in the house, and he also looked at him with respect in his eyes.
So he was a little confused. He didn't know whether Butler Lu was hiding too deeply or for some other reason.
Gong Yu suggested: "Master, why don't we take him down directly? There is a person with ulterior motives around me, and I am very worried about your safety."
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "With my strength, do I need to worry? What I am more worried about is you. In this way, if he still doesn't move after a few days, I will capture him and interrogate him."
In just a few days, the case of the corpse hidden in the dry well in Lanyuan became a hot topic in the capital, causing countless people to discuss it.
The reason why this case spread so quickly and so widely is because it is the largest murder case that has occurred in the capital in recent years. There are more than a dozen female corpses, and it happened in the inner city. Thinking about it is terrifying.
In fact, murder cases like this are not really uncommon in the huge capital, but those similar murder cases were either not discovered by anyone, or were discovered by others and did not take them seriously.
Take the corpse hiding case in the dry well of Lanyuan. If it weren't for the fact that the people discovered were Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin, it would never have caused such a big fuss. Instead, it would have been quickly suppressed.
Yin Gaosheng of Jingzhao Prefecture is having a big headache right now, because this case is a big deal, but he has not found any useful clues. Even His Majesty knows about it and asked him to solve the case as soon as possible, so he is under great pressure.
Mei Changsu was well prepared, and it didn't take long before Sun Jun, a witness involved in the case, took the initiative to find King Yu and ran to surrender.
Gao Sheng, who was already under great pressure, was given an order by the prince who wanted to save the Minister of Household Affairs, Lou Zhijing. This made Gao Sheng, who did not seek merit but seek no fault, so anxious that his hair turned white.
Although he is the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture, compared with the minister of household affairs and the prince, he is nothing. He dare not offend anyone, so he can only delay it again and again.
Zhou Chen, who had been waiting for a long time, finally heard the news from Butler Lu. He followed Butler Lu and visited several places, and finally came to a cloth shop in the west of the city.
Zhou Chen didn't wait long. Butler Lu quickly came out of the cloth shop and left in a leisurely manner.
Seeing Butler Lu leave, Zhou Chen did not leave, but stayed there and waited for a while until he saw a figure walking out of the cloth shop.
Seeing this figure, Zhou Chen was immediately relieved.
"I see."
The person he saw was no stranger, it was his wet nurse, his mother, Princess Pingyang's eldest maid, Jin Yu.
He didn't believe this was a coincidence, so there was only one result: Housekeeper Lu was his mother's wife, Princess Pingyang, or he was an old man from the Zhou Mansion in the past, but he had never seen him before.
No wonder Butler Lu has never done anything against him recently. If he was sent by his mother, it can be explained clearly.
Obviously, his mother suspected his identity but was not sure of it, so she sent someone to investigate.
In this case, he doesn't have to worry about Butler Lu's identity. He believes that his mother has most likely confirmed his identity. The reason why he didn't come in person may be because of Mei Changsu's warning.
"fair enough."
Zhou Chen disappeared quickly. Even though Princess Pingyang had already suspected him and sent someone to come, he was not ready to go over and recognize him immediately because he hadn't seen him for more than ten years. For a while, he really didn't know how to deal with it.
Because Mei Changsu is in charge of affairs, Zhou Chen, the second in charge, is very comfortable. He just practices martial arts, goes around the capital, and talks about life with Gong Yu in the evening. His life is very comfortable.
He was not a gentleman to begin with, and Gong Yu was willing to do so, so after they moved to their own yard, they got together naturally.
These days, he only loves Gong Yu and rarely goes out.
But when he doesn't go out, someone comes to his door, just like now.
Yan Yujin smiled and pulled Xiao Jingrui over to visit, and also added Mu Qing.
"Yujin, you don't have to give me things all the time. Since I moved here, you have given me so many things."
Zhou Chen first asked the maid to accept the gift brought by Yan Yujin, and then said to Yan Yujin helplessly.
Yan Yujin waved his hand: "Brother Yu, you saved my life, I just gave you some things. Is it possible that in your eyes, my life is not as good as these things?"
Zhou Chen said: "Rescue is out of the question. That assassin probably came for me that day, and I should be the one who got you involved."
"Then I don't care. Anyway, I know that if you hadn't been there that day, Brother Yu, I would definitely have died."
Yan Yujin was also a smart man, but he later thought about the reason. However, he was an open and enthusiastic person, but Zhou Chen saved him that day. For this reason alone, he was very grateful.
Xiao Jingrui smiled on the side and said: "Brother Yu, if he wants to send it to you, let him send it to you. Don't be polite to him. The more polite you are to him, the more he will talk."
"Hey, Jingrui, you really don't have back pain when you stand and talk."
Mu Qing saw the two of them arguing and immediately interrupted, then asked Zhou Chen: "Brother Yu, your injury should be almost healed, right?"
"It's almost recovered."
"Then let's go out and have fun at night?"
As soon as Mu Qing said these words, Zhou Chen and the other three people immediately attracted shocked looks.
Yan Yujin looked at Mu Qing in surprise: "Little prince, do you still want to go? Have you forgotten Sister Nihuang's warning to you?"
"That's why I came to see Brother Yu. If Brother Yu takes me there, even if my sister finds out, I still have an excuse." Mu Qing said matter-of-factly.
This shameless look almost made Zhou Chen slap him in the face.
"Leave far away."
Mu Qing was not angry, but just sighed: "I'm just too bored to go there, so where else can we go to play?"
Zhou Chen agreed very much with this. In ancient times, there was really little entertainment, especially for people like him who had experienced the information explosion in later generations.
However, he has lived in this world for more than ten years and has gradually adapted to it.
"If you are really bored, I have a way to entertain you."
As soon as Zhou Chen said this, Mu Qing and the others' eyes brightened.
"Brother Yu, I know you have a lot of clever ideas. Tell me, what's so fun?"
Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin also looked forward to it.
Zhou Chen has many ways to entertain his time in his mind, but he used to spend most of his time practicing martial arts. Now that he has perfected his internal martial arts, if he wants to improve it, the difficulty will increase exponentially.
Moreover, in this chaotic capital, it is basically impossible to calm down and understand the subsequent internal skills and mental methods, because he will not be given so much time.
"It's a chess and card game called Mahjong. It happens to be played by four people, but it takes time to make. So, come over tomorrow and I'll teach you how to play."
"Mahjong?"
Although Mu Qing and the other three were confused, they all looked forward to it. They were young, had no government affairs to do, and had too much free time. If they could have a game to pass their time, of course they would be willing to learn it.
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"Then let's come back tomorrow."
The three of them sat here with Zhou Chen for a while before saying goodbye and leaving.
After they left, Zhou Chen found Butler Lu and asked him to buy some low-quality jade and prepare to start carving mahjong.
With his current skills, carving a pair of mahjong was naturally an easy task and could be completed before evening.
These days, Zhou Chen will go to Xie Mansion's Snow Cottage in the evenings because Mei Changsu was assassinated a few days ago. He knows that the assassination of Mei Changsu was just a test by Xie Yu. Next, Xie Yu will use his own troops to attack Xue Lu.
He wanted to assassinate Mei Changsu, so he would go there secretly in the past few days just to prevent any accidents.
When he arrived at the snow house, Zhou Chen found that besides Mei Changsu and Fei Liu, there was another breathing sound.
He walked into Mei Changsu's room naturally. Mei Changsu was not surprised and was already waiting for Zhou Chen.
"Son."
Li Gang saw Zhou Chen and said respectfully.
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "Li Gang, you are finally here, your movements are a bit slow."
Li Gang said: "I have been here a long time ago, but the sect master said that Xie's residence was inconvenient, so I stayed outside. Recently, the sect master felt that Xie Yu was about to take action, so he allowed me to come. After all, you can't be here all the time, sir."
Stay with the sect master."
With Zhou Chen here, they wouldn't worry at all, but he also knew that Zhou Chen also had his own things to do and couldn't follow Mei Changsu all the time like Fei Liu.
"In terms of loyalty, it has to be you guys."
Zhou Chen felt that Li Gang and Zhen Ping were really loyal to Mei Changsu. Even though the Red Flame Army was destroyed, they still did not leave Mei Changsu, but continued to serve Mei Changsu for twelve years.
Years ago, I never thought about myself.
Who wouldn’t want to have such a loyal subordinate?
Mei Changsu poured tea for Zhou Chen: "Today is a little later than yesterday. Did something happen?"
"It's okay, it's just that Yujin and the others went to my place again today. I promised to make a board game for them, and I've been working on it this afternoon."
"Board game? It sounds interesting. Is it similar to Go?" Mei Changsu also became somewhat interested.
Zhou Chen said: "It's not the same. It requires four people. If you are free tomorrow, you can go there. It will be very interesting."
He is not a gambling person, but he can also play mahjong. Mahjong is very interesting and more interesting than most other entertainments in this era. He believes that once the word spreads, mahjong will definitely spread quickly all over the world.
"Okay, then I'll go take a look tomorrow."
When he was bored, Mei Changsu asked Fei Liu to take out the Go game and started playing against Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen has traveled through many worlds and has played Go a lot, but his level is indeed much lower than that of Mei Changsu. Even after playing with Mei Changsu for many years, he still loses more than he wins even if he tries his best.
Even with his strong character, he had to admit that he couldn't beat Mei Changsu at this point.
He couldn't play Go, but Mei Changsu was no match for the backgammon he 'invented'.
The game of chess was not over yet, Zhou Chen was about to make a move, when suddenly his hand movements stopped.
Li Gang, who was sitting on the sidelines and watching, saw that Zhou Chen had stopped moving and asked curiously: "Master, why don't you stand down? Do you want to admit defeat to the sect leader?"
Zhou Chen flicked the chess piece on his head with his backhand: "You still have the nerve to ridicule me? Why don't you come and play with me?"
Li Gang shook his head like a rattle, he couldn't win against Zhou Chen, and even if he could win, he wouldn't dare to win.
But he still remembered the tragic moment a few years ago when he outmaneuvered Zhou Chen in chess and was then trained in martial arts by Zhou Chen for a day. Since then, he never dared to play chess with Zhou Chen again.
While he was talking, Fei Liu suddenly rushed out of the room, leaving Li Gang stunned for a moment before he realized what he was doing and stood up in an instant.
Zhou Chen rolled his eyes at him: "After so many years, you haven't made any progress at all. It seems that without my whipping, your martial arts will be the same in this life."
Li Gang smiled and said: "Master, my martial arts talent is not as good as Zhen Ping's. I think you should train him. Anyway, he has been quite crazy recently and feels that his swordsmanship is worse than yours. I think Master must give him a lesson."
"Stop sowing discord."
The sound of fighting outside has already started. From the sound, you can tell that there are many people. Feiliu is fighting against many, but he is not moving quickly.
Zhou Chen listened to the voice and suddenly said: "Xiao Shu, do you think I should take some time recently to challenge Zhuo Dingfeng of Tianquan Villa as a Rakshasa?"
Mei Changsu said: "There's no need. He should be no longer your opponent now, and Zhuo Dingfeng is still of great use to our plan, so don't make matters worse."
The fighting outside continued, but the position suddenly changed, and then another group of people rushed here, and then they heard a familiar voice.
"Who are you? How dare you break into Xie's mansion at night?"
When Mei Changsu heard this voice, he sighed: "Jing Rui is such a good boy. If I didn't have no choice, I really don't want to hurt him."
"Your plan is indeed a bit cruel to him."
Before Zhou Chen finished speaking, Li Gang said angrily: "Then how cruel was Xie Yu to Lin Shuai and the 70,000 Red Flame Army? Although this matter has nothing to do with Mr. Xiao himself, there are some things we have no choice about.
, Mr. Xiao also has no choice."
Mei Chang Su Moran, he also thought of the battle of Meiling twelve years ago. Yes, they had no choice, so he still made such a choice even though he knew Jingrui's temperament, because that
is the best opportunity.
After a while, an assassin rushed in, but he was killed by Li Gang before he even took a few steps closer.
Xiao Jingrui hurriedly rushed into the room, and then saw the assassin who fell to the ground, Li Gang standing, Zhou Chen and Mei Changsu sitting.
"Master Li, Brother Su, Brother Yu, you are here too."
Zhou Chen stood up and said, "Jing Rui, I came to see Brother Su to play chess tonight, but I didn't expect to encounter this scene."
Xiao Jingrui looked ashamed and said apologetically: "Brother Su, I'm really sorry."
Mei Changsu shook his head and said, "I'm fine, Jingrui, you don't have to blame yourself."
But how could Xiao Jingrui not blame himself? Mei Changsu was a guest he invited, but he was assassinated in their mansion. Thinking about it, he felt scared.
Xiao Jingrui knelt down and was about to reveal the assassin's true identity. Mei Changsu wanted to stop him, but Xiao Jingrui, who had been mentally prepared for a long time, resolutely unveiled the mask.
When he saw the true face at this moment, his face suddenly became very ugly, because he recognized the assassin.
Li Gang made another stab at this time: "Young Master Xiao should know him, right?"
Xiao Jingrui's pupils tightened and he murmured: "He is one of my father's bodyguards."
Mei Changsu couldn't bear it and walked to the door, not wanting Xiao Jingrui to see his expression.
"Jing Rui, I didn't expect you to come back to see me so late. You shouldn't have come."
Xiao Jingrui said: "I just suddenly felt a little uneasy, so I wanted to come over and have a look. Who knows..."
Mei Changsu said: "It's quiet now outside."
Li Gang said in a sarcastic tone: "In such a huge Marquis Mansion, there was so much noise in the middle of the night, and it seems that not even a single person was heard."
Xiao Jingrui was already suspicious, but Li Gang's words made him more sure of his suspicions. Yes, how could no one notice such a huge movement just now?
"Brother Su..."
"Jing Rui, come in with me and talk about it later."
Mei Changsu took Xiao Jingrui to the back room, ready to comfort Xiao Jingrui.
Seeing Xiao Jingrui's appearance, Zhou Chen couldn't bear it, so he gently patted Xiao Jingrui's shoulder.
"Jing Rui, don't think so much. This matter has nothing to do with you. I know who you are. If you really can't get over it, just go to me and I'll have a good drink with you."
After saying this, he stood up and left. There was no accident, so there was no need for him to stay.
Xiao Jingrui was in a bad mood, but he still said gratefully: "Brother Yu, thank you."
"We are friends, there is no need to talk about this, let's go."
Zhou Chen said goodbye and then left Xie's Mansion.
Xiao Jingrui sat in the position where Zhou Chen had just been, looking at the charcoal fire in front of him with blurred eyes, his mood not calming down for a long time.
When Zhou Chen returned home, he saw Gong Yu waiting for him. As soon as he came in, Gong Yu dusted off the snow on his body.
"Didn't I say you don't have to wait for me?"
Gong Yu said softly: "I saw it was snowing outside, and I was worried that the young master would be cold when he came back, so I lit a brazier in the room."
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "Have you forgotten what kind of internal skills I practice? I have perfected the Pure Yang Jue, do you think I will be afraid of the cold?"
Chunyang Jue even cured his cold illness, so naturally he would not be afraid of the cold outside.
Of course Gong Yu knew about this, but she was still used to worrying about Zhou Chen, so she naturally did these things for Zhou Chen.