Zhou Chenyang asked the boy beside him to open the box. Inside the box was a woman dressed in red.
The smile in his eyes grew a little thicker, and he said softly: "Lin Xiuyan, take off your clothes now, kneel down and beg me, and I may give you a way out."
The woman in the box raised her head, but it was not Lin Xiuyan, but Hongxiu, the maid next to Jiang Xinrou.
Zhou Chenyang was a little surprised: "Hongxiu? How could it be you?"
Hongxiu's mouth was gagged and her body was tied with a rope. At this time, she could only make a sound of "Uh-huh".
Zhou Chenyang had someone pull out the cloth from Hongxiu's mouth, and then untied the rope that tied her.
As soon as Hong Xiu saw him, she cried: "City Lord, I feel so uncomfortable!"
Zhou Chenyang's plan failed, and he asked with some displeasure: "Where is Lin Xiuyan?"
Hongxiu replied: "She knocked me out and put me in a box and ran away. I don't know where she went."
After she finished speaking, she moved pitifully towards Zhou Chenyang and leaned against him delicately.
She gently rubbed against him a few times and then said: "Lin Xiuyan is ignorant of good and evil, and the good intentions of the city lord have been wasted."
"Hongxiu is willing to stay by the city lord's side and let the city lord do whatever he wants."
Zhou Chenyang and Hongxiu have slept with each other several times, and it has long since become stale.
He said with some disgust: "You useless thing, I asked you to tie up Lin Xiuyan, but you couldn't even tie her up!"
He stood up to leave, but Hong Xiu hurriedly said: "City Lord, I have the healing medicine that can help you recover from your injuries quickly."
Zhou Chenyang was a little surprised, and there was a bit of surprise in his eyes when he looked at Hongxiu.
Just as he was about to say something, Liu Tianwen knocked on the door outside, his voice full of urgency: "City Lord, I have something urgent to report to you!"
Zhou Chenyang asked: "What's the matter?"
Liu Tianwen's eyes were full of worry: "When the steward was sorting out Madam's dowry just now, he found that Madam's dowry was all made of stones and torn cotton wool!"
He knew that Zhou Chenyang wanted the Lin Mansion's money. If something like this happened at this time, he needed to report it immediately.
Zhou Chenyang was shocked: "What did you say?"
Liu Tianwen added: "Those dowries are all wrapped in red cloth and tied very firmly."
"But when I opened it and took a look, I found that apart from a few pieces of low-quality fabric, there were only stones and tattered cotton wool."
Zhou Chenyang's face instantly dropped. He no longer cared about Hongxiu and strode out.
When Hongxiu heard the news, her face looked a little ugly.
She thought of the way Lin Xiuyan spoke to her today, and she knew that today's matter might be worse than she imagined.
Lin Xiuyan probably knew that they were causing trouble today and had made preparations early.
Zhou Chenyang only wants money from the Lin family. If he fails to do so today, Jiang Xinrou's identity will be very embarrassing.
She remembered what Lin Xiuyan said to her: "Jiang Xinrou is unreliable. You have to think about yourself."
She didn't know what Lin Xiuyan meant at the time, but now she understood.
When Zhou Chenyang arrived in the yard and saw that the dowry he opened was all worthless things, his face was extremely ugly.
He raised his foot and kicked the nearest dowry to the ground, and said angrily: "Didn't you see clearly when you were carrying the dowry?"
The steward replied: "Madam said there will be no problem with these things, so just let us carry them over."
Zhou Chenyang was so angry that he turned around to find trouble with Jiang Xinrou.
Jiang Xinrou was a little unhappy because Zhou Chenyang didn't sleep in her room on their wedding night.
Seeing Zhou Chenyang come in at this time, she suddenly smiled. She greeted him and said: "Brother Yang..."
Before she could finish her words, she was kicked to the ground by Zhou Chenyang: "What's going on with those dowries?"
Jiang Xinrou fell to the ground and felt a little uncomfortable in her stomach, but she couldn't care less at this time. She asked in confusion: "What happened to the dowry?"
Zhou Chenyang saw that her confused look didn't look fake, so he said calmly: "Come out and see for yourself!"
Jiang Xinrou felt extremely aggrieved, and Zhou Chenyang's expression was really not good. She did not dare to touch Qiao, but stood up and followed him out.
When she saw that all the dowry had turned into stone, her face suddenly changed.
She ran over and lifted several loads of dowry, only to find that it was all filled with stones and broken cotton wool.
She said in disbelief: "I asked Hong Xiu to look at it yesterday. There are all kinds of valuable things inside. How come it's like this now?"
Lin Xiuyan's dowry had been packed and stored in the warehouse early because the wedding was approaching.
After Lin Xiuyan and Zhou Chenyang broke off their engagement, and the dowry became Jiang Xinrou's, Jiang Xinrou secretly took a look twice and found that everything inside was genuine.
Jiang Xinrou was still worried yesterday. It was not convenient for her to go there, so she asked Hong Xiu to take a look again. There was still no problem.
Today Lin Yunzhi and Qu Shuangyue died. She felt that the Lin Mansion belonged to her, so she no longer worried about problems with the dowry.
So she didn't let anyone open the dowry to see it today, and something went wrong.
Zhou Chenyang said coldly: "What on earth is going on?"
Jiang Xinrou took a deep breath and said, "These should be the plans of that old immortal Lin Yunzhi!"
"Now that the two immortals in the Lin family are dead, everything in the Lin family belongs to me."
"If Brother Yang is in a hurry, we will go and move the Lin family's valuable things over now."
When Zhou Chenyang heard this, he knew that this matter had nothing to do with her, and his expression became a little gentler: "I was a little anxious just now, didn't I hurt you?"
Jiang Xinrou sniffed gently, looking aggrieved, but pretending to be magnanimous and said: "I'm fine."
Zhou Chenyang felt a little sorry to see her like this. He wanted the Lin Mansion at this time, so he had to coax Jiang Xinrou for a few words.
After he finished coaxing him, he added: "To avoid a long night and too many dreams, we should go to the Lin Mansion overnight to move things here!"
Lin Xiuyan turned into red sleeves, which made him feel a little uneasy.
After all, he had suffered several losses at the hands of Lin Xiuyan recently.
Jiang Xinrou wanted to act generous and sensible at this time, so she would naturally cooperate with him and nod her head in agreement.
So, on their wedding night, Zhou Chenyang and Jiang Xinrou went directly to the Lin Mansion without getting married.
After all, it wouldn’t be nice to hear this matter spread out, so Zhou Chenyang only brought a dozen of his confidants there.
When the two arrived at Lin's Mansion, the door of Lin's Mansion was closed.
Jiang Xinrou shouted, waiting for the concierge she bribed to come and open the door.
After waiting for a long time, no one came to open the door.
No matter how stupid Jiang Xinrou was, she realized something was wrong at this time.
So she shouted several more times, but still no one answered her.
Zhou Chenyang's patience was exhausted and he directly ordered: "Smash the door!"
Jiang Xinrou stopped him and said, "Smashing the door made too much noise. It won't be nice to hear about it."
Zhou Chenyang felt that what she said made sense, so he decided to let his guards climb over the wall and enter the Lin Mansion.