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Chapter 833 Human life is worthless, assassinated by Xie's mansion
There is something wrong with Steward Lu, and Zhou Chen has already discovered it since the first time he saw him.

It's just that Steward Lu has been quiet all this time, and he hasn't been at home much recently, so he didn't take care of Steward Lu.

But Gong Yu noticed something strange about Steward Lu, and Steward Lu was able to detect Gong Yu's stalking, which made him even more interested.

He was really puzzled, which faction was Steward Lu from?
After he came to Jinling City, he didn't do anything. Who noticed him and sent an experienced spy to lurk beside him.

Knowing the relationship between him and Gong Yu, and being able to accurately grasp the time when Gong Yu bought the house, and even allowing Gong Yu to pick him, apart from his own ability, there must also be schemes by the forces behind him.

In the next few days, Zhou Chen didn't go out, but stayed in the yard, but what made him puzzled was that Housekeeper Lu hadn't moved at all these days, and was quite quiet.

Butler Lu hasn't found anything yet, but Gong Yu brought him a piece of news.

"Young master, we have received news that the suzerain was assassinated last night."

Zhou Chen paused and asked, "I see."

Gong Yu asked puzzledly: "My lord, aren't you worried?"

Zhou Chen smiled and said: "It's unnecessary to worry. I don't even know who is going to assassinate him. What's more, besides Fei Liu, Li Gang and Zhen Ping are secretly beside him. Even if Zhuo Dingfeng from Tianquan Villa personally If you shoot, you can't do anything to him."

Gong Yu was startled: "Master Li Duo and the others have already arrived in the capital? The one who assassinated the suzerain last night was actually Tianquan Villa?"

Although she is also an important spy, Miaoyinfang is in the hands of Mr. Thirteen. Her rank is not as high as that of Mr. Thirteen, so Mr. Thirteen needs to tell her a lot of news.

"Well, Xiaoshu was assassinated, so it seems that the case of hiding corpses in the dry well in Lanyuan has exploded."

Gong Yu said: "Master's guess is correct. The case of hiding corpses in the dry well in Lanyuan was only exposed yesterday, but 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 is different from his. Maybe it's because of his body.

These steps after coming to the capital are interlocking and have basically been simulated countless times in Mei Changsu's mind, so he is not particularly worried.

"In the past few days, Housekeeper Lu not only hasn't moved at all, but has done his best. If I hadn't discovered something was wrong with him, I would have thought he was a diligent housekeeper."

Zhou Chen is also really strange, because according to his observation, Steward Lu is very concerned about the affairs of the house, and when he looks at him, there is respect in his eyes.

So he was a little confused, not knowing whether Steward Lu hid too deeply, or if there were other reasons.

Gong Yu suggested: "My lord, why don't you take him down directly, there is a person with ulterior motives by my side, I am very worried about your safety."

Zhou Chen said with a smile: "With my strength, do I still need to worry? I'm more worried about you. In this way, if he still doesn't move in a few days, I'll arrest him and interrogate him."

In just a few days, the case of hiding corpses in the dry well in Lanyuan has spread in the capital, causing countless people to discuss it.

The reason why this case spread so fast and so big is because it was the biggest murder case in the capital city in recent years, with more than a dozen female corpses, and it happened in the inner city, it would be creepy to think about it.

In fact, murders like this are not really uncommon in the huge capital, but those similar murders were either not discovered, or were discovered, and they were not taken seriously.

Take the corpse case in the dry well in Lanyuan, if it wasn't because Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin were the ones who discovered it, it would definitely not have caused such a big commotion, and would have been suppressed very quickly instead.

Yin Gaosheng of Jingzhao Mansion has been in a lot of headaches for a while, because this case is a big one, but he didn't find any useful clues. Even His Majesty knew about it and asked him to solve the case as soon as possible, so he was under great pressure.

Mei Changsu had been prepared for a long time, and not long after, Sun Jun, a witness involved in the case, took the initiative to find King Yu, and then ran to surrender.

Gao Sheng, who was already under a lot of pressure, was ordered by the crown prince who wanted to save Lou Zhijing, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. This made him, who didn't want merit, but nothing wrong, his hair turn gray in a hurry.

Although he is the governor of Jingzhao, he is nothing compared to Shang Shulou Zhijing and the prince. He dare not offend anyone, so he can only procrastinate.

Zhou Chen, who had been waiting for a long time, finally waited for Steward Lu's change. He followed Steward Lu all the way, visited several places, and finally came to a cloth shop in the west of the city.

Zhou Chen didn't wait for long, butler Lu came out of the cloth shop very quickly, and left without haste.

Seeing Steward Lu leave, Zhou Chen did not leave, but stayed where he was and waited for a while until he saw a figure walking out of the cloth shop.

Seeing this figure, Zhou Chen immediately felt relieved.

"I see."

The person he saw was no stranger to him, and it was his nanny, Jinyu, the eldest maid of his mother, Princess Pingyang.

He didn't believe it was a coincidence, so there was only one result, Steward Lu belonged to his mother, Princess Pingyang, or an old man from Zhou Mansion before, but he had never seen it before.

No wonder Housekeeper Lu has never done anything against him recently. If he was sent by his mother, it can be explained clearly.

Apparently, his mother suspected his identity, but she couldn't be sure, so she sent someone to investigate.

In this case, he doesn't have to worry about Steward Lu's identity. He believes that his mother has probably confirmed his identity, and 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 was already suspicious and sent someone to come, he was not going to meet him immediately, because he hadn't seen him for more than ten years, and he really didn't know how to face him for a while.

Because Mei Changsu was in charge of affairs, Zhou Chen, the second in charge, was very comfortable. All he had to do was practice martial arts, stroll around the capital, and talk to Gong Yu at night, and talk about life. The small life was very pleasant.

He wasn't a gentleman in the first place, and Gong Yu was also willing, so after they moved to their own yard, they got together naturally.

These days, he dotes on Gong Yu alone, and rarely even goes out.

But he didn't go out, but someone came to him, just like now.

Yan Yujin smiled and pulled Xiao Jingrui over to visit, and also added Mu Qing.

"Yujin, you don't need to always send things. Since I moved here, how many things have you sent me?"

Zhou Chen first asked the maid to accept the gift Yan Yujin brought, and then said to Yan Yujin helplessly.

Yan Yujin waved his hand: "Brother Yu, you saved my life, so I just gave you some things. Could it be that in your eyes, my life is not as good as these things?"

Zhou Chen said: "It's not about saving lives. That assassin might have come after me that day, and I should be the one who got you all in trouble."

"Then I don't care. Anyway, I know that if Brother Yu hadn't been there that day, I would have died."

Yan Yujin was also a smart person at first, and he thought about the reason later, but he was open and enthusiastic, but Zhou Chen saved him that day, and he was very grateful for this alone.

Xiao Jingrui smiled from the side: "Brother Yu, let him see you off if he wants to. Don't be polite to him. The more polite you are to him, the more he will talk."

"Hey, Jingrui, you really don't feel backache when you stand and talk."

Mu Qing saw the two of them arguing there, immediately interrupted, and then asked Zhou Chen: "Brother Yu, your injury should be almost healed, right?"

"It's almost recovered."

"Then let's go out to have fun at night?"

As soon as Mu Qing said these words, Zhou Chen and the others immediately caught their eyes in astonishment.

Yan Yujin looked at Mu Qing in surprise: "My lord, do you still want to go? Did you forget sister Nihuang's warning to you?"

"That's why I came to look for Brother Yu. If Brother Yu takes me there, even if my sister finds out, I will have an excuse." Mu Qing took it for granted.

Zhou Chen almost slapped him with this shameless appearance.

"Leave far away."

Mu Qing was not angry, but just sighed: "I'm just too bored to go there, where else can we go to play?"

Zhou Chen agrees with this very much, in this ancient times, there are too few entertainments, especially in an era like him that has experienced the information explosion of later generations.

However, he has lived in this world for more than ten years, and he has gradually adapted to this world.

"If you are really bored, I have a way to entertain you."

As soon as Zhou Chen said, all three of Mu Qing's eyes brightened.

"Brother Yu, I knew you had a lot of tricks, tell me quickly, what's so interesting?"

Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin also looked forward to it.

There are many ways to pass the time in Zhou Chen's mind, but most of his time was spent on practicing in the past. Now that his inner strength has been practiced to perfection, if he wants to improve it, the difficulty will increase exponentially.

Moreover, in this chaotic capital, it is basically impossible to calm down and comprehend the follow-up inner skills, because he will not be given so much time.

"It's a board game called mahjong. It happens to be played by four people, but it takes time to make it. In this way, you come over tomorrow and I will teach you how to play."

"Mahjong?"

Although Mu Qing and the others were puzzled, they all looked forward to it. They are not very old, and they have no government affairs to do. They have too much free time. If there is a game to pass the time, they are of course willing to learn it. .

"Then we'll come back tomorrow."

The three of them sat here for a while longer before taking their leave.

After they left, Zhou Chen called Steward Lu and asked him to buy some low-quality jade and prepare to start carving mahjong.

With his current skills, carving a set of mahjong is naturally an easy task, and it will be completed before the next evening.

In the past few nights, Zhou Chen will go to the Snow Cottage of the Xie Mansion, because a few days ago, Mei Changsu was assassinated, and he knew that the assassination of Mei Changsu was just Xie Yu's temptation. Assassinate Mei Changsu, so he will go there secretly these few days, just to prevent accidents.

When he came to the Snow Cottage, Zhou Chen found that besides Mei Changsu and Fei Liu, there was another sound of breathing.

He walked into Mei Changsu's room naturally, Mei Changsu was not surprised, he was already waiting for Zhou Chen.

"Son."

When Li Gang saw Zhou Chen, he said respectfully.

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Li Gang, you are finally here, and your movements are a bit slow."

Li Gang said: "I came a long time ago, but the suzerain said that Xie's mansion was inconvenient, so I stayed outside. Recently, the suzerain felt that Xie Yu was about to make a move, so he allowed me to come. After all, you can't always Stay by the suzerain's side."

With Zhou Chen around, they wouldn't worry at all, but he also knew that Zhou Chen also had his own things to do, and it was impossible for him to follow Mei Changsu like Fei Liu.

"In terms of loyalty, it has to be a few of you."

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 have been serving Mei Changsu for 12 years , 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 all right, but the three of Yujin and the others went to my place again today, and I promised to make them a board game, and I've been working on it all afternoon."

"Chess and board games? It sounds interesting. Is it similar to Go?" Mei Changsu also showed some interest.

Zhou Chen said: "It's not the same. We need four people. If you are free tomorrow, you can go there too. It's very interesting."

He is not a gambler, but he can also play mahjong. Mahjong is very interesting, and it is more interesting than most entertainments in this era. He believes that once mahjong spreads, it will definitely spread everywhere.

"Okay, then I'll go and have a look tomorrow."

Being bored at leisure, Mei Changsu asked Fei Liu to take out Go and start playing against Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen has traveled through many worlds, and he has played Go a lot, but compared to Mei Changsu, his level is indeed much lower. Even after playing with Mei Changsu for many years, with all his strength, he still loses more than he wins.

Even with his strong personality, he had to admit that he was no match for Mei Changsu.

He can't play Go, but Mei Changsu is no match for his 'invented' backgammon.

A game of chess was not over yet, Zhou Chen was about to make a move when suddenly his hand froze.

Li Gang, who was sitting on the sidelines watching, saw that Zhou Chen hadn't moved, and asked curiously: "Master, why don't you stop? Are you going to admit defeat to the suzerain?"

Zhou Chen hit his forehead with a backhand: "You still have the face to mock me? Why don't you come and play with me?"

Li Gang shook his head like a rattle, he couldn't beat Zhou Chen, even if he won, he didn't dare to win.

He still remembered a few years ago when he beat Zhou Chen by tricks in chess, and then Zhou Chen practiced martial arts for a day. Since then, he never dared to play chess with Zhou Chen again.

While speaking, Fei Liu suddenly rushed out of the room, making Li Gang stunned for a moment, and then he reacted and got up instantly.

Zhou Chen rolled his eyes at him: "After so many years, you haven't improved at all. It seems that without my whipping, your martial arts will be the same in this life."

Li Gang said with a dry smile: "Young Master, my martial arts talent is not as good as Zhen Ping. I think you should practice him. Anyway, he has been crazy recently. He thinks his swordsmanship is worse than yours, Young Master. I think Young Master must give him one." lesson."

"Less sow discord."

The sound of fighting outside had already been heard. From the sound, one could tell that there were quite a few people. Fei Liu was outnumbered by one, but he was not quick.

Hearing the voice, Zhou Chen suddenly said, "Xiao Shu, do you think I should spare some time recently to challenge Zhuo Dingfeng from Tianquan Villa as a Rakshasa?"

Mei Changsu said: "It's not necessary, he should not be your opponent now, and Zhuo Dingfeng is still very useful to our plan, so don't make extra trouble."

The sound of fighting outside was still going on, but they suddenly shifted their positions, and then another group of people rushed here, and then they heard familiar voices.

"Who are you? How dare you break into Xie's mansion at night?"

Hearing this voice, Mei Changsu sighed, "Jing Rui is such a good boy. If I hadn't had no choice, I really didn't want to hurt him."

"Your plan is really cruel to him."

Before Zhou Chen finished speaking, Li Gang said angrily: "Then how cruel was Xie Yu to Lin Shuai and the [-] Red Flame Army back then? 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 Changsu was silent, he also thought of the battle of Meiling 12 years ago, yes, they had no choice, so he still made such a choice knowing Jingrui's temperament, because it was best chance.

After a while, an assassin rushed in, but he was killed by Li Gang before he got a few steps closer.

Xiao Jingrui hurried into the room, and then saw the fallen assassin, 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 play chess with Brother Su tonight, and I didn't expect to encounter this scene."

Xiao Jingrui showed shame, and said apologetically, "Brother Su, I'm really sorry."

Mei Changsu shook his head, and said, "I'm fine, Jing Rui, 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 made him feel terrified.

Xiao Jingrui squatted down and was about to reveal the assassin's true colors. Mei Changsu wanted to stop him, but Xiao Jingrui, who had already been mentally prepared, resolutely lifted the mask.

When he saw the real face at this moment, his face suddenly became very ugly, because he recognized the assassin.

At this time, Li Gang made another stab at him; "Young Master Xiao should know him, right?"

Xiao Jingrui's pupils constricted, and he murmured, "It's a guard next to my father."

Mei Changsu couldn't bear it, and walked to the door, not wanting Xiao Jingrui to see his expression.

"Jingrui, 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 outside now."

Li Gang said in a sarcastic tone: "In the huge Hou Mansion, there was such a big commotion in the middle of the night that it seemed that no one heard it."

Xiao Jingrui was already skeptical, but Li Gang's words made him more certain of his suspicion, yes, how could no one notice the big movement just now.

"Brother Su..."

"Jingrui, come in with me and talk."

Mei Changsu led Xiao Jingrui to the back room, ready to comfort Xiao Jingrui.

Seeing Xiao Jingrui's appearance, Zhou Chen couldn't bear it, so he patted Xiao Jingrui's shoulder lightly.

"Jingrui, don't think too much about it. This matter has nothing to do with you. I know who you are. If you really can't get over that in your heart, just go to me and I'll have a good drink with you."

After saying this, he stood up and said goodbye. There was no accident, so there was no need for him to stay.

Xiao Jingrui was in a bad mood, but he was still grateful and said, "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 Zhou Chen had just taken, looking at the charcoal fire in front of him with blurred eyes, and his mood has not calmed down for a long time.

When Zhou Chen came home, he saw Gong Yu waiting for him. As soon as he came in, Gong Yu brushed off the snow for him.

"Didn't I say, don't wait for me."

Gong Yu said softly: "I saw that it was snowing outside, and worried that the young master would be cold when he came back, so he lit a brazier in the room."

Zhou Chen said with a smile: "You, have you forgotten what kind of inner strength and mental method I am practicing? I am a perfect Chunyang 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 used to worrying about Zhou Chen, so she naturally did these things for Zhou Chen.

(End of this chapter)