Rebirth: The flatterer prince I raised couldn't be so clingy

Gu Qingzhi did not chase after him, but just stood there quietly watching him flee. What she wanted was for that person to pass the message to the Zuo family in the main mansion.

At this time in the North Courtyard study, Zuo Chengyu was sitting at the table, and Zuo Chengran was standing beside him, obviously already knowing his entire plan.

In front of the two men was a palace soldier who was reporting in detail what had happened in the villa today.

"As the eldest young master expected, Liu Ming went to the villa not long after you and the second young master left." The palace soldier in charge of monitoring the villa knelt on the ground respectfully.

Zuo Chengyu smiled and nodded, allowing him to continue.

"This person was indeed having a mischievous intention, intending to put the poisonous snake into the house to scare Prince Duan for fun."

"It's just...something unexpected happened." The soldier looked up at Zuo Chengran beside him, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

Zuo Chengran raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion: "Why are you looking at me? Tell me what happened?"

"Prince Duan was the only one in the room, and he was indeed frightened by the sound. But then a guard happened to bring him food and caught the snake." The palace soldier told the story in detail what had happened in the villa.

Zuo Chengran's mouth twitched twice, and he suddenly thought of something. He grabbed the palace soldier by the collar and asked, "The guard you are talking about, isn't he the one who is about the same age as me and as thin as a monkey?"

"That's right." Even though the palace soldier was surprised at his big reaction, he still answered without any hesitation.

"Ha! I knew it! Why is it him again? Why is he everywhere?"

Zuo Chengran was so angry that his nose was almost crooked. First, he lost face in the competition, and then he disrupted Zuo Chengyu's plan and prevented Liu Ming from having fun. Why was this guard so nosy!

"Chengran!" Zuo Chengyu saw that he was a little out of control and called him, "Do you really think a mere guard can have such abilities?"

Zuo Chengran was stunned for a moment, "What else?"

"I'm afraid it's Feng Zhanye who's behind it..."

Hearing the commotion at the door, Zuo Chengyu did not continue speaking. Instead, he waved at the palace soldier and told him to retreat first.

As the palace soldiers left from the back door, they saw Liu Ming running in in a panic like a stray dog, muttering to himself.

"Help... Help, someone is trying to kill me!"

He pointed in the direction of the villa, looking extremely frightened, with tears and snot all over his face, a fishy smell on his body, and a wet puddle on his pants.

"Liu Ming? What are you doing..."

Zuo Chengran ran to support him when he saw him like this, and wrinkled his nose when he smelled the scent on him.

Zuo Chengyu remained calm. He walked over and opened the door, allowing the maids and servants outside to look inside, and then he acted worriedly.

"Mr. Liu, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Zuo Chengran and Zuo Chengyu, Liu Mingru grabbed their sleeves tightly as if she had found a life-saving straw, and knelt on the ground crying.

"Master Zuo, Cheng Ran, save me, my servant Qi Shun, he's been killed!"

Hearing this, both of them were stunned and looked at each other.

Weren't these two people in the courtyard just now? Who in that courtyard could kill someone in broad daylight?

"Mr. Liu, don't be afraid. Tell us what happened?"

Zuo Chengyu endured the unpleasant smell to comfort Liu Ming and guide him to speak out.

Seeing this, Zuo Chengran quickly poured a cup of hot tea, helped Liu Ming up and let him drink it.

After drinking a cup of tea, Liu Ming finally came to his senses and wiped his snot and tears awkwardly.

"I just got lost and accidentally walked into a courtyard. Qishun was leading the way for me. Unexpectedly, a guard suddenly jumped out of the courtyard with a poisonous snake in his hand and stuffed it into Qishun's arms. He was bitten once and fell to the ground."

Liu Ming tried his best to deny that the incident was caused by him being bored and wanting to scare people for fun, and only said that it was beneficial to him.

"That guard even tried to kill me! She took a knife and threw it at me. Luckily I dodged quickly, otherwise I would have almost died at her hands!"

Zuo Chengyu squinted his eyes and looked at him. Although his expression was indeed frightened, which was also proved by his disheveled appearance and the scattered hair crown on his head, it was a pity that what he made up was a bit fake.

The small door leading to the villa is right next to the lotus pond. No matter how lost you get, you probably won't get there. Besides, Liu Ming had specifically asked before where that door was.

He glanced at Zuo Chengran and pretended to be surprised, "Chengran, Master Liu is so frightened, we can't just sit there and watch!"

Although Zuo Chengran knew that what Liu Ming said was false, he jumped up immediately when he had this excuse.

"This is outrageous, brother, let me handle this matter. I want to see who dares to kill someone in my mansion!"

After placing Liu Ming at Zuo Chengyu's place to change his clothes, Zuo Chengran rushed into the villa with a team of palace soldiers and surrounded the back hall inside and out without saying a word.

Everyone in the villa was brought to Zuo Chengran. Even Wu Fang, who was sleeping, was pulled off the couch by the palace soldiers and carried over.

“Feng Zhanye, you are very capable.”

Zuo Chengran stared at the weak and beautiful young man in front of him, and a nameless anger rose in his heart. Looking at his enchanting face made him so angry that naturally he couldn't say anything nice.

"What's wrong with me?"

Feng Zhanye, wrapped in a cloak, frowned, and looked up at him in confusion. His puzzled expression made it difficult for people to ask him any more questions.

"Huh? What are you pretending for? You ordered your guard to kill my friend's servant. Do you dare to take responsibility for it?"

However, the more Zuo Chengran saw his behavior, the angrier he became. He pointed at Gu Qingzhi beside him and asked him.

Gu Qingzhi sneered in her heart. The facts have proved that her guess was absolutely correct. This matter was caused by the Zuo family.

"Sir, you must have made a mistake. We were busy preparing lunch just now. No one had the time to kill anyone."

Nanny Liu looked Zuo Chengran up and down, and then spoke in a sarcastic tone.

Zuo Chengran sensed something was wrong and didn't want to waste time talking to an old woman, so he turned to look at Gu Qingzhi.

"Someone, take him back to the main residence for interrogation!"

Gu Qingzhi chuckled and said, "I have done nothing wrong. Please explain clearly, sir. Otherwise, if you abuse your servants indiscriminately, it will ruin your reputation if it gets out."

The lowly servant actually dared to threaten his master.

Zuo Chengran laughed in anger, "What's wrong with that? My friends have already pointed out that you deliberately wanted to kill him with a dagger. Doesn't this prove that you are wrong?"

"Since he can be identified, that person must still be alive. How can Second Young Master accuse me of murder?" Gu Qingzhi's main point was to refuse to admit it.

"You!" These words left Zuo Chengran speechless. Aunt Liu at the side could not help but almost burst out laughing when she heard it, and quickly lowered her head to cover it up.

"Then it was you who killed his servant Qishun by biting him with a poisonous snake, right? Come on! Search for him!" Zuo Chengran still did not give up. Knowing that he could not get the upper hand by talking, he wanted to find some evidence.