mountain chase

After the succession ceremony, it was time for the guests to interact with each other.

Fourth Master Qiao left the butler in the hall, and walked to the back door by himself, preparing to change his sacrificial attire.As soon as he reached the door, he heard someone calling him behind him.

Looking back - it was Liu Yuejin.

"Fourth Lord—your outfit today is really... tsk tsk tsk." Smash it, slap it, Liu Yuejin thought about it, and managed to swallow the four words "incomparably beautiful" inside.

"What? Master Meng didn't accompany you?"

"Him?" She curled her lips, "I'm afraid he is busy chatting with beauties now, how can I have this honor for him to remember?"

"Which eye of yours saw me chatting with the beautiful woman?" Liu Yuejin just closed his mouth when a deep male voice came from behind him.

"Ha." Shrugging, Liu Yuejin turned his head, widened his eyes, and nodded with his right hand, "This one."

"Oh... really short-sighted." Meng Zhongnan said, pretending to lower his head and stare.

"Screw you!" Young Master Liu was so angry that he turned around and was about to leave.

"Oh...you wait for me." Meng Zhongnan immediately chased after Master Qiao nodded politely.

With a slight smile, Fourth Master Qiao also turned around—Liu Yue came in, explaining that the person he wanted him to find must have arrived.

In the backyard, the woodshed is underground.

Fourth Master Qiao looked at the three people standing in front of him, "How many years have you been in Qiao's house?"

"If you know Fourth Master, plus this year, it will be seven years." A man standing in the middle said.

"Well," Fourth Master Qiao lowered his eyes and twirled the ring in his hand, "What did Young Master Liu tell you before you came here?"

"Master Liu just said that Fourth Master has something to do with us and wants us to come here."

"When you enter here, you can either serve a certain amount of money faithfully, or you can stay here for the rest of your life." Fourth Master Qiao pointed to the three cups on the table, "I don't need to tell you what's in it. You all know that as long as you do what I said well, I will definitely give you the antidote, and the money will definitely not be less."

Hearing what Fourth Master Qiao said, the three of them looked at each other, hesitant.After thinking for a while, the person on the far left gritted his teeth, "We know what Fourth Master does, and I believe that Fourth Master will not treat us badly!" After speaking, he picked up the cup on the table and drank it down.

The two people next to him saw it and drank it too.

"Okay." Lowering his eyes, Fourth Master Qiao took out a folded piece of paper from his sleeve, "All the things to be done are on this, and you all need to add up."

After speaking, he turned and walked back up.

"Fourth Master, everyone has already gone back." In the evening, Fourth Master Qiao was soaking in the bathtub after a tiring day. The housekeeper opened the door carefully and said to the people inside.

"Hmm... is there a problem?"

"Mr. Duan... said that he still has something to ask for you, so the subordinate decided to keep him."

"Duan Honggang?" Fourth Master Qiao squinted his eyes, he was getting a bit of a headache from the fog in the bathroom at the moment, "Oh, let's stay here. Just recruit someone to treat him well."

"I understand. Then... where does Mr. Duan live?"

"He is a guest, and he lives in Qiao's private house. You can figure it out yourself. Find someone who is more flexible and serve you carefully."

"Yes." The butler nodded and turned to leave.

the next day.

Early in the morning, I heard a vigorous noise outside.

Turning around on the bed, Fourth Master Qiao got up from the bed with a frown, and called the servant outside the door, "Go and call the butler."

"Yes." The maid lowered her head and immediately went down.

After a while, the butler hurried in.

"What's going on outside? What made you so anxious?" Looking at the butler whose face was turning pale, Fourth Master Qiao asked.

"Fourth, fourth master..." Swallowing, the housekeeper didn't know what to say, "Something happened!"

"Ok?"

"Duan, Mr. Duan...Mr. Duan was beaten to death by the servants in the mansion last night."

"What?" Fourth Master Qiao's head suddenly cleared up, "What are you talking about?"

"My little one," the housekeeper couldn't explain clearly, "I arranged a servant to serve Mr. Duan according to your wishes last night, but I didn't know that I came together this morning and saw that servant coming over happily Inviting rewards, saying that things have been done according to the little one's instructions, when the little one went to the side courtyard to see it, he was also taken aback."

While getting dressed and listening to the housekeeper, Fourth Master Qiao pursed his lips and didn't say a word.

It wasn't until the maid tied his bow tie that she said indifferently, "Take me there to have a look."

"Yes." The housekeeper immediately turned sideways to open the door, and said behind Fourth Master Qiao, "Because of the urgency of the matter, I didn't dare to call the doctor to come home, so I just found someone to watch in the side courtyard."

Without speaking, Fourth Master Qiao walked forward in silence.

Partial hospital.second floor.

Duan Honggang's guest room.

As soon as he entered, Fourth Master Qiao saw a man dressed as a domestic servant tied up and kneeling on the ground. On the bed next to him was Duan Honggang, who was stained with blood.

I saw that he was panting hard with more air and less air in. The silk shirt he was wearing could no longer be seen, the welts had festered, and yellow liquid had flowed out from some places, and pus had begun to fester.

Glancing at Duan Honggang, Fourth Master Qiao walked up to the servant and kicked the man's head with the tip of his shoe, "I ask you, who gave you the order to attack Mr. Duan?"

"Young one... The little one is just following Mr. Butler's orders, 'treat' Mr. Duan well..." I still don't know what's going on, and the man doesn't understand why the butler who was smiling at him just now changed his face immediately.

"Really?" With such a light word, the butler behind him immediately knelt on the ground in fright.

"Fourth master, the young one really wants to take good care of Mr. Duan. No, I don't know why this kid misunderstood the meaning. The young one's heart to the fourth master is a lesson from heaven and earth, and there is absolutely no half-heartedness!"

Fourth Master Qiao didn't even look at the housekeeper at his feet, but asked the man again: "Apart from you, how many other people worked on errands yesterday? Do you know about this?"

"In addition to the younger ones, there are also Chen Da and Liu Rui. The younger ones want to take credit for their contribution, so let them stay outside and not let them in."

"housekeeper."

Hearing Fourth Master Qiao calling him, the butler immediately stood up and walked out the door quickly.

After about 2 minutes, two people were brought in, "Fourth Master."

Fourth Master Qiao strode up to the butler, opened the butler's suit jacket, and took out a pistol from the lining, "Bang! Bang! Bang, bang, bang!"

6 rounds in a row.

Kill Duan Honggang, the three guards on the bed, and a maid beside him.

"Fourth Master..." exclaimed, the housekeeper immediately understood what was going on and lowered his head again.

"Bring some reliable people and burn everyone except Duan Honggang without leaving any trace." Putting the pistol back into the butler's hand, Fourth Master Qiao turned and opened the door, "Call me Qiao Jianye. "

"Yes."

After leaving the side courtyard, Fourth Master Qiao asked someone to move a chaise longue for him with an indifferent face, and lay down in the courtyard to bask in the sun.

"Fourth Master, are you looking for me?" After a while, a man hurriedly walked in from the door.

"Hmm..." Fourth Master Qiao narrowed his eyes, "Sun Jiabi—do you know?"

"Sun Jiabi..." Qiao Jianye thought for a while, "But Mr. Sun's granddaughter?"

"Yes." Fourth Master Qiao closed his eyes, "I remember hearing that Ms. Sun has returned to Peiping a few days ago. If you have time, please arrange a chance for me. I want to meet this woman."

Encounter?

Qiao Jianye raised his eyebrows in his heart, that's right—Ms. Sun is the only direct descendant of Mr. Sun, and Mr. Sun's son and daughter-in-law died early because of the Revolution of [-], so this old man thinks this only female doll more than anything else. Du Zhong, it's not unreasonable for fourth master to want to "encounter" her. "This subordinate understands, we must find a time and ask Miss Sun out."

"Qiao Jianye." Fourth Master Qiao opened his eyes.

"Yes." Hearing Fourth Master Qiao call him that, Qiao Jianye's heart thumped, as if he had been poured with cold water.

"Did you not bring your ears today?"

ear……

Qiao Jianye touched the sides of his head involuntarily, "This subordinate is dull, what fourth master means..."

"I said 'encounter', not a date. Do you understand the profoundness of Chinese characters?" Fourth Master Qiao said slowly.

"This subordinate understands!" Hearing Fourth Master Qiao's words, the man nodded immediately, "Subordinate will do it now."

"En." Bye bye, Fourth Master Qiao closed his eyes again.

"Fourth Master..." Seeing Qiao Jianye leave, the butler became more courageous and walked to the side of Qiao Fourth Master, "Subordinate, I have done what you ordered. The family members of these people also notified Si Lord, they have been transferred to another place, the Duan mansion, the subordinates said that Mr. Duan is playing chess with you, so they will not go there for the time being."

"..."

pursed his lips.

Fourth Master Qiao felt the warmth of the sun.Even the mood seems to be a little more comfortable.

"Housekeeper, have you stayed with me for a long time?"

Hearing this, the housekeeper's heart skipped a beat, his mouth trembling a little, "Little, little one has been following fourth master since he was born."

"Well...it's been more than twenty years." Fourth Master Qiao was silent for a moment, "I don't care whether you intend to do it or not, I will take care of it for you. But you have to remember, your Life—is mine."

"Little one understands." Kneeling in front of Fourth Master Qiao, the housekeeper bowed deeply and pressed his forehead to the dirt, "Little one—swear to be loyal to Fourth Master Qiao to the death."

"Okay, go down and get busy. You must make a good move with the people in Duan Mansion, at least - it will take a week."

"Little understands."

He heard the butler's footsteps getting further and further away.Only then did Fourth Master Qiao slowly let go of his thoughts.

The three people who ordered to do things yesterday have been silenced—the butler, after this incident, he has become more loyal to himself.The only thing to do now is to grab Sun Jiabi's heart.

With a sneer in his heart, Fourth Master Qiao is endlessly mocking - he wants to do something to the Qiao family, Duan Honggang, this way of death is already very cheap for you.

Now, as long as they can successfully meet Sun Jiabi, as long as they have an engagement with Sun Jiabi, even if the Duan family suspects that the Qiao family is responsible for Duan Honggang's death, the fourth master of the Qiao family is now the grandson-in-law of Mr. Sun's most beloved granddaughter.

The Sun family has been kind to the Duan family for several generations, so no matter what - Duan Honggang's comparison, the Duan family - can only smash his teeth and swallow it!

The sun is really nice today.

Squinting his eyes, Fourth Master Qiao thought lazily.