Volume 1 In the Countryside Chapter 43: What will fall from the sky next time?
On the ground in the front yard, Zhu Yu was kneeling upright with his cheeks swollen and his clothes torn on his shoulders, revealing many crisscrossing bloodstains. When he saw Zhu Ying repeatedly ordering Ah Liu to send Zhang Shou back to the room immediately, he finally couldn't help but shout out.
"Miss, he is just a country liar with a good appearance. It is not worth your effort for him! The phoenix will not roost unless it is a phoenix tree. How can such a fraud be worthy of you! If he has any manly spirit, he will not enter your own house and pretend to be asleep and do nothing! The master will never arrange such a marriage for you. The lady must be lying..."
Before he could even utter the word "you", Zhu Yu was kicked hard in the chest. It turned out that it was Zhu Ying who came back angrily and kicked him down.
She raised the whip and wanted to hit him hard, but finally stopped herself and took a few steps back with a cold face.
"If you really look down on Shou and think he is not worthy of me, and think that my method of building momentum for him is too childish and ridiculous, then you should give me a direct warning if you have the guts! You obey orders obediently in front of me, but play tricks in secret. Isn't this lip service? You still dare to use the tone of doing it for my own good to exonerate yourself. Do you think I, Zhu Ying, am blind?"
"Even if you spread the news, Tang Ming and Xie Wanquan are people who think highly of themselves. They don't even know Ah Shou. Why would they come all the way here to pretend to be fair-minded? Do you think I don't know that they were sent by someone to come to my Zhaoguo Mansion, and Ah Shou was just an innocent victim of my presumptuous arrangement?"
"You are an orphan picked up by my father. My father raised you from childhood to adulthood, provided you with food and clothing, and assisted you in learning literature and martial arts. Is this how you repay my father? If you don't want others to know, then you better not do it. I have already found out that you actually spread rumors to others in private, saying that my grandmother intended to take Ah Shou as a son-in-law!"
"You are deliberately destroying the reputation of my Zhaoguo Mansion. I only regret that I didn't deal with you earlier!"
Zhang Shou was being carried into the hall by Ah Liu at this time. Hearing this, he remembered the conversation he heard in the backyard of Carpenter Xu's house and the loud slap afterwards. From then on, when he was in Cuiyun Room, the only person he saw was Zhu Hong. He couldn't help but sneer inwardly.
So he didn't take the word "son-in-law" seriously at that time. It turned out that someone was playing tricks!
But the eldest lady is really sharp-eyed and sharp-minded. If you try to fool her with sweet words, you are really misjudging her...
After Ah Liu sent him to the east wing, he slid to the ground and stood up. Although he yawned because of sleepiness, he still perked up and whispered a few words to Ah Liu.
"Go ahead and quietly tell Yingying not to get angry anymore, and not to continue lynching, lest someone takes advantage of her later. Tie up that guy Zhu Yu, and tomorrow morning send Zhu Hong with a few reliable men to escort him directly to Shuntian Prefecture Yamen. Say that a servant betrayed his master and colluded with an outsider, ruining his master's reputation, and ask Shuntian Prefecture Yin Wang to do justice for the Duke of Zhao's mansion."
If it were someone else, they would definitely ask in surprise, but Ah Liu has always been the best example of following instructions. He nodded silently and immediately turned around and went out. When he arrived at the front yard, he saw Zhu Yu collapsed on the ground and unable to speak, while Zhu Ying, under the persuasion of the two maids, threw down the whip angrily. He quickly stepped forward and repeated Zhang Shou's words verbatim.
Zhu Ying and her two servants did not notice at all that only the three of them could hear Ah Liu's voice.
The impatient Liuyin couldn't help but was about to question, but was grabbed by Zhanjin and could only shut up sullenly.
Zhu Ying's expression changed several times. After a long while, she nodded stiffly. When Ah Liu retreated to the side quietly, she glanced at Zhu Yu, who was lying on the ground like a puddle of mud, with her sharp eyes like a knife.
"What else do you have to say, you bastard?"
Zhu Yu, who was holding his chest and unable to get up, moved his lips. When he found that Zhu Ying's eyes were full of hatred, he shuddered suddenly. The loyalty he had just pretended to be could no longer be maintained.
He could only take a deep breath and said in a hoarse voice: "Now the situation of the master and the young master is unclear, impeachments are constantly being made in the court, and the Duke Zhao's mansion is in danger. Could it be that the young lady wants to resort to private punishment and kill me to silence me?"
"You..." Zhu Ying was so angry that her heart and liver ached, and she wanted to kick and beat this ungrateful man to death. However, at this moment, Zhang Shou's words, which Ah Liu had just relayed, suddenly rang in her ears again. For a moment, Miss Zhu, who was already furious, suppressed her rage in an instant.
"Kill you to silence you? I've stained my hands for no reason!" Zhu Ying glanced at the bloody horse whip on the ground and ordered coldly, "Fortunately I didn't use the whip my father gave me, otherwise it would have been a waste of a good thing! Zhu Hong, pick two capable men, tie up this bastard and send him to Shuntian Prefecture tomorrow morning. Say that I, Zhu Ying, have come to pay homage to Lord Wang and ask him to do me justice!"
"They're making a big fuss about someone bribing the scum in my Zhaoguo Mansion and ruining the reputation of my grandmother, my father, and me! If Lord Wang can't give me an explanation, I'll go back to the capital and cry in front of the Queen Mother! Ah Shou is Grandpa Ge's last disciple, but he was called a fraud and a name-stealer. He's broad-minded and doesn't care, but I, Zhu Ying, can't stand this!"
In the corner, a smile flashed across Ah Liu's serious face.
When he quietly returned to the east wing of the inner courtyard, explained what had happened, and quickly prepared the bathtub, filled it with bath water of just the right temperature, then turned his back and walked to the door. When he heard Zhang Shou, who had just been yelling that he didn't want to move even a finger, staggered into the bathtub and sat down, he suddenly asked a question without turning his head.
"The eldest lady said she would make as much trouble as possible, so won't the young master try to persuade her?"
"This matter should not have been hidden."
Zhang Shou felt that he could fall asleep in the bathtub at any time and anywhere. He could only talk to relieve his sleepiness, but he was still half asleep and half awake.
"Besides, she is the one who is getting beaten up, and she is the one who is getting angry. It will hurt her heart and body, so it is better to hand it over to the authorities. Because others have already made the first move, she might as well make a bigger fuss in the counterattack. Her father and brother are both in danger, so the more she makes a big noise, the more people will be afraid to attack her again. If she is thrown to Shuntian Prefecture, she won't have to worry about being silenced. If she is silenced, it will be Shuntian Prefecture's fault."
Zhu Ying, who had just entered the backyard from the hall, happened to hear Zhang Shou's words clearly, and felt mixed emotions. Zhan Jin and Liu Yin, who were standing by, were also very sensitive, but before they could speak up to help Zhang Shou, Zhu Ying interrupted them.
"Stop talking!" Zhu Ying shouted, but she was thinking in her heart, it was obviously her who took it for granted, it was obviously a traitor among the people around her, it was obviously him who was almost murdered and became a fraud, but he didn't blame her at all!
The next moment, Zhang Shou in the east wing couldn't help but yawn. He gradually became more confused, and his voice became a little intermittent: "A beautiful fiancée fell from the sky, and then a teacher who is unrivaled in the world fell. What will fall next time?"
No matter what falls next time, he won’t be surprised!
Zhu Ying, who was originally full of confusion, couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Zhang Shou also missed a bunch of students falling from the sky! She was also very curious. What would fall next time?
