Volume 2: Female Corpse in Monk's Clothes Chapter 121: Being a Slave
Changping Marquis Mansion.
Miss Boudoir.
Lu Xiaofeng curled up in the corner, not letting anyone touch him. He was trembling all over, and he kept shouting "Don't come over here"...
The maids in the Marquis's mansion did not dare to get close and could only squat in the distance and try to comfort her.
"Brother Xu..." Lu Mingyue said to Xu Zun with tears in her eyes, "Look, she has been like this these past few days. I've asked several doctors to see her, and they all said that she was too frightened and could only be cured slowly with herbal medicine. Even Taoist Master Wei couldn't do anything..."
“Tsk tsk…”
Seeing Lu Xiaofeng's appearance, Xu Zun also felt deep sympathy. The poor girl was only fifteen years old and had suffered such a misfortune. It was really a tragedy in the world.
"Don't be too anxious," Xu Zun advised, "Just calm her down slowly!"
"Well, I've called the sisters from the academy here," Lu Mingyue said, "We'll take turns to comfort her, and hope she gets better soon...
"It's just that the drinking party I promised my eldest brother will have to wait until later!"
"Well, it's already this time, that was just a joke!" Xu Zun advised, "No matter what, Xiaofeng at least saved her life. I will definitely find a way to find out the whole story of Chongtian Temple and find her family!"
"Hmm..." Lu Mingyue wiped away her tears, her big eyes were lively and lovely, very beautiful.
"My lord...my lord..."
At this moment, a person came in quickly from another room. It was the Yuanzhou girl, Timur Ani.
In recent days, as Xu Zun was busy investigating a case, he sent Miss Ani to the Marquis' Mansion to recuperate.
The reason for choosing the Marquis' Mansion was out of helplessness.
It is really inappropriate to keep such a beautiful girl in the county government.
The county government is full of rough people and cannot provide meticulous care.
It would be illogical to send her to the inn, and I would also be worried because this girl is an important witness and there might be something wrong with her.
In desperation, Xu Zun asked Lu Mingyue for help and let Miss Ani stay in the Marquis' Mansion temporarily and take care of her together with Lu Xiaofeng.
Unlike Lu Xiaofeng, Annie recovered relatively quickly and was almost fine. When she heard where Xu Zun was, she immediately rushed over to meet him.
"grown ups!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as they met, Ani knelt down in front of Xu Zun and even wanted to kowtow.
"Hey?" Xu Zun quickly stopped her, helped the little girl up, and asked, "Miss Ani, what are you doing?"
"Sir..." Ani begged, "Please don't send me away!"
While supporting her, Xu Zun was once again attracted by the girl's stunning appearance, which could be seen even more clearly in the bright sunshine.
This girl was like a fairy descending from the earth, not like a creature from this world, with a soft and graceful body and impeccable appearance, Xu Zun was deeply attracted to her at a glance...
Puff, puff…
Xu Zun felt that he hadn't felt such a rippling heartbeat for a long time.
"Miss Ani," Xu Zun quickly pulled back his hand and asked, "What do you mean? Why should I send you away?"
"I mean..." Ani looked at Xu Zun nervously and said, "Please don't send me back to Yuanzhou. Actually... I'm not living well there. I suspect that the princess deliberately gave me away..."
"Oh?" Xu Zun raised his eyebrows, "Did you intentionally give it to someone?"
"I was originally a servant, and there..." Ani's tears fell, making her look particularly pitiful, "They didn't treat me as a human being, I... I really don't want to go back!
"Sir... Sir, you saved me. Our tribe has an oath. Since you saved me, you are my master!" The little girl knelt down again and said, "Sir, please take me in. From now on, I will be your slave and serve you..."
“Don’t…don’t do this!”
Xu Zun was caught off guard by this tribal beauty and quickly reached out to support her. After his hands touched her again, he felt his whole body numb.
Such a beauty actually wants to be my slave, this feeling...
"Hey..." Lu Mingyue on the side rolled her eyes and muttered softly, "My brother Xu is very lucky."
"Miss Ani, listen to me," Xu Zun advised, "It's fine if you don't want to go back, but if you become my slave, that would be too much!
"Look, I'm busy handling cases every day. I... um... you... let's..."
Xu Zun felt like his tongue was tied and it was obvious that he was saying one thing and thinking another.
“Sir! Please don’t despise me…” Ani’s eyes were filled with tears. Even though she was crying, her face was as beautiful as a pear blossom in the rain. “I was born pitiful, and it’s common for me to suffer inhuman abuse. Now I’m lucky to be saved by you. If even you despise me , then I… I won’t live…”
"Oh," Lu Mingyue suddenly pinched Xu Zun's arm, "Are you heartless? Even I envy such a beautiful maid, but you still don't want to accept her? Are you short of that little salary?"
"I..." Xu Zun no longer hesitated and nodded immediately, "Okay, Miss Ani, if you are willing, just be with me! But don't worry, you have suffered so much, I don't need to be a slave, just be an assistant!"
"Really?"
Annie excitedly wanted to kneel down again, but this time Xu Zun had anticipated it and held her back in advance.
"We are all family ," Xu Zun said, "Don't kneel anymore!"
"Oh..." Ani was surprised, but still shed tears of excitement, "I swear by the true god of the grassland that I will follow you from now on. If I betray you, I will be punished by the heaven!
"Sir, I don't know what an assistant is. From now on, I can do whatever you want me to do!"
"Miss Ani," Xu Zun said, "Since you said you can do anything, I want you to stay here with Miss Lu first!"
"Ah?" Ani was puzzled. "You are..."
"You have been corroded by the poisonous elixir and need to be slowly recuperated," Xu Zun said, "and I have an urgent case to handle, so I have no time to take care of your placement for the time being.
"So, you stay in the Marquis' Mansion for the time being. First, you will recuperate, and second, you will help Miss Lu take care of Miss Xiaofeng and help her recover soon."
"Oh, yes!" Ani turned around and glanced at Lu Xiaofeng, and said, "When I was sent to the Taoist's room, this girl was already there!"
"Hey?" Lu Mingyue remembered something and asked hurriedly, "Miss Ani, do you still remember what Xiaofeng said to you at that time?"
"Well..." Ani recalled, "The Taoist forced us to take medicine every day. After taking the medicine, we would have hallucinations and feel like we were being burned by fire. We were delirious and could only obey him...
"However, sometimes we will be slightly sober," she thought for a moment and said, "Even when this girl is sober, her mind seems to have collapsed. She just says things like don't touch me, don't kill me...
"Also...she also shouted things like 'Run!' and 'You bunch of beasts.' Sometimes she would make a chopping motion, as if she was desperately fighting with someone."
"Every time this happens, the Taoist priest will give her some kind of drug, after which she will fall into a coma..."
oh……
Xu Zun realized that maybe because Lu Xiaofeng encountered a sudden change, took the elixir for too long, and was forced to drink drug, she became mentally disturbed and insane?
Through Ani's description, it seems to be more certain that Lu Xiaofeng's family was indeed attacked by criminals, and her family members were likely killed, and she herself was taken to Chongtian Temple...
So... the case seems to have run into a new problem at this point.
Among all the crimes committed by Chongtian Temple, it seemed that Lu Xiaofeng was the only one who was robbed by them!
As for women like Ani and other women in the training room, they were probably bought by them with money.
So...was the robbery and murder of Lu Xiaofeng's family by Yu Yangzi and others premeditated or was it a spur of the moment decision?
Shangyuan City is so close to Chongtian Temple. It doesn't seem wise for them to rob and kill the nine members of the Lu family, right?
Also, the wealth in the Lu family bookstore is not that much. Compared with the wealth in the Chongtian Temple, it is simply not worth mentioning.
So... have those bad gangsters committed any other major crimes?
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