The Baoqing Marquisate is famous for its wealth in the capital.

Although there are many playboys in the capital, Zhu Yu is the only one who can lose the whole street in one go.

But having money is one thing, and paying 50,000 taels of compensation in one go is another.

Lord Zhu was heartbroken with pain.

Even though Zhu Yu lost a whole street, Lord Zhu was not so distressed.

He covered his chest and asked the accountant to prepare the money.

But even though the Baoqing Marquisate was wealthy and powerful, it did not have 50,000 taels of cash in its account.

Marquis Baoqing had no choice but to ask someone to go to the shop to withdraw money.

There are many shops in the mansion, both open and hidden, and many of them make a lot of money every day. For example, the Jinbao Casino is openly owned by a boss named Jin, but in fact even the common people know that it is the property of the Baoqing Marquisate. Marquis Baoqing felt sorry for Zhu Yu who gambled a lot and lost a lot, so he simply bought the casino to keep the money in the family.

But even with the cash cow of Jinbao Casino, there would not be 50,000 taels of cash on the books.

Since you have to wait, then wait comfortably.

The Yan family is a group of rough men, big and small, but they all love cleanliness.

The mansion was littered with broken tiles; it was dirty, messy, and in poor condition.

So they simply came out and spread a large piece of cloth in front of the mansion. Sixteen uncles, nephews and nieces took out the water and food they had brought with them from the carriage, divided them according to age, and sat on the large piece of cloth to eat and drink.

Master Yan Er: “Xiao Wuzi, why did you only bring roast duck but no pancakes? My excellent knife skills are wasted.”

Yan Bashao: “Don’t worry, uncle. Try this roast chicken. This is Lao Wang’s roast chicken. I had to queue up to buy this one.”

Yan Jiushao: “Second uncle, try mine. This is made by my wet nurse herself. You can’t buy it outside.”

Yan Shiyi: “Myna, myna, leave me a chicken wing.”

Master Yan Wu: “This braised pig’s trotter is from Zhang’s, right? Big brother didn’t come, so we won’t have a good time today. He loves this dish the most, and he usually can’t buy it even if he queues up.”

Marquis Baoqing and his men: So you guys have been prepared early in the morning to come to the Marquis’s mansion for the dinner?
When what happened outside spread to the back house, Old Madam Wei was so angry that she wanted to faint again, but she couldn’t. The Marquis’ Mansion was not called the Dinghai Shenzhen for nothing.

“Just treat it like sending away beggars and give them the silver. As long as my Yu’er can come back safely, that’s enough. You ask the second brother to send the person to the Ministry of Justice and then bring Yu’er back.”

In Madam Wei’s opinion, besides her, only Marquis Zhu in the whole mansion was worthy of going to pick up her eldest grandson. But now those crazy people in the Duke of Wei’s Mansion were still at the door, and neither she nor Marquis Zhu could leave.

As for the third and fifth sons, Old Madam Wei was worried that they would do something bad, so the important task of taking over Zhu Yu fell on the shoulders of the second master, whom she despised the most.

Although he is just a bastard who is not presentable, he has the same father as Marquis Zhu, so Zhu Yu is his nephew.

Although the group of crazy people in the Duke of Wei’s Mansion were hateful, there was one thing that made Old Lady Wei and Marquis Zhu envious, and that was their protection of Yan Xia.

Just because Yan Xia had a broken head, his uncle and brothers ran to the mansion of Marquis Baoqing and lifted up the tiles. This alone was enough for Old Madam Wei to scold several masters in her own mansion.

Master Zhu Er was worried that innocent people would be implicated, so he sent his two sons out early in the morning. All of his sons were excellent in both character and study, and they had a good friend, Deng Zheng, the son of Duke Dingguo. Master Zhu Er didn’t want them to be implicated by Zhu Yu and affect their future career.

But Master Zhu Er never expected that Madam Wei would actually ask him to go to the Ministry of Justice and use Nanny Niu to exchange Zhu Yu out.

Although Madam Wei had already entered the palace, Master Zhu II felt that this was inappropriate.

Zhu Yu was kidnapped by Yan Xia. If Yan Xia was not 100% sure, he would not have rashly kidnapped Zhu Yu. Now you say that the murderer is someone else. You really think Yan Xia is a fool.

Besides, Master Zhu Er had also heard that the dead woman was none other than Yan Xia’s cousin, the daughter of the Duke of Weiguo’s family. Not only that, the Duke of Weiguo’s aunt also died because of this incident.

These are two lives, how can just anyone take the blame?
But after Madam Wei gave the order, Master Zhu Er had no choice but to go even if he didn’t want to.

Master Zhu Er brought a few people with him, including the tied-up Nanny Niu, and quietly left the house through the back door.

As soon as I got to the back door, a young wife chased out and said, “Second Master, I beg you to help my mother. My mother is also following orders!”

Master Zhu Er knew this daughter-in-law, she was Ah Xi, the daughter of Nanny Niu.

Nanny Niu’s mouth was blocked and she couldn’t speak. She could only shake her head at Ah Xi with tears in her eyes, signaling Ah Xi to stop talking so as to avoid the old lady hearing it.

How can we change what the old lady has decided?

Besides, the Second Master has no say in front of the Old Madam, so it’s useless to beg him.

Ah Xi said to Master Zhu Er, “I am also involved in this matter. Master Er, please take me with you. We will go to jail together and be beheaded together.”

Nanny Niu was extremely anxious. “Silly girl, why are you following them?”

Mother and daughter are connected by heart, and Ah Xi guessed what Nanny Niu was thinking.

She smiled bitterly, “Mother, do you think I can still have a good life in this mansion after you got into trouble? I will be sent away sooner or later. And Liu Zhong, I don’t know how he knew you were locked up, so he spoke ill of me. Haha, believe it or not, he will ask the old lady to divorce me the moment you are arrested and taken to the Ministry of Justice. Instead of that, I’d rather go to jail with you, so that we can be company on the road to the underworld.”

Nanny Niu couldn’t stop crying. It was her fault. It was her fault.

She should have been against it when the old lady wanted to marry Ah Xi to Liu Zhong, but at that time Marquis Zhu also fell in love with Ah Xi and wanted to make her his concubine.

Although she knew that Liu Zhong was not a good match, she still agreed.

At that time, she thought that as long as she was still in the mansion, Liu Zhong would not dare to wrong Ah Xi. From this point of view, marrying Liu Zhong was much better than being a concubine of Marquis Zhu.

She never expected that within less than a year, she would get into trouble, causing Ah Xi to be disliked by Liu Zhong.

It was she who harmed Ah Xi, it was her!
Master Zhu Er sighed and said to Ah Xi, “If you want to follow me, then follow me. Whether the Ministry of Justice accepts you or not, my words don’t count.”

Ah Xi was overjoyed and quickly thanked Master Zhu Er. He followed them out of the house, got on the carriage, and drove to the Ministry of Justice.

At this time, a large group of people from the Yan family were still eating and drinking in front of the Marquis’s mansion.

However, they had eaten up all the food they brought, and the people sent by the Marquis’s Mansion to collect money had not returned yet.

“This is the last piece of jerky. It will be gone once we eat it.” Yan Twelve held the jerky in his mouth and was reluctant to eat it.

At this time, a young man and woman walked towards this side, each holding a large food box in their hands.

The boy has slightly dark skin and is not tall, but his eyes are extremely lively.

The girl was about fourteen or fifteen years old, with twin buns on her head and wearing a plain bodice. When she smiled, she had a pair of small dimples, and looked like a maid from a wealthy family.

The two men walked to the large piece of cloth, put down the food boxes in their hands, and said, “This is what our master asked us to bring over. Please don’t be polite, masters and young masters.”

The girl took out a silver needle from her purse and placed it on one of the food boxes.

Master Yan San looked at the silver needle and knew clearly that it was used for them to test poison.

He asked, “May I ask who your master is?” The girl said, “I cannot reveal my master’s name for the time being. I hope Master Yan Er will forgive me. However, we are related to the Duke’s Mansion.”

Master Yan San was about to ask again, but Master Yan Er coughed and said, “In that case, we would be honored to receive your kindness. Please convey our gratitude to the master.”

The girl smiled and bowed, then left with the boy.

When the two figures completely disappeared, Master Yan San asked, “Second brother, why don’t you let me ask in detail?”

Master Yan Er said, “Didn’t I say it? It’s not convenient to reveal it now. It’s so rude of you to keep asking questions.”

Master Yan San was stunned: “Second brother, could it be that you have guessed who their owner is?”

Master Yan Er nodded: “I guessed it. Even if I don’t know who it is, I can guess which family it is from.”

Master Yan San stopped asking questions, but he was thinking in his heart that he would make sure his second brother told him after he left here.

Yan Twelve looked pitifully at his second uncle, then at his third uncle, and pointed at the two large food boxes and asked, “Can the food inside be eaten?”

Master Yan San: “There is a silver needle there. If you are not sure, check it yourself.”

The boys were overjoyed and opened the food boxes with a smile. Then they exclaimed, the food in the food boxes was much richer than what they brought.

“This is the food from Zhuangyuanlou. Wow, this is a banquet!”

Loach and Lingbo left Baoqing Marquis Mansion. Loach did not go far and waited for news not far away. Lingbo came to Zhuangyuan Building alone. Zhao Shiqing was sitting in the private room, and with her was none other than Master Zhen, Zhen Gui, who seldom appeared in public.

Yes, Xiao Zhen put on his human skin mask again and transformed himself into Zhen Gui.

There was no way. Young Master Xiao was already a dead man. If he walked out with his real face, it might scare a few people to death.

Zhao Shiqing was regretting that she didn’t get to see the Yan family climb up the roof and lift the tiles with her own eyes. All her information came from Xiaoguai.

But Xiaoguai’s eloquence is far inferior to Xiaoyao and Dapang, so Zhao Shiqing can only imagine freely from its dry narration.

“Have you known Yan Xia before?” Zhao Shiqing asked.

Xiao Zhen nodded: “I know him, but not very well. Yan Xia never played with the princes, but I often went in and out with the princes at that time.”

Zhao Shiqing understood and asked, “Since you are not familiar with Yan Xia, why did you send him the Golden Healing Medicine?”

That’s right, today Xiao Zhen asked Fatty Si to go to the Duke of Weiguo’s Mansion and deliver the Xiao family’s unique secret golden medicine to Yan Xia.

Xiao Zhen said: “Just because we weren’t familiar with each other before doesn’t mean we won’t be familiar with each other in the future. It shouldn’t be too late for me to make friends with him now.”

Zhao Shiqing remained noncommittal. Although she had never asked, she could guess that Xiao was really planning something big.

But she still couldn’t guess what Xiao Zhen’s ultimate goal was?
Want to rebel?

Become emperor yourself?
Zhao Shiqing felt that it was unlikely. It was not that she thought Xiao Zhen was incapable, but she thought that the Xiao family would not agree with him doing so.

The Xiao family had no intention of rebelling. Just like the Liang Palace, they just wanted to live in peace.

In this situation, even if Xiao Zhen is ambitious, the Xiao family will not support him. On the contrary, the old man of the Xiao family might even break his legs.

But if Xiao Zhen didn’t want to rebel and become emperor, then he killed the emperor to avenge himself, and then what? Change the emperor? Pick the most pleasing one from among the princes and let that person become emperor?

He killed his father, then helped his son become emperor, and after the son became emperor, he avenged his father.

Haha, isn’t this a disease? And it’s a serious disease.

Zhao Shiqing found it funny just by thinking about it, so she actually laughed.

Xiao Zhen looked at her: “Is there anything interesting?”

Zhao Shiqing wanted to say, aren’t you the interesting one?
But she held back and cleared her throat: “I’m thinking of finding an opportunity to meet Yang Shengqiu, the top scholar.”

Xiao Zhen was not surprised when he heard her suddenly mention Yang Shengqiu.

Zhao Shiqing will find Yang Shengqiu sooner or later, they have known each other since childhood.

He suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. Yang Shengqiu had known Zhao Shiqing long before him, and they had lived under the same roof. Zhao Shiqing even called him “Brother Lamb”.

Xiao Zhen took a deep breath and said, “Tomorrow is the day he enters the palace. He is used to going to Qingyang Bookstore after leaving the palace. That is also the only way from the palace to his home.”

Zhao Shiqing looked at him gratefully: “Thank you, you are really well-informed. You even know this. What else in this capital city do you not know?”

Xiao Zhen shook his head: “After Yan Xia returned to the Ministry of Justice last night, he sent people to the villa outside the city. I have no idea what those people did.”

Zhao Shiqing exclaimed, “Hero Yan sent people to the manor again? The body has been found, and all the people in the manor have been brought back. Why did he send more people?”

Xiao Zhen was silent. Such things had never happened in his previous life. He had not even heard of the death of the cousin from the Duke of Weiguo’s Mansion.

Zhao Shiqing lowered her voice and asked, “Didn’t you have these things in your dream?”

Xiao Zhen shook his head: “No, I am also wondering why the news of the cousin’s death in the dream has not been spread, and I have never heard that Zhu Yu has anything to do with her disappearance.”

Zhao Shiqing blinked, she seemed to understand.

She touched her nose, a little embarrassed: “Actually, I was the first one to discover the cousin’s death. The reason why Yan Xia knew about it so quickly was that I asked Xiaoguai to send him a letter. I was afraid that he couldn’t find the place to bury the body, so I asked Xiaoyao to lead the way for him. Hehe, didn’t you say that I wasn’t in your dream, so you know.”

Xiao Zhen understood. In her previous life, Zhao Shiqing had not come to the capital, so of course she would not have discovered this matter. If she had not informed Yan Xia, Yan Xia would of course not have known about it.

However, in his previous life, Zhu Yu eventually died at the hands of Yan Xia, but that was a few years later.

Just when Xiao Zhen wanted to ask Zhao Shiqing why she found out about her cousin, the door of the private room was pushed open from the outside. It was Loach who came back.

“Second Miss, the Baoqing Marquis’ Mansion has collected enough silver and paid it back to the Weiguo Duke’s Mansion. The people from the Weiguo Duke’s Mansion have already retreated!”

“Oh, right, Master Zhu Er took a pair of maids to the Ministry of Justice, and wanted to use them to exchange Zhu Yu back.”

Zhao Shiqing sneered: “You wish, let’s go to the Ministry of Justice!”

Yan Xia is recuperating in the mansion. Zhao Shiqing is worried that the people in the Ministry of Justice will not be able to withstand the pressure and will really release Zhu Yu.

She is going to the Ministry of Justice to guard it now. If Zhu Yu really walks out of the Ministry of Justice, she will turn Zhu Yu into a dead hedgehog.

Miss Zhao’s martial arts skills were average, but she had put in some effort in using hidden weapons. Besides, she had not had the chance to use the treasure she got from Xiao Su.

Zhu Yu must die!

If he cannot die openly on the execution ground, then let him die with a hidden weapon. (End of this chapter)