The nun in the kitchen told what happened that day. The third elder knew that the young man the nun in the kitchen was talking about was Liu Zi. The three of them dined together. Generally speaking, the food prepared in the kitchen must be enough for the three of them. Even if Liu Zi
The food intake is amazing, and I don’t have to run to the kitchen to eat just after lunch time.
The third elder motioned for the mama to continue, and she said: "He seemed to be really not full. Within a quarter of an hour, all the food was gone. After he was full, he left the kitchen without staying."
The third elder nodded, pointed to the maid aside and said, "What's going on with her?"
The maid took a step forward and said respectfully: "Third Elder, yesterday I went to deliver tea to some shopkeepers' yards. I accidentally tripped over the teapot and almost dropped it to the ground. The young man whom I just mentioned took it.
After I thanked him, I went in and gave tea fruits to Shopkeepers Li and Liu."
The third elder asked the housekeeper to take them down and ask them not to talk nonsense. In fact, the third elder already had the answer in his heart. The six sons were from Shopkeeper Liu, and this matter had nothing to do with Shopkeeper Liu. He actually dared to take action in the Elder's Mansion.
He is quite courageous.
The second elder saw that the third elder's face was not very good. He could tell that the third elder seemed unhappy. This was the first time he saw the third elder so angry. Although he didn't know what happened, the third elder listened to the servant.
If so, he must have discovered something.
"Third brother, what happened? After you came back from outside, you asked the housekeeper to summon the stewards for questioning. What happened?" asked the second elder.
"Shopkeeper Li didn't come over today. I was a little worried and discussed it with Shopkeeper Liu and then went to Shopkeeper Li's house. As it turned out, something really happened to Shopkeeper Li. After getting up early this morning, he found that he couldn't see anything." The third elder said
said.
"Can't see anything? What do you mean, you're blind?" the second elder asked in surprise.
"That's right, I'm blind. I suspect that Shopkeeper Li was poisoned. Otherwise, why would he suddenly become blind? Because I suspected Shopkeeper Liu, so I asked the housekeeper to ask the manager if anything special happened as soon as he came back." said the third elder.
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"It seems that shopkeeper Liu's guy does have a problem, otherwise you wouldn't be so angry." The second elder said.
"I don't know why he suddenly ran to the kitchen to eat, but I know that the servant girl tripping in the yard must have something to do with that guy." The third elder said.
"He didn't poison the tea, did he?" the second elder asked.
"I suspect that he followed Shopkeeper Liu's order and poisoned the tea. I don't mind them killing each other, but they can never do such a thing in the Elder's Mansion. I didn't expect Shopkeeper Liu to let the six sons poison Shopkeeper Li in the mansion.
The poison is simply abominable." The third elder said.
The second elder understood the intention of the third elder, and originally wanted to clear the relationship. Shopkeeper Li's poisoning had nothing to do with the elder's mansion. Unexpectedly, shopkeeper Liu actually asked Liu Zi to poison shopkeeper Li in the elder's mansion. By doing so, he could easily be thought to be a criminal.
The third elder ordered him to do this. Shopkeeper Liu is treacherous. If something goes wrong, he can blame the elder.
"Then what should we do now? Both Shopkeeper Qi and Shopkeeper Li are in trouble now. If we deal with Shopkeeper Liu again, no one will be dead." The second elder said.
"At least, I won't deal with Shopkeeper Liu now. If I want Ah Lan to bow his head, I need his help. After the matter is over, I will settle the score with him." The third elder said.
The third elder only suspected that this matter was instigated by Shopkeeper Liu. If he was really instigated, he might also have done what happened to Shopkeeper Qi. He knew the purpose of Shopkeeper Liu very well and was an ambitious person.
"Then what should we do now?" the second elder asked.
"Shopkeeper Liu plans to frame Ah Lan, what do you think?" asked the third elder.
"He is quite courageous. Aren't you afraid that someone will expose him?" the second elder said.
"Don't make this matter public for now. I have my own way to deal with him. But...why hasn't the elder brother come back after being gone for so many days?" asked the third elder.
"Third brother, the eldest brother has only been here for three days. It rained two days ago and it was impossible to mine. We can only mine tomorrow depending on the situation." The second elder said.
"Go and arrange for someone to send a message and tell your elder brother to come back as soon as possible after mining. Don't be greedy." The third elder said.
"I understand, what are you going to do about Shopkeeper Liu?" the second elder said.
Because of shopkeeper Liu's incident, he always felt uneasy and always felt that something was going to happen. In the past, when the elder went to the mine, he would go to the temple with him, but this time he stayed with the elder because of the shopkeeper's incident.
Mansion. The Great Elder always thought that he was too careful in doing things. He planned to dig out more every time, but he stopped him from doing so every time. This time he did not follow the Great Elder. He was a little worried that the Great Elder would not listen to his advice.
, will stay in the temple longer.
"Shopkeeper Liu's matters will be put aside for the time being. What I'm most worried about right now is my eldest brother," said the third elder.
Shopkeeper Li’s home
"Master, are your eyes okay?" Mrs. Li asked.
"It's okay, don't worry. Why are you worried about the pills that Young Master Nan gave me? Besides, I've already taken the antidote and I'll be fine in a while." Shopkeeper Li said.
"How can you take medicine indiscriminately? What's more, after taking it, you can't see anything. I really don't understand. If you just pretend that you can't see anything, why should you really make yourself unable to see anything?"
Mrs. Li said.
"If I want to deceive Shopkeeper Liu and the Third Elder, I must be really blind, otherwise I won't be able to deceive them at all," Shopkeeper Li said.
"Fortunately, the young master's people are there, otherwise wouldn't you really have been made invisible by him?" Mrs. Li said angrily.
It turned out that after the maid delivered the tea fruit that day, shopkeeper Li was thirsty and wanted to drink a cup of tea. Just when he was about to drink it, a man suddenly came in and poured the tea in his hand. The man was dressed in black and told shopkeeper Li that he didn't want it.
Drink. The man in black took the handkerchief and dipped it in the tea on the table and left. Not only did shopkeeper Li not drink the tea, he didn't even dare to touch the fruit. About half an hour later, the man in black came back and told him about the tea.
was poisoned. This poison will not cause death, but it will make people blind. Because they were in the Third Elder's Mansion, the man in black did not say much. After listening to the instructions of the man in black, Shopkeeper Li
Pour the tea out the window.
When he returned home, the young master of the Nan family was already waiting at home. The young master of the Nan family prepared pills for him to temporarily blind him. If anyone visits him, he can take one.
"People are unpredictable. I really didn't expect Shopkeeper Liu to want to harm me." Shopkeeper Li said.
"Why did Shopkeeper Liu do this? What good does it do to him?" Mrs. Li asked.
Shopkeeper Li thought for a while and said, "I don't know why he did this, and I didn't offend him in any way."
Shopkeeper Li didn't know why shopkeeper Liu did this. Shopkeeper Li knew that shopkeeper Liu had gone crazy, so he didn't intend to say anything more. However, no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't figure it out.
Why do you want to do it to yourself?
"Master, what should I do next? Should I keep pretending to be sick?" Mrs. Li said.
"That's not necessary. We'll talk about it then. I don't think Shopkeeper Liu will come to visit me every two days, and it's even less likely for the Third Elder." Shopkeeper Li said.
"What happened to the Leng family?" Mrs. Li sighed.
"Things in the Leng family are very complicated, not as simple as we imagined. I made too many mistakes in the past, and I must make up for it this time." Shopkeeper Li said.
"You went to Shopkeeper Qi, what did he say?" Mrs. Li asked.
"Shopkeeper Qi has made his decision a long time ago, otherwise the young master would not help him." Shopkeeper Li said.
"If you had told me the truth at the beginning, I would not have let you go to the Elder's Mansion and make the matter so complicated. Fortunately, the young master is considerate of you." Mrs. Li said.
That's right, if he had told his wife the truth directly, he would not have to go to the elder's mansion every day. The third elder seemed to be comforting them and speaking for A-Lan every time, but in fact he was misleading them.
"We thought that by joining the elders, we could continue to stay in the Leng family, so we didn't think too much about it. When we went to the elders' mansion, we were a little surprised to find that shopkeeper Tang didn't go. Now it seems,
His decision is the right one. We got into so much trouble because of our temporary greed," Shopkeeper Li said.
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The next day, shopkeeper Liu went to the elder's mansion as usual. After greeting the third elder, he returned to his room.
The third elder was walking in the yard and happened to see the housekeeper, so he asked: "Butler, have you seen the guy next to shopkeeper Liu?"
The butler replied: "Third elder, there are three clerks around shopkeeper Liu. Only two of them came today."
"Is it the one named Liu Zi who didn't come?" asked the third elder.
"It seems to be the person who went to the kitchen that day." The butler replied.
"I know." After the third elder said that, he returned to the house.
It seems that Shopkeeper Liu is not fearless, but he is still worried that the matter will be exposed. He is already sure that this matter is Shopkeeper Liu's plan, otherwise the Sixth Son would not have arrived at the Elder's Mansion the day after the accident.
When the third elder came to the front hall, the second elder was already sitting there drinking tea. Apparently the third elder was a little surprised that the second elder came so early.
"Second brother, it's so early." The third elder came in and said.
"I'm just as worried about you, brother. I couldn't sleep, so I just got up earlier and came over." The second elder said.
"Shopkeeper Liu is already here. I met the housekeeper just now. He said that the guy who was with Shopkeeper Liu didn't come here today either," said the third elder.
"In other words, Shopkeeper Li's blindness was caused by Shopkeeper Liu asking the waiter to do something. But the waiter didn't come over for only one day. What does this mean?" asked the second elder.
"Second brother, no one paid attention. In fact, the guy didn't come over yesterday. That guy was as ambitious as Shopkeeper Liu. He has been showing off himself these days, hoping to be reused by us. How could such a person suddenly disappear?
?" said the third elder.
The second elder said: "Isn't this your plan? What Shopkeeper Liu did should be within your plan. What are you worried about?"
The third elder thought for a while and said: "I do want to see them kill each other, but I don't want to see them do it in the Elder's Mansion. That guy is quite courageous, and he actually dares to do something in the Elder's Mansion. What if Ah Lan does something?
