Chu Yunli suspected that there was someone scheming among them, and after hearing this, he felt very strange. No matter how scoundrel Scar was, he would not have the guts to beat someone to death even if he drank and went crazy.
"Where is Scar Man?"
Zuo's mother began to wipe her tears again: "After the incident, he ran away. There was only one old mother left in his family. They couldn't force him, so they all came to our house. Fortunately, with the money you got,
Finally reconciled."
She lowered her voice: "I said you gave fifteen taels, divided them into twelve taels, and left the rest for your brother to recover from his injuries."
Chu Yunli frowned: "Do you know the approximate whereabouts of Scar?"
People in the village are neighbors who have lived for decades or even hundreds of years. Every house has a house close to each other, so there are basically no secrets. Mother Zuo hesitated for a moment: "Some people said they saw him on Nanshan Mountain. There are dense forests on both sides.
There are also wild boars inside, and they came and bit people the year before last. I originally wanted to look for it... but then I gave up the idea with the money you gave me."
Chu Yunli nodded: "Brother, take good care of your injuries. Although they won't pursue you there, you must be careful to prevent them from attacking the children at home."
"That's true!" Zuo's mother sighed: "The children are staying with your second sister-in-law at her parents' house. Recently, the family has enough staff. I asked your second brother to go too... There are so many people living in other people's homes, and the children are noisy.
Yes, it’s annoying for everyone else, so your second brother might as well help with some work.”
During the meal, the family tried their best to pretend to be happy, but with such a big thing weighing on their heads, no one could be happy. Sister-in-law Yang secretly looked at Chu Yunli several times, and when she put away the bowl, she asked tentatively: "Yucui, I
I heard that mother took money from you, are you in a hurry to use it?"
She asked cautiously.
Chu Yunli could understand that the people in the village could not save dozens of taels of silver in their lifetime. For the Zuo family, this was a debt that could never be repaid.
Those who are thick-skinned naturally don't care. If they owe money, they owe it. However, for those who want to live a steady life, the day this debt weighs on their heads will make them anxious.
It can be seen that Mrs. Yang should be an honest person. Chu Yunli said bluntly: "I am not short of money, just treat it as my filial piety to my mother. Don't even think about paying it back."
Yang was stunned: "So much money, you don't need to pay it back?" She turned back to look at her mother-in-law at the door: "But mother said that when I sold you, you no longer owe the family any more, and you no longer need to honor your parents. These are all
We borrowed it...Mother, right?"
"Yes!" Zuo's mother took out a silver ingot from her arms: "I cashed the banknotes in the city that day. I won't use these for the time being, so I'll return them to you first. As for the rest, you have to tolerate us for a while."
He insisted on paying it back and refused to listen no matter what. Chu Yunli frowned and said: "You are probably implicated by me. Those people are plotting against me to attack me."
Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other.
"So, there is no need to pay it back." Chu Yunli stretched out his hand and pushed it back: "These are a lot of money, just consider it as compensation for my family. I have something to do outside, and I will be back before dark."
After saying this, she got into the carriage and left regardless of the expressions of her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
It's not that Chu Yunli is impatient, but that she is very busy. It takes more than half an hour to walk from here to Nanshan. If she wants to go into the mountains, it will take even more time. She has to find the scar and find out the cause and effect.
When Zuo Yucui died in her previous life, she first took the medicine before Chang's marriage. She continued to drink the medicine for half a month. She was terminally ill. Ai Huaming really wanted to save her and found many skilled doctors, but
They were all helpless. Knowing that it was Ai Liyang who had done something to him, Ai Huaming chose to protect his son and even refused Zuo Yucui's last wish to be buried in a mountain in the suburbs.
Ai Mansion has been passed down for hundreds of years, and there is a special area to house these concubines. Zuo Yucui was not meant to be a concubine. She wanted to leave from the moment she entered the house, but in the end she could not leave even to death, and even joined the Ai Mansion clan.
land.
People today are most afraid of being left without a soul after death. Ai Huaming may want to use this to compensate, but he has no idea what Zuo Yucui really wants.
When the carriage arrived in the town, Chu Yunli excused himself that he wanted to rest. Then he climbed out of the back window and ran all the way to Nanshan.
The dense forest in Nanshan is very deep, and there are indeed some wild animals. Not long after Chu Yunli entered, she encountered snakes and many pheasants. She was not afraid of these and only wanted to find people.
Scarzi is famous for being a glutton and a lazy person. He usually doesn't move when he can, which makes him a bit annoying in the village. For those who have not practiced martial arts, if they encounter a big wild animal in such a dense forest, they will be dead.
One piece.
Therefore, Chu Yunli speculated that if he was really here, he must be at each entrance.
Sure enough, half an hour later, she found traces of someone. She searched all the way and soon found the man curled up in a tree hole.
She rushed forward, pulled the tattered quilt covering her body, covered his head, and punched and kicked him.
Scarzi tried to struggle at first, but when he found that he couldn't break free, he immediately begged for mercy.
Chu Yunli lowered her voice and pretended to be a man and asked: "Did someone instigate you to beat someone in the town?"
Scar paused for a moment, then said loudly: "That bastard said bad things about my lover, let's see if I can't kill him!"
The implication is that no one told him to do anything.
Chu Yunli kicked him hard.
This blow was so severe that Scar curled up in pain and was speechless for a long time. Chu Yunli's attack was measured and he would not kill the person, but it was painful enough that he wanted to die immediately.
She scolded in the same voice as just now: "You ran away, the Zuo family is in bad luck. What I can't stand the most is a man like you who gets into trouble and refuses to take responsibility. Living is a waste of food, and you still
It’s better to die!”
After saying that, he kicked me again.
Scarzi wanted to beg for mercy, but he couldn't make a sound for a long time. He really felt that he would be beaten to death. The pain in his stomach made his whole body seem to be broken in two.
"Don't..." He didn't dare to hide it anymore, and said hoarsely: "It's none of my business...someone asked me to do this. The Zuo family is unlucky, and they themselves caused it."
His voice improved a little, and eventually he could be heard clearly.
Chu Yunli narrowed his eyes: "Speak clearly, otherwise, I will beat you! Anyway, even if you die here in the wilderness, no one will know. Or if I throw you deep into the forest, even if someone finds you
, there are only a few bones left.”
Hearing this, Scar shuddered: "Don't! This fight really has nothing to do with me. Those people targeted the Zuo family and wanted to make them miserable. I just got a little benefit...it's only two silver in total, don't
Hit...if you hit me again, someone will die..."
In fact, at this moment, he was in severe pain all over his body, especially his stomach. The pain was so painful that he wanted to faint. But he couldn't faint. There was a lack of medical treatment in this wilderness. If he didn't look up to the doctor, he would probably die alone.
In this tree hole.
"Find me a doctor, please... Mr. Chang from the town asked me to do it. I don't know why he targeted the Zuo family." He was trembling all over and said in a trembling voice: "The Zuo family themselves
Even if I don't run away from the people I provoke, those people will only make things difficult for them."
Chu Yunli kicked her hard again, then turned and left.
Scar will not die, but he will definitely suffer a lot.
It didn't take long to find someone, and most of the time was spent on the road. When Chu Yunli quietly returned to the town, it was almost dusk. Mrs. Zhou outside had knocked on the door once, but still couldn't knock the person out, so she asked
Unable to wait in time, the door was finally opened from the inside.
"Master, are you hungry? Do you want to deal with me at the inn, or do you want to go back to Zuo's house?"
In fact, from Mrs. Zhou's point of view, it doesn't matter where you eat, because there aren't many exquisite things in this town. When you go back to Zuo's house, you can at least enjoy family happiness.
She could finally see that even though her master had not returned home for many years, she had never let go in her heart. After getting along with the Zuo family, Mrs. Zhou knew that they were good people. They would sell their daughters, but they were forced by life.
It is better to sell one of them than to die together as a whole family. Moreover, Mrs. Zhou heard her master say that in the past, as a girl who was sold, her life was actually better than if she stayed at home.
"Go back." Zuo Yucui has not been under gravity in these years. Chu Yunli was sore after running for a long time and planned to go back to Zuo's house to sleep.
Zuo's mother saw her daughter's carriage leaving, as if the person had never come back. Her heart was still in a state of worry. When she saw the familiar carriage appear, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After Chu Yunli entered the door: "I went to inquire just now, and this matter is indeed related to me. Your disaster is not an accident, it is dragged down by me."
Hearing this, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other. Zuo's mother asked her daughter-in-law to cook, and she sat in front of Chu Yunli: "Yucui, tell me honestly, who did you offend? This can easily cost people's lives.
Will she use these methods directly on you?"
"My master values me very much. She did all this just to make him dislike me and drive me away." In fact, someone was already planning to take Zuo Yucui's life, but speaking out would not do any good except worrying Zuo's family.
Chu Yunli turned around and said, "I'm on a journey today and want to rest early."
Zuo's mother has not been close to her daughter over the years, and she doesn't know how to get along with her. After hearing this, she immediately suppressed her worries: "I have made the bed for you. It is a newly bought quilt. You
Go and have a rest quickly. By the way, your sister-in-law has boiled hot water, so you can wash up first."
Late at night, a dark shadow ran out of Zuo's yard and headed directly towards the town, waking up two dogs in the process.
The dog barked a few times and stopped when he realized that the unfamiliar smell was gone.
The Chang family in the town has lived here for many years, and I heard that they have relatives in the city. But they don't often see each other. When Chu Yunli went out during the day, she had already asked the clerk about the street where the rich people in the town lived.
He also pretended to know the location of the Chang family by accident.
The Chang family lives in a large courtyard with two entrances and a side door. This is rare in the town. After all, the people in the town are eager to enclose all the land they own. How can they spare any space to keep a common road?
An alley not often used?
However, this is convenient for Chu Yunli.
She covered her face, climbed over the wall and entered Chang's house, found the main courtyard, and picked up Mr. Chang who was sleeping in a daze on the bed.
"Tell me, who asked you to find Scar to plot against the Zuo family?"
Mr. Chang was startled: "There is a thief..."
Halfway through his words, he paused because his neck felt cool and the reflection of the dagger could still be seen in the moonlight.