The moment Shen Rong said these words, Chu Xiu's face twitched slightly, but a huge wave had already set off in his heart.
Colluding with bandits and massacring the tribesmen. Of course Chu Xiu knew what kind of crime this was. It was a crime that could lead to death!
Chu Xiu kept calm on his face, stood up and said in a cold voice: "Butler Shen, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense! I'm not crazy, how could I do such crazy things?"
Shen Rong said calmly: "Yes, you are not crazy, but what you Chu Xiu did is so crazy that no one can imagine."
With that said, Shen Rong pointed to the servant behind him and said: "Wang Er, Mr. Chu Xiu seems to have no impression of you anymore. Please say a few words and let Mr. Chu Xiu reflect on his memories."
The servant named Wang Er stood up and said with a smile: "Mr. Chu Xiu, I remember clearly the scene when you seriously injured Lian Lao San with a single stab in Nanshang Mang Mountain.
It was Ma Kuo who helped you kill the person at the beginning. I ran fast and luckily escaped with my life. Now it's good that you have blatantly brought Ma Kuo with you. This is not an ordinary courage."
Chu Xiu closed his eyes. He finally knew what the problem was, but it could only be said to be a coincidence, a helpless coincidence.
When Chu Xiu chose Ma Kuo to help him, one reason was that Ma Kuo was very capable, bold and careful.
The second reason is that Ma Kuo almost never took action in Bei Shang Mang Mountain, and although he took action several times in Nan Shang Mang Mountain, he never left any survivors.
The only time anyone knew about the relationship between Ma Kuo and Chu Xiu was when Ma Kuo met Chu Xiu for the first time and Chu Xiu hired Ma Kuo to help kill Lian Lao San.
Even the bandits under Lao San's command were large in number and considered somewhat skilled, so Ma Kuo only defeated them and killed some of them, but not all of them.
Moreover, Chu Xiu did not consider this at the time, because even the people under Lao San's command were bandits and would not dare to enter Tongzhou Mansion easily.
Unexpectedly, there was such a person among them. He not only returned to Tongzhou Prefecture, but also joined the Shen family. He was taken aback by Shen Rong, and Ma Kuo's identity was finally revealed.
All this can only be said to be a coincidence, and Chu Xiu should be unlucky.
Opening his eyes, Chu Xiu sat down again and said in a deep voice: "So Butler Shen means to charge me a hush money?"
Seeing Chu Xiu calm down so quickly, Shen Rong was a little stunned.
Just now I refused to admit it, but now that I have the definite evidence, I act like it's natural. This mentality alone can be regarded as a character.
Of course, Shen Rong didn't think much about it. His mind was now filled with the Li family's property. Hearing this, he couldn't help but nodded and said, "That's right, Chu Xiu, I advise you to be wiser and take care of the Li family's property." Hand it over, otherwise if this matter spreads, your end will be even more miserable than that of your fourth brother Chu Shang who has been crippled by you!"
Chu Xiu frowned and said: "Steward Shen, you are trying too hard. I have handed over two-thirds of the Li family's property to the family, and I only have one-third in my hands. Where can I give it to you?" Get two-thirds of it?"
Shen Rong waved his hand nonchalantly and sneered: "I can't care about this kind of thing. Anyway, I only look at the results, not the process.
I'll give you ten days. After ten days, if I can't see anything, you should know the result. By that time, Chu Zongguang will probably kill his relatives out of justice!"
Chu Xiu said expressionlessly: "Is this matter really non-negotiable?"
Shen Rong stood up, tapped Chu Xiu's shoulder, and said proudly: "Others can discuss it, but you, Chu Xiu, are the only one who is not qualified to discuss it. You just need to remember one thing. Your handle now falls on me." in your hands!"
'puff!'
There was a soft sound, and Shen Rong's smile froze on his face. He looked in disbelief at the short knife that Chu Xiu had stabbed into his chest at some point. He hoarsely said intermittently: "I...I am from the Shen family. My butler, how dare you kill me?"
Chu Xiu did not answer his words, but just covered Butler Shen's mouth, twisted the short knife in his hand, and after Butler Shen struggled to breathe out, he pushed Butler Shen to the ground and looked at Wang Er.
At this time, Wang Er was frightened. When he saw Chu Xiu's eyes, he was about to scream, but Chu Xiu threw the short knife directly and nailed him to the ground.
Looking at the two corpses on the ground, Chu Xiu couldn't help but frown.
He just killed Steward Shen not because of Steward Shen's ridicule. He was not that low-level yet. After being ridiculed for a few words, he became furious and lost his mind.
What really made Chu Xiu murderous was the last words of Butler Shen. His handle had fallen into the hands of Butler Shen!
This time Butler Shen asked Chu Xiu to ask for two-thirds of the Li family's property, and Chu Xiu could give one-third. If he calculated further, it was possible to get another third.
But the problem is that human greed is infinite. Since Butler Shen has a handle on Chu Xiu, if Chu Xiu succumbs the first time, there will be a second and third time.
The handle has already fallen into the hands of the other party. Of course, the other party can handle it however they want.
But this kind of thing happened to be something Chu Xiu could never tolerate, so Shen Rong must die!
At this time, Gao Bei outside heard the noise and quickly opened the door and came in. However, when he saw the body on the ground, his expression suddenly changed. He was about to exclaim, but he immediately covered his mouth, closed the door and faced Chu Xiu whispered in horror: "Master! Why did you kill the Shen family members!?"
Gao Bei really couldn't understand why Chu Xiu actually killed the Shen family members in such a short period of time when everything was fine before.
Chu Xiu doesn't seem to be the kind of irrational person. The Li family is weaker than the Chu family. As long as the family's side is taken care of, Chu Xiu can kill him any way he wants.
But now this is a member of the Shen family, and it is also Shen Rong, the chief steward of the Shen family. Now they are in big trouble!
Chu Xiu pulled out the short knife from the corpse, shook off the blood on the knife, and said calmly: "They are seeking death themselves. They threaten me with Ma Kuo's affairs. If they don't kill them, I will be the unlucky one."
Gao Bei said with a sad look on his face: "Sir, I was worried at the beginning that your cooperation with those gangs of thieves was unreliable, but now it has been found out. What should I do now? You killed the chief steward of the Shen family. It’s not that easy to pass.”
The Shen family was no better than the Li family, so of course he knew it would not be that easy to pass, but when he started killing people, Chu Xiu had already thought of an excuse.
He took out the evidence written by Li Cheng to Shen Rong from Shen Rong's body, which contained Shen Rong's conditions and Li Cheng's promise.
"Some people have sent excuses to the door. It's actually easy to pass the test."
Chu Xiu looked at the body and said, "Pack the body away and follow me back to Chu's house."
Gao Bei looked at the two corpses on the ground and was speechless for a while.
The young master is very capable of getting things done, but his ability of causing trouble is even stronger.
When Chu Xiu returned to the Chu family, he immediately found Butler Chen and asked him to invite Chu Zongguang out. He also called all the elders of the Chu family and some stewards.
Although Butler Chen was wondering what happened to Chu Xiu, he didn't ask any more questions. After all, Chu Xiu's status in the Chu family was no longer what it used to be.
When Chu Zongguang came to the meeting hall, everyone else also arrived, but Chu Zongguang had a look of impatience on his face.
He hates people disturbing him the most, but in the recent period, Chu Xiu has been the one who bothered him the most.
"What's going on? Didn't I warn you last time, so that you wouldn't cause trouble?"
Chu Xiu lowered his head and said, "I killed Shen Rong, the chief steward of the Shen family."
"What!?"
As soon as he said this, Chu Zongguang crushed the tea cup in his hand that he was about to put to his mouth. The other elders also looked horrified.
Chu Zongguang pointed at Chu Xiu, his hands trembling with anger, and he shouted sharply: "Chu Xiu! What on earth do you want to do? You dare to kill anyone. If you are given the strength, you can even dare to kill the master of Canglan Sword Sect. kill?"
Chu Xiu took out the evidence written by Li Cheng to Shen Rong and said: "Father, please read this, it's not that I want to kill Shen Rong, but that Shen Rong did too much!
The Li family wanted to kill me, and Shen Rong was an accomplice. Afterwards, he even wanted to control the Chu family and ask for two-thirds of the Li family's property. This is simply overbearing and arrogant. It's unreasonable!
The boy was so angry that he gave Shen Rong a knife. Who would have thought that his strength was so poor that he was killed by me without even being able to block him."
The other elders also frowned when they saw what was written on the paper.
To be honest, what Shen Rong did was indeed a bit too much. He used the Chu family as a bargaining chip, and then came to blackmail the Li family after they were defeated. It simply didn't take the Chu family seriously.
But if it were them, even if they were insulted by Shen Rong face to face, they would not dare to kill him.
Although Shen Rong is only the steward of the Shen family, his status in the Shen family is definitely the first person under the head of the family.
Shen Bai, who joined the Canglan Sword Sect of the Shen family, and Shen Mo, the current head of the family, were both brought up by him. Shen Mo even called him Uncle Rong when he was a child.
Later, Shen Mo took over as the head of the family and beheaded several elders. The direct descendants of the Shen family were trembling. The status of those Shen family members was really not as high as that of Shen Rong, a housekeeper.