Inside the carriage, Yue'er was shivering. She couldn't understand why the second lady had made all the arrangements, but now such an unexpected change would occur.
Chu Xiu was known as a waste within the Chu family. His martial arts talent was not very strong, but now he could easily seriously injure the vicious-looking bandit leader.
And the subsequent group of people, why did they come to help Chu Xiu? I can't figure it out no matter how much I think about it these days.
At this time, the carriage was suddenly opened. Seeing Chu Xiu boarding the carriage, Yue'er immediately changed into a pitiful look.
"Sir, have all those bandits been repulsed?"
Chu Xiu put his hand on Yue'er's face, touched the smooth and delicate face and said, "Of course they were repelled."
Just when Yue'er just breathed a sigh of relief, Chu Xiu's hand slid down Yue'er's face, pinched her neck, and slowly applied force.
Chu Xiu put his face in front of Yue'er's and said calmly: "The bandits were repelled and I didn't die. Are you disappointed?"
Looking at the familiar but strange face so close, Yue'er forced out a smile and said, "Young master, you are joking. It is a good thing that the bandits were repelled. How could the slave family be disappointed?"
Chu Xiu sneered, and his hand on Yue'er's neck became tighter and tighter, until the other party's face turned red and he struggled to utter a word. Chu Xiu then let go of his hand and said coldly: "I really thought I
Are you an idiot? Tell me, how much money did my good wife spend to hire out this bandit?"
There was a look of horror on Yue'er's face, and she trembled: "Mr...Mr., do you know everything?"
Feeling that Chu Xiu's hand began to tighten again, Yue'er said quickly: "I'll tell you! Master, I'll tell you all! The second lady spent 10,000 taels of silver to invite these bandits!"
Chu Xiu sneered and said: "Ten thousand taels of silver, what a big deal! My second wife hates me so much. In order to prevent me from returning to the Chu family, she would rather spend ten thousand taels of silver to rob and kill me?
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Yue'er said cautiously: "Second Madam said, Young Master, you have always been stubbornly siding with the eldest Young Master. Sooner or later, something bad will happen. In addition, she has recently won over the Fourth Young Master, so she can just get rid of you to avoid future troubles."
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Chu Xiu was speechless when he heard this. With his body, Chu Xiu had indeed done many stupid things in the past.
The four sons of Chu Zongguang, the head of the Chu family, even if Chu Xiu was a bastard and the chance of inheriting the title of head of the family is very small, there is still a chance. Why bother to take a stand so early?
It was precisely because he took sides too early that Chu Kai, the eldest son of the Chu family, and his aunt did not regard him as the same thing at all. When he was framed by Chu Sheng, the third eldest son of the Chu family, they did not intervene because they thought it would be troublesome.
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If he has not taken sides, then what is waiting for him is to win over him, just like the fourth son of the Chu family, Chu Shang. Although he is young, he has been won over by his second mother at a great cost. How can he be so easily defeated by others?
Spend a lot of money to do it.
In the past, Chu Xiu had long given up on fighting for the position of head of the family, maybe out of despair, maybe because he really had no ambition, but now Chu Xiu is somewhat interested in this position.
In fact, Chu Xiu didn't care too much about the position of the head of a small family. After all, according to the original plot, he would become the leader of the demon sect that would cause trouble in the world.
But the problem is that that was the original plot, and the current Chu Xiu is the Chu Xiu after rebirth and time travel. God knows how things will develop, so the food must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be walked step by step. Take it first
Let’s talk about the position of the heir to the head of the Chu family.
Since ancient times, the poor in culture and the rich in martial arts, from toiling the muscles and bones to condensing the qi and blood, which one does not require a lot of resources and time?
As the heir to the family head, not only all of the resources of the Chu family belong to him, but at least half of them belong to him, which can make Chu Xiu progress faster in martial arts.
Chu Xiu looked at Yue'er and said calmly: "My second mother actually chose to invite bandits to kill me. Isn't she afraid of being discovered by the Chu family? Do you have any evidence here that she colluded with the bandits?"
Since Chu Xiu has chosen to compete for the position of the heir to the family head, his three brothers are all obstacles. Now if he can get evidence, he can eliminate one of them first.
Yue'er thought for a while and said: "There is no evidence. The second lady directly asked one of her confidants to find the robbers. Those robbers only knew that the people who came to them were from the Chu family, and they didn't even know who they were.
.No paper evidence remains.”
After saying this, Yue'er looked at Chu Xiu with a pitiful expression: "Master, I have said everything that needs to be said, can you spare my life?"
Chu Xiu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't kill women."
Upon hearing this, Yue'er's face suddenly showed a smile of relief, but Chu Xiu suddenly exerted force and directly crushed her neck!
Looking at Yue'er who had lost her breath and still had a look of confusion in her eyes, Chu Xiu said calmly: "I lied to you. You believe this. How can you be so naive and act like someone else to be an undercover agent?"
Chu Xiu dragged Yue'er's body and threw it out of the carriage, and ordered Gao Bei: "Bury her."
Gao Bei and the other servants were all trembling, but no one said anything.
Yue'er is a maid bought by the Chu family with money, and her life belongs to the Chu family. Of course, she can play with her as she wants and kill as she wants.
Moreover, there was obviously something wrong with the second young master in the past two days. His ruthlessness seemed to be that of a different person, and they did not dare to talk nonsense.
Seven days later, Chu Xiu finally walked out of Shangmang Mountain. At the end of the official road, a lively state capital appeared in front of Chu Xiu. This was Tongzhou Palace, where the Chu family was located, one of the few large state capitals in Wei County.
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It is also very interesting to talk about the origin of the entire Wei County.
Wei County was originally a small country, Wei State, between Northern Yan and Eastern Qi, one of the three most powerful countries in the world. It once helped Qi State attack Yan State, but was eventually destroyed by Yan State.
Because the State of Yan hated the State of Wei for attacking the State of Yan, it implemented a high-pressure policy in Wei County, which caused the people of Wei County and the martial arts people to rebel one after another. Even Fang Longquan, the general of the State of Yan who guarded Wei County, "Hengshan Bajian", was killed.
The mysterious man was seriously injured and lost an arm. Wei Jun was in chaos for a while, forcing the Yan State, which did not dare to massacre the city, to temporarily withdraw its troops.
In the end, the State of Yan reached an agreement with Wei County. They would not station troops in Wei County, but would send civilian officials to manage it.
Therefore, Wei County is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Yan State, and its tax revenue must be handed over to the Yan State, but in fact it is its own place.
Of course, these major affairs between the courts have nothing to do with small families like the Chu family. Without the jurisdiction of the court, the martial arts atmosphere in Wei County is very free, and some martial arts forces are living an extremely prosperous life.
The Chu family is one of the three major families in Tongzhou Prefecture, and there is a street in the south of the city that belongs to the Chu family.
The carriage stopped in front of the Chu family. As soon as Chu Xiu got out of the car, he saw the door being pushed open, and a middle-aged lady in her forties, elegantly dressed, came out with a group of maids and servants.
Seeing Chu Xiu standing in front of the carriage, her expression suddenly changed slightly.
Seeing the person in front of him, Chu Xiu had a faint smile on his face, cupped his hands and said, "I've met Er Niang, but I haven't seen her for a year. Er Niang is getting younger and younger."
The noble lady in front of her is the mother of Chu Sheng, the third eldest son of the Chu family, the second lady of the Chu family. She can be said to be cruel and vicious.
Although it was Chu Sheng who caused him to be demoted to the mine before, it was probably the second lady who had the idea behind it.
Moreover, the background of this second lady is not small. She is the only daughter of Ding Kaishan, the owner of the Kaishan Martial Arts School in Tongzhou Prefecture, the ‘Splitting Golden Hand’.
Ding Kaishan is a local leader in Tongzhou Prefecture. Although his strength is not at the innate realm, he is still at the peak of the blood coagulation realm. He is very successful in all aspects of Tongzhou Prefecture.
The Chu family just moved to Tongzhou Prefecture more than 20 years ago. It was precisely because Chu Xiu's father Chu Zongguang married Ding Kaishan's daughter that he was able to take root in Tongzhou Prefecture so quickly.
The second lady looked at Chu Xiu with a smiling face in front of her, and she couldn't help but frown.
It was all arranged, so how could Chu Xiu come back alive? Could it be that that stupid girl Yue'er messed up the matter and Chu Xiu didn't take the path in Yuanbao Town?
The second lady looked around but didn't see Yue'er. She couldn't help but ask: "Where is your maid Yue'er?"
Chu Xiu shook his head with a pity look on his face and said: "Yue'er's body is too weak and I accidentally killed her. I heard that Er Niang has some pretty maids there, why don't you give me another one?"
As he said that, Chu Xiu looked unscrupulously towards the maids behind the second lady, causing those maids' faces to change color.
The second lady's expression suddenly changed. Yue'er was dead? Then did he know that she arranged for bandits to rob and kill Chu Xiu?
Moreover, after not seeing each other for more than a year, she felt that the Chu Xiu in front of her seemed to be a different person. A year ago, he would not have dared to talk to her like this!
With a cold snort, the second lady said calmly: "Since you are back, let's go in. Master and the others are waiting for you."
Chu Xiu raised his eyebrows and asked Gao Bei to take the people down to rest first, while he followed the second lady into the Chu family's meeting hall.