The daily routine of raising cubs in the Western Han Dynasty [game]

When Cai Xuning was wrapped into a ball and stood outside the woodshed, he still couldn't help stamping his feet, feeling the cold in the middle of the night crawling up his knees.

Through the distant windows, one could see the firewood burning with lamps.

There were seven or eight sacks piled up in the corner, the mouths of which were tied tightly, and the outer bags squirmed from time to time, making creaking noises, perhaps their mouths were blocked.

Cai Xuning glanced at Liu Xiu, and saw him say calmly: "If you make a lot of noise, people will block you."

"Liu... what Uncle Wen is going to do?" Cai Xuning reluctantly changed his words under Liu Xiuwen's gaze, "If you just press them directly like this, they won't admit it."

Liu Xiu said, "Brother Cai..."

Cai Xuning had a bit of a headache, so he stopped Liu Xiu first: "You asked me to call you by your Biaozi, so it's definitely inappropriate to call me Brother Cai again. But there is no Biaozi in my family's custom, so why don't you just call me by your Biaozi? I'm Asu."

In fact, it was called Ah Ning at first, but since his elementary school classmates laughed at it as a girl's name, he cried and knocked her down to the ground and went home to make a fuss, so it became Ah Xu.

If it were now, Cai Xuning would definitely not be so stupid.

Aning also sounds good.

Liu Xiu smiled: "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders."

He glanced at the situation inside, and said slowly: "Ah Xu, I think I know some clues from your previous words and deeds, why don't you decide this question?"

Cai Xuning: "..."

He resisted the movement of shivering in the cold winter months, but a chill came straight to the back of his head.

He is not stupid.

Liu Xiu invited him to face these supposedly secret matters in the middle of the night, and still talked with him so gently, giving up the initiative... This is not his character.

Cai Xuning was full of doubts, Liu Xiu didn't want to peel off his skin to see if he was clean, he was like a frog boiled in warm water these few days, it would never be a genuine outburst of kindness.

This is still an invisible temptation.

Test his thoughts, test his ability, test his value... In short, Cai Xuning let out a sigh of relief, feeling a little sad.

Ah, it really is the character that Ah Xiu would have.

Will Liu Xiu not be able to ask?

joke.

Cai Xuning stopped thinking about it, and said to a few servants: "Please do me a favor, so that the ears of the shopkeepers are blocked to ensure that they cannot hear the sound. Of course, the outermost one is left, and there is no need to deal with it."

The servants glanced at Liu Xiu and noticed that he nodded slightly, so they immediately did it.

They were very careful when they entered the door. Although they stuffed cotton into their ears, they promised not to let those few know who did it. When everything was settled, only Cai Xuning would be left.

When he came in, the servants went out naturally. There was nothing but the sound of footsteps during the whole process.

Cai Xuning slowly opened the sacks one by one, revealing terrified faces, the only person whose ears were not plugged widened his eyes.

Cai Xuning looked at him with a smile: "So we are old acquaintances."

He knelt down, took the cloth strip stuffed in his mouth, and said with a smile: "Deng Si, long time no see."

Half of Deng Si's slender body was still hidden in the sack. He looked around in panic, and found that this place was not any place he was familiar with, and he could only see the dark night from the window.He swallowed, his teeth chattering from the winter's chill: "You, Shiro..." When they were arrested, their warm clothes were stripped clean.

"No." Cai Xuning shook his head, "This matter has nothing to do with Liu Xiu or the Liu family."

The dagger in his hand, which came from nowhere, slid back and forth an inch between Deng Si's eyebrows, so startled that Deng Si couldn't help hiding back, with most of his weight paralyzed on the sack behind him.

"I just heard that there seems to be a deal of 10 taels between you two." Cai Xuning showed a big hearty smile, "It just so happens that I am also short of money. How about letting me get involved in this deal?"

The most feared thing in the world is something without a reason. Once the situation has a basis, it seems that there is room for negotiation.

When Deng Si heard Cai Xuning's words, he couldn't help blinking his sweaty eyes: "...where did you hear that?"

A certain sack behind him made a whining sound, as if it was a warning, but also a reminder.

Cai Xuning glanced casually, then retracted his smile, and looked at Deng Si expressionlessly: "You think you have room to bargain?" With a flick, the sharp blade flew out.

【Studio】

[ID has no choice but to drop the flowers: grass, so ruthless]

Deng Si immediately felt the sacks behind him squirm, and the whining sound became louder.

He heard the chattering of his teeth getting worse, and there seemed to be tinnitus in his ears. The words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat and he couldn't hold back, but the waves of panic beat his heart like tidal waves, beating extremely violently.

"I'll count down to five. If I don't say anything, the chance of survival will be left to others."

Cai Xuning got up and walked back, Deng Si was at the front, but he didn't dare to look back.

Just listening to the clear voice lazily drawn out: "Five——"

He came back again, the blade in his hand dyed red.

"Four--"

Deng Si's mouth was parched, his body was swaying, and the trembling even made his face tremble.

He is hesitating.

say, still...

Cai Xuning suddenly accelerated his speed: "Three two one, you have no chance."

Deng Si trembled and screamed suddenly: "No, no, I said I said—" as if he heard something terrible.

Cai Xuning shook his head regretfully, put his index finger on his lips, and said with a smile: "No. I say you, there is no chance for now."

Immediately, he swiftly stuffed the ball of cloth back into it.

Put on the sack again.

...

Outside the door, Liu Xiu was watching what happened in the woodshed.

When Cai Xuning stabbed someone, the servant behind him whispered, "Do you want to..."

Liu Xiu silently shook her head with a cold expression.

"He's doing well."

Why stop it?

The snow fell silently, staining the outside and cuffs of the group of people.

The coldness was accompanied by the cold wind blowing through the open windows of the house, and Cai Xuning who was inside also shivered from the cold.

After this lap, he himself broke out in a thin sweat.

Cai Xuning allowed them to see the person and action of each interrogation, but made it impossible for everyone except that person to hear or speak.

Psychological tactics first, and then threats and temptations.

Three times, five divisions and two additions, and the fact that he stabbed people quickly and ruthlessly, the first person who couldn't hold back was Deng Si.

The shopkeeper, who could be regarded as Cai Xuning's old acquaintance, completely collapsed when the bag was opened for the second time. When the bag was opened, there was a faint smell of urine.Deng Si's face was full of snot and tears, crying and trembling at the same time, the brief claustrophobia just now made him completely out of control.

It would be fine if he had been locked up all the time, but in the end he was just kicked back at the door, and those with poor endurance were easy to collapse.

Deng Si is just one of them.

Pry open the opening of one, and the rest are much simpler.

It's just that the more Liu Xiu, who was standing outside the house with his hands folded, listened, the colder his face became.

After wandering around twice, there was only the last one left in front of Cai Xuning.

The most stubborn person was also stabbed by the guy named Zhang He who went to have a private meeting with Yang Su in the middle of the night.

Zhang He was torn off the sack, saw the light again, and the cloth strip was taken out of his mouth.He narrowed his eyes and looked at those decadent people. Even though the blood hole on his arm was still bleeding and the base of his tongue was numb, he still struggled and said, "...I don't know anything."

His voice was hoarse, and after a while, he said again: "It must be Liu Xiu who arrested us."

He is shrewd.

Cai Xuning squatted in front of him, stared at him for a few seconds, and suddenly smiled: "I heard that you were promoted to be the shopkeeper two or three years ago because you are very good at management. Before you became the shopkeeper, you were a guest of the Liu family, and you had four years to count."

He spoke slowly.

"As for Yang Su, he arrived in Chongling two years ago, so the subtle time difference...does it matter?"

Zhang He's expression remained the same, as if he didn't know what Cai Xuning was talking about, but Cai Xuning, who was very close, still felt him freeze for a second.

【Studio】

[ID stayed up late at the party and prepared to die suddenly: cheated out? ]

[ID: Stranger in the Tower: ...he. Damn, there is an important plot in the middle of the night, damn it]

[ID is helpless: There are too many peeking screens and they don’t come out to chatter, the explosion plot is only making a sound! Dog days, I’m so cold that I’m falling asleep]

[ID hehe: too lazy to type]

[ID beats the worker good night: Nagging, sleepy]

The laughing and joking of the barrage disturbed Cai Xuning's mood a bit, he rolled his eyes inwardly, and wanted to push this thing into a corner.

"You are not from the Liu family, you are Yang Su's from the beginning. Or you are not from Yang Su, you are just a pawn of someone who intends to cooperate with Yang Su. It doesn't matter which one is, the important thing is , I now know what Yang Su is going to do."

Cai Xuning stood up.

This conclusion was drawn by him from the very beginning, but it still had to be drawn out through the firewood room.

Because Liu Xiu would not believe it directly.

Standing in the firewood room, he seemed to be looking at the pile of mud in the corner, but in fact his eyes were staring out of the window, as if he wanted to see through the hearts of others: "The statements of the other people just now, when summed up, are roughly the same. I can guess Yang Su's thoughts. I don't know who Yang Su is. Assuming you belong to him, he sent you to Chongling four years ago to lurk and become a guest of the Liu family. With Liu Yan's frankness in attracting customers, he would not Will not agree. This is the first step."

Liu Xiu knew he was looking at him.

Inside the house, Cai Xuning continued: "The second step was two years ago, when Yang Su arrived in Chongling, and at the same time the strategy started. At this time, you have become Liu Yan's trusted person because of your advice and profit, and you have become the head of a store. Began to be in frequent contact with other shopkeepers. Although the Liu family is well-known in Chongling, it is not a big family in Xinye. After all, this is just a small branch of the former royal family, and it is not yet an important person. The foundation of the Liu family in Chongling is weak. Most of the income comes from the farm land and the store. You lured them with benefits, and the shopkeepers gradually became alienated and began to embezzle the proceeds."

As he said this, his eyes became brighter and brighter.

"third step……"

Cai Xuning paused for a few seconds, as if hesitating whether to say or not: "Yang Su's job at first was to write letters for others. You induced several shopkeepers to contact him frequently. If you use the excuse of writing letters, invite him to come and go Meeting has become a rare and common thing, and it is not even considered and worried, and will not arouse suspicion. Yang Su suppressed the Liu family's money and income through you, and frequently contacted several shopkeepers. Some of them had to be seen The reason? In the end, I somehow used 10 taels as a reward... Zhang He, if it only buys the life of Liu Xiu, it's not worth it, right?"

Hearing this, Zhang He finally couldn't hold back his face, showing a little frightened expression.

Cai Xuning made a final decision: "...I'm afraid, from the very beginning, I bought the lives of the Liu family."

It will be these pawns who will start from the beginning to the end.

But the behind-the-scenes figured it out slowly, infecting it a little bit, but never showing it to anyone from the beginning to the end.

After all, who would be worried that a trusted member of his own family who allowed him to freely enter and leave Liu's mansion would suddenly stab himself back?

"Squeak-"

Liu Xiu entered the door.

At this moment, his face is expressionless, and his cold and hard appearance is more like the first time I met him in the past. At that time, he had such a face that ghosts and gods should not get close to, with a chilling chill, even when he smiled, he was also cold.

"Liu Xiu..." Cai Xuning stood in front of him, he didn't want to, but he had to.Looking at the slightly bright sky outside, he knew that it was a bit late at this time, after all, it was very late in the winter morning.

The Liu family is the knot in Liu Xiu's heart.

At the beginning, the fire not only killed his uncle, but also Tete went to visit their mother and sister Liu Huang. The shame and grief are engraved in the flesh and blood of every Liu family, and will never be forgotten. .

"Step aside."

Liu Xiu looked at him calmly.

Cai Xuning shook his head resolutely, and said: "They are just knives. Even if you break the knives, the person holding the knives will have countless knives. If you don't break the hand of the knife holder first, what's the use of just breaking the knives?" ?”

In fact, Liu Xiu knew this truth better than him.

But he still chose to enter the door.

Cai Xuning, who was familiar with Liu Xiu's character, also knew that he shouldn't say this, but he had to say it anyway.Things change later, Liu Xiu is willing to take risks, but Cai Xuning cannot ignore the possibility of mistakes.

This is not a game.

It is not a game that can be restarted as the barrage thinks.

Cai Xuning kept reminding him of this in his heart.

Liu Xiu stood on the spot and looked at Cai Xuning, his dark eyes were deep, and his outline looked softer now.

After a while, he shook his head with a strange expression, and finally got out of that slightly crazy state.

He glanced at the sky, and said without turning his head: "Drag them all to the front hall, and tell him everything after the eldest brother wakes up."

Liu Xiu waved at Cai Xuning while talking, and he followed him out knowingly.

"...Tell him, man, to keep at least half of it for me."

Liu Xiu kept walking and walked outside the house, her voice was as deep as water.

"I'm going to skin them alive."

Behind him, Deng Si and the others were as soft as mud, and even Zhang He's face turned pale.In the Liu family, among these masters, only Liu Xiu, only Liu Xiu... never told lies.

But this time, Cai Xuning who stopped him just now did not say a word.

Although the method is cruel, he is unwilling to speak out to persuade him.

joke!

This Liu Xiu is his cub, it's okay to bully him!

Unfortunately, Cai Xuning has a moderate problem. He is a man who has raised things well, but he also protects his weaknesses.