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Xie Qinghe's purpose is to prevent Chen Xiu from causing major troubles in Chen Ji's mansion, implicating Mrs. Chang and Fu Chuan.

He vaguely knew that the relationship between Chen Ji and Mrs. Chang was tricky, and that Chen Xiu's identity was so special that no one in Xiangzhou except Mrs. Jiang could control Chen Xiu.The only thing he didn't expect was that Mrs. Jiang's actions were so swift and resolute, and there were not many murders.

Chen Xiu's tongue was cut off, all the accompanying guards were executed, and she went to Chen Ji's house to fish out Mrs. Chang.

——announced to the outside world that Chen Ji's wife Chang died of a sudden illness.

The Chen family sent a large number of servants to Chen Ji's home to help Chen Ji with Mrs. Chang's funeral. The finished coffin was carried to the nave, and funeral cloths were hung on the walls of the lintel courtyard. Whether Chen Ji wanted to or not, he had to put them on. Mourning clothes, mourning for his wife.

This is also consistent with Chen Ji's plan.The only difference is that he intends to strangle Mrs. Chang, and now there is no one in the coffin.

Mrs. Jiang brought Mrs. Chang back to the Chen Mansion, told her to change into some simple clothes, put away a few flamboyant hairpins, and placed her in the back house without any difficulty.Anyone with eyes knows that it is Chen Ji's wife, but Mrs. Jiang does not admit it, and Mrs. Chang also calls herself Chang's daughter. Who dares to point to her face and ask her, why are you not dead?

Confused, Fu Chuan was dragged home to be a filial son to Mrs. Chang and help complete the funeral.

"No...Uncle, why on earth?" Fu Chuan asked Chang Chao beside him while burning paper in the brazier.

Chang Chao also had to guard his sister.Mrs. Jiang forced Mrs. Chang to hold a funeral. It seemed that Chen Ji's house was hung everywhere. This fake funeral was actually very perfunctory. The guards at the gate forbid anyone to come to the mourning hall to express their condolences. Most people just put down the funeral ceremony at the gate and went back. Well, Mrs. Chang herself has no one in her natal family—only her younger brother Chang Chao has been by Fu Chuan's side.

"This matter." Chang Chao was having a hard time opening his mouth. Seeing that the ashes in the brazier were flying up and about to stain his nephew's pink face, he reached out and grabbed the brazier, and moved the brazier to the outside, "You Don't you know?"

Fu Chuan shook his head.

"Xiao Lang-jun doesn't know either?" Chang Chao asked.

Fu Chuan thought for a while and said, "Brother may know something. It was he who asked me to invite my aunt."

Chang Chao was very surprised: "He knows, why didn't he tell you?"

"He knows a lot of things, and he wants to tell me everything?" Fu Chuan never doubted Xie Qinghe's intentions. In his mind, if the senior brother forgot to mention it, it was unintentional.If the eldest brother deliberately didn't say anything, then there must be a suitable reason, "Uncle also knows, didn't you tell me?"

Chang Chao was stunned speechless, and after a while he said, "Sister is originally a sister-in-law and concubine."

Fu Chuan opened his mouth, put the yellow paper in his hand into the brazier: "Oh."

No matter which era this matter is placed in, it is a serious criminal who is extremely perverted.However, this happened frequently in various big families, and usually the situation was kept secret, and the "disaster" was quietly put to death.

Chen Ji hooked up with Chen Fu's concubine, hired his father and concubine as his wife, and became a husband and wife in an upright manner. This was quite unexpected.

After a long silence, Fu Chuan suddenly asked: "A lot of people know about this?"

"The older members of the family know about it, but few outsiders know about it. Chen Xiu knows about it, but the elders in the ancestral temple don't. Those who know don't dare to mention it—I thought it was the Lord who kept his mouth shut, but now I want to come here , "Chang Chao said with some emotion, "It's Mrs. Jiang who takes care of the women in the back house."

How many concubines Chen Fu had, no outsiders knew about it.However, his children, the women in the back house, must be very clear about it.

When Chen Fu was alive, no one dared to mention this matter.After Chen Fu passed away, Chen Qi had no need to protect Chen Ji—as long as such immoral things were exposed, Chen Ji would immediately lose his qualification to legally inherit the family business.Why has no one poked Chen Ji's most painful spot for so many years?Even if Chen Qi's status is extremely stable and he doesn't bother to deal with Chen Ji at all, he shouldn't do anything to protect Chen Ji.

Now it's finally solved.It was Mrs. Jiang who was protecting people secretly, and it was not Chen Ji who was protecting her, but Mrs. Chang.

"Are mother and aunt old acquaintances?" Fu Chuan could clearly feel that Madam Chang was not welcomed by the servants in the back house.

Chang Chao was also a little dazed: "I don't know."

"It's not a long-term solution for grandma to live in the back house." Fu Chuan is not ungrateful, he feels that Mrs. Chang will not be very happy living there with the attitude of servants and maids in the house, and the back house is full of Chen Qi's wives and concubines , even if he is not in Xiangzhou now, will he not return to Xiangzhou for the rest of his life?

Chang Chao also nodded, looking at Fu Chuan expectantly: "Jun Lang is right."

"Uncle prepares some money, finds a suitable place to buy property and settle down, and then prepares some reliable servants and guards for my mother." Fu Chuan paid attention to the movement around him, and told Chang Chao in a soft and clear voice, "I will meet with eldest brother." Discuss and find a chance to let my mother move out."

Chang Chao was also not very happy to let his sister live in the back house of the Chen family, but Mrs. Jiang did it all by herself, so he couldn't get in the way at all.Now that his nephew is willing to come forward to plan, he naturally cooperates with all his strength.Worried that Fu Chuan would not be able to understand the situation, he specifically asked, "Guard?"

In his later years, Chen Fu managed the private soldiers very strictly. Under the rule of Xiangzhou, any aristocratic family raising private soldiers had to report to Donglou. In other families, any overcrowding would be a capital offense if found out.

If Fu Chuan wants Mrs. Chang to move out and live alone, he must have the power to protect himself, which involves the issue of private soldiers.

"Within a hundred people." Fu Chuan softly delineated the quota, "I will ask my elder brother to be considerate, and my uncle should not make too much noise."

Chang Chao was satisfied: "Just don't worry."

Mrs. Chang's funeral was sloppy, Fu Chuan stayed at home for a few days, once the "first seven" was over, Xie Qinghe ordered someone to bring him back.Chang Chao didn't bother to take care of the fake funeral, so he got his nephew's order and hurried to set up the family business, raise servants and guards, and prepare to welcome his sister out of the house.

After Fu Chuan returned home, he found that the senior brother was not in a good mood.Xie Qinghe naturally wouldn't find someone to vent his temper, but he didn't like to laugh when he was upset, and he didn't like to tease Fu Chuan, Fu Chuan could easily know that he was in the wrong mood.

"Did something happen while I was away?" Fu Chuan couldn't help asking, "Why is senior brother unhappy?"

Xie Qinghe shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with you."

"Of course I know it has nothing to do with me. If I offend senior brother, senior brother will teach me on the spot." Fu Chuan stuck out his tongue on purpose, stepped on Xie Qinghe's feet and sat in his arms, tilting his head to look at Xie Qinghe face, "... Mrs. Jiang?"

There are not many people in this world who can make senior brother care about, and the only one who can make senior brother sulk is Mrs. Jiang.

Having been told by Fu, Xie Qinghe stopped being perfunctory, and said with a frown: "In troubled times, life is like nothing. It's true. However, she is too murderous. I won't say that she cut off Chen Xiu's tongue. ——Chen Li has already led people to arrest Chen Xiu's entourage and generals, and there is Wu Sui leading people to hold the line, when the situation has no possibility of getting out of control, she ordered everyone to be killed."

"Eldest brother knew her temper on the first day? At the beginning, he almost killed Uncle Li with a cane, and made someone smash his uncle's face—"

Fu Biography hated Mrs. Jiang for many years, and habitually insulted her.

When Chang Chao was mentioned this time, Fu Chuan suddenly remembered that Chang Chao had told him that Mrs. Jiang had been secretly protecting Mrs. Chang.He was not ashamed to add insult to injury, and changed the subject abruptly: "At any rate, she still protects you."

Xie Qinghe didn't want to discuss Mrs. Jiang's issue with him at first, but Fu Chuan was talking nonsense, and he took advantage of the situation to change the subject.

"If this incident continues, it won't look good. I have already written a letter to my uncle, asking him to return to the city as soon as possible." Xie Qinghe said.

"Did Father reply?" Fu Chuan didn't care about Zhan Xuanji's reply, even if Zhan Xuanji had other ideas, the elder brother would definitely be able to handle him.What he was more worried about was the confession of the Yuexi assassins, and the mention of Hua Chun, he was afraid that Chen Qi would go crazy with hatred.

"He won't come back." Xie Qinghe didn't worry about this at all, as long as Chen Qi didn't come back in person, no matter how hard he wrote the letter, it would be useless.

The two were talking, when the door creaked and moved a little bit, and a dog's head poked in.

Xie Qinghe glanced at it, but didn't speak.

Just now the big black dog happily pushed open the door and rushed in.

This wild dog, which was almost slaughtered for meat, was raised to be smooth, fat and strong, with tendons all over its body, and it ran extremely stocky.After entering the house, it circled around Fu Chuan, wagging its tail desperately, insisting on putting the dog's head between Fu Chuan and Xie Qinghe.

"Okay." Xie Qinghe reprimanded.

The big black dog immediately shrank its neck and looked at Fu Chuan pitifully.

Fu Chuan hugged its head, and comforted him: "Be good, brother didn't scold you, you are such a big dog, you must know how to be polite. You can't squeeze the dog's head on brother's neck from now on. Be good." It's strange again , "Isn't Miss Liao taking care of you?"

"Ms. Liao doesn't really want to take care of it." Xie Qinghe didn't mention what happened specifically, "It's gone out of the house."

Fu Chuan didn't ask what happened, he fed the dried meat to the big black dog, and then went outside to watch the wild geese.

Xie Qinghe still felt a headache when he thought of the conversation with Mrs. Jiang.

Mrs. Jiang is very kind to him, and she can be regarded as a protector to the wives and concubines in the back house, but she really doesn't treat people as human beings.

Xie Qinghe's current situation is the same as Fu Chuan's - Chen Qi is not a good person, but Fu Chuan likes Chen Qi very much.Is Mrs. Jiang a good person?She is only good to those she likes and those with the same interests.

The difference is that Chen Qi is so bad that he is justified, and no one can change him.

Mrs. Jiang's position is relatively not that strong, Xie Qinghe tried to influence her to restrain her a little.

It turned out, obviously, that he failed.

Mrs. Jiang was unmoved at all, she didn't think there was any problem in killing dozens of ants.

Xie Qinghe talked to her very seriously, she held Xie Qinghe's face and smiled and praised my son for growing up, but turned her back and taught Xie Qinghe not to be a woman.

The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.

It is impossible for Mrs. Jiang to change her already formed thoughts, she will always regard human life as nothing.

This matter touched Xie Qinghe's bottom line, but Xie Qinghe didn't have any influence on Mrs. Jiang, no matter what his thoughts were, Mrs. Jiang would always go her own way-this is obviously not a normal mother-child relationship.

Xie Qinghe has been in the devil for a long time, and he has long been used to this predicament.

There is no way to misfortune or good fortune, but people call themselves.

Mrs. Jiang did not accept persuasion at all, and was still killing people like hemp, and he would not think about trying to change her.

However, occasionally recalling that year when Mrs. Jiang held the young him in her arms, resisting the violent storm caused by Chen Qi, and said those muddy and pearly words, Xie Qinghe felt a little disappointed.

Mrs. Jiang had protected him, and he wanted to protect Mrs. Jiang too.

However, Mrs. Jiang was too murderous... He couldn't control it at all.If you want to force it, it violates his way of practice.

So thoughtful, do you want... to make an exception?

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Only three or two days after Fu Chuan came back, another major event happened in Xiangzhou City.

Zhan Xuan will be assassinated!

The servant who came to report the letter was not in a hurry, and Xie Qinghe was not in a hurry either.With hemostatic ointment and numbing ointment as the base, as long as the injury is not too serious and killed on the spot, similar to the injury of a sword in a sword, it can stop bleeding quickly, and can also bypass the subsequent fever and pus, and most of the injured will survive.

Zhan Xuanji was surrounded by dead guards, and after the assassin got close, he only hastily slashed at him twice, and was quickly killed by the guards on the spot.

Zhan Xuanji was stabbed shallowly in the chest, only wounding the flesh, not the internal organs, and the other sword directly brushed past his arm.

After killing the assassin, the servants circled around Zhan Xuanji and immediately applied hemostatic ointment.Chen was not at ease, and immediately invited the doctor and the witch to have a look. The doctor said there was nothing serious, but the witch was just old-fashioned, saying that Zhan Xuanji was frightened, so he needed to summon his soul to fix it.Zhan Xuanji didn't have a good impression of the sorceress, and couldn't stand Chen's superstition, so he immediately offered a large sum of money to ask the sorceress Wuyang Wuyang to do a whole set.

Xie Qinghe was discussing with Fu Chuan: "My aunt and uncle have moved back to live in the city, so we have time to go."

Fu Chuan was even more unafraid: "Okay." Even if there are assassins watching over him, he can still protect the elder brother.The main reason is that it's really hard to explain why it's so hard for him to protect him.

While talking, Tian Wen hurriedly knocked on the door: "Little Lang!"

Both Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan were surprised.Tian Wencai came here in the morning, and left after lunch at noon, why did he come again?

"Mr. Xu Zhang, please come in." Fu Chuan got up to greet the guests.

Tian Wen at the door was sweating profusely, lost one of his shoes, and his socks were black and dirty: "After Mr. Zhan was assassinated, the guards sealed off the city to investigate the identity of the assassin, and found Jiuyang's head. There are rumors that Jiuyang escaped—— "

Chang Chao was in charge of all the expenses of the Xilou Shogunate. If something happened to him, everything under Tian Wen would have to stop.

Moreover, Tian Wen always felt that this matter was very suspicious: "He has no reason to assassinate Mr. Zhan, and there is no need for him to run away. This is not right!"

"Don't worry, my uncle is not weak, so he shouldn't be in danger." Xie Qinghe lowered his head to appease Fu Chuan.

Fu Chuan had already turned around, slapped three copper coins with his backhand, and immediately made a guess.Tian Wen stared blankly at the side, and Fu Chuan had quickly flipped through it six times. After getting the hexagram, he breathed a sigh of relief: "He's still alive. Brother, I'll ask Uncle Li to take someone to look for it right away."

"He knows where the safest place is." Xie Qinghe disagreed to send someone to look for it, and asked Tian Wen, "How did you know this?"

"Of course it was my father's place. Mr. Zhan's assassination is such a big deal, and I will report it to the east building below, and my father will urge the guards to investigate thoroughly. After finding out about Jiuyang, my father knew that there was something tricky about it. He said he sent someone to find Jiuyang. Yang, the sent guards died all over the place, and Jiuyang has disappeared." Tian Wen said.

Tian Wen spoke vaguely before, apparently because he didn't want to reveal his source.However, at this time, it is impossible to pass without making it clear.

"Was the Fuwei sent?" Xie Qinghe asked.

Tian Wen said helplessly: "Apart from the Fu Wei, there is no one else who can be sent out?"

Fu Chuan has understood Xie Qinghe's hint.

Even if Chang Chao was found out about the assassination, there was no need for Chang Chao to run away.It is impossible for Chang Chao to assassinate Zhan Xuanji, Tian Wen and Xie Qinghe are bound too tightly, and it is impossible for him to frame Fu Chuan's uncle, that is an indirect trap.

Therefore, the focus of the matter fell on the Fuwei who was sent out to arrest Chang Chao.

——If the guards did not arrest people, but were ordered to kill Chang Chao to silence them, Chang Chao could only resist the arrest and escape.

This is why Xie Qinghe disapproved of Fu Chuan notifying Chen Li to take someone to find Chang Chao.

The internal forces of the Fuwei are intertwined. Chen Li, as Chen Qi's confidant guard, is actually a fringe person in charge of guarding on duty, and does not really hold power.Wu Cun and Situ Prison who are in power, which one is credible?Do you dare to risk Chang Chao's life at this time?

"Then..." Fu Chuan raised his head and asked Xie Qinghe for instructions, "Go see uncle first?"

"Go see uncle first." Xie Qinghe said at the same time.

Zhan Xuanji was the person involved in the assassination, and if he wanted to clear Chang Chao of the suspicion, he had to interrogate him from the scene of the assassination.What's more, Chang Chao is Fu Chuan's uncle and has been working for Xie Qinghe. He is involved in this matter, Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan are also suspected.At this time, to ask Zhan Xuanji behind his back, it is better to take the initiative to contact Zhan Xuanji to clarify.No matter what aspect you consider, it is the most correct choice to go to Zhan Xuanji first.

On the contrary, Tian Wen was a little hesitant: "If someone catches you by surprise...Xiao Langjun has been raised at the house for most of the winter, I'm afraid the other party is thinking about today."

"Don't be afraid of calculations. It would be good if you can lure the snake out of the hole." Xie Qinghe originally planned to visit Zhan Xuanji.

Tian Wen was worried and could not persuade Xie Qinghe, so he had to silently follow Xie Qinghe.

Before departure, Chen Li reminded: "Cheer up!"

The news of Zhan Xuan's assassination has spread throughout Xiangzhou, and Chen Li is also worried that he might lead a snake out of his hole, and is extremely nervous about Xie Qinghe's safety.

He arranged for acquainted guards to accompany him, and Tian Wen, who followed over there, silently found a horse in the crowd and climbed up, and followed Xie Qinghe.It made the guard look confused - you rode my horse, what should I ride?

However, Tian Wen is Mr. Xiao Langjun's husband, and it's not easy for the guard to reason with him, so he has to be lucky with a sullen face.

Chen Li turned around to find out the situation here, and hurriedly comforted the guard who had been robbed of the horse: "You stay and rest for a while, it's okay, it's okay."

In the past, Fu Chuan always walked with Xie Qinghe, but today he was also worried about being attacked on the way, so he deliberately retreated half a horse, and kept a little distance from Xie Qinghe, so as to take care of the safety of the four parties.Xie Qinghe worked hard on his body, and his skills are not bad, and with the support of Fu Chuan, he is not afraid of assassins at all.

A group of people rode horses and rushed to Zhan's house. Chen Li called the door to announce, and Zhan's servants opened the middle door to welcome them. Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan entered the door of Zhan's house without any accidents.

Chen Li did not dare to relax his vigilance at all, and beat his subordinates: "Don't be careless!"

Fu Chuan took the hand of the elder brother, looking around seemingly childishly, but he was actually looking at the terrain of the Zhan family.

Not long after entering the door, Xie Qinghe led Fu Chuan and was still walking in, and Chen Shi hurried out with her servant.She only had Xie Qinghe in her eyes. When she met her, she squatted down and hugged Xie Qinghe into her arms, and asked softly: "My good boy, why are you here? Did you tell your mother?"

Mrs. Chen has a temperament of flattering her superiors and depressing her inferiors. Among her younger siblings, she is only friendly with Mrs. Jiang, and she is only affectionate with Chen Qi's son.Not to mention Chen Juan, even Chen Shi, Chen Ze, and Chen Qiu, she didn't think much of them.Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan were also used to her hypocritical appearance, so they didn't care about it.

"My son came to visit my uncle. I came in a hurry, and I didn't tell my mother." Xie Qinghe walked out of her arms and asked, "Where does my uncle recuperate?"

Chen wanted to pull his hand, but Xie Qinghe avoided it without a trace, and she gave up a step: "I'll take you there. Little child, that's all you need? He was injured, you sent someone here Just take a look, if you have to come here in person, you won’t be afraid of being unsafe on the road. I heard from your uncle that you are now the thorn in the side of that wicked man..."

Chen babbled all the way, focusing on her attitude towards the younger brother, Xie Qinghe didn't bother to talk to her.

On the contrary, Fu Chuan couldn't help but agree: "Yeah!"

"Yes!"

"My aunt was right."

"Who said no?"

……

Mrs. Chen turned her head and glanced at him, she was quite disgusted with the young nephew's talkativeness, which disturbed her conversation with the eldest nephew.However, she didn't hate her, she didn't say any bad words, or hinted to Fu Chuan to shut up.

When they arrived at the place where Zhan Xuanji slept, there was still black blood at the door, and strange spells were hung on the courtyard wall and pillars.

Chen explained: "My mother-in-law is still practicing. If you are not in the courtyard, you don't have to go to see the ceremony."

Xie Qinghe was slightly surprised.Dare to love the sorceress in the courtyard, and she plans to take her nephews to see the sorceress?Mrs. Jiang is also superstitious, but Mrs. Jiang uses the witch as a human being.Chen's is different, is she so "pious"?

As for why the witch was not in the courtyard, Xie Qinghe immediately knew the reason.

There were seven or eight government guards standing in the courtyard, talking to Zhan Xuanji's private guards, seeing Mrs. Chen coming in with Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan, Tian Wen and Chen Li followed behind, all stopped, bowing their knees and saluting: " Greetings to Mr. Xiaolang."

Mrs. Chen complained, "They came to investigate your uncle's assassination. Your uncle forbade them to take the guard away, so they could only ask in the yard."

Xie Qinghe's expression didn't change, he called out to the guard: "Wanna."

Passing through the crowds in the courtyard, a servant girl opened the curtain at the door, Mrs. Chen led Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan in, and when Tian Wen followed, the two servant girls hesitated for a moment, but did not stop him.

It was also Xie Qinghe's first visit to Zhan's house. Zhan Xuanji's bedroom was very elegantly furnished, with vases on the desk and shadows of books on the wall. When he entered the door, he could smell a faint fragrance, and there was light smoke curling from the stove.

Even Mrs. Chen became very gentle and relaxed after entering the door, and greeted, "This way."

Behind the curtain is Zhan Xuanji's inner bedroom.

Two beautiful maidservants were serving at the bottom of the bed, one on the left and one on the right, as quiet as objects.Seeing that Mrs. Chen brought someone in, the two of them got up together and bowed to Mrs. Chen: "Ma'am."

Mrs. Chen glanced at Zhan Xuanji and asked, "How is the Lord?"

The maidservant on the left replied: "Master Lang has been sleeping peacefully for two hours."

Xie Qinghe has been watching Zhan Xuanji's situation since he entered the door, and he can still see Zhan Xuanji's chest rising and falling from a distance, and always feels that something is wrong.He approached the bed in two or three steps, and saw that Zhan Xuanji's head was covered with sweat, his lips were pale, and his upper body was trembling unconsciously—this didn't look like he was "sleeping peacefully"!

"Little...brother Jun." Xie Qinghe quickly lifted the thick quilt on Zhan Xuanji's body to check his wounds.

Chen was very surprised: "Cong'er? Stop!"

Fu Chuan rushed to the bed one step ahead of her, and helped Xie Qinghe take off Zhan Xuanji's clothes.Zhan Xuanji's wound was covered with a bandage, and the two hurriedly took it apart. Fu Chuan approached Zhan Xuanji's mouth and nose to smell it, and said, "It doesn't look like blood poison."

Chen also rushed over, wanting to stop: "What are you two doing?!"

Xie Qinghe explained: "Uncle is poisoned."

Mrs. Chen lost her mind for a moment: "Ah? Poisoned? What... what should I do? Go to the doctor quickly. No, Caiyun, Liuli, go to the witch, go and find the witch!" The two beautiful maidservants were also in a panic, Qi Qi ran out.

Fu Chuan said sharply, "Don't leave!"

Tian Wen happened to be guarding the door and stopped the two beautiful maidservants.

Chen believed that she had endured her little nephew for a long time, always nagging her that she could bear it, but she couldn't bear it if she wanted to harm her husband!

Mrs. Chen said angrily: "Are you trying to kill my uncle by stopping the sorceress to save people?!" After finishing speaking, a pair of beautiful eyes stared at Tian Wen, "Who are you? How dare you play wild in my house? Hurry up and kill my uncle." Maid let go!"

Tian Wen explained: "Ma'am, no matter how addicted and ignorant a person is to poisoning, there will be signs of poisoning in the body. Such as dizziness, vomiting, trembling, and severe breathing... These two maidservants are guarding Mr. Zhan, either I already knew that Mr. Zhan was poisoned, and I ignored it on purpose, or I was slack in playing and didn't notice Mr. Zhan's injury. It's a crime that deserves to be shot."

Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan had already untied Zhan Xuanji's bandage, Fu Chuan moved closer to inspect the wound, and came to a conclusion: "It's not the poison of the weapon."

Chen's ignorance is ignorance, but he is not stupid.

If the wound was not poisonous, Zhan Xuanji had another way of being poisoned, most likely by taking poison.

"There is still a wound on the arm!" Chen reminded.

At this moment, two beautiful maidservants suddenly pulled out the short daggers in their sleeves, one pierced Tian Wen's throat, and the other took advantage of the situation to get away and wanted to run out.Tian Wen ran around wearing a scholar's shirt all day, and the market was not for nothing. In the chaos, he knocked out the dagger of a maidservant, squatted down and knocked down another.

At this time, Chen Li had already heard the sound and chased him in. He happened to bump into the maidservant who was running out, and caught her with two or three moves.

"Tongue!" Tian Wen immediately reminded Chen Li when he saw the wet blood on the ground.

Chen Li quickly removed the maidservant's chin, but it was still a step too late. There was blood gushing from the corner of the maidservant's white mouth. Chen Li didn't see the tongue that was bitten off by her, so he sniffed it closely: "It's poison."

Tian Wen was very curious: "How can there be such a quick poison?"

Chen Li didn't know either.

Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan also checked the wound on Zhan Xuanji's arm, and it was still extremely clean.

Seeing their faces, Mrs. Chen turned her head to see the two female servants who knew about it, but unfortunately, one of them slept in the inner bedroom and the other slept outside, they both vomited blood and were completely dead.

Fu Chuan accumulated Qi with his fingertips, and followed Zhan Xuanji's throat down to the stomach, liver, and kidneys, and winked at Xie Qinghe.

He couldn't be sure what the poison was, but no matter what the poison was, it was already crazily eating away at Zhan Xuanji's liver and kidneys.

In front of Mrs. Chen, Xie Qinghe couldn't help murmuring with Fu Chuan. He tapped his finger on Zhan Xuanji's body, and Fu Chuan nodded or shook his head. After a while, Xie Qinghe came to a conclusion and said, "Yes." Voodoo."

Volts understands in seconds.

He has the essence of cultivation, so he directly drew a protection talisman in the void, wedged between Zhan Xuanji's heart and spleen.

At the same time, Zhan Xuanji, whose face had been swollen and red and his lips pale, slowly opened his eyes.

"It's symptomatic. That's how it works."

Xie Qinghe turned over and jumped out of the bed. He didn't bother to go up and explain to Chen Shi who was full of expectation and confusion. He first walked to the side of the maidservant who was lying on the ground and died not long ago. The maidservant threw a pool of blood on the ground. His skin is rotten.Xie Qinghe knew how powerful he was, and raised his hand, Tian Wen immediately handed out a handkerchief.Xie Qinghe wrapped his hand with a handkerchief, raised the chin of the dead maidservant, and carefully inspected her mouth.

Tian Wen asked with concern: "Did you take poison?"

Also voodoo.Xie Qinghe didn't intend to go into details, and nodded: "Carry it out and burn it, don't touch the blood with bare hands. The ashes are buried deep."

"So poisonous?" Tian Wen was taken aback, and took a step back quietly.

The house guards and private soldiers of Zhan's family who were investigating the assassination in the yard also noticed the movement in the house, and they all gathered around the door waiting for news.Chen Li silently came out to find someone to carry the body. A few private soldiers of Zhan's family volunteered for the recruitment, and the guards followed in.

Chen Li told him not to touch the blood of the dead maidservant with his bare hands, but these private soldiers didn't care too much.

Just as he was carrying the female corpse out, he heard a "hissing", and a private soldier raised his hand in horror: "My hand...is numb, numb!"

Xie Qinghe kicked Chen Li's saber. Chen Li got his clear instructions, without even thinking about it, he pulled out his saber and quickly chopped off the man's arm from the elbow.Xie Qinghe urged: "Not enough." Chen Li cut off the private soldier's arm at the root with another sword strike.

This scene stunned everyone present, and the private soldiers were very upset, since you are a young man, you can't bully people like this, right?He is not the serious master of the Zhan family, how could he come to the retainer's house to hack and kill?

Chen Li quickly took out the hemostatic ointment: "Stop the bleeding quickly."

Hemostatic ointment is very precious.However, since the last time he was attacked in the other courtyard in the north of the city, Chen Li always carried it with him when he went out.He is the guard who has served Mr. Xiao Lang all the year round, so it is very convenient to apply for this kind of medicine.

Everyone at the scene hurriedly helped the private soldier with the severed arm to stop the blood spurting out, and the man was just shocked: "It's so poisonous."

Seeing that his brother wanted to trouble Chen Li, he described it to everyone: "At first, I felt a little wet, and then I lost consciousness and felt numb... from here to here..." He wanted to point his arm, The place was empty, but everyone could feel his terror, "If this Fuwei brother hadn't chopped so fast, the poison would have crawled into the body from the arm, straight into the heart!"

The Zhan family's private soldiers who took medicine for him also had blood on their hands, and they were a little out of sorts at the moment, with pale faces.

Chen Li couldn't help but look at the blood left on his sword.

The private soldier with the broken arm said with certainty: "There is no poison here, and it hasn't climbed to the shoulder yet."

Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Chen was quite considerate to the servants, and upon seeing this, she did not ask the servants to take any more risks, and ordered: "There is no need to move it, just put it here. Take a sheet to cover the corpse and the blood-stained place, and spread it tightly. Later, please move the master to another room to rest, ask people to clear out the nearby houses, and burn this place directly."

This order surprised Xie Qinghe.

The place where Zhan Xuanji lives is naturally the best house of the Zhan family. In cold blood, the value of this building can buy hundreds of slaves.In order to reduce casualties, Chen was willing to burn this place, which shows that she did not regard the lives of her servants as trivial.

——In this day and age, this is a great act of kindness.

Chen looked back at Zhan Xuanji again, and asked with some anxiety: "Jun, Jun'er, how is uncle... how is he? You... do you want a witch to help? Can you do it?"