Rebellious Contract Beast

"Zhu Yanzheng has been kept in the dark... No way? Does that mean even Zhu Jianqing doesn't know anything?"

On the other side, Shen Yi actually didn't fly too far. After he saw that the old witch no longer focused her attention on him, he turned around and flew into a small courtyard not far away, then hid behind the wall and continued to peek at the scene.

Shen Yi was quite surprised to hear Zhu Yanzheng say that his father didn't tell him anything.

After all, Zhu Jianqing is the patriarch of the Zhu family. God knows how many people in Jiangzhou City are his spies. He and the old witch have tried to investigate how Zhu Yantao died, but it was very difficult and they didn't get any results.

But someone at Zhu Jianqing's level should be able to find some clues more or less.

Although Zhu Yantao, his son, has little presence in Zhu Jianqing's heart, he is still his son after all.

He is the head of the family. If he doesn't investigate his son's death, it would bring shame to the entire Zhu family.

The Zhu family couldn't possibly tolerate this.

Assuming that Zhu Jianqing didn't find out anything, Zhu Yanzheng could have talked to him nicely on the day he returned to the Zhu Mansion. It wasn't a big deal.

But unfortunately, Zhu Jianqing was kicked out and Zhu Yanzheng was beaten until he vomited blood.

This behavior looks like a warning no matter how you look at it.

If this is the case, it means that Zhu Jianqing must have found out something and knew who killed Zhu Yantao, and the Zhu family cannot afford to offend this person, so he plans to keep the matter to himself.

When he was in Daliang Jizhou before, Wu Gong once said something to Wang Zhongzhu, Duan Huai and others on the road. The original words were: "These wealthy families born of dog eggs are always afraid of only one kind of people!"

"Who is it, Boss?"

"Someone stronger than them! More vicious than them!"

Yes, those big families are always afraid of people who are stronger than them. What Wu Gong said makes a lot of sense.

Because they were the people that the Zhu family could not afford to offend, they did not dare to speak out.

In this case, there are only a few forces in the entire Jiangzhou City that the Zhu family cannot afford to offend, including Taoist priests in Taoist temples, prominent families in Jiangzhou, and secluded families, or royal families.

First of all, there are the Taoists in the Taoist temples. These Taoists have a very high social status. The royal family has to give them some respect when they see them. If things get really chaotic, few dynasties can withstand it. However, it is unlikely to be them. Under normal circumstances, only when a war breaks out in a certain place or evil spirits frequently appear to wreak havoc on one side, it is possible to often see people in the Taoist sect. In times of peace and prosperity, the Taoists stay in the Taoist temples and will not go out easily.

The second possibility is the royal family. However, if someone from the royal family came to Jiangzhou, it would probably have been known to the whole city before they came, so it is unlikely that it was done by the royal family.

Then there are the hidden families. Well... it's hard for Shen Yi to say. He doesn't know much about Jiangzhou. He only knows two prominent families in Jiangzhou. As for the hidden families above them, let alone those few surnames, he doesn't even know whether there are any hidden families in Jiangzhou City.

In the end, it might have been done by someone from the Lin family or the Wu family.

But why? Could it be Lin Xiayu?

Could it be that Zhu Yantao was harassing the old witch on the street that day, and Lin Xiayu happened to be nearby and saw it, so she became jealous and hated Zhu Yantao, so she sent her secret guards to kill him?

Uh ~
Shen Yi shook his head vigorously.

What a mess!

Could it really be so bloody?
On the other side, Zhu Yanzheng murmured the name "Wan Gaoyue" again, looking at He Jianchuyun with a trembling voice: "You...what do you mean?"

"Before your brother pestered me, I had never met him and had never had any relationship with him. Until one day, Wan invited me to her house to have a chat on the pretext of wanting to see me. Zhu Yantao was also there at the time. It was from then on that your brother..."

He Jianchuyun lowered his brows and told the story of his first meeting with Zhu Yantao and everything that happened afterwards.

After hearing this, Zhu Yanzheng's eyes widened, and the whites of his eyes were filled with bloodshot.

"Why does Wan Gaoyue want to see you?"

"How should I know? I also felt confused at that time, and he insisted on giving me a golden hairpin..." As she said that, He Jianchuyun wanted to find out the golden hairpin that Wan Gaoyue gave her and throw it to Zhu Yanzheng to see, but her senses had just penetrated into the storage space when she realized that the golden hairpin had been melted by Shen Yi.

The only thing left in her storage space was a ruby ​​embedded in a hairpin.

"Uh... Anyway, that's all I have to say. Your brother's death really has nothing to do with me."

"This..." Zhu Yanzheng sat down on the ground, his brain working rapidly, combining what the other party told him with what he knew.

His brother died on the fourth day of July, and he received the news of Zhu Yanzheng's death on the eleventh day of July. This seven-day interval meant that it was only a few hours after his brother's death. He hadn't even started investigating how Zhu Yantao died, but Wan Gaoyue urgently asked someone to send him a letter.

How could Wan Gaoyue be so sure that Ren Jiu was killed by He Jian Chu Yun?
Also, he and the brother Zhu Yantao have never wanted to have anything to do with Wan Gaoyue. Why did she inform him of the news and write in the letter that she wanted to help him?
Is Wan Gaoyue so kind?

Whether she intended to get close to Zhu Yantao or to help herself, what benefits could she get from these actions?
Think about these questions now, everything has an answer.

This bitch Wan Gaoyue is taking advantage of me!

Wan Gaoyue asked her to deal with He Jian Yanqiu and He Jian Chuyun so that she could take the position of the mistress of the Zhu family.

He and his younger brother Zhu Yantao were both victims of her struggle for power!
It was she who killed Zhu Yanzheng!

And there is also his own father Zhu Jianqing, who was blinded by Wan Gaoyue's beauty, so he concealed the truth for her!
From the beginning to the end, I misunderstood Tsurumi Yanqiu and Tsurumi Hatsuun. It was obvious that they were the two people I should seek help from the most.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yanzheng's face became terribly ferocious, like a demon crawling out of hell.

No matter how much he hated He Jian Chu Yun before, now all this hatred was transferred doubly to Wan Gaoyue.

"Ugh!"

He roared and punched hard, leaving a fist mark on the floor. Then he took a deep breath, stood up, looked deeply at He Jianchuyun, and asked, "Zhu Yantao's death...really has nothing to do with you?"

"How many times do you want to tell me this? If it was really me who killed Zhu Yantao, then just based on your attempt to murder my aunt, you would have died more than a hundred times."

"If my brother's death really has nothing to do with you, then you swear."

He Jianchuyun looked at him with disdain. She didn't want to pay attention to him at first, but seeing that Zhu Yanzheng seemed to hate Wan Gaoyue to death, she found it a little interesting, so she said lightly: "If I kill Zhu Yantao, my whole family will die, okay?"

It's so funny, the whole family died a long time ago.

Zhu Yanzheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He didn't expect her to swear such a cruel oath, but now he completely believed that the other party had nothing to do with his brother's death.

The hatred disappeared, and he looked at the girl in front of him with a different gaze. She was as beautiful as a fairy, no wonder she made Zhu Yantao so crazy.

Noticing his heartbeat quickening, Zhu Yanzheng quickly looked away and said awkwardly, "Actually... you don't have to swear so solemnly."

"Do you have anything else to do?"

"That's all...bye." Zhu Yanzheng turned around and was about to leave, but He Jianchuyun called him to stop.

"and many more."

As soon as she finished speaking, she waved to a place not far away, and saw two maids, Zhinuan and Huahong, coming over carrying a box.

"I don't know where your brother's two thousand taels of gold went, so I can't return it to you in its original form. There are 100,000 taels of silver in this box. You can keep it and think of it as Zhu Yantao exchanging gold for it."

Zhu Yanzheng's gaze lingered on the box for a moment and he slowly shook his head.

"No need for that. I challenged you to a duel and broke a lot of things here. Now we're even." After saying that, Zhu Yanzheng left resolutely, just like how he said goodbye to his guards before, without even looking back.

One hundred thousand taels of silver is a lot.

But he doesn't need to do that anymore. Now that the misunderstanding between him and He Jianchuyun has been resolved, the next step is to find Wan Gaoyue to settle everything!

When he came to Mingyanyuan to duel with Hejian Chuyun, he also prepared a high-level boiling blood pill and was ready to give it a try.

But unfortunately, He Jianchu Yun was much stronger than him, and he was defeated before he could even use the Boiling Blood Pill.

And now it happens that this Boiling Blood Pill can be used to deal with Wan Gaoyue.

"Damn bitch! Damn sign! I will kill you! I will tear you into pieces!"

……

"Third Master, why are you here?"

In Qingshuisongyuan, in front of Wan Gaoyue's villa, two guards with knives stretched out their hands to block Zhu Yanzheng's way.

Now he has calmed down and looks calm, as if his previous hysteria never existed.

Facing the two people's obstruction, he did not get angry, but just swept his eyes over the two people calmly, and said lightly: "I want to see my mother, is she in there?"

The two guards looked at each other, and their eyes were full of strong scrutiny as they looked at Zhu Yanzheng.

"What do you want to do with my lady?"

"I have something to tell my mother that I think she might be interested in."

"whats the matter?"

"Humph, you two can make the decision?"

The two guards remained silent and continued to look him over. Soon, one of them pointed at his bandaged right hand and asked, "What's wrong with your hand?"

"It's okay, I just accidentally got hurt while practicing sword." Zhu Yanzheng's eyes were calm, and his tone was unclear, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

"OK then."

Feeling that there was no problem, the two guards stopped talking and just signaled him to stay here and not act rashly. Soon someone turned around and walked towards the courtyard.

"Madam, Young Master Zhu is outside the door and wants to see you."

"Zhu Yanzheng? What does he want to do with me?"

"Madam, I don't know either, but he said he has something that might interest you."

"Oh? What's the matter?" In the small hall, Wan Gaoyue, dressed in luxurious clothes, was sitting on a bench. The maid next to her was holding a tray with various exquisite jewelry on it.

Wan Gaoyue took a piece of jewelry and put it on her hand, looked at it for two seconds, then quickly took it off and changed for another set of jewelry. But no matter how she changed, none of these jewelry seemed to satisfy her.

"Madam, I know myself well. There are some things I shouldn't know, so I don't dare to ask."

"That's right." Wan Gaoyue nodded upon hearing this, and was very satisfied with the guard's answer. Then he said lazily, "Go out and let that guy in."

"Yes! Madam."

The guard nodded quickly, and when he saw Wan Gaoyue wave his hand, he bent over and retreated.

After waiting for about two or three minutes, Zhu Yanzheng walked in. When he saw Wan Gaoyue, he bowed respectfully.

"Mother."

"Yan Zheng, please take a seat. You're welcome. I just heard someone say that you have something to tell me, right?"

"Yes, mother, but you don't have to sit down. I don't have much to say, so it will only take a moment."

"Oh, then go ahead." Wan Gaoyue didn't doubt it and nodded slightly.

Zhu Yanzheng opened his mouth and was about to say something, but after a moment's hesitation, he made a request, saying, "Mother, what I want to say is of great importance. I came here in a hurry to tell you quickly, and my mouth is dry. Can I have a glass of water first?"

"Hmm?" Wan Gaoyue frowned slightly, feeling that something was strange, but did not show any abnormality on the surface and waved to the maid on the right.

"Go."

"Yes, ma'am."

The maid nodded, looked at Zhu Yanzheng deeply, walked forward obediently, poured a cup of tea from the teapot and brought it to Zhu Yanzheng.

"Third Master, please use it."

"Thank you."

Zhu Yanzheng expressed his gratitude after receiving the teacup, then turned slightly, raised the cup and was about to drink.

But it was this action that made the maid serving tea change her expression: "What's in your hand..."

She wanted to ask something, but before she could finish her words, she heard a "choke" sound, and Zhu Yanzheng pulled her out from her waist.

"what?"

Another maid holding a tray next to Wan Gaoyue was a little confused. Because of the angle, she couldn't see what Zhu Yanzheng did, but by the time she reacted, it was too late.

The maid who served tea was caught off guard and was forced back by Zhu Yanzheng's sword.

"Evil woman! Pay for my brother's life!" Zhu Yanzheng roared with a ferocious look on his face, then flew up and slashed at Wan Gaoyue who was sitting on the bench with the sword in his hand.

"Stop him! He wants to harm the lady!"

At this moment, the two maids' faces changed at the same time and they hurriedly tried to stop them.

Zhu Yanzheng had long known that the strength of these two maids was extraordinary. Although they were not as strong as the people around He Jian Yanqiu, they were only slightly inferior. He could not accomplish anything with his own strength alone, so while drinking tea, he took the opportunity to swallow the high-level Boiling Blood Pill.

The two maids attacked together, but Wan didn't expect that Zhu Yanzheng didn't care about his own life or death and only wanted to kill Wan Gaoyue.

Now the two of them panicked. They were maids beside Wan Gaoyue, but Zhu Yanzheng was the young master of the Zhu family and the one who was valued by the head of the family. If they really killed him, they would probably not be able to escape.

Therefore, the two maids did not dare to kill him. They could only try their best to stop Zhu Yanzheng without killing him, while also ensuring that nothing happened to Wan Gaoyue.

But because he couldn't make up his mind, Zhu Yanzheng found an opportunity and swung his sword without any pause!
Wan Gaoyue reacted quickly, but was still a step slow. A cold light flashed across her nose and went through her entire left eye. She felt a sharp pain and kicked over the bench and fell to the ground. When she came to her senses, she touched her face. The next second, a shrill scream echoed in the huge Qingshuisong courtyard.

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...(End of chapter)