This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 208 Catch them all in one fell swoop

It's getting dark.

Night fell quietly, shops on the street closed, and the number of pedestrians gradually decreased.

The three of them soon arrived at the streets in the south of the city.

Liu Chujian suddenly said, "Hand in hand, there seem to be two people behind us, following us."

Xiu Zhao turned his head to take a look and said with a smile: "It's okay, just ignore them."

As she spoke, she took a few quick steps and suddenly turned into a small alley nearby.

Once you enter the alley, there is no turning back.

A sneer appeared on her lips, and she slowed down her pace, waiting for the little sheep behind her to follow.

Liu Chujian followed in with Bier.

When Xiu Zhao heard the footsteps behind her, she sneered in her heart: She is indeed a stupid woman who has been deceived by a man.

She remained calm and continued walking forward.

At this time, the person following behind suddenly asked: "Is that the land temple in front?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xiu Zhao's expression suddenly changed.

She calmed down and turned around, a puzzled look on her face: "What land temple? What is Miss Liu talking about? In front is Wanhua Tower, my son-in-law is there."

Liu Chujian said: "Oh, maybe I remembered it wrong."

Xiu Zhao smiled, continued to walk forward, and urged: "Miss, please hurry up, I'm afraid my son-in-law can't wait any longer."

Liu Chujian took Bier and continued to follow behind.

Soon, an old and dilapidated land temple appeared on the open space on the right.

Xiu Zhao suddenly stopped.

Liu Chujian also stopped and looked at the land temple and said, "It seems that I was right. There really is a land temple."

Xiu Zhao turned around, and the humble smile on his face had turned into a sarcastic sneer: "Have you been here before, young lady?"

Liu Chujian looked calm: "No, this is my first time here today."

Xiu Zhao stared at the expression on her face for a few seconds, and suddenly found that something seemed wrong, so he immediately looked behind her.

But there was nothing behind her.

The two women who had been following behind also disappeared at some point.

Xiu Zhao's pupils shrank, and he immediately shouted, "Where's the person? Come out quickly!"

However, no one responded and no one came out.

The dark alley suddenly became eerily quiet.

Xiu Zhao was startled and immediately shouted to the land temple: "Brother! Come out quickly!"

However, the temple was also silent and there was no response.

Xiu Zhao's face began to turn pale and his right hand trembled as he reached to his waist.

Liu Chujian looked at her calmly.

At this moment, two blurry figures suddenly walked out of the dark alley.

Xiu Zhao's eyes lit up, and when he was about to speak, he suddenly saw the two figures gradually become clearer, and then stood behind Liu Chujian, staring at her with cold eyes.

It was not the two women, but two strong maids.

Xiu Zhao's heart sank instantly.

She suddenly turned around and prepared to run into the local land temple, but as soon as she moved, she stopped again.

Bai Qingtong walked out of the temple.

Behind her, there were several guards holding swords and with grim faces.

The sleeve move was completely desperate. With a "whoosh" sound, it suddenly rushed towards the wall on the left, then jumped up and jumped onto it.

However, at this moment, "Swish, swish, swish!", dozens of sharp arrows suddenly shot from the other side of the wall, blocking all her escape routes.

She clearly saw a tall girl and a row of guards holding bows and arrows standing on the other side of the wall.

Several sharp arrows pierced her body and shot her off the wall.

She fell heavily to the ground.

Liu Chujian looked at her calmly and said, "You should have found out clearly that Young Master Luo never had to pay when he went to the brothel. On the contrary, the brothel even gave him money. As for detaining him, that's even more false. The girls in the brothel would never let anyone bully him."

"Of course, he can't even take care of the women around him now, so how can he dare to go to a brothel?"

Xiu Zhao stared at her, and just as she was about to curse, Bi'er suddenly walked over, punched her in the mouth, and said angrily: "I told you not to say bad things about my son-in-law!"

Xiu Zhao's eyes showed hatred, and he suddenly reached out and grabbed her arm. When he was about to use up his last bit of strength to kill this arrogant little maid, he saw Bi'er also grabbed her arm with his backhand, twisted it gently, and with a "click", broke her arm directly.

Xiu Zhao suddenly let out a scream.

"boom!"

When she opened her mouth and screamed, Bier punched her again, breaking all her teeth and denting her nose, causing her to faint on the spot.

"Bad woman! Humph!"

Bi'er cursed again, then stood up and returned to her young lady.

Bai Qingtong looked at her in surprise.

Not long after.

The guards surrounded Bai Qingtong and his companions and walked out of the alley.

In the alley next to her, Jia Tanchun also came out, surrounded by a group of archers and guards.

These were all members of the Bai family. Jia Tanchun had originally wanted to bring along the Jia family's guards, but fearing there might be spies among them, she only brought along two maids and a nanny.

The two of them each brought a group of people and arrived at the land temple in advance.

One person went into the temple to arrest people, and the other one stayed outside to stop the ones who escaped the net. Before Liu Chujian arrived, all the people here had been caught.

There were five people in the temple, two people on guard outside, the one who tried to trick Liu Chujian into using her sleeve trick, and the two women who were about to arrest her by force, a total of ten people, all of whom were caught.

However, the two of them did not show any sign of happiness or relief.

After getting on the carriage, Jia Tanchun frowned and asked, "What's going on? Why would someone want to kill Master Luo? And why would they send so many people?"

Liu Chujian glanced at her and said nothing.

Bai Qingtong said: "As far as I know, the only one who has a grudge against my brother-in-law is Wan Qianzi."

Jia Tanchun shook her head: "It's not her."

Bai Qingtong looked at her and said, "I also know it's not her. The nanny, the maidservant, and the servant in your house have all been in your house for many years. No matter how rich Wan Qianzi is, it's impossible for all three of them to betray."

Jia Tanchun's expression changed as she said, "I have sent someone to interrogate him. When I return from the palace, I will interrogate him myself overnight."

Bai Qingtong said: "I'm afraid it's not that simple. I don't think we can get anything out of the interrogation."

There was silence in the carriage for a while.

Jia Tanchun suddenly looked at Liu Chujian next to her and asked, "Chujian, do you know anything? I should have told you everything about Mr. Luo, right?"

Liu Chujian was silent for a moment, then said, "I do know something, but I can't tell you for now."

Jia Tanchun was startled, and she and Bai Qingtong looked at each other, both of them showing a hint of confusion on their faces.

There are few pedestrians.

The carriage began to speed up and headed towards the palace.

Bai Qingtong said: "Chu Jian, you come with us to the palace, and wait outside with the maids and nannies. When you leave the palace, my brother-in-law and I will take you back."

Liu Chujian nodded, and suddenly looked at her and asked, "How did the Third Miss know about this tonight?"

Before Bai Qingtong could answer, the carriage suddenly stopped.

The woman driving the carriage said, "Miss, the son-in-law is outside. Would you like to let him in?"

Without waiting for a reply from inside the carriage, Luo Zijun had already jumped onto the carriage.

The woman said quickly, "Sir, the carriage is full of girls, including the Jia family's girl. It's not convenient for you to get in."

"It's okay. If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, no one will know."

The curtain was lifted and Luo Zijun got into the carriage.

The woman didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It's not like we're the only two of us, with so many guards and maids watching us."

Bai Qingtong said to the outside: "It's okay, let's go, hurry into the palace."

The woman said nothing more, and whipped the horse on its butt with a whip, and the carriage started moving again.

As soon as Luo Zijun entered the carriage, he reached out and held Bi'er's head, pushed her away roughly, and then sat between her and Chu Jian, and asked with concern: "Chu Jian, are you okay?"

Bier pouted, moved her butt to the side, and then wiped her head with her sleeve.

Liu Chujian smiled slightly, looked at him gently and said, "I'm fine."

"cough……"

When the two of them were standing close together, looking at each other lovingly, Bai Qingtong, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help but cough and said, "Brother-in-law, do you think your sister-in-law doesn't exist?"

Jia Tanchun next to her chuckled.

Luo Zijun then bowed and said, "Miss Third, Miss Tanchun, thank you very much."

Jia Tanchun laughed and said, "Is Mr. Luo so blatant? He is actually being affectionate with another woman in front of his own sister-in-law."

Bai Qingtong snorted and said, "This is totally not putting me and my sister here."

Luo Zijun apologized: "Miss San is joking, how could I dare to do that. I was just worried when I saw Chu Jian was deceived by someone."

Jia Tanchun suddenly asked, "Mr. Luo, how did you know that someone was going to attack you? Also, how did you know that there was a spy in my Jia Mansion?"

Luo Zijun was silent for a moment, and glanced at the two people opposite him. When he was hesitating whether to speak, Liu Chujian beside him said softly: "Brother Zijun, at this time, Chujian thinks that you should tell Miss San and Miss Tanchun. Maybe they can help you."

Bai Qingtong suddenly got angry and said, "It's not maybe, it's definitely. Brother-in-law, you told Chu Jian everything, but you refused to tell me. Do you really treat me as an outsider?"

Luo Zijun sighed and said, "The main thing is that I have been living off others and I don't want to live off others anymore."

As soon as these words were spoken, the four people in the car suddenly laughed.

Jia Tanchun laughed and said, "What's wrong with being a gigolo? Many men want to be a gigolo, but they don't have the ability to do so."

Liu Chujian smiled and said, "That's right."

Bai Qingtong said: "Brother-in-law, since you have already eaten all the free food, why not just keep eating it to the end. Tell me, what's going on?"

Luo Zijun stopped joking and looked at the third young lady of the Jia family opposite her and said, "Miss Tanchun, there is a man in your house named Lai Da. When you went back to secretly investigate the corruption in the Grand View Garden, did you investigate him?"

Jia Tanchun was stunned at first, then her expression became serious: "He is the chief steward of our Rongguo Mansion. When the Grand View Garden was built, he also helped others to get some work, but..."

"But his mother, Nanny Lai, is an old lady in your Rongguo Mansion. She served the Duke of the State back then. She is highly respected in the Jia Mansion and has the support of your grandmother. So you didn't dare to investigate him, right?"

Luo Zijun continued.

Jia Tanchun's expression changed: "Mr. Luo, what's wrong..."

"Of course I know."

Luo Zijun's face was calm, and his tone was surprisingly calm. He said lightly: "Because before he became the chief steward of your Rongguo Mansion, he killed my father and mother, and also killed my sister's unborn child, causing my family to be broken up. At the beginning, he almost sent someone to beat me to death, causing me to lose my memory and turning me into a fool..."

The carriage suddenly fell into silence.

(End of this chapter)