swear not to be concubine

Chapter 109

The news that Jian Yan hadn't returned all night reached Xu Zhongxuan's ears the next morning.

Originally, according to Mrs. Jane's intention, she didn't want to make this matter public.

Although Jian Yan had previously forced her to die and not live in Zhou Yuanzheng's other courtyard, Zhou Yuanzheng still wanted her to go to his other courtyard as soon as possible.After all, Xu's house is Xu Zhongxuan's ancestral house, so Jian Yan is always under Xu Zhongxuan's protection, and it is not easy for him to rob people by force, and these two, after all, Jian Yan and Xu Zhongxuan live under the same roof, Although Biyun and Cui's mother were watching, but the two of them found an opportunity to meet secretly?So Zhou Yuanzheng also secretly told Biyun and Mother Cui that if they had the chance, it would be best to take Jian Yan captive to the other courtyard he bought.At that time, the deal is done, and Xu Zhongxuan can't do anything to measure him.That's why when Jian Yan said that she would take Biyun and Cui's mother to watch the fireworks in the capital on the Lantern Festival, Biyun and Cui's mother didn't say anything.Even when the two of them went to talk about this to Mrs. Jian, they vaguely mentioned that they would not come back after going out with Jian Yan tomorrow.

Mrs. Jane understood immediately, and at the same time acquiesced to the two of them's actions.So regarding Jian Yan's failure to return all night, she didn't take it to heart, and she didn't want to say anything about it. Instead, she thought that she had to pack her bags, and left Xu's house after two days and moved to Zhou Yuanzheng's place. Go live in another courtyard.

In the end, Pearl sneaked into Ning Cui Xuan and told Xu Miaojin about it.

When Xu Miaojin heard this, he was taken aback.Then she immediately ordered Qingzhu to go out and call the boy to set up a car, and she was going to Xu Zhongxuan's place.

When she was about to leave, she thought about it, and asked Qingzhu to find out the sachet and the lotus leaf koi picture that Jian Yan gave her the day before yesterday, and brought them along.

And when he hurried all the way to Xu Zhongxuan's place, Xu Zhongxuan was still resting in bed.

This time, the severity of the wind chill he made by himself exceeded his expectations, and the high fever never abated.Even if you retreat a little occasionally, you will definitely go up again the next day.

But after hearing what Xu Miaojin said about Jian Yan not coming home all night, he sat up in shock immediately, and then he lifted the quilt and was about to get out of bed.

It's just that his head was already dizzy, but he got up suddenly again, and he couldn't help but feel dizzy for a while. After shaking his body for a few times, he still couldn't support himself, and fell down on the bed with his hands on the railing. on the edge of the bed.

Xu Miaojin was so anxious that she didn't know what to do, but she could only persuade gently: "Brother, you have to take care of your body. Sister Yan, sister Yan, maybe she just saw something novel and interesting, and she just watched it for a while. That's why she didn't come back last night. But maybe she's at home now."

But in this case, not to mention deceiving Xu Zhongxuan, even she herself didn't believe it, so in the end she didn't say anything anymore.

At this moment, Xu Zhongxuan only felt that his headache was about to split, and he was also very anxious. He didn't know where Jian Yan was and whether she was in danger.

With his eyes closed, he stretched out his hand to press his right temple, while thinking about things quickly in his mind.

Was it Zhou Yuan who ordered Biyun and Cui Mama to kidnap Jian Yan?Otherwise, how can Mrs. Jian not want to say anything about Zhang Jianyan not coming home all night?This can only show that Mrs. Jane actually knew about it and acquiesced in it.But Jian Yan's temperament is so cautious, she already knew that Zhou Yuanzheng had bad intentions for her, and Biyun and Cui's mother were sent by Zhou Yuanzheng, no matter how much they suggested, she should come to the capital to watch the fireworks yesterday , how could Jian Yan agree?What's more, I also told her thousands of times at that time, telling her not to take a step out of Xu Zhai, she also agreed, how could she do this yesterday?
Xu Zhongxuan intuitively felt that this matter should have nothing to do with Zhou Yuanzheng.So he pondered for a moment, then opened his eyes, raised his head and asked Xu Miaojin: "Is there anything unusual about Jian Yan these two days?"

"Ah?" Xu Miaojin didn't follow his train of thought for a while, and looked at him blankly.

Ever since Xu Miaojin said that Jian Yan hadn't returned all night, Xu Zhongxuan's brows have been furrowed tightly, and it will become even tighter.

"When was the last time you saw Jian Yan? Did she say anything to you?"

Xu Miaojin suddenly realized, and then turned her head to call Qingzhu, asking her to bring over the sachet and the lotus leaf koi picture.Then she said: "The last time I saw sister Yan was the day before yesterday. At that time she gave me this sachet and this picture of lotus leaf koi. Biyun was in the room at the time, and she said it was for me Yes, but I know it's actually for you, so I brought these two things to you today."

Xu Zhongxuan took the sachet and lotus leaf koi picture from Qingzhu's hand, and stretched out his right hand to caress slowly.

Why did she give him these at this time?

"What did she say to you that day?" Xu Zhongxuan's voice sank, "Don't miss a single word."

Xu Miaojin thought for a while, and then carefully recounted what Jian Yan said that day.

What do you mean you should take good care of yourself so that she can feel at ease?With a stab in his heart, Xu Zhongxuan squeezed the sachet tightly in his hand.

She clearly had the idea of ​​fleeing here.That's why I came to this capital to watch the fireworks yesterday, in fact, just to escape.

Naturally, she couldn't do this alone, so there must be someone outside to guide her.

Very good, he thought through gnashing of teeth, that night she had promised him so swearingly that she would never leave him even half a step unless she died, but now she broke her promise like this.

Xu Zhongxuan only felt that his hands holding the sachet were trembling uncontrollably.He knew that Jian Yan did have the ability to escape from here, but he would never do what she wished.

He had told her that day that since he had accepted her will, even if he died, he would not let her go.

"Qi Sang." Xu Zhongxuan stood up suddenly and shouted loudly.

Because Xu Miaojin was in the room, Qi Sang just stood outside the corridor and waited for him to avoid suspicion.Hearing Xu Zhongxuan's furious voice at this time, he was terrified all over, hurriedly walked in with his hands down, knelt down on one knee, and called out respectfully: "Young master."

"Go and find Bai Wei and Zhou Lin for me. If they have left the capital, you must also find them before sunset today, otherwise you will come to see them. "

Although it was such a cold day, Qi Sang still felt a shudder, and his back was covered in cold sweat.

"Yes," but he didn't dare to disobey, so he could only say in a deep voice, "This subordinate will go find Bai Wei and Zhou Lin."

But what he thinks in his heart is, God bless, I hope the two of them have not left the capital now, otherwise his little life will be accounted for today.

Fortunately, God still blessed him, because when he arrived at the home of Zhou Lin and Bai Wei, both of them sat at home well.

Ever since Xu Zhongxuan found out that Jian Yan was the real behind-the-scenes shopkeeper of Shijin Pavilion, he would send people to pay close attention to Zhou Lin's movements from time to time.Years ago, Jian Yan asked Bai Wei and Zhou Lin to marry. He felt that Jian Yan's move might have some deep meaning, so he secretly sent someone to watch day and night at the place where Bai Wei and Zhou Lin temporarily lived, just to guard against Jane Yeon will unite them to escape from here.

Now Qi Sang appeared in front of Zhou Lin and Bai Wei, Zhou Lin didn't know him yet, but Bai Wei did.

Bai Wei stood up, bowed her knees and bowed to Qi Sang, asking: "How do you know I live here?"

Qi Sang thought, why didn't I know you lived here?I even know what vegetables you bought yesterday.It's just that you've all stayed here honestly recently, and didn't intend to join Miss Jian to escape here, so the young master has never disturbed you, and only let people watch you secretly.

But he didn't say anything, just put on a dull face, successfully pretended to be unpredictable and said: "Young master asked you two to go over, he has something to ask you two."

Bai Wei's heart was lifted tightly.Wanting to start a routine, he asked Xu Zhongxuan what exactly he told her and Zhou Lin to do, but seeing Qi Sang's cold and serious face, he still didn't ask anything.

When the two of them arrived at Xu Zhongxuan's place, they saw Xu Zhongxuan sitting in the armchair in front of the Mingjian living room.Even though he closed his eyes now, he still gave people a deep sense of oppression when facing him.

Bai Wei's heart trembled, and she was about to salute Xu Zhongxuan with Zhou Lin, but just as she bent her knees, Xu Zhongxuan opened his eyes.

When Bai Wei caught his gaze, she felt that his gaze was lightning-like and unusually cold, and she couldn't help but feel a sudden bump in her heart, and the hand hanging by her side immediately grasped the hem of the clothes tightly.

"Jian Yan is gone." Xu Zhongxuan didn't intend to talk nonsense with the two of them, and asked succinctly, "Where did she go?"

"Slave, I don't know." Bai Wei's voice trembled, and her face turned pale.

Seeing this, Zhou Lin hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold her hand, looked up at Xu Zhongxuan neither humble nor overbearing, and said loudly: "Even though Miss Jian was once Bai Wei's master, now Bai Wei is married to a villain as his wife. We are together, even if Miss Jian disappears, how will she know? Please also ask Xu Shilang to learn."

When Xu Zhongxuan heard the words, his eyes turned to Zhou Lin.

Zhou Lin only felt that although Xu Zhongxuan had a gentle and elegant appearance, his expressionless face gave people the feeling that he was too domineering.

"Zhou Lin," Xu Zhongxuan said in a cold voice at this time, "You were originally from Qujiang County, but because of the severe drought in your hometown, you had no choice but to flee the famine together with your parents and family members. On the way to flee famine, your parents and family members all starved to death, you I was rescued by Qian. Later, Qian rescued another girl on the way and named her Bai Wei. Afterwards, the three of you were forced to make ends meet and sold yourself into Jian’s house as slaves. You worked as a boy in Jian’s woolen shop , Mrs. Qian is Jian Yan's nanny, and Bai Wei is the maid beside Jian Yan. After Mrs. Jian came to Tongzhou, you followed immediately. It was Jian Yan who invested 1000 taels of silver to teach you how to put money in the pawnshop, so that you A wool shop was opened in Tongzhou. Later, Jian Yan made suggestions and asked you to open Shijin Pavilion. Later, Jianyan instructed you to cooperate with Shen Chuo to open Shijin Pavilion in other provinces."

When Zhou Lin and Bai Wei heard Xu Zhongxuan say such words so calmly, their expressions changed drastically.

How would he know this?It was as if he had seen all these with his own eyes.But it’s not possible, they’ve done all of this in a sufficiently secretive way.

And at this time they heard Xu Zhongxuan continue to say in a cold voice: "Jian Yan's ultimate goal of opening Shijin Pavilion is not to make money, but to escape from Mrs. Jane's side. So you have a certain amount of money in your hand After that, Jian Yan instructed you to go to other provinces to apply for a household allowance for her. You traveled all over South Zhili, thirteen provinces, and finally got a household allowance in a remote place in the northwest. You are the head of the household, The pseudonym is Zhou Ning, Bai Wei is your wife, the pseudonym is Zhou Yue, and Jian Yan and Si Yue are your younger sisters. You just need to find an opportunity to escape from here, change your name and surname, and continue to live in a foreign land. Zhou Lin, am I right or not?"

When he said the last sentence, Xu Zhongxuan's voice suddenly rose.

The faces of Zhou Lin and Bai Wei were full of disbelief at this moment.

Did he even know these things?Since when did he know it?And why didn't you say it all the time?Isn't the escape plan they thought was perfect and seamless during this period of time under his control?
Xu Zhongxuan's hands holding the armrests of the armchair also gradually tightened.Because of the high fever, but also because of excitement, his face was slightly flushed.

Seeing Xu Miaojin on the side, she was very anxious.

Her elder brother is so seriously ill.

So she turned her head, faced Bai Wei, and said reproachfully: "Bai Wei, you have been with Sister Zaiyan for so long, and you can see how my elder brother treats Sister Yan It's really holding it in your hand for fear of falling, and keeping it in your mouth for fear of melting. And now something like Zhou Yuanzheng has happened. My elder brother fights with him in the court every day, in order to avoid his persecution. On a very cold day, I didn’t hesitate to soak my whole body in ice water so that I could get such a severe wind and cold, just because I didn’t want Sister Yan to be a concubine to Zhou Yuanzheng. You don’t know my elder brother’s painstaking efforts? But now Sister Yan Another situation like this happened and she didn’t return all night. What happened? Was she kidnapped by Zhou Yuanzheng, or did something happen to her? Even if, as I said just now, Sister Yan wanted to escape by herself , you are telling my elder brother the truth. My elder brother is the person who cares about my sister Yan the most in the world, so could he still harm her? You can tell my elder brother to feel at ease after all."

But Bai Wei just lowered her head and said nothing.

"Jian Yan may have wanted to escape at first," Xu Zhongxuan's voice sounded coldly at this moment, "but I'm afraid she is under guard now, and she will never be able to leave again."

Bai Wei suddenly looked up at him with a look of astonishment.

Seeing this, Xu Zhongxuan continued to administer strong medicine.

"If she is really able to escape here by herself now, how could she not come to inform you and take you with her? If I expected correctly, Jian Yan would have pre-planned that household allowance, including the money you earned during these years. I put it by your side. You must have made an appointment to escape together, otherwise, how can you travel thousands of miles with only her and April? But haven't she and April come to look for you yet? It must be in the middle Something went wrong. Is it the person who said he would help you? Otherwise, now that Jian Yan is under the watchful eye of Zhou Yuanzheng, the two of you alone would not be able to successfully lure Jian Yan out, right? So I didn't go out to watch any fireworks. Who promised to help you pick up Jian Yan, and you still believe in him like this?"

Bai Wei's face became more and more serious, and her hands in her sleeves began to shake slowly.

If it is true as what Xu Zhongxuan said, that is to say, the reason why Shen Chuo said he wanted to help them was not because of any business partners or the like, but he actually had ulterior motives.

Xu Zhongxuan has been watching the subtle expression changes on Bai Wei's face.At this moment, when he saw Bai Wei's face turned pale and her eyes fluttered, he knew that her heart was actually loosened.So he went on to say: "Bai Wei, think about it, the person who gave you and Jian Yan this idea, he really deserves your trust? Why would he help Jian Yan like this for no reason? You know , he is helping Jian Yan like this now, no doubt he is facing me and Zhou Yuan at the same time, so he has such boldness and supernatural power?"

In fact, Xu Zhongxuan has already vaguely guessed who this person is.After all, Jian Yan seldom goes out on weekdays, and she doesn't know many people.What's more, someone who dared to confront him and Zhou Yuanzheng at the same time.

At this moment, Bai Wei's whole body was trembling, and her lips were trembling uncontrollably.

Xu Zhongxuan's gaze was still fixed on her.

"Bai Wei, tell me," his voice slowed down and brought some gentleness, "Who told you to do this? Where is Jian Yan now? You have been with her for so many years, and you don't miss her Something happened, right? As long as you tell me who came up with this idea behind the scenes, I can find Jian Yan right now."

"Yes, it's Shen Chuo." Under Xu Zhongxuan's tight interrogation, Bai Wei's psychological defense finally collapsed. "Shen Chuo asked me to bring a letter to the girl a few days ago. As for what was written in the letter, What is the content, but I haven't seen it."

Sure enough it was him!

Xu Zhongxuan let out a long sigh of relief, his tense body couldn't support it, and he leaned back on the back of the chair.

At this time, Xu Miaojin asked anxiously at the side: "Brother, what are you going to do now? Are you going to go directly to that dignitary Shen Chuo?"

Want someone directly?Shen Chuo is such a cunning and tactful person, even if he is coming to him to ask for someone, so what?Shen Chuoda could say that he didn't know about this matter, and even said that he didn't know Jian Yan at all, let him show the evidence, don't slander him casually.What's more, why would he stay at home now?It's fine to just let a young man come out and say that he has gone to another place, but how could he face him directly?
His hands, which were trembling due to the high fever, suddenly tightly grasped the armrest of the armchair beside them.

Xu Zhongxuan raised his chin slightly, thinking in his heart that he would not come to find Shen Chuo, that would be too passive.Instead, he wanted Shen Chuo to come to beg him.And at that time, Shen Chuo will definitely hand over Jian Yan obediently.

He was about to call Qi Sang in and tell Qi Sang what to do when he suddenly saw Qi Sang rushing in from outside.

"Young Master," Qi Sang announced with a happy expression, "Qi Hui has returned from Longxing Mansion. He is now begging to see Young Master outside the door, saying that he wants to report to you about Miss Jian's life experience. "

(End of this chapter)