stern wife

Chapter 571
The guards of the Pei Mansion behind him looked left and right, and in the end, they drew their swords and bullied Pei Xiaoran.

These guards usually have their own patrol areas, and they will not follow closely behind any master.

This time they will appear beside the old lady, and there are so many of them, it seems that the old lady is fully prepared to throw her mother out.

Pei Xiaoran's eyes turned cold, but he smiled and said:

"I, Pei Xiaoran, kill people like hemp, I think you all know that, since I have started the killing ring, I have no scruples.

If you want to go, come together, I will send you to go together, on the road to Huangquan, you are not alone. "

Those guards originally didn't want to offend Pei Xiaoran, after all, Pei Xiaoran is now in a high position, and he is not much worse than Pei Xingshan.

Hearing this, they all stopped in unison.

The old lady screamed angrily:
"Trash! It's all a bunch of trash!"

However, Pei Xiaoran didn't bother to pay attention to her anymore, and turned to look at the old man, bent slightly, and said face to face with him:

"Now you are for the fish and I am for the knife, whether to make a deal or not is not up to you.

It's like this, if your calculation is accurate, I'll give you [-] gold in one hexagram, if not, I'll chop off one of your fingers, how about it? "

Pei Xiaoran has accumulated a lot of military exploits over the years, and naturally several coffers have been filled with rewards, not to mention [-] gold, she can get even [-] gold.

The old man's eyes straightened in an instant. As the saying goes, people die for money, and birds die for food. If he can get one hundred thousand gold in this life, even death is worth it!
The old man stammered:
"Should... Seriously?"

Pei Xiaoran smiled slightly and said:
"I, Pei Xiaoran, always keep my word. Of course, if you don't believe me, I can swear a poisonous oath to the sky. If I break my promise, I will be struck by lightning and my soul will be scattered. How about it?"

The old Taoist nodded again and again, urging:

"What do you want me to test for you?"

Pei Xiaoran straightened up and said:
"Don't worry, let's come one by one. You come to test for me first. What happened to my father before he married my mother?"

Hearing this, the old Taoist's uncut hand began to pinch and calculate pretendingly.

In fact, he doesn't know how to tell divination, but he is shrewd, and can get a general idea of ​​a person's situation from subtleties such as speech, clothing, accent, and expression.

Relying on this skill of observing words and expressions, he has cheated a lot of money!
This time, it is said that one count is worth [-] gold, so he will not miss it in vain!

Moreover, the Pei family has come forth in large numbers, and the heroes of each generation are familiar to the world.

For such a legendary family, the world is also willing to find out more gossip to satisfy curiosity.

This old man is just messing around here, so he naturally thinks he understands the situation of the Pei family clearly.

Therefore, the old man is very sure that no matter what Pei Xiaoran wants him to test, he can fool it.

But, thinking left and right, why didn't he remember what big things happened to the Duke of the Pei family before they got married?

Could it be that the Duke's two elder brothers, aunt and father passed away successively?

This is definitely a 'big event' for the Pei family.

However, for such a simple matter, of course Pei Xiaoran knew about it a long time ago, so does he still need to do the divination?
The old Taoist couldn't figure it out, and cold sweat broke out on his anxious forehead.

Pei Xiaoran suddenly said:

"I'll give you another time to count to three. If you still can't say anything, I'll chop off one of your fingers. If you say something wrong, it's the same."

The old Taoist's thoughts turned sharply, but he still couldn't think of anything, so he hurriedly begged for mercy with a mournful face:

"Little aunt! Let me think again, let me think again!"

But thinking about it again, it is of course fruitless.

Because of that incident, it is impossible for Pei Xingshan to make it public, nor did he dare.

Pei Xiaoran sneered, suddenly grabbed the old man's hand, and cut off a finger neatly.

"what--!!!"

The shrill screams immediately resounded through the sky, causing the old lady's group of people to take a step back in unison.

Pei Xiaoran ignored the ear-piercing screams, and continued to ask:

"Teacher Taoist, please do a test for me again, why did my mother's natal family, the Wu family, sell so many shops that have been working hard for many years overnight?

You know, the Wu family back then was a well-known wealthy businessman, and their business operations were always based on honesty. There was never any trouble, and the family has never heard of any difficulties.

That being the case, why did you sell all your hard work overnight? "

"This this……"

The old man has naturally heard of this matter, because it is one of the unsolved mysteries in the history of Suzaku.

The Wu family only said to the outside world that they had to sell the store because of an urgent matter at home, but they kept silent about the urgent matter.

The Wu family didn't even mention it themselves, so how would the old Taoist know?
Pei Xiaoran looked at the tongue-tied old Taoist, sneered, and said aggressively:
"What do you know? You don't know anything! So, you can take money to harm an innocent woman with peace of mind! Aren't you afraid of retribution for helping the evildoers?"

The old man's face had turned pale. Seeing that he could no longer pretend, the long sword in Pei Xiaoran's hand had been placed at the root of his other finger, and he was so frightened that he repeatedly kowtowed and begged for mercy:
"Grandma! Grandma! Please spare me! I will never dare again! I, I am indeed a liar! I deserve to die! Please spare my life!"

Pei Xiaoran dropped his crippled hand, looked condescendingly at the person kneeling at his feet and kowtowed hard, and asked in a cold voice:

"Then my mother is a monster..."

"It's all made up by me! I'm talking nonsense! Please forgive me, grandma! I won't dare again! I'm going to become a monk! Go do good deeds! Will you spare me?"

Only then did Pei Xiaoran put away his long sword, turned to look at the old lady, and said with a half-smile:
"Grandmother, the truth has come to light. This old man is a complete liar, and my mother is definitely not a monster. It's just a misunderstanding."

The old lady's face was ashen, and she stared at the old Taoist who was holding her hand and crying bitterly, and said in a hateful voice:
"Pei Xiaoran! Don't get complacent too early! Even if I didn't have this old man, I would drive all of you out of my Pei family! My Pei family is for princesses, not for you lowly merchants! "

Pei Xiaoran shrugged, and said without hesitation:
"That's exactly what we mean."

The old lady frowned, and asked inexplicably:
"what?"

Pei Xiaoran said indifferently:

"Didn't grandma say that this place is for the princess, not for us? It just so happens that we are planning to leave too!"

The old lady was taken aback, and stared at Pei Xiaoran in disbelief.

(End of this chapter)