Zhao Li was startled, his eyes narrowed into a straight line, and his eyes were full of light.
"Master Li, you have to think about it!"
"What have you not thought about! Everyone depends on the imperial court for their livelihood! What good will it do to my Li family to offend the imperial court!"
Although the other three families did not speak, their expressions seemed to have the same mentality as Head Li's.
Zhao Li clenched his fists and said: "No matter what the woman wrote in the deed to you, as long as the Zhao family is here, you don't have to be afraid! As long as the five families are united, we will have the final say in Yan'an Mansion! Don’t be afraid, none of you!”
Mr. Li sneered, "Of course you are not afraid. You are protected by the Zhao family because you are in-laws. Why should we be protected? It will be beneficial to you if we all collapse. You have the final say in Yan'an Mansion." Yes! Do you dare to say that your every move here has no intention of annexing us!"
"I'm afraid that if we listen to you and persist in your insistence, the contents of this contract will be made public to the world today! Then you will be called the Zhao family's trading company."
Mr. Li wakes up the dreamer with one word, yes! Why wasn't Zhao Li threatened? Could this be the same game?
The other three families got up one after another.
"I'm going to take stock now. We haven't said anything before... No, I haven't met you all! Farewell!"
After a while, he disappeared, and Zhao Li was so angry that he kicked over the tea table at hand.
He called Changsui, "Has anyone checked on the Zhao family these days?!"
"No, sir!"
As Zhao Li walked out of the magistrate's office, he ordered, "Quickly go check on this old boss for me! I want to know who she is!"
…
Things went smoothly than Ji Shu imagined, and the general didn't even need to show up.
Qingtan helped Ji Shu get onto the carriage. Ji Shu felt something in his heart and suddenly glanced back from the corner of his eye.
Seeing Qi Ye standing aside silently, like a shadow silently guarding her, her heart moved slightly.
Just as the carriage was about to start running, Ji Shusu raised the curtains and said softly: "Chang Ying, come into the carriage."
Qingtan put down the riding crop and gritted her teeth secretly.
She must have read it right, this guy was definitely smiling under his mask.
Qi Ye got into the car, and Qing Tan drove towards the inn.
In the carriage, Qi Ye took off his mask, looked at Ji Shu who turned his head and deliberately avoided looking at him, narrowed his eyes and said softly:
"Are you still angry in Suisui?"
"..."
Ji Shu's eyelids twitched, and his teeth clenched the soft meat in his mouth.
How could Qi Ye's voice sound so natural?
"That was me, Meng Lang. This is the first time in seven years that I have reacted like this to someone, and I got carried away."
Ji Shu's pupils dilated, and he was so shocked that his thoughts became scattered.
Qi Ye is twenty-seven this year, and this is his first time with a woman... Could it be that he really had some hidden problem in the past?
Yes, the military doctor also said that he had never found a military prostitute.
If Qi Ye was temporarily excited because of his hidden illness... she would understand.
What a tragedy for a general, who was tall and mighty but got this disease... I wonder if grandpa can cure him?
No, since he has...has he healed on his own?
Ji Shu let his random thoughts fly, and his shyness had long been suppressed by sympathy and worry.
Ji Shuyuan looked at his mother's profile, feeling a little nostalgic in his heart. He couldn't help but wet his eyes, and was about to step forward——
"Sister Shu! When did you come back!"
A person behind him rushed over full of surprise.
Xitao, with sharp eyes and quick hands, grabbed Ji Shu and quickly moved away, so as not to cause the man and Ji Shu to bump into each other.
Ji Shu raised his eyes and his eyes darkened.
He took a fragrant handkerchief and patted it on his body, frowning and said:
"My cousin is already old enough. He should know that men and women cannot be intimate with each other. Besides, I am already married. You should call me Mrs. Qi."
The visitor's name was Huang Meiqu, a distant nephew of Mrs. Ji. He could recite poems, compose poems and draw pictures. He failed in the imperial examination, so he stayed in the Ji family as a guest.
His family background was not high, but his vision was extremely high. Ji Shu was harassed by him before he even got married, and he shamelessly proposed marriage to the Ji family.
After being rejected, he stopped messing around on the surface, but still acted like a disciple in private. Ji Shu got over it after marrying someone, but he didn't get over it completely.
She clutched the veil tightly and remembered a banquet in her previous life, where she bumped into Huang Meiqu again.
This guy followed her, hugged her on the rockery in the flower hall, and tried to do something wrong.
By chance, a lady who was passing by saw her, and Huang Meiqu loudly scolded her for seducing him, and made Ji Shu kneel in the ancestral hall of Wuding Marquis Mansion for three whole days.
It’s really a narrow road between enemies.
Huang Meiqu looked like a dog, and even in the winter, he held up a folding fan in a fashionable manner and said with a smile:
"Hey, Sister Shu and I are also cousins, so we don't need to guard ourselves against each other."
His lewd gaze lingered on Ji Shu's curvy body, and finally fell on that beautiful face, making his mouth water with greed.
He has been thinking about this beauty for several years, and he will never close his eyes until he takes a bite.
Ji Shu had murderous intentions. She would definitely find an opportunity to cut off the pig's tongue and soak it in wine.
At this time, a servant girl came from the Huxin Pavilion, leaned over and said, "Miss, the old lady invites you to come over and talk."
Huang Meiqu showed regret and stared straight at Ji Shu as he entered the Huxin Pavilion.
Feeling relieved, she looked up and saw that Huang Meiqu was still walking around the Huxin Pavilion, his eyes darting around and he narrowed his eyes.
She suddenly stood up and said, "Grandma and mother chatted slowly while I walked around the house."
"Then be careful. The ground is slippery in winter, so don't fall."
Ji Shu responded and left Huxin Pavilion with Xitao.
The snow was thick in winter, and the servants shoveled the snow but did not shovel the ice. The ice melted on the road. The sound of treading water when walking up was very clear. Ji Shu knew that someone was following him.
She pretended not to know, and searched for the path in her memory, finally stopping at a lake.
There was a thick layer of ice on the lake, which did not melt even under the bright sun.
Ji Shu told Xitao: "I forgot to call Mama Yan just now. Go back and talk to Mama Yan and ask her to wait for us in the carriage outside the house."
"Yes, miss. Then you should be more careful when you are alone. I will come back as soon as I go."
After Xitao left, the world became quieter.
Not long after Ji Shu stood there, footsteps approached behind him.
Huang Meiqu smiled obscenely, rubbed her palms and said, "Sister Shu, I knew you had your thoughts, but you were thin-skinned!"
Ji Shu turned his back to him, looking down at the lake with a murderous smile on his lips.
She turned around slowly and said, "Don't come over."
Huang Meiqu stopped, not suspicious, but smiled and opened his arms, "Okay, I won't go. Sister Shu, come here. Let's go to a more remote place. Brother loves you."
"I tolerated you several times, but you think I'm easy to bully, don't you?"
Although Ji Shu smiled, his expression was very disdainful, "If you don't lower your head and look at yourself in the puddle, will I be the one you can covet?"
The corners of Huang Meiqu's mouth drooped, "Sister Shu, it's boring for you to play hard to get at this moment."
"Whoever plays hard to get with you, I brought you here just to warn you, stay away from me, otherwise you will risk your life."
"ha!"
Huang Meiqu was irritated, his face twisted, and he said viciously: "I'll give you some face, you bitch. You used to hang around in front of my eyes all day long, wearing hairpins and jade, wasn't it just to seduce me! You're just pretending to get Qiao, thinking that How can the second master of the Marquis of Wuding live a good life? After four years of being a widow, you must imagine what it is like to be a man!"
Huang Meiqu surrounds it, but there is no one there.
"I deliberately chose this secluded place and lured the maid away. I'm still pretending here. Today I will let you know how powerful my brother is!"
After saying that, he rushed towards Ji Shu like a hungry tiger pouncing on food.
Ji Shu looked at him with a sarcastic look on his face and remained motionless.
Just when Huang Meiqu was about to touch her shoulder, Ji Shu slipped and stepped aside like a loach——
The ice hole as wide as one person behind her was revealed!
"ah!"
Huang Meiqu's eyes widened and he couldn't stop his feet at all. He only heard a "pop"!
The whole person fell into the ice hole, and the biting lake water instantly numbed the person's limbs with cold. Three or four bubbles burst on the lake surface, and there was no movement.
It didn't even float.
Ji Shu waited patiently on the shore for a while, and after confirming that Huang Meiqu was dead, she left.
Thanks to her eldest brother's habit of ice fishing, she knew that there are often ice holes on the shore of this lake.
It's normal to accidentally slip and fall, but with such a big hole, a person would lose his direction if he fell in. There was hard ice everywhere on it, and there was no way to survive. It was a good coffin.
