. Antidote
The rain stopped for only half an hour, and the clear weather was cloudy again and it started to rain heavily.
Lu Zhe cursed "Ghost Place" inwardly, carefully observed the surroundings, and confirmed that no one had discovered them. He waved his hand and the four of them quickly sneaked into the Chu family's South Courtyard.
This is the place where people choose to stay in their own people in the initial plan of Lu Zhe and Su Mo. Because this place is not far from Jiuxiao Tower, but it has never been inhabited and will not alarm the enemy.
The four old men who followed Su Mo and Yuan Qiu to Beidao were all in the South Courtyard at this moment. After confirming that the person coming was Lu Zhe, they showed up and signaled them to enter the door quickly.
The door behind him closed, Lu Zhe wiped his face covered in rain and breathed a sigh of relief, "You are still here? We didn't meet anyone, what's the situation? Where is my cousin?"
An old man shook his head, "I don't know what happened to the master and his wife."
Rong Yuanlang frowned, "I don't know? You have been here for so long. Where are the sister and brother-in-law now?"
Another old man dragged two people out from the inner room. One of them Lu Zhe knew Chu Liang's grandson Chu Qi, who was poked by Su Mo in both eyes. The other was Yi Xiang, a maid with heavy makeup, wrapped in bed tents and was unconscious.
"The master and his wife pretended to be these two people and never came back again, nor did they send a message to contact us."
When Lu Zhe heard this, he looked at the two people on the ground and thoughtfully, "Su Yan guessed that her cousin and brother-in-law were on Beidao, and they were both scared away. Since they had not contacted you, it seemed that they had already controlled the situation."
"Are the elders in the Jiuxiao Tower and Su Yan in the same group, and are willing to be loyal to their brother-in-law?" Rong Yuanlang was puzzled, feeling that things were not the same as he expected. Of course, he hoped that the result would be good, but it seemed to be too smooth.
Lu Zhe sneered when he heard this, "Rong Xiaofu, you're thinking too much. Don't think that anyone in the Chu family will be with us, because your brother-in-law and my brother-in-law don't have the surname Chu, and this Feixian Island is no longer the surname Chu. My cousin and the others are either pretending to be Chu Qi and sneaking into the Jiuxiao Tower, only controlling the tower, not leaving yet, and not alarming the rest of the Chu family, or..."
Lu Zhe suddenly paused, Qingting urged, "Or what? Could it be that Su Yan's subordinates arranged for her to induce labor on those pregnant women, and her wife had to take action and was saving those people?"
Lu Zhe narrowed his eyes slightly, "Of course it is possible. But Qingting, you are too ambitious to the enemy and underestimate your master and wife too much. Even Su Yan fled after realizing that her cousin and brother-in-law went to Beidao while she was away, because she expected that those waste subordinates would not be able to do anything! We should have confidence in our cousin and brother-in-law. They could not give anyone a chance to drug the disease when they knew there were five pregnant women in the Jiuxiao Tower. If I told me, they must have solved the problem and didn't need our help at all."
When Rong Yuanlang heard this, he nodded repeatedly, "It must be so! Then what should we do now? Just wait here?"
Lu Zhe did not answer Rong Yuanlang's question. He found that Chu Liang stared at Chu Qi who was lying on the ground not far away, and snorted coldly, "He deserves it, and you don't care so much about this grandson. Since Su Yan and Chu Lian ran away, no one in the Chu family knew that you became ours. You go out to check it out and go to Jiuxiao Tower... No, go to the West Courtyard of the Chu family first! When you meet the Chu family, don't pay attention. Someone asked, just say that you were looking for Su Yan and Chu Lian and report important things. If my cousin and brother-in-law are not in the West Courtyard, you go to Jiuxiao Tower to check it out and you must find them."
Upon hearing this, Chu Liang nodded respectfully and turned around and went out.
Lu Zhe sat down at the table and signaled Qingting and Rong Yuanlang to sit. Seeing that they were still frowning, he shook his head and said, "Don't worry, believe the mad woman Su Yan's judgment. She thought she could not compete with her cousin and brother-in-law when she ran away. Her cousin and brother-in-law must have thought of a way to control the situation."
"But if no one in the Chu family recognized his brother-in-law's identity..." Rong Yuanlang was thinking about what to do to control Feixian Island with such a fast time.
Lu Zhe thought, "In fact, the easiest and most effective way is to pretend to be Su Yan and his brother-in-law pretend to be Chu Lian, and directly occupy their identities and replace them."
Lu Zhe also discovered that Su Yan had been thinking about what Su Mo and Yuan Qiu had done after escaping halfway. This was the best way he could think of, otherwise he would not even be able to save people. Will he be willing to let them save them? Where can I go if I save them? It is extremely unwise to take five pregnant women to sea.
If someone wants to save him but cannot take him away, they can only stay and snatch Su Yan's territory.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhe curled his lips slightly, "I bet that's the case! At first we decided to come to the Chu family and always planned to use a substitute plan. We originally asked my brother-in-law to pretend to be Chu Jun and sneak attack Su Yan. Although it was not successful, the sneak attack of Su Yan was still done. Now my brother-in-law pretended to be Chu Lian and directly became the head of the Chu family. As long as he could deceive Su Yan's subordinates and do whatever he wanted on Feixian Island, Su Yan could guess that she and Chu Lian returned to Beidao and had no place to live. Even her cousin and brother-in-law could make Su Yan's subordinates think that she was fake, but was pretended by her cousin."
Rong Yuanlang and Qingting's eyes lit up, and the four old men looked surprised because they could never have thought that this would be possible? It would be too cruel, too amazing, but it was very satisfying!
When Su Yan and Chu Lian slandered Su Mo, the legitimate heir of the Chu family, they spared no effort to reverse the black and white and spread the right and wrong, and even slandered Yuan Qiu, brainwashing the people on the island who did not know the truth.
If Su Mo and Yuan Qiu really choose to replace Chu Lian and Su Yan's identities, they will also treat others with their own ways.
Although it was just Lu Zhe's guess, they all felt that they were almost at ease and were really relieved. Only then did they feel the mood to wring out the wet clothes on their bodies and clean up a little.
Su Mo, Yuan Qiu and Chu Ping were both on the top of the Jiuxiao Tower, looking at the south.
Just as Lu Zhe didn't know what was going on in Beidao, Su Mo and Yuanqiu didn't know what was going on in the South Island at this time, and he didn't know that Su Yan had left Feixian Island, but was prepared for what they would do if Su Yan and Chu Lian came back.
At the same time, Su Mo and Yuan Qiu were also a little worried about Lu Zhe and the others' safety, but in the current situation, they could not leave Beidao, otherwise the real Su Yan and Chu Lian would come back to control the situation, and Su Mo and Yuan Qiu's plan would be ruined.
Seeing the lightning and thundering outside again, Su Mo was about to send Chu Ping to the South Island to see the situation, Yuan Qiu's expression condensed, "Chu Liang!"
Su Mo looked down along Yuan Qiu's gaze. Isn't the person who was walking towards the Jiuxiao Tower in the rain Chu Liang, who should have been with Lu Zhe?
Chu Liang was captured by the puppet medicine, and his actions were not decided independently. In this way, it must have been Lu Zhe's order to appear here!
At this time, Chu Ming, who was standing at the entrance of the first floor of the Jiuxiao Tower, also saw Chu Liang not far away, shouted, "Dad!" and rushed out.
But when Chu Ming was two meters away from Chu Liang, a man fell from the sky and stood between them.
Chu Ming was startled and found it was "Chu Lian". He stopped quickly, "My father is back!"
Su Mo turned his back to Chu Ming, ignored him, reached out and grabbed Chu Liang's arm, and whispered in his ear in his original voice, "Follow me."
It was windy and rainy. Chu Ming did not hear Su Mo say anything, but saw Chu Liang nodding. Then the two of them jumped up, jumped a few toward the top of the tower.
Chu Ming frowned and looked up. Su Mo and Chu Liang had disappeared from sight.
Chu Ming, who wanted to ask about Chu Liang's situation, could only return to the first floor of the Jiuxiao Tower. Facing the inquiries from others, Chu Ming shook his head and said, "It seems that things are difficult. My father must report to the head of the family first. Please be careful not to be impatient."
But in fact, Chu Ming noticed something was wrong. "Chu Lian"'s actions just now seemed to be on guard against him...
At this time, Chu Liang was reporting to Su Mo and Yuanqiu what happened in the South Island and the situation of Lu Zhe and his party.
When Yuan Qiu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Chu Liang say that Su Yan and Chu Lian ran from the west, he felt a little disappointed. She and Su Mo were ready. If Su Yan and Chu Lian return to Beidao, they would not think of turning back. As long as they could catch them, they could force them to ask where the hostages were sent.
Unfortunately, Su Yan was very smart. He guessed Su Mo and Yuanqiu's plans and chose to withdraw from the very unfavorable dilemma in time.
In this game, Su Mo and Yuan Qiu seemed to have won, but their real purpose in this trip was still not overcome.
However, the result was always beneficial to Su Mo and Yuan Qiu. Not only did Su Yan's vicious plan be broken, but he also controlled almost all of Su Yan's subordinates. At this time, the Chu masters who gathered on the first floor of the Jiuxiao Tower waiting for the war did not fall into a coma, but they were all under Yuan Qiu's poison from her own secret control person. The effect is similar to the poison used by Su Yan to control his subordinates, but it is not the same. Once Su Mo and Yuan Qiu's identities are exposed, there is a possibility of being attacked by these people, it can induce the poison in their bodies and solve the problem. Of course, it does not kill them, but only makes them lose their attack power.
Even though he got the rare medicinal materials collected by the Ghost Taoist for most of his life, Yuan Qiu only made three puppet medicines, and now he has used two of them.
Su Mo and Yuan Qiu can only choose to continue to pretend to be Chu Lian and Su Yan, stabilize the situation on Feixian Island, and then consider how to deal with Su Yan.
"You go back to the South Courtyard and tell Lu Zhe that we are all fine and will come to him later." Su Mo said.
Chu Liang nodded and jumped down from the top of the tower. Before Chu Ming could chase him out, he left and went south.
Soon, Su Mo walked down from above with a serious expression, "Su Mo and Rong Yuanqiu were too cunning. The elders failed to catch them, and they fled with A Jun. Let's disperse first, and I will discuss how to deal with it with my wife."
Chu Ming said angrily, "The storm and waves on the sea are on the rise again, it's better to overturn their ship!"
The Chu family masters gathered on the first floor of the Jiuxiao Tower dispersed one after another. Chu Ming did not leave, but wanted to discuss with Su Mo how to act next.
"You go to the west to guard yourself. The Great Elder told them where they left, and they might go ashore from the west." Su Mo ordered Chu Ming.
"Yes!" Chu Ming nodded and left in a hurry.
The reason why Su Mo sent Chu Ming out to do business was to find an opportunity to send his son back.
When Chu Ming also left, Yuan Qiu came down from above and left Jiuxiao Tower with Su Mo. He first returned to the West Courtyard, and then secretly went to the South Courtyard to meet with Lu Zhe.
As soon as they entered the door, Lu Zhe smiled, "It's true!" He had heard Chu Liang say that, but when he saw Su Mo and Yuan Qiu now, Lu Zhe still thought this was interesting! He had to come up with a strange trick to deal with a crazy woman like Su Yan.
Yuan Qiu put his maid Yixiang back in his original clothes, and then Lu Zhe instructed Chu Liang to secretly send his grandson Chu Qi and the maid back, and to avoid everyone.
Chu Liang carried the two of them and left. Lu Zhe told him that if someone was discovered, he would knock him down and arrest him.
"How to arrange the pregnant women in the Jiuxiao Tower?" Lu Zhe asked Yuan Qiu, "Have you seen them before?"
Yuan Qiu shook his head, "Before I had time to check the situation, I put the person back now, which is easy to cause suspicion, so I will keep it the same for the time being. Someone has been taking care of him, so I will talk about it when I really want to give birth."
"It's best, don't put people back first. Maybe when Su Yan runs back, you can use any trick." Lu Zhe said.
"But the original coast guards saw Chu Liang rebelling with their own eyes, and when they put them back, we were exposed. Besides, those useless guards, even if they were loyal to us, could not stop Su Yan at all. Will Su Yan come back at any time and hide somewhere like us?" Rong Yuanlang asked with a frown.
Lu Zhe sighed, "As long as my cousin and brother-in-law continue to pretend to be Su Yan and Chu Lian, they will still be the owners of Feixian Island. If they appear again, they can easily take their identities back. If Su Yan leaves today, we miss the opportunity to kill her with her identity. This opportunity will be useless tomorrow."
"Maybe, Su Yan didn't leave at all, just hid in a secret place on the island." Su Mo said.
Lu Zhe's expression froze, "It's possible! She is much more familiar with Feixian Island than us! Only the north side of this island is flat and inhabited by people, and there are too many places where people can hide. She can't bring all the hostages to negotiate with us. Since this is the case, she may not really leave."
Rong Yuanlong sighed and rubbed his forehead, "I thought we won, but the situation was still very unfavorable."
"Let's go back to the West Courtyard first." Yuan Qiu stood up, "It won't take long before Chu Qi was discovered, so it's time to go find me."
Lu Zhe looked inexplicably, "Wait. Since Su Yan may still be on the island, it is difficult for us to find her. With her strength, no one can stop her and cannot be defended. Since that is the case, the substitute plan we planned to use at the beginning is worse than using it now."
Su Mo nodded, "I'm just thinking about it, but I need to change it."
About a quarter of an hour later, Yuan Qiu and Su Mo secretly left the South Courtyard and returned to the West Courtyard. As soon as they entered the door, they saw a gorgeously dressed woman running over with a panic look and said that something had happened to her son.
Yuan Qiu guessed that it must be Chu Ming's wife and Chu Qi's mother, so he asked her what was going on.
The woman fell to the ground and burst into tears. "My son stayed in the room and didn't go anywhere. He was so stunned that he was blinded... I don't know which vicious man killed the gods. Mrs. is very good at medical skills, save my son! I'm the only son..."
Su Mo's expression was faint, "Today, foreign enemies are invading, and they are busy. I'm afraid that someone Chu Qi offended, so he took advantage of the chaos. If he had known this, you should have restrained him."
"Madam...Madam, save my son, save me! I will definitely discipline him well in the future!" The woman knelt down and kowtowed, crying.
Yuan Qiu did not refuse and went to see Chu Qi with Su Mo, but Chu Qi's eyes were too seriously injured by Su Mo, so it was impossible to recover, and Yuan Qiu could only express regret.
When I returned to the west courtyard again, it became dark.
Yuan Qiu and Su Mo ate some of the meals sent by the maid, and then let them go.
Yuan Qiu searched in the room again, but did not find any secret passages or other things.
"Go and have some sleep," Su Mo said to Yuan Qiu.
"Okay." Yuan Qiu looked sleepy, yawned, and walked into the inner room alone.
The bed sheets and bedding were all changed in the daytime. Yuan Qiu really planned to have a nap. He had almost no eyes closed in the past two days and could no longer hold on.
However, Yuan Qiu had just sat down by the bed and had not taken off his shoes and socks yet. Suddenly, he felt a chill on his back, and a black shadow fell from the top of the bed, and a dagger stabbed Yuan Qiu's back!
Yuan Qiu subconsciously dodged, but was still stabbed in his right shoulder, and at the same time he was strangled by a cold hand!
Chapter completed!