The fingers under Chen Liqin's sleeves trembled slightly.

The son who finally returned home was placed in a pile of debris.

Not to mention that Zhang Zhuo was angry. How could he not know that there was something strange in this? How could he not be angry? However, the matter has reached this point, and there is no benefit in spreading the matter.

As the saying goes, family scandals should not be made public. If others knew about it, it would only make the scholars laugh. As for the old traces, he could only think of ways to make up for it later, but he could not make it public at the moment.

Outside the gate of Tingquanyuan, Chen Liqin looked at the bricks and tiles all over the yard. After thinking for a moment, he ordered the boy: "Bring the housekeeper here, and I want to ask him what's going on. He can hear such a small thing wrong! Madam obviously

Chen Ji was assigned to Mingquan Garden, why did he bring Chen Ji to Tingquan Garden?"

"Yes," the boy looked nervous, lowered his head and left.

Zhang Xia felt something was wrong, and hurriedly tugged on Zhang Zhuo's sleeves, lowering his voice and saying, "Dad, be careful if he leaks information and colludes with the confession, so that the housekeeper can cover up the matter."

Zhang Zhuo thumbed his beard and said loudly: "That boy, come back!"

The boy paused for a moment and asked, "What are your orders, Master Zhang?"

"Just wait here," Zhang Zhuo looked at Zhang Xia: "Daughter, go find a boy and ask for the housekeeper to come over."

Zhang Xia agreed and ran quickly.

Chen Liqin looked at each other angrily: "Master Zhang, what are you doing?"

Zhang Zhuo said casually from the side: "Mr. Chen, did the housekeeper really hear you wrong? You should know it by heart. Chen Ji, were you present when Mrs. Chen arranged your accommodation? If you were present, could you please tell me where she arranged it for you?"

Don't be afraid, I will make the decision for you."

The fists in Chen Liqin's sleeves suddenly clenched.

At that time, Mr. Liang arranged a place to live, but Chen Ji was present.

Moreover, Mr. Liang made the reason for the arrangement clear: Mingquan Garden is far away from the residences of Chen Wenzong and Chen Wenxiao, while Tingquan Garden is close, so there is no mistaking it.

If young Chen Ji ignores the overall situation and reveals everything, the reputation of his Chen family will be ruined.

At this time, Zhang Zhuo saw that Chen Ji did not answer, so he pressed him again: "Chen Ji, did you hear clearly at that time? What did Mrs. Chen say?"

Chen Ji said slightly: "This is Mingquan Garden."

Chen Liqin felt relieved. It was very rare for a seventeen-year-old to take care of the overall situation.

Zhang Zhuo heard Chen Ji's words and had a tacit understanding in his heart: Chen Ji only wanted to kill the housekeeper this time and did not intend to ignite the flames of war on the Liang family. Now that Chen Ji had just returned home, it was not time to put the Liang family on the fire yet.

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But Zhang Zhuo was unwilling to give up. He took a step forward and said to Chen Ji: "Don't be afraid. If you have any grievances, just say it. I will make the decision for you. At worst, we won't come back to the Chen Mansion in the future. Don't worry, I'll protect you."

He is better than Zhang Zheng in terms of food and clothing, and the house he lives in now will be given to you tonight!"

Chen Liqin said impatiently: "Master Zhang doesn't have a son himself, so why are you always thinking about other people's sons? What did Zhang Zheng think after hearing these words?"

Zhang Zheng said cheerfully: "I don't mind. If Chen Ji is willing to come tonight, I will move to another courtyard tonight - you can sleep on the street."

Chen Liqin's tone paused: "You!"

At this time, Zhang Xia led the housekeeper to bend down and hurried over.

When the housekeeper came to the crowd, he first glanced at Chen Ji, then at the open door of Tingquanyuan, and immediately understood that the Dongchuang incident had occurred.

He picked up his clothes and knelt down, kowtowing and said: "Master, everything is the villain's fault, please punish me!"

Chen Liqin hated the fact that iron was not made of steel: "If you can make such a small mistake, how can the Chen family leave it to you to take care of? My wife arranged it clearly for Chen Ji.

"Wait a minute!" Zhang Zhuo held Chen Liqin's wrist and interrupted him. He looked down at the butler's back and asked with a smile: "I would like to ask you, why did your Chen family not let Chen Ji live in Mingquan Garden, which is a good place?

Do you want to arrange for Tingquanyuan, which is full of debris, to be left behind?"

Chen Liqin's expression changed, Zhang Zhuo actually wanted to lure him into confessing in Chen's house.

Just as he was about to say something, Zhang Zhuo's palms suddenly tightened, causing him pain.

Mrs. Liang on the side wanted to remind the housekeeper, but Zhang Xia suddenly looked at her: "Aunt, you are so beautiful today."

Mrs. Liang paused slightly and said subconsciously: "Thank you, Miss Zhang Er—."

Before he finished speaking, the steward had already replied: "Reporting to the magistrate, because Tingquan Garden is close to the eldest and second young masters, the young man arranged the third young master here."

Zhang Zhuo narrowed his eyes slightly, it was a fraud, but he didn't expect that the housekeeper would take all the blame on himself without any collusion.

Chen Liqin was furious: "Zhang Zhuo, what do you want to do? Are you using me as the official of the Chen family to induce you to confess?"

Zhang Zhuo brushed his robe and sighed slightly: "Master Chen, if your family's right and wrong have to be settled by this magistrate, don't you feel sad?"

Chen Liqin froze on the spot.

Zhang Zhuo ignored him and looked down at the steward: "I want to ask you, who gave you the order to do this?"

The housekeeper had already reacted and gritted his teeth and said, "Master Zhang misunderstood. No one told me to do this. I also have good intentions and want the Third Young Master to get closer to the Eldest Young Master and the Second Young Master."

Zhang Zhuo asked again: "If that's the case, then why didn't you arrange for your servants to clean it after you brought Chen Ji here?"

The housekeeper hesitated: "This——"

Zhang Zhuo said no more, turned around, took Chen Ji's wrist and walked out the door: "Come, follow me back to Zhang's Mansion, don't be wronged here!

Even a servant in the Chen family can cover the sky with one hand. The subordinates bully the superiors. Today I will arrange a miscellaneous courtyard for you, but you may not know what will happen tomorrow!"

Chen Liqin hurriedly took two steps and wanted to hold Chen Ji's other arm.

But before he could reach there, Chen Ji had already broken free from Zhang Zhuo's hand: "Master Zhang, I won't go to the Zhang Mansion."

Zhang Zhuo turned around in confusion: "Huh?"

Chen Ji said calmly: "Master Zhang, it would be nice to have a place to live."

Chen Liqin slowly stopped, his nose sore.

He glanced at Mrs. Liang coldly, turned to look at the housekeeper fiercely, and ordered the boy beside him: "Drag the housekeeper down - kill him with a stick!"

Under the scorching sun at noon, the housekeeper panicked.

His body trembled like chaff, and his back was wet with sweat: "Master, this villain is wronged..."

Mrs. Liang grabbed Chen Liqin and started talking: "Sir, this Wang Gui's mother is your wet nurse. You said before that you would visit her after returning to Beijing. If you kill Wang Gui with a stick, how will you go to see her in the future?

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Chen Liqin remained silent.

Liang took Chen Liqin and begged: "I knew that the master was angry, and I spared him without even saying anything. This Wang Gui can be exempted from death, but he cannot escape from living. First, he will be punished with twenty sticks, and then he will be fined three

Year. As the mistress of the house, I also made mistakes. Later, I went to the Buddhist hall to kneel for three days and three nights, fasted in front of the Buddha for three days, and reflected on my mistakes."

Zhang Zhuo and Zhang Xia looked at each other. This punishment was not light. Liang had torn off his own face to save the housekeeper. The housekeeper was punished with twenty canes and had to peel off his skin even if he did not die.

With Liang's behavior, the housekeeper will definitely not be able to kill her today.

However, it should not be up to them to decide whether this punishment is enough.

Zhang Zhuo glanced at Chen Ji from the corner of his eye, then saw the other person's expression, and remembered the other person's previous attitude, and felt confident.

He stepped forward and grabbed Chen Liqin: "Even if this Wang Gui is your slave, there is no need to shout and kill. I think this suggestion is a good one.

There are state laws and family rules. If there is such a servant in the family, the mistress of the family will naturally have to reflect on it. However, after Wang Gui recovers from his injury, he will not continue to be a housekeeper, right?"

Chen Liqin said expressionlessly: "Of course I won't."

Zhang Zhuo lamented: "I wanted to snatch Chen Ji away, but I didn't expect that he has deep feelings for the Chen family. That's all. I can't be such a bad person anymore."

Chen Liqin stared at him: "Mr. Zhang made my Chen Mansion into a fuss when he came here, but now he wants to be a good person?"

Zhang Zhuo laughed: "Master Chen misunderstood me, misunderstanding, it's all misunderstanding!"

At this time, Wang Gui breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had escaped unscathed: There is also a skill in using the stick, and those boys must not be too harsh, otherwise he would have the relationship of master and wet nurse, and sooner or later he would turn around and deal with them.

When Wang Gui thought about this, he kowtowed three more times on the ground, making a loud banging sound, and burst into tears: "Young man is ashamed of your master, so I will go down and receive my punishment myself."

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he heard footsteps from behind.

I saw Chen Wenzong coming with a whistle stick in his hand. He came to Chen Liqin and bowed in salute: "Father, what happened here?"

Chen Liqin explained casually: "This king is so obsessed that he placed your brother in this courtyard and deliberately did not send his servants to clean up the courtyard for him. Now that the truth has been found out, he is about to be punished twenty times."

Chen Wenzong turned to look at Wang Gui who was kneeling on the ground, his eyes a little colder: "I'll do it."

Wang Gui's body went limp.

Evening, sunset.

Twenty years after Wang Gui was beaten with a cane, his dying body was carried to his residence by the servants.

Chen Wenzong used all his strength with each stroke, and after finishing twenty strokes, his arms, which had not been exercised for a long time, became swollen and sore.

When he hit the eleventh stroke, Chen Wenzong was so tired that he lost strength, so he rested for a while and continued to hit. After the twenty strokes, Wang Gui had no strength left to fight Aihao.

This was the second time in the past two months that he had been punished for his bad behavior. He didn't know what bad luck he had. He used to be able to manipulate the bastard at will, but now he can't control him at all.

Was what happened today a coincidence, or was the bastard plotting it carefully? Wang Gui was so painful that he broke into a cold sweat and had no energy to think about it.

The boys carried him across the yard and opened the wooden door of his residence.

A young man whispered: "Godfather, it's not that we don't want to help you, it's just that the eldest son is too ruthless and we can't stop him."

Wang Gui said feebly: "Shut up, put me on the bed, and get out of here! Don't think I don't know, you all want to see my joke!"

The boy curled his lips and said nothing, and everyone worked together to lay the housekeeper down on the bed.

Just as they were about to turn around and leave, they saw the housekeeper suddenly stand up and shout: "Bah, bah, bah, what is that on my pillow?"

The boys took a closer look and saw that the butler's face was muddy, his mouth was full of black feces, and the stench was unpleasant.
Chapter completed!