Chapter 142 The Dark Side
Xia Zihan pursed her lips.
In this life, because of her participation, Prince Chu’s family got on the ship earlier than in the previous life. I wonder if the killers would appear in advance. If they were on the ship...
Xia Zihan clenched his fists.
On the ship, I'm afraid the mortality rate will increase.
The boat is so big. Once the killer gets on the boat, they can't run away even if they want to.
Feeling uneasy, Xia Zihan got on the boat.
Sure enough, Prince Chu fired the boat he hired in advance and boarded the boat hired by Zeng, which made Xia Zihan feel better.
If the killers were going to take action on the ship, they would definitely board the ship in advance, but now that the Crown Prince Chu has changed the ship, it should be something that the killers did not expect.
Therefore, what she has to guard against now is to prevent the killer from getting on the Chu family's ship.
Xia Zihan called He Donglin and whispered a few instructions to him. He Donglin led people to guard the deck to prevent strangers from waiting to board the ship. Even the boatmen had to go through an investigation before being allowed.
There were many Chu family members, so they hired a big ship with four floors in total. The first floor was the ship's box, where food and goods were stored. The second floor had the kitchen, as well as rooms for the servants, boatmen, and guards. , the third floor is for the maids and women, and the third floor is for the masters. The old man Bai, Master Qi, and others are also arranged to live on the third floor.
Xia Zihan lived next door to Zeng's family. After getting on the boat, she returned to her room to check on her treasures and salute them.
Si Cao dug out her usual tea set, held it on a tray, and went out to get hot water for tea.
Nuan Yu was busy packing the clothes and shoes that Xia Zihan would wear in the past half month, while Vanilla and the Yu family packed their rooms and tidied up their belongings.
Everyone was very busy. After Xia Zihan finished checking, he sealed each box and piled it aside.
Silk Grass made tea and brought it in. Before Xia Zihan could take a sip, there was a lot of noise and whistles down there, as if someone was making trouble.
Xia Zihan opened the window and looked towards the pier. A familiar figure fell into her eyes, "Why did that bastard get into a fight with someone?"
At the pier, Chu Jingqi and Second Young Master Lu were fighting fiercely. A large group of young men waiting for the boat gathered around to watch the excitement.
Miss Lu San was standing aside, shouting anxiously, "Stop, stop fighting, stop fighting, second brother, Chu Jingqi, stop it."
In the fierce fight, a beautiful girl jumped up and down in a hurry, and the men watching the show became even louder. If it weren't for the fact that Miss Lu San had an old nanny and four maids protecting her, some of them would have had evil intentions. A man will never let go of the opportunity to eat her.
"County Lord, do you want to report this to the old lady?" Nuanyu asked worriedly.
"No need."
Although Chu Jingqi and Lu Ershao were very different in age, Lu Ershao's skills were just some tricks, and he was no match for Chu Jingqi. After twenty moves, Lu Ershao was bound to lose.
Ah...
As if to verify Xia Zihan's idea, Second Young Master Lu was kicked into the water by Chu Jingqi, causing a thousand-foot-long splash.
Miss Lu San was so frightened that her face turned pale and she screamed repeatedly, "Save people, come on, help people." Second Young Master Lu couldn't swim.
Chu Jingqi snorted coldly and jumped onto the boat without even looking at Mr. Lu in the water.
Within a minute, Prince Chu showed up again and sent a boatman to rescue Young Master Lu and put him on a boat next door.
Xia Zihan looked around and saw that it should be the boat hired by the Lu family. There were only a few Lu family members. The boat hired by the Chu family was not as big as the boat hired by the Chu family, but smaller. The boat had two levels on the deck.
Seeing that Second Young Master Lu had been rescued, Miss Lu San quickly thanked Prince Chu shyly.
Prince Chu apologized to Miss Lu San on behalf of Chu Jingqi.
Miss Lu San said repeatedly, "It doesn't matter. The two of them just met and hit it off, so they couldn't help but have a little discussion. Since the second brother is not as skilled as others, Prince Chu does not need to apologize on behalf of Master Chu."
That sounds reasonable.
Prince Chu expressed that he was very satisfied. When he came back, he sent someone to bring the medicinal wine for the bruise.
"Emotionally, the father and son are trying to be a good person and a bad person." Xia Zihan touched his chin, his eyes flickered, and murmured to himself.
I'm afraid Prince Chu has wanted to beat Mr. Lu for a long time, but he just couldn't do it because of his elder status.
Chu Jingqi was only nine years old. Even if she beat Er Shao Lu, she could still say that the child was young, ignorant, naughty and disobedient to discipline.
The fight was in vain.
What's more, Second Young Master Lu is a nineteen-year-old boy. A nineteen-year-old man can't beat a nine-year-old child. If you lose, you deserve it. If you are not good at school, you will be embarrassed and have to go back and complain to your elders. It will only be more embarrassing.
Prince Chu is indeed a cunning and cunning old fox.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, I didn't expect Master Chu to be so good at fighting at such a young age." Nuan Yu couldn't help but admire him.
Xia Zihan glanced at her sideways and returned to his chair.
"I came from a military background. I have been practicing martial arts with Duke An since I was a child. I was trained by Duke An as the future Duke and General. Unlike Young Master Lu, he spent three days fishing and two days drying nets, but he didn't study hard enough. He only knows a few tricks." Nuan Yu became interested when he heard this, "The county master seems to admire Master Chu?"
"Why am I appreciating a little brat like him?" Xia Zihan rolled his eyes, and then asked seriously, "Aren't you tempted by his beauty?"
"Is this slave so short-sighted?" She is not the nymphomaniac that Nuan Xia is, who can't move her feet when she sees a handsome man.
What's more, Master Chu is not even a man, at best, he is just a little boy.
"It's fine if not." Xia Zihan was very satisfied, "Some people can't look at the surface. Everything on the surface is just clouds."
The only difference was that he didn't directly say that Chu Jingqi was a wolf that got through her vagina.
Soon, a delicate voice came from below, "The grace of saving a life is beyond heaven. Prince Chu saved the life of his second brother. He is the benefactor of my Lu family. I want to give him some snacks to express my gratitude. Why do you want to stop me?”
The voice was soft, neither too loud nor too quiet, but it was just enough to fly over from the window near the end of the pier, allowing the people inside to hear it clearly.
I believe that Prince Chu’s family should also hear it.
Nuanyu ran to the window with a frown on her face, "This vixen, looking at her appearance, isn't she trying to seduce Prince Chu?"
Girl, you have revealed the truth.
That Miss Lu San was a restless person in her previous life.
In his previous life, Crown Prince Chu passed away on his way back to Beijing. Even if Miss Lu San fell in love with him, she would not have the chance to take action.
But she did something to the third young master of the Chu family.
Third Young Master Chu is Chu Jingqi's cousin. He is a good-looking man and a rare handsome man. After Chu Jingqi's death, the title of the Chu family fell to Uncle Chu, and Third Young Master Chu also became the legitimate son of the Duke. , overnight, the value doubled.
At that time, Miss Lu San was eighteen years old and had just finished mourning for the old man of the Lu family.
Speaking of this, Miss Lu San was also unlucky. She had just gotten haircut and before she could get engaged, the old man of the Lu family passed away.
According to common etiquette, Miss Lu San had to stay in mourning for him for three years.
In this way, no one would dare to come to propose marriage. After all, she was already fifteen years old at the time, and in three years she would be an eighteen-year-old old girl.
In the Dasheng Dynasty, girls who were over eighteen years old but not yet married were called old girls.
Three years later, Miss Lu San had just been out of service for a month when rumors spread about her affair with Third Young Master Chu in the capital. It was said that someone saw the two dating in a teahouse and entered the box one after the other. I stayed inside for more than three hours before I came out.
Whether this rumor is true or false, this...
Xia Zihan thinks about it now, it seems that it is not that easy.
The Chu family had always been loyal to the emperor before Duke An Guo was alive, and the emperor preferred the prince to inherit the throne. The Chu family was considered to be the prince's party, but the second young master Chu had an affair with Miss Lu San.
What made her suspicious was that not long after the scandal, the emperor died, the third prince became emperor, and the prince was killed.
This series of things happened so fast that no one could react, and the court situation was settled.
At that time, the prince's party was almost wiped out by the third prince overnight, but the Chu family... except for handing over military power on the day the emperor ascended the throne, Uncle Chu and his two sons were not harmed at all.
So, like the Song family, Uncle Chu chose the third prince?
Xia Zihan tightened her hands, and Nuanyu's gloating voice could be heard in her ears, "Chu Shizi did not go down, but only sent a boy to pick up Miss Lu San's snacks, and said, since the life-saving grace has been repaid, then He and the Lu family are now settled. After returning to Beijing, please stop asking Miss Lu for help.”
Nuan Yu covered her mouth and laughed, "Crown Prince Chu is so funny. He even reminded Miss Lu San, County Lord, if you didn't see Miss Lu San's face at that time, it would be so ugly. She ran back to herself as if she was running away in embarrassment. on board.”
Si Cao also fell into the trap and said, "Oh, I have a wife, a serious wife, and a son that is almost as tall as her. I still want to seduce her, so I am not ashamed."
"If you knew you were ashamed, you wouldn't have come." Nuan Yu said, and then admired Zhuo, "Mrs. Chu can also bear it. If she meets a aggressive person, she will have to pull Miss Lu San's hair."
A few maids started attacking Miss Lu San with just a few words, but Xia Zihan had no intention of watching the show at all.
She was thinking, what should she do to prevent the third prince from ascending the throne?
By preventing the third prince from ascending the throne, can the Xia family avoid the disaster a few years later?
If it were the Xia family in the previous life, she wouldn't have cared at all, whether those people were exiled or imprisoned, what did she do?
She ended up like that in her previous life, but it was all thanks to Xia's family, especially her stepmother, who deserved the most credit.
Not to mention, the life she lived during those years in the Xia family was worse than a rough girl.
At least the girl will not go hungry, but she is often starving to death but has nothing to eat.
But this life is different, and Xia Shiming in this life treats her differently. In the past three years, Xia Shiming has written her a letter every month. Every word in the letter is concerned, worried, worried, and asks if she is okay. Well, if Xi is not used to it, Zhang has not grown taller. He will also send her some famous food in the capital during the Chinese New Year and festivals, just because he is worried that she will miss the capital if she stays in Jiangnan for a long time.
Xia Shiming like this made her worried.
She couldn't do it if she knew that the Xia family would be framed, ransacked and exiled, and that Xia Shiming was half-dead and left alone.
(End of chapter)