Chapter 681: The Secret Outer Room
Chen Xi untied the blindfold of Miss Li's family, followed by the rope on her body. She didn't move any longer, like a puppet.
When Chen Xi stood back to his original position, Miss Li Er looked at him in a complicated expression, as if she was looking at an enemy or a lover.
At this time, from a noble lady who is a daughter who is at slaughter, she is extremely conflicted when she sees Chen Xi at the most downturn.
Chen Xi felt that he should say something and sighed: "Miss Li, okay?"
"Mr. Shen thinks, is the little woman safe?"
Miss Li Er finally lowered her head, and crystal tears came out of the corners of her eyes. She wanted to reach out to wipe it, but due to her long-term bondage, she had no strength to raise her hand.
Chen Xidao: "I only heard about the Li family after returning to Beijing. I can only express regret for this. In fact, the Minister Gao's official voice was not good. When he was a governor in Henan, he was often corrupt and impeached. If he had not defected to the Marquis of Shouning, he would have been imprisoned. You shouldn't have been too close to his family, which would have caused trouble."
Miss Li cried and said, "If there is no support from the powerful in the capital, no matter how good the business is, it will be a failure. Sooner or later, it will be a failure. We originally wanted to climb to the Shouning Marquis' Mansion through Minister Gao, but unfortunately we failed in the end."
Chen Xi finally felt relieved.
If you say that Miss Li is considering Zhou Xiang well, she will collapse at any time with the wealth coveted by others without the protection of the powerful.
This is true for the Li family and the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce!
"What are Miss Li's plans in the future?" Chen Xi asked.
Miss Li finally recovered some strength, reluctantly raised her hand to wipe her tears, then tidied up the worn cloth clothes, and then said: "The little woman is now owned by Lord Shen, and she dares not have any more delusions. Lord Shen does whatever she wants the little woman to do, whether it is for slaves or maids, hiding in a private house, or selling the little woman to accept her fate."
Chen Xi was silent for a while before saying, "Ms. Li is now a guilty person. Maybe she will never restore her original identity in her life. Next, I will find a yard to settle you and wait for you to get your household registration and stay, or to join relatives and friends. I will not stop you, and I will even give you money. It can be said that I have done my best!"
Miss Li hesitated for a moment, suddenly got off the bed, her feet in straw sandals tilted forward, and suddenly fell to the ground and kowtowed to Chen Xi.
After three loud noises, Miss Li stood up straight and looked at Chen Xi. Her eyes were full of begging, but she said nothing.
Chen Xi knew that Miss Li wanted to beg him to help the Li family and resolve the current crisis.
But Chen Xi asked himself that he didn't have this ability.
The fall of the Li family lies in choosing the wrong investment target.
The Li family wanted to approach the Shouning Hou Mansion through Gaoming City, but the Shouning Hou Mansion only attracted the wealth of the Li family. The benefits brought by confiscating the Li family are far more direct than waiting for others to be filial. It would be better to come just a little bit. No matter how many times you take it down, all the wealth of the Li family was obtained by the Shouning Hou, and you just need to transfer the part to the emperor.
Miss Li's real enemy should be Shouning Hou. But Chen Xi asked himself that there was no way to deal with the brothers of the Zhang family, so he could only remain silent.
"Get up and follow me!"
Chen Xi did not give Miss Li any unrealistic promises. On the one hand, the Zhang brothers of the foreign relatives are almost invincible now, and helping the Li family will be harmful but not beneficial to him. On the other hand, what if the Li family comes back to life? Is it just for Miss Li's gratitude?
But now everyone has his owned it, and he can deal with it at will, even if it is sold as goods. What is the use of such gratitude to him?
Chen Xi pushed open the door and Peng Yu almost fell to the ground. It turned out that he didn't hear the sound next door, so he ran out and came to the door to eavesdrop.
"Mr. Shen, will you come out so soon?"
Peng Yu'er glanced into the room and found that Miss Li's clothes were still intact. She immediately lost interest and asked, "Does Mr. Shen need help?"
Chen Xi bowed: "Brother Peng, it's enough to send someone here. Just take someone away. I will deal with the rest of the matter."
"This is a bit inconsistent with the rules, and I'm afraid the officials will not be able to submit the job when they go back."
Peng Yu seemed very embarrassed. It was not that he wanted to ask for extra money. Chen Xi had already given a lot of money. The problem now was that he sent the "goods" he sold to the inn. He knew it was a stolen stolen, but he didn't know where Chen Xi took the people. If something happened, he might be implicated. Not only would he lose Zu Meng's official position, but he would even lose his head.
Chen Xidao: "Brother Peng doesn't trust me?"
"No, no, the officials have no intention of this. Lord Shen doesn't have to settle the people where they want to settle. But I ask the Lord to give me a message: Should I send the people away, or stay in the capital to raise them? Or just take them home and be a maid and get them back after they go back." Peng Yu asked nervously.
Chen Xi knew that Peng Yu, a small official from the ninth rank, was actually just an intermediary. If he was not easy to submit to the seller, then he would not be so easy to take orders with such a job as a trading person in the future.
Chen Xidao: "I will send people to the secret place in the city to properly resettle them. Brother Peng should be satisfied now, right?"
"Okay, okay. Lord Shen must remember that her surname is not Li now, but Zhang. She is the daughter of Widow Song next to Dacheng Temple in Jinchengfang, Xicheng. She was sold to another place when she was young, and was recently sold back to the capital. This woman has a case to be investigated," Peng Yuer explained carefully.
"Oh!? Have you done some preparations on Widow Song? Chen Xi asked.
Peng Yuer replied: "Widow Song has died in her first year. The neighbors and neighbors have only seen her daughter when she was a child. Who knows how she looks now? Widow Song has a son, but she died in the border for the first two years and will never cause trouble for Lord Shen."
Chen Xi thought to himself that the widow and her son were both dead and had no relatives, that was a family that was a family that was a family that was a family that was a family that was a family that was a family that was very suitable.
The Ministry of Justice and Shuntian Prefecture colluded with each other and were very knowledgeable in this regard. As long as all the clues that can be found are cut off, even if someone wants to investigate the matter, they will not be able to find the exact evidence of the crime. At worst, they will be killed and silenced. As long as Miss Li dies, the case will become a unsolved case.
"I understand. When the household registration is completed, remember to send it to my official. There will be rewards at that time." Chen Xi ordered.
"well."
Peng Yu was very happy. He thought Chen Xi would not make things difficult for him in such a thing. After all, Yu Chenxi's own reputation would also be damaged.
There was no contract for sale, but Peng Yu still symbolically took out the "Ms. Zhang" contract for sale. All the contents on it were fake, but there were indeed people. This was the certificate that the Widow Song personally used to keep in the government when she sold her daughter.
Chen Xi put the contract in his arms, so even if he was the owner of "Ms. Zhang", the contract was not signed for a lifetime, but a contract for life. Miss Li would have to be the name of Miss Zhang for the rest of her life and could be traded by him at will, and the government would not ask about her life and death.
When he left the door, Chen Xi asked Ms. Li to get on the carriage, and then he got in and headed towards Chongwenmen in the southeast of the city. The price was relatively complicated and the government would not carefully check the household registration.
Miss Li suddenly was in a relatively small space with Chen Xi, and she looked a little uneasy, with a pretty face blushing, and she didn't even dare to raise her head.
Chen Xi said: "Miss Li, don't be nervous. I will find a place to settle you and find someone to take care of you. However, you will be responsible for your life in the future. Don't try your best to save your family, because the person who framed your Li family may be the Shouning Marquis Mansion, so I can only try my best to find a way."
Chen Xi knew that Miss Li was used to being pampered and had to be restless in her heart. If she was free, she might really do something extreme like "reporting the emperor" and so on. Therefore, in addition to setting up people, he had to hire someone to watch her.
Looking back, it is actually better to keep people in the professional training place Peng Yu said, with specialized mothers to take care of them, at least he doesn’t have to worry about them, and he can also “discipline” more, so that Ms. Li can learn what superiority and inferiority are and how to obey fate.
Miss Li shook her head shyly: "The Shouning Marquis Mansion is powerful and I dare not move rashly. Everything depends on the Lord."
Suddenly, her self-proclaimed changed from a "little woman" to a "concubine", because she knew that her identity had now changed from the original Miss Li family to a private house hidden by Chen Xi, and it is very likely that she would never have a status in her life, even her future son would be an illegitimate child.
But obviously she was thinking too much, at least until now, Chen Xi never thought about taking possession of her.
This is different from Chen Xi's attitude towards Yin Wen.
Chen Xi was purely pity and caring for Yin Wen. He thought that when the little girl grew up, she would dilute her sadness for the family, and formally put the little girl into the room. However, for Miss Li, his attitude was more like treating an old friend, and he could help as much as possible.
Even if Miss Li is a stunning beauty that Chen Xi could only look up to in her previous life, Chen Xi was not moved. Feelings are wonderful and cannot be explained clearly in just a few words.
"Have you asked Miss Li's name yet?"
Originally, the name of a woman's boudoir was not suitable, but since Miss Li now has it for him, she can no longer be called "Ms. Li" or "Ms. Zhang".
Miss Li's voice was like a mosquito: "There is a word for a petal list in my body. The collar of a green son is born from the ancestors of my family."
Li Jin can be regarded as a poetic and picturesque name.
Chen Xi nodded and said, "The green collar is lingering in my heart."
Chen Xi read it casually, and suddenly felt sad in his heart. For some reason, he thought of Hui Niang again.
Chen Xi closed his mouth and stopped talking. He lifted the curtains of the car window, looked at the scenery outside, and calmed the scars in his heart.
When they arrived at Mingshifang in the southeast of the city, Chen Xi took Li Jin out of the carriage.
Chen Xi is very familiar with this area. Now the main forces of the chariot and horse gang are distributed around. If something happens, you can find someone to help as soon as possible.
After successfully finding the yapa who was in charge of house rental, Chen Xi rented a separate courtyard in Suzhou Hutong, and found one maid and one old mother to serve and take care of Li Jin, and also play a role in supervision.
From now on, Chen Xi could completely treat this place as an outer house, only he would do it. Li Jin was the outer room he kept and served him only in his life.
:The third update is here!
Chapter completed!