Quick Wear: The Wronged One Becomes Rebellious

Chapter 153: Traveling through the Prince's Mansion 32

Chu Yansheng was always paying attention to the person opposite him. He was trying to ease the atmosphere at a loss when he saw her cute ears move. Her pair of beautiful eyes looked out the window and she listened attentively to the gossip of the two people outside.

Chu Yansheng, who had practiced martial arts since childhood, had much better hearing than ordinary people. After hearing clearly what the two bastards outside were saying, he suddenly became furious.

How come all kinds of people can be brought up to the second floor in this teahouse? Let's see what kind of shit and dirty things they are talking about. It won't pollute the county lady's ears.

Chu Yansheng was panicking and wanted to stop Gu Li from listening to the gossip. He also wanted to go out and punch the two men immediately to tell them to shut up. There were many women in the rooms on the second floor.

But before he could get up, he saw that the county lady had actually ordered the maid to open all the half-closed windows, and the county lady acted as if he didn't exist and concentrated on eavesdropping on the gossip outside.

Chu Yansheng: ----

She is truly worthy of being the county lady that he has taken a fancy to.

She is different from other ladies from wealthy families.

No shyness, true nature!

Chu Yansheng sat quietly without making any noise to disturb them.

The two men outside chatted more and more excitedly, and another person responded.

"I also know the butcher Zhang you mentioned. I was there when his apprentice and his family came to cause trouble. The young apprentice died miserably. His neck was cut by the hook and there was a big gash on the ground."

"Yes, that scene is no different from slaughtering a pig and bleeding it."

"My disciple died so tragically. My family members should not come to Butcher Zhang's house to make trouble. They want Butcher Zhang to pay with his life."

The people outside talked for a while, and then the boring storytelling began again, and everyone returned to their own rooms.

Gu Li was not interested in listening to the story. She turned her eyes to Chu Yansheng and asked, "Master Chu, do you think that Zhang the Butcher's apprentice died in an accident or was murdered?"

Being looked at by Gu Li unexpectedly, Chu Yansheng couldn't hide the doting in his eyes for a moment. He generously showed his feelings to her and smiled gently, "It's hard to judge what you hear."

In order to get Gu Li to talk to him more, he asked, "What do you think, County Lady?"

Gu Li pretended not to notice his advances towards her, "I think the apprentice had an affair with the master's wife, and the butcher found out. The forbearing butcher designed a plan to have the apprentice die in an accident. The butcher's wife may have found evidence of the butcher's murder and was killed by the butcher, and the body was destroyed."

After hearing Gu Li's guess, Chu Yansheng stared at her in disbelief for a long time. He didn't realize that the county lady was actually a bold and treacherous person.

He insisted on expressing a different opinion.

"It is also possible that the apprentice really died in an accident, and his family came to the butcher to make trouble and demand compensation. In order to protect the family property, the butcher asked his wife to take the family's money and hide away?"

Gu Li and Chu Yansheng were having a heated discussion when they suddenly heard a noise in the back alley. Then they saw the round-faced man and the man in green shirt who had been gossiping outside running down the corridor one after the other.

"Hurry, the country folks are blocking the butcher's door again, let's go and have a look!"

This time, Gu Li didn't need to say anything. Chu Yansheng walked to the back window in one step, watched a group of people cross the back alley and turn right, and heard the sound not far away.

Chu Yansheng turned around and asked with a smile, "My lady, are you interested in going to take a look together?"

Those who could come to the teahouse were idlers who loved to join in the fun. When they heard someone shouting that there was something exciting to see at the entrance of Yongchun Alley, most of the people in the teahouse left at once.

The teahouse owner was so angry that he just blew his beard and stared blankly.

Chu Yansheng also came to Yongchun Lane with Gu Li, and Chu Yansheng's servant managed to squeeze them into a good position in the front.

Butcher Zhang’s shop is the second one in Yongchun Lane. It is a typical shop with a shop in front and a yard where he lives in the back.

There were only two pieces of dried pork on the long table, and some things were thrown on the ground next to them.

The burly butcher Zhang stood by the door holding a butcher knife, with a wooden face, looking like someone who was not easy to mess with.

However, the women who were destroying things in the shop were not afraid at all. They ran around Zhang the butcher, who was more than a head taller than them, rummaging through the drawers and cabinets, smashing things and cursing all the time.

"You damned butcher, you need to pay for my brother-in-law's life. You hung his neck and bled him like a pig. You are so inhumane. He has been your apprentice for more than four years. How could you have the heart to do that to him?"

"My brother-in-law won't come back, so you have to pay me. Tell me where you hid the money. If you don't pay me, we will report you to the police!"

"Look at how fat you are from eating so much. How can you be poor? Where did you hide your money?"

The clothes of several women were so patched up that their original colors could hardly be seen. They looked so pitiful, but the words they said were so harsh.

The butcher said nothing. One of the women with the inverted triangle eyes looked towards the backyard. "He must have hidden all the money in the backyard. This man is really bad. He didn't leave a single penny in the shop. It's obvious that he doesn't want to pay for our uncle's life."

Seeing several women about to go to the backyard, the butcher, who had been standing still, suddenly reached out to stop them.

The woman was stopped and spat at the butcher viciously, "What are you doing? Are we right? Don't forget that my uncle died in your hands."

The butcher clenched the butcher knife in his hand and whispered, "You are not allowed to go to my house. Report to the police!"

"you!"

The woman wanted to rush to the backyard, but Butcher Zhang had already raised his butcher knife!

"Stop!" someone outside the crowd shouted loudly.

"The head of the village is here, the head of the village is here."

The crowd made way for them, and a skinny old man ran over panting, "Zhao family, why are you here to cause trouble again? What do you want to do?"

Those women were used to being aggressive, and when they saw the head of the village, they slapped their thighs and started howling.

Gu Li listened carefully to everyone's whispers.

The deceased apprentice was the sixth child in the family and the uncle of these women. He didn’t even have a formal name, he was just called Zhao Liu.

The Zhao family lived in the countryside, and there were more than just the sixth child in the family. There were also the seventh and eighth children behind him. The family was so poor that they couldn't even afford to eat steamed buns made from wild vegetables, so the older ones brought the younger ones to the city to beg.

Five years ago, Zhao Liu fainted from hunger in Yongchun Alley. Butcher Zhang felt sorry for him and gave him a bowl of bone soup. Later, Zhao Liu came to Zhang's shop every day to help with the work. Seeing that he was quick and skillful, Butcher Zhang took him in as his apprentice.

Half a month ago, Zhao Liu died in a pork shop, with an iron hook hanging around his neck and blood all over the floor. His death was miserable.

If someone died in a shop on the street, it would be impossible for the village head not to report it to the police.

But Butcher Zhang went out to the countryside to slaughter pigs in the middle of the night, so he had a perfect alibi.

The butcher's wife had been in the backyard until she heard a big commotion in the shop in front and then she realized something had happened.

Besides, as a woman, there was no way she could subdue an adult man and hang Zhao Liu on the iron hook.

There was blood all over the ground, but no trace of anyone's footprints was left.