nashuaworldcup Chapter 122 The skeleton turned into pig bones
Chapter 122 The skeleton turned into pig bones
"Yes, and the maidservant beside her seemed very afraid of being discovered. Before I left, she stuffed a bag of silver into my pocket."
As she spoke, Doctor Liu placed the bag of money Cui'e had given her next to Shen Muxi intact.
The indigo-colored purse was made of silk, embroidered with simple orchids. The embroidery was quite exquisite, probably made by Cui'e herself.
Shen Muxi pushed the purse back to Doctor Liu.
"Since she gave it to you, just keep it."
"girl..."
Doctor Liu was flattered and wanted to refuse.
Shen Muxi stopped him, "This is what you deserve."
As she said that, she stood up and called Hongdou.
Hongdou, who had been waiting outside, came into the house holding the opened brocade box.
When Doctor Liu saw what was in the brocade box, his eyes widened.
Inside the brocade box were three gold bars weighing ten taels each and a thousand-year-old ginseng with its roots and tail intact.
Shen Muxi closed the brocade box and placed it in Doctor Liu's hand.
Doctor Liu jumped back a few steps, "This... young lady helped me cure my husband's chronic illness. She is very kind to me. I cannot accept your courtesy anymore."
"What are you talking about, Mr. Liu?" Shen Muxi pretended to be angry. "You helped me a lot, if you don't even accept this small token of appreciation, then you don't value what I gave you."
Doctor Liu was speechless.
It's not that he looks down on it, it's clearly because the item is too valuable and he feels embarrassed to accept it.
Not to mention the gold bars, even if you had silver, you wouldn't be able to buy that thousand-year-old ginseng...
It seems that you can't see his dilemma.
Shen Muxi instructed Hongdou, "Since Aunt Liu is embarrassed to accept them, Hongdou, you should personally take these things to Aunt Liu."
"Don't..."
Doctor Liu quickly stopped her and accepted the gift with a simple smile, "Don't bother her with such a small amount of stuff. I can't stand being beaten."
Those who know Dr. Liu well know that he is henpecked and his wife is strong-willed and always has the final say.
If her wife knew that he was secretly doing things for his benefactor and had things delivered to his door, wouldn't she beat him to death?
"However, these days, I've been carrying these things around with me, which is really annoying. How about you, young lady, store them for me temporarily, and I can come back to get them when it's convenient for me?"
Doctor Liu discussed with Shen Muxi with a smile.
Shen Muxi did not insist any further. "Okay, since it is inconvenient for Old Liu to hold it, I will have someone put it in the bank for you. When Old Liu is free, he can just take the seal and go get it. Aunt is not in good health, so I will have someone slice the ginseng for you. You can take it back and make tea for Aunt or suck on it when you have nothing to do. It will be very beneficial to her recovery."
"Girl...this...this..."
Dr. Liu had never expected what Shen Muxi would do.
I thought he was just being polite and said to put it here, then forgot about it, but...
He choked out his words and said, "Girl, to be honest, that woman's fetus is unstable. Even if we do nothing, it won't be able to carry to full term."
At first, Doctor Liu did not intend to tell Shen Muxi about this.
But...
A man who eats someone's food is grateful, a man who takes someone's food is soft-hearted...
Although he didn't know what the girl was going to do to the pregnant woman, he could probably guess something when he saw that the people in that mansion didn't care much about the little girl the girl asked him to take care of.
"But I need a little old man..."
"No, Mr. Liu, just let her take good care of the baby," Shen Muxi raised her hand to stop Doctor Liu from saying, "Not only do I want her to take good care of the baby, I also want to ask Mr. Liu for help and do everything we can to keep her baby in her belly longer."
According to Su Liuxi's personality, she would definitely go to Xiaoxiao if she knew that she couldn't save the child.
Rather than letting her keep the pregnancy and harm Xiaoxiao, it would be better for her to keep the pregnancy for a while.
"Okay, as long as the young lady has the order, I will do it even if it means death."
"Mr. Liu, you are too serious."
Shen Muxi smiled and asked Hongdou to send the person away.
After Mr. Liu left, the smile on Shen Muxi's face suddenly turned gloomy.
Her eyes were deep, as if she was thinking about something.
Not long after.
A tall girl with a cold face walked into the room quietly.
"My lady, I received news that those people are going to dig up some bones tonight."
Skeleton?
Shen Muxi's hand unconsciously played with a strand of hair on her temple.
Soon, she thought of her mutilated body.
"Let the people at Luoxia Garden prepare."
"Yes."
The tall girl retreated quietly.
...
late at night.
There is a toilet in the back room.
Several furtive servants followed Cui'e.
"Sister Cui'e, what are we going to do?"
"Don't ask too many questions, just dig."
The thin clouds in the sky covered half of the moon's face, and the wind was cold and windy.
Even people who have never done anything wrong would feel inexplicably terrified, let alone Cui'e, who often does unclean things.
Standing aside and watching the servants working their hoes with sweat pouring down their faces, she always felt like someone was blowing on her neck, and something was blowing behind her ears.
She got goosebumps.
"Hurry up, haven't you eaten yet?"
As soon as she finished speaking, "Ding——"
There was a sound of the hoe hitting something hard.
"Dig it."
As soon as one of the servants finished speaking, the servants who were swinging their hoes in other directions quickly threw down their hoes and gathered together.
He covered his nose with one hand and dug the soil with the other hand together with the servant who first discovered the hard object.
Soon, the few people found what they wanted in a moist earth pit with a smell.
"Sister Cui'e, come and take a look."
Several servants tacitly made way for Cui'e.
Cui'e tried hard to suppress her fear and walked slowly to the newly dug pit.
In the light of the fire, she even felt that something might burst out of the soil.
She suddenly turned her back to the pit and ordered in a trembling voice, "Dig the things up first."
After a while, the porcelain jar wrapped in red cloth lay quietly in front of Cui'e.
It is still that exquisite porcelain cup.
Still sealed with red cloth.
But...
"wrong."
Cui'e finally mustered up the courage to look at the porcelain jar, but when she first saw it, she was almost scared to death.
"The red cloth was retied in the wrong knot."
Early the next morning, while Gu Shi was out attending the morning court, Cui'e dared to come with a pale face to report what happened last night to Su Liuxi who was having breakfast.
"What did you say?"
When Su Liuxi heard Cui'e's words, she almost couldn't hold the bird's nest porridge in her hand.
"Who replaced the pig bones?"
Cui'e knelt on the ground, not daring to move, "Slave...slave doesn't know..."
Su Liuxi was so angry that she felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen.
She slammed the gold-painted porcelain bowl in her hand onto the table.
"You...you go investigate. Even if you have to dig three feet deep, even if you leave the capital, you have to investigate for me."
"Yes, slave, go right away."
Cui'e walked very fast, which made Su Liuxi nervous as well.
"I still don't believe it." She murmured to herself.
Shen Muxi is just an orphan from another world. What kind of noble person can she meet here?
It must be some blind person who received Shen Muxi's favor in Danyang, so he dared to touch her things...
Soon, she overturned the idea.
No, Shen Muxi's death was done cleanly by her. Even Gu Shi might not be able to find out. How could a mere servant know about it?
"Princess," Cui'e, who had been out on business, returned moments later. She brought a young maidservant with her, an unfamiliar one. "A young maidservant from Luoxia Garden wants to see you. She says she knows who replaced the contents of the porcelain cup."
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