A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 42 Murder and Silence

It was not until the morning of the next day that Li Yunye slowly woke up, but he was also beginning to feel a burning pain in his buttocks.

"He's awake, madam. The young master is awake." An Ge, who was guarding the bedside, saw Li Yunye open his eyes, and immediately turned happily to Madam Li, who was looking lonely and tired at the window, and said.

"Son..." Mrs. Li came to her senses and hurried forward, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

"Mother...it hurts..." Li Yunye, lying on the bed, frowned and groaned.

"It's okay, you'll be fine once you wake up. I've asked the doctor to apply the best medicine for you. Just rest for a few days and you'll be fine." Mrs. Li was so distressed that she couldn't help wiping away her tears, and she didn't forget to comfort her son softly.

"Sir, are you hungry? What do you want to eat? Angge can ask the chef to make it for you." Angge asked with concern, with a pair of red and swollen eyes.

Li Yunye shook his head weakly. He was in so much pain that he didn't even have the strength to speak, let alone an appetite.

At this moment, soft piano sounds suddenly came from outside the window. Li Yunye felt much more relaxed after hearing the piano sounds, and the pain in his body didn't seem as intense as before. He was about to ask where the piano sounds came from, but when he looked up and saw the resentment in Mrs. Li's eyes, he vaguely guessed that it was probably coming from the bamboo garden in the mansion.

In the bamboo garden, the sound of the zither slowly stopped. Li Xingyuan calmed the strings with a heavy heart. A quiet middle-aged woman sat beside him and smiled gently:

"If you're worried about it, you should go and see it. How can there be any hatred between father and son?"

"How can we be father and son? We are clearly enemies from our previous life. Meeting each other will only add to our troubles. Let him rest and recover from his injuries." Li Xingyuan smiled bitterly, then shook his head and sighed.

"The child is grown up now, so don't beat or scold him in front of others. After all, he is the young master of the Li family." The woman handed him a cup of tea and continued to persuade him gently.

"Humph, if he could take on the responsibility of the young master of the Li family, I wouldn't have to be angry with him every day!" Li Xingyuan took the teacup from the woman's hand and snorted with a look of disappointment. Then he turned his face to the woman with a guilty look and continued, "His mother treated you like that. It's rare that you still speak up for him."

"His mother is his mother, and he is him. The grudges of our generation should not be passed on to the younger generation." A trace of bitterness appeared on the woman's face, and then she smiled.

"Master, Manager Yuan and his party are here and are waiting in the study." At this time, Butler Fang walked in lightly.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Upon hearing this, Li Xingyuan put down his teacup and stood up.

"There is also a piece of news that I just learned. The Zhang couple was poisoned to death in prison last night."

"What? Have the person who poisoned the person been found?" Li Xingyuan looked shocked.

"I heard that someone bribed the prison cook, but it is not clear who is behind it yet." The butler replied in a low voice.

"The Zhang couple came to cause trouble at the Li family yesterday. I think someone was instigating them from behind. Now they are afraid that the Zhang couple in prison will confess everything, so they are anxious to silence them..." The woman at the side also analyzed seriously.

"But this approach is too stupid." Li Xingyuan frowned, as if he did not agree with the woman's point of view.

"Yeah, isn't this just confessing something without being asked?" Butler Fang was also puzzled.

"That's right. Mr. Zhao has always been smart and would never do something so stupid as to..."

"Xin'er, we can't say anything without any evidence." Li Xingyuan interrupted the woman in time and reminded her in a low voice.

"Just talk about it in private. I know my limits." The woman smiled at Li Xingyuan.

"Snapped"

In a private courtyard outside the city, Zhao Chu threw the teacup in his hand to the ground, jumped up and down, and shouted, "I only asked you to give him some laxatives to punish him and his wife, why did you poison them to death?"

"Young Master, we...we only put some croton seeds..." Two young men with pointed cheeks and sinister eyes explained to Zhao Chu in panic.

"Then why are all the people dead?" Zhao Chu spread his hands and roared angrily.

"We...we don't know either..." The two young men were shaking with fear.

“Could it be that the amount was too much?”

"How is that possible? We can't even kill a cow with the amount we eat, so there's no way we can kill two living people."

"No matter what, now that the person is dead, tell me what to do. If the government really investigates this, you won't be able to escape. If you are caught, I will inevitably be implicated. If my old man knew about this, he would break my legs... Besides, this is not just a matter of breaking a leg..." Zhao Chu paced back and forth in the room anxiously.

"Young Master, how about we hide outside?" The two men were terrified when they heard that they were going to be arrested by the government.

"That's all we can do. I'll let Xiao Si take you away in a bit." Zhao Chu stopped and sighed helplessly at the two men. He turned around and poured two glasses of wine and handed them to the two men. He continued with a look of reluctance, "We can only have sake to see you off in such a hurry. I'll treat you two brothers well after the storm has died down."

"Thank you, sir!" The two men gratefully took the wine glasses and drank them down.

"I'll ask Xiao Si to prepare enough silver for the two of you, so you can leave quickly before the government takes any action!" Zhao Chu turned his back to look out the window sadly, waved his hand and sighed.

"Young master, your kindness is great. We brothers will definitely repay you in the future!" When the two men heard that there was silver to be gained, they expressed their gratitude profusely.

"The best reward you can give to me, Zhao Chu, is for you to disappear forever." Looking at the two figures going away outside the window, Zhao Chu sneered disapprovingly.

At some point, a strong man reeking of alcohol appeared outside the door.

"Why are you drinking again? Do you want to get things done?" Smelling the alcohol, Zhao Chu couldn't help but get angry again and raised his hand to slap him.

"Sir, I just...I just took a sip." The sturdy man smiled and hid aside.

"Do you know what to do?" Zhao Chu glared at the other party fiercely, then asked in a cold voice.

"I know, what should be done with the body?"

"It happened so hastily. If we bury it carelessly and it's discovered by the government, it will be a big trouble. It's better to throw it into the dry well in the backyard."

"clear."

"Xiao Si, I have warned you that if you drink and make trouble again, I will never show mercy." When the sturdy man turned around and was about to leave, Zhao Chu's stern warning rang in his ears.

"Master...Since I was a kid, have I ever missed anything? Last time, it was because you didn't tell me, and I didn't think it was a big deal, so I said a few more words to you, but who knew that you..."

"Okay, okay, let's get down to business!" Zhao Chu interrupted the other party impatiently and waved his hand.

"Yes, sir." The sturdy man also left tactfully.