The moment Shen Rong said this, Chu Xiu's face twitched slightly, but his heart was in turmoil.
Colluding with bandits and killing people. Of course, Chu Xiu knew what kind of crime this was. This was a crime that could cost him his life!
Chu Xiu maintained a calm expression on his face. He stood up and said coldly, "Butler Shen, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want! I'm not crazy, how could I do such a crazy thing? "
Shen Rong said lightly, "Yes, you're not crazy, but the things you, Chu Xiu, have done are crazy beyond imagination."
As she said this, Shen Rong pointed to the servant behind him and said, "Wang Er, Young Master Chu Xiu seems to have no impression of you. Say a few words and let Young Master Chu Xiu remember."
The servant called Wang Er stepped forward and chuckled, "Young Master Chu Xiu, I remember very clearly the scene of you heavily injuring Third Brother Lian with a single slash in the Southern Slaughter Mang Mountain. At that time, Ma Kuo helped you kill them. I ran fast and was lucky enough to escape with my life. But now, you're bringing Ma Kuo with you. You've got guts, haven't you? "
Chu Xiu closed his eyes. He finally knew what the problem was, but it could only be a coincidence, a helpless coincidence.
When Chu Xiu chose Ma Kuo to help him, one reason was that Ma Kuo was strong, bold, and careful.
The second reason was that Ma Kuo almost never fought in the Northern Death Mang Mountain. Although he did fight a few times in the Southern Death Mang Mountain, he didn't leave any survivors.
The only time someone knew about the relationship between Ma Kuo and Chu Xiu was when Ma Kuo met Chu Xiu for the first time. Chu Xiu hired Ma Kuo to help kill Third Brother Lian.
There were many bandits under Lian Laosan's command, so Ma Kuo had only defeated them and killed some of them, but not all of them.
Moreover, Chu Xiu really didn't consider this at the time, because even his third brother's subordinates were bandits. They didn't dare to enter Tongzhou Prefecture easily.
He did not expect that there would be such a person among them. Not only did he return to the Tong State Prefecture, but he also joined the Shen family. He was chosen by Shen Rong, and in the end, Ma Kuo's identity was revealed.
All of this could only be said to be a coincidence, and Chu Xiu was unlucky.
Opening his eyes, Chu Xiu sat down again and said in a deep voice, "So Butler Shen wants me to keep my mouth shut?"
Seeing that Chu Xiu had calmed down so quickly, Shen Rong was slightly stunned.
Just now, he refused to admit it, but now that there was concrete evidence, he put on such a matter-of-fact look. Just this mentality alone could make him a character.
Of course, Shen Rong did not think much about it. His mind was full of the Li family's property. Hearing this, he could not help but nod and say, "That's right. Chu Xiu, I advise you to be tactful and obediently hand over the Li family's property. Otherwise, if this matter is spread out, your fate will be even more miserable than your fourth brother, Chu Shang, who has been crippled by you!"
Chu Xiu frowned and said, "Butler Shen, you are making things too difficult for me. I have already handed over two-thirds of the Li family's property to my family. Even I only have one-third of the Li family's property. Where can I get two-thirds for you?"
Shen Rong waved his hand indifferently and sneered, "I don't care about this kind of thing. Anyway, I only look at the result, not the process. I will give you ten days. After ten days, if I don't see anything, you should know the result. At that time, I am afraid that Chu Zongguang will put righteousness before family! "
Chu Xiu said with an expressionless face, "Is this matter really not negotiable?"
Shen Rong stood up and pointed at Chu Xiu's shoulder. He proudly said, "Others can be discussed, but only you, Chu Xiu, do not have the qualifications to discuss. You only need to remember one thing. Your weakness has now fallen into my hands!"
'Puff!'
A soft sound was heard. Shen Rong's smile froze on his face. His face was full of disbelief as he looked at the dagger that Chu Xiu had unknowingly stabbed into his chest. With a hoarse voice, he said intermittently, "I … I am the Shen family's Chief Butler. You dare to kill me?"
Chu Xiu did not answer his words. He just covered Butler Shen's mouth and twisted the dagger in his hand. After Butler Shen was stabbed to death, he pushed him to the ground and looked at Wang Er.
At this time, Wang Er was already scared silly. When he saw Chu Xiu's gaze, he wanted to shout, but Chu Xiu directly threw the dagger and nailed him to the ground.
Looking at the two corpses on the ground, Chu Xiu could not help but frown.
The reason he killed Steward Shen just now was not because of Steward Shen's mockery. He was not so low that he would lose his mind after being mocked by others.
What truly aroused Chu Xiu's killing intent was precisely what Steward Shen said at the end. His weakness had already fallen into Steward Shen's hands!
This time, Butler Shen opened his mouth and asked Chu Xiu for two-thirds of the Li family's property. Chu Xiu could take out one-third, and if he calculated again, it was also possible to get another one-third.
But the problem was that human greed was infinite. Since Butler Shen had already grasped Chu Xiu's weakness, and if Chu Xiu gave in the first time, there would be a second and third time.
The weakness had already fallen into the hands of the other party. Of course, the other party could do whatever they wanted.
And this kind of thing was absolutely intolerable to Chu Xiu, so this Shen Rong must die!
At this time, Gao Bei heard the movement outside and quickly pushed the door in. But when he saw the corpses on the ground, his expression suddenly changed. He was about to exclaim, but he immediately covered his mouth and closed the door. He whispered to Chu Xiu in horror, "Young Master! Why did you kill the Shen family's people!? "
Gao Bei really could not understand. Everything was still fine before. How could Chu Xiu actually kill the Shen family's people in such a short time?
Chu Xiu was not the kind of person who was irrational. The Li family was weaker than the Chu family. As long as the family was settled, Chu Xiu could do whatever he wanted.
But now this was the Shen family's people, and it was the Shen family's housekeeper, Shen Rong. This time they were in big trouble!
Chu Xiu pulled out the dagger from the corpses, shook off the blood on the dagger, and said faintly, "They were courting death. They used Ma Kuo's matter to threaten me. If I don't kill them, I will be the unlucky one."
Gao Bei said with a sad face, "Young Master, I was worried that your cooperation with those bandits was not reliable. Now it has been discovered. What should we do now? You killed the Shen family's housekeeper. It will not be easy to get away with it."
The Shen family was not like the Li family. Of course, he knew that it would not be easy to get away with it. But when he killed the Shen family's housekeeper, Chu Xiu had already thought of an excuse.
He took out the evidence written by Li Cheng to Shen Rong from Shen Rong's corpse. It was written with Shen Rong's conditions and Li Cheng's promise.
"Someone has sent an excuse to me. It is actually easy to get away with it."
Chu Xiu looked at the corpses and said, "Clean up the corpses and follow me back to the Chu family."
Gao Bei looked at the two corpses on the ground and was speechless.
The Young Master's ability to handle matters was strong, but his ability to cause trouble was even stronger.
When Chu Xiu returned to the Chu family, he immediately looked for Housekeeper Chen and asked him to invite Chu Zongguang out. He also called all the elders and stewards of the Chu family.
Although Housekeeper Chen was puzzled about what Chu Xiu wanted, he did not ask much. After all, Chu Xiu's status in the Chu family was not the same as it was in the past.
When Chu Zongguang arrived at the meeting hall, the others had also arrived. But Chu Zongguang's face had a trace of impatience.
He hated people who came to disturb him the most. But recently, Chu Xiu was the one who disturbed him the most.
"What's the matter? Didn't I warn you last time? Don't go looking for trouble. "
Chu Xiu lowered his head and said, "I killed the Shen family's housekeeper, Shen Rong."
"What!?"
As soon as this statement came out, Chu Zongguang directly crushed the teacup in his hand that was about to be brought to his mouth. The other elders also had a look of horror.
Chu Zongguang pointed at Chu Xiu. His hand was trembling with anger as he shouted, "Chu Xiu! What do you want? You dare to kill anyone? Is it because you have the strength to even dare to kill the Azure Water Sword Sect's Sect Master? "
Chu Xiu took out the evidence that Li Cheng wrote for Shen Rong and said, "Lord Father, please take a look at this. It is not that I want to kill Shen Rong, but Shen Rong's actions were too excessive!
The Li Clan wanted to kill me, and Shen Rong was an accomplice. Afterwards, he even wanted to ask for two-thirds of the Li Clan's assets from my Chu Clan. Simply overbearing and outrageous!
This child was angry and gave Shen Rong a saber strike. Who would have thought that his strength was so weak that he couldn't even block and was killed by me. "
When the other elders saw the contents of the paper, they all frowned.
To be honest, this Shen Rong's actions were indeed a bit excessive. He used their Chu Clan as a bargaining chip. After the Li Clan was defeated, he still came to extort them. He simply didn't put the Chu Clan in his eyes.
If it was them, even if they were humiliated by Shen Rong, they wouldn't dare to kill him.
Although Shen Rong was only the housekeeper of the Shen Clan, his position in the Shen Clan was definitely the number one person under the Patriarch.
Shen Bai who entered the Azure Water Sword Sect and the current Patriarch, Shen Mo, were brought up by him. Even when Shen Mo was young, he had to call him Uncle Rong.
Later on, when Shen Mo took over the position of Patriarch, he beheaded several elders and killed the collateral descendants of the Shen Clan. The status of those Shen clansmen couldn't be compared to Shen Rong who was just a housekeeper.
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