Chapter Forty-Five: Auntie

  When receiving help from others, is there still a reason to be picky? Chen Xiao smiled and said: "As long as it's wearable, I won't be picky. Hehe, then please trouble Ah Zhu."

  Seeing Chen Xiao being so nice and easy to talk to, Ah Zhu's good impression of him increased by another two points.

  Three people entered the Zhuangzi, turning left and right, and soon came to a quiet side room. Azhu went into the house, lit an oil lamp, and then picked out a set of dark blue long gown and put it on Chen Xiao's body to try it on. Feeling slightly small, with a hint of regret, said: "Chen Gongzi's figure is majestic, this dress is afraid to be a little smaller."

  Chen Xiao didn't stand on ceremony, took the clothes and walked towards the inner room while laughing: "It's just a small thing, no big deal. I'll go change first, please wait for a moment, two ladies."

  Abi whispered on one side: "Mr. Chen, please, we're not in a hurry."

  Entering the room, Chen Xiao looked around and found it was a study. On the walls were hung some calligraphic works and paintings, which he couldn't identify as being created by anyone in particular, but judging from the reputation of Xu Suzhou, they shouldn't be ordinary pieces.

  Surrounding was a row of bookshelves, on which were placed some books, occasionally visible with their covers, but only some "Thirteen Classics Annotations" and "Twenty-two Histories of the Imperial Court" kinds of books for scholars.

  Other books, Chen Xiao, with the idea that he couldn't casually look at other people's things, didn't carefully examine them. But thinking about it, since Ah Zhu and Ah Bi trusted him to let him come in alone, this place shouldn't be anything important either.

  It was already around 7 o'clock in the evening, and it was completely dark outside. Chen Xiao saw that the door had been closed, so he began to change his clothes.

  Changing clothes is easy, but this portable "Kui Hua Bao Dian" has been thoroughly soaked in water, and that small packet of seasoning is completely useless.

  The seasoning was nothing, but this "Chrysanthemum Treasure" being ruined by water really pained Chen Xiao.

  After changing her clothes, Chen Xiao carefully put away the "Kui Hua Bao Dian", thinking to herself that when she had a chance, she would re-copy it. Otherwise, if she took this damaged copy to meet Dong Fang's daughter, she would lose face and be greatly embarrassed.

  Dressed neatly, when Chen Xiao stood in front of Ah Zhu and Ah Bi, the two women suddenly had an inexplicable sparkle in their eyes. Ah Zhu said: "Young Master Chen is a handsome young man with a dignified appearance."

  Abi said: "This young man with a handsome face is no less than our family's young master."

  Chen Xiao chuckled and said: "Too much praise, too much praise, I'm not that good, haha, haha."

  The three of them chatted and laughed for a while, and just as they were about to leave the village, they suddenly saw from afar a large ship with bright lights sailing straight towards them. The owner of the ship was a beautiful noblewoman, surrounded by many maidservants holding swords and torches, who stormed into the village with great fanfare.

  Chen Xiao and the other two didn't even have time to run before they were surrounded on all sides.

  A Zhu saw this beautiful noblewoman and was immediately frightened, her whole body trembling, and said in a low voice: "Servant A Zhu has seen Auntie."

  Aunt Wang? Is this woman the legendary one who is even more difficult to serve than the old woman from the Extinction Sect, Wang Yuyan's mother? Madam Wang?

  Madam Wang had just stepped off the boat when she frowned and ordered her subordinates: "Seize these three people, chop off their right hands first, then interrogate them."

  At this moment, a maidservant holding a knife and sword came up to tie Chen Xiao and the other two people into a tight knot, ready to chop off their arms.

  Look, did you see or not? The Extinction Master is still talking about reason, but this Wang Madame is chopping people first and then talking about reason - so there's a sentence that suits her very well: She's always right, if she's wrong, wait until your arm is chopped off, and you'll find out she's still right...

  Chen Xiao shouted loudly, "Don't chop, don't chop! If you want to ask something, ask first. Even if you chop them off, I won't tell you even if I know!"

  Madam Wang looked Chen Xiao up and down, puzzled: "Who are you? Why are you wearing Murong Fu's clothes?" As she spoke, her tone became increasingly displeased: "I detest that little brat Murong Fu the most. Throw him out, throw him out, like a piece of trash."

  My god, this is so unreasonable!

  Chen Xiao's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and at this time, Ah Zhu and Ah Bi were already frightened pale. This Wang Fu Ren was always a stubborn master who never wavered, but now she was anxious. Suddenly, she remembered that Wang Yu Yan and Duan Yu had appeared at Liu Zhengfeng's mansion in Hengyang, and immediately shouted loudly: "Wait! I know where your Yu Yan is!"

  After hearing Chen Xiao's words, Madame Wang hesitated for a moment, but finally said: "Wait a minute. Hmm, this kid looks interesting. Let's cut off one of his legs first."

  Chen Xiao's heart was racing like a drum. At this point, he had no choice but to resort to his ultimate move!

  It's all your fault!

  Chen Xiao's heart was filled with great hatred, and she shouted loudly: "If you dare to cut off my leg, I'll tell everything about you and Cui Chun!"

  He didn't say someone, but said "certain Chun", others thought he was talking nonsense, but this sentence heard by Wang's wife was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and her spirit was even stunned for a moment. Seeing the servants were about to take action, she hurriedly stopped them, saying: "Wait! Ah, this little boy seems to know a lot. First, bring him onto my boat." As she spoke, she looked at A Zhu and A Bi again, and slowly said: "Take these two girls away too."

  She saw Chen Xiao was with Ah Zhu and Ah Bi, to avoid Chen Xiao's death, she didn't order the servants to "cut off both hands first then ask questions."

  Chen Xiao and the others were taken aboard the large boat where Wang Furen was sitting, and Wang Furen ordered the servants to search the entire villa once more. Only when they failed to find Wang Yuyan did she reluctantly return.

  As soon as he entered the cabin and saw Chen Xiao, he asked bluntly: "Where is Yu Yan? You said you knew, where is she?"

  Fortunately, this time she was relatively restrained and didn't directly say that she wanted to cut off Chen Xiao's leg.

  Chen Xiao stretched his body and said, "My arms are numb, can you loosen the ropes for us? Anyway, I don't know martial arts, so I won't be able to run away. Whatever you want to know, I'll tell you!"

  Madam Wang slammed her hand on the table and shouted: "How dare you set conditions for me?"

  Don't even think about it, if you don't negotiate, you'll end up dead! Negotiating is the only way to stay alive!

  "Madam Wang, don't be angry. This anger is harmful to people, especially women. When we get angry, it's easy to get qi deficiency, yang deficiency, yin deficiency, qi stagnation, qi deficiency and blood deficiency, qi deficiency and blood stasis, and qi stagnation and blood stasis. This will lead to wrinkles, and once you have wrinkles, you won't look good. If you don't look good, it's easy for a certain someone to not like you..."

  Chen Xiao said a lot of things that sounded like riddles, and Mrs. Wang was quite confused after listening to them. However, she managed to understand the last two sentences clearly. "If we both have wrinkles, it won't look good. If it doesn't look good, it's easy for someone to dislike..."

  Upon hearing these two sentences, Madame Wang suddenly stretched out her hand to touch her cheek, muttering as she touched: "Could it be because of this? Could it be that he...he..."