allonlinenovel Chapter 295: Silencing the dead will keep their mouths shut forever
Chapter 295: Silencing the dead will keep their mouths shut forever
"Thank you, Lord Shangshu! If something like this happens again in the future, please come to us! We promise that we will not catch the wrong person again like this time, and we will not accept your money next time!" The gang leader took the silver and looked at Shen Wenting gratefully. He was worthy of being the Lord Shangshu, who was generous. He was ready to make amends even if he caught the wrong person and gave him the silver.
"Shut your mouths!" Shen Wenting turned and walked out.
"Don't worry, Lord Shangshu, we will definitely keep this matter to ourselves. Take care!" The gang leader bowed his head and looked at Shen Wenting with a smile, still immersed in the happiness of getting the silver.
After Shen Wenting left, the people he brought did not follow him out. A moment later, blood gushed out of the window and screams were heard from inside the house, but the courtyard was remote and did not attract anyone's attention.
It didn't last long before the noise inside stopped and the yard returned to silence, with only the strong smell of blood spreading.
"Sir, everything has been handled!" Shen Wenting's men handed the bag of silver stained with blood to him.
Shen Wenting took it and put it in his arms: "Retreat, go back."
Only the dead will keep their mouths shut forever. At this moment, Shen Wenting did not have the slightest trace of a scholarly and weak figure. His eyes only contained viciousness and bloodthirstiness.
The group quietly took Shen Youran back to the mansion. At this time, the news that Shen Youran was kidnapped by bandits soon spread throughout the capital.
Shen Wenting immediately arranged for someone to deal with it. Not long after, the matter was suppressed and no one mentioned it again. In order to confirm that this was just a rumor, Shen Youran even changed into new clothes and walked around the street before returning to the mansion. Only then did everyone believe that she was not kidnapped.
Xiangguo Temple.
After Yao Qingnian arrived at Xiangguo Temple, the first thing he did was to take Chen Shuhua's pulse. Sure enough, there were signs of poisoning again. Fortunately, there was an antidote, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
"Mom, I have something to tell you."
"What's the matter? Tell me, mother is listening!" During the days that Chen Shuhua came here, she didn't want to care about other things. The only thing she was thinking about was her daughter.
Yao Qingnian looked at the maids around her, and Chen Shuhua immediately understood what was going on and signaled them to leave.
"Mom, do you know that you have been poisoned?" Yao Qingnian spoke lightly after everyone had left.
"Poisoned? Nian Ran, how is this possible?"
"Mother, I know medical skills. You were poisoned before you came here, but I have already prescribed an antidote for you. But I just felt your pulse and found that even though you took the antidote, the poison in your body has not been eliminated."
"Nianran, do you mean that there are unclean people around mother?" Chen Shuhua's face turned pale. Yingcao had been by her side for several years and she hadn't even noticed it. Now, someone poisoned her. She couldn't believe it.
"I'm not sure yet, Mom, think about it, have you eaten anything that you need to eat every day?"
"We do drink the same sweet soup of bird's nest every day in the mansion, but after coming here, the food and drink are all taken care of by the temple, without the help of the maids and old women. Nianran, the nanny and the maids are the people I brought from the Duke's Mansion as dowry, they would not do such a thing." Chen Shuhua only brought her personal maid and old women, and no one else.
"Do you have any personal items?" Yao Qingnian also trusted Chen Shuhua, but one must be on guard against others. It is better to be on the safe side and take some precautions first.
"Yes." Chen Shuhua took out several of her personal belongings, including a purse, a crescent-shaped jade pendant, and an ice-clear bracelet. These were her personal belongings that she wore every day.
"Mom, I'll take these things back and take a look. Don't tell anyone yet." Yao Qingnian planned to go into the space to study them when he returned.
"it is good."
"By the way, mother, we came here this time to take you back." Yao Qingnian told her the main purpose of this visit, wanting to see her attitude.
"Mother knows, have you been managing the household smoothly these days when I was away?"
"It's going smoothly, but it's too tiring. This is something you can't understand if you don't manage a household. Not to mention the mansion, your dowry alone is enough to give me a headache. There are so many things, and you have to take care of them every day." Yao Qingnian sighed.
"This is nothing. There are many people with bigger fortunes!" Chen Shuhua smiled.
"This is nothing! But don't worry, I have sorted out most of it for you these days!" Yao Qingnian reported in detail all the matters concerning the reorganization of the mansion in the past few days, including reducing the expenditure in the mansion, staff transfers, inspecting the shops for her and organizing the dowry, etc.
Yao Qingnian automatically ignored what happened to Runiang in the jewelry store and did not tell Chen Shuhua about it. Firstly, he was afraid of hurting her again, and secondly, there was no evidence to prove that the two had a relationship. However, truth will come to light sooner or later, and sooner or later the two will reveal their true colors, but now is not the time.
The mother and daughter chatted for a long time until someone from the old lady's side came over and said they wanted to invite Chen Shuhua over to talk to her. Yao Qingnian then said goodbye and took her personal belongings back to check.
After Yao Qingnian returned to the meditation room, he asked Shan Wei to watch at the door, and he entered the space and began to check. He checked the purse inside and out, and the bracelet was also carefully checked, and there was no problem. In the end, only the crescent jade pendant was left. The jade pendant looked very valuable, and there was nothing special about it. After checking, there was no problem.
It didn't seem to appear on things, so where could it be? It wasn't food or personal belongings. Yao Qingnian began to have a headache, and had no idea. After thinking for a long time, she decided to go out and see if there was anything she had missed.
Just as she was about to go out, she accidentally touched the crescent jade pendant on the table, and the jade pendant instantly broke into several pieces.
Oh no, I broke Chen Shuhua's jade pendant. I don't know if it is important to her! Oh, how could I be so careless.
Yao Qingnian squatted down and picked up the fragments one by one. When she picked up the fragments, she accidentally glanced at the contents inside the fragments. It seemed that some powdery substance fell out.
Why is there powder on the jade pendant? Could this be...
With this idea in mind, Yao Qingnian extracted some of the powder on the ground and continued to test it. An hour later, the results came out, and this powder was the source of Chen Shuhua's poisoning.
The poison seeps out of the jade pendant every day, and people inhale the poison gas unknowingly. This poison accumulates very slowly every day. When it is absorbed to a certain level, it will cause poisoning and cause sudden death.
Who could have imagined that poison powder would be placed in the jade pendant? The person who wanted to harm Chen Shuhua was really meticulous and made it so foolproof. If I hadn't happened to break it today, it wouldn't have been so easy to find out.