After hearing Zhang Zhuan’s words, Gu Yi tapped his right index finger on the armrest.
Zhang Zhuan looked at him eagerly, he didn’t dare to guess what Father meant by sending Zhang Huai away, or perhaps he had already guessed it vaguely, but didn’t dare to admit it.
Gu Yi’s hand paused, “Boss Wei.”
Shopkeeper Wei pushed the door in.
Gu Yi gestured.
He took out two porcelain bottles, one blue and one white, from his pocket and handed them to Zhang Zhuan, “The white one is a hallucinogenic drug that can be used in your meals to find out Zhang Huai’s whereabouts from your father’s mouth. The blue one is the antidote, after taking it, you won’t know you’ve been drugged at all.”
Zhang Zhuan took a step back in fear, “I, I, I ……”
“Master Zhang did so for one purpose only, to give up you all to preserve his first son. Second Prince Zhang, even if not for your own sake, for the sake of your mother and sister, you should find out the whereabouts of Zhang Huai. Otherwise there will be no place for you in Qingping County in the future.”
Beads of sweat rolled down Zhang Zhuan’s forehead, ever since the day he made the deal with Gu Yi, he had been at his wits’ end. He understood the meaning of Wei’s words, but drugging his own father, he ……
“Don’t worry, it’s harmless to the body, it only causes hallucinations, ask what you want to say.”
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the market.
“That’s natural.”
Zhang Zhuan steadied himself, put the porcelain vase in his arms, arched his hand towards Gu Yi and Wei’s boss, and turned to leave the restaurant.
Returning to the side door of the Zhang Mansion, he gave the underling watching the door a few copper coins and went to his mother’s courtyard.
“Auntie.”
When Madam Zhang was still alive, the rules were very strict and did not allow concubine sons and daughters to call their own mothers mother, so Zhang Zhuan was used to calling her mother, and even when Madam Zhang was gone, she did not change her name for a while.
Zhang Lan was accompanying her mother to do the maiden’s work, so she called out, “Big brother.”
“Zhuan’er, come and sit down.”
Aunt Du pointed to the stool at the table.
Zhang Zhuan walked over and sat down, “Little sister, I have something to say to Aunt, you go back inside first.”
Zhang Lan obediently put away her half-embroidered handkerchief and went back to her house.
“What is it?”
Aunt Du looked at Zhang Zhuan.
This son of her own was no worse than Zhang Huai in terms of talent and looks, but it was just a pity that he had come out of her own womb and had been suppressed by Zhang Huai all these years.
The first thing you need to do is to get up and walk to the door and send the maids who are waiting to the courtyard door to keep watch, then come back and sit down again.
Aunt Du was so shocked after hearing this that she covered her mouth.
Zhang Zhuan hadn’t finished, “I’ve snooped around and Zhang Huai isn’t in the house. If my guess is good, my father should want to take revenge on the Yuan family. It’s just that he didn’t know how it would turn out, so he sent Zhang Huai away first and asked us to accompany him-”
After a pause, he home in on his tone, “Death!”
Aunt Du almost screamed out, and her other hand came up to cover her mouth tightly.
Zhang Zhuan waited for her to calm down.
Only after a long time did Aunt Du slowly let go of her hand, her lips trembling, “You, what do you want to do, what do you want to do?”
“I want Mother to ask Father to come to your house for dinner.”
Aunt Du was also favoured in those years when she first entered the house, otherwise she could not have given birth to a son and a daughter, it was only later that Master Zhang grew older and was preoccupied with nurturing his first son and did not come over much.
“You, you,……”
Aunt Du’s whole body was trembling.
Zhang Zhuan pulled out the porcelain vase in his arms, “This is the medicine that causes hallucinations, father just needs to take it and we will be able to ask about Zhang Huai’s whereabouts. Auntie, whether we can survive and hold onto the property of the Zhang House in our hands all depends on you.”
……
“Master, Aunt Du is here.”
The butler reported.
Master Zhang, who was sitting in his rocking chair with his eyes closed, opened his eyes, “Let her in.”
The housekeeper opened the door and Aunt Du instructed the maid to stop at the door and enter herself.
This was the first time she had seen Master Zhang since Lady Zhang and Zhang Yao had been buried, he had lost a lot of weight and there were more white hairs on his head.
“What is it?”
Aunt Du stopped, not daring to go forward again, and squeezed the handkerchief in her hand, “Master hasn’t had a good meal for a long time, I asked the kitchen to make something you like.”
The word “no go” was on his lips, but Master Zhang thought of something and swallowed it back, extending his hand towards her.
“How are Zhan’er and Lan’er?”
“Both are very obedient, staying in their own courtyard all the time.”
……
The two of them had a chat and went back to Aunt Du’s house.
When Master Zhang sat down, Aunt Du personally poured tea and handed it to Master Zhang with both hands, “Master, have a sip of tea first, I will go to the kitchen to see if the meal is ready.”
As he had done in the past, Master Zhang did not feel any discomfort, and after she had gone out, he took a few slow sips of tea with the tealight in his hand.
Aunt Du soon returned, and the meal was brought up with her. Six dishes and one soup, all of which were Master Zhang’s favourite foods.
Aunt Du put the dishes on the plate in front of Master Zhang, “You should eat more, look at you, you’ve lost weight.”
Master Zhang didn’t push back and ate.
Some days ago, there were people in black trying to sneak into the study every day, which disturbed him day and night, and he hadn’t recovered until now.
Aunt Du’s eyes flickered as she followed suit and ate.
When she saw that Master Zhang’s eyes were dazed, she pretended not to be aware of it and continued to give Master Zhang dishes until Master Zhang’s eyes were completely dazed and he ate his meal in a slow manner, then she asked tentatively, “Master, what is hidden in your study?
“The beauty smile.”
Master Zhang replied unconsciously.
“Is the youngest master in the house?”
“No.”
“What has he gone to do?”
Master Zhang’s brow furrowed.
Aunt Du’s heart lifted.
“Go and get help.”
Aunt Du rose eagerly, “Get help for what?”
“Kill people.”
Aunt Du almost dropped the chopsticks in her hand, she scrambled to hold them steady, with uncontrollable shaking, “Kill, kill who?”
“Kill them all.”
……
Aunt Du walked into the house with weak hands and feet, and Zhang Zhuan immediately stood up, “How is it?”
Aunt Du was in shock and sat limply on a chair, panting heavily, “Went, got help, to, to kill.”
“Kill who?”
“All, all kill.”
Zhang Zhuan lifted his feet and walked out, Aunt Du grabbed him in horror, her lips opened and closed for a long time before she made a sound, “Zhuan, Zhuan’er, he, he, he’s your father, he, he didn’t want to harm us, you, you, you ……”
“He won’t succeed, mother doesn’t know, the Gu family ……”
Zhang Zhuan’s words snapped to a halt, those were just his guesses, he couldn’t give them to his aunt, “Mother don’t worry, I won’t harm father either, as long as there is no more Zhang Huai and I inherit the Zhang House, I will definitely be filial to him and let him live out his old age in peace.”
