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Chapter 283 The Past of Chen Mansion

Noon.

Chen Mansion.

Soldiers escorted a carriage over. Chen Tai, the master of the Chen family whose brother-in-law had died, walked out of the mansion and led everyone in the Chen family to welcome the important man in the carriage.

Hu Jinghui and Li Yuanfang were on the left and right respectively. Leading the way in front were the inner guards led by Mo Ling, and behind them were all Dengzhou soldiers. Lu Dayou, who was driving the carriage, saw the carriage approaching the gate of Chen's mansion and let out a long sigh.

Chen Tai led a group of servants to kneel down and kowtow towards the carriage, saying:

"I, Chen Tai, will bring all the people in the government to welcome Li Shaoyin!"

Wu Yanhao got off the carriage first, then turned around and helped Li Cunxi down.

"We're already at the Chen residence?" Li Cunxi glanced at the people kneeling on the ground and raised his eyebrows. "It's so fast. I wanted to take a nap."

"Come on, we're here to investigate a case, don't act so crazy." Wu Yanhao reminded in a low voice.

"I can guarantee that we won't get any news on this trip. The real source of news must be in the Governor's Mansion. Zhao Hai is responsible for searching the Governor's Mansion for the 200,000 taels of silver. Whether he can find it or not, we will have a conclusion."

After Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao finished their whispering, they looked around and came to a man who was obviously dressed differently from the others and helped the man up.

"My humble abode is honored to have the presence of Mr. Li Shaoyin. I, Chen Tai, pay my respects to you, sir!"

Chen Tai seemed to be in high spirits and bowed to Li Cunxi again.

Li Cunxi smiled and said, "I am Li Cunxi, and I have come to see Master Chen."

"Li Shaoyin is famous and I am very happy to have you come to my house. I would like to invite Li Shaoyin into my house for a chat."

Hu Jinghui behind him winked at Li Yuanfang, and Li Yuanfang immediately followed Li Cunxi, Wu Yanhao and Lu Dayou, leaving Hu Jinghui outside.

Hu Jinghui watched several people being led in by Chen Tai, and began to arrange protection outside.

Under the leadership of the demon spirit, the people from the Inner Guard House guarded the main gate of the Chen Mansion and did not allow anyone to enter or leave.

The remaining guards under the Dengzhou Governor's Office also stood guard, not daring to relax at all.

Entering the main hall of the Chen Mansion, Chen Tai personally served tea to the people, then sat down and asked with a smile on his face:

"I wonder why Li Shaoyin came to my house?"

Li Cunxi took a sip of tea and said lightly:

"I came here to tell you about the suicide of Governor Yu. After all, you are the relatives of the deceased. You should be the most saddened by his death, so I want to tell you."

When Chen Tai heard Li Cunxi talk about the governor Yu Lei, he not only did not show any sadness, but burst into laughter.

Soon, Chen Tai realized that he was being a little rude, so he quickly put away the smile on his face and bowed to Li Cunxi.

"If Lord Li wants to ask us if we are sad because of Yu Lei's matter, then of course there is no need. We already know about Yu Lei's matter. Not only do we not feel sad, but we feel very happy."

Li Cunxi and the others looked at each other. They had never thought of this.

His brother-in-law is dead, but Chen Tai is still smiling so happily. There must be something wrong.

Feeling that everyone's eyes were focused on him after a brief eye contact, Chen Tai leaned back calmly, put his hands on the armrests, and spoke seriously.

"My Lords, you may not know that although my family and Yu Lei are relatives in name, we are no longer relatives in reality."

Wu Yanhao quickly asked: "What's going on?"

"Sir, speaking of this, we have to talk about something that happened many years ago."

Chen Tai stroked his short beard and talked about an event that happened many years ago.

At that time, Chen Tai was just a young man in his early eighteen years old, and his father Chen Gu was worried about the marriage between him and his sister Chen Ci.

This girl is in her teens and can get married, but Chen Gu's daughter Chen Ci is 20 years old and has not met a suitable man yet. She is unwilling to get married.

Chen Gu loved his daughter too much, so he always let her do what she wanted. Until July 7, nineteen years ago, Chen Ci and his maid went out and met a scholar on the way. The maid fell in love with the scholar, but she had sold herself into slavery and was afraid that her life was hopeless.

Later, the maid and the scholar met in private. After several times of sexual intercourse, the scholar promised the maid that after he passed the imperial examination, he would redeem her and marry her.

It was August at that time. The maidservant bypassed the patrolling guards and left Chen's house at night. She had sex with the scholar in a haystack. After the scholar was satisfied, he said he was hungry and begged the maidservant to take him to the kitchen of Chen's house to steal some food.

The maid had already given everything, so this little bit didn't matter to her. She took the scholar into Chen's house and went into the kitchen.

The scholar stole food, so the maid sent him out.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, the scholar sneaked into Chen's house along the wall, intending to steal some things, but was discovered by the night watchman. He fled all the way to Chen Ci's room. In order to survive, he held Chen Ci hostage with a kitchen knife and attempted to escape.

At this point, Chen Tai sighed and said helplessly: "I think you should have guessed that the scholar was Yu Lei. This ruthless beast kidnapped my sister and took her out of the Chen Mansion, and asked my family to prepare silver to redeem my sister. My father had no choice but to promise him the silver."

"What happened next?" Wu Yanhao asked expressionlessly.

"Yu Lei didn't take the money, but told us not to follow him, otherwise he would kill my sister. We were not far away. After Dongliu Lane, we reached Caishikou. Yu Lei took my sister into Caishikou. There were many people in there, and we couldn't find my sister no matter what."

"Oh, what then?"

"Three days later, we placed the silver at the agreed location. That night, my sister did come back. However, six months later, my sister's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and it was impossible to hide it."

Li Cunxi, who was sitting on the bed, nodded repeatedly as he listened.

This plot is understood.

He had already guessed what was going to happen next.

Chen Tai said sadly: "My sister's reputation cannot be ruined, so we have no choice but to accept that bastard as our son-in-law. However, my father won't let him do anything. He will be locked up in the house and just let him survive."

"Seventeen years ago, this bastard escaped in the night to take the imperial examination. After returning, he only told outsiders that my family sponsored him to study for the imperial examination. Now he has returned home in glory."

"He was an official of the imperial court. Even if my family was very brave, we would not dare to imprison him, right? He came to our house and used threats and inducements. My father had no choice but to marry my sister to him and gave him a dowry. Not long after, he died of anger."

"In the following years, even though he became the governor, my family never had any contact with him. We just pretended not to know him."

After listening to Chen Tai's story, Li Cunxi showed a compassionate expression.

Li Cunxi smacked his lips, stood up, and said to Chen Tai:

"The Chen family's affairs are truly heartbreaking. I came here to comfort you, but I don't want to know about this kind of thing."

"It's better to be happy. It's time for me to go back."