Shocking Mountain Moon

Chapter 66 Slander
"Ouch—" The pain of being dragged made Qiu Xuan struggle unconsciously.

The girl's resistance was so powerless to an adult man that it even aroused his murderous intent.

Qiu Xuan was quickly dragged into the bamboo forest.

The tall and dense green bamboos blocked most of the sunlight, and the forest was as dark as dusk.

The man with a ferocious face took out the silk rope that he had prepared earlier, put it around Qiu Xuan's neck, and began to use force.

Hu Si, who was entrusted by Qiu Heng to guard the bamboo forest, was about to go over when he saw this, but was held back by a hand.

"Sir..." Hu Si just opened his mouth and saw a figure rushing over.

Qiu Heng bit the man's wrist, waited for him to feel pain and loosen the rope, then raised her hand to grab his hair and used it as a rope to pull him out.

A scream like a slaughtering pig rang out.

"Cough, cough, cough--" Qiu Xuan fell to the ground, coughing as she looked at the person who was dragged away by Qiu Heng by the hair.

It turned out to be the fourth son of Xiping Marquis’ Mansion!

Hu Si was stunned and subconsciously raised his hands to protect his head.

"Murder! Someone is trying to kill our second daughter!" Fangzhou shouted with full energy, shaking the world.

Pilgrims came from all directions and saw Qiu Xuan, who was coughing awkwardly while holding her neck, and Young Master Zhao, who was even more embarrassed because his hair was being pulled by Qiu Heng.

"Help me quickly, he's trying to strangle my second sister!" The girl looked exhausted from pulling her hair so hard and she choked up as she begged for help.

When people looked at Qiu Xuan again, they saw that she was still wearing a silk rope.

It really was a murder scene, and they had caught it red-handed!

Realizing this, everyone was excited, and those with a strong sense of justice immediately went to help. The young man who was running in the front looked at the scene and didn't know where to start. He nervously took the hair from Qiu Heng's hand and pulled it hard.

"Ah——" A louder scream was heard, scaring the young man so much that he loosened his hand and Zhao Si stumbled and fell to the ground.

"Hold him down, hold him down!" people shouted.

In the chaos, Xue Han and Hu Si came over.

Qiu Heng and Xue Han looked at each other, feeling a little surprised.

She and Qiu Xuan agreed to come to Ganquan Temple for three consecutive days. If they did not attract the murderer, they would temporarily put aside the plan of luring the snake out of its hole. To be on the safe side, she asked Hu Si to wait in the bamboo forest today and tomorrow morning to be a witness. Unexpectedly, Xue Han also came.

"Hey, isn't this Young Master Zhao Si?" After subduing the criminal, someone recognized him.

"Mr. Zhao Si?"

"It's the fourth young master of Xiping Marquis's Mansion!"

"Hiss—why did the young master of a noble family kill someone? Whose family is that girl from?"

Most of the people who frequent Ganquan Temple are wealthy and powerful. Soon Qiu Heng and Qiu Xuan were recognized as well: "They are the Qiu sisters!"

"The fourth young master of Xiping Marquis's Mansion wants to kill the second young lady of Yongqing Marquis's Mansion?"

After knowing the identities of both parties, many people became subtle in their expressions, and the person holding Zhao Si even quietly loosened his grip.

Tsk tsk, could it be some romantic debt?

Zhao Si was freed and turned and ran.

"You still want to run?" Hu Si grabbed Zhao Si, whose hair was disheveled, and said coldly, "Imperial City Division. You committed a crime in broad daylight. Our elders and I saw it with our own eyes."

Imperial City Division?
After the excitement of committing the crime subsided, Zhao Si finally woke up. His pair of bloodshot eyes slowly swept over everyone, and he completely gave up the idea of quibbling.

Because he had given up, the evil thoughts in his heart became stronger and stronger. He suddenly looked at Qiu Xuan who was helped up by Qiu Heng and Fang Zhou, his eyes full of hatred.

It's all this bitch's fault!
If this bitch's mother hadn't come to his mother and refused the marriage on the grounds of his cousin, his mother wouldn't have given his cousin drugs to induce abortion, and his cousin wouldn't have died!
If his cousin was fine, he would not have pushed this bitch into the river when he accidentally found her standing by the river on Valentine's Day, and he would not have been caught today. If he is fine, this bitch will not have an easy life either!
Evil thoughts rose up in Zhao Si, and he pointed at Qiu Xuan and said, "I am like this because of this bitch. She had promised to spend her life with me, but she changed her mind!"

As soon as these words were spoken, a buzz of discussion arose, and the eyes of those who were already speculating looked at Qiu Xuan even more subtly.

Qiu Heng knew what these people would say without having to listen.

Qiu Xuan also knew.

She had thought about this situation when she made the decision to use herself as bait.

Once a young woman gets involved in something like this, she has already lost, and the most common approach is to keep quiet, so she didn't even tell her mother.

"Young lady!" The sound of cups and plates falling to the ground was heard. The maid Ah Fang, who was going to get snacks, ran over to block Qiu Xuan and glared at Zhao Si. "What nonsense are you talking about? Our young lady has never had any dealings with you!"

"No contact?" Zhao Si laughed wildly, looking crazy, "If she hadn't betrayed me, why would I kill her?"

After hearing this, everyone nodded.

Yes, there are thousands of young ladies in Beijing. If Miss Qiu Er had not had an affair with Young Master Zhao Si, why did Young Master Zhao Si kill her instead of others?

"Tsk, if that's the case, Miss Qiu Er has it all to blame."

"That's right. You are so young and don't know how to take care of yourself. No wonder you are in danger of being killed—"

Qiu Heng suddenly rushed to the two people who were talking the most and grabbed one of them by the wrist: "Hand over my purse!"

The person whose hand was grabbed was a woman. She immediately became angry when she heard this: "What money bag? How can you talk nonsense like a little girl!"

"My purse contains ninety taels of silver and some small change. You stole it. Hand it over quickly!"

The woman was furious: "You are Miss Qiu Liu, right? How can you slander others like this? You are so uneducated!"

Qiu Heng sneered: "Auntie is well-educated, why are you slandering my second sister?"

"Who slandered her? She has nothing to do with the Fourth Young Master of Xiping Marquis's Mansion. Why did the Fourth Young Master of Xiping Marquis's Mansion kill her?"

"Yes, if you didn't steal my purse, why would I only catch you when there are so many people here?"

"You--" The woman couldn't think of how to refute.

Qiu Heng glanced at everyone and said coldly, "So did Auntie steal my money, or did she admit that what my second sister said was unreasonable?"

"Anyway, I didn't steal your money!" said the woman with a blushing face.

Qiu Heng raised her eyebrows: "Then it's the latter?"

The woman stammered, as if to acknowledge it.

I have to admit it, this crazy girl is too scary.

Qiu Heng then let go of the woman's wrist and looked around at the people watching the fun. Those who met her gaze turned their eyes away, fearing that they would get into trouble.

They came to watch the fun and didn't want to become part of the fun like that woman.

"You all saw it, if you listen to Zhao Si's lies, he can slander anyone. As for why he wanted to kill my second sister——"

"Because his family came to propose marriage, but was rejected by my mother." Qiu Xuan pulled away the maid who was protecting her and stood up, saying loudly.

This is her business, her tribulation, and she can't just hide behind it forever.

"What? Xiping Marquis's Mansion wants to marry the second daughter of Yongqing Earl's Mansion?"

"This is bowing your head and marrying a wife, right? How could the Qiu family refuse such a good marriage?"

Amid all the discussions, Qiu Xuan looked at Zhao Si and smiled coldly: "As for why you refused? Because my mother secretly inquired and found out that Mr. Zhao Si had already secretly married my cousin, and they are not a good match!"

(End of this chapter)