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Chapter 65 Pretty Little Snake

This tall painter sat quietly in the corner of the small room, spreading out felt paper and drawing with a brush.

The mountain moon was pressing against the window frame, his expression was cold but his back was tense.

The painter raised his eyes.

It was like a pretty little snake that coiled its body into graceful circles, with its seven-inch body standing upright, gracefully displaying its forked tongue with every breath, ready to attack at any time.

The screams outside gradually died down.

In the side hall, Cheng Xinghe covered his left face in fear, huddled on the edge of a chair, and retreated a meter or two with his hips twisted: Master Liu is crazy! Master Liu is crazy! Use such a red-hot pipe to burn his face! At the very least, it will cause abscesses, and at the worst, it will leave scars!

"Dad!" Cheng Xinghe cried out in grievance: "You, you, what are you doing!"

He turned around and yelled at Xiao Moli: "Get some ice! Get some ice! If you get a scar, you won't be able to do anything in the future!"

Lord Liu sneered and tapped his pipe on the eucalyptus table with one hand: "What do you want to do? What else do you want to do? What have you done?"

The ashes with sparks fell to the ground.

Cheng Xinghe looked at Lord Liu in confusion, not understanding what he was saying: Could it be that he was blaming him for not causing heavy casualties in Songjiang Prefecture? Cheng Xinghe felt a little wronged, but what could he do? At the beginning of the epidemic, he didn't even dare to go out. That bastard didn't want his life, but he wanted it! His life was more valuable than that of the bastard!
The left side of my face hurts so much!
I'm afraid the skin and flesh have been burned!

What a thing!

Since ancient times, only prisoners would be branded on the face!
Although men don't cry easily, Cheng Xing'er couldn't care less now. His heart ached and his face hurt so much that he burst into tears. "What have I done? My face is scarred. It will be hard for me to make progress in the future! Two years ago, my elder brother was demoted to the position of the transport officer of the grain transport and salt transport. He can't support himself alone. He must have someone to help him, right? "

Cheng Xinghe cried until his face was tight and painful: "I made a mistake, just tell me, even if I made a huge mistake, I can change it!"

"You can change it? Where can you change it?"

Lord Liu smiled kindly, but he stretched out his hand and tightly pinched Cheng Xinghe's proud jaw corner: "Let me ask you, what kind of medicinal herbs did you send to the capital?"

Cheng Xing was stunned: What kind of medicinal herbs could it be! They are all good medicinal herbs hidden in old caves in the mountains for many years!
"Angelica dahurica, three yellows, Chinese angelica, and Radix Pseudostellariae..." Cheng Xinghe's face was burning with pain, and he recalled: "I also specially asked someone to prepare the ginseng, and cut it into thin slices after it was moistened, so that the nobles can take it in the morning and evening."

"Snapped--"

Lord Liu looked indifferent and waved his hand back: "Then why did the ginseng you sent make the person unconscious for two whole days?"

Cheng Xinghe was blown backwards by the fan, and before he could even sit up straight, he was horrified and asked, "What!? No way!?"

My mind was thinking: Is it because I am not taking the right medicine?! Or am I not able to tolerate ginseng!? Or am I not taking the right medicine!?

Cheng Xinghe burst into tears and said, "Medicine is three-quarters poisonous. It is said that different places have different climates and soils, different places produce different medicines, or your body size is different, or the medicine is not suitable for your pulse. All of these are possible. Why is it that my medicine is so crude--" Before Cheng Xinghe could finish his words, Lord Liu grabbed his neck in anger and said, "Your Excellency has asked the imperial physician to check. The ginseng slices you sent are not ginseng slices, but another medicinal material called 'Shanglu'! The two are very similar, one is a tonic, and the other is a poison if taken and used frequently!"

Cheng Xinghe froze in place, his head buzzing as if dozens of flies were flying into his brain through his eye sockets.

Lord Liu had been in the government for many years, and it had been a long time since he had shown his emotions so clearly. He used great force to pinch Cheng Xing's neck, causing veins to pop out. "The imperial physician went to check the medicine rack you sent - it was all fake!"

"Because of your fake medicines, my son's position as the transporter of the grain transport and salt was reported, and he is currently under investigation by the censor! This morning, people from the capital came at full speed to question me, saying that I have ulterior motives. According to the rules of 'Qingfeng', one person in the family must have his future ruined - it depends on whether it is my eldest son or my youngest son!"

Lord Liu was furious, his eyes were about to burst, "Fortunately, you never take foreign medicines, and Princess Jing'an gave the ginseng slices to the second aunt who was staying in the mansion, so as to avoid a disaster! If the princess's body is disturbed by fake medicine, you, me, and the Liu family will all die! All of us will die!"

Cheng Xinghe's face was swollen and red from being pinched. He had difficulty breathing, his eyes bulged out, and he was like a piece of driftwood on the water, no one knew where he was being washed away by the turbulent current!
“.Did, did, did it wrong——” Cheng Xinghe grabbed Master Liu’s arm with both hands and opened his mouth with difficulty, one word after another: “Dad, dad, dad, it was the people below who did. Did. Did. Did it, made a mistake. I, I, I will compensate. I will go to Beijing and explain. Dad, dad——I want, I want I want to die. If I die, you will no longer have this obedient dog of the Cheng family.”

Lord Liu loosened his grip a little.

Cheng Xinghe got the chance and broke free immediately, gasping for breath, tears streaming down his face, his eyes white. He had no time to recover, so he used both hands to crawl to the feet of Master Liu, looked up and cried, "The people downstairs must have made a mistake when changing the medicine. I will go back and suffocate them in the well! - There are still 30,000 taels of silver on the Cheng family's account, I will give it all to you! Big brother has suffered an unexpected disaster, and the money to open up the key points will be paid by our Cheng family! Dad - Dad - Dad -"

Cheng Xinghe's mind raced: The Grand Princess scolded Lord Liu, and Lord Liu scolded him! He didn't need to appease the Grand Princess, he just needed to get Lord Liu to help him!

"There are also shops! The clan's sacrificial fields! They are all handed over to you! Whether it's smoothing out the relationship or transferring them to the capital, it's all up to you!"

Cheng Xinghe burst into tears and said, "Fortunately, the Grand Princess is safe. Otherwise, even if I hang myself on the crooked tree, I can't make up for the slightest damage to her precious body! It was really an unintentional mistake, Dad! It was an unintentional mistake, it can't cost me my life! Dad!"

Lord Liu slowly withdrew his hand and was about to speak when he heard a loud voice outside the door -

"He did it on purpose!"

The windproof door curtain was pulled open by someone.

A young girl wearing a veil straightened her back, walked into the hall with a few graceful steps, and squatted slowly and politely. She performed the whole set of movements beautifully and smoothly. Then she raised her eyes, revealing a pair of slightly upturned phoenix eyes, which were shining and contained a bit of anger.

"Shan Yue——?" Cheng Xinghe covered his head and frowned: "You, what are you doing——"

"Master Liu, you are safe and sound. My daughter, He Shanyue, is the 'Qingfeng' chosen by the Cheng family to study in your mansion."

Shan Yue bowed again and spoke in an orderly and soft voice, which was very clear to everyone.

"Cheng Xinghe deliberately switched the real medicine with the fake medicine - the real medicine was left in the Cheng Family Charity Hall, while the fake medicine was sent far away to the capital. Everything he did was to take revenge on you."

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