Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 960: Stunning the old man and framing the brother-in-law

Ning Xiuyuan held her hand in his palm, and walked slowly with the little girl who was hanging her head and holding back her emotions. After leaving the small forest, they arrived at the yard. He deliberately slowed down his pace. "When he came back, he was actually very drunk. The bumps in the carriage woke him up. He called your name in a daze, laughed, and said, Xiao Ning, from now on, grandpa can protect anyone he wants to protect. He said, no matter what his future career is, no matter what crime he committed, the Shangguan family is in Jiangnan... there is no need to be afraid of anyone!"

"After saying that, he fell asleep again. Looking at his current state, I'm afraid he won't wake up until tomorrow morning... Grandfather's alcohol tolerance is not very good."

Yes, my brother can drink much better than my grandfather. He can never get drunk no matter how much he drinks. In the end, he had to pretend to be drunk before he could speak out his true feelings.

For a moment, no one spoke. In this small world, there was only the rustling sound of footsteps on the withered yellow leaves and the whimpering of the evening breeze through the trees. Ji Wuyan bit her lip and said nothing, just following Ning Xiuyuan step by step, keeping only half a step behind all the way to the door. Ning Xiuyuan turned his head to look at her. The little girl lowered her head, as if she was aware that she had done something wrong, obedient and quiet, and there was also a sense of inexplicable grievance.

Ning Xiuyuan asked her with some amusement, "Were you the one who instigated the roof to be lifted today?"

"No way." Ji Wuyan suddenly looked up at the other person, then quickly lowered her head and said, "My brother got two jars of good wine and said he wanted to drink with me. While drinking, he said that his lifelong wish was to climb up the roof and remove the tiles... So, we went." She skipped the part about Shen Luoxin in the middle.

Ning Xiuyuan frowned almost imperceptibly. It sounded concise and coherent. In summary, these two kids drank alcohol and did some naughty and even punishable things when the adults were not at home. The kids were also smart enough to knock out all the servants in the yard... If Ji Feng had done it, Ning Xiuyuan would have really believed it. But these two kids, one was the mature and shrewd Shangguan Chu, and the other was the calm and self-controlled Ji Wuyan.

Even if Shangguan Chu really drank the fake wine and was drunk and wanted to lift the roof, Ji Wuyan would never let this happen.

Ning Xiuyuan knew what was going on, but he didn't expose her hiding something. He just smiled and touched her head, lowering his head as if to coax a tantrum child, "Is it fun tonight after lifting the old man's roof?"

Ji Wuyan was slightly stunned, but the other party had already let go of the hand that was touching her head, and took her into the yard, shaking his head and laughing as he walked, "Our little girl is good in everything, pretty, gentle, and most importantly, smart. She can do bad things without leaving any traces, and she can vent her anger by using other people's hands."

Hmm? It sounded fine at first, but it sounded more and more wrong the more he listened to it. Ji Wuyan tilted his head and glared at him, angrily silent.

Ning Xiuyuan smiled without temper, "I'm praising you, praising you for being smart."

Is there anyone who praises people like this? Do you really think she is sleepy in the middle of the night? Ji Wuyan suddenly raised her leg and stepped on it fiercely. After stepping on it, she still felt unsatisfied, so she bit her back teeth and rubbed it again. Only then did she retract her foot amid the other party's muffled groan and trotted into the house. When she closed the door, she grinned at Ning Xiuyuan outside, proud and arrogant.

Ning Xiuyuan bent over and patted the dirty upper of his shoes. When he stood up, he saw the fleeting smile of the person inside the door. He was smart and cunning, and his eyes were charming. He read a lot when he was young, and he was not afraid of strange stories and miscellaneous talks. But every time he saw the plot of the moonlit goblin bewitching people, he just felt that he didn't understand it. What kind of goblin could bewitch a well-read scholar to lose his future of fame and fortune, and bewitch a monk who had been a vegetarian for half his life and devoted himself to Buddhism to fall into the world of mortals again?
It was not until now, when Ning Xiuyuan himself had become that scholar and that monk, that he felt that the strange stories and talks were not deceiving him.

He stood in the yard with his hands behind his back, looking at the door that closed in front of him, and smiled to himself, then instructed Xi An who was coming over from behind, "Go and keep an eye on them, don't let Qingshan take the person away. It would be bad if the old man wakes up tomorrow and can't find the owner of the half-ripped roof and takes his anger out on the servants."

Xi An responded softly - the master is getting worse and worse, and he is so confident even to his brother-in-law. Why worry about taking out his anger on the servants? The master is really worried that the old man can't find the real master and ask the servants, so that the servants will come to their senses and find that they have been drugged... There are not many people in this mansion who have the courage and ability to do this, at least Shangguan Chu doesn't have the drug.

At least, there is no such good drug.

Not only that, it was true that Shangguan Shou was drunk yesterday, but he was not completely unconscious... Ning Xiuyuan saw Qingshan sneaking around the door, so he ordered Xi An to scout the way first, and then he discovered the brother and sister who had done something bad and were still sleeping there. So Ning Xiuyuan knocked Shangguan Shou unconscious with a knife, who was already dazed and squinting his eyes and could only barely walk with all his concentration.

In order to protect his future daughter-in-law, the third master of the Ning family knocked the old man unconscious and framed his brother-in-law.

Poor Master Shangguan, he has been blowing the cold wind on the roof all night, and he might be caught red-handed tomorrow. I'm afraid the old man's stick is waiting for him!

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Poor Master Shangguan, after drinking some wine and lifting the roof for half the night, he was so tired that he fell asleep while lying on the roof, out of breath. The cold wind of the winter night did not wake him up, but it woke up the old man who was sleeping in the house.

After waking up, the old man touched the back of his head which was aching slightly, and stared at the bright blue sky and white clouds above the curtain in a daze, wondering what he had done and where he slept last night?

After thinking it over, he remembered the drinking, the embarrassing crying and laughing while holding the wine jar, but he was confused about what happened after getting on the carriage. He looked around with shame and found that the furnishings in the house were indeed his own. He tried to call the servants, but there was no response, and he became uncertain again. Could it be that Ning Xiuyuan sent him to the wrong courtyard yesterday?
What kind of abandoned woodshed is this?
He got up from under the quilt and opened the door. He saw a bunch of familiar faces crowding at his door, pointing and gesturing... So, is this really his house? What about the roof... At that moment, Shangguan Shou's face suddenly darkened. He looked at the servants who avoided his eyes when they saw him, and asked, suppressing his anger, "Can anyone tell me, old man, what is going on?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sneeze suddenly sounded above his head, "Ah, ah-choo!"

The sound was so loud that it startled two or three tired birds, which flew away with fluttering wings.