Chapter 166

Hearing Liu Tiezhu’s words, Xu Ran couldn’t help wondering how much Xu Cheng hated him.

“Where is him?” Xu Ran pinched Liu Tiezhu’s chin and asked him.

“He…he…he ran away. He even asked me to run with him, but I wanted to watch the fun, so I didn’t.”

“Do you know where he went?” The strength of Xu Ran’s grip grew stronger. Liu Tiezhu felt that his bones were about to be crushed.

Liu Tiezhu gritted his teeth and said to Xu Ran, “You, you, take your hands off me .”

Xu Ran loosened his grip. “Speak, where is he going? Tell me and I can spare you. If not, I’ll take you to your debtor, and you know what awaits you.”

Xu Ran said this with a trace of ruthlessness on his face. But he lowered his head, so only Liu Tiezhu could see it. Others thought Xu Ran was asking Liu Tiezhu nicely because the voice they heard was gentle.

Xu Ran was angry now, but his anger could only be felt by Liu Tiezhu.

But he didn’t dare to say anything even more, because he didn’t know where Xu Cheng was， either.

Seeing how Liu Tiezhu didn’t speak for such a long time, Xu Ran guessed that Liu Tiezhu didn’t know where Xu Cheng had gone. But it was alright. There was still Gao Quan, and he believed Xu Cheng would be back soon.

Xu Ran straightened up and turned to the villagers. “Liu Tiezhu said that the other person is Xu Cheng, who went to find him in Liu Village. Everyone knew that I had separated from my parents. They were supported by my younger brother, but what has he done? Certainly everyone knows about it. This time, he wants to harm my child. I really don’t know how I have such a younger brother.”

Xu Ran’s face was full of sorrow when he said this.

In the crowd, Xu Houcai and Elder Daddy Xu were there, but none of them stood up and said anything. Even Elder Daddy Xu, who had always defended Xu Cheng indiscriminately, did not say anything. Not only Xu Ran, but the villagers saw it. This time Xu Cheng was really disappointing.

Xu Ran handed Liu Tiezhu to the village head. He said that he would deal with the matter when Xu Cheng came back and let the other villagers go back for now.

In the villagers’ eyes, this was a farce. But in Xu Ran’s eyes, this was a great opportunity. He wanted Xu Cheng and Liu Tiezhu to never have the chance to start over. How could those who hurt his son be spared?

…

Following the four dogs, Gao Quan ran all the way to the mountain. He couldn’t say he was the one who was the most familiar with the mountain in the village, but the mountain was definitely not strange to him. Why did the four dogs take him to the mountain?

The four dogs almost ran in this direction together, and they ran very quickly. Even he couldn’t catch up with them. Could it be that the one who had killed the ewe was on the mountain? Gao Quan couldn’t help wondering.

The dogs ran on the main road when they got up the mountain. Gao Quan remembered the road lead to a cave. People would usually take there as a shelter from the rainstorm.

It looked like the four dogs were taking him to the cave.

Why did anyone run to this cave to hide? This was too obvious. Almost everyone in the village knew about this cave. If it was someone from the village, Gao Quan thought it would be too unwise.

He walked while guessing and imperceptibly he had already reached the entrance of the cave. Gao Quan wanted to go inside, but the four dogs dragged his trousers to prevent him from doing so, and Gao Quan also smelled the blood.

It looked like the people inside were not very friendly!

Suddenly, a voice rang from behind, “You’re here!”

Gao Quan suddenly turned back and found that the four dogs beside him had fainted. No wonder they didn’t make a sound.

Gao Quan only knew one person who had such capability and used poison, but the person in front of him was not like what he had seen before.

“Who are you?” Gao Quan asked.

The man smiled. “I guess you know me. It’s just a different look.”

“Are you Lu Yuan?”

“No, I’m Lu Qi, his son,” Lu Qi said.

“What’s your purpose luring me here? What do you want me to do?”

“Don’t be so nervous. I don’t want you to do anything. You just need to find an opportunity to let the Second Young Master, namely, Liu Tong, know his true identity. Then someone else will take over the task.”

“Why should I take your order,” Gao Quan said coldly.

“Just because you were the only one alive who once served the old prince, and you happened to be bought back home by the Second Young Master’s husband.”

But unexpectedly, Gao Quan said, “Before today, I didn’t know that Liu Tong was the Second Young Master.”

“How could it be? Doesn’t he look like the prince? They are twins,” Lu Qi was a little surprised.

Gao Quan said, “I have never seen the prince and I have never gone back since that incident. For many years,, life has been bumpy to me and Shao Yu. We ended up here and were bought home by Xu Ran. Although Liu Tong looks similar to the old prince, I didn’t think too much about it. He has parents and relatives, so how can he be the Second Young Master?”

Lu Qi frowned, “I forget about this. After all, it has been twenty years. The prince and the Second Young Master were both young at that time, so it’s no wonder you don’t recognize him.”

Gao Quan looked at Lu Qi and said, “Even if Liu Tong is the Second Young Master, I won’t help you. The Second Young Master is living very well now. The old prince’s biggest wish is that the Second Young Master can survive and marry a good man. In that case, I will naturally follow the old prince’s wishes.”

Lu Qi was a little angry. “Why? Don’t you want them siblings to find each other? The prince has been sending people to find the Second Young Master. Before, it was my father and not long after the old prince passed away, he was gone too. Now it’s me. You don’t know how many efforts the lord has made to find the Second Young Master.”

“You can just go back and tell the prince that the Second Young Master is doing very well now. I think if the prince is doing what’s good for the Second Young Master, he won’t want to ruin his life. Even if you bring the Second Young Master back, the Second Young Master will not thank you. You’d better ask the prince’s opinions before making any decisions.”

“Besides, this has hurt the little Young Master. I think the Second Young Master will not forgive you if he knows the truth, and I’m sure the prince didn’t order you to hurt the Second Young Master’s family.”

Gao Quan rarely said so much, mainly because Liu Tong was actually the Second Young Master, which shocked him. And when he thought about how Lu Qi and the others hurt the little Young Master just to lure him, Gao Quan felt an indescribable anger in his heart.

“You misunderstood, we didn’t do anything. I just used the smell to let the dogs bring you here. As for the person who hurt the little Young Master, he is caught by the beast-trap. You can take him away directly. As for what you said, I will send news to the prince. Take good care of the Second Young Master and his family. I will not appear for the time being.”

After Lu Qi said this, he turned around and left. At the same time, many people came out from the cave and left with him.

After they left, Gao Quan went to find water to wake the four dogs up, and then went into the cave to see the person inside.

The person in the cave was naturally Xu Cheng. Gao Quan knew this person and had seen him many times. He knew that he was Xu Ran’s younger brother, but he did not expect that he would hurt his nephew, what a bastard.

But he couldn’t deal with him directly, nor did he want to bear the crime of muder.

Gao Quan found that Xu Cheng was lying in the hole, but his hands and feet were tied up and his mouth was stuffed by rug. It seemed that he wanted to run away but couldn’t .

Gao Quan didn’t care about anything else. He put him on his shoulder and walked back, not paying attention to the beast-trap on one of Xu Cheng’s feet.

Xu Cheng struggled on Gao Quan’s shoulder, so Gao Quan slapped him twice on his bottom, and then he behaved.

By the time Gao Quan carried him back, Xu Ran had asked the village head to take Liu Tiezhu away.

Gao Quan threw Xu Cheng into the yard and Xu Ran asked where he found him. Gao Quan said, “The dog found him on the mountain. He was injured by the beast-trap and couldn’t run. So I tied him back.”

Xu Ran also saw that Xu Cheng’s hands and feet were tied up, but all by cloths. Gao Quan’s clothes were unbroken. Xu Ran’s sight swept back and forth on both of them but didn’t say anything.

Xu Ran said, “Since the person is brought back, just bring him to the village head first! Let’s settle this matter together.”

“Okay,” Gao Quan put the man on his shoulder again and went to the village head’s house with Xu Ran.

The village head had just asked someone to bring Liu Tiezhu to his house and he didn’t figure out how to deal with him, then Xu Ran came.

When Liu Tiezhu saw Xu Cheng, he shouted, “It is him, he is the one who instigated me. I was following his order. Let me go!”

“Let you go? Why didn’t you let my ewe and my child go! “Xu Ran walked forward and said coldly.

“It’s just an ewe. How much money do you want, I’ll pay you,” Liu Tiezhu said unconcernedly.

Xu Ran grabbed his hair. “If someone kills you and asks how much you want, you tell me a price.”

Liu Tiezhu was frightened by Xu Ran’s words and took a few steps back tremblingly. “You won’t kill me, will you? Murder is illegal.”

Xu Ran clapped his hands, “Why would I kill you? I don’t want to dirty my hands on you. Don’t worry, I won’t kill you. Someone will take care of you.”