Sick Man Turns Out to be a General

Xu Yanlin playfully held onto the card in his hand, feeling that there was something strange about it. He looked at Mu Chen who was wiping the sword at the side, his eyebrows raised, and asked: "You said that the old cunning fox Shen Gui is treating me to a meal, is there some sort of scheme behind it?"    

Mu Chen raised his head, looked at the card in Xu Yanlin's hand and asked: Where is it?    

"Shen Mansion." He laughed complacently.    

It was indeed a little strange. They had just arrived at Qingyang City, yet they had already scouted the Shen manor at night. The Shen manor was tightly guarded, and they even set up a strange dodging array. One could tell with a single glance that they weren't ordinary people.    

"Whether it's a conspiracy or a conspiracy, we have to go on this trip." It was a good opportunity to see what kind of peculiarities the Shen Residence possessed.    

"That's true." How could a tiger get away with this if he doesn't fall into the tiger's den? Xu Yanlin lay on the soft couch like a ruffian and laughed: "I heard that big miss of Shen Family likes to keep male pets, do you think she would fall for you?"    

Xu Yanlin had purposely brought this up, just to tease Mu Chen. Who would have thought, that it would actually lead to the majority of the truth.    

The longsword was suddenly unsheathed and held at his throat. If he took another step, he would see Xue Feng's throat. He immediately did not dare to move as he smiled: "Hey, it's just a joke, don't be so serious."    

He extended two fingers to catch hold of the blade and carefully moved it away, afraid that if he failed, he would die.    

Mu Chen glared at him, retracting the sword, "When?"    

"Tomorrow at noon." Xu Yanlin rubbed his neck to confirm that it was still there before he let out a sigh of relief.    

Mu Shisi was too savage, he could only use his blade and sword, didn't he know that he was a weak scholar?    

"Prepare well." Mu Chen thoughtfully looked at his face.    

"Prepare what?" Xu Yanlin felt that there was a huge trap hidden in Mu Chen's words.    

"Luring Miss Shen."    

"…" Xu Yanlin felt a kind of painful feeling of lifting a stone to smash his own foot.    

"I heard that Shen Gui really doted on this daughter of his and would always do whatever she wanted. If you became her male pet, you would definitely learn a lot of inside news."    

"…"    

Xu Yanlin wanted to cry, but no tears came out. If he had known that Mu Chen would retaliate in such a way, he would not have teased him earlier.    

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Early the next morning, the Shen Palace sent a carriage to pick up Xu Yanlin from the inn.    

Xu Yanlin and Mu Chen followed Housekeeper Chen to the Shen Palace. After they entered the residence, they saw ornaments and paintings everywhere along the way, the place was dazzling in gold and jade. If one did not compare this place to the emperor's palace, it would not be much different from his mansion.    

They had all seen the mansions of several princes in the capital before. Some of the princes' mansions were built simply and simply, not as big as this place nor as resplendent as the decorations here. It was no wonder people outside would say that the Shen Family was the local tyrant of Qingyang County.    

With one look, one could tell that Shen Family was extremely rich, and such a wealthy person was trying to do all sorts of things to get business with him, even inviting him to dinner? Xu Yanlin felt that it was strange no matter how he thought about it.    

Mu Chen followed behind Butler Chen and Xu Yanlin, and sized up the mansion without leaving a trace. Between the pillars, there were faint traces of dragons and phoenixes.    

He started to have doubts in his heart, wasn't Shen Gui an ordinary merchant? Why did he have the guts to build a mansion according to the palace's rules? He even had the courage to carve dragons and carve phoenixes. This was the symbol of the imperial family. Was he not afraid of his clan being exterminated?    

Xu Yanlin seemed to have realized this as well. He turned around and looked at Mu Chen, and pretended to be interested: "This mansion's construction is really beautiful and generous, I wonder which master designed it?"    

Hearing Xu Yanlin praise his own residence, Steward Chen stuck out his chest proudly and spoke with pride: "This was designed by my master. Everyone who came to my house praised it endlessly."    

Shen Gui had personally designed it, which meant that he had lived in such a luxurious place in the past. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to design such a luxurious place out of thin air.    

Thinking about it this way, there was something wrong with Shen Gui's identity.    

"Old Master Shen is a knowledgeable man, I am impressed." Xu Yanlin said respectfully.    

They followed Supervisor Chen around a winding, exquisite, delicate, curving veranda, magnificent pavilions and pavilions, countless exquisitely ornamented hanging flower doors, courtyard filled with beautiful gardens, craggy rockery, quiet and beautiful Lotus Lake, and finally arrived in front of a refined and elegant courtyard.    

After making this detour, Mu Chen's heart kept sinking. There was really something wrong with the Shen Palace's mansion.    

"Ru Yi Zhai, that's a good name." Xu Yanlin looked at the plaque on the gate, and turned to Mu Chen and asked: Fourteenth, what do you think?    

"As long as Mistress thinks it's good." Mu Chen lowered his head and assumed a respectful guard's posture.    

Seeing that he was bowing his head and looking down at the others, Xu Yanlin consciously made a comeback and laughed complacently.    

Manager Chen led them into the Ru Yi House, where Shen Gui had already set up a feast to wait for them.    

"Boss Lin, please take a seat." Shen Gui invited Xu Yanlin to take a seat with a smile.    

Looking at the passionate Shen Gui, Xu Yanlin could not help but to become more cautious.    

As Mu Chen was a guard, he was not allowed to sit, so Shen Gui got people to invite him to the next hall, to treat him well.    

Knowing that Shen Gui had other intentions, Mu Chen and Xu Yanlin did not reject. Both of them wanted to know what kind of tricks Shen Gui was trying to pull.    

There was not a single person in the parlour. Mu Chen sat upright on the finely carved rosewood chair, and carefully savored the fragrant tea.    

The taste of the tea was warm, with a tinge of sweetness at the back of his throat, a light and elegant fragrance filled his mouth, and with a sip, one could tell that the tea leaves were worth thousands of gold. The Shen Family s could be said that the food and necessities were all based on the imperial family's rules, Mu Chen pursed his lips, and the suspicions in his heart grew larger and larger.    

Just as he was thinking about the power behind Shen Family, a clear and melodious voice came from behind the arch with the pearl curtain.    

"Fourteenth Young Master."    

Shen Mudan opened the pearl curtain and walked towards Mu Chen with enchanting steps.    

Mu Chen stood up, and his eyebrows creased imperceptibly. Could it be that Xu Yanlin had hit the mark, and this young miss Shen Family had really taken a fancy to him?    

When he thought that there was such a possibility, Mu Chen's face darkened even further. He gripped the sword tightly, as long as Shen Mudan dared to come closer, he would be able to kill her with one strike.    

"Fourteenth Young Master, please take a seat." Shen Mudan bashfully lowered his head and made a gesture of invitation.    

"Fourteen is just a guard." Mu Chen's cold voice seemed to be reminding Shen Mudan of the difference in their statuses.    

"No problem, I don't mind." Her eyes lit up, waving to the wet nurse behind her, who immediately handed her a box. Shen Mudan picked up the box and handed it over to her, "If you accept, everything in the box will be yours."    

Mu Chen looked at the box with an obscure gaze. Needless to say, he knew that the treasure inside was gold and silver, and wanted to buy it?    

Shen Mudan saw that he was not moving, and opened the box himself, "Three thousand silver and a manor. If you follow me, you will have nothing to worry about, and will no longer have to work so hard as a guard for others."    

Three thousand taels of silver was a huge sum of money for an ordinary guard. It seemed that the rumours were that Miss Shen was a man of great beauty. It was true that as long as it was someone she fancied, he would get them regardless of the method.    

"Please take care, Miss Shen. I am already married."    

"What?" You're married. " Shen Mudan's face twisted, and shouted with his sharp voice.    

What she hated the most was that she had taken a fancy to someone else before her.    

Shen Mudan suddenly flew forward, flipping everything over on the table. The sound of teacups dropping to the ground was heard.    

Her eyes were as wide as a mad beast's.    

A cold light flashed across Mu Chen's eyes, he felt that this lady might be crazy.    

Shen Gui and Xu Yanlin heard the commotion and rushed over.    

"Peony, what happened?" Seeing her daughter angry, Shen Gui hurried forward to ask.    

"Father …" When Shen Mudan saw Shen Gui, he immediately cried like a little white flower and laid on Shen Gui's body.    

"Peony, don't be afraid. Who bullied you? Tell daddy, daddy will help you teach him a lesson." Shen Gui patted his daughter's back, looking like he could spoil her as much as he liked.    

"Father, I …" Shen Mudan glanced at Mu Chen with tears in his eyes, then lowered his head like a fallen little white flower, incomparably weak. He hid in Shen Gui's embrace and cried his heart out.    

That gaze carried a deep meaning. Although she did not say anything, everyone would think that Mu Chen was doing just by looking at him.    

Shen Gui's face immediately darkened, and attacked Xu Yanlin: "Boss Lin, I kindly invited you to our residence, how can you allow your guards to bully my daughter?"    

If your daughter wants to be bullied by my guards, can I stop her? Xu Yanlin silently cursed.    

"Boss Shen, what did my guards do?" Xu Yanlin looked at the crying Shen Mudan and then looked at Mu Chen.    

"If it wasn't for him bullying Peony, why would Peony cry so bitterly?" Shen Gui insisted that Mu Chen bully Shen Mudan.    

"Maybe it's just the wind." Xu Yanlin spoke nonsense.    

"What did you say?"    

"I say, does Boss Shen want my bodyguards to be responsible for marrying Eldest Miss?"    

Shen Gui and Shen Mudan's expression changed. Marrying his precious daughter to a guard, Shen Gui was naturally displeased, but Shen Mudan was just greedy for fresh blood, and had never thought of marrying himself out.    

"Boss Shen, don't tell me that's not what you mean?" Xu Yanlin continued to ask.    

"Yes, he has to be responsible for me." Shen Mudan suddenly spoke out, "But it's not that I want to marry him, but that he has to stay in our Shen Mansion and be our son-in-law."    

was overjoyed in his heart. Although he had let Mu Chen down, the current investigation of the Shen Palace was their number one mission, so they could only let him down.    

"My guards are very arrogant, I'm afraid they will not agree to marry into our family." Xu Yanlin revealed a difficult expression.    

"He's just a guard. Could it be that he wants to marry me?"    

Impossible, it is only because of this that Mu Zi An looked down on you. Xu Yanlin despised him in his heart, but on the surface, he said in a friendly manner: "If Miss Shen can persuade him, I will agree."    

"You left him in our house?" Shen Mudan asked. She actually didn't care if Mu Chen married her or not, she was just greedy for fresh blood.    

"I wonder if I can stay in the mansion for a few days?"    

This was exactly what Shen Mudan wanted. The master and the guards were all at the mansion, so she could take the opportunity to capture them.    

"Peony …" Shen Gui wanted to remind his daughter that their house had too many secrets.    

However, Shen Mudan who was blinded by lust did not care about all this, and readily agreed to Xu Yanlin's request.