Chapter 185: The Truth About the Grotto(1/2)
The sudden change caught everyone off guard.
Before Dong Ming could react, he felt a sharp pain in his arm.
The three bluebirds flew out of Dong Ming's arms, let out a frightened and angry cry, and pecked out bloody mouths on Du Xiao's face!
However, Du Xiao was like crazy.
As hot blood dripped on his face, a closer look revealed that Du Xiao, who was like a madman, was biting Dong Ming's wrist like a mad dog!
"Dong Ming!"
Zhu Yun suddenly stood up, a look of shock and anger flashing across his eyes.
On his left hand, five metal finger cots suddenly appeared. The finger cots were connected to the back of the hand, and seemed to be bound by some silk threads under the arrangement of a strange compass.
When the head of the Du family saw that Zhu Yun seemed to be about to take action, his expression suddenly changed. Just as he was about to speak, he felt his eyes flashing.
The next moment, several threads were thrown out from Zhu Yun's finger cots and strangled directly at Du Xiao's throat and wrists.
"Um?"
When the thread tightened and Zhu Yun was about to pull back, he couldn't help but frown.
"Such a great power! Dong Ming, how are you?"
"Second brother, I'm fine!"
Dong Ming said, arched his body and kicked Du Xiao's body, and then broke away from the opponent's attack like a madman.
"Well……"
The unusual pain in her wrist made Dong Ming frown, and her expression immediately changed:
"Second brother, be careful!"
At this time, Du Xiao stood up and seemed to shift his target to Zhu Yun again.
"roar!"
Seeing this, Zhu Yun waved his feather fan lightly. Just as he was about to make a move, the head of the Du family grabbed his wrist.
"Master Governor, please be merciful!"
Zhu Yun frowned, and Dong Ming did not expect that the head of the Du family would jump out and suddenly attack at this time.
Du Xiao took advantage of this opportunity and rushed over, biting Zhu Yun's throat with his mouth full of blood.
"Second brother!"
"No problem!"
Zhu Yun's sonorous and powerful voice carries calmness and confidence.
Zhu Yun didn't seem to be in a hurry, and he didn't seem to have any intention of fighting back. He just threw away the Du family leader's arm with a hint of displeasure.
"roar!"
Just when Du Xiao's hands were about to touch Zhu Yun, they froze in mid-air!
Dong Ming was stunned for a moment, and soon realized that the entire room was covered with silk threads at some point.
The harder Du Xiao struggled, the tighter the silk threads on his body became!
While he breathed a sigh of relief, Dong Ming raised his eyebrows angrily. He didn't care what kind of behemoth the Du family was, and pulled up the head of the Du family who was lying on the ground.
"You old guy, you just wanted to kill my second brother!"
Dong Ming's eyes became extremely ferocious, and there was actually a hint of the ghostly face of a yaksha.
The head of the Du family suddenly struggled in horror: "I, I didn't mean it, I..."
"Okay, Dong Ming, let him go." Zhu Yun saw Dong Ming's changes and immediately stopped him:
"What I taught you before is to calm down your mind and calm down whenever there is a big event."
"Your second brother, although I haven't personally handled a case for a long time, my methods are still familiar."
"It may not be enough to deal with ghosts, but it is no problem to deal with living people."
Dong Ming scratched his head in embarrassment: "I forgot, the second brother was born in Fuzhou Puppet School, and the use of puppet thread is even more difficult to guard against."
Zhu Yun shook his head: "How is the injury?"
Dong Ming shook his head: "It just hurts a lot. After all, human teeth are not that sharp, so... in general... it's okay..."
Zhu Yun immediately looked at the head of the Du family, his originally gentle eyes now filled with a hint of anger:
"Master Du, should this farce be explained properly?"
"I can't believe that this madness happened so coincidentally."
"Also, my third brother was injured by your son. Although I, Zhu Yun, am not a person who will seek revenge, I am not very broad-minded either."
"If you don't give me an explanation today, Zhu Yun won't give up!"
"The Soul-Suppressing Division will not give up!"
At this moment, Zhu Yun, like a handsome young man, suddenly stopped with his feather fan.
His handsome features carried a suppressed murderous intent.
"This, this..." The head of the Du family seemed not to know what to say for a moment.
At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open, accompanied by a rapid cough:
"Ahem..."
"Two gentlemen, please be patient and let me explain it to you."
Dong Ming and Zhu Yun followed the sound and saw a young man with a slender face standing at the door. The young man looked about 70% similar to Du Xiao, but he looked a few years older.
"You are... the eldest son of the Du family, Du Yu?" Zhu Yun frowned.
Dong Ming also noticed that on Du Yu's arm, there was something like a peach blossom embedded in the flesh.
Just looking at its appearance, it seems that it only has arms, which is not the same as Du Xiao's general illness.
"Could it be that...this sudden madness has something to do with the peach blossoms all over her body?" Dong Ming couldn't help but think in her heart.
However, the head of the Du family seemed to be panicked and said quickly: "Child, this..."
Du Yu waved his hand: "Dad, the first-grade supervisor of the Soul-Suppressing Division has arrived. Even if you want to hide this matter, you can't."
Du Yu's smile was bitter and tired, and he entered the room with the help of the servant.
Seeing this, Zhu Yun restrained his anger and took out the gold sore medicine and fine cloth used for bandaging from his arms.
"Second brother, my injury should be fine. I myself..."
"Shut up!" Zhu Yun said with a hint of irresistible majesty, "I'll bandage it for you, please bear with it."
The three blue birds also stopped on Dong Ming's shoulder, blinking with their bright little eyes, and rubbed Dong Ming's cheek, expressing their concern.
Dong Ming grimaced in pain, but still endured it and let Zhu Yun bandage his wound.
At this time, Du Yu looked at his brother Du Xiao who was pretending to be crazy. He sighed and felt heartbroken. He immediately sat on the bed beside him with a dejected look on his face:
"This matter... we have to start talking about three months ago."
"At that time, Suiyulou had just selected a new oiran named Xiu Ji."
"My younger brother Du Xiao is very fond of Xiu Ji. So he spent a lot of money to cover Xiu Ji's stay for half a month."
Zhu Yun asked: "How much does it cost?"
"About... fifty taels of gold."
Du Yu's words made Dong Ming click his tongue for a while. He finally understood why the head of the Du family was unwilling to let others come at first, but only wanted to let himself come.
The Du family did not have any merchant properties. Although they did have real estate shops, their main power was still in the officialdom.
However, the total salary of the imperial court is only so much.
Fifty taels of gold, that's not a small amount.
Once this matter is exposed, even if the Zhenhun Division can finally close the case, the Du family will definitely be investigated by the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs, and some unspeakable things will be involved.
By then, the Du family would be speechless.
Du Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Dad, I can't hide it anymore, so I can only confess. Maybe our Du family will still have a chance."
"Presumably Mr. Dongming knows about the matter between my brother Du Xiao and Xiu Ji."
"To put it bluntly, you are jealous and think you are elegant."
"I don't have the ability to support myself. I fantasize about using my father's money to redeem Xiuji's life, get rid of her lowly status, and get her back as my wife."
Dong Ming couldn't help but be speechless after hearing this. Even though he was freed from his lowly status, he was a good citizen.
But for a wealthy family like the Du family, how could they allow a prostitute to enter the house?
If word spreads, the Du family may not even want to lose face.
Du Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Of course dad doesn't agree. My younger brother Du Xiao also has an unsentimental temper and doesn't insist on much."
To be continued...