bookrandom Chapter 322 Chen Shou was extremely agitated.
Chapter 322 Chen Shou was extremely agitated.
In a simple house, Chen Shou sat palely against the head of the bed and coughed weakly a few times.
The room was filled with an unpleasant smell of medicine, which made Chen Shou's face look even worse.
Although he escaped from the capital very smoothly, soon after his escape, he heard that there was a fire in the Chen family, a gunpowder explosion, and even the warehouse was emptied.
Chen Shou was so angry that he spat out blood!
He fled in such a hurry that he didn't have time to empty the warehouse.
At that time, he and his entourage only brought some important things, gold notes, silver notes, and some gold.
Unfortunately, in order to facilitate their escape, they didn't even dare to take more gold.
Although this thing doesn't take up much space, it is too heavy. Carrying too much will only slow down their escape speed.
Abandoning his wife, children and belongings, and fleeing in panic like a stray dog, Chen Shou felt heartbroken.
But I still heard such heartbreaking words!
He had misjudged Emperor Taihe. He had never thought that this man was so sinister! He had his Chen family's warehouse emptied out, and even deliberately set it on fire, using gunpowder, and then threw all the dirty water on him!
It was said that he had planned it in advance, deliberately emptied the warehouse in advance, and secretly hid gunpowder with the intention of rebellion!
Chen Shou had never suffered such a great injustice!
Although he did want to rebel, he did hide gunpowder.
But the gunpowder was not hidden in the Chen family warehouse. Emperor Taihe was clearly framing and slandering them!
"Cough cough cough-"
Chen Shou coughed a few more times and became angrier the more he thought about it.
Not long after he escaped from the capital, Emperor Taihe sent people to capture him everywhere. In desperation, he could only flee to this secret stronghold hidden in the mountains.
Long before he escaped, he had contracted a strange disease and had been in poor health.
This hasty escape and several near-death experiences only exacerbated his condition. As soon as he hid here, he could no longer hold on and fell seriously ill.
Although I feel better now, I am still weak and lack energy.
As a result, many things cannot proceed.
Chen Shou's face was gloomy. Seeing a woman walk in quickly, he asked immediately, "Is there any news from outside? What's going on outside? What's the situation in the capital now?"
The woman wanted to speak but stopped.
She was the woman who accompanied Chen Shou when Xie Yun asked Chen Shou for money in the capital.
Originally, she was in charge of the Xiaoyao Pill business and made a lot of gold and silver from it.
The silver note that Chen Shou gave to Xie Yun that time was from her hand.
If the plan went smoothly, someone would present the Xiaoyao Pill to Emperor Taihe and Concubine Jiang. As long as they could control those two, the Xiaoyao Pill would be a huge seller in the capital, earning them a large amount of gold and silver.
It’s a pity that the sudden appearance of the miracle doctor ruined everything!
The Black Kirin Guards are arresting people everywhere, Empress Chen suddenly encounters an accident, and finally even the Chen family is not spared. Such a large family, overturned overnight.
Prince Chen, who once amazed the entire capital, now has to hide in the deep mountains and forests with his sick body, trying to survive.
The woman looked at Chen Shou worriedly, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
Chen Shou noticed her hesitation and his face darkened immediately: "Qingluan, even you are unwilling to tell me the truth?"
Wu Qingluan's face immediately turned panicked, and she quickly explained, "Don't overthink it, sir. It's not that I don't want to tell you the truth, I'm just worried about your health."
Chen Shou looked directly into her eyes and urged through gritted teeth, "I can still hold on. Tell me, is there any news from outside? What's going on out there?"
Wu Qingluan had no choice but to tell the news she had just received: "A coal mine has been dug up in the land that Xie Xiu bought."
"What did you say?"
Chen Shou spoke each word with a pause, his eyes red and his teeth nearly clenched. "You mean, there's a coal mine buried in the mountains and forests of my Chen family? Xie Xiu only spent 100,000 taels of silver to buy a coal mine?"
His expression was so ugly at this moment that Wu Qingluan couldn't help but lower her head, unable to bear to look at him any longer.
Chen Shou used to be of noble status, romantic, passionate, and gentle as jade. He was a rare and handsome young man in this corrupt world.
He has been bedridden for many days now, his face is pale, his eyes are bloodshot, and he looks haggard and weak.
There is also a kind of vicissitudes of life.
Her appearance is not as good as before.
Wu Qingluan saw this and couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
She still prefers the old Chen Shou.
In particular, at this moment Chen Shou's face was ferocious and his handsome face was distorted, which was really creepy to look at.
Wu Qingluan felt disgusted, but she still tried to comfort him: "We have only discovered the coal mine, but it has not yet been mined. Mining the coal mine is not easy. Not only does it require many miners, but it is also easy to cause casualties.
If it were somewhere else, it would be fine. Even if someone died in the mine, they could just brush it off. But that was the capital, and Xie Xiu had no powerful backers.
I think even if he has a mine, he can't mine it at will, so he can only seek cooperation.
If the young master hates him, after the coal mine is opened, he can just bribe some miners and secretly tamper with the mine to cause it to collapse or even explode!
As long as there was a big commotion and a few more people died, it would definitely cause a stir in the government and the country! Xie Xiu had severed his father-son relationship with Xie Yun, which had already caused many people to hate him deeply.
Once an accident happens in the coal mine, those people will definitely take advantage of the situation and kill him!
So, my lord, you really don't need to worry about it. Just wait for the coal mine to be dug. That will be Xie Xiu's death!"
After hearing this, Chen Shou's expression improved a little.
He was a little surprised: "Is coal mining really so dangerous?"
"Of course it's dangerous. People often die in mines."
Wu Qingluan laughed sarcastically and continued, "Xie Xiu must be so happy right now, but he certainly doesn't know that this coal mine will only become his death warrant!
He doesn't even look at his own status. A mere scholar, yet he owns a coal mine. Who wouldn't be jealous? With so many people wanting to kill him, his death will naturally come.
Chen Shou thought of Xie Xiu and his face turned ugly again.
It was he who gave Xie Xiu the 100,000 taels of silver to buy that piece of land!
As a result, Xie Xiu used the silver he gave him to buy the mountains and forests of his Chen family, and finally he was lucky enough to dig out a coal mine!
This guy is really lucky!
But Qingluan was right. Xie Xiu's status was too low, and this coal mine would only become his death warrant.
So what if he was lucky? It also depended on whether Xie Xiu could afford it!
How could he, a mere scholar, bear such enormous wealth and honor?
Just thinking about luck, Chen Shou couldn't help but think of Xie Xiu's little daughter.
Thinking of that cute fat baby, his face became even gloomier.
He looked at Wu Qingluan: "Qingluan, is Xie Xiu's little daughter really a lucky star?"
Wu Qingluan's expression changed, his eyes full of greed and covetousness: "No matter if she is or not, I must get this girl!"