Chapter Fourteen: A Major Event

  Ker was carried on the wall, Su Tang flipped over the wall head, and then Ker was hugged down. The master and servant slipped into the bamboo forest, not far away, in front of them saw a swing, and a girl wearing a white long skirt.

  This is where Su Tang grew up, but after his mother passed away, Su Tang moved to the main house under the persuasion of Lao Chang's family, to show that he was the only heir.

  Su Tang walked while observing that the girl was not very old, estimated to be one or two years younger than Ke Er. The fabric of her long skirt was ordinary, perhaps because she was too young, or due to her status, there was no makeup on her face. It's worth noting that cosmetics were extremely expensive here, and Zhu Er and Ke Er only used them to dress up on major holidays, usually going about with bare faces.

  Moreover, that girl didn't have any accessories on her body, simple to the extreme. Su Tang estimated that the girl should be a low-ranking maid.

  "Little sister, playing alone?" Su Tang smiled and walked over.

  The girl seemed unaware, still silently staring ahead.

  Was she deaf? Su Tang leaned forward to look at the girl, and suddenly, his heart seemed to have been heavily struck by something, beating violently.

  That girl's appearance was too pure, so pure that it completely lacked the worldly aura of mortals. Her eyes were like autumn water, her eyebrows like distant hills, her nose bridge straight, her lips tightly pursed, and her skin was flawless, without any blemishes, just like a real-life porcelain doll.

  However, Su Tang immediately calmed down and secretly despised herself. Indeed, it was a wealthy and noble family, even the servant girls were of such high quality, compared to her, Zhu Er and Ke Er seemed much inferior.

  "Little sister, you look really good... haha..." Su Tang chuckled twice and shifted his gaze to the girl's bare feet. Is the host so stingy? Can't even afford to buy her a pair of shoes?

  The girl finally reacted and glanced at Su Tang with a raised hand.

  "Can you hear me speaking?" Su Tang asked.

  The girl frowned, seemingly displeased with Su Tang's questioning.

  It's better if you're not deaf, Su Tang stretched out his hand to grab the rope of the swing and smiled: "I'll play with you." After that, he started to slowly push the swing.

  The girl neither consented nor refused, but sat silently there, her body swaying back and forth with the swing.

  "Little sister, what's your name? Where are you from?" Su Tang asked softly. In his understanding, the people in this world had a late mental age due to the small amount of information they came into contact with every day. Ke'er was an example, and this girl looked even younger than Ke'er, so it should be easy to get close to her.

  Su Tang hoped to know the origin of these guests, and then synthesize all the information obtained to estimate as much as possible. Whether the identity is noble or not and whether it has strength are two different things. It must be verified that if there is no chance of winning at all, he can only take the people in the fort to escape.

  The girl didn't respond. Su Tang asked six or seven questions in a row, trying to establish communication with the girl, but she just acted as if Su Tang didn't exist at all.

  Su Tang was getting impatient, stopped the swing, walked around to the side, and gazed at the girl's eyes. After a moment, he let out another sigh.

  There was no emotion in the girl's eyes, lacking emotional fluctuations, he couldn't analyze, could she be mentally challenged? Doesn't understand what she is saying herself?

  "Little sister, can you report to your master that I have an extremely urgent and life-or-death matter to see him about?" Su Tang gave up, thinking that the little maid would be the easiest to get information from, but ended up wasting his time.

  Upon hearing this, the girl's expression finally changed from being indifferent, seeming somewhat surprised, she tilted her head to look at Su Tang up and down, then stood up and left the swing, walking forward slowly.

  Such a pure and lovely girl, walking barefoot on the lush green grass, should have been a beautiful scene, but Su Tang was not in the mood to appreciate it. He smiled wryly: "Hey... am I waiting for you here, or going with you to pay respects to your family's master?"

  That girl still didn't pay attention to Su Yan, and walked away with a smile. Ke'er, who had been standing by the side, whispered: "Young Master, why doesn't she care about you?"

  "This... " Su Tang nodded his head, but before he could continue, Ke'er suddenly realized: "Oh, the IQ is too low..."

  After waiting for a long time, the black-shirted old man who appeared yesterday to negotiate with Zhu'er showed up again, and from afar, he smiled and said: "Young Master Su, my master has invited you."

  Walking into the familiar East Wing, Su Tang didn't have the mood to reminisce about his childhood memories, and directly stepped into the main room. The only person in the room was a middle-aged man who sat there listlessly.

  Su Tang glanced around and didn't see anyone else. The middle-aged man he had seen before was also one of the entourage, it seemed... That noble person didn't seem to bother meeting him.

  "Su Shao Ye, what is this matter of life and death?" The old man asked with a smile.

  Su Tang hesitated for a moment, but now wasn't the time to demand respect, so she spoke up anyway.

  Next, Su Tang roughly recounted the events of the morning, making some slight modifications to make himself appear more heroic and dignified. He claimed that his opponent had forced him to drink poison and used the people of Xiaolingbao as a threat, which was why he had temporarily yielded.

  Su Tang didn't let off Liu Ming Sheng of Hei Feng Fortress, and casually mentioned a few words, but didn't say much.

  The old man listened very seriously, while the middle-aged man looked drowsy. Su Tang's face followed the plot, sometimes angry and sometimes sighing, but in his heart he was thinking of another matter.

  The thugs are about to break down the door, and that middle-aged man is still sleeping?! There are only three possible reasons: one is that he doesn't believe his own words, another is that he's arrogant and thinks no one dares to provoke him, and the third is that they have extremely strong power and don't take this threat seriously at all.

  "I'm telling you every word is true, if there's even half a lie..." In the end, Su Tang had to swear an oath, he had to fight for the other party's attention, without attention there would be no cooperation.

  "I know." The old man smiled and nodded, then suddenly changed the subject: "Young Master Su, did they give you poison? Stick out your tongue and let me take a look."

  "The poison is here." Su Tang stretched out his hand: "When they forced the poison into my mouth, I hid the pill under my tongue. The box contains the powder they made me put in the well."

  The old man took the iron box and the medicine, put it under his tongue to smell, lightly broke open the medicine, and then frowned: "Su Shao Ye, fortunately you are clever, this poison has no antidote, even if I can cure you, you will still be left with a chronic illness, in the future you can only rely on eating porridge to pass your days."

  "Are they so ruthless?!" Su Tang was suddenly furious, he was truly angry and also glad that he had made the right choice.