Digging up spiritual roots and seizing blood? You scumbags, wait and tremble.

Zhong Qingshan looked carefully and found that almost everything inside was still in good condition. There were no marks on the windows, let alone any signs of a fight.

"Did she go out so early in the morning?"

"Master, I don't know. I asked everyone and no one saw her go out."

"Okay, keep paying attention. If you have any news, tell me quickly."

Zhong Qingshan was not as happy as the others. On the contrary, he felt a little heavy, an inexplicable heaviness that he couldn't put into words.

"Master, General Guo is here to visit." A servant came in to report.

Zhong Qingshan's brows tightened: "He returned to Beijing?"

Having said this, he strode out.

He walked to the door and saw a middle-aged man standing outside, followed by two guards, each of whom exuded a strong murderous aura.

The middle-aged man has handsome eyebrows and bright eyes, and his aura is extraordinary.

"Aotian? You're really back. Come in quickly. We brothers haven't had a good drink together in years."

Zhong Qingshan welcomed Guo Aotian in with a smile on his face.

The tense expression on Guo Aotian's face relaxed a little. He nodded slightly and followed him in.

"I heard that you brought her back, so I came to see her." Guo Aotian spoke directly without beating around the bush.

After entering the city, he hurried back home to change his clothes and came out. Although there were all kinds of discussions and speculations on the streets, he didn't care.

Zhong Qingshan's expression froze for a moment, and then he sighed softly.

"Brother, you are late. The servant just reported that she has gone to nowhere and has not been seen since."

"Hey, that girl has become wild in the countryside. She doesn't come home in the middle of the night. How can she behave like a lady from a noble family?"

Guo Aotian said calmly, "Did you raise her as a lady from a wealthy family?"

She was sent to the countryside when she was born, and we expect her to look like a lady from a wealthy family?

Zhong Qingshan's expression froze slightly. "There's nothing I can do about it. You know what happened back then."

"Okay, I'm not here to listen to you. Where does she live? Take me there to see her. I'll wait for her to come back."

He paused for a moment, then said, "Not coming home at midnight? You said she wasn't at home last night?"

How could Zhong Qingshan know whether she was at home last night? But it didn't matter. As long as he was here, she would not come home in the middle of the night.

"Yeah, you don't know, that girl has done a lot of great things since she came back."

As they talked, they walked towards the reception room and sat down. He asked someone to bring tea and said, "Besides, I don't know where that girl learned martial arts from. She's doing evil things in the mansion. I..."

"She knows martial arts?" Inexplicably, the image of that girl appeared in his mind: "Is the red spot on her face still there?"

"Yes, and it looks even redder than before. I wonder if it will have any effect on her health."

Guo Aotian narrowed his eyes and stared at him closely: "You promised that you would raise her well."

Zhong Qingshan straightened his back: "Isn't she alive and well now? How have I treated her unfairly?"

"You don't even know if she's in the house."

"Humph! She's such a big kid, and I can't possibly be watching over her day and night. Is there something strange about that?"

"Where's Xiaoyan? How is he?"

Zhong Qingshan said unhappily, "What else can we do? Just like that."

He raised the two children as agreed. Zhong Ran will be coming of age next year, and Zhong Yan will be coming of age in a few years. What else does he want?

He had never treated them unfairly.

"I heard you want to force her to get married!"

"Did I force her? It wasn't me who arranged her marriage." Zhong Qingshan snorted coldly. He was still feeling aggrieved.

Guo Aotian looked at him coldly: "She is only fourteen years old, you shouldn't force her."

Zhong Qingshan was furious: "Did I force you to do that? If you want to talk about it, go and tell the Emperor. It was he who failed to manage the women in the harem, allowing Concubine Xiao to be so arrogant and willful that she even thought of doing something as detrimental as getting married."

He was so angry that he spoke without thinking and cursed both the emperor and Concubine Xiao.

Everything was wrong in the first place. Concubine Xiao listened to others and wanted to bring good luck to Prince Ning. Seeing that Prince Ning was in that state, he had no choice but to take her back.

Otherwise, he wouldn't want to see her. Anyway, he just wanted to raise her until she grew up, but he didn't say she had to be by his side.

"Where are Qingran's things? Did you give them to her?"

Zhong Qingshan turned his head away, not wanting to look at him: "You just came here after arriving in Beijing, right? You haven't heard of any of the major events that have happened recently?"

Guo Aotian had never heard of it before: "What happened?"

"Don't you notice anything different about my house?"

"No."

He hasn't been back to Beijing for ten years. How could he know what's different about his house?

Zhong Qingshan: "...I don't know what happened to my fucking house. The whole house was emptied out and everything is gone."

"What?" Guo Aotian's eyes widened, and an invisible murderous aura emanated from his body. "Everything is gone? What's wrong with you? Such a huge mansion, are you raising only useless people?"

"Could it be that you deliberately created suspense in order to swallow those things?"

Zhong Qingshan: ...

He was so angry that his chest heaved up and down, staring at him intently: "Guo Aotian, you lost to me back then, if you have the guts, go find her again."

"Even if I really swallowed those things, what can you do to me?"

Guo Aotian slammed the table and stood up, then flashed to Zhong Qingshan's side, grabbed his collar with one hand, and punched him in the face.

"Zhong Qingshan, you're looking for death!"

He was full of murderous intent and punched Zhong Qingshan in the face, knocking his head back and leaving a purple mark on his face.

Guo Aotian did not let go and beat him up when he caught him.

Zhong Qingshan wanted to fight back, but as a pampered marquis, how could he be a match for Guo Aotian, who was charging into battle?

The screams were so loud that the housekeeper was so scared that he rushed in with his men to help.

The two guards brought by Guo Aotian were also good fighters in the army. The murderous aura emanating from them made them dare not move.

The other masters of the Marquis' Mansion rushed over after receiving the news. When Old Madam Zhong saw this scene, she screamed in anger.

"Guo, stop it right there! What's wrong with you? Someone, quickly separate them! If they keep fighting, something bad will happen."

However, a group of people stood there and couldn't get close at all.

Guo Aotian didn't really want to kill Zhong Qingshan. Every move he made was very calculated, just to make him suffer.

After the old lady spoke, he kicked him twice before turning around and leaving with his men.

Old Madam Zhong rushed over to help Zhong Qingshan up, and she became even more panicked when she saw the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

"Quick, call the doctor, no, call the imperial physician, hurry up and call the imperial physician."

"What a sin! Since that evil creature came back, there has been no peace in the mansion. God, please quickly send down a thunderbolt to kill that evil star."

The old lady burst into tears, her sobs were devastating.

Since Zhong Ran came back, there has not been a single peaceful day in the mansion.