In the room, Mu Gui had already heard their voices. He put down the brush in his hand, and just as he stood up, a knock came to his ears. Immediately, he frowned slightly, walked around the table, and strode towards the door.
The maid heard Mu Gui's footsteps and lowered her hand, stopping her knock.
Mu Anxiao and Feng Qishi did not urge her, and calmly watched the maid's back, saying nothing.
The next moment, Mu Gui opened the door and looked at the maid, who was looking at him with a troubled expression, and said faintly, "Move aside."
The maid understood Mu Gui's meaning and stepped aside.
Immediately, Mu Gui fixed his gaze on Mu Anxiao's face and asked, "Did you stir up trouble again?"
"What do you mean by 'stir up trouble again', Mu..." Mu Anxiao realized that if she called Mu Gui by his name in front of the servants, she would surely be in trouble. So, she hesitated for a moment before saying, "Father, you can't just say things like that."
"I'm saying things without reason." Mu Gui said, passing the maid and stepping down the stairs to stand before Mu Anxiao. "Then tell me, what's going on? Just now, I heard you talking the most." He deliberately ignored Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi watched Mu Gui, who was intentionally ignoring him, with his arms crossed, and frowned slightly, wondering what the old man was up to.
Mu Anxiao also saw that Mu Gui was playing dumb. So, she deliberately turned her head to look at Feng Qishi, and said nothing, letting him figure it out himself.
On the contrary, Mu Gui did not follow Mu Anxiao's gaze to Feng Qishi. He said, "You speak then, you..."
"Father, I wasn't speaking just now." Mu Anxiao interrupted, turning her head to glance at Feng Qishi. "He was the one who kept talking." She pointed at Feng Qishi.
This time, Mu Gui knew he could no longer ignore Feng Qishi. Following Mu Anxiao's finger, he turned his head and pretended to be surprised, saying, "General, why are you here too?"
"If you say you weren't doing it on purpose, I wouldn't believe you," Feng Qishi said directly.
Mu Gui smiled. "My ears and eyes don't work well at night. May I ask, was it the General who was speaking just now?" He bowed, intentionally putting on a nervous expression.
Feng Qishi calmly looked at Mu Gui's false face, took a deep breath, and said, "You know Mu Xiao's situation, but just as she's about to leave, trouble arises."
"Trouble... what trouble?" Mu Gui frowned slightly.
Feng Qishi replied, "It concerns your Mu mansion's reputation and your official position."
Mu Gui's eyes widened.
Mu Anxiao glanced at Feng Qishi and said nothing.
Jia, standing beside Mu Anxiao, looked at the pretentious Mu Gui and tutted, saying, "His acting skills are truly quite something."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao cleared her throat, signaling Jia to be quiet.
This time, Jia understood Mu Anxiao's meaning and said, "Alright, alright, I won't say anything more. I'll just see what tricks this old fellow can pull." He also crossed his arms.
Mu Anxiao didn't even look at Jia and continued to watch Feng Qishi and Mu Gui.
Seeing Mu Gui's surprised expression, Feng Qishi asked, "What, you don't believe what I'm saying?"
Mu Gui shook his head. "No, I just think this matter, it's..."
"A maid died in your mansion." Feng Qishi interrupted, feeling there was no need to hide this matter.
However, upon hearing Feng Qishi's words, the first servant became energetic again, "Master, it was her." He pointed at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao thought the first servant had given up, but who knew. He was indeed a persistent fellow. She sneered and looked at the first servant.
Mu Gui heard this, glanced at Mu Anxiao, then at the first servant, and said, "You can't talk nonsense."
Hearing this, the first servant quickly stepped forward and immediately knelt before Mu Gui, looking up and saying, "Master, if I speak half a lie, may lightning strike me." He pointed to the sky.
Mu Anxiao's lips curled. She lowered her head and glanced at her fingers, thinking, if my magic wasn't limited, I would definitely strike you.
Thinking this, she looked at the second servant.
The second servant was startled when Mu Anxiao looked at him and lowered his head.
Mu Anxiao snorted lightly and turned back to look at the first servant, who was staring intently at Mu Gui, without saying a word.
Feng Qishi also stared at the first servant, saying nothing.
Mu Gui: "You're saying she instructed you." He pointed at Mu Anxiao.
The first servant nodded.
Immediately, Mu Gui changed his expression, "Nonsense."
Mu Anxiao was startled by this. She hadn't expected Mu Gui to speak up for her so readily. According to normal development, he should have cooperated only after her threats.
Thinking this, the words she was about to say to defend herself got stuck in her throat.
The first servant looked serious. "Master, I am telling the truth. She..." As he spoke, he drew the dagger from his waist and handed it to Mu Gui. "It was with this dagger that she harmed the maid, and then ordered us to hang the maid on the tree to conceal the traces of the maid's death." xxs1
"..." Mu Anxiao was truly shocked by the first servant's storytelling ability. Looking at him, she let out a cold laugh.
Mu Gui: "What did you say?" He frowned slightly.
The first servant repeated, "She killed the maid."
"Where is the maid?" Mu Gui suddenly became anxious.
The first servant looked up at Mu Gui and said, "Replying to Master, she is not far from Madam's room."
"What?" Mu Gui's eyes widened.
Mu Anxiao looked down at the first servant's earnest lying face and shook her head slightly, feeling impressed as she pursed her lips. She thought, if I had his abilities, I would have become rich long ago.
"She said she wanted that maid to die near Madam, to frighten Madam." The first servant spoke out the words he had just made up.
The second servant did not know that the first servant was going to say this, so now, seeing the first servant's serious face, he didn't know what to say.
However, he also knew that he and the first servant were tied together by the same rope. He knew that the only thing he could do now was to remain silent and not let them discover any clues.
Therefore, he lowered his head.
Mu Gui was about to speak when Mu Anxiao said, "Father, do you believe him or me?"
In less than a year, Mu Anxiao had suffered various unfair treatments in this mansion.
Initially, every time she went to Mu Gui to complain, she was met with a cold shoulder. Mu Gui always chose not to believe her.
This time, it was considered her final test for Mu Gui.
And the result of this test was her daughter, Mu Hua. Therefore, she secretly decided that if Mu Gui believed her, she would choose to help Mu Hua during her mission.
Conversely, if he, like them, threw all the dirt at her, then she would have no reason to spare him any face.