"These hateful thieves—"

Xu Pei's relatives were sent back to the mansion by the soldiers sent by Qin Gong, and as soon as they entered the gate, they saw a cold and empty courtyard.

Because they had to flee for their lives, everyone could only try to pick up valuable small items, and the large items were left in the old house for domestic servants to guard, and they would have the opportunity to move again in the future.

I never wanted to escape and failed, but when I got home, I found that my home was also patronized by thieves, and many domestic servants were injured.

Several concubines wanted to cry and found out that the large items they had not had time to take away had been emptied by the thieves.

The shelves of the Duobao Pavilion, which was the favorite of a certain concubine, also disappeared, and all the things on it were gone.

When asked the servants who stayed at the old house, they said that they had not long walked before a group of masked bandits broke in and plundered.

Fortunately, these bandits had no vision, and only robbed gold and silver property, and more valuable objects, such as antiques, did not move.

Compared with the latter, those gold and silver mundane things that were robbed can only be regarded as the tip of the iceberg.

Mrs. Xu Pei had an angry look on her face, and at the same time she was glad that the bandits who took advantage of the fire to rob were shallow and didn't know good goods.

"It's been a day of fright, let's all go back to their respective courtyards to rest, and the rest of the matter will be discussed tomorrow. ”

Mrs. Xu Pei casually sent away the crying concubine's room, impatient and at the same time a little faintly happy.

These concubines were empty of beauty but no background, and their private vaults were full of gold and silver vulgarities, cloth and rouge gouache, and they were also the hardest hit areas by bandits. They have the most to lose, but what's the use of running to her and crying, she won't be kind enough to subsidize it.

Xu Yanxiao watched the show coldly, and there was no wave on her face.

After the eldest lady spoke and let her go, she followed the other ladies to salute and retreat, and returned to her own yard.

"You go check the private vault and see what you've lost—"

Xu Yanxiao casually found an excuse to break away the first-class maid who was waiting.

She wanted to be alone.

The maid muttered, "The bandits are so greedy, how can they leave us with anything? ”

His feet seemed to be stuck in the ground, and he refused to move at all.

Xu Yanxiao endured her anger.

"Let you go, you go, find any excuse. ”

This maid relied on her being the eldest lady, and she never took Xu Yanxiao's words to heart, and she would complain when she was instructed to do something.

The maid shrunk her neck, looking very timid, and as soon as she turned around, she showed a contemptuous expression, and the tip of her nose snorted slightly.

"It's just an orphan girl with no father and no mother, and she doesn't have any money yet, what kind of private treasury do you check?"

The maid muttered and complained that she had to go and get the lock to open the private vault.

Although Mrs. Xu Pei never cared about Xu Yanxiao, in order not to be criticized by the outside world, she also prepared a lot of good things for Xu Yanxiao.

However, although the things are good, they are all valuables that are not commonly used and marked, and they are large and impractical, so they can only be placed in the private warehouse to fall into dust.

The few items that can be exchanged for silver taels are most likely to be secretly exchanged for money by subordinates.

Xu Yanxiao's life in Xu's house is very unsatisfactory.

"Huh?"

The maid looked at the contents of the private vault and sighed in surprise.

Everyone's private treasury was looted by robbers, but Xu Yanxiao's private treasury was neat, and there was not even a footprint on the ground.

Xu Yanxiao knew about this, and muttered, "Maybe the courtyard is too inconspicuous, and the bandits don't have time to search it." You go to get the Buddhist scriptures, prepare pen and ink, and I will recite the scriptures and copy the books for my mother. Don't spread the word about the private treasury, so as not to cause unnecessary discussions. ”

The whole house was plundered, but he was the only one who was safe and sound, which inevitably caused red eyes.

Clinker, this maid turned her head and passed on this matter and Xu Yanxiao's words to the eldest lady.

The eldest lady sneered and said contemptuously, "A white-eyed wolf who can't be raised." ”

What is there to hide from this, could it be that these elders will still covet her money?

On the second day, the Xu Mansion welcomed special visitors.

Qin Gong had a tender face, but with his burly and long figure and that armor, no one dared to treat him as a child, "When the eldest lady and Xin Zhaogong have been separated for more than two places, you might as well write a letter to report your safety, so as not to worry about the safety of the old and young in the family on the front line." ”

The eldest lady's face was gloomy, and she looked at Qin Gong with a knife in her eyes.

In her opinion, where is this to write a letter to Xu Pei to reassure, it is obvious that he is threatening him with his family and ordering him to obey.

She's not going to be fooled.

The eldest lady said harshly and bluntly, "I never thought that Lan Tinggong, who was beautiful and beautiful, would use such a subordinate means, it was really the eldest husband's doing?"

used her relatives to coerce others, she is still a man......

Phew, is she still a masterpiece?

Qin Gong smiled, "Madam really misunderstood my lord, and there is no malicious intent in this move. ”

No malice?

Ghosts don't believe it!

The eldest lady refuses to write a family letter, who knows what tricks the enemy will play with this family letter?

Qin Gong saw that she was unwilling, but he was not reluctant.

He didn't show it on his face, but in his heart he secretly felt that this person was far less far-sighted than the eldest lady.

The eldest lady in Qin Gong's mouth is not Mrs. Xu Pei, but Xu Yanxiao's biological mother, Xu Fei's wife.

If she encounters such a scene, she will definitely write a letter to her family, and she will also explain the situation in detail in the letter, so as to comfort her husband, who is fighting abroad.

With a family letter, this proves that the family is safe and sound.

If the husband reaches the point of exhaustion, he will be more or less worried about his family and will not go out and work hard.

If there is no family letter, maybe the husband will lose his temper and fight the enemy to the death regardless of everything, and finally lose his life.

Qin Gong didn't bother to mention the other party, so as not to be kind enough to be a donkey's liver and lungs.

He turned the topic to Xu Yanxiao again, and asked pretending to be ignorant, "I heard that the daughter of the old lord Ling Wen Gong is now living in the mansion?"

The eldest lady nodded.

Qin Gong said, "Yesterday, the general heard that the soldiers below him replied, saying that a group of bandits with a size of 1,000 people took advantage of our army's entry into Zhejiang County to loot and commit crimes everywhere, and even the Xinzhao Mansion was poisoned. I specially sent some chewing today, and I asked Mrs. not to dislike it. ”

The eldest lady immediately heard that it was greasy, and it was not a taste in her heart.

Qin Gong first mentioned Xu Yanxiao, and then said that he was worried that the house would not have enough chewing, so he sent it to chew, what does this mean?

Although the house is patronized by bandits, it is not so poor that it can't be opened, Qin Gong is worried that she will starve an orphan girl?

The eldest lady was displeased, and her face became even colder.

Qin Gong didn't seem to see it, and made a request to see Xu Yanxiao.

The eldest lady was even more angry.

This is to see with your own eyes whether she has abused orphan girls?

Because the defense of men and women is not serious, Qin Gong is Xu Fei's old minister, Xu Yanxiao is still young, and he cares about the old master's orphan girl and others will not make irresponsible remarks. Xu Yanxiao saw Qin Gong and blushed, "Why are you here too?"

"The last general will set off on the Southern Expedition in the near future, and while the momentum is still high, he will take the remnants of Zhejiang County in one fell swoop. Qin Gong sat upright and said with a straight look, "This is a small half moon, and the last general is afraid that Xu Niangzi will be worried, so he came to report it." ”

"Who's worried?" Xu Yanxiao was embarrassed, realizing that she had said something serious, and said with red earlobes, "Remember to come back." ”

Qin Gong nodded, stayed for a while, and then got up to say goodbye.