Early the next morning, when Xiao Huang got up, he heard the news that his brother and sister-in-law and nephew Huang Nianchun had been taken to the business by her husband Qin Keyong.

It turned out that Qin Keyong sent out to monitor the second room yesterday, and as early as yesterday evening, he found that someone in the second room was out of the city. They stayed behind the man and followed him to a remote grange in Daxing County on the outskirts of Beijing, only to find that Uncle Huang's family of three lived there.

The grange was not small, next to a river bay, and was originally the property of the second room, and a large area of farmland and wasteland surrounded several houses, all of which were inhabited by slaves who had been assigned to the second house when they were separated. Uncle Huang's family lived under the siege of these slaves, and although they were free to move around the village, they had no way to leave the grange. Day or night, if they try to take a step out of their residence, they will be spotted immediately. The slaves of the second room would not force them to return to their dwellings, but they would always follow them and persuade them to return. There were no horses, no cars, no passers-by, and they didn't know where they were, and they didn't have the courage or the physical strength to cross the vast fields to the capital on two legs. Stay in the village, so you don't have to worry about eating and drinking. In desperation, Uncle Huang's family was trapped.

Qin Keyong's people found out that Uncle Huang's family was in the village, and they were worried about how to contact them secretly and bring them out safely, when the messenger sent by the second room conveyed the master's order to the Huang family and allowed them to leave freely. However, because the Xue family and Qin Bofu were torn apart by the Xiao Huang family in public, they were annoyed in their hearts, and they were naturally a little angry with Xiao Huang's maiden relatives. The people in the grange did not prepare any means of transportation for them, nor did they intend to provide them with any dry food, nor even pointed out the direction of the road, so they simply threw them out of the village and left them alone.

Uncle Huang's family originally thought that they were going to face a desperate situation, but who knew that they would be so lucky, they met the servants of the Qin family who came to find them, and finally the two met. Qin Keyong's people went to the nearest town to buy a donkey cart and sent Uncle Huang's family back to the capital overnight. When Xiao Huang woke up, they had just sat down in the backyard of Qin Ke's business and had an embarrassed breakfast. Uncle Huang and the others were finally free, listening to Qin Keyong and Xiao Huang talk about their experiences after parting.

Knowing that the old father was dead, and expelled their brothers and sisters from the family before he died, and even the family property was cheaper than the nephew in the next room, Uncle Huang's family of three cried at first, but they were not too anxious, what they wanted to know more was that the second room said that Huang Yiqiu was trapped in the Nianhui Nunnery and reciting scriptures, what was going on? They didn't say that she had been taken into the palace by the emperor, but because of the crown prince, she didn't explicitly seal the concubine, and she would not have a will until she was pregnant with a dragon descendant? Could it be that the second room lied to them all this?!

Xiao Huang cried: "Brother, they are lying to you. If this were not the case, why would they coax you to live in a remote Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, and would not allow you to communicate with the outside world? This is obviously because of their own weakness of heart, and they are afraid that you will ruin their reputation by telling the truth, so they will use this method to gag your mouth. I hate them for this selfishness, knowing that my father is seriously ill, I wrote more than a dozen letters from Jiangning to Beijing in succession, but they refused to inform you. Otherwise, when my father dies, I won't die without seeing my children and grandchildren to the end. Our family's wealth and property will not be cheaper for outsiders!"

Uncle Huang was very angry: "I see! Actually, I had already guessed a little in my heart, but we were sent into the village in a daze, and we didn't know the surrounding roads, and no outsiders passed by." The second room sent someone to detain us, not allowed to leave the village without authorization, we were trapped there, we didn't know anything, we didn't know anything about my father's serious illness. Knowing this, we are fighting for our lives to get out of the village. That's just a few idlers blocking the way, our father and son are both young and strong, and if they really fight, they may not be their opponents. Even if you don't know the road and don't know the direction, just find a small path and walk down, and you can see the town sooner or later. Daxing County is not a sparsely populated place. It's a pity that we thought that the nearby towns were far away and didn't dare to leave lightly. I knew that the nearest town was only half an hour's foot, and we would have run out a long time ago!"

Xiao Huang wiped away his tears and choked up: "Brother, don't worry, it's not too late to come out now." You didn't deliberately miss your father's funeral, but you were locked up by the people in the second room, completely unaware. Even the matter of going to Beijing, it was Xiao Erfang who coaxed you. I'm going to let someone send you back to Yangzhou, go to the clan to make it clear, and let the clan elders take back their lives no matter what, so as not to be expelled from the clan. There is also our family's property and property, which should also be taken back and handed over to my brother and nephew to inherit, there is no reason to cheapen outsiders!"

Uncle Huang couldn't help but hesitate: "This is going back?" but...... Sister Qiu is still in that nunnery, is it possible that we are going to leave her behind?"

Xiao Huang was stunned and turned his head to look at Qin Keyong. Qin Keyong did not discuss Huang Yiqiu's problem, but said to her: "The eldest brother was trapped in the capital by the second room, but it is true, and I don't know the news that my father-in-law is seriously ill. It must not be difficult to explain clearly to you Huang clan and exempt yourself from the punishment of leaving the clan. It's just that the family's property and property have been inherited by the father-in-law's heirs, and I'm afraid it is impossible to take them back. Don't always say that it's an outsider, first, it is indeed the younger generation of the Huang family, and second, he has served in front of his father-in-law's bed for two years, and has fulfilled the responsibility of his grandson, and is more filial than your brother and nephew. Even if it's for his hard work in the past two years, you shouldn't have driven people away as soon as you go back. If you consult with the good people of the clan, maybe you can share the wealth with him equally, that is the best result. ”

Even if the child had served in front of his father's bed for two years, we would have given him more money in return, and there was no reason to give away the family wealth! My brother and nephew could not serve in front of my father, nor did they do it out of their own hearts, but were forced to be helpless, how could this be their fault? My father misunderstood his brother and nephew before he died, so he handed over the family wealth to his heirs, and now that the truth is revealed, it is time to return his innocence to his own children and grandchildren, and return what should have belonged to them. We have taken advantage of it, and there is no one in the clan who will not agree!"

Qin Keyong's expression became indifferent: "If you feel that you are sure, you can try it." But now that the weather is too cold, and the canal has been frozen, I'm afraid that there is no way to arrange a boat to send my uncle and them back to the south, maybe we can consider taking the land route instead?

Uncle Huang was about to speak, but Xiao Huang was the first to speak: "No! This matter should be sooner rather than later, even if it is on the road for the New Year, it is best for my brother and sister-in-law to rush to Yangzhou's hometown as soon as possible to explain the matter." Otherwise, if we wait until the beginning of spring next year to go back, what if our heirs and grandchildren sell all our family property and house and leave with only money? Even if we can get the money back later, the house and utensils may be lost, and this account will become more and more difficult to calculate, and we will still suffer the loss!"

Xiao Huang's family attaches great importance to her mother's property, because eighty percent of it is from her in-law's family, and she regards it as private wealth. As soon as she thought that her private wealth had fallen into the hands of irrelevant outsiders, she was overwhelmed, and she had to ask her brother and sister-in-law to help her get it back. What's more, if the hat of "expelled from the clan" on the heads of their brothers and sisters is not taken off for a day, her status as the daughter-in-law of the Qin family will be unstable for a day, and she is naturally more eager to let her brother, sister-in-law and nephew go back to their hometown in Yangzhou.

Anyway, she didn't have to work hard to travel herself.

However, Uncle Huang's thoughts are a little different from hers: "Sister, this matter of leaving the clan is already a foregone conclusion, and it is not expected to be canceled until we return to Yangzhou and tell the truth to the clan." But it doesn't make a difference when we go back. Since it is inconvenient to travel now, it will be the same to go back in the spring next year. When we went to the capital, we didn't suffer much on the road. I have also suffered a lot in the Grange over the years, and I should make up for it so that I have the strength to travel long distances. ”

He paused and rubbed his hands: "As for the property, as long as the money can be repaid, even if the house and shop are sold, it doesn't matter." To be honest, I have lived in the capital for a few days, and I feel that the capital is much more prosperous than the countryside of Jiangning, and I will have to settle here sooner or later. Sister Qiu is still in the palace...... No, what about the nunnery, how can we, as parents, leave her? Although the emperor did not accept her as a concubine now, she was born with such a appearance, and she was born destined to fly on the branches.

Xiao Huang looked at his brother in a daze: "Brother, what nonsense are you talking about? If the emperor wants to accept Sister Qiu'er, he would have accepted it a long time ago, how could he ask her to recite scriptures in the nunnery?!"

Uncle Huang said disapprenously: "If the emperor doesn't want to accept her, just throw her out, why keep her in the nunnery? This is obviously reluctant to her, reluctant to give up her face! Good sister, you are not a man, I don't know what our men think." Since Sister Qiu can't get out, she will have to enter the palace sooner or later. The people in the second room of the Qin family are impatient, so they will turn their faces with us at this time, and they will regret it one day!"

Xiao Huang was stunned, but he didn't expect his brother to think like this: "That...... Are you going back to Yangzhou?"

"Of course Yangzhou is going back. Uncle Huang smiled, "But isn't it inappropriate right now?" Let's rest in the capital for two or three months, inquire about Sister Qiu'er's news, and it would be best if we could communicate with her." In the spring of next year, we will go down to Yangzhou first, and tell the clan the truth, if the heir wants to occupy our family's house, land, and shop, he will also be able to do it, but he will have to make up half of the silver to us, and then we will go back to the capital to settle down. When Sister Qiu becomes a mother, we can also follow the light, isn't it better than living a poor life in the countryside and fighting the autumn wind at your house every day?"

Xiao Huang turned his head to look at his sister-in-law, Grandma Huang: "What about my sister-in-law?"

Grandma Huang was a little hesitant, she actually wanted to take her daughter out and find another good family to marry. remembered that Huang Jincheng almost said that Huang Yiqiu had become a family affair of an official eunuch, but he ruined Xiao Huang's family, so she secretly complained. It's just that her husband has already spoken out, what can she say? In the past few years, she has been trapped in the grange, and every time she complains about her husband, she has been beaten and scolded, and now she has no courage to refute it. She chose to remain silent and did not answer Xiao Huang's question.

Xiao Huang looked at his brother and sister-in-law, as well as his nephew who looked indifferent, and only felt at a loss in his heart.

Qin Ke turned his head to look at his wife, and then at his wife's several maiden relatives, and a sneering smile flashed on the corner of his mouth.