After a short time, the little maid who was sent to follow the Du family came back, and told the old lady and several masters what he saw one by one.

Hearing that the Du family was taken to Bishui Villa by Huo Yuan, everyone present was immediately shocked.

Everyone in the capital knows Huo Yuan's Bishui Villa, which used to be the residence of the eldest princess of Baoling, after the death of the eldest princess of Baoling, the concubine sold the house to Huo Yuan, Huo Yuan has renovated it, and repaired it beautifully, like a fairyland on earth, Huo Yuan has invited a few guests there, according to those who have been to Bishui Villa, the scenery of Bishui Villa is not even comparable to the imperial garden of the palace, it is actually the first mansion of the Great Jin Kingdom.

So far, no one in the Anguo Mansion has been invited to Bishui Villa as a guest, but they have heard about the scenery of Bishui Villa in heaven and earth. Now when they heard that the Du family had been invited into Bishui Villa, they were shocked and couldn't help but be a little frightened.

"Third child, didn't you say that Huo Yuan hadn't had any contact with the Mu family during this time? What's going on? ”

Du Yongzhi looked at Du Yongchun, the third master of the Du family, who was sitting with full resentment.

He once asked the third child to investigate the current relationship between Huo Yuan and the Mu family, but the third child brought back the news that since the accident with Cai Wei, Huo Yuan has never contacted the Mu family again, and they also deduced from this that Huo Yuan is also a person to the Mu family, since Mu Caiwei is dead, what do you have to do with their Mu family?

It is precisely because of this that they boldly attacked the Mu family.

A large-scale cloth village, a dim sum shop in a prime location, and a large village with an area of hundreds of acres, these valuable industries have been seized by the government under their role, and they are about to become their family's industry, but such a troublesome thing was born out of thin air.

Du Ruchun couldn't help but regret when he heard the eldest brother complaining about himself, in his mental consciousness, since the Mu family girl fed the tiger, Huo Gongzi would never be thinking about a dead person, and her family would be left behind by him, so there was no need to bother to investigate the relationship between Lao Shizi, when the eldest brother handed over the investigation to him, he assumed that he had investigated, and the two families prevaricated with no relationship, who would have thought that Huo Yuan would still protect them until now?

"Big brother, I did investigate, and the two families really didn't move around."

Although he knows that he is at fault, Du Yongchun will never admit it, evading responsibility is his consistent style, even if the evidence is conclusive, he will never admit it happily, not to mention that there is no evidence for today's incident.

"It's useless to talk about all of this now, what are we going to do now?"

Du Yongbang was thinking about the identity of the legendary Huo Yuan, and couldn't help but be frightened, right now, what he hoped most was to be able to make this matter a big thing a small thing. The strength of the Thorn Moon Gang was too strong, and even the secret guards sent by the emperor didn't catch them, and they didn't even find any clues about them, so he couldn't help but be afraid, not to mention that there was also a Concubine Huo Xian.

The family is worried, if the Mu family is let go like this, it is necessary to return the two shops and a big Zhuangzi, it is an industry of tens of thousands of taels of silver, the Anguo Mansion has been in less and more in and out in the past few years, looking at the flowers, a prosperous group, but in fact it has long been empty, and the old lady still has a little private house in her hands, and the account of the library has begun to run a deficit a few years ago, and the family members are pointing to the Mu family's calculations, and use their family property to slow down the family's financial situation

But if they don't pay it back, if Huo Yuan stands up for the Mu family and attacks them, how can they afford it?

was struggling, the maid Xiaohong from Changchun Garden came, and knelt on the ground in a panic: "Old lady, Aunt Mei and Grandma Mei are dead"

The old lady was shocked: "What? ”

Everyone present widened their eyes in disbelief: "What did you say?" ”

Under the high-pressure gaze of the master of the room, Xiaohong timidly shrunk her neck, and repeated again with courage: "Back to the old lady's words, Aunt Mei and Grandma Mei died"

"How so?"

Old Madam Wang covered her chest suddenly, as if she had been hit by a heavy punch, she was almost out of breath, and the three sons under her seat also showed panic.

The Mei family died, and they died in their Anguo Mansion, and now, even if they are willing to let Mu Zhongqing go and return the Mu family's shop and grange to them, the enmity between the two families has been real, and it is still a great enmity that will never die

"What the hell is going on? How can a person die if he is so decent? ”

Seeing that the old lady looked devastated, the second lady Wang hurriedly got up to give her a good breath, and asked Mei about the cause of death by the way.

Xiaohong whimpered and said: "After the Du family was kicked out of the house, the old aunt and grandmother have been crying, we don't listen to any persuasion, crying and crying and suddenly falling down, before I can call Xiaoqing, the old aunt and grandmother will be breathing."

Xiaohong was very smart, she saw the attention of all the masters in the mansion to Mei's death, and immediately realized that if the mansion knew the real cause of Mei's death, she insisted that Mei's died of an emergency, and she didn't even give them time to call someone.

In fact, there is a certain gap between Mei's real cause of death and what Xiaohong said, in the morning, when the Du family was expelled from the house, Mei's was overly sad and angry, and she was distressed at that time, but Xiaohong and Xiaoqing, the little girls who were in charge of guarding Changchun Garden, thought that Mei's was afraid that the old lady would settle accounts with her, so she pretended to be sick. Therefore, no one paid attention to her, Xiaoqing blamed her for pretending, kicked her several times angrily, and went to do her own business.

After the two of them had lunch, they didn't see any movement in Mei's house, so they went in to take a look, and when they looked, they found that Mei's had been dead for a long time, and the body was hard

The two girls panicked and hurriedly came to the old lady to report the news.

"Quick, go find a few safe mothers-in-law to see, is she dead or not? Thrush, you go too"

The old lady finally came to her senses, and when she heard that Mei had just died, she was lucky and anxious to call someone to check it.

The little red heart is like a mirror, so Aunt Mei's body is hard, how can she not die? But she didn't dare to say anything at this time, she just hung her head and shrank there in fear, trying to reduce her sense of save.

Aunt Mei's death can be said to be directly related to her and Xiaoqing, but they can't be completely blamed, who let the mansion let her and Xiaoqing secretly take valuables to slander the family for stealing, and also reported to the official to drive people out, so that they thought that the Mu family was finished now, so they would treat Aunt Mei and Grandma like that.

If the house hadn't done these things, wouldn't they still have to worship the old lady as before? How could he ignore her when she was sick and let her die?

The thrush soon returned, and without waiting to speak, he knew the result just by looking at her face.

"How? Doesn't work? ”

Mrs. Wang asked tremblingly.

The thrush bent down and replied in a low voice: "Old lady, Aunt Mei and Grandma Mei are indeed dead." ”

"It's broken, it's broken, it's broken?"

Du Yongbang has always been timid, and when he heard the death of Mei's Zhenzhen'er, he immediately thought of the terrible legend of Huo Yuan and the Thorn Moon Gang.

In a hurry, he casually said what he was worried about, and at the end he said worriedly: "Since Huo Yuan took the Mu family into Bishui Villa, it can be seen that their family is really in their hearts, Aunt Mei and Grandma died in our house, he will definitely stand up for the Mu family, how is this good?" ”

When Du Wanyue heard her father's concern, she pursed her lips disapprovingly, and said with a smile: "Dad also said that the fact that Huo Yuan is the leader of the Thorn Moon Gang is a rumor, even if it is a rumor, why be afraid?" ”

Du Yongzhi said: "What do you children know? There are so many people in the world, why don't you rumor that someone else is the leader of the Piercing Moon, but that he is rumored to be him? It can be seen that he must have something to do with Thorn Moon, so it's better to be cautious."

When Du Wanru heard this, she laughed out loud, and couldn't help but say: "Daddy and Uncle are so cautious, it's just listening to the wind and rain, if Huo Yuan is really the leader of the Thorn Moon Gang, he must have martial arts and extraordinary skills, but at the queen's Shangsi Festival banquet that day, a few of us saw it with our own eyes, he wanted to help Mu Caiwei's slut get out, and even the Huo family's iron scroll pill book had to be sacrificed, if he really has the ability you said, why should he use the family's death-free pill book?" Moreover, at the moment of life and death, it was Mu Caiwei's slut who protected him and allowed him to escape."

Du Yongbang listened, raised his eyes and glanced at his daughter: "Wanqiu, what your sister said is true?" ”

At this time, Du Wanqiu stood behind her mother in a formal manner, thinking about the person her father and uncles were talking about, and when she heard her father's inquiry, she replied dignified and polite: "Father, it's true, Huo Gongzi really doesn't know martial arts, otherwise, at the moment of life and death, he will never sit idly by."

Du Wanqiu's temperament is much calmer than Du Wanyue and Du Wanru, so her words are more convincing than Du Wanyue and Du Wanru's. Hearing her say the same, Du Yongbang and Du Yongzhi's hearts relaxed a lot, while Du Yongchun, who has always been bold, completely relaxed.

"I'll just say, if Huo Yuan really has such a great ability, he would have gotten the Mu family's girl in his hands a long time ago, why bother to let that girl die in the tiger's mouth in the end."

Du Yulang also said: "Yes, if he is really the leader of the Assassin Moon Gang at that time, the emperor will not be the first to spare him, besides, when there was this rumor back then, didn't the emperor already send someone to investigate the matter thoroughly, and Huo Yuan was innocent, how can we scare ourselves?" ”

When Du Yuheng heard that Huo Yuan might be the leader of the Thorn Moon Gang, he sighed to himself for a long time, thinking that he had no chance to taste the taste of the Mu family's chick, but when he heard that Huo Yuan was not the leader of the Thorn Moon Gang, a dead heart suddenly came alive again, although Huo Yuan, who was not the leader of the Thorn Moon Gang, was also not easy to mess with, but, the color Ling Zhi was dizzy, and the beauty was current, how could Du Yuheng, who was thinking about Fei'er, be willing to give up?

Hearing everyone's discussions, Du Yongbang and Du Yongzhi's doubts were gradually dispelled, and even the worries on the old lady's face slowly dissipated, and they regained their original expressions.

"Hey, let's die, it's also her life, thrush, go and tell Steward Cao, let him find a few people to carry Mei out and bury it, the person who died violently is unlucky to stay at home"

Du Yongbang said: "Mother, don't you need to inform the Mu family? After all, Mei is Du Meiniang's mother-in-law. ”

The old lady glanced at him and sighed: "Even if we inform them, our enmity has already been settled, and it can't be solved no matter what, so we don't have to worry about anything in the future, they don't have to be afraid of Huo Yuan's support, not to mention that our own status is here, even if we are white, we are still protected by the General's Mansion, if we really want to fight hard, who wins and who loses is not certain?" ”

The old lady is not afraid of Huo Yuan, but now that it is now, it is useless to be afraid, if Huo Yuan really wants to avenge the Mu family and wants to deal with them, he will never raise his noble hand because they show favor to him in the Anguo Mansion, since this is the case, there is simply no need to be afraid, anyway, there is the Great General's Mansion, she doesn't believe it, Huo Yuan is capable, can he dare to go against the General's Mansion?

"Then, what about the two shops and Zhuangzi?"

Du Yongchun asked embarrassedly that what he was most concerned about was the Mu family's two shops and a Zhuangzi.

He is not like the eldest and the second, in the official position of five and six grades, there are a lot of money to take every year, and there is a lot of oil and water to fish, he is just a classic from the Hanlin Academy of the eighth grade, and when he married, the family has been in decline, so the wife Dai is not as good as the sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law's family background, and the dowry brought is also very limited. Naturally, the family's expenses are more than others, so life is often stretched, so they are particularly concerned about money. Moreover, he had already started the idea of a few shops in the Mu family

The old lady snorted: "The Mu family's shop and Zhuangzi were bought with the silver stolen from our house, so naturally they can't be returned to them, and when the government sentences it, I will give those two shops and a Zhuangzi to your three brothers."

The three brothers, Du Yongzhi, Du Yongbang and Du Yongchun, looked at each other, with a faint smile in their eyes. Even the young ladies who were standing behind the elders showed a satisfied expression, and even began to think about whether the family wanted a shop or a Zhuangzi, and if they wanted a shop, which one should be suitable

Yao Yuan's medical skills were excellent, and soon after arriving at Bishui Villa, he used acupuncture to wake Wen'er up.

As soon as Wen'er woke up, Huo Yuan put his mind at ease, and immediately ordered Suixi to prepare a car, and he wanted to go to Shuntian Mansion to see Mu Zhongqing's case

According to the little guy he sent to Shuntianfu to investigate the letter, when the Anguo Mansion reported the case, he gave Mu Zhongqing An the charge of stealing, and the Anguo Mansion claimed that when the Mu family lived in the Anguo Mansion, the Mu Zhongqing family stole tens of thousands of taels of silver, all of which were taken by the Mu family to open a shop to buy Zhuangzi, and asked the Lord Yin of Shuntianfu to be the master, and sentenced the Mu family's shop and Zhuangzi to the Anguo Mansion as compensation, and sentenced Mu Zhongqing to set an example

Although these statements are a bit ridiculous, Yin Zhao Hongwang, the governor of Shuntian Mansion, and Du Yongzhi, the eldest lord of Anguo Mansion, have a friendship with classmates, and they are cousins with the third lady of Anguo Mansion, so when dealing with this case, they will definitely help Anguo Mansion, not to mention that Mu Zhongqing is just a small talent, he has no power in Beijing, and when he comes to the court, whether it is black or white, it all depends on their mouths.

Fortunately, after Huo Yuan knew about this, he immediately handed over a message to Lord Fu Yin, believing that Lord Fu Yin would definitely sell him face and would not embarrass Mu Zhongqing

When I went to Shuntianfu, there were suddenly many brocade guards wearing flying fish suits on the street, as well as many city patrol guards of the Inspectorate, these people all had tense faces, searching carefully in the passing crowd, and when they saw suspicious people, they carefully interrogated them, but they didn't know what was going on.

The carriage Huo Yuan was riding in had the marks of the Huo family on it, so no one dared to search for him, and they passed smoothly.

"Suixi, go and inquire what's going on?"

Huo Yuan leaned against the position of the car window, and through the gauze curtain of the car window, he looked faintly at the Jinyi guards and the city patrol guards of the Inspectorate who came and went outside.

He had already said hello to Ying Tianfu, and he was not worried that Mu Zhongqing would suffer losses or be aggrieved inside, so he still had enough time to explore the things he was curious about.

Sui Xi went and came back after a while, and whispered to the car: "Childe, the little one inquired and understood, it was Princess Helana of Xianbei Country who suddenly disappeared, and it is said that she escaped without permission, and she is searching all over the city."

Helana?

Huo Yuan frowned, he had heard of the arrogant foreign princess, it was said that he loved His Royal Highness King Qin deeply, and there was a great tendency to marry him, and now he fled at once, he must have gone to Lingbei to find him.

Thinking of this, he was stunned, and suddenly thought of her again

If she hadn't died, she would have been trying to get to Lingbei at this time. She loved him so much, believed in him, and even once said that she didn't mind killing for him, and she could do anything for him, let alone go to him to find him

It's a pity that she paid someone wrong, and he didn't protect her because of him, she was resented by his parents, became the scapegoat of Princess Chaoyang, and died in vain on the tiger's mouth, knowing this, he would not give up on her, even if it was against her will, he would snatch her to his side by any means, and protect her tightly, and would never let anyone hurt her, even if he exposed his identity, he did not hesitate

However, it was too late after all

Now, he wished that his people would find the remains of her body sooner so that she could bury her sooner, and if so, he would be relieved

At this time, the person who was thought to be the remains of the corpse was sitting leisurely on the chair sewing the menstrual belt.

When she went to the street in the morning, she specially bought a bag of brown sugar, just boiled some boiling water, drank it with brown sugar, and her lower abdomen was suddenly warm

It was rare to have such a comfortable life for a few days, and she was happy to spend a few days in peace, so she lived with peace of mind, learning from Fei'er's usual needlework, and sewing the menstrual belt in a decent way.

Needlework in this era is called "female red", also called "female worker" or "female skill", is a skill that reflects the character of a woman, if the married woman is not good, she will be discriminated against by her husband's family, and there are examples of women being divorced by their in-laws because of their female popularity, so female red is a very important necessary skill for women in this era

However, this kind of woman's compulsory character and necessary skills are absolutely resolutely resisted by He Caiwei. As a last resort, she will not pick up a needle and thread to work as a female worker, and for her, this kind of holding a needle and thread to poke and embroider is simply a waste of life

Fortunately, Nangong Yi doesn't care if she will be a female celebrity, as for whether his mother cares or not, it is not within her consideration, she will never wronged herself to learn because of her wishes.

When they become relatives in the future, she will also live according to her own preferences, and for the high-ranking mother-in-law, she will never be submissive in front of her mother-in-law like other people's little daughters-in-law, whatever the mother-in-law says, no one wants to bully her

"Hiss"

A sharp stinging pain made her come back to her senses suddenly, Cai Wei lowered her head, looked at her blood-beaded fingers, and couldn't help but shake her head and smile.

People really can't be idle, they will think crankily when they are idle, look at her, but they have only been idle for a day, and they have thought about the future tricks of their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, which is really ridiculous