It was cold outside, the trees were swaying in the wind, and the branches were whipped in the air like whips dancing wildly.

Ma Chengteng looked at the things on the table, even if the study burned the earth dragon, and the charcoal fire in the room was burning, it couldn't get rid of the cold in his heart.

Ma Chengteng didn't know how he regained his senses: "Go and call the second master." "In the past, it was just vaguely that Yue Yao was kidnapped and had something to do with Ma Yue, but there was no reason, he still had a fluke in his heart, but now these things overturned his last bit of luck.

Ma Yue walked in and saluted Ma Chengteng: "Dad." ”

Ma Chengteng looked at his red-faced son, and then thought about Yueyao, who still didn't know where he was, Ma Chengteng's heart ached. Ma Chengteng heard Ma Yue's cry, and the anger that he had just suppressed was aroused, "I'm not your father, I didn't give birth to something like you." ”

Ma Yue's heart clicked, could it be that something happened. Ma Yueqiang smiled: "Dad, what are you talking about?" What's wrong with me? ”

Ma Chengteng threw the things on the table in front of Ma Yue: "What's wrong with you?" See for yourself? Well, I really didn't know that you could do so much and still keep your family in the dark. "The fact that a petty official dares to engage in favoritism and malpractice, and when he gets money, he goes to gambling houses, so that he owes huge debts, and accidentally kills people by mistake.

Ma Yue didn't expect his father to know, he originally thought that this matter was over, Ma Yue knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Dad, I was wrong, Dad, I was wrong, I didn't dare to go anymore." ”

Ma Chengteng's face was full of frost, "You owe 100,000 taels of silver to the gambling house, how did you pay it off overnight?" How did you suppress the murder? Say, you say? "You don't have to think about it to know that the people behind the scenes helped settle it, or to put it more directly, these are actually the pits dug by the people behind the scenes for Ma Yue, and then use these to force Ma Yue to agree to make things easier for them.

Sweat broke out on Ma Yue's forehead, "Daddy......"

Ma Chengteng looked at Ma Yue coldly, "Is it the person who settled these things for you and forced you to agree to help him kidnap Yueyao?"

Ma Yue's whole body froze, but he quickly reacted and denied it, "No, Dad, who slandered me?" Nothing at all, Dad, you must believe me. ”

Ma Chengteng looked at Ma Yue's appearance, and the last trace of luck was gone. Ma Chengteng couldn't stand on his feet, and scolded angrily: "Why? Yueyao is your cousin, why are you so ruthless in your wolf's heart? To ruin her life like this! ”

Ma Yue bit to death and did not admit it.

Ma Chengteng threw something in front of Ma Yue again, "Are you still quibbling?" You see what this is? All of these things point out that this matter has nothing to do with Ma Yue.

After Ma Yue read it, he knew that he couldn't escape this matter. Ma Yue knelt on the ground and kowtowed, crying and shouting: "Dad, I can't help it, they said that if I don't help them, they will publicize my murder, Dad, I don't want to go to jail, I don't want to die, Dad, I have no choice, please spare me!" I really can't help it. "It's okay to say that he owes a huge debt, but the problem is that he killed someone, and the person he killed is not low, as long as the news is revealed, he will have to die.

A sadness appeared on Ma Chengteng's face, "You can't help it?" Do you know that Yueyao is only seventeen years old, she is only seventeen years old, and her life has just begun, but now she doesn't even know whether she is dead or alive. "Even if she was rescued, where is there still innocence when she was taken away, Yueyao's life has been completely ruined by her son.

Ma Yue hurriedly said: "Dad, don't worry, my cousin must be fine now, that person just fell in love with his cousin and wanted to marry her, so he will definitely not treat his cousin harshly." As soon as these words fell, Ma Yue's forehead was smashed on his head by the inkstone thrown by Ma Chengteng, and his head was covered with blood.

Ma Chengteng trembled with anger, "You evil animal, you deserve to die." "Seeing that Yue Yao wants to marry Yue Yao as his wife, he can come to the door to propose marriage, he is definitely not a good person to use this method of doing this, he must be a third-rate person, but Ma Yue dared to say such a thing confidently.

Ma Yue still doesn't feel that he said something wrong, "Dad, what I said is true, that person told me that his master has been dreaming of Yue Yao since he inadvertently saw it. Dad, that person is rich and powerful, Yueyao will definitely not suffer. ”

Ma Chengteng fainted with anger.

Ma Yuan heard Ma Yue shouting loudly outside, and hurriedly ran in, and saw that Ma Chengteng had fallen to the ground, and hurriedly shouted: "Go and ask Dr. Zhang, go and ask Dr. Zhang." ”

Ma Chengteng didn't wake up until late in the evening, and as soon as he woke up, he asked, "Where is that beast?" "It's because he can't teach such a son, I really hate to strangle him.

Ma Yuan whispered: "Master, the second master is kneeling in the ancestral hall!" Ma Yue knew that Ma Chengteng's anger was unquenchable, so he ran to kneel down to the ancestors of the Ma family.

Ma Chengteng's eyes flashed with pain, the lawsuit will definitely not be successful, as soon as the lawsuit is exposed, when the son colludes with outsiders to kidnap Yueyao, not only will Yueyao spend the rest of her life in the temple, but even the Ma family will have to become a street rat. Ma Yue is no longer useful, he can't drag his eldest son down. can be lynched, and he can't make this hand and put Ma Yue to death.

Ma Chengteng has been struggling all night with how to deal with Ma Yue, and it is not a pity to die with what Ma Yue does, but in the end it is his own son, the tiger poison does not eat children, how can he do this. Ma Chengteng thought of many methods, but in the end he denied them.

Before I knew it, it was dawn. Ma Chengteng didn't have any intentions, so he directly asked his entourage to go to the yamen to take sick leave.

Ma Chengteng looked at the things on the table, and he had no appetite at all. Ma Chengteng barely ate a bowl of porridge, and saw Ma Yuan hurriedly coming over. Ma Yuan's face was very ugly, "Master, Master, the second master committed suicide in the ancestral hall." ”

Suddenly hearing this at this time, Ma Chengteng asked reflexively, "What did you say?" ”

Ma Yuan burst into tears, "Master, the second master committed suicide in the ancestral hall, go over and take a look!" "I don't know what the second master scolded yesterday, and he actually made the second master commit suicide.

Ma Chengteng bounced up from the stool and hurried to the ancestral hall.

There were several people standing outside the ancestral hall, and these people were all standing neatly outside, and no one dared to enter.

Ma Chengteng took Ma Yuan into the ancestral hall, and as soon as he entered the house, he saw Ma Yue kneeling facing the ancestral tablet, but his head was already down. Ma Chengteng looked at Ma Yue's side, and there was a letter with two big words written on it, suicide note.

Ma Chengteng picked up the suicide note and opened it to look at it. The suicide note said that he had taken irreparable measures, sorry for the ancestors of the Ma family, sorry for Ma Chengteng's nurturing grace, he knew that he was guilty, so he had to apologize with death.

Ma Chengteng couldn't stand this stimulation, and fainted after reading the letter, and Tang, who came later, looked at her husband's corpse, and couldn't stand the stimulation and fainted.

The scene suddenly became chaotic.

The two people in charge, Ma Yuan, as the chief housekeeper, can only shoulder his own responsibilities, and Ma Yuan immediately ordered the servants to send Ma Chengteng back to the courtyard.

Ma Yuan ordered the family to carry Ma Yue's body out of the ancestral hall and to the front yard. Then he ordered people to report the funerals to each family, and divided people to buy things needed for the aftermath.

If there is no big housekeeper Ma Yuan, the Ma family doesn't know what the chaos will be. But Ma Yuan is old after all, and it's a little unbearable to make such a fuss. Ma Yuan muttered: "It would be nice if the uncle and the eldest lady were here." "The one who is really in charge is not there, the master is unreliable, the second master will not talk about it, he is still tired of his old bones.

Ma Chengteng originally considered doing it himself, but he couldn't do it, and now Ma Yue broke himself, although Ma Chengteng was sad, he was not defeated by this incident, but cheered up to deal with his son's funeral. Suicide is actually a very taboo thing in this era, and Ma Yue is young now, and it is impossible for the Ma family to do a lively job for him after his death.

People are already dead, no matter how big a mistake is committed, those grievances and grievances will dissipate when people die, not to mention how grand the aftermath is, at least it must be decent, Ma Chengteng ordered: "Use my coffin!" "People in this era do not have a long lifespan, and generally start to prepare for longevity after forty. Ma Chengteng is already in his forties, and he has already prepared a pair of fine fir trees. Now that my son is gone, I can't find good longevity materials in a hurry, so I have to use him first.

Relatives and friends of the Ma family were surprised when they received the obituary. Ma Yue's suicide was known from top to bottom, and they couldn't hide it. After relatives and friends knew the cause, those who were particularly close to each other would send their juniors to come for a visit, and those with a better relationship would send a steward to come for a visit.

Ma Yue is like, this is also a major event for Ma Fu. After Cheng, who had been locked up in the Buddhist hall, knew about this, he ran out of the Buddhist hall and saw Ma Yue's coffin crying to death, and finally even shouted loudly that it was Yue Yaoke who killed Ma Yue.

The people in the mansion thought that Cheng was insane. The cousin has been away from the Ma Mansion for more than two months, and it is impossible to get the second master anyway, and the cousin has lived in the mansion for more than six years, and she wants to get the current one. And the second master committed suicide, he did something wrong, how can he blame the cousin.

Of course, the second master's suicide is not to blame on Yueyao, but the second master is dead, and the cousin is still in the temple and does not come back, which is a bit strange.

Ma Chengteng heard that Cheng was talking nonsense in the mourning hall, and immediately called two rough mothers-in-law to escort Cheng back to the small Buddha hall, and issued a death order.

Ma Chengteng also said: "Yueyao is concentrating on cultivating Buddhism in the temple, and no one is allowed to disturb her. The more Ma Chengteng is like this, the more suspicious it arouses.

Ma Linlin, as her own sister, must be coming to the funeral, she heard the people in the mansion say that her brother committed suicide after quarreling with her father, Ma Linlin asked Ma Chengteng, "What big mistake did my brother make to be forced to commit suicide by his father?" ”

Ma Chengteng's face was ugly, "This matter is not something you should know." Come on, send the big girl out. "The truth of this matter, he will definitely not tell Ma Linlin.

Ma Linlin angrily put incense on the incense to visit her mother, but unfortunately Ma Chengteng didn't allow it. Ma Linlin was half angry, but in the end, she couldn't stand his father's toughness.

Compared to Ma Linlin's anger, Tang was very calm. Although she was sad, she vaguely guessed the reason for her husband's suicide, because it was too strange.

As soon as Yueyao was kidnapped, she knew that there must be an inside story here, even if the thieves were bold, it was impossible for those thieves to take Yueyao away without alarming a person in the mansion. Therefore, there must be someone in Mafu who colluded with the thieves.

Tang quietly went to check, but she only checked two people and didn't dare to check further, because through these two people, she felt that this matter had a lot to do with her husband.

Ever since Tang learned about this, his heart has been uneasy. But more than two months have passed, everything is calm, Tang thought that this matter was over, but he didn't expect that her husband would die in a blink of an eye. After six years of husband and wife, Tang knows her husband's temperament very well, and her husband is not a person who has the courage to commit suicide at all. Now that the suicide suddenly broke out, you don't have to think about it to know that since the husband did not commit suicide, he must have killed him.

Whoever kills her husband, Tang can guess eight or nine points in his heart. But even if she guessed who did it, she didn't have the courage to avenge her husband. Xiang Wei's woman is a ruthless character, let alone revenge, even if she reveals the slightest thing, not only will she die, her son may not be protected, and the Tang family will never recover.

Tang is a person who is very good at weighing gains and losses, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally decided to remain silent, and besides, this matter was first blamed on her husband.

Ma Chengteng wanted to hold Ma Yue's funeral decently, but some people just wouldn't let him get his wish. Ma Chengteng was instructing someone to do something, and Ma Yuan came in with a sad face and said: "Master, there is a woman holding a child outside, and the woman claims to be the second master's concubine, and she also said that the child she is holding is also the second master's child." ”

Ma Chengteng knew that Ma Yue had an outer room outside and an illegitimate daughter. If his son was still there, he would definitely not admit it, now that his son is dead, there is no point in pursuing these again, Ma Chengteng said helplessly: "Take them to the backyard and hand them over to the second daughter-in-law to deal with." ”

Ma Yuan's lips squirmed, and he was speechless. The husband died unexpectedly, and he was widowed at a young age, which was already a big blow, and now if she knew that her husband still had an outer room and an illegitimate daughter, the second lady would know how to be grief-stricken.

Ma Yuan looked at Ma Chengteng's old appearance, and finally didn't say anything, "Master, let's tell Uncle about this!" "The uncle can't come back, the eldest lady can come back. The master is confused, and the second lady must have been cold after these things, there must always be a person in charge of the family. The eldest lady is back, he can also save a little, and after two more years, he should also retire.

Ma Chengteng thought for a while and said, "Cheng, I'll write a letter later." ”