Linglong was angry and wanted to ask them to go back to the house, but Mother Wu winked at her, helped the old aunt to the front, and smiled at the two mothers-in-law: "Two sisters, my young lady is young and vigorous, and she doesn't know how to speak, don't take it to heart." ”

The two servant women said they didn't dare, but their faces were flat and expressionless.

Linglong frowned and looked at Mother Wu, Mother Wu secretly tugged at her sleeve, and said with a smile: "Two sisters, you see, I am about to take the old aunt back, or ...... Two sisters to help lead the way? ”

"Good!" The two servant women walked in front, and Mother Wu helped the old aunt to follow behind and slowly left.

Linglong clenched his fists and scolded in a low voice: "This group of dog minions is too annoying!" Gui Ying! ”

Gui Ying lowered her head and took a step forward: "Miss, the slave is here." ”

"Let's go, come with me to the Law Enforcement Hall."

"Yes."

Linglong took Gui Ying and left the Tingfeng Courtyard angrily, and when he saw someone, he pulled and asked the location of the Law Enforcement Hall, it turned out that the Law Enforcement Hall was not in the Su Mansion, but in the Su Family Ancestral Hall, which was separated by a wall from the Su Mansion, which was a separate courtyard, and it was from the south gate of the Su Mansion.

When Linglong came to the gate of the courtyard, he was stopped by two mothers-in-law: "Who are you?" ”

"Su Linglong, the daughter of Su Bingren, the third master of the Su family."

The two mothers-in-law seemed a little surprised when they heard this: "What happened to Miss Linglong?" ”

"I'm here for my grandmother, Aunt Fang, reads;."

"I'm sorry, Miss Linglong, this is the ancestral hall, and there is no aunt surnamed Fang."

"I want to see your elders on duty."

"The elder on duty hasn't come yet."

"When are you coming?"

"Not necessarily, the elders usually don't come when they have nothing to do."

"Then there is something to do now, go and invite the elders on duty."

The two mothers-in-law glanced at each other: "This...... Miss Linglong, what is the matter with you? ”

"You can't answer my question, I'm going to ask the elders personally, if you don't ask, just tell me the specific address, and I'll find it myself."

"Miss, wait a minute, let's discuss."

The two mothers-in-law went inside and muttered for a while, then came back and gave her an address, and turned right to the second courtyard at the entrance of the alley in front, which was the courtyard where the current patriarch of the Su clan lived.

Linglong thanked them and rewarded them with a tael of silver, and the two mothers-in-law were a little surprised, but they still thanked them happily.

Not long after Linglong left, the big girl next to the Zhu family hurriedly came over: "Has Miss Linglong ever been here?" ”

"Here it is, it's gone again."

"Where have you gone?"

"It is inconvenient for the young lady to come in the ancestral hall, and when the young lady wants to find the elder, the old slave points her to the patriarch's courtyard."

"Huh? You stupid! That young lady is obviously here to find fault, oh, forget it, I have to report to Madame quickly. ”

Spring came and went in a hurry, which made the two feel inexplicable.

Linglong easily found the patriarch's house here, and to her surprise, the courtyard of the patriarch's house was not big, just a simple courtyard, with a total of only five or six rooms, not as big as the courtyard they bought yesterday.

The person who opened the door was a woman in her forties and fifties, Linglong identified herself and explained her intentions, and the woman looked at Linglong in surprise for a long time: "Ah? You're Byung-in's twin daughters? Your sister? Is Byungin back too? ”

The woman's familiar tone to her father surprised Linglong: "May I ask who you are ......?"

"Oh, you still have to call me grandma according to your seniority, my maiden name is Zhang, you can call me Grandma Zhang!"

"Hello Grandma Zhang, the juniors are in a hurry, and they haven't prepared any greeting gifts, this ...... Please also ask Grandma Zhang not to dislike it. "There is nothing else on Linglong's body, there are only a few silver tickets left, and they are all in a denomination of one hundred taels, and when I come to see the patriarch, I can't help but give gifts, not to mention that this Grandma Zhang is not bad to herself, and this hundred taels is also worth it.

Grandma Zhang looked at it: "Oh, there are so many, the little girl is quite polite, come and come, come in and talk." ”

Grandma Zhang slapped her shoulders and pulled her into the yard. Several people came out of the house one after another, an old couple with white hair, a man in his forties and fifties, two young couples in their twenties and thirties, and four or five children under the age of ten.

So many people reads;! Just live in such a small yard? This once again surprised Linglong.

Grandma Zhang smiled and said, "Dad, this is Bingren's twin daughter named Linglong, who came to you specially." ”

The white-haired old man in the upper room looked at Linglong and said lightly, "Come in!" ”

Is this the patriarch? Lao Cheng's dignified appearance is quite majestic, and he deserves to be the patriarch.

Grandma Zhang said softly: "Child, don't be afraid, the old man is very talkative." ”

Linglong followed the old patriarch into the house, and the children swarmed around: "Grandma, buy us food and new clothes." ”

"I want it too, I want it too!"

Linglong glanced back and saw Grandma Zhang squinting with a smile with a silver ticket, it seems that the economic situation of this family is not optimistic! How so? Isn't it the patriarch? In Linglong's impression, the patriarch should be a highly respected person, so he must have a high official position, and the family situation must not be bad, but the result is not at all.

The patriarch sat down directly above the hall, Linglong stepped forward to salute, and the patriarch nodded and motioned for her to sit down.

There was silence in the hall for a moment, Linglong looked at the majestic patriarch above, originally full of doubts, but now he didn't know where to ask, instinctively felt that he could only ask when the old man opened his mouth.

The patriarch glanced at her: "Bingren...... How are you doing? ”

"It's good, my father works in Jiangzhou weaving, although the official position is not big, but there are a lot of benefits."

The patriarch frowned slightly: "If you are an official in the court, you have to think about the people, and you can't just be greedy for glory, wealth, and financial interests." ”

Linglong paused for a moment, and secretly twitched the corners of his mouth, feeling that this old patriarch was still an upright and angry old man.

"Yes, my father never dared to do anything to oppress the people, and he has always been conscientious as an official and doing official things."

"Yes, that's good. He...... When will you be back? ”

"I'll come back when I find an official position in the capital."

"Good."

The patriarch paused and was silent for a while before asking, "What are you from?" ”

Linglong stood up: "Senior, we came back this time to find that grandma, my father's biological mother, Aunt Fang, was confined in a dilapidated yard, she had eye problems and no one took care of her, and we juniors couldn't bear to look at it."

Linglong came here this time to ask what grandma did to be punished like this? Second, Linglong wanted to ask the patriarch to give Aunt Fang an amnesty and let her leave Su Mansion to live with us. ”

The old patriarch glanced at Linglong: "Why was Old Aunt Fang punished, you should ask your grandfather, this is your family's housework, there is no violation of family laws and family rules, and the old man cannot interfere." ”

"But why did two women who claimed to be from the Law Enforcement Hall come to arrest the old aunt early this morning? Is the law enforcement hall under the control of the Su government or under the jurisdiction of the clan? ”

The old patriarch shook his head: "There is a law enforcement hall in the ancestral hall, but it is to enforce the clan rules, unless someone in my Su family makes a big mistake that is not tolerated." Your family now has a big business, and your grandfather has set up a law enforcement hall by himself, saying that it is under the jurisdiction of the clan, but it has nothing to do with us. ”

"That'...... Does that mean that the punishment of the old aunt was not set by the clan, but by the old lady in the house? ”