When the sky was light, the officers and soldiers carried away thirteen corpses and escorted away the two people who were captured alive. The men of the ancient mansion began to clean up the scene and clean up the bloodstains.

Dr. Zhou and another doctor from Tzu Chi Hall had already bandaged the wounded and were directing the medicine boy to decoction the medicine.

Qing Shu thought that the dead man who was captured alive would swallow poison and commit suicide was just a plot in the novel, but he didn't expect that it was real. Originally, they could capture five people alive, but they didn't expect that three of them swallowed poison the moment they were caught, and bled to death on the spot. The fourth one who was caught was also going to swallow poison, but with the lesson of the first three people, Luo San shot a quick blow and knocked him unconscious. The fifth person, the one hiding in Wenlan Courtyard, was also knocked unconscious in time when he was caught.

The yamen would throw the two people who were captured alive into prison to extract confessions, and it is not known when they will come out. However, even if there was no forced confession, Qing Shu knew in his heart that these dead soldiers were Wu Zhenjiang's people. In any case, it is also a person who has been a member of the fourth grade, and it is not uncommon to have a dead man in his hand. The last time this group visited the Ancient Mansion, they touched the warning bell, and they fled with the Ancient Mansion guards without a few moves, taking a wounded companion with them.

The attack that night ended quickly and did not alarm the neighbors or the officers and soldiers.

This time, the black-clothed masked man came prepared, thinking that he had figured out the location of the warning bell, thinking that he had poisoned the rhubarb, and he also came up with a strategy to attack the west. They were divided into two ways, and a team of people sneaked in from the backyard, killed people and set fires, and took advantage of the chaos to get rid of Gu Qingyang and kidnap Gu Qingshu. When everyone's attention was focused on this side, another team sneaked in from the front, and then attacked back and forth, searching for the treasures of the ancient mansion at the same time, but also to search for Chen Qiaojiang. The conditions allow Chen Qiaojiang to be taken away, and the conditions do not allow Chen Qiaojiang to be killed on the spot.

Unexpectedly, their plan fell through, and they were discovered at the first time, and there was no secret assassination, only a tragic head-on battle. Even if it was a head-to-head battle, if it wasn't against the elites of the former Tiger Wolf Guard, it would be them who would have taken the top. They had another plan that fell through, and Rhubarb didn't die.

It turned out that the reason for the first barking of rhubarb during the night was that someone threw meat and bones at it from outside. It barked a few times, and the people outside retreated, so it fell silent, and went back to its hay-covered nest, but did not eat the flesh and bones that had been thrown in front of it.

Cai Tieniu was the first person to find the meat and bones lying in front of the kennel, he wiped a cold sweat at that time, and quickly took away this suspicious piece of meat and bones and showed it to Dr. Zhou. Dr. Zhou judged from the smell that these were arsenic-coated meat bones.

Cai Tieniu excitedly hugged the rhubarb that kept wagging his tail, patted its head, and poured all the bones that were going to be eaten for two days into its food bowl.

At dawn, the entire clean-up of the ancient mansion was completed. At this time, Qing Shu allowed the women and children in the house to step out of the house. The clean-up work was also done by the ancient steward with the men who had been on the battlefield, because they had seen a more tragic scene than this. The women and children were different, they had never seen such a scene, and they were afraid that they would be frightened.

Among the wounded, four were slightly injured and one was seriously injured, and none of them were worried about their lives. One of the guards from outside was among the lightly wounded, and the others were fine, with only a few scrapes on their bodies. Abrasions are not injuries at all for men. During the battle, the people of the ancient mansion tried not to let them rush ahead, and the remnants of the former tiger and wolf guards were not less sharp, and they were always at the forefront, which avoided deaths.

I just came to them just in case, but I didn't expect it to really come in handy. Qing Shu asked the ancient housekeeper to tell them that all the medical expenses for the injured were paid by the ancient mansion, and instead of paying the 30 yuan as said, he gave 50 yuan to each person. They earned fifty wen in just one night, and although they experienced danger, they were all very happy, took their wages, and said that they would come back in the evening, and each went home to rest. Among them, the injured person was driven home by Ding Jiabao, and left him the medicine prescribed by the doctor, and also instructed his wife to decoct the medicine for him to drink on time, and left five catties of white flour and five catties of white rice, saying that it was for him to replenish his body.

There was such a big thing going on in the town that it only took one day for the word to spread. When people heard at first glance that last night, a group of black-clothed masked people were not afraid of entering the ancient mansion with bright knives, and people were afraid of black-clothed masked people. And when they heard that the black-clothed masked man was killed by the guards of the ancient mansion and killed a dozen people, and when they heard that the guards of the ancient mansion were only injured and no one lost their lives, people were frightened. The object of their fear immediately changed from the black-clothed masked man to the people of the ancient mansion.

Gu He carried a small basket into the town, and she wanted to visit Gu Hoe in the Yamen prison. Today is the market day, and the peasants and small traders who have entered the town to sell their goods have not yet dispersed, and they are talking in a heap about the terrible events that happened in the ancient mansion last night. When Gu He heard people mention the ancient mansion, he stopped to listen. Listening to this, her face turned white, and her arm carrying the basket trembled a little. She grabbed a woman who sold mountain goods and forced a smile, "Big sister, is that ancient mansion really murderous?" ”

The woman selling mountain goods glanced at Gu He's two eyes, obviously wanting to gossip, but she pretended to be impatient and said, "Killed, I heard that seventeen or eighteen people were killed." The ...... that bleeds Hey, don't say it, don't say it, I'll have nightmares at night when I listen to it. She said this as if she had seen the scene with her own eyes. That's the wonderful thing about rumors, people like to exaggerate things to their liking. If it continues like this, there may be rumors that the ancient mansion has killed more than 100 people.

When Gu He heard this, his face turned a little pale. They received a lot of benefits from the Wu Mansion, and when they were happy to find the north, the people from the government rushed into the house and arrested the four people from the Wu Mansion and the old man of her family, Gu Hoe. She's in a hurry, what should she do? They're messing with people they shouldn't be messed with! The ancient mansion said that if you kill someone, you will kill someone, and the old man of her family won't be killed too, right? Thinking of this, she turned around and ran away. She did not go to the yamen, but ran back to the village. She ran profusely and out of breath, and when she entered the village, she fell crooked on the side of the road and began to cry loudly.

Gu He's reputation was so bad that she fell to the ground and cried for a long time, and the villagers took a detour when they saw her, and no one paid attention to her. She had cried enough, rubbed her frozen hands, and then got up from the ground. She did not go back to her house to find her eldest son and second son, but went to the house of her fourth son, who she had kicked out.

At the end of summer, the fourth elder of the Gu family and the husband and wife of the Gu Wu family listened to the persuasion of their two sons and proposed to split the family. The ancient hoe did not speak; Gu He didn't agree, and called the one who scolded Gu Si and Wu an ugly one, and scolded Gu Dafeng and Gu Erfeng's two grandsons so that they couldn't raise their heads. After a few days of trouble, Gu Hoe intended to agree to the fourth family, but He did not agree. He said that it was okay to divide the family, and the four ancient families had to leave the house cleanly, and they would not be given land or silver, and they could not take anything away except for some belongings in their house.

After making a fuss for a while, Li Zheng Li Chu, who was sandwiched in the middle, was overwhelmed and talked to Gu Hoe.

After that, the ancient hoe gave four acres of thin land to the ancient four families, five hanging money, and let the ancient four families find a good place to live and move out. Gu He's anger was enough, so he drove out the ancient four families at that time. In addition to their clothes, except for the four acres of thin fields and five hanging coins that were rarely divided by the ancient hoe, the ancient four families did not even get a wooden box, and one person was driven out with a burden.

Gu Erfeng is not very old, but he has always been popular in the village, and more than half of the men of the same age in the village are his friends. Therefore, Gu Erfeng found a borrowed house on the same day and moved in with his family. This home is officially divided.

The ancient four are taciturn, and only know how to work with their heads down; Although Gu Dafeng is a little slippery, he is also very capable; Gu Erfeng's ability is obvious to all in the village; In addition, Wu and his eldest daughter-in-law are also a person who is a shield inside and outside the family, and their lives are unprecedentedly harmonious. And out of He's control, Wu began to improve little by little in terms of food, hoping that the whole family could be fed and clothed, and no longer had to eat only half-full and work hungry.

Although Gu He's clan is muddy, he also knows who he can rely on at critical moments. So, instead of going home to find her eldest son and second son, she ran to the house where her fourth son, Gu Si, lived. When she saw Gu Si, she cried and ordered Gu Si to hurry up and let Gu Erfeng go to Gu Mansion to say good things and save Gu Hoe from prison.

When I saw my mother come to the door, I just had a smile on my face, and I heard the errand assigned by my mother, and the smile on Gu Si's face was dispersed at that time. He bowed his head and said nothing. Wu Fu sent a lot of good things to his father, but his mother not only didn't give him anything, but she didn't even call him over for a meal. He passed by his father's courtyard gate when he had something, and his mother saw him and snorted and went into the house, so that he didn't even have a chance to call his mother. Now that something happened, his mother came to assign him an errand, and his heart couldn't be colder anymore.

Gu He saw that Gu Si was silent, and knew that Gu Si was unwilling, so he sat on the ground and began to play tricks, "You conscience loser, you white-eyed wolf, it is better for a mother to raise a beast than to raise you." Oh my God! What kind of sin have I done, how did I raise something that is not as good as a pig and a dog...... Oh my God......"

The green tendons of the ancient four forehead corners jumped, and the head could not be lowered. Before the separation, the farm work in the field was basically done by the three of them, and the eldest brother and the second brother with their respective sons would only be lazy. But his mother can't see the good of their father and son, and any good things are on the eldest brother and second brother's side. Over the years, if it weren't for his daughter-in-law's fierce and competitive ability, it is not certain that his three children would be able to grow up so big. If he hadn't broken his heart, how could he not have stopped his daughter-in-law from fighting against his mother-in-law!

Wu couldn't look past it, and pushed his own man Gu Siyi, "Dafeng and Erfeng went to break the ice and fish, and if they don't come back for half a day, I'm afraid they will be in trouble." Why are you still sitting stupidly, hurry up and take a look! "Her eldest daughter-in-law was pregnant with a child and needed to replenish her body, and because she couldn't afford supplements, her two sons went to break the ice and catch fish.

Gu Si snorted, ignored He, bowed his head and went out.

Seeing this, He scolded even more fiercely, and rolled on the ground.

Dafeng's daughter-in-law, who was standing on the ground against the wall, glanced at her mother-in-law Wu at a loss.

Wu walked over to block in front of his daughter-in-law, and shouted at He Shi, "Dafeng daughter-in-law, are you okay?" Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you can't be shocked, you're pregnant with a child. ”

Dafeng's daughter-in-law understood a little, and immediately hugged her slightly convex belly and screamed.

He's face changed, "The old cheap hooves and the little cheap hooves are like slandering the old woman, no way!" ”

Wu shouted outside, "Come on, come on!" Dafeng's daughter-in-law was afraid that she had a fetal gas, so she hurried to help. ”

Gu Si hadn't gone far yet, and Gu Dafeng and Gu Erfeng were carrying buckets into the fence gate. When they heard the call, Gu Dafeng was the first to rush into the hall and accidentally knocked over the He family, who was about to get up. He ignored He's superb grandmother, rushed to his daughter-in-law, and asked what was wrong.

Dafeng's daughter-in-law glanced at Dafeng and continued to hold her stomach and cry out in pain.

Gu Dafeng was stunned for a moment.

Wu pinched his eldest son, and said to hurry up and ask for a doctor.

Gu Dafeng probably understood. Listening to He's scolding became more and more ugly, he turned his head angrily, "Milk, my daughter-in-law has a fetal gas, and she wants to go to the town to see a doctor. ”

He Shi shouted sharply, and then found that the Wu family, Gu Dafeng, and Gu Si and Gu Erfeng, who had just entered the door, were all glaring at her with unkind expressions. She had a weak heart, and hurried away with a scolding.

After He left, Gu Dafeng helped his daughter-in-law back to his house.

Gu Si sat with his head shut for a while, and hesitantly called out the name of his second son.

Gu Erfeng raised his head, "Dad, do you have something to say to your son?" ”

Gu Si sighed, "Erfeng, tomorrow you go to the town and talk to your sister of the valley to see if you can ......"

Wu interrupted from the side, "No. Lily of the valley is a slave and a maid there, and it is not easy to live by the face of the master. She is a maid, how can she be qualified to make requests to her master, you don't have the idea of playing lily of the valley, don't want to hurt lily of the valley. "Because Lily of the Valley was good to Gu Erfeng, after hearing that they were kicked out, Lily of the Valley also subsidized them a few dollars. This made Wu's attitude change greatly, and no longer treat Lily of the Valley as an unlucky broom star, every time Gu Erfeng entered the town, she had to get something for Lily of the Valley to bring.

Gu Si sighed and lowered his head.

Gu Erfeng thought about it for a while, and leaned forward to Gu Si, "Dad, don't worry, my son has asked Gu Butler." They just want to teach Ye a lesson, and they will release Ye after a few days, and Ye will be fine. ”

Gu Si excitedly grabbed his son's hand, "If you don't say it earlier, my father didn't sleep well all night." ”

Gu Erfeng instructed, "Dad, if you know this in your heart, don't say it, otherwise grandma won't have a long memory, and she will ...... Err. He took into account his father's feelings, and reluctantly changed "making trouble" to "making mistakes".

Gu Si was relieved, "Cheng, dad listens to you." ”

Gu Erfeng glanced at his mother, and said, "In two days, my son and father will go to the town to pick up my grandfather and send him home." Grandpa and grandma must be happy, and they will no longer look at their father and mother unpleasantly. ”

Wu snorted coldly, but did not object.

Gu Si was very happy and grinned, "Cheng, Cheng, Dad listens to you." ”

Qing Shu didn't care about the disturbances outside, and he was thinking about one thing all day long: how to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle and bring down the Wu Mansion.

In the evening, the temporarily hired guards came to report in groups. Although last night was very dangerous, whether it was themselves or their families, thinking that they could earn back fifty copper plates in one night's errand, thinking that the ancient mansion's own guards were very powerful, and the real life difficulties overcame the dangers they might face, they still came, for fifty copper plates.

It was dark, and the guards regularly patrolled around with torches. Cai Tieniu also took Rhubarb and walked around the front yard, but didn't find anything abnormal, so he tied Rhubarb to the kennel and returned to the gatehouse to prepare for sleep.

There was an oil lamp in Qingshu's study. Du Zhongxia sat on the roof of the study, and Butler Gu and Luo San walked into the study.

Qingshu asked them to sit opposite, "I have an idea, I want to tell you about it, see if it's feasible?" ”

There was a shallow scratch on the left side of Steward Gu's face, which was scraped by a dead branch during the fight last night. He said, "Miss, please speak." ”

Qing Shu looked down at what he had written casually on the left and right, "I can't let Wu Mansion go any longer, I'm not going to kill them, but I'm going to give them a blow from the bottom of the kettle." In the county seat, there are eleven large and small shops in Wu's mansion, and Wu Ye's has three shops. Kangde Town, excluding the private property of the relatives of Wu Mansion in De County, Wu Mansion has 480 acres of fertile land there. In the capital, Wu Zhenjiang has a mansion worth 4,000 taels, and Wu Ye's family has a rouge shop and a silk village. That's all for the Wu Mansion industries that have been found so far. ”

"As the ancients said, come and don't be rude. Last night, Wu Fu sent a big gift, and we can't just accept it and not return it. Qing Shu looked at Luo San, "You and Du Guard have almost mastered every grass, tree, brick and tile in the Wu Mansion. So, do you know where the Wu Mansion kept the silver taels? ”

Luo San replied, "As far as I know, the silver of the Wu Mansion is stored in two different warehouses, one of which is at the disposal of Master Wu, and the other is at the disposal of the Wu Ye family. In addition, Wu Ye's family has his own large amount of private silver, and we have also figured out where it is hidden. ”

Qing Shu secretly thought that Luo San and Du Zhongxia were fortunately from her side, if they were enemies, she must be the one who was miserable. "Is there a way for you to empty their treasury and private bank overnight?"

Luo San was stunned.

Qing Shu wrote down the treasury and private room on the paper with charcoal strips, and circled them separately, "You go back and ponder this matter with Du Escort to see if it is feasible." Then he pointed to the name of Wufu's shop in Dexian County, "The next topic is whether these shops can be emptied overnight." ”

Butler Gu retorted, "Miss, no one can do this kind of thing. You're not emptying one shop, you're emptying a dozen shops. First, it will definitely alarm the guys who live in the shops, and then there will be a clash that will attract the officers and soldiers who patrol the city. Second, how many people do we have to send to empty someone's shop overnight? Third, even if we were not caught by the officers and soldiers patrolling the city, and even if we could really empty the shops in Wufu, the city gate was closed at night, and it was impossible for us to take the goods out of the county seat. Besides, if they can't be transported out of the city, they can only hide. But there are so many goods, there is no hiding place at all, and people will find them anyway. ”

Qing Shu shook his head, "One, we don't take the freight out of the county. Second, we don't hide the goods, all we have to do is empty the Wu family's shop. ”

Butler Gu opened his mouth wide, thinking that after Qing Shu experienced last night's bloody incident, he was already frightened and confused because of the excessive stimulation.

Luo San didn't have the kind of idea that the ancient butler had, "Miss has a way?" ”

Qing Shu stood up and walked around behind the bookcase, "It's a big matter, and you can't show any rumors." I just need you and Du Escort to do this. ”

Steward Gu's worries soared to the top. There are only two people, and two people are going to empty a dozen shops overnight, what are you kidding? Miss won't be really confused!

At this time, even Luo San was suspicious, suspecting that Qing Shu was a little delirious.

Qing Shu sat back in the chair, looked at the undisguised suspicious looks of the two opposites, stroked his forehead and said, "I just want you and Guard Du to make the guy sleeping in the shop unconscious, and open the back door of the shop." If necessary, you must divert the officers and soldiers who are on night watch. ”

The ancient housekeeper was taken aback, "Then who will empty the shop?" ”

Qing Shu hooked the corners of his mouth, "Windfall, pie falling from the sky, at least ninety people out of a hundred people will pick it up." Moreover, if they don't want to lose what they have gained, these ninety people will definitely pick and hide it carefully and carefully, they definitely don't want people to find out, and they will definitely protect what they have in their hands. ”

Although Luo San hadn't figured out Qing Shu's plan yet, he probably understood, so he said, "This thing is easy to do." Tomorrow, the subordinates will leave for Dexian County to find out the situation of these shops before they start. "Some time ago, they were able to pretend to be ghosts to scare the people of Wufu, half of them were well disguised, and half of them had touched the terrain of Wufu in advance, and they could advance or retreat. When the Gu Ye clan was injured, the two of them rushed to Dexian County to find out the situation in the Wu Mansion. This is one thing that he and Du Zhongxia must do before they act. The two of them are not reckless and impulsive.

Qing Shu snorted, "I hope Lord Xiao won't be angry." ”

Steward Gu coughed, if this thing that Qing Shu pondered could really come true, there was no need to think about it, Lord Xiao would definitely be furious. Who wants to see this happen under their rule!

Qing Shu said again, "If this thing can be done, the Wu Mansion only has two choices. Continue to operate the shop, only restocking; If you don't continue to run the shop, you can only sell it. At this time, if the silver of the Wu Mansion is missing, it will be a little difficult for them to restock, and it will be more likely to sell the shop. At that time, we will find a way to make the shop in Wu Mansion ours. ”

No matter how prosperous the Wu clan is, she wants to see if the Wu Mansion faces the collapse, whether the other clansmen of the Wu family will help this family member who has lost his official position. It is not for nothing that the tree falls and scatters.

When it comes to their own interests, few people will generously sponsor the down-and-out. When Wu Zhenjiang was imprisoned, the Wu family's cousin had already explained a qiē. Not to mention the clansmen, if something happens to the Wu family's shop, Wu Zhenjiang's two brothers, the eldest master and the third master, will not let Wu Zhenjiang have a good time.

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