Chapter 135: You Took My Place
"That's the case, Grape and Lotus Seed stole the things that the clan gave to Miss Leng, and we caught them, but the two maids said that you gave them to them, therefore, I specially sent someone to invite Miss Leng to testify, I know that Miss Leng is kind-hearted, although they have been serving you these days, but I don't want Miss Leng to cover them, otherwise, I can't explain to the clansmen, if everyone in the clan will follow the same example in the future, shouldn't the Yin family mess up?" Yin Bang said with a heartache in his heart.
"What did they steal?" Leng Ruoxue looked puzzled, with her understanding of the two maidservants, they shouldn't be that kind of people! Besides, even if they really like something, they don't have to steal it! Basically, all the things they received from the big butler were given to them that they didn't need themselves!
"Then Miss Leng will know, the reason why I said this privately with Miss Leng is that I hope Miss Leng will not shield them out of kindness, so that I will not be able to explain to the clansmen." Yin Bang reminded with a smile.
"Don't worry! If they do take something I don't know, I won't cover them up. Leng Ruoxue assured, she understood it, the main meaning of this Elder Yin's words was that he didn't want to shield them, but this guy refused to say what they took, isn't it too strange?
"When Miss Leng said this, I was relieved." Yin Bang Dao.
"Now that Elder Yin is relieved, can you take me to meet my two handmaidens now?" Leng Ruoxue said with a faint smile.
"Of course! Miss Leng, please. Yin Bang asked with a gentlemanly demeanor, and the two walked towards the direction of the cell together.
When she arrived at the cell, Leng Ruoxue walked in directly without looking at Yin Bang.
The Yin family's cell, located to the north of the Yin family's main house, is quite clean inside, but it still has a faint smell.
At this time, there were not many people locked up in the cell, and Leng Ruoxue didn't ask Yin Bang where the grapes and lotus seeds were kept, she started from scratch, and after finding several cells, when she arrived in the tenth cell, she found traces of grapes and lotus seeds.
"Grapes, lotus seeds!" Leng Ruoxue looked at the two people who were tied to the stake and scarred, and the anger in her heart suddenly ignited, damn it, who beat this? Before the matter was clarified, the person was beaten like this, at this time the lotus seed was already unconscious, and the grapes only had a trace of sanity left, the clothes on the two were already in tatters, and the skin on their bodies was not intact.
After hearing Leng Ruoxue's voice, Grape forcibly endured the pain and opened his eyes that were swollen like peaches, and shouted weakly: "Miss! What are you doing here? Get out of here! It's a trap. With that, Grape also passed out.
Leng Ruoxue listened to Grape's words, turned her head to look at Yin Bang, who had already walked to her side, and said with a smile: "Elder Bang, weishenme beat the two maidservants who served me like this?" What did they do to deserve such a heavy sentence? β
"Someone! Who hit this? Yin Bang heard Leng Ruoxue's question, and hurriedly called the guards guarding the prison and asked, to be honest, he did not order someone to beat these two maidservants, so after seeing their injuries, he also felt very puzzled, and he didn't want to be misunderstood by the beauty in front of him, so he naturally wanted to clarify all this.
"This, it should have been Miss Lan's call." The guards were a little scared and said, these two maidservants were so seriously injured, and they were all responsible for dereliction of duty, so they were afraid that they would be punished, so they naturally wouldn't hide it for Xiao Lan.
"Miss Lan? Could it be that Miss Lan's power in the Yin family is so great that she can go in and out of any place at will, and she can beat the Yin family's maidservants at will? Leng Ruoxue sneered and said, Hmph! This was clearly instructed by someone, and at this time, that person dared to pretend to be confused in front of her, was she really a three-year-old child?
"This..."Leng Ruoxue's sharp questioning made Yin Bang's forehead sweat flow, he knew very well that Xiao Lan must have come in in his own name, however, he had warned Xiao Lan before, before convicting the two handmaids, let her not act rashly, but he didn't expect that Xiao Lan's revenge was too urgent, and he secretly ran to the cell without listening to his warning, and beat people like this, now he has no way to explain to the elders, alas! Big trouble! At this time, he really hated Xiao Lan, the woman who had not achieved enough things and had more than enough failures! What a big brainless one!
"Elder Bang has nothing to say? Although I am not from the Yin family, however, these two handmaidens were arranged for me by your family master, then they are my people, and now you have beaten my handmaidens to a serious injury without understanding the reason, you must give me an explanation for this matter, or rather, do you want to bend into a trick? "Leng Ruoxue does not give up.
"Miss Leng! I really don't know how Xiao Lan came here. Yin Bang explained with some weakness, now the Yin family basically knows that Xiao Lan lives with him, so his words are not convincing, especially under the beautiful eyes of Leng Ruoxue burning with flames, his heart is weak for a while, alas! This woman seems to be even more beautiful and touching when she starts a fire!
"Don't know? I heard that Elder Bang took Xiao Lan's family to his home, and now you tell me that you don't know? Leng Ruoxue couldn't stop laughing, and her beautiful face was full of ridicule.
"This... I also saw that they were kicked out by the head of the family, so I kindly took them in temporarily, I really didn't expect Xiao Lan to come to the cell and beat these two maidservants. Yin Bang racked his brains to think about the rhetoric, and he was so anxious that his forehead was sweating.
"Is Elder Bang really kind-hearted? I don't know if there are any homeless people in the Divine Realm, so it's better for Elder Bang to take them all into his own home to live! Leng Ruoxue suggested with a faint smile.
"How can thisβhow can this be the same!" Yin Bang wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said.
"How is it different? Xiao Lan's family doesn't seem to have reached the point where they need Elder Bang's relief, right? Elder Bang was so eager to help them, and he should do his part for the other homeless. Leng Yunyun said with a light smile.
"Xiao Lan's family is in-laws after all, and those homeless people have nothing to do with me." Yin Bang explained helplessly.
"In-laws? They don't seem to be your in-laws! Since it has nothing to do with you, you are still so enthusiastic, and you must be a kind-hearted person, so let's help more people who are truly homeless! Leng Ruoxue proposed.
"Miss Leng! This..."Yin Bang was about to defend himself, but before he could say anything, he was interrupted by an angry roar.
"Yin Bang! You gave the order to arrest people? Yin Ping's tall figure appeared at the door of the cell, and when he saw Yin Ping, he yelled directly.
When Leng Ruoxue and Yin Ping heard the roar, they both looked towards the sound in unison, Yin Ping's face suddenly darkened, and Leng Ruoxue looked curious.
"Sister! This guy didn't treat you well, did he? At this time, Yin Xuan behind Yin Ping ran to Leng Ruoxue's side, and took her hand and kept checking up and down, as if she was afraid that Yin Bang would hurt her, seeing this, Leng Ruoxue couldn't help laughing, it's good if she doesn't bully others, it will give others a chance to bully her!
"Cher! Are you okay! Xiao Lin also walked over and asked with a concerned face.
"Mrs. Yin! Xuan'er! I'm fine, Elder Bang is kind to me. Leng Ruoxue changed her aggressiveness towards Yin Bang just now, and said softly.
"That's good!" Xiao Lin and Yin Xuan nodded reassuringly, and then they all turned their heads to stare at Yin Bang viciously, "Elder Bang, what do you want to do?" β
"Mistress! It's not that I want to do anything, it's that these two maidservants have violated the clan rules, so I have to order someone to lock them up, and I just want Miss Leng to be a witness, why are you so nervous! Yin Bang said with a light smile.
"They violated the clan rules, weishenme, and I, the acting head of the family, don't know?" Yin Ping walked over and asked coldly.
"This matter was decided temporarily after deliberation by several elders, and if the head of the family has any questions, he can ask the other elders, and I am just an executor." Yin Bang pushed things cleanly.
"The decision of the Weishenme elders does not have to go through me, the acting head of the family? Are you not taking me seriously? Yin Ping half-squinted his eyes and said with a little displeasure.
"Acting as the head of the family, this is just a trivial matter, why should you care too much?" Yin Bangpi said with a smile.
"It can be seen from the small things that you don't take the acting head of the family into account at all." Leng Ruoxue said with a faint smile.
"Miss Leng, of course we can't take the acting head of the family in our eyes, we take him in our hearts." Yin Bangqiang held back his anger and said, he was half angry at Leng Ruoxue's fire, but because Leng Ruoxue was the head of the family, he had to endure it.
"Really? Why didn't I feel it? Yin Dai family master, grapes and lotus seeds are now my people, Elder Bang put them in a prison cell without saying anything, and let people beat them to death, do you Yin family have to give me an explanation for this matter? Leng Ruoxue turned her eyes to Yin Pingdao.
"These two maidservants are from our Yin family, how can they be your people!" Yin Bang heard Leng Ruoxue's words and hurriedly reminded.
"Didn't I say it, they were arranged for me by your master, of course they are my people, but when you arrested people, you didn't have the consent of my master, and you let people torture them and want to torture them, you must give me an explanation for this matter, otherwise, I have to go to your family master to evaluate and judge." Leng Ruoxue calmly threatened.
"I didn't let anyone beat them." Yin Bang quibbled.
"You didn't let people beat them, and the guards in the cell dared to let Xiao Lan in? Now Xiao Lan has your support, I don't think those guards dare to offend you! Leng Ruoxue asked with a clear face.
"Xiao Lan hit them?" Yin Ping's eyes looked into the prison door, and sure enough, he saw two maids who were already unconscious, all of them were scarred all over their bodies, and none of them were intact, and suddenly, the anger in his heart surged up.
"Yes!" Leng Ruoxue nodded.
"How did Cousin Lan get into the cell?" Yin Xuan asked coldly, these days, she often runs to Mingxi Garden, so she gets along well with grapes and lotus seeds, and now seeing them dying, her heart is also a little angry, it stands to reason that unless there is an order from the elders or her father, even the clansmen cannot easily enter the Yin family's cell, but looking at the current situation, Xiao Lan not only came in, but even almost killed someone.
"That's going to have to be asked of Elder Bang." Leng Ruoxue said with a sneer.
"It's none of my business! Hurry up and explain to the acting head of the family, how did Xiao Lan get in? Don't you know the rules of the Yin family? How can you let Xiao Lan in! Yin Bang listened to the conversation between Yin Xuan and Leng Ruoxue, and said angrily to the guards.
"Elder Bang, Miss Xiao has your token in her hand, and I let her in because you asked her to interrogate those two maidservants." The guards hurriedly explained truthfully.
"I see! Now Elder Bang has nothing to say! I only learned today that it turns out that the Yin family's people who have made mistakes can be interrogated by outsiders! I've had a lot of knowledge. Leng Ruoxue smiled lightly, and her beautiful face was full of admiration.
"How could I possibly give Xiao Lan any token, let alone let her interrogate our Yin family's people! Do you have brains? Yin Bang scolded the guard angrily, and then, he smiled and said to Leng Ruoxue and the others: "It must be that she stole my token to the cell to deliberately retaliate, this has nothing to do with me, you must believe me!" β
"Does it matter if we believe it or not? Elder Bang, Xiao Lan is your person, and now you have injured the servant girl who served me with your token, you must give me an explanation for this matter, otherwise! I'm not going to give up. Leng Ruoxue said with a beautiful face.
"I said, this matter has nothing to do with me, and besides, Xiao Lan is not my person, she is the niece of the acting head of the family." Yin Bang excused himself.
"Elder Bang! You're still not a man! As we all know, Xiao Lan lives with you now, who is not your person? As a man and an elder of the Yin family, if he has no responsibility, how will he serve the public in the future? Many of the Yin family's clansmen will be disappointed in you. Leng Ruoxue reminded with a faint smile.
"My sister is right! My father had already invited his cousin's family out of the Yin family, but you brought them back again, but now that something happens, you want to push it all away, and there is no door! Yin Xuan snorted angrily.
"Elder Bang, since you invited me to be a witness, I wonder what they did wrong? What did you steal from me? Leng Ruoxue continued to ask.
"The two of them have unclean hands and feet, and they secretly hid the spirit mist fruit that the big housekeeper gave to Miss Leng." Yin Bang pretended to be calm.
"Spirit Mist Fruit? I gave them the Spirit Mist Fruit in their hands, but they haven't been willing to eat it, what's the matter? Shall I not give to my maidservants what has been given to me? Leng Ruoxue asked in a cold voice.
"Miss Leng! Do you know how expensive that Spirit Mist Fruit is? How could it be divided between two handmaidens! I know you have a good heart and want to protect them, but it's not for you to admit it. Yin Bang reminded that now he was already a little annoyed with Leng Ruoxue, because Leng Ruoxue had obviously promised to be good and would not shield them, but now he was still standing on the side of the two maidservants, which couldn't help but make him a little annoyed.
"I said I gave it to them, but it's not okay? It seems that Elder Bang wants to put those two handmaidens to death, I really don't know what deep hatred Elder Bang has with Grape and Lotus Seeds, they are just two handmaidens of the Yin family, they shouldn't be able to offend you! Of course! If you want to be angry for Miss Xiao Lan, then it's another matter, but it's my beast that bit Xiao Lan, if you want her to take revenge, you should also come at me, what kind of ability is it to use your own maid as cannon fodder? Leng Ruoxue's face was contemptuous, and the beautiful eyes that breathed fire made Yin Bang's heart pound.
"Miss Leng! You misunderstood me, Xiao Lan is not me, how can I stand up for her. After listening to Leng Ruoxue's words, Yin Bang looked at Yin Ping a little nervously before he opened his mouth to explain.
"Yin Dai Family Master, what do you say about this?" Leng Ruoxue didn't pay attention to Yin Bang, who didn't have any responsibility, and turned her head directly to look at Yin Pingdao.
"I will convene a meeting of elders on this matter, and I will judge it at that time." Yin Ping said with the anger in his heart.
"Yes! However, the matter has touched on me and my two handmaidens, to whom I have requested to attend your Council of Elders. Leng Ruoxue thought for a while.
"You are not from the Yin family, how can you participate in our Yin family's meeting of elders." Yin Bang said with a disapproving face.
"Xiao Lan can come and go freely in the Yin family's cell, and I can't participate in your Yin family's meeting of elders?" Leng Ruoxue asked with a faint smile.
"I told you, my token was stolen, I didn't let her in." Yin Bang defended himself with cold sweat on his forehead, making him quite annoyed that Leng Ruoxue was holding on to this.
"The mouth is on Elder Bang's body, Elder Bang can say whatever he wants, and besides, you said that your token was stolen, is there any evidence? Can you report it? Or is it that the theft of the token is not a big deal in your Yin family, and there is no need to report it at all? Leng Ruoxue asked with a chuckle.
"The Elder's token has been lost, and it must be reported!" Yin Ping, who had been listening to their conversation, suddenly spoke up.
"I heard the guards say that Xiao Lan entered the cell with my token, and I realized that the token was lost, and I haven't had time to report it!" Yin Bang hurriedly said.
Leng Ruoxue listened to Yin Bang's words and didn't say anything, just looked at Yin Bang with a smile, and Yin Bang felt a little creepy in her heart, because her eyes were too sharp.
"Yin Dai Family Master, I have asked to attend your elders' meeting." Leng Ruoxue said directly to Yin Ping.
"Okay." Yin Ping nodded, looking at Leng Ruoxue with inquiring eyes, this should be the first time he has seen a woman who is praised by his wife and daughter, and sure enough, as they said, she is a very powerful woman, not only has a beautiful face, but also is articulate and frightening, but seeing Yin Bang speechless when she questioned him, he felt how happy he was.
"On behalf of the head of the family! How can this be! She is an outsider. Yin Bang saw that Yin Ping agreed, and hurriedly reminded that Leng Ruoxue, this woman was really powerful, and he didn't dare to imagine what those elders would be forced into by her if she was allowed to participate in the elders' meeting.
"Xiao Lan is also an outsider, and she will also participate in this meeting." Yin Ping said indifferently.
"What are you letting Xiao Lan participate for? Where is she qualified! Yin Bang heard that Xiao Lan would also participate, and he was a little anxious.
"Elder Bang, don't worry! Wasn't your token stolen? Let's question it face to face and see what the hell is going on! lest someone make another trick. Leng Ruoxue said with a light smile.
Then, she said to Yin Ping: "Yin Dai, please release these two maidservants first!" I can prove that they didn't steal anything, and if the things that Elder Bang stole in his mouth meant the Spirit Mist Fruit, I gave them all the fruits. β
"Good!" Yin Ping nodded, and then motioned for the guards to carry the two wounded maidservants out of the cell.
Seeing this, Yin Xuan took out two healing pills and wanted to take them for grapes and lotus seeds, but was stopped by Leng Ruoxue: "Xuan'er! Don't heal the injuries on their bodies first, these injuries are all evidence, I just want the Yin family to see how serious the crimes they have committed can be beaten like this! β
"Hmm." Yin Xuan nodded, and put away the pill again, she knew that her sister was really angry.
Ordered the guards to carry grapes and lotus seeds on a single frame, Leng Ruoxue and his party walked out of the cell and walked towards the Yin family's meeting hall.
Seeing Yin Bang's anxious appearance, Yin Xuan and Xiao Lin couldn't help but snicker in their hearts, hehe! Deserve! Whoever asked him to make such a show was not good for him, and he wanted to provoke Leng Ruoxue, you know, from the first time they saw Leng Ruoxue, they knew that this woman who looked lazy and didn't seem to care about anything was not easy to mess with.
After everyone walked to the council hall, Yin Ping ordered his subordinates to invite the elders in the main mansion to come to the meeting, and of course he didn't forget to send someone to bring Xiao Lan.
In the conference hall, Leng Ruoxue unceremoniously found a chair and sat down, waiting for the arrival of the elders.
The position where she sits, the second chair on Yin Ping's left hand, according to the Yin family's ranking arrangement, it should be the position of the elder who is ranked third in the Council of Elders, but now that she is seated, the elder sitting there naturally has to change positions.
Originally, Yin Ping wanted to remind Leng Ruoxue after seeing her sitting there, but thinking that the third elder and Yin Bang had always worn the same pair of pants, he didn't bother to open this mouth, in addition, he also wanted to see this woman who only had the strength of an intermediate god, what ability could his father bring her back, and he didn't raise any objections to Leng Ruoxue's position, Xiao Lin and Yin Xuan naturally wouldn't open this mouth.
However, if they don't say it, it doesn't mean that others won't say it, after Yin Bang saw Leng Ruoxue sitting in the position of the third elder, he opened his mouth and reminded: "Miss Leng, there are people sitting there." β
"Really? I like this position, let him sit in a different place! Leng Ruoxue said very domineeringly.
Yin Bang listened to Leng Ruoxue's words, he didn't come up in one breath, and he was almost angry, Nima! Where did this woman come from, if she doesn't take him as a god king in her eyes, who will let it be his father's woman! However, the three elders didn't pay attention to it, and this cold and snowy courage was a little too big! You must know that the rank of the three elders in the clan is not much higher than that of Yin Ping, the head of the acting family, and this woman is too much in sight! However, it's so strange how her domineering energy is really pleasing to the eye, as if she was born like this.
"Who is so loud that you dare to let me sit in another place?" Suddenly, a hearty roar rang out outside the council chamber, and then, the door of the council hall was pushed open, and dozens of elders entered, most of whom were men, and the words just now were spoken by a man in the middle of them.
This man looks like he is in his early forties, and his appearance is not very handsome compared to the other clansmen of the Yin family, but his momentum and strength are not low, according to Qingjue's voice to Leng Ruoxue, this man has the strength of the God Emperor, and his strength among these elders is definitely one of the best, and he deliberately added his own coercion to his words just now, clearly wanting to deter Leng Ruoxue.
However, to his surprise, the woman sitting in his position didn't seem to feel his coercion, and still sat on the chair without moving, which couldn't help but make him a little unable to get off the stage, and he was very sure that he added coercion to his words, just look at Yin Xuan's pale face, if it weren't for Yin Ping protecting her, Yin Xuan would definitely suffer internal injuries at this time.
"Three Elders! You've gone too far. Leng Ruoxue didn't react, but Yin Ping was angry first, because his daughter's strength was not high, if he wasn't by his side, how could he withstand the pressure of the God Emperor.
"On behalf of the head of the family, can't you tell whether I am too much or someone else is too much? When did our Yin family let a woman ride on the head, it was still a woman who didn't know where to appear. The three elders stared at Yin Ping angrily with fierce eyes like poisonous snakes, as a god emperor, his divine sense is naturally extremely powerful, and if he intends to look at it, everything in the Yin family will naturally not be able to hide from him, therefore, everything that happened in the prison just now is under his control, including everything in this council hall, so before he walked in, he was a little annoyed and added his own coercion to his voice, so as to give Leng Ruoxue and Yin Ping a disadvantage! Still, he miscalculated.
"Third Elder, no matter what your grievances are, you shouldn't add coercion to your voice, if she and Xuan'er are hurt in any way, the head of the family will not let you go." Yin Ping knew that he was not the opponent of the three elders, so he had to bring out his own father.
"The head of the family can't just watch me, the third elder, being bullied by an outsider!" The Third Elder asked coldly.
"Three Elders, right? I don't know how I bullied you? Leng Ruoxue asked with a pure and innocent face.
"You took my place." The third elder reminded with a light stroke of his eyelids.
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