Zhongli was pacing back and forth, reciting the name of Shentu Yuanba repeatedly, and suddenly, his eyes opened slightly, as if he was surprised, and said: I remember who this person is, this person is not ordinary! Four years ago, on the 60th birthday of the saint, he transferred it to the saint through the hand of the local county magistrate, and you don't know how happy the saint was that day, and actually rewarded each minister who went to the banquet with ten taels of gold. Since then, there has been an endless stream of people who have begged to apply for Tu Yuanba. Now, although he has committed a capital crime by killing someone, the relationship behind him is so complicated that it is elusive, how dare he offend him! No, this official will definitely not be able to return home tonight! ”

"Master, if you don't go back, Madame, how should you get back?" A cloud of sorrow appeared on the butler's cheeks.

"Can't you mediate such a trivial matter? It is said that the official is infected with the cold, and he can't leave for a while in the horse breeding division. Zhongli said angrily.

"Yes, sir, the little one will return to Madame." The butler bowed slightly, wanting to say goodbye.

"Wait, if Madame's niece is still in the house after three days, you will tell Madame the truth, do you understand?" Zhongli put his cheek close to the butler's ear and whispered.

"Understood, sir." The butler bowed slightly.

"Well, wave it away, remember, tonight's events are not humane!"

The butler bowed his head again and again, then turned and left the horse breeding division.

Just as Murong Xiaoyue was talking to her aunt, Boss Yin, the housekeeper of Zhongli Mansion, hurriedly walked into the main hall.

"How? Is the master back? Zhongli raised his head and asked.

"Mrs. Huiyu, the old man occasionally feels a heavy cold, is bedridden, and can't come back to the house for a while." Butler Boss Yin said slowly.

"Huh?" Zhongli exclaimed.

"But Lang Zhong has been there and prescribed medicine, and the master will come back in a few days after recuperating in the horse breeding division."

"That's good, that's good." Zhongli let out a breath of shock.

"Yue'er, now that your uncle is sick, let's wait for him to return home, and then discuss the affairs of your family, okay?" Zhongli looked back and said.

"It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, so why wait a few more days, it's okay aunt." Murong Xiaoyue bowed slightly and responded.

After Murong Xiaoyue returned to the side hall, Zhuge Hanqing and the others got up to greet them.

"Miss Murong, what's going on?" Zhuge Hanqing asked with concern.

"My uncle suddenly felt a chill, and he couldn't go back home until a few days later." Murong Xiaoyue lowered her head and said with some disappointment.

"It's not necessarily too coincidental, not to mention who will recuperate in the mansion, not in their own mansion? Besides, your family is a serious murder case, how can you wait for leisure? Zhuge Hanqing muttered.

"What Brother Zhuge said is reasonable, isn't your uncle afraid of provoking right and wrong, so he doesn't dare to go back to the house to see you, right?" Puyang Gu Sheng echoed.

"I don't know, but I still believe that my aunt can't leave me alone." Murong Xiaoyue muttered.

"Let's rest early tonight, tomorrow I will secretly go to Yangma with Brother Puyang to inquire, and the matter will naturally be revealed." Zhuge Hanqing put his hands behind his back and said slowly.

"Well, I agree." Puyang Gu Sheng replied.

"Alright then, I'll leave it to you." Murong Xiaoyue raised her eyes and responded.

Early the next morning, Zhuge Hanqing and Puyang Gu Sheng hired a carriage, and easily found the horse breeding division after many inquiries.

"Hey, who are you, dare to trespass on the horse breeding division, get out quickly."

As soon as Zhuge Hanqing and the others stepped in the door, they were stopped by a middle-aged man who walked out nearby.

Zhuge Hanqing stuffed a piece of silver of ten taels into the man's hand, and said with a smile: "We are distant relatives of the Taifu Ling, please ask, is the Taicheng Ling not in the palace?" ”

The middle-aged man saw the silver in his hand, and his previous stern tone suddenly softened a lot, and a smile appeared on his cheeks, and said: "You are a relative of Zhongli's servant Ling, you are unfortunate to come, he has just ridden out of the government to run errands, you can wait in the hall for a while, you should be back soon." Ay... How did you go? ”

"I suddenly remembered that I forgot to bring something, so I'm going to buy it now." Zhuge Hanqing glanced at Puyang Gu Sheng, and the two turned around and left.

After leaving the house and getting into the carriage, Puyang Gu Sheng couldn't help but scold: "Niang Xi is a horse!" can go out on horseback, this is obviously pretending to be sick! How could there be such a ruthless uncle, ignoring the pain of his loved ones?! ”

"Yancheng is the capital of Huadu at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is an out-and-out vanity fair, there are a few people who can stay out of the world, the reason why he pretends to be sick is because he knows that Shentu Yuanba he can't afford to provoke, after all, even today's saints have sold him face." Zhuge Hanqing was not angry, but analyzed Zhongli's true motives very calmly.

"Then what should Miss Murong do next?" Puyang Gu Sheng took a deep breath and asked very anxiously.

When Zhuge Hanqing heard this, he fell into a deep thought, and when Puyang Gu Sheng saw it, he thought that he was also helpless.

"You can't just be in his house, just keep waiting, right?" Puyang Gu Sheng said indignantly.

"Waiting, it's definitely not the best way, even if you wait for Zhongli to return to the mansion, Miss Murong will continue to be perfunctory, and even be expelled from Zhongli Mansion." Zhuge Hanqing said quietly.

"Mother, I want to be a horse! If his surname Zhongli really dared to do this, I set fire to his mansion and mansion. Puyang Gu Sheng's right fist slammed into the carriage and gritted his teeth.

"The people who mingle with the official mansion and yamen are far more ruthless than us, and they are also masters of flattery, Miss Murong was expelled from Zhongli Mansion and has nowhere to go, but it is a trivial matter, I am more worried about ......" Zhuge Hanqing did not dare to continue to investigate.

"Are you worried that Miss Murong will be betrayed by the surnamed Zhongli in order to seek the favor of Shentu Yuanba, aren't you?" Puyang Gu Sheng's eyes widened slightly, and he asked tentatively.

Zhuge Hanqing bowed slightly, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and looked out, because for some reason, he suddenly felt that the air in the carriage was very dull, as if he was tightly held in the palm of his hand by a demon.

After a while, Puyang Gu Sheng sighed and said, "Sometimes, family affection is very vulnerable in the face of interests. ”

"Hey... I also deeply feel this way, when my grandfather was imprisoned, my father went to beg all the relatives and friends he knew, but none of them were willing to come forward and cry out for my grandfather. Puyang Gu Sheng sighed again and again.

The sky was suddenly overcast, and it was raining heavily, and many pedestrians on the road ran to avoid the rain.

"You see that people with umbrellas on the street tend to only care about themselves, and who will take a second look at people in the rain?" Zhuge Hanqing looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but feel emotional.

"Since his surname Zhongli is in trouble, then let's leave Zhongli Mansion today, so as not to fall into some trap, and I don't know it..."Puyang Gu Sheng lifted the curtain on the other side and said in a low voice.

"I also plan to do the same, Yancheng is a place where the dragon and the tiger are hidden, and the wolf is perched on the eagle, so it should be in the dark rather than in the light." Zhuge Hanqing stared at the rain with his eyes, and said quietly.

"Brother Zhuge , listen to your words, do you already have any plans?" Puyang Gu Sheng looked back and asked.

"I hope that in the land of Yancheng, when the heavy rain comes, everyone will have an ......umbrella that can cover the rain," Zhuge Hanqing said implicitly.