Chapter 169: The Storm is Coming
Shen Min was stunned and immediately said, "What happened in the north?" β
Grandma Nuan's eyes intersected with her, and she said firmly: "The third master of the Yongyi Hou Mansion who guards the northern frontier is fornicating with the enemy country and intends to rebel. β
Shen Min's eyes widened, and he said sharply: "Impossible! If the Luo family wants to rebel, it will be rebelled a long time ago, why wait until now, the five guards in the capital are all under the command of the Hou Mansion, the Luo family really wants to rebel, why should they go to the border to communicate with the enemy! Just lead the troops to besiege Beijing! Why bother to seek the near and far, you must be framed by someone! β
Grandma Nuan was also shocked, in the end, it was the Jiangmen woman, she quickly calmed down, held Shen Min's hand, and said to her carefully: "This news has not yet reached the capital, of course I know that Luo Qilang can't suppress anyone if he wants to oppose it, there must be ghosts in the north, Luo Qilang is estimated to be the next step to save his life." β
"Yongyi Houfu's generation is Luo Qilang's one of the dragons and phoenixes can take on the heavy responsibility of the Hou Mansion, and he is the only son, if he is gone, the Hou Mansion will have no successor, I think he is holding the talisman I am afraid that he has made two preparations, he is afraid that he will be forced to the edge of the cliff......"
Grandma Nuan's words changed: "My mother's family will try to maneuver over there." "The military power of the capital is divided into three points, two points of the Yongyi Marquis Mansion, and one part of the Zhenguo Mansion, if the Yongyi Marquis Mansion falls, will the Zhenguo Mansion be far away?
After thinking about it, she immediately said to Shen Min: "You have to go to the Hou Mansion and pass the news I gave you to the Hou Ye, so that he can prepare early." She patted Shen Min's hand and said in a low voice: "My mother's family and the Hou Mansion are grasshoppers on a rope, understand?" β
Shen Min snorted, put the crumpled letter in his arms, and ran out.
just got out of the corner gate, and suddenly bumped into Luozhou, who came back from the dust.
"Girl, where are you going?" Luo Zhou wiped his face and said with a smile: "This is the letter that the young master asked the little one to bring to the girl." β
"Why are you back, Alang!" Shen Min put his hands on his shoulder.
Luo Zhou was taken aback, but still replied: "After the matter is dealt with, the eldest young master will let the little one come back first to report safety, because there is a letter for the girl, so the little one came first." β
Shen Min squinted: "Letter? β
Luo Zhou hurriedly took it out of his arms: "This is a girl's." β
Shen Min quickly tore it apart with two clicks.
Just look at the one sentence in it.
- Don't think about it, don't think about peace.
It was Ah Lang who left the pen.
Luo Zhou smiled beside him and said: "During this time, the eldest young master has not been talking to the girl for a day, I am afraid that the girl will not be able to eat without news, so I let the little one come back first, and I will return to Beijing in half a month at most, and the eldest young master will bring a lot of strange things to the girl!" The custodian girl will love it. β
Shen Min felt a darkness in front of him.
"Girl!" Luo Zhou looked at Shen Min's body and shook her for a while, and was busy hugging her.
Shen Min pinched the letter and strode forward, and his tone was very cold: "Your young master has an accident, follow me to the Hou Mansion immediately!" β
"How is that possible! When the little one left, the eldest young master was still chatting with the third master about how to play this year's New Year! β
Shen Min sneered at him: "Do you think I'll joke with you about this?" β
Luo Zhou immediately stopped talking.
When he arrived at the Yongyi Marquis Mansion, Shen Min saw Xiao Liu'er running out like crazy, and immediately raised his hand to stop him.
Xiao Liu'er was startled, and when she saw that it was Shen Min, tears immediately fell.
She said lightly: "Miss Shenmin, you go to the mansion with the slave maid to take a look, something has happened, something has happened to the Hou Mansion!" β
Shen Min took the cuff and pressed the corner of her eyes, and said hurriedly: "What's wrong?" β
Xiao Liu'er cried hard, the soles of her feet were weak, she was not held by Shen Min and had already fallen to the ground, "Miss Shen Min, something is going on!" The second master of my family was accused of taking bribes and put in prison, just came the news that the Hou Ye was also detained in the big inside, the old lady fainted when she got the news, the eldest lady was panicked and cried, and the four girls were also anxious to fidget, so let the slave go to you, and you may know some inside information! β
Shen Min's eyes instantly darkened, gritted his teeth and tried to calm himself down, held Xiao Liu'er's hand, and ordered with Luo Zhou, who was dumbfounded next to him: "You go and inquire about the situation first, who did the second master take bribes?" Who else has been implicated, especially the movements on the side of the crown prince and the five princes' factions. β
Luo Zhou said yes, remembered something, and handed the two letters to Shen Min.
"This is written by the eldest young master to the Hou Ye and the old lady." Naju is on the road.
There is already chaos in the Hou Mansion.
Wyeth was sitting on a chair wiping her tears, and Luo Danyan was also pacing back and forth in the room with red eyes, seeing that the mother-in-law and girls were wiping their tears, waving their hands to let them out, "Father is not dead yet, shut up for me!" β
Seeing Shen Min come in, Luo Danyan couldn't hold back her tears in an instant, cried and went up to hold her hand, and inhaled the tip of her nose uncomfortably: "Sister Shen Min, my father and second uncle have been detained, and my brother and third uncle are in the north again, do you know what's going on." β
"This is the letter that Uncle Luo brought back." Shen Min walked over and handed it to Wyeth: "It was sent to the slave." β
Wyeth hurriedly grabbed it and said directly: "His son and grandmother are no longer directors now, and everyone looks the same!" β
As a result, in addition to two greetings, the letter to Mrs. Luo only left one sentence: "Grandchildren know how to measure, and grandmother can rest assured." β
Shen Min's eyes walked around Luo Qilang's letter to Mrs. Luo, and made sure that there was no place to pick out words to convey the secret news, so he stopped on the word proportion.
What does it mean to be in size? Could it be that he had already told Mrs. Luo that he might come back with a talisman? Is he telling Mrs. Luo that he will not do anything rebellious? Or will they weigh up the rebellion?
"What does that mean?" Wyeth pinched her son's letter to her husband Luo Hang.
Shen Min came back to his senses, walked over to take a look, and didn't see the doorway in the letter, so he said: "Uncle Luo should have expected that something might happen in the capital, this is about the secret words he agreed with Hou Ye, and he needs to bring it to Hou Ye to see it in person." β
"But Master Hou is now in Ouchi, I, I ......" Wyeth is in a hurry.
Shen Min took a deep breath, struggled in his heart for a long time, looked straight at Wyeth, and said, "Can Mrs. Hou listen to the slave?" β
"My son, Ah Lang grew up with you, and I didn't treat you as an outsider! Since he gave you the important things, you can do what you want, and now that the mansion is gone, I don't know what happened, this, this ......"
Shen Min said: "Hou Ye is now nothing more than two ends, first, continue to be detained in Da Nei, second, transfer to Zhao Prison or the Criminal Department, the second is the most likely, then spend some money, just buy off the guards, Uncle Luo let Luo Zhou come back, this person has followed Uncle Luo for more than ten years and knows what to do, it's just that Mrs. Hou has to send this thing personally, otherwise Hou Ye will not believe it." β
Wyeth nodded vigorously: "There is no shortage of silver in the Hou Mansion." β
She was born in a royal merchant family, and because her eldest uncle won the top prize, and she was liked by Luo Hang, who was still the son of the world, she sat in the position of Mrs. Hou.
"Regarding this, Mrs. Hou had better be prepared for the possibility of being temporarily seized of the family property, and besides, the large-scale movement of silver now may be more in the hands of people in the dark, these people just want to take advantage of Uncle Luo's absence to deal a fatal blow to the Hou Mansion, and now it is the best policy to respond to all changes with the same."
Wyeth didn't think of coming up to this level, so he had no idea.
"Sister Shenmin, you say it, my mother and I both listen to you." Luo Danyan ran inside and handed the family pair of cards to Shen Min: "Grandmother gave half of the power of the family to my mother and brother, and if you pinch this half of the cards, the Hou Mansion will listen to you." β
Shen Min will come here, she must know that something happened to her brother, and her brother told her that Shen Min is a person who will never betray him in the whole world, so Shen Min will never do anything that endangers the Hou Mansion.
Shen Min shook his head, and just said, "Mrs. Hou, you are the eldest lady of the mansion, what you have to do now is to stabilize the inside and outside." β
Wyeth looked at Zhang Huang, she was the master mother since she started the door, and she gave it to Mrs. Luo to hold, and then gave Luo Qilang to hold it, and this half of the pair of cards was given to her before her son left.
Shen Min was not surprised by Wyeth's reaction, and slowly spoke: "From now on, the Hou Mansion will not accept guests behind closed doors, and the servants of the mansion must not go out at will, and arrange for henchmen to guard the place in and out for twelve hours, and keep an eye on every move of the mansion." β
"Mrs. Erfang, you don't have to say much, just explain the truth of both prosperity and loss, just take the unmarried lady in the second room and talk about things, as long as there is no chaos in the mansion, it will not be able to kill the Hou Mansion outside for a while and a half."
Wyeth listened to Shen Min's words and gradually found the backbone, and nodded: "Okay, I'll go to the second room to sit in a while." β
Shen Min turned his head to look at Luo Danyan: "The old lady is a person who has gone through strong winds and waves, and she will definitely not really faint, I am afraid that she is just scared, the fourth girl will bring this letter to the old lady first, and always let the old lady know that Uncle Luo is safe and sound." β
As long as Luo Qilang is safe, the lord of the Hou Mansion is unshakable.
Taking 10,000 steps back, even if Luo Hang, the marquis, is dead, there is Luo Qilang, the eldest son, to support the title.
Luo Danyan nodded, touched his tears and walked out.
Seeing that the people were far away, Shen Min spoke, and his eyes gathered: "Mrs. Hou, the four girls can't stay in the Hou Mansion anymore." β
Wyeth was surprised: "What do you mean?" β
Shen Min tightened his voice, this time it was no longer a tone of discussion.
She said: "You immediately write a letter in person, wait for the fourth girl to come back, I will personally send her to the Feng'en Mansion, at this time, you must let people know that the Hou Mansion also has the strongest ally, the late Hou Ye of the Yongyi Hou Mansion and the late Lao Guo Gong of the Feng'en Mansion were friends of the eight worships, and Uncle Luo and Second Master Xie are even more close as brothers, and the Xie family will not die without help." βγ
"You don't have to worry about the fourth girl, although she is not familiar with the world, but Uncle Luo has always told her that she is the concubine of the Hou Mansion, he is not there, she is the backbone of the Hou Mansion, you see, even if the fourth girl was very scared just now, didn't she cry?"
Wyeth's teary eyes flashed: "Son, Yan'er is a girl after all, how can she ......?"
"Second Master Xie will take good care of the fourth girl, don't you believe Second Master Xie's character?" Shen Min sat on the chair with Wyeth in his arms, leaned in front of her, and his tone was calm: "The Hou Mansion will be fine, you have to believe in your son's ability, and besides, take this opportunity to see those who are the real allies of the Hou Mansion, isn't it the best time?" β
Wyeth's eyes flashed, shook his head and sighed: "Silly boy, at this time, they are afraid that they will not be able to run, how can they be willing to have anything to do with our family." β
Shen Min shook his head and said in a low voice: "As long as you want to always have a way to come, the main gate is not good, is it possible that you can't go through the small door at night, you can't come in person, is it possible that you can't let your henchmen come here?" β
Wyeth looked at Shen Min: "Really? Will anyone really come and help us? β¦β¦β
"Yes, definitely." Shen Min nodded very affirmatively, and said: "If someone comes to ask you what you need, you just tell them that you need money turnover, and don't say a word about the rest, and don't write to your mother's family, so as not to take people off the water." β
"I'm afraid the people behind want to continue the Hou Mansion to fish in troubled waters, so we can't let this water be muddy, and take a good look at the fish that is making waves."
Shen Min saw that Wyeth was about to cry again, and said with a smile: "The hundred-year-old family of the Yongyi Marquis Mansion, the feats are all made by the sons and daughters who fought on the battlefield with their lives, and the royal family did not dare to act rashly, otherwise it would chill the hearts of all the generals." β
"My son, I, I really have never seen you as a slave." Wyeth held Shen Min's hand stiffly, and was really completely moved by the person in front of him: "I really treat you as half a daughter, it's me who messed up, yes, you're right, Brother Lang is a thoughtful person, and he will definitely not push the Hou Mansion into the stormy waves." β
Shen Min nodded, returned the pair of cards to Wyeth, and taught her: "Don't use the power of the family to talk about things, use the identity of Mrs. Hou to press, Master Hou is not there, the son is the biggest, the son is not there, Mrs. Hou is the biggest, the slave maid's words, do you understand?" The old lady will be on your side, bold and bold. β
Wyeth nodded, closed his eyes to ease his emotions, his cheeks were still stained with tears, he paused, and changed his words: "My son, you tell me the truth, how big a hat was deducted from the Hou Mansion this time." β
Shen Min stared at Wyeth's eyes, paused, and said in a low voice: "Collaborate with the enemy and commit treason." β
"What did you say?!" Wyeth almost didn't jump.
Shen Min held Wyeth's hand stiffly: "Uncle Luo disappeared in the north with the talisman and elite soldiers, the slave doesn't know the specific situation, in short, the Zhenguo Mansion will use all its strength to crush this news to death, as long as the four girls enter the door of the Feng'en Mansion, it is to tell everyone that the Zhenguo Mansion and the Feng'en Mansion are all standing with the Hou Mansion." β
Grandma Nuan will send her, just to answer her mouth and tell the Hou Mansion that the Zhenguo Mansion will give them a strong backing.
As long as he can help the Hou Mansion through this problem, the Hou Mansion will definitely give more than a little reward to the Zhenguo Mansion.
Thinking about this, there will definitely be people who will be bold enough to help.
Luo Danyan came back and listened to Wyeth's words, and without saying a word, he asked Xiao Liu'er to pack up a few clothes and follow Shen Min out of the house.
When I went out, I saw that Xie Zhusheng had already come over with a carriage.
Now the news that Yong Yihou was detained in Ouchi has spread.
"It's fine." Xie Zhusheng touched Luo Danyan's head and said softly, "Go up first." β
Seeing that people went up, Shen Min followed Xie Zhusheng to the side.
Seeing that Shen Min was about to speak, Xie Zhusheng raised his hand, although his gaze became solemn.
He said: "I know what you have to say, my father nodded and agreed to take Yan'er to the mansion to live, I have already fought for it, my eldest brother gave me the news, the Feng'en Guo Mansion is not not not helping, if you want to stand on the bright side to help, unlessββ"
"Unless what?" Shen Min stared at Xie Zhusheng.
Xie Zhusheng looked at Shen Min and said, "Unless the British Mansion takes the lead in rehabilitating the Yongyi Mansion, my family will immediately follow." β
Shen Min was stunned.
"You're going to try to get the British government to come forward." Xie Zhusheng's voice was very cold: "If something really happens to the Hou Mansion, Luo Qilang will definitely retaliate against the royal family at all costs, and the sky will inevitably fall apart at that time, he will be a thief with an iron heart, I am afraid that it will bring disaster to the country!" β
Xie Zhusheng said in a deep voice: "Go and ask Mrs. Zhang!" Tell her that as long as the British government nods and takes the lead, the Feng'en Kingdom will definitely follow her. β
Shen Min's gaze was far away, and he retreated several steps before stabilizing his figure.
Luo Zhou came over at some point, pulled Shen Min to the side, and looked left and right: "The eldest young master also asked the little one to bring a word to the girl." β
Shen Min looked at him, his eyes were not bright: "What words." β
"Miss Yujue must be put away."
Yujue?
Cautiously raised his eyes.
Money.
The money Luo Qilang left her.
What the Hou Mansion needs most now is money!