After provoking the pastry shop, Xie Mulin patted his ass and went home, not caring about the follow-up.

Will the family resent their daughter-in-law because of the crisis they are facing, will they give her no more preferential treatment and accommodation because they have lost the Cao family's backer, and will they choose to distance themselves for fear of being swallowed up by the Cao family...... That's all their own family's business, what does it have to do with the Xie family?

As soon as Xie Mulin and his brothers and sisters returned home, they first busied themselves to inquire about the news of Beiping. They had to confirm first that their father Xie Pu had been hurt by Fang Wenshan's side.

Xie Xianzhi went out again to the Chengenhou Mansion, Xie Yinghui began to pick reliable people from his entourage, and quickly sent the letter to Beiping, while Xie Mulin went to find the shopkeeper Mao.

Shopkeeper Mao heard the latest development of the matter and was shocked: "How can this be?!" I didn't hear any wind from here! The owner doesn't care, right? It didn't hurt, did it?! ”

Xie Mulin could only tell him: "Since Fang Wenshan still has some scruples about his father, he coaxed the Cao family to come to the capital and forcibly take away the eldest sister so as to threaten his father, I estimate that his father's life is fine, and the injury will not be too serious, at least not so severe that he cannot perform his political duties and must recuperate at home, otherwise Fang Wenshan's threat will be meaningless." But I don't know if my dad was slightly injured. Beiping is too far away, the letters between the two sides are not all over the place, and I am worried that my father will not be in trouble if he thinks that he is okay and does not want to worry his family, so he deliberately hides this matter, even if there is a letter from Beiping, he will not mention it. If it weren't for the people around Cao Shuqing who leaked to us, we would still be in the dark at this moment! ”

Shopkeeper Mao was a little relieved, and couldn't help sighing: "This is also inevitable." The proprietor is such a person! "He is the old seniority of Xie Zehu, the old lady Xie Zehu, who worked in the Xie family's business when he was alive, it can be said that he grew up watching the current owner Xie Pu, and he knows the latter's temperament very well, and knows that Xie Pu is really likely to do this kind of thing.

Therefore, if the shopkeeper Mao wants to find out the truth, he can't just count on the guys in Beiping to write a letter, but he has to take the initiative to inquire. Xie Mulin told his eldest sister Xie Yinghui's decision to send people north, but Xie Yinghui's men drove away a large number of people, and now there are very few left, and they used to mix in the Cao family, but it is difficult to say whether they are reliable or not. She preferred that the letter should be sent by the firm.

The shopkeeper Mao said: "This thing is easy to do. Even if we don't have the right people, we can hire people to do this kind of thing. The people in our business often have urgent news to be delivered to the hands of guys hundreds or thousands of miles away, so there are people who specialize in this kind of business of transmitting fast messages, which is quite reliable, and it costs money. But now it's important to inquire about the owner's safety, and it doesn't matter if you spend more. ”

Usually, large firms do not hire outsiders to deliver letters, for fear of leaking secrets, and the Xie family firm hardly hires people abroad. But now that the matter is urgent, the letter sent is not confidential, so it doesn't matter. Shopkeeper Mao immediately went to the nearby to find a dart bureau for this kind of errand, bargained with others, set the person to deliver the letter and the time to receive the letter, and reported it to Xie Mulin.

Xie Mulin took this information home and handed it to Xie Yinghui. Xie Yinghui was a little skeptical: "Can it be done?" Outsiders are unreliable, right? What if they peek at our letters? What if they were lazy on the way and didn't get the letter to their father in time? "She is used to using her own subordinates, and she always feels that outsiders are unreliable.

Xie Mulin is used to express delivery, but he doesn't think there is anything: "The shopkeeper Mao only paid the deposit, and after the letter was delivered to my father, he would sign and confirm, and when the confirmed letter returned to us, we would pay the rest of the money." The dart bureau will do this kind of letter delivery business, and it must attach great importance to credibility. We set a time limit for him, and he didn't dare to drag on the road. As for peeking at the letter or something...... What is there to peek at a letter? We didn't write any secrets in the letter, and when the time comes, we will print a seal and send a letter to Miss Ma, which is not much different from you sending someone to deliver a letter to Miss Ma. ”

Xie Yinghui was skeptical: "Okay, let's give it a try." ”

The letter was sent out quickly. Immediately, Xie Xianzhi came back from the Chengenhou Mansion, looking not very happy. He tried to see his mother Cao Shuqing today, but after waiting for a long time, he still failed to ask Cao Wentai to let go.

According to Cao Wentai, Cao Shuqing was ashamed because of the long distance and did not have time to give the funeral of her deceased mother, so she went to the Buddhist hall to pray for her deceased mother, and she had to pray for at least ten days and a half months, so that she could be regarded as sincere and filial. Even over there in Pingnanbo's Mansion, she didn't even take a look, where did she have time to see her ex-husband's children? Cao Wentai only gave Xie Xianzhi a vague sentence, saying that when his mother finished praying, he would summon him, tell him not to worry, and send people away. Xie Xianzhi couldn't continue to sit in the Chengenhou Mansion, so he had to go home.

However, he didn't run in vain this trip, and he didn't see Cao Shuqing, but he inquired from others where the people brought back by Cao Shuqing are now located. It is said that the guards of the Fang family were all placed in the manor of the Chengenhou Mansion on the outskirts of Beijing, and were under house arrest, unable to move around, but they were not kept as prisoners. As for the maids and servants, they still waited by Cao Shuqing's side, but no one could get out of the courtyard, and their daily life was still fine.

In addition, some people in the Cao family revealed some words in private, it seems that Cheng Enhou and his wife and Cao Erye are planning to find a trustworthy person to enter the palace to talk to Queen Cao. They have filial piety, and it is inconvenient to see the queen, but they want to inform the queen of the news that Cao Shuqing brought back, and ask the queen to show her.

They seem to really intend to use Fang Wenshan as a springboard to encircle the connections of the northern army.

Xie Mulin was a little incredulous: "Really?!" How dare they really think about it? The northern army is the territory of the Yan Wangfu! Can these words be trusted? Who else in the Chengenhou Mansion will reveal these news to you, big brother?! ”

Xie Xianzhi smiled bitterly: "I don't dare to believe it myself, but listening to the tone of their voices, it doesn't seem to be fake." It can only be said that the Chengenhou Mansion is not in a good situation now, and in order to save himself, he has to try any method. ”

It was the people from the Cao family's fourth room who revealed the news to him. The fourth room of the Cao family was originally a branch of the family, but since the decline of the Pingnan Bo Mansion, Cao Wenheng, who was originally the son of the Pingnan Bo, died again and became infamous, and the four rooms were selfish.

The title of Earl Pingnan was originally the title of the Cao family when they were in the southwest, and it was handed down from the ancestors. It is only because the concubine has the queen and has a higher level of the Marquis of Cheng'en that it will fall to the third room of the concubine. Now that the third house has fallen, and no one inherits the title of the ancestor, we can't let this title be completely removed, right? It's better to let the Cao family inherit the other houses.

The Cao family only has a long house and three rooms, and the rest are all concubines. Originally, it was naturally the second room of the Cao family that was more favored by the elder lineage, and this title was going to fall aside, and most of it would fall to the second room. But Sifang is not reconciled, they think that their family is also qualified. The second room is already cheap enough to follow the long room, there are both high-ranking officials and powerful scenery, how can it be time to let other rooms get a piece of the pie. Therefore, the fourth sister-in-law of the Cao family followed Cao Wentai as a follower, and inquired that it was Cao Erye who recently advocated winning over the northern army.

The three brothers and sisters of the Xie family were very speechless about the Cao family's desire for infighting in the current situation, and they wanted to know even more, if the Chengenhou Mansion and the second room of the Cao family really planned to win over the generals of the northern army, would it mean that they would accept Fang Wenshan, a cheap sister-in-law, and give them support again? Will that have an impact on Xie Pu, who is in Beiping?

Just when the three brothers and sisters were worried, Cuijiao hurriedly found Xie Mulin and whispered in her ear: "The ancient lady is here again!" ”