After Xie Mulin and Xie Yingfen discussed, he sent Zhao Fengnian and Jia Er to take Xie Hanzhi's little servant Qingzhu, and then borrowed Qingsong from his eldest brother Xie Xianzhi, and the four of them left the Xie family together, and followed the doctor straight to the inn where the Ye family currently lives.

Zhao Feng is old and respectful, familiar with the situation in Beiping, Jia Er is responsible for driving and has a certain amount of force, Qingzhu acts as the representative of Wanqin's children, and Qingsong is a servant of the Cao family, although there are no direct blood relatives in the Cao family, but there are still relatives and friends, you can use the excuse to inquire about the whereabouts of these relatives and friends, instead of Xie Xianzhi and Xie Yinghui brothers and sisters. These four people are servants of the Xie family, who are political envoys, enough to call the officers and soldiers who patrol the streets at any time, and they don't have to worry about the Ye family's tricks.

When they arrived at the inn, they easily inquired about the guest room where the Ye family lived, and also learned that his family of four was all there and did not go out. What is more special is that although this family of four has not been in Beiping for a long time, the impression given to the inn is not that of ordinary people or embarrassed fugitive slaves, but of a wealthy family, because their family is quite decently dressed, and they also bring a lot of luggage, and there are two carriages, and they directly ask for two first-class guest rooms, which is not bad money at all.

According to the guys at the inn, the boxes they brought with them were quite heavy, and they should be worth a lot of money. Ye Laogao's wife took her daughter to take care of the boxes in the house day and night, and waited for the sick by the way, eating and sleeping in the house, and the sick bed they made on the floor, no matter what happened, they would not leave.

It seems that the two ladies dressed as a rich wife and a young lady would choose to lay on the floor in the guest room, and it is obvious that the contents of those boxes are very important. Don't say it's to serve the sick, the rich wife is just that, she will feed the sick and drink medicine, and the daughter almost never does her own work, saying that she is a filial daughter, who believes it?

In the winter, the canal is frozen, the year is approaching, the merchants have returned to their hometowns, the inn has no business, the shopkeeper and the guy love to knock their teeth when they are idle during the day, and they have been talking about this strange Ye family in private for several rounds. The governor of the palace came to ask him, "Do they have any truth in telling the truth?"

After Zhao Fengnian listened, he exchanged glances with several other people, then thanked the doctor for leading the way, sent the people away, and then they went directly upstairs to find the Ye family.

It was Ye Jinsheng who came to open the door, the youngest son of Ye's husband and the son of his stepwife. He thought it was the guy from the inn who brought hot water, but when he opened the door, he found that there were a few familiar faces, and after a closer look, there was one who was the henchman of the former Cao Shuqing's eldest son, Young Master Xie, and he immediately understood that his whereabouts had been leaked.

Before he could hesitate to close the door, Jia Er had already pushed the door open. Zhao Fengnian greeted him with a slight smile: "I heard that Aunt Qin's maiden relatives came to Beiping to join her, and one of them was seriously ill, and my aunt was worried, so she sent me and others to greet her." This is Brother Ye? I don't know how Ye's condition is? On this cold day, the north is full of ice and snow, why didn't Mr. Ye say hello in advance, and took his wife and children to Beiping? If the letter had been sent earlier, my aunt would have begged my wife and sent someone to pick it up! ”

The two machine men of Qingsong and Qingzhu quickly squeezed in and closed the door, and the four members of the Ye family in the guest room suddenly became turtles in the urn, and there was no way to escape.

The four people from the Xie family are all young and strong, and the two little guys are now tall and powerful, how can the four members of the Ye family be opponents? Looking at this posture, Ye Jinsheng quickly relented, turned around and rushed to his mother's side. His mother didn't have a good idea, they didn't plan to do it that way, so they had to go to see her husband in the hospital bed.

Ye Laogao was a little calmer, and recognized that Zhao Fengnian was the useful steward by Xie Pu's side, and Qingsong was also Xie Xianzhi's confidant, and he was able to abandon the old master and return to the Xie family with him, and he didn't make any struggle, so he said weakly: "I didn't expect that Steward Zhao would find out about us so quickly, so it's okay...... If I hadn't been sick when I had just arrived in Beiping, I wouldn't have to worry that this appearance would not be good to see the little master, so I had to live in the inn to recuperate, and I didn't go to greet the little masters for a long time. Now that my illness is not getting better day by day, I am anxious in my heart, so it's good that you are here. Brother Qingsong, how are the young master and the eldest lady? After arriving in Beiping, under the care of his father and stepmother, did he have a good life? ”

Qing Song replied expressionlessly: "Don't worry, the eldest young master and the eldest girl are fine, everything is going well, but there has been a heavy snowstorm recently, and the two little masters have accidentally contracted the wind cold." My wife didn't allow them to go out to blow the wind, so the eldest young master sent me to see my husband and ask what was going on? My husband now calls our eldest young master and eldest girl the little master, instead of the young master and the young lady, is it possible...... Did you switch to a wife? ”

Ye Laogao sighed: "The Chengenhou Mansion dismissed the idle domestic servants, our family was helpless, without merit, and was not favored by the master, so we were kicked out, fortunately, there is still a wife who takes pity on us old people, so she took care of us, so that we will not starve to death on the streets." My wife has an errand for us to do, even if it is a cold winter, we have to travel, otherwise how can we repay our wife's great kindness? ”

Zhao Fengnian and the others understood as soon as they heard that the four members of the Ye family came to Beiping on the order of Cao Shuqing. Qing Song remembered the information that the eldest young master Xie Xianzhi had revealed on weekdays, and his heart moved: "Is it that the Cao family is not in a good situation in Beijing?" My wife was also implicated?! ”

Ye Laogao sighed again, his mouth moved, and before he could speak, tears fell from his eyes, and then the more he thought about it, the more sad he became, and he sobbed slowly.

His wife was a little sneering, asked Zhao Fengnian and others to sit down at the table, and asked her son Ye Jinsheng to pour tea for them, before sitting on the edge of the bed and saying to Qingsong and them: "Mrs...... The situation is not very good. Although Cheng Enhou was reprimanded by the emperor and could only introspect at home, he did not suffer any major crimes, but only lost face. But...... General Fang's Aunt Fang's side is not very good. I don't know which ruthless and short-lived general heard that the Cao family had lost his holy family, and thought that General Fang had no backer, so he took him and sued him to the military department. The military department took people, but they didn't even say hello to the Chengenhou Mansion.

"Our wife didn't hear the news at all, and it wasn't until General Fang was locked up and taken into Beijing that the subordinates who called Cao Erye's family at the city gate bumped into him and reported it to his wife, and his wife heard about it. Mrs. went to ask Cheng Enhou for help to inquire, but Hou Ye said that he was introspecting and couldn't go out. Mrs. had to go and beg Second Master Cao again, only to find out what the charge was from the Ministry of War, and I heard that the evidence was conclusive, and it couldn't be washed away no matter what. Second Master Cao persuaded his wife to reconcile with Aunt Fang as soon as possible, so as not to be implicated, and asked Aunt Jiang to go out of the way, so that Mrs. Fang went into the prison in private......"

Second Master Cao hoped that Cao Shuqing would discuss with Fang Wenshan about reconciliation and separation, and make some exchange of conditions to facilitate his own escape......

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