Chapter 357: Reversal
There was a lot of movement on Mrs. Rong's side, and soon the subordinates of the Rong Mansion arrived, and the fire was extinguished after an hour with the efforts of everyone.
Old Madam Rong and Lin Mumu were placed in the courtyard next to them.
After the fire was extinguished, the Rong family also went to the courtyard.
"What the hell is going on, how can it catch fire?" Rong Shifan said with a calm face.
"The small kitchen in the old lady's backyard hasn't been on fire for several days, and this fire is clearly deliberately set by someone."
"Sister-in-law, the yard is full of people you arranged, doesn't sister-in-law know who set the fire?"
The four maids who were arranged to guard outside Mrs. Rong and Lin Mumu's house knelt on the ground with pale faces when they heard this. "The eldest lady clearly checked, even if you give a hundred dares to the slave maid, the slave and the maid will not dare to do this......"
"Yes, sir, ma'am, the slaves and maids are wronged......"
Mrs. Rongda's face was also very ugly. "What do you mean by that, you mean that I instructed them to set the fire?!"
Mrs. Rong covered her lips with a handkerchief. "I didn't say that."
"I think that's what you think!" Mrs. Rong was so angry that her chest bulged and bulged.
"Sister-in-law, don't wronged me, the feed in this backyard is in the hands of the sister-in-law, who in the backyard dares not to listen to the sister-in-law." Second Mrs. Rong said that she didn't dare, but every word she said pointed to Mrs. Rong being the mastermind of this matter.
"You, you!" Mrs. Rong was so angry that she couldn't do it.
"Okay, you don't have to say a word." Rong Shichang spoke out at the right time.
Only then did Mrs. Rong close her mouth.
"Now I want to think about what to do with my mother and Mu Mu." Rong Shifan said and looked at Qiaoqiao. "Mu Muke told you, is there a remedy after the foam is broken?"
Qiaoqiao shook her head with red eyes.
Rong Shifan's face showed a sad look.
"Send another letter to the third child and ask him to come back quickly."
"The eldest brother wants the third child to come back to discuss the separation of the family?" Rong Shichang said.
Rong Shifan pursed his lips and nodded.
"But the family needs the family seal in the mother's hand, and without the family seal, there is no family at all." The clan seal is similar to the existence of the royal jade seal, if there is no clan seal, Rong Shifan can only divide the Rong family's cash silver, the Rong family's property can only be handed over to the Rong family elders to manage, the cash silver is a drop in the bucket compared to the industry, how can they let those industries fall into the hands of others.
Rong Shichang looked at Mama Huang. "Mama Huang, you have been with your mother for many years, you should know where your mother put the family seal, right?"
Mama Huang was still immersed in this accident and did not come back to her senses, and when she heard Rong Shichang ask her this, her eyes turned red with anger. "Second master, the life and death of the old lady and Miss Cousin are still uncertain, how can you only think about separating the family and ignore the life and death of the old lady and Miss Cousin!?"
Facing Mama Huang's sharp questioning, the corners of Rong Shichang's lips raised a faint arc.
"Mama Huang knows."
"You, you, I will never tell you!" Mama Huang gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice.
"Come on, go to the old lady's house to look for it, and those who find the clan seal will be rewarded." After making sure that Mrs. Rong was not saved, Rong Shichang didn't want to pretend anymore.
Rong Shifan, who was sitting on the side, did not refute, obviously acquiescing to Rong Shichang's approach.
"Yes."
Rong Shichang gave an order, and the maids guarding outside the door rushed towards Mrs. Rong's yard.
"You, what are you doing, you can't go, you can't go to the old lady's house!" Mama Huang rushed forward and wanted to stop her, but she was the opponent of those maids alone, and she didn't know who was pushed to the ground during the block. "You can't, you can't go!"
"Mama Huang, don't worry." Qiaoqiao ran to Mama Huang and helped her up.
"How can I not be in a hurry, these people are simply beasts, the life and death of the old lady and Miss Cousin are uncertain, how can they ignore them, are those things outside the body not as important as the lives of their relatives!?"
Qiaoqiao looked at Mama Huang's crying face and felt angry.
"Mama Huang, don't worry, they won't succeed."
The maids who rushed to the old lady's house rummaged around, but no matter how they searched, they found no trace of the family seal.
"The eldest master, the second master, the slaves and maids in the whole house have searched all over the house, and no family seals have been found."
"Not in the house?" Rong Shichang frowned a little unhappily, and then looked at Mama Huang with a cold light in his eyes. "Mama Huang, I know that you have been with your mother for many years, and now my mother is like this, and I am very sad, but if there is no family seal, the property of our Rong family will fall into the hands of others, and many of those properties are earned back by my mother when she was young. If you tell us where the clan seal is, we will definitely settle you well so that you can enjoy your old age in peace. ”
"Yes, Mama Huang, our second master has a house on the outskirts of Xijing City, and when you finish dealing with the old lady's funeral, you will go to that house to support the elderly......"
"Phew! I'm not rare, you white-eyed wolves, the old lady raised you with hard work, and you did such a big rebellious thing when she was not choking, I don't know where the clan seal is, and even if I knew, I would never tell you! Mama Huang stared at Rong Shichang and the others angrily with red eyes.
Rong Shichang and Rong Shifan looked at each other silently, and they both saw the inevitable anger in each other's eyes.
Rong Shifan watched Mama Huang change her mouth. "I don't want to tell us where the clan seal is, it seems that Mama Huang has a different heart, come here, take down this old slave who betrayed the master!"
"I see which of you dares!"
Just when the two maids entered the house to hold Mama Huang, an angry cry suddenly sounded in the inner room.
Everyone present was stunned, and looked at Mrs. Rong, who was slowly walking out of the inner room with Lin Mumu's support.
"Mother, mother...... How can you ......" Rong Shichang looked shocked.
"Mother." Rong Shifan also stood up from his chair.
"Old lady!" Mama Huang broke free from the maid's clamped hand and ran to Mrs. Rong.
Old Madam Rong took her hand and patted it gently. "Got you offended."
Mama Huang's tears poured out uncontrollably. "As long as the old lady is fine, the old slave is not afraid of anything."
"Old lady, you're awake, this is really good......" Mrs. Rong reacted first, and stepped forward with red circles in her eyes to pull Old Madam Rong's hand.
Old Madam Rong snorted coldly and slapped her hand away. "I heard what you just said and did, you don't have to pretend in front of me, I know better than you what you think in your hearts, don't you want to split the family, okay, I'll let you divide it, tomorrow you will write a letter to let the clan elders of Qingcheng go to Beijing, let them be a witness."
Rong Shifan showed a helpless look on his face. "Mother, we also want the Rong family to develop and grow more, whether we are separated or not, we are all mother's sons."
"Hmph, I don't have such a 'filial' son, I haven't choked before I can be bored!"
"Mother......" Rong Shifan's voice was even more helpless, like a misunderstood child.
If it was in the past, Mrs. Rong would definitely feel that she had misunderstood him, after all, she had always taken a fancy to this eldest son, she knew that Rong Shichang would have grievances in her heart, and she did intend to let him know her identity over the years, after all, the foundation of the family would eventually be inherited by the eldest son.
It's just that she didn't expect that when Rong Shichang wanted to search her house, Rong Shifan didn't say a word.
Hearing that Old Madam Rong agreed to split the family, Rong Shichang showed a smile on his face. "Mother, it's great that you and Mu Mu are fine."
Old Madam Rong glanced at him coldly. "I'm good, you're afraid of death, why didn't you kill me, an old woman, if you hate it so much!"
Rong Shichang was busy straightening his face. "How can my mother say that, how can I harm my mother?"
Old Madam Rong lifted her eyelids a little tiredly. "Bring someone in for me!"
Rong Shichang was stunned for a moment, and in a blink of an eye, he saw two guards walking in with a black and thin mother-in-law.
When Rong Shichang saw the woman, his face changed.
"Do you want to explain it yourself, or will you let me tell me?"
Rong Shichang has been out for many years, and he forced himself to calm down: "Mother, who is this?" ”
Even now, I don't want to admit it, Mrs. Rong is really disappointed.
She looked at the thin black mother-in-law. "Then you can talk about it."
"The old lady spares her life, it's the second lady, it's the second lady who instructed the slave to set fire to your backyard, and the slave and maid can't help it, old lady......"
Second Mrs. Rong's face changed. "What are you talking nonsense, you dare to slander me without any evidence! See if I don't tear your mouth!! So saying, he rushed over to make a move on the woman.
"Stop!" Old Madam Rong sighed in a deep voice.
Second Mrs. Rong's body stiffened, and as soon as she threw back her handkerchief, she knelt at Mrs. Rong's feet crying. "The old lady is clearly checking, that Diao slave is simply spewing blood, and the daughter-in-law is wronged......"
Rong Jin was also a little anxious when she saw that Second Mrs. Rong was being testified. "Grandmother, someone must have wronged my mother in this matter, grandmother must not be deceived by traitors."
Old Madam Rong snorted expressionlessly. "Wronged? My eyes are cloudy, but my heart is not blind. She looked at Mrs. Rong and said, "I'll give you a chance, if you confess to me, I will send you back to the family temple in Qingcheng, if you still don't admit it, then don't blame me for cleaning the door for the Rong family!" ”
Second Mrs. Rong was shocked, and subconsciously looked at Rong Shichang.
Rong Shichang shook his head at her.
Second Mrs. Rong tightened the handkerchief in her hand and gritted her teeth and said, "Old lady, I know that you have always disliked me, but what you haven't done, how do you want me to admit it?" ”
Old Madam Rong looked at her, and her face gradually sank. "yes, bring someone in."
"Yes."
Suddenly, Xiangyue, the eldest girl beside Mrs. Rong, was escorted up.
As soon as she saw Xiangyue, Second Mrs. Rong's face changed.