It was still dark, and there were only vendors on the road who had come out of the morning market. The dilapidated mule cart used to pull goods on weekdays came slowly, with a thin quilt on the board, and Mu Cai, who had been so thin that he was out of shape, lay on the car, sleeping in a daze.

Wang sat beside him, hunched over his back, his eyes fixed on the direction of the mule cart. The mule cart had already entered Xujia Town, and the farmer who drove the cart led the mule slowly over the street. Wang's eyes suddenly moved, and the machine turned his head again to look at the wine shop they were passing by.

It was Mu Lian's wine shop, and it was not yet the hour it opened, and the door of the wine shop was closed. Xujiazhen, as usual, woke up to the noise that was getting louder. The street gradually became lively, if it was before, she should have gotten up and freshened up at this time, and beckoned the little girl to go to the flower girl at the back door to buy a few fresh flowers.

And now she is dirty, sitting on the board car that she didn't even look at before, anxiously and nervously waiting for the people and things she will face.

It has only been more than a month since she was kicked out of Xujia Town, and now she has come back, as if she was a world away.

A month ago, she was still the wife of the Mu family, although it was not a pomp and circumstance of hugging for fine clothes and food, but she also had no worries about food and clothing. Now she has returned to Xujia Town as a lost dog, with shabby clothes and a few strands of gray hair on her sideburns. But people in their early thirties already have furrows on their faces.

In just one month, she was unrecognizable.

The mule cart stopped in front of a house, and the people of the family were cleaning outside the door, Wang jumped out of the car, looked up at the plaque hanging in front of the door, and his eyes were gloomy.

"Eh, whoever you are, go in." The subordinate who swept the floor saw that Wang went inside without saying a word, and hurriedly threw down the broom and stopped her. Wang's Yin Owl's eyes fell on the subordinate, his voice was a little hoarse, and he listened to the infiltration: "But I haven't seen you for a month, can't you even recognize me?!" ”

The man looked at it again before he recognized it, and hurriedly said, "Yo, isn't this even grandma...... You, didn't you go to Zhuangzi, why now? ”

Wang smiled coldly and said, "I have been in Zhuangzi for a long time, and I miss the patriarch. I came to see him today, I heard that the patriarch was sick when I left, and now he is well? You go in and say that I have a rare return, and I have brought his nephew to see him, and if he does not see me, I am so sad, I don't know what I will say. ”

The man was thrilled by Wang's swishing eyes, thought about it, and hurriedly turned around and ran into the mansion.

The Wang family came too early, Mu Qiwen had just gotten up, and before he even tied his hair, he heard the housekeeper coming, and the Wang family was waiting outside the door.

When Mu Qiwen heard Wang's arrival, he frowned, and said impatiently: "Don't look at what time this is, who has time to take care of her!" She doesn't stay in Zhuangzi well, why did she come to me? Bang out! ”

The housekeeper hesitated a little outside the door, thought about it, and said: "Master, this, this is not easy to rush, the Wang family also brought her son with a broken leg, and put it horizontally at the door, whoever wants to get close to her, she will call the sky and say that she has killed someone...... This ......"

Mu Qiwen's forehead jumped, Mu Qiwen's wife was sitting in front of the dresser to comb her hair, and when she heard the housekeeper say this, she said: "Zuo just can't go on and ask for some silver, if you can't do it, you can see it, and you can send it away." In the end, it is also the descendant of the Mu family, if you want me to say that you and Mu Lian have gone too far, you will throw people on the Zhuangzi and leave it alone, how can the two of them live as a crippled woman and a woman? ”

"You know what!" Mu Qiwen turned around and scolded, "The woman is knowledgeable, don't intervene!" ”

Mu Qiwen's wife is also used to being spicy, her mother's family is solid, she has several brothers on her head, she has never been very tolerant in front of Mu Qiwen, seeing Mu Qiwen yelling at him, he slapped the comb in his hand and pushed it back: "What are you yelling at me!" Now someone is coming to you, if it weren't for your idea to let Mu Lian remarry, she would have been able to find our house today? ”

Mu Qiwen didn't bother to bother with her, and went out of the room after tidying up, the housekeeper saw him walk out, and hurriedly stepped forward to say a few words in his ear, Mu Qiwen's eyes flashed, and he asked in a low voice, "Did she really say that?" ”

"It's true, the little one was afraid of ruining the master's business, and he didn't dare to let her in, so he had to let people guard her outside first." The housekeeper nodded again and again, thought about it, and hesitated a little: "In case, if this is just a ...... made up by the Wang family to beg for money"

Mu Qiwen said as he walked towards the main hall: "It shouldn't be possible, I've been figuring out how Mu Cai's leg was broken, but I hate that Wang is like a gourd with a saw-mouthed mouth, and he doesn't reveal a word." Now that her mother and son are having a hard time in Zhuangzi, they want to exchange this matter for a better life, they shouldn't be stupid enough to talk nonsense. ”

"Then I'm going to bring people in." The housekeeper saw that Mu Qiwen was relieved, and hurriedly walked towards the gate.

Mu Qiwen sat in the main hall with tea, and after a while, he saw the subordinates in the mansion walking in carrying Mu Cai, followed by the Wang family. Mu Qiwen glanced at Mu Cai, and saw that his cheeks were sunken, his eyes were huge and blue, and his hair was messy.

"You don't take good care of your son in Zhuangzi, what are you going to run away with him!" Mu Qiwen glanced at it and turned his head, and when he saw Wang entering the house, he stared at him with a gloomy face, and said with some displeasure.

Wang grinned twice, walked to the chair on the side and sat down, and said: "I want to take good care of him, but who made our mother and son disgusted, and I can't live anymore, can't I only take him to the patriarch to ask for some way to live?" ”

"You can't go down and do anything with me! Mu Cai is Mu Lian's son, so he is naturally in charge. Mu Qiwen saw that the Wang family had completely lost his previous respect for him, and his heart was even more unhappy, and his face also showed a little disgust.

Wang lowered her head and laughed twice, she returned to Xujia Town this time, the whole person looked a little crazy and paranoid, and her eyes were a little scary, she raised her head and said in a dumb voice: "Yes, Mu Cai is Mu Lian's son, if it weren't for the patriarch's foresight, Mu Cai and I wouldn't be able to get to this point, right?" ”

"What are you calling that?" Mu Qiwen slapped his palm on the table and shouted: "You yourself have caused your son to be broken by someone, I didn't let Mu Lian take a leave of absence, but sent you to Zhuangzi is already benevolent and righteous, who are you accusing now!" Come! Blasting her out of here! ”

"I'll see who dares to touch me!" Wang stood up and protected Mu Cai, roared at the Mu family members who gathered up, then looked at Mu Qiwen, gritted his teeth and said, "Benevolence and righteousness? Ha, Mu Qiwen, you are not afraid of the wind flashing your tongue when you say this! Why did you send me away with Cai'er, do you think I really don't know! ”

Mu Qiwen's face turned blue with anger from Wang's anger, he stood up and pointed to the people in the room and said, "What are you still doing here!" Don't you blast this madman out of me! ”

Wang pushed a subordinate who stepped forward as if he was crazy, and said sharply: "Mu Qiwen! Don't think I don't know what you're up to! Didn't you just fall in love with the Mu family's money! You and I cooperate! I'll help you get Mu Qingling! ”

Mu Qiwen looked at the Wang family who was pulling with his subordinates, and repeatedly measured the truth of her words in his heart, and after a while, he said slowly: "Wait a minute." ”

The subordinates of the Mu family were already torn apart by the Wang family, and when they heard Mu Qiwen's order, they hurriedly spread their hands and pushed them away. Wang looked at Mu Qiwen breathlessly, and when he saw that he let go of himself, he laughed maniacally twice, and said: "Mu Qiwen, you look like a dog on weekdays, and you are dirtier than anyone else on the inside!" ”

Mu Qiwen was worried about what the Wang family said about Mu Qingling's secret, and he didn't care about what the Wang family scolded him, and said: "What do you rely on to make you dare to come to my house today to make this scene, think clearly, if you can't give me what I want, Wang, I will say ugly things ahead, I have a way to make your mother and son worse than dead!" ”

Wang looked around, the people of the Mu family looked at her like a madman, she looked back at Mu Cai, her son couldn't see his original appearance at all, he was leaning on the chair, his face was yellow and thin, as if the wind could blow his whole person away.

Life is better than death, how else can life be better than death? Her life has been completely ruined, Mu Qiwen's threat will not have much impact on her, she only wants to take revenge now, and she only wants to pull Mu Qingling, who is clothed and well-fed in the high-walled compound, into this human purgatory. Let her taste what it will be like to fall into hell too!

"Don't worry, patriarch, if I dare to come this time, I will definitely be able to make you get your wish." Wang said, his eyes were bright, and the whole person was like a demon crawling out of hell, eerie and terrifying.

The capital, the Jingyong Mansion

"What did you say?!" Xu Shi was surprised that the white jade bottle in her hand fell to the ground, and it was shattered, she didn't have time to feel distressed, took Xu's mother's hand, and confirmed again and again: "Is the news true?" Are you sure Feng Shuang was caught?! ”

Xu had nails on his hands, and with this force, the nails were all pulled into Xu's mother's flesh, and she grinned in pain, "It's true, my wife!" Now Feng Ji's family is going crazy, crying and begging his wife to help him fish Feng Shuang out! ”

Xu Shi thought for a while and asked, "Why was he suddenly locked up and didn't send a message...... Can you ask why? Did he mess with something else out there? ”

Mother Xu said with a bitter face: "How can I know this, the people of the Feng family sent a message that it seemed that Feng Shuang's entourage was beating someone outside, Feng Shuang was summoned for questioning, and when she went out, Feng Shuang still said that it was nothing serious, and it would not be long before she could come back." But who knew that Feng Shuang couldn't go back later, but the people from the government took someone to seal up the Feng family! ”

"We are only Feng Shuang in Hangzhou, and the news on the Yamen side is tightly locked, and nothing will be leaked. Now that he has entered, the maids and concubines in his house have run away, and they can't find out anything. Mother Xu said everything she knew, and suddenly remembered something, and leaned over to Xu's ear.

"I heard that the city of Hangzhou has been in a tight situation recently, and the officials are checking and arresting people everywhere on the street, and there seem to be soldiers, isn't it because of this?"

"Impossible." Xu Shi shook his head, Feng Shuang's arrest made her a little flustered, but not like a headless fly, "Bingding? ”

Xu Shi frowned, "Where can there be soldiers for that idea, not to mention that our Jingyong Mansion is still there." In a small place, whoever eats the bear's heart leopard dares to go against our house, there should be something else. Maybe it was Feng Shuang's bad luck and happened to bump into it. ”

Xu Shi panicked in her heart, she always felt that this matter was not so simple, but she was suffering from no more news, "How about Mu Qingling and Yu Wenyuan?" What do you say about the letters that came back these days? Xu asked.

Mother Xu thought about it for a while before she said: "What else can I say, Mu Qingling's girl is filial piety behind closed doors, and she doesn't even see anyone." Yu Wenyuan could only accompany him and easily did not go out. ”

Knowing that these two people were staying in Mufu to keep filial piety, Xu's heart not only did not settle down, but became more and more worried. She always felt that something seemed to be escaping her control, but when she thought about it, she couldn't find the slightest clue.

"You can do something for me." Xu thought about it, asked Xu's mother to lower her head, and asked softly. After hearing this, Mother Xu looked at Mrs. Xu in surprise and asked, "Do you really want to do this?!" That's ......."

Xu raised his hand to interrupt Xu's mother, "Do you think I want to?!" But I always feel that this matter is not simple, be prepared, if it's okay, I can naturally get it back in the future, if something really goes wrong......" Xu's words were not finished, but Xu's mother already understood what she meant.

"Yes, I'll do it." Xu's mother hurriedly took the order to go out, Xu sat on the chair, looked out of the door, and was faintly restless in her heart, she always had a feeling that something that reversed her fate, and something she couldn't stop was happening.