What's more, she was followed by a few officials, and the subordinates next to her had already dodged when they saw that most of them had already dodged, so how could they take the initiative to collide?

Xu Chu looked at the servant girl who was curled up, and saw the housekeeper waving his hand and reprimanding with disgust and impatience, and his brows not only frowned again. She is naturally not a person who is more compassionate and more virgin, and now of course it is impossible to dissuade her from a little sympathy from nowhere, but between the lightning and flint, there seems to be some clue flashing in her mind.

"If you don't hurry down, it's really an eyesore, and if you let the master know, you will be punished again." Although the butler's mouth is unpleasant, it is not difficult to hear the softness in his words. Seeing that the servant girl was still not moving, she took a sip of hatred, and then bowed her hand to Xiao Qinglang and said, "A few officials are angry, this is the servant girl who served by Mrs. when she was in the countryside, and her mind has not been very clear, and it is a loss for Mrs. to stay in the house all these years because Mrs. misses the old love...... No, Madame had an accident some time ago, and the old man felt uncomfortable, and he couldn't see the people who were waiting for Madame, so he sent her to the porch to serve these flowers and plants left by Madame......"

Xiao Qinglang saw that Xu Chu was fine, and also followed her line of sight to look at the pot of begonia flowers that had been dropped, and then unconsciously frowned and whispered: "Although this flower is cold-resistant, it definitely can't withstand the outdoor temperature, even if it can survive by luck, if you want to bloom, you must have the temperature in early spring......"

In other words, in other words, if this pot of flowers wants to bloom, it must have more than ten degrees.

Xu Chu raised his head and glanced at Xiao Qinglang, silent for a moment, and then quietly stared at the servant girl who seemed to be frightened for a moment. Before the housekeeper stepped forward to make a move, he said: "The housekeeper doesn't have to embarrass her, since there is a friendship left by your wife, I think the house should be more or less forgiving." ”

Seeing this, the housekeeper of the Yu family couldn't continue to reprimand, so he only bent down again and again to apologize, and then said with a sad face: "A few officials don't want to blame, it stands to reason that a few people who came to investigate the case should be entertained by my master." It's just that now the old man is slightly ill, and after the accident with his wife, my old man was depressed, so it was inconvenient to stay in bed all day long. As he spoke, he sighed and said, "Even a few aunts don't dare to show up, for fear that they will touch the old man's head!" ”

In fact, what he said can be regarded as giving enough face to the county government, after all, although Yu Fugui is only a businessman, he can't stand the fact that he is the richest man in the county. The business of jewelry shops has also achieved the backhouse of many officials, which is different from ordinary businessmen.

However, Xu Chu clearly saw that when he spoke, his eyebrows hung down, and his arms were inadvertently raised slightly. It can probably be surmised that although his words were for the sake of face, they were also genuinely worried.

In other words, after Zhang's death, Yu Fugui's state really had a problem. At the very least, it won't be a good place. But what is going on, you can only judge after seeing Yu Fugui.

"It's okay, don't blame yourself for the housekeeper, we came here suddenly. Because of your master's complaint against Zhang Xiucai for false accusation, the adults sent me to interrogate, and then look at the scene of the accident of the lady that day, so as to finalize the case as soon as possible. "If you want to speak softly, you have to leave a little leeway just right, this is naturally what Xu Chu is good at.

Sure enough, her words made the housekeeper stunned for a moment, and then sighed and said, "In that case, those few will follow and move to the main courtyard." It's just that the old man has been irritable recently, and if there is anything offended, please forgive me. ”

The case occurred in the main courtyard of the family, although the Zhang family is not loved and valued by the wealthy, and even the people in the house on weekdays, as well as the small gatherings of the dignitaries and nobles next to him, do not let his wife come forward, but he has always kept the main courtyard of the house, which symbolizes the head of the house, to the Zhang family.

It's just that later, Zhang became disheartened for some reason, and moved to the main courtyard and closed the door. Since then, he has become a transparent person.

Xu Chu guessed that the flower beds and vegetable gardens they saw, as well as the pots and pots of begonias and dead vine flowers, were probably Zhang's handiwork.

After a few words, a few people bypassed the front yard, completely isolated from the hustle and bustle outside the wall, and passed through the verandah on all sides, such as the inner courtyard. In the cold winter, even though there are several big trees on the side of the high wall in the courtyard, there is only mottled and sparse desolation at this time.

To tell the truth, the Yu family's mansion is wide enough, with staggered mountains and stone forests, ponds for gathering wealth, and a few dry and decayed lotus flowers. However, in this sparkling house, it is not difficult to see the rugged style.

When he arrived at the main courtyard, Xu Chu was a little surprised in his heart. This courtyard is really a little out of place with the previous style. The dark red doors, the rhombic pattern wooden windows, the stone tables and stone benches in the courtyard are rough but exquisite, and there are vine trellises wrapped around the withered vine flowers to cover them, and the left and right flower beds and grass gardens are also opened, although there is no vitality at the moment, it is not difficult to see the vivid and simple.

Since he started to take on private work, Xu Chu has also been to many wealthy homes, generally speaking, since the style of the house is set, then the main courtyard as the most eye-catching will naturally not be abruptly different. Can be ...... at home Truly offbeat.

"Xiao Chu, what do you think of the layout of the Yu family?" Due to the accident that Xu Chu was knocked down just now, Xiao Qinglang did not dare to be careless. At this time, I entered the back house, and saw a little difference, so I asked in a low voice. Of course, when he stepped forward, he naturally shrouded Xu Chu in his shadow again, to ensure that he could reach out to protect him.

"Just look at the front yard, the road is paved with stones, the rockeries are lined up, and the carved beams and painted columns on the promenade are also quite exquisite. is worthy of being the richest man in a county, quite rich and heroic, and it can be seen that he has put a lot of thought into it. Xu Chu's expression did not change, and he replied softly behind the housekeeper leading the way, "It's just that the backyard is a little simple, especially the main courtyard, I think it should be considered cold in the rich and noble." It's more than the rich peasants in the countryside, it's pretty much the same......"

Xiao Qinglang nodded, "I read the file in the county government before, and I knew that after Yu was rich and prosperous, he was extremely romantic, and the concubines in the family accepted a few rooms, and each of them was an oiran in the green building and a smash hit beautiful woman. Not to mention how lively the backyard is at home, there are still many pink beauties outside...... originally thought that he should not care about the life and death of the Zhang family, not to mention that there was no mortuary, I am afraid that his life should be as prosperous and comfortable as usual. ”

Regarding Xiao Qinglang's words, Xu Chu thought so. Before that, she also felt that most of the wealth and nobility didn't have much affection for the Zhang family, otherwise how could she let her subordinates be powerful in front of the Zhang family?

It's just that now they come together, don't say anything about the bewitching aunt, even the subordinates don't dare to make trouble like a quail. Especially listening to what the housekeeper said before, it seems that after the Zhang family's accident, Yu Fugui has become decadent, and even the delicate aunt and beautiful relatives feel that it is an eyesore.

It should be the amorous scumbag recorded in the file, but being born at home is very different. It's strangely tight......

"The Yu family is also a wealthy family, but I see that the layout of the main courtyard is a little desolate and simple, but I don't know what is exquisite?" Xu Chu and Xiao Qinglang glanced at each other, and then asked as if they had no intention of speaking.

"Well, it was only done according to Madame's wishes. Madame did not like noisy or cumbersome decorations during her lifetime, so the lord ordered this side to keep the same as when the lady moved in. Speaking of this, Steward Yu had to sigh again. It's also puzzling to say, since the old man bought the mansion after he was developed, the lady has never shown a good face again.

At the beginning, Madame would sneer at the master. But later, no matter how ridiculous the old man became, she could be indifferent.

"In fact, my lord is full of his wife in his heart, and he sees that his wife is treated coldly. But in fact, the entire Yu family's good things were secretly used by Mrs. first. Let's just say that the silver charcoal that is hard to buy for a thousand gold, the lord is sent in baskets to the wing where the lady is located. In the mansion, not to mention those aunts, even the master himself is not so extravagant......"

Xu Chu frowned, and secretly pondered back and forth in his heart about the housekeeper's words. If it was really the courtyard that Yu Fugui ordered to be arranged according to Zhang's wishes, and he was not even afraid of losing face, then he must indeed have some true feelings for Zhang.

But if that's the case, how can the husband and wife get to the point of indifference?

Zhang's own body is flawed, shouldn't marrying a man who is sincere to him live a good life? Why bother practicing yourself all the time?

She thought about it for a long time but didn't come to a conclusion, and finally simply wrote down the doubts in her heart and thought about it later.

"On weekdays, apart from the reckless maidservant just now who serves your wife, who else often comes to serve?" After all, with such a big mansion, even if the Zhang family is down, there should be two or three people to call it.

But the housekeeper Yu, who didn't want to be uneasy, smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "Madame has a lonely temperament, and she never lets people serve her close on weekdays, even the sprinkling in the room and the care of the flower beds in the yard, she does it herself." The old man also personally brought the maid to help, but was driven away by the lady's cold words, and since then, except for Xiaocui, I have never seen anyone go to the main courtyard. ”

Outsiders laugh at Mrs. for not being happy with the master, but they don't know which is that the master is unwilling to treat her well, at all, the lady is unwilling to let the master get close.

"Then your wife and Xiaocui are likely to take care of such a large yard?"

"It's not nice to say this, but my wife was born in a peasant family, and she is used to doing work, don't look at this yard is not small, but Mrs. has always cleaned up properly. Before, I took someone to deliver silver charcoal, and entered the wing room where my wife lived, although it was a little darker, but it was very neat, and I didn't know how to put my feet. ”