When Yang Rong got the letter, he rushed back to Nanxi Town from the envoy who seemed to have no one to defend but was secretly full of knife hands, and saw a group of frightened and angry women who kept crying.

Mrs. Yang was lying on the bed at this time, so angry that her head hurt, and her face was haggard.

Yang Rong felt that something was wrong from the time he entered the yard, but he didn't know what was wrong, and now the old lady was lying there and didn't know what the situation was, he temporarily put down this feeling, ran to the side of the bed and asked, "Mother, how are you now?" ”

Then he turned his head and looked at the eldest lady, and reproached: "Why don't you take good care of the old lady, but please ask the doctor to come and see?" ”

The eldest lady said: "Master, the concubine has asked the doctor to come and see her, but the mother was just frightened, and the doctor said that it was okay and prescribed some soothing medicine." ”

Yang Rong looked at Mrs. Yang after hearing this, "Mother, you are so good to recuperate, my son will deal with this matter." ”

"What the hell are you doing as an official? A dignified third-grade official actually let people grab the door! Mrs. Yang scolded, "I was angry when I saw you, on this cold day, you still called Brown Er out to do errands, and I haven't come back for a few days." ”

"I heard that not long ago, some homeless people robbed villages and towns, were killed and hung on the city wall. These wicked people who cut a thousand knives, you quickly call Brown back, how is it good to meet villains outside. ”

Yang Rong persuaded without urgency: "Mother, the younger brother went to the capital to do something for me, and I will let him come back as soon as possible." Don't worry, take good care of your body, your seventieth birthday will be in a few days, and the younger brother will be back then. ”

Mrs. Yang chattered dissatisfiedly for a long time, she was really tired before letting Yang Rong go, just reminding him not to forget to call Yang Rong back.

This made Yang Rong a little irritable in his heart, where could Yang Brown come back, the body that had been hanging on the city for several days had just been quietly buried. When you celebrate your birthday, you can only find an excuse to continue to hide it.

He came out of the old lady's room, called people to the front hall to ask what happened, and suddenly looked at his wife's simple bun and scolded: "Didn't I say that the old lady is going to celebrate her birthday, everyone has to dress festively?" What's the matter with you, dressed like a mourner, do you want to curse the old lady to go early? ”

Yang Rong knew why she felt that something was wrong, all the ladies in the family took off their jewelry, except for the clothes on their bodies, they were all the same as funerals, no wonder they didn't look good.

From the beginning of Yang Rong's career, he let the ladies in the family wear gold and silver, and wear as rich as they want. Not to mention wives and concubines and young ladies, even the maid ring must be dressed festively, and those who can't afford to wear silver have to get silk flowers to wear.

Now that the family is standing in front of him in poverty, he is even more angry.

The eldest lady wiped the corners of her eyes very aggrievedly, and replied with a crying voice: "Master, the robber not only robbed us of the silver, but also took away our jewelry, and we had no choice but to do this!" ”

"It's so rampant that you dare to grab my head! Who are they, I'm going to break them to pieces! Yang Rong didn't expect someone to target him, and he was too bold, so he couldn't help but wonder if Chu Xia did it.

But after thinking about it, there was no need for him to do this, except for provoking himself, he couldn't think of the reason at all.

The eldest lady was afraid that he would think that the ladies of the family would not be defiled by bandits, and it would be terrible to be slandered and innocent, so she hurriedly replied: "Master, only one of the robbers came, and although he was masked, he spoke and looked like a woman. ”

"A female robber?" Yang Rong was stunned for a moment, and then thought of someone, he gritted his teeth with a gloomy face and said, "Is it a very shameless woman with a shield and a bow and crossbow on her body?" ”

The people in the family all looked at Yang Rong, it turned out that the old man knew her, no wonder the woman said that she didn't make the envoy come yet.

It's not a robber, it's a grudge, right?

Just as everyone was looking at him with suspicious eyes, Yang Rong slammed a screen ornament on the table to the ground, and shouted angrily: "Zhuang Rou! I swear to you! ”

The eldest lady was surprised and asked, "Master, do you know the robber?" ”

"Not only acquaintance, but also great hatred!" Yang Rong can't tell the story of Yang Palm's killing, if there are more people who know, they will have a broken mouth, and when the time comes, when they run to the old lady, they can't make her angry to death.

He gritted his teeth and said, "She is the female concubine of Hongzhou Mansion, Zhuang Rou!" ”

Everyone was in an uproar, "Isn't she an official?" ”

"How can she do this, everyone is an official, and she actually ran to our house to rob!" A woman screamed in shock, she really never expected that a woman would be able to do such a thing even if she was an official.

But there are also some women of the same age, and there are some subtle waves in their hearts, what a chic woman this is, to be so reckless in this world.

When the eldest lady heard that the robber was the female colt, her fear dissipated, "Master, then we will go to the king of Yindejun and ask what the colt beside him is doing." If he doesn't care, then we'll sue her in Beijing. ”

Yang Rong glared at her, "Do you have evidence?" ”

"She's shameless, you don't have evidence, just with a mouth, no one will admit it. Maybe I'll bite you back, and then stealing the chicken won't make it a loss to eat rice, and I'll have to post some more! ”

Where is there such an unreasonable thing, you can't give her everyone's beloved jewelry and tens of thousands of taels of silver for nothing!

"You take care of the house, and I'll take care of it." Yang Rong stood up with a gloomy face, left everyone behind, and left.

The eldest lady wanted to mention to him that there was nothing to do with the silver, but it seemed that there was no play today.

But tomorrow I will go to the old lady to ask for silver, otherwise the family's expenses will be gone, and as for the 10,000 taels of silver tickets that I have secretly hidden, of course they will belong to me.

She said to the people, "Go back to your house, and you are not allowed to speak out about today's affairs, or you will be punished severely." ”

"Yes." The girls and concubines were all led out by the maid-in-law, and the seventh lady of the Yang Mansion fell last, turned around and said a blessing to the eldest lady, and then took the little maid out with the little girl.

The entire Yang Mansion was lifeless, everyone lost their beloved things, and they were so angry that they couldn't sleep at night, and Zhuang Rou, who returned to Hongzhou City, was already planning to sell the stolen goods.

Forget about the silver ticket, Chu Xia looked at the big bag of jewelry and didn't want to talk anymore.

There are many types of jewelry, and the quality is uneven, and at first glance it is snatched from different people. He sighed, put his hand in his cuffs, and looked up at Zhuang Rou lazily, "Did you steal it or rob it?" ”

"How could it be a thief, am I that kind of person?" Zhuang Rou raised her eyebrows and said in a slandered tone, "Of course it was robbed, Ming people don't do dark things, at most they cover their faces." ”

When Chu Xia heard this, he immediately said angrily: "You are quite arrogant, as a lieutenant of the fourth rank of the imperial court, you can't marry the princess, forget it, and even go to rob the house." Even the women's jewelry was snatched, which was really unusual. ”

"Look at these pearls, they're so small, you can get your hands on them."

Zhuang Rou said unconvinced: "This is from the forehead wiped off with great difficulty, if it weren't for me, I would even have to empty their makeup." Where is it like now, but I took the part that I put on my body. ”

"Say a few words to you, you are still reasonable. I ask you, who did you rob? Chu Xia asked disgustedly.

Zhuang Rou's eyebrows fluttered and she showed off: "Yang Rong's house, I went over the wall and entered, the house is so big that I only need to catch his wife and trick everyone else into her courtyard, and the people in the outer courtyard don't know." ”

"If you think about it this way, the palace is much bigger than his back house, and it doesn't seem to be a big deal to climb over the wall to get a man."

"You robbed Yang Rong's house!" Chu Xia looked at her in surprise, this guy is really messing around, it was really right to let her out.