"Sir, you're finally back." As soon as Mo Chen's front foot crossed the threshold, Zhang Zili handed him a palm-sized animal skin, "This is what I found behind a plaque in the living room." ”

Mo Chen took the animal skin and sniffed it, rubbing his fingers on the skin, which seemed to be an old sheepskin. Spread out the sheepskin, revealing four lines of poetry: "Abandoning literature and engaging in business, each has a spirit, only seeking wealth and wealth, and not seeking a position." The children and grandchildren are full of knees, and they are smiling in their twilight years. ”

"Judging from the handwriting, the person who wrote this poem should be Mr. Qian." Zhang Zili said.

Mo Chen nodded, the handwriting is indeed the same as the font of Master Qian seen in the study, judging from the content, the purpose of Master Qian writing this poem seems to be to warn his children and grandchildren to do business well, and not to think that he will abandon business and literature in the future and seek a position in officialdom. Thinking about this era, yes, the current situation is turbulent, and no one can say who will change the authorities the next day, rather than mixing in such an unstable political arena, it is better to make money in business steadily, and not lose a happy life.

However, Mo Chen felt a little strange, if this was just a warning from the head of the family to future generations, why would it be more appropriate to hide it behind the plaque, frame it, and hang it in the main hall?

"Could it be that there is another meaning in the poem?" Meng Xinyao looked at Mo Chen with big eyes.

Master Qian deliberately told his back not to be in the officialdom, presumably there must be a reason for this, Mo Chen told everyone about it, and just went to see Xu Yaohua and learned that the Qian family had an ulterior secret. Thinking of the poem I got so far, I can't say that the secret of the Qian family is that the ancestors of the Qian family had someone mixed with officialdom, and then something happened, causing the Qian family to abandon the official and engage in business.

Mo Chen handed over the sheepskin to Zhang Zili for temporary safekeeping, and in the evening, everyone went to the hall on the first floor for dinner, although the tea was coarse and the rice was light, but it was better than staying outside the theme and nibbling on dry compressed biscuits. Considering that the girls were timid, Mo Chen arranged for them to live in the original boys' room, while he took Zhang Zili and Wang Lei to sleep in the girls' room.

Counting the time, in the middle of the night, everyone dreamed of Zhou Gong, only Mo Chen got dressed and slipped out of the room lightly.

Going out from the side door, he went straight to the main house of the Qian family along the corridor, where Mo Chen was no stranger, and soon slipped into the main house and went straight to the room of the young master Qian on the third floor. Mo Chen knocked lightly on the door, and saw that it was dark inside through the window paper, and no one answered the door, Mo Chen tried to push it gently, but the door was pushed open all of a sudden, obviously the door was just covered up, not locked.

"Qian Tianlong......" Mo Chen called in a low voice, but no one answered in the house, Mo Chen wondered in his heart, could it be that Qian Tianlong forgot his agreement with himself and went somewhere else temporarily?

With a creak, the door suddenly opened from the outside, and the oil lamp carried by someone suddenly lit up the room. Mo Chen's eyes couldn't adapt to the sudden light for a while, so he heard the sound of broken dishes coming from the door, and at the same time, a woman ran in with a wail, "Tianlong~~~" The person who came was Mrs. Qian, the broken plates at the door, and the cakes scattered on the ground, thinking that Mrs. Qian was here to send snacks to Qian Tianlong. Another middle-aged woman in her thirties, holding an oil lamp, stood at the door in a daze, staring at Mo Chen with her mouth wide open and frightened, Mrs. Qian's wail seemed to wake her up, she suddenly dropped the oil lamp, and ran downstairs while hysterically shouting "Killed~~Killed~~~"

On the ground at Mo Chen's feet, Qian Tianlong was lying face down on the ground, with a sharp dagger stuck in his back, Yin Hong's blood flowed down the wound to the floor, and it was crimson.

This sudden change made Mo Chen a little in a trance, Mrs. Qian suddenly got up and pounced on Mo Chen, fists and feet, and cursed angrily in her mouth, "You return my son~~~"

"It's not me!" Mo Chen grabbed Mrs. Qian's hands tightly, trying to make her listen to her explanation calmly, but at this time, Mrs. Qian was determined that it was Mo Chen who killed Qian Tianlong, and cried unrelentingly.

The sound of hurried and chaotic footsteps rushed here from the stairs, and the woman who had just run away led Steward Xu, Ding Si and Zheng Yi to run back. The woman hid behind Ding Si, pointed at Mo Chen and said viciously, "It's him!" Judging from the woman's demeanor and demeanor, she should be the fourth daughter-in-law of Ding that Mo Chen has never seen. Ding Si glanced at Qian Tianlong who was lying on the ground, looked at Mo Chen again, and suddenly picked up his fist and hit Mo Chen's face fiercely, Mo Chen stumbled to the ground, and then Ding Si strode on Mo Chen's waist, and shook off his arm is a fierce attack.

Mo Chen blocked his arms in front of him and forcibly resisted Ding Si's fist, Zheng Yi hurriedly approached and pulled Ding Si away. Steward Xu leaned down to check Qian Tianlong's body, and then helped Mrs. Qian, who was kneeling on the ground and crying, and comforted him in a low voice, and then Ding Si twisted Mo Chen's arms like an old yamen guard, and asked, "What to do with him." ”

Xu Yaohua's eyes flashed with sympathy for Mo Chen, and he turned to say with a cold face, "Lock it up in the firewood room first and wait for disposal." ”

"Let's go!" Ding Si pushed and shoved Mo Chen out of the room, and when he wiped Zheng Yi, Mo Chen whispered to Zheng Yi, "Someone framed me." ”

"Let's go! Don't talk nonsense! Ding Si scolded.

Zheng Yi glanced at Mo Chen, nodded solemnly, and watched Mo Chen being escorted away by Ding Si.

In the hall on the first floor, Zhang Zili and others heard the noise of Fang Cai's fourth daughter-in-law, and they also followed at this time.

"Sir!" As soon as they saw Mo Chen being escorted by Ding Si, everyone was also enthusiastic, and they immediately stepped forward to rob someone, Mo Chen hurriedly stopped him, "The Qing is self-purifying, you don't have to be like this, go back and wait obediently, I will be back soon!" ”

Ding Si snorted coldly in his nose, pushed Mo Chen out of the main house, Zhang Zili and the others followed unwillingly, and watched Mo Chen, who was pushed into the firewood room by Ding Si and locked the door.

"Look at everything! Your husband killed our young master, kill people to pay for his life, wait for the official to come up and someone clean him up! If you dare to make trouble, you will be locked up together!" There were many people on the other side, and Ding Si was very uncertain, so he had to pretend to scold this group of students.

"Our husband was framed!" Chen Cen said.

Ding Si looked at her, his tone softened slightly, and he said to her like an explanation, "Nizi, the Qian family will not wronged a good person, let alone let a bad person go, you can rest assured!" Ming'er's matter has been found out, if you wronged Mr. Mo, you will return his innocence, take your little classmate, go back! You can't help here! ”