Shang Mingjie returned home, Shangfu was in chaos again, seeing the miserable appearance of the three people, the old lady and the second wife hugged him and cried bitterly, even if they were distressed, they couldn't help but reach out and beat him and said: "You unconscious child, you still run out when you are in such chaos, you don't want to die?" ”

Shang Mingjie bowed his head and admitted his mistake, "My grandson is at fault, please punish my grandmother." ”

"If you know that you are wrong, then go and kneel in the ancestral hall by yourself," seeing that he had gauze wrapped around his hands, he twisted him again and said, "I will go again when my injuries are healed, and I will not let you get up." ”

Mrs. Shang felt sorry for her grandson, but she didn't feel sorry for her subordinates, and after teaching Shang Mingjie a lesson, she squinted at Xiyan and Shimo.

The second wife hated these two little guys even more, thinking that it was all because they had brought Shang Mingjie to harm, putting the master in danger without knowing it, if the old lady was still there, she would have ordered someone to drag them out and beat them to death.

Xi Yan and Shi Mo shivered involuntarily, and their legs trembled and they knelt on the ground.

Old Madam Shang stared at them for a while, and then ordered lightly: "Let the master talk nonsense, and add fuel to the fire, what are such slaves for?" Drag it down......"

Xi Yan and Shi Mo bent their waists and lay on the ground, although they didn't look up, they knew that the second master would definitely protect them.

Shang Mingjie did block in front of them as soon as he turned around, but instead of pleading, he pursed his lips and looked at the old lady and said, "Grandmother, don't you ask me where I went last night?" ”

"I'll ask you that later." The old lady said with a hint of anger: "Now deal with these two disobedient minions first. ”

"Grandmother, I am their master, they just listen to me, do you think that the minions around your grandson should listen to others?"

Old Madam Shang's eyes widened and she looked at Shang Mingjie in disbelief.

The three Shang Danzhu sisters were also startled, and looked at Shang Mingjie in shock, never expecting him to say such a thing.

Shang Danzhu was so anxious that he took two steps forward, grabbed him and said, "Second brother, how can you talk to your grandmother like this?" Don't admit your mistake yet. ”

Shang Mingjie insisted on looking at Mrs. Shang, and stood in front of Xi Yan and Shi Mo and said, "Grandmother, it's my grandson who did something wrong, you can punish me, what's the use of punishing them?" ”

"Give me two little guys, next time I want to make a mistake, I will still make it, the difference is that they will report it to you, but I don't dare to ask for someone who can't recognize the master like this, and I will have to be sent out."

Shang Mingjie said sadly: "The people around me are not my people, I can't even do this little thing, what else can I do?" ”

Old Madam Shang was startled, and hurriedly grabbed him and asked, "Why do you think so, you are a wealthy and noble son, and you have a big thing to do, how can you judge it by this trivial matter in the back house?" ”

"I can't even do small things, let alone big things." Shang Mingjie churned with anger in his chest and asked, "Or in the eyes of my grandmother and mother, I just need to listen to my family?" ”

"What have you learned outside," Old Madam Shang couldn't help but knock on the ground with her cane and said, "How did a child who used to be so filial and polite become like this now?" ”

"Grandmother!" Shang Mingjie knelt in front of her, looked up at her and said, "Grandson just hopes that he can do something himself, so that he can make his own decisions when he encounters problems, and he will not be completely slaughtered by others." ”

Old Madam Shang was stunned for a moment, and then turned her head to glare at Mrs. Shang.

This time it was Mrs. Shang's turn to be sad, "Erlang, are you complaining that your mother didn't support the Lin family's courtyard last night?" ”

"But you should know the situation of our family, we don't have many families in our house, and it's not safe in the city now, if you send people out, what will happen to your grandmother and brothers and sisters in the family?" Mrs. Shang wiped her tears and said, "What's more, the city gate was closed last night, so we can't force Zhou Tingshi to open the city gate, right?" ”

"It's not that our Shang family doesn't support it, we sent a steward to lead people early this morning, don't you know yet, your Aunt Lin and Cousin Lin are very well, and nothing happened ...... accident."

Shang Mingjie straightened his back and didn't speak, but his attitude was very tough, in short, he didn't wash the inkstone and serve the ink.

Second Mrs. Shang saw that he was silent but firm in her heart, this attitude of not listening to persuasion made her even more annoyed in her heart, but her mother-in-law was in front of her, she couldn't have a seizure again, so she could only endure it secretly.

Old Madam Shang saw something from her grandson's attitude, she couldn't help squinting, waved her hand and said: "Whether to punish them or not is another matter, come here, lock them up first, Erlang, you come with me." ”

Old Madam Shang's gaze swept over Mrs. Shang, and she sneered invisibly, Mrs. Shang was startled, and hurriedly lowered her head, that is, she still wanted to deal with people first, but now she didn't dare to act.

Shang Mingjie got up and helped Mrs. Shang to go to the small ancestral hall together.

Old Madam Shang put a stick of incense on the ancestors, then turned to look at Shang Mingjie who was kneeling on the ground, and asked, "Anyway, what did you do last night?" ”

Shang Mingjie lowered his head and said a good thing to him about washing Yan and serving ink, "I just want to go out to see if Aunt Lin and my cousin are safe, and force Xi Yan and Shimo to help me." But when I went out, I ran into the envoys, so I could only run around, and I ran into the hands of a few beggars, who saw that we were well dressed, so they wanted to rob us, and it was the inkstone and the ink that protected me, so I was not seriously injured. ”

"In order to avoid the envoys, we ran a little far, and some lost, so we did not go out of the city, for fear of being entangled by beggars again, the three of us found a secluded place to rest, and only found our way home after dawn."

Old Madam Shang knocked on the floor fiercely and said sharply: "You lie, if you meet a beggar, you three will want to escape?" The clothes on the inkstone and the ink have been stripped off, why are you still intact? And where was the wound on your hand bandaged? ”

Shang Mingjie subconsciously put his hand behind his back, pursed his mouth and didn't speak.

Old Madam Shang took two steps forward and slapped him twice on the back, and said angrily: "You dare not tell the truth in front of your ancestors, you are very unfilial, are you going to anger me?" ”

Shang Mingjie lowered his head and said nothing, but his back was straight.

Seeing her grandson like this, Mrs. Shang was angry and distressed, and finally bent down to sit on the futon next to him and looked at him and said, "Child, you were brought up by your grandmother, what else can't you tell your grandmother?" ”

Shang Mingjie's eyes were red, tears almost came out of his eyes, he lowered his head and looked at the ground without speaking.

Seeing that her grandson did not confess like this, Mrs. Shang knew that he had encountered a major incident.

I couldn't help but reach out and rub his head and ask, "You told your grandmother, did you complain that your mother didn't send someone to save your cousin?" ”

Shang Mingjie bit his lip tightly and did not speak.

Old Madam Shang sighed and said: "Your mother did wrong, but you can't blame your mother, our family is indeed a little small, and there has been a lot of chaos in the city recently, and she is also just in case." Otherwise, if there are really homeless people breaking in, and all the members of our family are gone, who will protect your sisters when the time comes? ”

Although Mrs. Shang gritted her teeth with hatred for the second wife for hiding her granddaughter's death, she didn't dare to really let their mother and son separate, otherwise the family would definitely be chaotic in the future.

So she could only try to say good things about the second wife, and this feeling really made her vomit to death.

Shang Mingjie was not as coaxing as before, he lowered his head and did not speak, but after thinking about it, he gradually understood.

Regardless of the servants in the backyard, how can they not be able to spare manpower if they only say that there are hundreds of servants?

What's more, the Shang family is not like the Lin family's rich area in the west of the city, they are in the north of the city, not only the residences of various officials in Suzhou, but also the mansions of the Lu family and other families, and even the Assassin's Mansion is not too far from them.

How young do homeless people have to come here?

Even if they dare to come, those people will come to their aid, which is almost the default rule.

Regardless of whether they have grievances with each other before, if they encounter this kind of disaster, they can be saved, and if they can't be saved, they will find a way to help for help, which is not only a moral requirement, but also a tacit understanding reached by each family after several generations of troubled times.

You saved another family this time, and the next time your family is in trouble, they will come to their aid.

Shang Mingjie knew everything and thought: What can't get out of the city gate is fake, the Assassin's Mansion is near the left, could it be that the Shang family came to the door to ask for the city gate, and the Assassin will also object?

Not to mention the power of the Shang family, but the identity of Aunt Lin is enough to assassinate the Shifu to open the city gate.

And the facts have proved that Zhou Tingshi really didn't dare to save the Lin family when he saw death, the family really had to have a heart, how could he not know that Zhou Tingshi opened the city gate and went out of the city to rescue last night?

Shang Mingjie's eyes were a little hot, and he raised his head to look at his grandmother, "Grandmother, do you know how many people Aunt Lin killed last night?" ”

Old Madam Shang was stunned.

Shang Mingjie said: "Four hundred and twenty-eight people, when Zhou Assassin Shi and they arrived, except for the homeless people who retreated halfway, the rest of them were killed. Zhou Tingshi and they collected more than 400 heads without a knife, and they borrowed a batch of medicinal materials from the treasury to Aunt Lin. The Lu family also brought people over to support early the next morning, and after knowing that the people were all wiped out, they sent some medicinal herbs over, and when the grandson came back, he met several cars on the road, all of which were for Aunt Lin......

Old Madam Shang was shocked, and it was too late to investigate Shang Mingjie's running to the Lin family's courtyard for a while.

After discovering Shang Mingjie's disappearance early this morning, they were all looking for him, and they didn't have time to ask about the situation in the Lin family's courtyard, let alone send condolences or something.

If even other families sent medicinal materials, how would the Shang family, who did nothing except ask, be viewed?

The most important thing is, what will Lin Qingwan think of the Shang family, and what will Lin Yubin think?

Old Madam Shang hated iron and twisted her grandson, "You stupid boy, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

Shang Mingjie stiffened his neck and said: "The family has no intention, even if I say it, what I do is just superficial work." ”

"You," it was Old Madam Gu who poked his forehead and said angrily, "Why did we forget, not to find you?" ”

"Was it looking for me last night?" Shang Mingjie asked heartily, "Grandmother, if your mother hides from you, are you really being hidden?" ”