After just a few days, Wanquan Villa is a different story.

Although Huang's mother is still respectful, the other subordinates who originally came forward with the slightest thing are not so well cultivated. Even if it is not so bad that it can't be called, the idea of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages is written on his face, which is manifested in procrastination and procrastination. If it was according to Chen Lan's original intention, he simply moved out with the Jiang family, but Huang's mother was always dissuaded, and after arriving, she simply came out to practice family law, and this huge place stopped.

However, this Wanquan Villa was quiet, but there was something bad about the Jiang family. Although she is not a pampered and weak woman, after all, she suffered too much in her early years, and Chen Lan was able to hide it at the beginning of the incident, but as the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, she tasted it, and Chen Lan, who was a daughter-in-law, could no longer hold it tightly. When he knew about the rumors outside, the Jiang family was so angry that he almost broke the usual practice of not taking anything to vent his anger.

At this moment, she slowly came to the door of the east house with Zhuang's mother's hand, and heard Chen Lan's voice from inside through the curtain: "These two letters were sent to the capital, one was sent to the eldest princess of Anguo, and the other was sent to the fourth brother of the Yangning Marquis Mansion." Remember, it's not the old lady, it's the fourth brother! As for this one, it was sent to Du Mansion to Du Lao. ”

After the words were finished, Aunt Liu's familiar voice came from inside: "Madam, at this juncture, why don't you ask the emperor for the inscription, you have to defend the master, right?" If you are afraid that you won't be able to send it in, we can also send it to the wine vinegar noodle factory to Gonggong Jin, and let Gonggong Jin try to give it to Gonggong Xia, the imperial supervisor, and then transfer it to him. Besides, Luo Shi is now walking inward, "why not ............"

"Aunt Liu, isn't she confused!" Chen Lan's voice suddenly became extremely stern, "Don't say that Uncle Quan went to Jiangnan this time to act on orders, even if it is not, this time he is also going to serve the official business" If you rashly state your feelings because of one or two rumors, not only is there no three hundred taels of silver here, but my Yang family does not know the severity! Besides, the urgent delivery of the letter is to rely on those people left by my mother, but don't forget, they are not my personal information, and if the deeds entrusted to the eunuch are reported, wouldn't it add one more crime to Uncle Quan? As for Luo Shi, it is precisely because he is now included that he can't cause trouble to others. ”

Hearing this, Jiang couldn't help but churn slightly, and then withdrew the hand holding Zhuang's mother and went straight to the door. Seeing Chen Lan looking up, she immediately got up and stepped forward to help her, and she said, "I heard it outside" You said it very well. The more at this time, the more you can't mess with yourself, and the exact news hasn't arrived yet! ”

Aunt Liu has rarely been reprimanded so harshly by Chen Lan, and she has already shown a sad face just now, at this time, as soon as Jiang said this, she hurriedly stepped forward to ask for sin, "but her knees bent down" and her wrist was held by Jiang.

"I know you're all about your family," but now it's not as important as it used to be, and you need to be more cautious. Don't say anything like apologies, just know it in your heart. Well, do as your wife tells you! ”

When Chen Lan saw Aunt Liu raise her head, she nodded at her slightly, and saw that she hurriedly walked away, "She helped Jiang to sit down." She was about to say a few words of comfort, but now she moved her lips, not knowing what to say.

The person whose whereabouts are unknown is none other than her husband, she has already comforted a lot in the past two days, what can she say now?

"I'm sorry for you." Jiang sighed deeply, carefully looked at Chen Lan's slightly haggard appearance, and shook his head again, "Originally, I thought that when I went down to Jiangnan, you could take care of your eyes, who knew that it was easy to see that you were in good health these days, but something like this happened." My brother is my son, and he has not experienced danger before, but this time it is really unpredictable...... I had a dream last night that he ......"

Hearing this, Chen Lan finally couldn't help it, and grabbed Jiang's arm and said, "Mother, don't think about it so much!" He has never been a reckless person, and since he dares to do that, he always has his reasons and is always prepared accordingly. What's more, King Jing is nowhere to be seen now, maybe the two of them have long discussed a good idea. Zhendong Hou Shi has already gone to Nanjing, Zhendong Hou Mansion is one of the big customers of Jiangnan merchants, and we can hear a lot of news, so we don't have to worry. As for those who gossip, impeach, and gloat, they want to see our side mess up! ”

Looking at Chen Lan's firm expression of pursing his lips, Jiang unconsciously remembered his former self, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth for a while. At this moment, I only heard a lady from outside, and immediately after, Yun'er entered the house.

"Old lady, ma'am." She didn't expect the Jiang clan to be here, so she hesitated for a moment. said, "Outside, the head of the family asks to see me." ”

"The head of the Jiang family? Which patriarch? Seeing that the Jiang family frowned, Chen Lan opened her mouth to ask, seeing that Yun'er's expression was a little wrong, she couldn't help but sink in her heart, "Could it be that the third old lady of the Jiang family is here?" ”

"It's the old patriarch of the Jiang family."

"What?" The Jiang family heard Chen Lan say that Mrs. Jiang had come before, although she no longer had any affection for the Jiang family, but people recognized her as low and small, so she naturally didn't bother to care so much, so she relied on her daughter-in-law. However, after the clan woman went back, now it was the patriarch who forced herself to remarry in the past, and then ordered the clan to cut off relations with her after she failed, she suddenly changed color, "No, just say that my daughter-in-law and I don't have that time!" ”

Seeing that the old lady, who had always been kind and kind, actually showed such an angry expression, Yun'er suddenly regretted taking this trip. However, the appearance of the Jiang clan patriarch who was neither yin nor yang came to mind again, and she had to explain stiffly: "Old lady, the slave maid thought that you and Mrs. had no time at the moment, so they were lukewarm, and they wanted to say something to Aunt Yun and Aunt Liu, and then rejected him, who knew what he was saying...... He actually said that if the old lady and the lady wanted the old man to be good, please meet him. ”

"What is this, he wants to threaten us!"

Jiang Shi actually got up and stood there straight, she seemed to be ten years old, and sighed deeply: "Okay" See him and talk about it. I'll go alone, Ah Lan, you stay, and if there is any news, you can take measures at any time. You blocked all these messy people for me before, and now I can't help much with other things." ”

Hearing this, Chen Lan had no choice but to swallow back the persuasion that came to his lips and nodded again. It's just that when she sent someone to the door of the house, she still couldn't help but add: "If there is something unpleasant said over there, or if there is something else, my mother doesn't have to waste time, just send the guest away, or make someone call me over."

"It's not to quarrel, I have to call you to do something?"

Seeing that the Jiang family took Zhuang's mother and Yun'er straight to Chen Lan and stood there for a while, he was a little uneasy after all. After standing for a while, Changdi happened to come back, and as soon as she saw it, she hurriedly beckoned her to come forward. However, before she could say anything, she said, "Madam, I just knocked on the back door. There are a lot of vendors on the road over there, and they look like they are selling things, but there are no other residents here, even if the people below them want to sell things, one merchant is enough, where do you need these many people? This is obviously to monitor our movements, according to my opinion, it is better to take advantage of its unpreparedness and beat them all away! ”

"You, this kind of person is gone, and there is the next batch and the truth is plain, so why bother?" Chen Lan saw that Changdi was still a little angry when he promised in his mouth, so he smiled and said, "You have been with the eldest princess for so many years before, and you have learned martial arts, but don't just learn to be brave and ruthless, and forget your mother's other purpose. This move must be hit, what do you think about those who don't matter? ”

"Yes...... The slave knew she was wrong. ”

Seeing that Changdi nodded obediently, revealing an open mind like a good student, Chen Lan couldn't help but smile dumbly, his gloomy mood suddenly improved, and then he remembered what was going on, and hurriedly ordered: "Just now, the old patriarch of the Jiang clan came, and my mother took Mother Zhuang to meet the guests." Because this is the main lord of the year, I come this time, no matter how I think about it, it is not good, I really don't feel at ease. You quietly go over and take a look, if there is anything wrong, you can deal with it, and if you can't, report it to me immediately.

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"Slave and maid, go now!"

After making these preparations, Chen Lan turned around and went back to the room. When I arrived in the east room, I saw that there were still more than a dozen books on the bookcase, and there were some words and papers piled up on the side. She stepped forward and threw them all into a paper basket, and then sat down. Immediately after, there was a red tassel who said that Xiao Ding who was sent out had something to report, and after a while, it was said that there was news from Yangzhou Mansion, and when Chang Di ran in like a gust of wind, she almost forgot about the visit of the Jiang clan patriarch.

"Madame!" Changdi shouted as soon as he entered the door, and then his face showed an undisguised anger, "Madam, that old man is too deceitful!" The old lady was so angry that she threw the teacup on him, and at this moment Mother Zhuang was theorizing......"

Chen Lan only felt a chuckle in his heart, and couldn't help but regret it greatly. At that moment, she didn't have time to give any orders, so she hurriedly hurried out with Changdi. Along the way, she planned to ask Changdi a few words, but when she learned where the person had just arrived, it happened that Zhuang's mother came out, and she was ordered to help run errands, and she couldn't say why it ended like that for a while, so she had to give up. When she arrived at the small hu hall, as soon as she entered the room, she saw an old man wearing a royal blue jacket standing there, and Zhuang's mother was supporting the Jiang family, glaring at people with resentment on her face.

"Third old lady, don't deceive people too much! It's up to you to make such a request! ”

The pale old man had also seen Chen Lan who stepped through the door, and a smile appeared on his face: "Why should Mrs. Tai be annoyed? Compared with those who want Lord Yang to fall, or simply don't come back, what I just said was to find Lord Yang to count, otherwise it would be a loss-making business, where is it too much to deceive people? Moreover, the Jiang family has 10,000 acres of fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River, and countless industrial shops, and for this promise, I don't know how much money to put upside down! ”

Seeing that the Jiang clan was already gritting his teeth, Chen Lan's face suddenly became completely gloomy. She stepped forward to take over from Mother Zhuang and helped Jiang sit down, and without looking at the old man, she directly ordered someone to change the tea. When Changdi brought the tea and tiptoed out of the door, she carefully served the Jiang family and drank most of it, and when she saw that her face was slowly getting better, she straightened up.

Although he didn't know what happened, but only from the performance of the Jiang family and Zhuang's mother, Chen Lan knew that Ganggang was definitely not an ordinary detail, and it was clear that the person in front of him took advantage of the fire to rob and put forward unacceptable conditions, so he was not polite at all: "Patriarch Jiang, even if you are a guest from afar and you are old, you can make my mother-in-law so angry, do you think that if my father-in-law is not at home, my Yang family will be gone?" ”

"The county lord of Haining said so, the old man can't afford it." The old man stood up and bowed his head, and then said word by word, "If it weren't for Mrs. Tai's dedication to remembering the old things, things wouldn't have been like this." Although the Jiang family is not as good as before, it has taken root in Jiangnan for hundreds of years, and it has always been a family with a head and a face, and the Jiang and Yang families were originally world friends. If Mrs. Tai can accept Jiang's heart during the New Year, then this time Lord Yang went to Jiangnan, how could Jiang do his best since he was a saddle and horse, so that he fell into the trap of others? Now that the Jiang clan is willing to use the strength of the clan to find Lord Yang back first, how big the risk is here, I think Mrs. Tai and the county lord of Haining will not know. In this case, what the old man wants is only a trivial guarantee. ”

Guarantee?

Hearing this, Chen Lan's heart couldn't help but look sideways at her mother-in-law Jiang, and seeing that her face was a little more blue than just now, she couldn't help frowning thoughtfully. The next moment, she suddenly felt her hand being clenched, and when she looked again, she saw that it was her mother-in-law who also stood up.

"Don't say that Brother Quan and his daughter-in-law have been married for a few months, and what will happen in the future, maybe even if you already have a son, you don't want to fight such an idea!"

"Mrs. Tai, the old man knows that this thing has not yet been shadowed, so he can't say for sure. If this is the case, then it is not like this, if Lord Yang and the county lord of Haining have it, they will marry my Jiang family's concubine as a daughter-in-law in the future. If Lord Yang doesn't have it within ten years, then it would be good to take the daughter of my Jiang clan as a concubine, how about it? Speaking of this, he paused, and his voice suddenly became low, "For this marriage contract, my Jiang clan is willing to use 5,000 acres of fertile land, 10 prosperous shops, and 50,000 taels of silver as a dowry!" ”

At this moment, Chen Lan finally knew why the Jiang clan was so angry. In the face of such a philistine ** who only talks about interests of the Jiang clan patriarch, after hearing these words, he did not drive people out directly, and his mother-in-law is already too self-contained! In contrast, Mrs. Jiang's ruined words didn't sound so greasy and contemptible at least. After taking a deep breath, she suddenly squinted her eyes as she looked at the fragments of the tea cup that had not yet been cleaned up on the ground.

"Someone!"

The people inside were half stunned to death, and the girls guarding outside the curtain were also so angry that their lungs exploded. Hearing this, Yun'er and Changdi immediately rushed into the door.

"What's this mess like?" Chen Lan saw that the two of them were stunned, so he said lightly......, cleaned up here, and then went to Houtou Yushengzhai to find the pills commonly used by the old lady. Remember, it's the drawer. ”

When Chang Di's long body just blocked the sight of the old patriarch Jiang, Chen Lan moved his lips at the long dysprosium, Changdi was stunned at first, and when she understood that it was Xiao Ding, she nodded hurriedly, and Yun'er took things with their hands and feet, and cleaned up all the debris on the ground. At this time, Chen Lan returned to the Jiang family and stood still, but reached out and gently pressed on the back of his mother-in-law's shoulder, and helped the person to sit down.

"Is Patriarch Jiang really sure that he will find my father-in-law?"

"Naturally!" The old patriarch Jiang was overjoyed, and then said nonsense, "If you don't have diamonds, you won't do that porcelain job!" Since I said it, I naturally have my certainty. Haining County Lord, I won't tell you, the current situation is already very bad, the patrol press Yu Shi Zhou Taitong and the governor Cao Yu Shi Lin Zhishan are on the book, and even the Yangzhou Fan Governor has been piggybacked, and those students of Jinling Academy are also ready to move, not to mention the other people in the Jiangnan officialdom, the two governors who do not hum or ha, as well as Pingjiang Bo Fanghan and Nanjing garrison Xu Yang, are all planning to see the wind and rudder. At this moment, the sooner people come back, the more ...... hope of a natural comeback."

"Enough, I see."

Chen Lan interrupted the old patriarch Jiang's gushing words, and then lowered his body and whispered two words in the ear of his mother-in-law Jiang. The old patriarch Jiang on the other side saw that the Jiang clan's originally clenched fist suddenly loosened, and the expression on his face seemed to be a little subtle, so he also sat down, showing a little triumph on his face.

"Patriarch Jiang, please go back first, there are some mountains, I still have to sum it up with my mother-in-law."

"Well, such a big matter, it should be discussed again, but the matter is urgent, and the county lord of Wanwang Haining should not hesitate for too long. If you get it one day earlier, you can have the result one day earlier, it's just a marriage book, compared to the "What is the difference of a hundred times?" ”

Seeing that the old patriarch Jiang was stunned for a moment, he immediately stood up with a smile, dropped such a sentence and strode out of the house, to see where there was the slightest sign of illness in the previous rumors" Chen Lan couldn't help but pinch the back of Jiang's chair. When the voice outside gradually lowered, she threw a look at Zhuang's mother, and when she exited the door in a knowing way, she gently hugged Jiang's arm.

"Mother, don't worry."

"It's all because I only remember the old grudges of the year, even if it's false and wronged, but I just can't let go of this grudge!" Jiang's shoulders, which were still strong just now, slumped down, his eyes were red, his hands were supported on the high table next to him, and his voice was full of exhaustion and self-blame" "He was able to do such a thing back then, and it is not strange that he jumped out at this time...... Ah Lan, you can't promise him, otherwise with this in-law, he can stick it like a maggot on the tarsal bone! ”

"Mother" I'm not stupid, how could I easily sell my future son, or sell my uncle? Chen Lan hugged Jiang's shoulders and said softly, "He thought that this trip was nine out of ten, but he didn't know that he was too full of words" gave me a lot of news.

He kept saying that the promise of finding people "naturally really knows that the uncle is all right", otherwise what kind of marriage certificate and what kind of concubine, wouldn't it be empty? And I can guarantee that the disappearance of Shuquan "has an inseparable relationship with him." As long as we give this marriage certificate, as soon as Uncle Quan shows up, "he will immediately spread the news." In addition, he probably thought that he was pinching Shuquan's handle, and when the time came, Shuquan would have to admit it if he didn't recognize it, and we would have to swallow this marriage even if we knocked out our teeth. ”

"How dare he be so daring? Don't say that Dali is a big rebellion, he is not afraid that the Jiang family's concubine will pass through the door in the future, and the day will be difficult? The Jiang family gritted her teeth with hatred, and as soon as the words came out, she suddenly thought of the girl who was determined to refuse to remarry, and then died within a few years of being married out of the clan, and the result was that the Jiang family got several big deals, and she unconsciously clenched her fist and slammed it on the handrail, "What he wants is only his in-laws, and forgive us for not letting people die in three or five years, and using this in-law relationship to gain a firm foothold in Jiangnan............ Good calculation, good calculation, if I let him become, I say......"

Jiang Shi was stuck for a while, snorted angrily, and finally calmed down after a long time: "You just used a delaying strategy?" ”

"Since he has gained power, he thinks that the life of Jiang Shiro and Mrs. Jiang will not be so easy, at this time, as long as we pull them, the result will be very different. Eshiro still has a way, he will always come here. However, even if Shuquan's affairs are related to this patriarch, he is at most a small role, but the more this is the case, the more he can't let it go easily. During the period when he was in charge of the Jiang clan, if he did what he did to his mother back then, he didn't know how strict he was, and this time he was so arrogant, if he didn't let him deserve it, how could he be fair! ”

Except for the third uncle Chen Ying back then, Chen Lan has never hated a person so much. is such a bad old man who is dying, he made such a trip behind his back at a critical moment, causing the situation to slide to an almost uncontrollable point, and he is insatiable and insatiable, how can she let go of such a shameless and hateful person!

"That uncle is ......"

"Mother, don't worry. Since you have guessed such a thing and stared at it closely, are you still afraid that there will be no result? Saying this, Chen Lan secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Since people are not injured, then, thinking about Yang Jinzhou is not sitting still!

"Good, good!" Jiang leaned back on the chair and couldn't move for a while, "With the same surname as such a person, I really panicked when I thought about it!" If he can have the end he deserves, I will admit that my life will be reduced by ten years! ”

"Mother!" Chen Lan covered Jiang's mouth angrily, and then smiled, "How can you curse yourself for such an irrelevant person?" Look at it, the day when he will do it to himself is not far off! ”

When the Jiang family was handed over to Zhuang's mother, Chen Lan went out. From Hongying's mouth, she learned that Changdi had instructed Xiao Ding to quietly follow the old patriarch Jiang before she went out, and she was in a hurry to contact the people left behind by her stepmother, Princess Anguo, she nodded, thought thoughtfully, and then added another sentence.

"In this way, send a message to the Hou Shi of Zhendong again, and ask him to help pay attention to the movements of the Jiang family. They must know something, and if they start from there, they will definitely be able to know the movements of King Jing and Shuquan