Chapter 141: Guarding and Stealing
At the beginning of the lanterns, there was a dignified atmosphere in the supposed clean Fushou Temple.
Xia Yihai sat beside the old lady with great dignity, Xia Qianwei stood meekly with Aunt Su, and Xia Changfeng stood quietly and upright in the corner, Aunt Ruan is now crazy and guarded in the Shuangshu Courtyard, Xia Qing has no support, even if there are many maidservants around her, it still makes her lonely figure look extremely thin.
At this time, Aunt Du had already stepped in with Xia Heng, her eyes glanced at the bowl of decoction on the table, which had already been cooled, and the calm on her face was not very real, but the sixth young master lowered his head and looked stiff and restrained.
"Are they all here?"
The old lady's voice was a little hoarse, and she saw that Mama Lei was respectfully helping her to carry her back, as if something had happened that made her angry.
For a while, everyone looked at each other, no one noticed that the hand in Xia Heng's sleeve was trembling slightly, he never thought that Xia Yihai would return home today, since he saw his father's feet uncontrollably soft, this old problem has not been changed, so now there is an urge to run away.
And he soon felt a different kind of gaze fall on him, and subconsciously raised his eyes, and a beautiful face fell into his eyes without warning, which made his nerves tense.
That's, that's ...... Third sister?!
In the two days after returning to Beijing, he did hear a friend talk about his third sister, and he was slightly drunk at that time, thinking that these people were making fun of the Xia family, so he didn't take it to heart.
I didn't expect it to be true, the third sister's face was ......
Xia Heng couldn't help but swallow his saliva, the faint smile on Xia Qianwei's face at the moment actually made him feel a chill inexplicably rising from the soles of his feet, this indescribable feeling was extremely weird, as if he was in a dream.
"Back to the old lady's words, everyone is together. ”
Mama Lei responded, and the old lady then took a deep breath and looked around, her disappointed eyes swept everyone's expressions, "It is said that there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, I really didn't expect that my old bones would live to this age, and they would also start to be disgusting and unsightly!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed, and Xia Yihai frowned, "What did my mother say...... Who's upsetting you again?"
As the day of the feast of the Four Kingdoms approached, the military generals of the Chinese courtiers of the DPRK became more and more busy, and he had just finished dealing with the affairs of the army when he received a message from the government, and he did not know what had happened.
I saw that the old lady smiled without warmth, and then gave Xia Qianwei a look.
Everyone saw the third lady pick up the bowl of soup, pick up a ginseng in it and cut it into several sections, and distributed it to several aunts and young masters present.
"The sixth brother's face is not very good, but he is not feeling well?"
Xia Qianwei's footsteps stood still in front of Xia Heng, and the other party reacted after a long time, feeling the strange eyes around him, he replied in a panic, "No, it's nothing." ”
This delicate face was a little pale at some point, he pretended to be calm and wiped his forehead with his sleeve, but the hand holding the ginseng trembled badly, fortunately, Aunt Du buckled his wrist in time, so as not to behave too embarrassed.
Xia Yihai immediately tasted it, but the next second, his face changed greatly and he vomited.
"Bastard! what is this......
And the others also showed bitter faces, where is this ginseng, a strong earthy smell and dryness, everyone finally understood the reason why the old lady was angry, her ginseng decoction was replaced by an unknown tree root, it was unbelievable!
"Who did it?Shouldn't Sister Su give us an explanation?" Aunt Du opened her mouth first, she slowly stood up with a look of righteous indignation, "Sister Su has only been in charge of the family for a few days, and such a thing happened, if you don't investigate strictly, how can you be worthy of the trust of the old lady and the general?!"
Xia Heng was taken aback by Aunt Du's actions, she wished she would be forgotten in the corner, she was good......
Aunt Su trembled, and knelt down against Xia Yihai's gloomy gaze, "The concubine doesn't know what's going on, obviously the pharmacy has a record of receiving it every day......"
"Sister Su, don't you think that you can be fooled without knowing a word? This shows that you don't take the old lady to heart at all, maybe someone is guarding and stealing it? After all, this ginseng has such a good effect, it must be extremely nourishing for the eldest young master's body, right?"
Everyone immediately understood what Aunt Du meant, and she suspected that the ginseng was taken advantage of by Aunt Su to change the day!
"Aunt Du's words should also have evidence. Xia Changfeng frowned and helped, he didn't think Aunt Su was such a person.
"The second young master is kind-hearted, I'm afraid I don't know the sinister way of this world! Then let the general order to search the whole mansion, there will always be a piece of water!" Aunt Du's eyes were shining, and Xia Heng saw her confident appearance, and his heart gradually relaxed.
The medicinal herbs in her house that have not yet been sold must have been dealt with by her aunt, and she is planning to make Aunt Su and her eldest brother take the blame!
Xia Heng instantly guessed what she had done, and a brilliance gradually appeared in her eyes.
Wonderful, that's a great trick!
can not only take away the power of Aunt Su's family, but also make the eldest young master never turn over, this is Aunt Du's wishful thinking!
"Aunt Du is right, or should you do a good search, is Aunt Su willing?"
Xia Qianwei's soft voice sounded, like a spring breeze blowing through Aunt Su's aggrieved and trembling heart, she gradually calmed down and wiped away her tears and raised her head, "The concubine is willing." ”
Soon, Xia Yihai's people began to search inside and out, and the subordinates who were in charge of decocting medicine for the old lady also knelt in the hall, and at this moment, a frightened voice suddenly sounded from the corner.
"The slave is guilty! beg the old lady to punish her!"
I saw Xian Rong rushing out without warning, and fell at the feet of the old lady, and slapped herself hard!
The old lady looked at the maidservant who was transferred from her courtyard suspiciously, "Xianrong, what are you doing here?"
"The slave is guilty, and she shouldn't be blinded by Aunt Su's overtures, that ginseng ...... It was the maidservant who took it......"
What the?!
Before everyone could react, they saw her take out a small packet of ginseng slices from her sleeve and hand it out, Xia Yihai took it and took a look, it was really the wild ginseng that was like a fake!
"You, you're spewing blood! When did I let you do that?"
Aunt Su suddenly panicked, but she had never been good at arguing, so she could only let that Xian Rong snatch the words at this moment.
I saw the originally well-behaved maid looking at the simple woman with an indignant look, and every word was clearly transmitted to everyone's ears.
"Aunt Su saw that this wild ginseng was very valuable, so she moved her mind. She promised to let the eldest young master take the slave maid as a concubine in the future, and the slave maid was confused for a while and went astray! In addition to ginseng, she also asked the slave maid to steal the old lady's Ganoderma lucidum bird's nest and red ginseng, and said, ......"
Xia Yihai's eyes were already full of storms, "What else are you talking about?!"
"It also said that the old lady has a bad sense of taste and is confused, and she must not be able to drink it if she changes the root of the tree to make soup, and she is old, so she doesn't need these supplements at all, leave it to the eldest young master to recuperate, so that he can take over the general's ......mansion in the future."
As soon as the words fell, everyone gasped.