This season's spring silkworm harvest is good, and the quality of the Jili dry scripture made is also exceptionally good, and it has just been transported to the sixteen-shop wharf and divided by merchants from all over the world. Liu Yong's raw silk was given to Mr. Serov.

Mr. Serov brought Tang Yanghe's letter, in which he wrote that everything was fine with An Lan and An Jiang, and that they were now arranged to study in a church school, and that Tang Yanghe had personally taught them the Four Books and the Five Classics, and that An Lan was diligent and studious, and that he was quite motivated; An Jiang also began to enlighten, learned foreign dialect quickly, and was the most able to integrate into the French children's circle, making many children. Tang Yanghe also said in the letter that he had expanded the market around France, and that the supply of the Jili Ganjing exceeded demand, so that Liu Yong wanted to increase production. He also asked about the situation in Nanxun after the pacification of the Taiping Army, as well as the safety of Liu Yong's family.

Liu Yong also wrote a letter back, and Mr. Toselov brought it back to Tang Yanghe.

Liu Yong told Tang Yanghe: The Liu family is quite calm for the time being. But An Lan and An Jiang are not suitable to come back yet, please ask Tang Yanghe to discipline them strictly. As for the output of Jili Ganjing, he has discussed with his colleagues in the Silk Industry Association, preparing to purchase raw silk from the Hangjiahu silk production area, and then reprocess it into "Jili Ganjing" after grading and finishing, and after the sample comes out, he will ask someone to take it to France.

Although Liu Yong always told his mother that he sent An Lan and An Jiang to France for training, it was for the convenience of doing business with foreigners in the future. But Liu Yongniang always felt that it was not a taste for her grandson not to be around. has been urging Liu Yong to bring the children back to Nanxun as soon as possible.

Liu Yongniang said: Your father said when he was alive that you couldn't afford to study when you were a child because of your poor family, so he was extremely sorry in his heart, he nagged me several times, and his grandson must let them study hard in the future, and come back with a fame, so that they can really glorify their ancestors for the Liu family, otherwise no matter how much money they make, they will not be useful.

Liu Yong smiled and said: Who said that money is not useful? If the money is not used, how did you get the five qualities of life?

Liu Yongniang pouted and said: It's still different, the last time Dong Ge returned to his hometown, Mrs. Dong invited guests to her hometown in Linghu, and invited all the ladies in Huzhou.

Liu Yong asked strangely: What's wrong?

Liu Yongniang said: Although I am the same as others are Mrs. Fate, but others are rewarded because of their son's official status, speaking of their own sons, they are all proud, they privately say that I am paid to buy the fate, in fact, I have no taste for this meal.

Liu Yong smiled and said: You don't care what they do, their sons who are officials may not all rely on fame, maybe they are also officials who spend money. As long as you have money, it's not easy to buy an official?

Liu Yongniang said half-jokingly and half-seriously: Then you also go and donate an official to be an official.

Liu Yong quipped: Isn't I, the head of Lanling Guanglu Temple, an official?

Liu Yongniang was amused by her son and said: What kind of "sesame mung bean official" are you, you have a fart.

Liu Yong saw that his mother was happy, so he took advantage of the excitement and said: Mom, our house has been almost repaired, and we are asking the gardener to plant trees in the yard these days, I will take you to see what you still have ideas, what to plant, and it is still too late.

Liu Yongniang said with great interest: Okay, call your aunt, let's go over and have a look.

Liu Yong took his mother and aunt into the new house to watch, the new house was built on the base of the original house and bought about 20 acres of land next to it.

Because the south side is the wall, they enter from the north side of the door, only to see a square courtyard into the door, the north side of the courtyard is a row of corridors, through the corridor to the main hall, which shows the grandeur of the mansion, the front yard hall is connected, upstairs and downstairs there are more than 20 rooms, the most wonderful thing is that the backyard is a red brick French Western building, please French craftsmen design, all the materials are also from France. From the outside of the wall door, it looks like an ordinary house, and you can't see the hidden mysteries inside.

My aunt sighed: Ah Yong, you are too good at hiding, such a big house, the palace is nothing more than that.

Liu Yongniang said: Ah Yong has a far-sighted vision, this house can live for generations of children and grandchildren.

Liu Yong smiled and said: Mom, you said that you like to live in a western-style building, so your son built this western-style building according to your wishes, and you can sit on this terrace in the future to bask in the sun and enjoy the breeze, and there is a pavilion in the garden in front of the western-style building, usually you can chat with your aunt and them in it, and look at the flowers.

Xiao Ju Niang said enviously: Ah Yong is really filial.

Liu Yongdao: Auntie, don't go back to Jiaxing, although my father is gone, but our Liu family is still your maiden home, you can accompany my mother to care for the elderly in our family.

Xiao Ju Niang's face bloomed with joy, and she smiled: Thanks to your filial piety, then I will also be blessed.

Liu Yongniang walked around the house and said: The house is meant to be lived, but the two grandsons are not coming back, Dongmei and Qiumei are about to go out, such a big house, are we two old women living with you?

Liu Yong could hear something in his mother's words. Seeing that his mother was about to urge him to marry again, he immediately felt that his head was big, he winked at his aunt, Xiao Juniang understood, pulled Liu Yongniang and said: Sister-in-law, let's go over and see, what kind of tree is planted over there? Look at this breed like Nanxun is not common.

Liu Yong saw the opportunity and quickly slipped away, and when Liu Yongniang turned around and disappeared from her son, she said angrily: His aunt, look at my son, he is deliberately unable to get along with me.

Xiao Ju Niang persuaded: Sister-in-law, you can be content. Who else in this town is more blessed than you? There are some things that you don't need to worry about, and it's useless for you to worry about them.

Liu Yongniang said: A family does not have a housewife, no matter how good it is, it doesn't look like a home.

Xiao Ju Niang said: This is also true. My nephew is still young, and he is busy with business, so he has to be taken care of at home. These matchmakers are unreliable, so we should ask others to pay attention to them.

The sister-in-law went home to plan and decided to step up the search for a daughter-in-law for Liu Yong, and personally went out to visit relatives and friends to inquire who had a suitable girl.

After the unremitting visit of the aunt and sister-in-law, they finally found two girls, one is the sister of the Wangju family in Xundong, and the other is the Miss Pan family who runs a dyeing workshop in Huzhou. Both of them delayed their marriage due to the war, and they are about the same age as Xiaoju, so it is appropriate to ask eight characters.

That night, Liu Yong was really pestered, and he said that he got out of bed early with a headache and planned to go to Shanghai early the next morning to hide for a while.

Liu Yongniang and Xiao Juniang discussed in the house whether the sister of the Wang Ju family was suitable or the Miss Pan family was wishful, they each had their own reasons and argued.

Suddenly, there was a violent knock on the door outside the house, Liu Yongniang asked the maid Hongfeng to go out to have a look, Hongfeng opened the door, and saw a team of officials standing at the door with torches.

Before Hongfeng could ask, the officials broke into the gate of the silk shop.

The head of the government stood in the courtyard and asked loudly: Where is Liu Yong? Come out!

Liu Yongniang and Xiao Juniang came out when they heard the sound and saw that the comer was not good. Liu Yongniang said loudly: I am the five-grade edict canonized by the imperial court, who dares to be so presumptuous and shout in my house?

The head of the government sneered: The prince is guilty of the same crime as the people. I was ordered by Lord Zhentai to arrest Liu Yong.

Liu Yongniang asked: My son has just been rewarded by the imperial court, what law did he commit, what crime did he commit? How can there be no reason not to make it clear?

The head of the official said: You ask me, who do I ask? I'm just a routine and I catch the culprits. Let Liu Yong come out quickly, otherwise he will have to search, and then the crime will be increased by one degree.

Seeing this, Xiao Juniang hurriedly stuffed the silver into the hands of the head of the officials, and when the head of the officials saw the silver, he softened his face and said: Someone reported to Lord Zhentai that Liu Yong had fornicated "spears" in the past, and also transported guns to them, which is a heinous crime, and your Liu family is probably going to suffer a big crime.

Liu Yongniang and Xiao Juniang were dumbfounded when they heard that Liu Yong helped the "spear" transport guns, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day. They also know what a sin it is.

At this time, Liu Yong heard movement in the house, and he hurriedly dressed up and walked towards the officials. This scene appeared in his mind I don't know how many times, but when it did come, it was not as panicked as he imagined.

Liu Yong saw the panicked and helpless appearance of his family, his heart was full of pain, he kowtowed to his mother three times, and said with a reluctant smile: Mom, the marriage of Dongmei and Qiumei depends on you, you let them marry as soon as possible. Don't let An Lan and An Jiang return to China. Take care of yourself.

Liu Yong begged Xiao Juniang again: Auntie, my mother will ask you to take care of it.

After Liu Yong instructed his family, he said to the head of the government: "Master, let's go."

As soon as Liu Yong was taken away, Liu Yongniang fainted and fell to the ground. Dongmei, Qiumei, Xiaoju and Xiaoju Niang cried together, and they all had no ideas.

Qiu Xiancha heard the news in the house, and immediately rushed to Liu Shunheng Silk Line, he instructed the housekeeper to call Langzhong to treat Liu Yongniang, and when Liu Yongniang woke up, Qiu Xiancha said to the ladies of the Liu family: You are not impatient, and it is useless for you to be in a hurry. Father-in-law Gu also specially wrote a letter, and Liu Qian and I only went to ask Lord Chen, the political envoy of Hangzhou, about the situation, and then said, maybe there is still room for things to turn around.

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Qiu Xiancha and Liu Qiang rushed to the Yamen of Hangzhou's political envoy, Lord Chen was not surprised by Qiu Xiancha's arrival, he went straight to the point and said: The virtuous nephew is here for Liu Yong's business, right?

Qiu Xiancha knelt down and saluted: Shibo, my brother Liu Yong must have been wronged, please be clear.

Lord Chen said: But Liu Yong has already confessed, and he admitted that he had provided 200 spears to the gambling king Huang Wenjin.

Qiu Xiancha said: Shibo, my righteous brother Liu Yong and King Blocking have a common enmity, how can he help those "spears"? There must be something strange about this.

Liu Qian also kowtowed and argued: Yes, my lord! The "spear" burned down the Liu family's house, and also arrested the Liu family and put them in prison, he hated it every time he mentioned it, how could he send them guns? I have always been by my brother's side, and I can testify that there was no such thing as a spear being given to the "spear".

Master Chen put his hands behind his back, wiped his beard with his hands, and said: In this way, it is a bit strange, but Liu Yong is not a cowardly person, if he didn't do it, why did he confess before he was tortured?

Qiu Xiancha begged: Shibo, my brother-in-law once funded the imperial court to fight against the "spear", how could he fornicate the "spear", it doesn't make sense.

Master Chen muttered: This is true. Liu Yong was also rewarded by me when he reported to the imperial court. But as soon as this incident came out, I was also panicked in my heart, and now Zhentai is not a good talker, and his political views are different from mine, if there is no full evidence, I am helpless. All I can do now is to wait for the case file to be submitted by the Yamen, and then I will temporarily press it for a few days to see if there is any new evidence before I can make another theory.

Qiu Xiancha was convinced of Lord Chen's words, and he also knew that whether it was because of his cousin's uncle, Gu's father-in-law and Lord Chen's friendship, or Lord Chen's own face, as long as there was a trace of leeway, he would not care.

Qiu Xiancha and Liu Qian had no choice but to stay temporarily, they went to the Yamen of the Si Si every day to inquire about the news, and stuffed a lot of silver, but they still didn't see Liu Yong.

A few days later, the Yamen of the Emperor presented the case file to Mr. Chen, who carefully read the case file and saw that Liu Yong's confession was written in great detail. There are many doubts. In Liu Yong's confession, the part of dealing with the king is very detailed, but the part about how he bought a gun at the Shanghai Shiliupu Wharf is vague. Master Chen keenly thought that the king was dead, and there was no right symptom, so Liu Yong could naturally make it up, but the people who trafficked arms in the 16th shop in Shanghai were still there, so Liu Yong did not dare to confess in too much detail, otherwise it would be easy to be exposed.

What makes Master Chen puzzled is that this matter is not trivial, once the case is established, it will not only be a crime of murder, but also affect the family. Since it wasn't Liu Yong who did it, why was he so eager to confess? There are countless cases to try by yourself, and there must be a mystery in them.

Lord Chen summoned Qiu Xiancha and asked about Liu Yong's family.

Qiu Xiancha said: My brother-in-law's father has passed away, the old mother of the family is more than 60 years old, and the two daughters have been married, but they have not yet left the cabinet. The two sons, though still young, have already gone to France.

Lord Chen high-fived and said: What a scheming Liu Yong, it seems that he has been mentally prepared and is just waiting for this day.

Qiu Xiancha was puzzled.

Master Chen explained: According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, Liu Yong committed a capital crime, and the adult men in the family will be guilty of the same crime, and the female dependents and minor men will be punished as official slaves. However, according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, the female dependents of criminals who are over 60 years old will not be prosecuted, and the daughters of those who have already been married to other families will not be held accountable regardless of whether they are out of the cabinet or not, and the only two sons who may be involved have also been sent abroad by him, and the whip is beyond his reach. He's so meticulously arranged.

Qiu Xiancha seemed to have three points of suspicion in his heart, Hong Ying borrowed 10,000 yuan from him at that time, what goods were loaded on the ship is still a mystery, is it related to this matter?

The matter was deadlocked, Qiu Xiancha instructed Liu Qian to go back to Nanxun first to report the news, Liu Qian knew the severity, and listened to the words, saying that Lord Chen promised to find a way to rescue Liu Yong, so that Liu Yongniang, Dongmei, and Qiumei could rest assured.

Liu Qian said with relief: Master Chen said that in ten and a half days at most, the matter will be clear.

Liu Yongniang fell ill, Xiao Juniang also suffered from heartache, and Dongmei and Qiumei also had no master.

Colleagues came to the Silk Industry Association to inquire about Liu Yong's situation, but if Qiu Xiancha didn't come back, no one knew the real situation, and everyone could only be anxious.

On this day, Hong Ying suddenly came in.

When Dongmei saw Hong Ying coming in, she threw herself into Hong Ying's arms and cried.

Dongmei said with a crying voice: Mom......

Hong Ying covered Dongmei's mouth, waved her hand and said: Don't cry, I know everything. Don't worry, your dad will be fine.

Hong Ying helped Dongmei wipe away her tears and said, "Take me to see your mother."

Dongmei took Hong Ying into Liu Yongniang's room, Hong Ying stepped forward and called softly: Old lady, are you better?

Liu Yongniang opened her eyes and saw Hong Ying, she was angry, and threw the medicine bowl next to the bed at her, Hong Ying turned to one side, and the medicine bowl shattered on the ground.

Hong Ying hurriedly said: Niangniang, what are you doing?

Liu Yongniang pointed at Hong Ying and scolded: You, you broom star, fox spirit, you brought a catastrophe to my son, you get out of here!

Hong Ying stood on the side, unable to say half a word, and could only be bored there with a stomach full of grievances.

Xiao Ju rushed to hear the movement, and she was also taken aback when she saw that it was Hong Ying.

Hong Ying often came over with her mother when she was in Xiaoju in the Liu family, and she was also familiar with each other, but she hadn't seen each other for many years, and they had changed from each other, especially Xiaoju, who was only a teenage girl at the time, and now she has become a dignified and generous woman.

Xiao Ju picked up the medicine bowl on the ground and persuaded Liu Yongniang: Why are you making such a big fire? I'm not afraid of hurting my body.

Liu Yongniang saw Xiaoju coming to persuade her, and stopped squeaking.

Xiao Ju winked at Dongmei and motioned for her and Hong Ying to come out.

When the three of them arrived at the next room, Xiao Ju asked, "Sister Hong Ying, why are you here?"

Hong Yingdao: I heard that something happened to my lord, so I came over to see what happened.

Xiao Ju sighed: Although I don't know what happened between you and my cousin, but at this time, you can think of the Liu family, and I will lead you for him.

Hong Ying looked at Xiao Juli's family, as if she was already the head of the Liu family. She took Xiao Ju's hand and said: Sister Xiao Ju, I was not qualified to say this, but I still want to tell you with a thick face, the old lady and the children will please take care of you.

Xiao Judao: That's a matter of course, as it should be.

Hong Yingdao: You tell the old lady and let her rest assured that the old man will definitely be fine. patted the back of Xiaoju's hand again, and said solemnly: Please believe me.

Hong Ying took care of Dongmei again, took care of her mother, and also took care of herself. Then he left Liu Shunheng without looking back.