Bai Yongchun naturally didn't believe that there was anything else in the world such as the world report and the curse of heaven in the past. But lately he's been so unlucky. It seems that since Bai Xiyun got married, the life of their Bai family has not stopped. Now even the ancestral hall has been burned, and there are no tablets left. If this is not a curse, Bai Yongchun himself can't believe it.

But what can be done now?

Bai Yongchun's face became so heavy for the first time today.

And Bai Xidui looked at his father like this, and couldn't find the words to persuade him.

He felt that the Bai family was going to die. Sooner or later, it will be destroyed in Bai Yongchun's hands.

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In the grange, Qi Miao and Bai Xiyun had a good night's sleep.

As soon as she got up the next morning, Yulian talked back and forth in the house, and said with a smile: "Lord Hui, madam, the cattle and sheep outside have been sent away." ”

Qi Miao was sitting in front of the makeup, facing the bronze mirror, and Binglian served her to comb her hair, and couldn't help but smile when she heard the words: "It's finally quiet." Who did it?"

I don't know, but I know that early in the morning, those people moved and hurriedly drove away the cattle and sheep, and even the ground was cleaned, as if those cattle and sheep had never appeared nearby. ”

Qi Miao looked at Bai Xiyun, who was wiping his face with a basket, from the mirror, and said with a smile: "It can be seen that the orders of His Royal Highness King De played a role yesterday." ”

"It's not that stupid enough for them to be. The ancestral hall is on fire, where is the extra experience to do anything else?"

It was already snowing heavily outside the house, and when Xiao Liuzi saw Qi Miao come out, he hurriedly covered the prepared oil-paper umbrella on Qi Miao's head, and said, "Thank you Mrs. Bai for making a special trip, the slave has already instructed someone to prepare a small sedan chair for you to travel." ”

"It's hard to work and worry about it. Qi Miao smiled and thanked her, although she was reluctant to live here, but it was snowing, and she was also worried that she would fall and bump into it if she was careless, which was not good for the child. is to thank you and get on the sedan chair.

Xiao Liuzi sent people out of the door all the way, and then turned back to the house.

Carefully observing the face of the third prince, he saw that he was really much more energetic, and it was not the appearance of the anxious white face just now, so he immediately put his mind at ease and talked to the third prince with a smile.

Qi Miao returned to the courtyard and saw Bai Xiyun wearing a black cotton cloak, holding an umbrella to come out. Guan Junyan was whispering something on the side.

Seeing the little sedan chair coming in, both of them raised their eyes to look here.

Qi Miao laughed, first thanked the little waiter who carried the sedan chair, and then instructed Yulian to reward them with silver shells.

"A few fathers-in-law have worked hard, and this little money invites a few people to eat wine and warm up. ”

The little waiter took it happily, thanked him with a smile and retired.

Bai Xiyun said, "I was just about to pick you up." How is the Third Highness?"

"Your Royal Highness is very good. It was only a little stinging from the wound, so I was told to go over and take a look. Qi Miao said with a smile.

"That's good. Bai Xiyun helped Qi Miao's hand up the steps, and the two looked at each other and smiled, and the thoughts hidden in each other's hearts converged in the depths of their eyes.

There are some things that can only be said quietly by going back that there is not only one family living in this garden.

Inside the house, Qi Miao and Bai Xiyun sat down on the kang near the window in the inner room, and Yulian retreated after serving tea.

When there were only two people left in the house, Qi Miaocai smiled and said, "It's nothing, don't worry." ”

She couldn't tell me that she had broken the rabbit's leg for the experiment, so she had to say: "The third prince doesn't remember what he told me, but now that he is sober, he doesn't want to tell the matter of the eagle calling the horse." ”

"I see. Bai Xiyun smiled and shook his head: "The third prince is really not a person who is good at planning, I think the strategy of the fourth prince is too crude, but now that I look at the third prince, I think that the fourth prince is a few points better than him." ”

"In wisdom, it is difficult to achieve great things if you are not right. Qi Miao obviously didn't like the insidious nature of the four princes, "Besides, if the four princes are really powerful, they won't do such things that people can find out at a glance, so his methods are just like that." ”

Both of them were silent.

In fact, they have the same thing in mind.

The real right wrist and scheming is the second prince, and his kind of person who calculates people and does not leave the slightest clue is the real power. Now they are brothers standing in a trench, and they can't make them feel at ease, and if there is a real conflict of interest, they don't know what to do.

Qi Miao is not very familiar with the prince, and he has known him for a short time, so he has no friendship.

It's Bai Xiyun, after all, he grew up with the second prince since he was a child, who would have thought that such a thing would happen now, the two would swap identities, and there is such a big relationship, once the second prince knows the truth, the consequences will be unimaginable. Even if the second prince didn't know the truth, only suspicion was enough to make Bai Xiyun drink a pot. What can't a person like the second prince do?

Qi Miao didn't know if the second prince had a heart as sinister and filthy as Zhang's and the old lady's under that gentle skin, and he didn't know if he would follow his father Bai Yongchun.

Thinking about the head of the Bai family, Qi Miao felt panicked in her heart, fortunately, they are out of the house now, they don't have to be in front of the Zhang family, and they don't have to look at the old lady's face, otherwise they won't be alive and dead?

Within a few days, the preparations for returning to Beijing were all ready. The second prince led people to arrange it, and tried to be foolproof. When this group left Beijing, they were all happy and proud, and they were trying to figure out how to show off in front of the emperor. But when I went back, the atmosphere was depressing and heavy, making people feel breathless.

No wonder everyone is cautious. Of the three princes, only the second prince was as usual, the third prince had a broken leg and was placed in a carriage with a thick mattress, with special people to serve him, and Concubine Wu always ran back and forth to help.

The four princes, on the other hand, lived in simplicity all the way, except when necessary, for example, they would get off the bus when they had to relieve themselves, and they stayed in their carriages honestly the rest of the time, and they didn't talk or laugh when they saw people.

People who don't know think that he is worried about the affairs of the third prince and can't be interested.

Only he knows how deterrent the emperor's sentence "There is less noise on the road, and I have to squat in the car to reflect".

The four princes really squatted in the carriage all the way, and only when their legs were too numb, they would sit quietly on the side for a while.

At the same time, in the palace of Yasukuhou in Kyoto City, there was chaos.

"How can this be, so easy that the cattle and sheep have been delivered according to the scheduled time, it is cold and snowy outside, where is the person who ordered the goods?"

Zhang also said: "That's right, the matter was discussed well that day, didn't Master Hou say that Steward Zhang left the address of someone's house there, and there are handwritten documents, why is it that everyone has gone to the empty building now!"

The old lady urged Yao's mother: "Are you going to the outer courtyard to have a look...... Forget it, you just tell the surnamed Zhang not to go, and my wife and I will go over. ”

Yao's mother was busy, but in the winter, her head was full of sweat.

How could such a thing happen! The pastures in the northwest have driven all the cattle and sheep here, but there is no one to be found here! The 5,000 cows and 7,000 sheep are still freezing cold outside on a snowy day!

rushed to the study in the outer courtyard, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard Bai Yongchun's roar from inside the house.

"Fart, fart, bart, how dare you say that you can't find this person, this person has written this name in black and white, and wrote his Zhou Shan's name, why do you say that there is no such person now!"

Hou Ye was angry, the old slave, the old slave didn't know what was going on! Hou Ye had instructed the old slave to go around shopping, and the cattle and sheep were all purchased and sent for delivery, and the old slave complied, who knew that when he arrived in Kyoto these days, he went to the original courtyard, and the building was already empty, and he couldn't find the big shopkeeper at all, even the boss of Zhou Shan was gone. This...... Master Hou, you have to think about it, this cow and sheep have wasted a lot of effort when they come from the pasture, 5,000 cows, 7,000 sheep, and they have to think of food and shelter in the cold weather, they can't freeze to death and starve to death, but they need a place for the boss, where is there a place near Kyoto City to store these livestock......"

"Bastard, bastard! We've accepted six thousand taels of deposit, there's no reason why we can't find anyone!"

"Then Master Hou, are we, have we been deceived......"

"Let your mother's fart! The deposit of 6,000 taels was given to us, who has a problem, and they will run away if they give 6,000 taels for nothing?

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Yao's mother, who was standing in the yard, felt a chill down her spine when she heard it.

I don't know why, she just feels this way in her heart, the Bai family is definitely cheated!

Over the years, the Hou Ye has done a lot of things to tease cats and dogs outside, maybe when he offended some nobleman, there are people in the family who don't care about silver, and they take out a thousand taels of silver to tease them at will......

Thirty percent of the deposit is 6,000 taels, and they should have harvested a total of 20,000 taels of silver this time, except for those who eat horses, and the remaining profits are more than 10,000 taels......

The cattle and sheep are still in Kyoto! If there is no place to put them on hold, they still have to give the cattle and sheep food and drink, and they can't let the cattle and sheep freeze to death, even if they rush back to the pastures in the northwest, so many cattle and sheep, the Bai family's pasture can't store them. Moreover, to herd sheep and raise cattle, it is necessary to use labor, not only the cattle and sheep in the winter are silver, but also the people eat silver.

The Bai family is equivalent to spending money to find guilt for their own family. Although the other party gave a deposit of 6,000 taels of silver, if this deposit is to buy forage for cattle and sheep to eat in winter, I am afraid that it will be empty in less than a month. The rest is to dig out the Bai family's foundation and fill it in!

The sweat on Yao's mother's back soaked her clothes.

She wiped her face and hesitated not to enter the house immediately. Anyway, looking at this action, An Luhou and Steward Zhang will be arguing for a while, why should she go to the muzzle of the gun now?

After making up her mind, Yao's mother went out of the yard to pick up people.

Not long after, Lao Taijun and Zhang, as well as Bai Xiwan and Bai Xiyuan, all came.