As soon as they were reminded, as long as they were not stupid, they knew where the errands were important, and where the errands could be put aside for the time being, and everyone rushed to the outskirts of the city. Convinced that the outside of the grange where Bai Xiyun lived was "occupied" by herds of cattle and sheep, as soon as everyone discussed, they planned to go to the Anlu Marquis Mansion again.

I was discussing whether to go in and say hello to Lord Bai, but the gate of the Grange opened. Two young sons walked out of it, followed by a maidservant and a maid.

The two sons were of the same age, both in their early twenties, and of comparable height, the sturdy one was dressed in sable wool, wearing a hood of the same color, with a face like a crown of jade, and an elegant temperament. The other wore a ivory-white splendid cloak with a squirrel collar, and his face was delicate and handsome, but his body was thin and sickly pale.

The two of them came out talking and laughing, and they were stunned when they saw a few catchers in the distance between the cattle and sheep.

Then the elegant one gave a few words to the entourage beside him, and the entourage immediately saluted, and then shuttled through the herd of cattle and sheep with difficulty, and came to the very fast front.

"Hello brothers. "The little guy was young, about sixteen or seventeen years old, and his voice was very delicate, and he was still in the period of voice change, but his smile was very sincere, and he saluted in a thoughtful manner.

The catchers knew who lived in the manor, so they naturally didn't dare to slack off and were busy returning the courtesy.

"You were sent by Lord Yin Liu of Shuntian Mansion, right? His Royal Highness King De said that Brother Hard's work has been running for a few snowy days. He took out the money bag from his sleeve and handed it over, and said with a smile: "This is His Royal Highness King De, please take a sip of tea." ”

King Toku!

When a few people looked at the elegant man in the black mink coat again, their eyes were full of awe.

It turned out that it was the famous His Royal Highness King De.

Everyone hurriedly saluted from afar.

When the second prince saw this, he raised his hand and whispered to Bai Xiyun beside him: "It seems that Liu Tianming is an understanding person, and this dilemma can be solved today." ”

"Yes, I don't know what will happen to the Marquis of Anlu. From what I know about my father, he will never give up, every time he makes an accident himself, he will blame others, anyway, everything is someone else's fault, he is right for everything. ”

Bai Xiyun's tone was full of self-deprecation and helplessness.

The second prince was also a little embarrassed when he heard it.

Regardless of whether he disagrees with Bai Xiyun or not, even if he only looks at the best of the Bai family, Bai Xiyun is really pitiful.

The catchers had already listened to the order, and saluted the second prince again, and the catcher carefully accepted the reward from the second prince, and left quickly with people.

It wasn't until they left the suburbs and got into the carriage that several people breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"This Lord Bai's errand is really the first big errand, look at His Royal Highness King De knowing that their door is blocked by cattle and sheep, they all hurriedly came to visit and help relieve the siege. If we can't put it to an end. If one of us makes a fuss if we are careless, where will the emperor go, should we not be unlucky in Shuntianfu? At that time, some people will say that we can't stand the cattle and sheep, and we still want to arrest the criminals?"

"Exactly, if this mission is done well, if it is done well, it will be a great sin to do it. ”

Several people discussed in a low voice, and hurried to An Luhou's mansion.

The Bai family was gloomy.

Since the beef and mutton market in the capital is saturated, and the mutton and beef sold by the common people are tired of eating, An Luhou has a more affectionate name "frozen meat Hou" among the people, and if you want to eat cheap beef and mutton, you will find frozen meat Hou!

This is not a pompous and decent title, and the jokes of the common people have hurt Bai Yongchun's self-esteem.

He has smashed countless tea bowls at home these days, and Jin Xiangyuan can't find a complete set of tea sets to entertain guests.

And at this juncture, there are worse things waiting for him.

Because the family was in a hurry to use money, the Zhang family opened a warehouse to find some valuable utensils and planned to sell them - they couldn't see the old lady selling the shop for her daughter's marriage, which was on Chang'an Street, and the rent was not bad.

But when I opened the warehouse, I found that the two sets of heads and noodles brought back from Bai Xixi and Bai Xilan that day were missing.

Zhang took Mama Li to ask.

Mama Li didn't want to be charged with stealing, so she reminded softly: "I told my wife that day, and the head of the face was taken away by Master Hou." It is also recorded in the booklet. Then he turned over the account book and showed it to Zhang.

Zhang's family has been so anxious about the affairs at home these days that he forgot that Mama Li had never mentioned jewelry, and now he is guessing what Bai Yongchun is going to do with jewelry, so he didn't think about it, and his brows furrowed.

It happened that there was a little girl outside to talk back: "Back to Mrs. Hou's words, Master Hou said that he would go to the old lady this time, and he said where to use it for dinner, please Mrs. herself." ”

Not coming back for dinner!

Zhang's brows furrowed even tighter, and after biting his lower lip and thinking for a moment, Zhang said, "Come on, let's also go to Fairview Garden for dinner." ”

Bai Yongchun is not a thing, and Lao Taijun is not a thing. As a son, she doesn't know how to check when she is so old, and she doesn't know how to persuade her when she sees it, and she doesn't let her come to eat, can't she go? Just ask in front of his mother, what does that head mean.

Zhang took the grandmother and maidservant, and the group went to the upper courtyard in a mighty way.

The old lady was having dinner with Bai Yongchun.

As soon as Yao's mother gave Bai Yongchun a small bowl of ginseng chicken soup as instructed, the maidservant girl in the corridor said, "Madame is here." Then he opened the dark green Fushou continuous splendid warm curtain.

Zhang crossed the threshold and said with a smile: "What kind of delicious food does the old lady use, why don't you bring a daughter-in-law?"

The old lady hated Zhang's heart, she had seen her unreasonable style of acting too much over the years, and the guilt and pity for Zhang's because of the change of children in the early years had been completely consumed by Zhang's arrogance in recent days.

Therefore, Zhang's sentence of entering the door is almost cheerful, and when I hear it in the ears of the old lady, I feel particularly harsh and disliked.

"Sit down, it's as if you don't eat and drink on weekdays, and you haven't seen how many small stoves you steal to bring to your mother. Without waiting for the old lady to speak, Bai Yongchun had already sneered.

Zhang's face turned red, and he was so angry that he almost scolded Bai Yongchun on the spot.

However, today is a purpose, and before the question is asked, we can only endure.

In order to show filial piety, Zhang served the old lady Bucai on the side, and said with a smile: "Master Hou likes to laugh, I ate alone by myself that time? ”

The old lady rolled her eyes.

Bai Yongchun pursed his lips, and his contempt was self-evident.

The old lady felt that her son was filial to himself, and he was holding grievances for himself, so he said with a smile: "It's just a mouthful, I haven't seen anything, and I still care about a mouthful?"

Zhang's face turned red. I've seen a stupid person, but I've never seen a stupid person like Bai Yongchun who splashed dirty water on his daughter-in-law's face. In the past, I used to see other people's concubines and provoke them, but this time I can be regarded as a long insight, Bai Yongchun, a gentleman, will actually provoke the relationship between his daughter-in-law and her mother.

She wanted to wait for the end of the meal to ask Bai Yongchun, and she didn't care if the old lady would have indigestion in anger at this time, so she immediately sneered: "Master Hou, just now I counted the treasury, and I was going to find some valuable things to sell, and I exchanged silver to buy forage for your precious cattle and sheep. These ornaments are all for women's households, some of them are the ones I kept for my daughter when she went out of the cabinet, and the set of noodles was to be given to Sister Lan, now it's gone, I was in a hurry, I went to ask the person who recorded the accounts in the treasury, and found that these things were taken out by you in the past half a month. Master Hou, may I ask what are you going to do with these women's jewelry?"

Zhang's words, the old lady who said it was stunned.

All those who know Bai Yongchun's temperament have the same idea at this time - could it be that Hou Ye's old mistake has been committed again.

Yes, what can such a nostalgic guy do when he steals the jewelry from his wife's treasury?

Bai Yongchun's heart was turbulent, and sweat broke down his back.

In the past, whether he was outside the outer room, or Zhangtai was a horse, he was not afraid. Even if it is discovered, it's a big deal to listen to the mother-in-law at home cry and give some money to send the outer room.

But this time was different.

This time, he is not an ordinary outer room, but his own mother. is still a person who was abandoned by General Qi.

If it spreads, he will be pointed at and not mentioned, and he will be said that he picked up all the broken shoes that the general's family didn't want.

Thinking of this, Bai Yongchun's face turned cold, and he snorted: "It's just that I am short of money, so I took it out and sold it for some silver." ”

"Is it?" Zhang sneered: "Since it's a pawn, then you bring the pawn ticket." My mother's family gave me some self-care a few days ago, and I kept it for the elderly, so I took it out and took these jewelry back, and kept it for my daughter to add a box to the cabinet. Otherwise, wouldn't it be cheaper to pawnshop. ”

Bai Yongchun was speechless for a while.

Can these things given to the Miao family still have to be returned? It's nonsense in the first place, where did it come from?

"What's the matter, Master Hou doesn't care about the daughters?"

Bai Yongchun's face was extremely ugly.

The old lady can see a little bit of the way. How can his son not understand that Bai Yongchun's expression now is clearly taking things to the concubine outside. Nonsense to pawn, looking for a reason and not knowing a reliable reason, why does this man be so old and don't know how to worry.

The old lady didn't want her son to lose his dignity in front of his daughter-in-law, so he came forward to defend it: "Oh, when the tickets are all here, I'll go back and count them for you to send them." I will never treat Sister Lan and Sister Xi badly. ”

"Mother!"

If she really knows how to teach, how can she teach a shameless, greedy and ungrateful person like Bai Yongchun, who is so old and is about to hold her grandson, and the old lady still protects her!

"How bothered my mother. Zhang's attitude became very tough, and he said coldly: "Mother still handed over the pawn ticket to me, and I will deal with the affairs of Master Hou, I will see which pawnshop I put it in, and I can remember that if I lose something at home in the future, I will go to which pawnshop to find it." ”

When Zhang said this, it was clear that he didn't believe Bai Yongchun's words, and even the old lady's face was slapped together.

The old lady sank her face, and just as she was about to speak, a little girl outside rushed in in a panic, and shouted sharply under the corridor: "Old lady, it's not good! There are a lot of catchers outside, looking for Hou Ye!"

Catch fast?

When Bai Yongchun heard this, his face turned green. He hasn't done anything bad or broken the law, but he's gotten used to it over the years.

But after thinking about the recent events, he calmed down a little and said, "What are you anxious about, can you still eat people if you catch them quickly?" Maybe they found that Zhou Shan and came to report to me. ”

Bai Yongchun put down the dishes and chopsticks, rinsed his mouth, and walked quickly to the courtyard.

The old lady couldn't eat at this time, so she got up to go out with her, and Yao's mother hurriedly came forward to serve the old lady and put on a padded jacket.

Zhang snorted and followed.

The group stepped on the night lanterns and stepped on the snow to the outer courtyard, and saw Bai Yongchun talking to those catchers.

Bai Yongchun's face was full of astonishment: "What are you talking about? Did you Qingtian Lord let you come? Or did you make your own opinions? That grange is my son's grange, and my cattle and sheep have no place to put it, what's wrong with putting it in my son's grange? My son refuses to let me go, and you don't go to catch that unfilial son, but come here to ask me? Why, my son is not filial to me, or am I not a father?"

Hearing this, Zhang and Lao Taijun also understood. The two of them looked at each other, and both felt a little headache.

The two of them knew about the cattle and sheep being driven to the outside of the grange where Bai Xiyun lived, and they were against it at first.

But Bai Yongchun had to do this, to disgust and disgust Bai Xiyun, they didn't stop it, and if they felt harmless, they would do it with Bai Yongchun, so that he could find a place to vent his anger.

I didn't expect that the people in the yamen would come now.

Catcher said: "An Luhou, you are a noble person, naturally reasonable, those cattle and sheep are so many, and you have to take care of them manually, people eat horses and chew, how much money does it cost, you should also be sympathetic to Lord Bai, isn't it? Besides, wasn't Lord Bai expelled from the Bai family by you opening an ancestral hall? He was driven away, you don't care about him on weekdays, and now if you have something to help, say that he is your son, you do this, it seems that it is too much to say, even we little people can see it, I'm afraid that none of the people above can see it." ”

As he spoke, the catcher arched his hand in the direction of the palace.

It's not that he speaks impulsively, but that he has been instructed by His Royal Highness King De. Thinking about the emperor's Bai Xiyun's love in recent days, I know that if Bai Yongchun's matter collides with Bai Xiyun, the emperor will also favor Bai Xiyun once he knows about it.

What's more, Bai Yongchun, a soft and sticky Hou Ye, these men really don't look down on them.