Chapter 21: Confronting the Meng Clan
The surrounding discussions became louder and louder, and the words became more and more unpleasant, Shen Yanshu's heart sank, and his eyes were obscure.
These people spoke with relish, and in Shen Yanshu's ears, it sounded more like fanning the flames, trying to burn more and more. Even if she is really killed by those lewd men today, no one will sympathize with her at all, but think that she is self-inflicted and deserved, and sprinkle salt on her wounds!
In order to ruin her, the Meng family was really desperate, and even swept away the reputation of the Shen family directly, which was extremely stupid!
Cao Detian has already arranged the people, and each street has assigned a lot of family members to find it, and this posture is obviously to make a fuss about this matter in Chang'an City.
His serious face seemed to care about the Shen family's face, but in Shen Yanshu's eyes, it was just a joke.
"Okay, just like that, make sure to bring the third lady back to me intact!" Cao Detian ordered and said, "Go and do it immediately!"
"Wait!"
An abrupt voice came out of the crowd, obviously not very loud, but this calm momentum made people can't help but quiet down.
The crowd looked back at the source of the sound.
Shen Yanshu walked out of the crowd slowly with the green kite, the displeasure on her face was very obvious, she walked up to Cao Detian, and her tone was shockingly cold: "Steward Cao, what are you doing here?"
"You ......" Cao Detian looked at Shen Yanshu and pointed at her in surprise and was speechless.
Didn't the second lady say that she would let people teach the third lady a lesson? But now that the third lady was not only standing in front of him well, but even her appearance had changed for the better, how could he not be surprised!
"You?" Shen Yanshu looked at his current appearance and said sharply, "A subordinate actually pointed his finger at the master, and directly called you? Steward Cao didn't think that he was the master of this Shen Mansion who took over your father's work, and he didn't even pay attention to me! This rule is really good!"
Cao Detian was shocked by Shen Yanshu's undisguised momentum, and a cold sweat broke out on his back, and he almost didn't stand firm!
"Third Miss, the slave doesn't dare!" Cao Detian hurriedly explained, "The slave is just worried about your safety, Miss, so he ......"
"That's why you went to find me with such fanfare? I just went to the house of Master Weng, the Imperial Doctor, to pay a visit to Miss Ruan, do you want me to do something so much!"
Shen Yanshu directly interrupted Cao Detian's words and reprimanded mercilessly.
"No, it's because the second lady saw that the third lady was delayed in returning, and she was worried that the young lady let the slave do this. Cao Detian said, his forehead was already sweating slightly.
Shen Yanshu glanced at the family members who were standing neatly at the gate of the Shen Mansion with displeasure, and finally locked his eyes on Cao Detian: "Since I have come back, why don't you hurry up and let the family go back to the house, and continue to let people see the jokes of our Shen Mansion!"
When Cao Detian heard this, he hurriedly asked the family members to disperse and return to their homes to continue working.
"Third Miss ......"
Shen Yanshu didn't want to listen to him at all, and said coldly: "You go with me to see my grandfather now!"
Looking at Shen Yanshu's back towards the old lady's yard, Cao Detian was stunned for a moment and hurriedly chased after him.
The people who were watching the show at the gate of the Shen Mansion saw that the third lady of the Shen family came out by herself, and they didn't see any good show, so they couldn't help but feel a little pity, so they had to go back to their respective homes, but today's gossip is inevitable.
Cao Detian followed behind Shen Yanshu and kept walking towards the old lady's courtyard, still uneasy in his heart, he didn't dare to tell the third lady that at this time, the Meng family was crying to the old lady and complaining that she, a bad granddaughter, had smeared the Shen Mansion!
Meng Shi gave him the benefit to cooperate in making the matter of the disappearance of the third lady bigger, but these three young ladies don't like to go out or talk very much on weekdays, who knew that it was such a sharp corner, Cao Detian couldn't help but be a little afraid when he thought of her sharp eyes.
"Father, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding, how could Sister Shu do such a ridiculous thing!"
As soon as Shen Yanshu entered the courtyard, he heard the voice of his uncle Shen Jianzhi.
Then Meng Shi also spoke: "But that Weng Mansion said that Shu'er had come back a long time ago, but now there is no one, it really can't help but make people worry, if something happens, how can I explain to the master!"
"Then what does my mother want me to do?" Shen Yanshu stepped into the lobby from the door, his tone cold.
Everyone in the lobby looked at her together, Shen Jianzhi and the Song family in the big room, the eldest young master Shen Beiyi, the fourth young lady Shen Xi'er, the Meng family in the second room and her children Shen Yuyan and Shen Yuji, and the third room Shen Caizhi and Wei, the fourth young master Shen Yun, and the sixth young lady Shen Baozhu.
It's really full enough!
"Smack-"
Shen Jun seemed to be very angry, and when he saw Shen Yanshu appear in front of him, he was so angry that he threw the teacup next to him, and smashed it right next to Shen Yanshu's feet, and the fragments of the tea and cup splashed everywhere.
And Shen Yanshu didn't seem to see Shen Jun so angry, so he directly crossed over the fragments, and then walked to the middle of the lobby and made a greeting to Shen Jun.
Shu'er said hello to her grandfather, and asked her grandfather to take care of his health. Grandfather is angry at the gossip outside?Shu'er is also very angry, he actually slandered our Shen family like this!"
Shen Yanshu looked angry.
Meng Shi saw that Shen Yanshu came back intact, not only that, but his appearance had also recovered, and he looked at her in disbelief, and when he heard her say this, he immediately came back to his senses.
"Shu'er, it's not that you made the old lady so angry!" Meng Shi seemed to reproach.
Shen Yanshu looked puzzled: "Why, I didn't do anything." ”
Meng Shi said: "Tell me where you have been? Didn't you say that you went to Weng's Mansion to thank Miss Ruan, but after coming out of Weng's Mansion for such a long time, where did you go if you didn't go back to your home!"
"Mother is asking me, doesn't Mother know?" Shen Yanshu looked surprised.
Meng Shi choked, but his face still looked concerned about Shen Yanshu: "How did I know, the coachman who sent you to Wengfu told me when he came back, saying that you still have important matters, let them come back first." ”
"Nonsense! Our young lady clearly asked them to wait first, but how did we know that the coachman was actually a blind man, and he left first before the young lady came out!
Everyone was stunned, they didn't expect that there would be two sets of rhetoric at this time.
"What the hell is going on!" Shen Jun asked with a calm face.
"Old lady......"
Meng Shi was about to say something, but was interrupted by Shen Yanshu and preempted: "This coachman was chosen by his mother, and it is not his mother who has the final say on what he says." If my grandfather doesn't believe Shu'er, I can send someone to Mr. Weng's house to ask, and the housekeeper of Weng's Mansion was also there at that time, and after I left Weng's Mansion, Miss Ruan could also help me testify!"
Meng Shi was shocked in her heart, she really didn't think of so much, she just thought that as long as something happened to the little slut, it was too late for the old lady to cover up her ugliness, how could she go to investigate this matter in detail! As long as the old lady was angry, even if Shen Yanshu died inexplicably, he wouldn't care anymore.
But Shen Yanshu actually came back intact!
Hearing Shen Yanshu's explanation, Shen Jun's face didn't look good, if what she said was true, then it means that the subordinates in the mansion dared to reverse black and white and coax the master! Moreover, this coachman was chosen by the Meng family, if it is said that the Meng family does not know, I am afraid that no one believes it, how can a subordinate be so bold?
Seeing Shen Jun's obvious suspicion of her, Meng knew that if the Weng Mansion found out, the coachman's words would definitely show flaws, so it was better to put the responsibility on the coachman now.
"Old lady, it was the daughter-in-law's lax management that made that evil slave ......"
"Mother doesn't just have a problem of lax management!" Shen Yanshu once again interrupted Meng's words in a loud voice, "I rarely go out on weekdays, and when I come out of the Weng Mansion but there is no carriage to send it back to the mansion, it will naturally take a little longer, but my mother has gathered the family to look for me with great fanfare because of the coachman's words, and those who know will think that my mother loves me, and those who don't know think that my mother is sure that something will happen to me!"
Shen Yanshu said this, paused, and looked at Meng Shi with a smile.
When everyone present heard this, they also turned their eyes to Meng, and their eyes were complicated.
"When I returned to the mansion, I found that Steward Cao had gathered his family at the gate of the Shen Mansion, and he was shouting as if he was going to find the missing third lady. The corners of Shen Yanshu's lips raised a mocking smile, and he looked at Shen Jun, "Grandfather, do you know how many people were watching a good show at the door at that time?"
Qing Kite said in a timely manner: "At that time, there were many people around the door, not only the surrounding neighbors, but also some business people who heard such a big movement of Steward Cao and the family also came to see the excitement!
Shen Jun's gaze suddenly looked at Cao Detian.
Cao Detian immediately knelt on the ground: "The slave should die, it's the slave who is not thoughtful! The slave is only worried about the safety of the third young lady, so he will do such a wrong thing in a hurry!"
"Thoughtful, the third sister just went out for two hours, and Steward Cao panicked and didn't think about it, if there is a big thing in the future, then won't our Shen Mansion be messed up?" Shen Xi'er of the big house suddenly said.
As soon as Shen Xi'er's words fell, she was glared at by the Song family, signaling her to stop talking nonsense, now that the old lady is angry, what is she messing with!
Shen Xi'er had no choice but to shut her mouth stupidly.
The Wei family in the third room did not hesitate to follow Shen Xi'er's words and said: "It is quite safe to see Steward Cao on weekdays, how could he make such a big mistake this time, if he wronged Steward Cao, even if he said it, our Shen family is not unreasonable." ”
This is directly slapping Meng Shi in the face, blaming Steward Cao's fault on Meng Shi, implying that Steward Cao did such a thing because he was instructed by Meng Shi!
Meng Shi was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood, she and Wei Shi have always looked at each other unpleasantly, and they don't raise the bar less on weekdays, but I didn't expect that she really didn't miss any opportunity to fall into the well!
Cao Detian knelt on the ground, neither admitting nor denying it, just bowing his head and saying nothing.