The lady was a little panicked for a moment. She didn't expect that even the county magistrate would be arrested. However, if any evidence is really found, the second master may really be locked up in prison for the rest of his life. If the second master is found out,
What should they do now that they are orphans and widowers?
As soon as he thought of this, he stood in front of the young master of the Zhao family, preventing them from finding evidence no matter what.
She secretly glanced at the girl next to her, who secretly moved back a few steps, and then quickly ran to the backyard. She knew what the lady meant, which was to go to the backyard immediately to tell the aunts that something big had happened.
If the aunts knew that people from the Yamen were coming to search, they would definitely make a fuss.
"Oh no, something big happened." The girl shouted as she ran.
The first place the maid went to was Aunt Hu's yard. After rushing in, she was stopped by the maid next to Aunt Hu and said, "Yun'er, what are you doing? If you don't serve your wife well, why are you here?"
"There's something big going on in the front yard. People from the Yamen are coming to search the Luo Mansion. Madam is stopping them outside, but Madam is alone. I don't know how long she can stop them," the maid said.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Who dares to search the Luo Mansion?" said the maid in the yard.
"Do you think I want to lie? If you don't believe me, just go out with me and have a look. Madam asked me to tell all the aunts to go out and not let them in," the maid said.
"Madam is the mistress of the house. I believe she can deal with those people in the government office on her own. Our aunt is not feeling well, so we won't join in the fun," the maid said.
"Sister, now is not the time to be jealous. If something happens to the Luo Mansion, let alone the madam, even if you are the aunt, it will be nothing." The maid said.
"What are you talking about?" Aunt Hu's maid obviously didn't believe her.
"Qing'er, let's go out and take a look. It's rare that Madam is willing to ask us to come and help." Aunt Hu said.
After hearing what the maid said, Aunt Hu straightened her clothes and came to the yard. After talking to the maid named Qing'er, she hurried to the front yard.
When Yun'er saw this, she went to another yard, and the aunts left the yard and went to the front yard.
However, not all the aunts went out. There was also Aunt Liu sitting leisurely on the soft couch drinking tea.
"Auntie, don't you plan to go over and take a look? If something happens to Luo Mansion, none of us will have a good life," the maid said.
"Even if I go, I may not be able to save Luofu. I knew that this would happen sooner or later," Aunt Liu said.
"Auntie, what are you talking about?" the maid said.
"Ying'er, over the years, has any official come to search the Luo Mansion?" Aunt Liu said.
"Not to mention whether the second master has done anything that is harmful to the world, but because of the relationship between the second master and the government, the government will not send people to search." The maid said.
"So, don't you think it's strange that the government dares to send someone here this time?" Aunt Liu said.
"Auntie, you are right. It is indeed strange this time. The second master has not come back yet. Has something happened?" the maid whispered.
"Remember when I first entered the mansion?" Aunt Liu murmured.
"Auntie, why do you suddenly remember the time when you first entered the house?" the maid asked cautiously.
"Because retribution has finally come, isn't it?" Aunt Liu said with a sneer.
"Auntie, it's all over now, isn't it?" the maid asked.
Aunt Liu ignored the maid's words and stood up to straighten her clothes. The maid hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Where are you going, Aunt Liu?"
"We should go to the front yard and have a look. We don't know what kind of trouble there will be." Aunt Liu said.
Seeing that her aunt was curious, the maid had to help Aunt Liu to the front yard. When Aunt Liu arrived at the front yard, the aunts were making trouble there. Aunt Hu was crying so hard that she refused to let Mr. Zhao in.
"Does she think the official is the second master?" Aunt Liu said with a sneer after seeing it.
The maid stood behind and did not dare to say anything. She could only follow Liu
Behind my aunt, Aunt Liu took a few steps forward. Aunt Hu happened to see Aunt Liu and said, "Sister, you are finally here. Do you know that these people came to bully us while the second master was away?
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"Sister, it's really strange. The government officials just came here to search. They didn't do anything to us. Why are you so rude?" Aunt Liu said, covering her lips.
The lady did not expect that Aunt Liu would come out and sing the opposite, so she said, "Sister Liu, now that the second master is not in the house, how can we let these men enter the house?"
"If the second master has not done anything, he will not worry about being searched. Madam stopping him like this will make people more suspicious of the second master," Aunt Liu said.
"Sister Liu, after all, you are also the second master's concubine, how can you help the government people to speak. Could it be that you have some special relationship with these people?" Aunt Hu said sarcastically.
"Sister Hu, you made a mistake," the lady said.
"Madam, you don't have to worry about us. We just planned to go to the second master's study and have a look. We are not interested in the ladies in the backyard. But we didn't expect that the ladies would rush out and stop us in the front yard." Young Master Zhao
said.
"You..." Madam was speechless by the young master of the Zhao family.
She used the excuse that the backyard was full of women to prevent the young master of the Zhao family from going in to search. However, the young master of the Zhao family only wanted to go to the study, but all the concubines in the backyard ran out to make trouble. She originally thought that using this excuse could stop the young master of the Zhao family from searching.
, but he didn't expect that he would hit himself hard in the face.
"Madam, why are you so stubborn? It seems that no matter how many people stop me today, the government officials will not leave." Aunt Liu said.
"Aunt Liu, what do you want to do? Ying'er, why don't you drag your aunt back to the courtyard?" the lady said coldly.
"Sir, please take me away, I don't want to stay in Luofu anymore." Aunt Liu said to Mr. Zhao.
"Haha, Aunt Liu, why are you so crazy? He is not an adult. Who knows if he has bribed someone from the government and is talking nonsense here." Madam said.
"I don't care who he is, can you take me away?" Aunt Liu suddenly begged.
Mr. Zhao felt that something was wrong, so he had to say to the people around him: "Take your wife to the carriage outside."
"Yes." The official said.
Aunt Liu and her maid followed the officials and left the Luo Mansion and got on the carriage at the door.
Seeing that the stalemate persisted, the young master of the Zhao family had no choice but to say to his wife: "Because I was worried about scaring the women in the house, I only brought the official servants here. If the wife refuses to cooperate, don't blame us for being rude."
The young master of the Zhao family has long thought that if the wife refuses to cooperate, he will force his way in.
However, as soon as the young master of the Zhao family finished speaking, he heard a voice coming from the door. The boy guarding the door crawled in and said, "Sorry, madam, the officers and soldiers have surrounded the Luo Mansion."
After hearing this, the lady almost lost her balance and took a few steps back. The young master of the Zhao family took the opportunity to rush in and went directly to Luo Mansion's study.
The young master of the Zhao family did not expect that there would be officers and soldiers following him. Fortunately, the arrival of these officers and soldiers shocked Mrs. Luo.
After the young master of the Zhao family entered the study, he didn't find any useful evidence. If you want to find evidence, you shouldn't be impatient. Ah Wei came in in a hurry that day, so naturally he couldn't find any evidence. Such important things will definitely not be placed in a conspicuous place.
There was a secret room even in the shop. He didn't believe there wasn't a secret room in the study.
However, the mechanism that opens the door to the secret room is not on the bookshelf this time. Is the secret room not behind the bookshelf? However, except for the bookshelf that can block the secret room, it is surrounded by walls. The young master of the Zhao family walked to the bookshelf and moved it slightly
, the bookshelf actually moved away. However, there is nothing special about the wall behind the bookshelf.
No account books were found in the secret compartment of the bookshelf, and nothing was found on the desk. There was nothing in the second master's study, but he didn't believe it at all. He couldn't stay in Luofu for too long. If no evidence was found, he would
We must leave the Luo family. However, the study is so small and there are not many things. Where is the entrance to the secret room?
The young master of the Zhao family was a little tired of searching, so he sat on a chair and knocked a book off the table. Only then did he discover that there was a secret door under the table. The young master of the Zhao family moved the desk and chair, and the secret door
There was no chain. The young master of the Zhao family gently opened the secret door, revealing a staircase.
The young master of the Zhao family lit the candles and walked down. The space inside was larger than the study room above. The young master of the Zhao family lit all the candles in the darkroom and was shocked by the scene in the darkroom. It turned out that the darkroom
One wall inside is filled with gold bars, and the boxes on the floor are also filled with jewelry. It’s incredible that these things are all placed in the study.
The young master of the Zhao family saw the books on the bookshelf and looked through them to make sure they were account books. He moved all the account books to the table and put them into a small box to take away.
Then the young master of the Zhao family arranged for two officials to stand in the study and ordered no one of them to enter.
The young master of the Zhao family took the account book to Yixiang Pavilion, tightened the account book and put it on Master Nanfeng's desk.
"Fortunately, the officers and soldiers arrived in time, otherwise we would still be in a stalemate in the front yard. Mrs. Luo asked the people around her to notify the women in the backyard, and they all came out to block the front yard."
"Did you find anything?" Nanfeng asked.
"Mr. Nanfeng, there is a whole wall of gold bars and jewelry hidden in the dark room of Mr. Luo's house. I think those should be stolen silver. And these are account books. I don't know if I can find any clues. I think if
The clan leader and elders did something shameful, I believe the second master will definitely leave evidence." said the young master of the Zhao family.
"There are obviously so many gold bars in the darkroom, why do you continue to do evil?" Mr. Nanfeng said in confusion.
"Because he wants to bribe officials, no matter how much gold bars he has, they will fall into the hands of others. By the way, I arranged for someone to guard the study. These are stolen silver. We should take them back as evidence." The young master of the Zhao family said.
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"I'll send someone to bring it back later, seal it, and send it to the capital," Nanfeng said.
"By the way, I also brought back someone." said the young master of the Zhao family.
"Who did you bring back?" Nanfeng asked with confusion on his face.
"It's Mr. Luo's Aunt Liu. I didn't want to bring her back, but she took the initiative to come back with me. It seemed like she had something to say, so I brought her back. All the aunts stopped in the front yard,
Only she persuaded Madam to let me go in and search. What she said was very strange. I was worried that it would be inappropriate to leave her in Luofu, so I let her get on the carriage first." said the young master of the Zhao family.
