There is no regularity in the visits of the governors, they are like the capricious souls.
Sometimes in the middle of the night, sometimes during the day, sometimes when a wedding is being held at home, and of course, it can also appear during a funeral.
It’s not uncommon for a house to be ransacked during a birthday party.
There was no laughter in the women's flower hall, and it was filled with low discussions.
"Madam, don't worry." Someone was trying to comfort her, "Maybe it's a misunderstanding."
Mrs. Zhai could no longer sit still. Her granddaughter was too young and frightened to take care of herself. Now it was Mrs. Yang and her two daughters-in-law who were supporting Mrs. Zhai.
Hearing the consolation, several people smiled bitterly in their hearts.
What's the misunderstanding? Besides arresting people and ransacking their homes, what else can the Inspector do?
Could it be that he came to celebrate his birthday?
Miss Xiahou picked up the dropped box, and Lu Yizhi asked with her eyes. Miss Xiahou made a gesture to light incense. Lu Yizhi understood, and seeing that the Zhai family's maids and maids were already panicked, he fetched a fire himself.
Miss Xiahou ground the incense and lit it, then gently placed it behind Mrs. Zhai.
The three daughters-in-law surrounding Mrs. Zhai noticed and turned to look at her.
"It can calm the mind." Miss Xiahou said softly.
Mrs. Zhai San forced out a smile and said softly: "Thank you very much."
Miss Xiahou knew that the family was not in the mood to talk now, so she backed away without saying more.
"I'll go out and take a look." Lu Yizhi said softly.
Mrs. Xiahou and Miss Xiahou both nodded.
"Don't conflict with them." Mrs. Xiahou warned softly, "Tell me your teacher's name first."
Lu Yizhi responded.
What Mrs. Xiahou said made the Zhai family very touched. The Du Cha Si acted extremely domineeringly. Previously, other families helped to intercede when something happened to the family, but in the end they were all arrested by Du Cha Si's comrades. After several times, everyone could only
Protect yourself.
At this moment, most of the people in the hall must have regretted coming to the banquet today.
As expected, he is still a great Confucian, upright and magnanimous, not afraid of monsters and monsters.
As soon as Lu Yizhi walked to the door, another servant girl hurried in from outside.
"Old lady, old lady, great lord," she gasped.
Mrs. Zhai, who was lying down, suddenly sat up and her voice was trembling: "What's wrong with the lord?"
Was he captured? Or was he killed on the spot?
"My lord, let me tell you, it's okay, it's not a big deal." The servant girl took a breath and continued, "Don't worry."
fine!
Everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief.
But Mrs. Zhai is still worried about it.
"It's not a big thing, what's the small thing?" she asked.
Not even small things can kill you. If you fall into the hands of Ducha Si, even small things can kill you.
The servant girl was in a panic. She couldn't hear clearly and remembered a little bit.
"It seems like, look, look, it's a birthday gift." She said.
The sound of gongs and drums in the garden and the rolling actors on the stage disappeared.
The maids huddled together with frightened expressions, and many of them secretly wiped away tears.
If their house is really raided, they will become slaves of officials, and they will end up in who knows where.
Mengchan held her hands and closed her eyes to pray. Mrs. Yang is a married woman, but if something happens to the Zhai family, Mrs. Yang will not have a good life in her husband's family.
Qing Pheasant was also very nervous and clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves.
Although she is not from the Zhai family or the Yang family,...
She couldn't help but look at Qixing quietly.
That's Du Cha Si.
There was even a crazy thought running through his mind. Did Ducha Si come to the Zhai family to arrest the young lady?
There was a soft creaking sound.
Qixing bit open a dried fruit.
The sound caused people to look around, and Qixing put down the dried fruit in his hand after noticing the sight.
"Miss." Qing Zhi asked with his eyes, "Are you okay?"
Qixing said: "I don't know, let's go and have a look."
Hey? The blue pheasant’s eyes are round. Can you go and see it?
After Qixing finished speaking, he started to walk.
Qing Pheasant hurriedly followed.
"Ah Qi." Meng Chan called softly from behind, "Don't wander around."
Qixing nodded: "I know."
Although she said this, she kept walking, Qing Zhi followed closely behind, and the two of them headed to the front yard.
Meng Chan didn't care about them anymore. He just walked around randomly. It was better to go out while there was chaos. If something happened to the Zhai family, he wouldn't be implicated.
Du Cha Si's troops were not all over the Zhai Mansion, so there were still people walking around the house, most of them servants, who were cautious and anxious. They seemed to want to do something but didn't know what to do. I saw two Qixing Qingpheas.
The woman moved around, but no one paid attention to her.
However, when we walked to the outer courtyard, a group of military guards stood around and blocked the way.
Qixing did not force his way in. He stood behind a group of male servants and looked this way. He immediately saw a sword standing upright across the dark crowd.
Zhu Chuan moved his shoulders and raised the six-foot sword originally held horizontally, as if he was carrying a big flag.
The six-foot sword was higher than his shoulder. Against the background of the black gold silk robe, he looked down at the people present with a cold look.
Everyone knows that the Duchasi was beheaded on the spot without a verdict.
I wonder who this sword will kill today?
A wide chair was placed in front of the main hall, and Huo Lian sat on it, lowering her head and looking at her hands, seemingly in a trance, until the eldest son of the Zhai family said, "Master Huo, we are all here."
Huo Lian raised her head and looked at the rows of large and small boxes of gift burdens lined up in the yard.
"Mr. Zhai." He said, looking at Mr. Zhai, "It's just a coincidence. Just now, His Majesty told me that life has been better these past few years, and extravagance has begun again. It cannot continue like this. I happened to be passing by your house.
Come and take a look, I hope Mr. Zhai is filial, but he must not forget his identity, and he must be honest as an official."
When it comes to extravagance, your Huo Lian's house should be the first to be raided. Mr. Zhai cursed in his heart, but on the surface he was very respectful. He even claimed: "The birthday gifts I received today are all here. Please take a look."
Huo Lian raised her chin to signal.
One of the military guards took the gift book and began to read it. As he read it, the other guards opened the boxes, baskets and luggage arranged one by one to check.
Except for the deep chanting, the clatter of unpacking and rummaging through boxes, and the random breathing sounds all around seemed to have stopped.
Mr. Zhai lowered his eyes, as if he was listening to the gift list being recited, but he seemed not to be listening.
It is useless to listen to this. Whether the gift is valuable or not, whether it is extravagant or not, whether it is corruption and bribery, does not depend on these things at all, but on Huo Lian's words.
If he wanted to kill the Zhai family, even if it was just a straw, he would be charged with greed for food and destruction of agriculture.
He looked at Huo Lian, who was sitting across from him. He lowered his eyes and only focused on the patterns on his clothes. He didn't care about what he was thinking about or what he was opening.
Whether it's life or death, we can only wait for God's will.
"The Seven Stars of Xucheng, Xizhou, a walnut wood carving."
Bingwei looked at the gift list and read.
Here, Bingwei opened a small red cloth bundle. Compared to other gifts, this bundle was very shabby. As expected, there was only a medium-sized wood carving inside, and there was no painting on it. It looked inconspicuous, so Bingwei was about to throw it away.
next to.
Huo Lian raised her head.
"Wood carving?" he said, "Bring it to me and take a look."
All eyes were focused on Bingwei's hand, and Mr. Zhai was also stunned. He didn't understand clearly who gave it, but the gift was indeed a bit shabby.
The wooden carving is the size of a fan, and is carved with very common festive scenes of birthday celebrations, including a fairy mountain surrounded by clouds and mist, a smiling white-headed fairy holding a birthday peach, and a crane resting its head on its knees in front of it, as if it is coquettishly coquettish.
The carving is indeed good and lifelike, but it is nothing more than that. It is neither a rare wood nor a precious lacquer painting.
Huo Lian looked at it very seriously and suddenly smiled at Zhu Chuan behind her and asked, "Guess what it is?"
Zhu Chuan was holding the sword, and he was also looking at it. When he heard the question, he said, "It's a decoration."
There was a bit of disdain in his expression.
Just do it like that.
It's too shabby to say that it's a toy for children and it's a good thing to celebrate birthdays.
Huo Lian smiled, her fine white teeth shining in the sunlight.
