Jiangling City was extremely quiet in the early morning. It seemed to be much less lively than in the past. Rows of soldiers from the prefecture hurried southward with solemn expressions.
The common people were afraid that something big had happened, but no one dared to ask more questions and silently followed him out of the city to wait and see the excitement.
A warm yellow carriage slowly drove in from the west of the city. It looked at the soldiers and crowded people heading south with a look of confusion on its face.
"What is happening in the city? Why are all the people from Jingzhou Prefecture mobilized?"
Meng Yutang gently rubbed her chin, and glanced angrily at Hua Shiyu, who was stretching out her head to watch the excitement: "When you go to the Shu family today, you have to behave well and don't let the old lady of the Shu family dislike you.
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"Auntie, Mrs. Shu's birthday will be in a few days. What are we doing so early?"
Hua Shiyu curled her lips in dissatisfaction.
"What do you know?"
Meng Yutang glared and said: "Your cousin is hanging out with that little goblin Rujin all day long. If the old lady of the Shu family nods, you will have no chance. If you don't behave like your eldest sister this time,
Use me to strangle you to death."
Hearing her mention the eldest sister's matter, Hua Shiyu couldn't help but raise her eyebrows: "But I seemed to have heard people in the village talking about my cousin yesterday... The little goblin has returned to Dou's house again. Could it be that my cousin
Marry her again."
"How can you trust their words?"
Meng Yutang looked cautious: "This girl has made such a big fuss a few days ago that she seems to be possessed by a ghost. Not only is she fierce and disrespectful, but she is also a lot more evil-minded. The county magistrate has already approved the remarriage document.
She ran back to the Dou family at this time because she must have thought that Mr. Dou was running out of money and wanted to seize the Dou family's property to seduce your cousin. I have long heard that Mr. Dou's health is getting worse due to the Third Young Master.
, now that something like the Second Young Master has happened again, I’m afraid the end is coming.”
"This shameless little elf."
Hua Shiyu suddenly became anxious: "Mom, what should we do? My cousin is obsessed with that little goblin now."
"I have my own way."
Meng Yutang smiled sadly.
While they were talking, the carriage arrived at the Shu family. After the servant informed him, he quickly saw Mrs. Tao, the old lady of the Shu family, in the back hall of the inner courtyard.
After eating half a cup of tea and exchanging a few words, Meng Yutang looked at the extremely clean Shu family courtyard and deliberately asked softly: "Old grandmother, why are Jin Xuan and the others not here so early in the morning? I heard that Yu
Chen’s daughter-in-law also came back from Beijing to pay her birthday to the old grandmother. Speaking of which, she met this girl once when she got married."
Hearing her mention her eldest grandson and eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Tao's expression darkened, and a gentle smile appeared on her lips in an instant:
"My grandson Zhiyan came to the government and said that there was a lot of excitement in the south of the city. Even the magistrate was alarmed and rushed to see the excitement. He said that the new magistrate had found the women who had been missing in the county for the past few years and mutilated these women.
The devil is none other than an old member of the Dou family, Wai, and Huang Laodao from Huangliu Lane. It seems that those women have been planted with poisonous insects in their bodies. It is not possible to return them directly to the host's family. They can only let the family members claim the bodies and keep them in the south of the city.
He was cremated by the Chu River and taken back for burial."
"Exceptor Dou?"
Meng Yutang almost spit out the sip of tea he was about to take. He forced himself to hold the tea cup steady: "No...it's not that serious. Mr. Dou is a well-known philanthropic person in our county."
Woolen cloth."
"You know people, you know faces, but you don't know hearts. We have to wait until the Yuchen family comes back to find out the details."
Mrs. Tao glanced at Meng Yutang's waving arm coldly: "I heard that when Rujin girl married into the Dou family, you did a lot of work with his second aunt, but now this child has managed to get through it, okay?
Completely get rid of the Dou family."
"Ahem, I also have good intentions. Who knows that good intentions can lead to bad things?"
Meng Yutang's eyes darkened: "It seems that this child Jinxuan is lucky this time. Although he married a widow and returned home, member Dou was imprisoned, and 80% of the Dou family's property will be given to Ru Jinna.
If this girl inherits, she will gain both the person and the Dou family's property."
"What does his second aunt mean by this?"
Tao faintly sensed something was wrong.
"Hey, grandma doesn't know yet."
Meng Yutang replied with a smile: "Jinxuan has been living in our house since he came back from Beijing this time. He is very capable. Not only did he help his uncle divide the family, but he also gave Rujin the power to rule the county.
For the document of remarriage, he was definitely responsible for bringing down the Dou family this time. Otherwise, based on the grievances between our Hua family and the Ye family, how could the Young Master of the Ye family change the verdict of this case? Our Hua family will remember this sentiment."
Hua Shiyu also quickly interjected: "Not only that, my cousin also helped my cousin... That little goblin defrauded my grandma of more than two hundred taels of silver."
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Meng Yutang glared hard and quickly shut up.
Tao half-closed his eyes and gradually fell into deep thought.
Although he knew that the mother and daughter were not quarrelsome and that they must have lost their money and come to him to stir up trouble, the grandson did not come home for several days.
Moreover, the Young Master of the Ye family was so willing to change the ruling on Rujin's marriage, so what if he wasn't afraid that his eldest grandson would now enter the palace.
Thinking of this, she became more and more uneasy, and glanced at Meng Yutang with a wry smile: "There is still a lot of things to do at home today, and I won't keep his second aunt around. She will definitely come to the house in a few days to make it lively."
"Oh, I've also been very busy at home these days, so I thought I'd come to see my grandma in advance, so as not to have another incident happen, so I won't detain you."
Meng Yutang secretly glanced at the gifts on the table, then stood up, took Hua Shiyu to say goodbye, and hurriedly left Shu Mansion.
With a gloomy look, Mrs. Tao called her servants to inquire, packed up some silver and immediately headed south of the city.
...
On Huangli Gang in the south of the city, Ye Chengguan had asked the county government officers to escort Dou Yue's master and servant, Huang Laodao, Gu Langxi and others to carry all the coffins back to the city.
On the empty and messy post, only Hua Rujin, Shu Jinxuan, the old beggar, the Shu family boy and Ye Chengguan were left to clean up the aftermath.
From the dug grave, the headless male corpse had been taken away. Shu Jinxuan had the coffin that had begun to rot move out of the grave, and Dou Yuanqian's remains were arranged and buried in the empty coffin brought by the Dou family.
While the Shu family boy and the servants were filling the soil, Hua Rujin went to the nearby jungle to pick some wild lilies.
Looking at the re-uplifted mound, Hua Rujin personally carried several handfuls of soil to the tomb, placed the collected wild lilies in front of the tombstone, and stared in silence.
Although he has never met this person, he has been merciful to me many times, and he is also a respectable person.
Seeing the lonely look on the girl's face, the old beggar also came forward with a gloomy expression, staring at the tombstone in trance: "Instead of letting him live half-human and half-ghost in pain, it would be better for him to be reincarnated earlier. There is no panacea in this world."
, it’s just the obsession of the old man from the Dou family. Not only has his own son suffered, but so many innocent little girls have also suffered.”
Shu Jinxuan also followed the example of his cousin and picked some wild lilies and placed them in front of Dou Yuanqian's grave. Although he hated the Dou family in his heart, the third young master never hurt this girl until his death. He protected his cousin's reputation and was worthy of being a humble gentleman.
He was grateful to Dou Yuanqian from the bottom of his heart.
"I only hope that in your next life you can live in a good family, be free from illness and disaster, and have everything go smoothly."
Shu Jinxuan muttered something silently, then turned to look at Hua Rujin, who was dressed in red makeup. She was charming and charming, as if she was a different person than before.
He had fantasized about today's scene countless times, but it was a pity that she was not wearing it for him. He couldn't help but sigh sadly: "It turns out that my cousin looks pretty good in her wedding dress. I used to...
Not found."
Looking at his infatuated eyes, and casually glancing at the two neat holes on the old beggar's back, Hua Rujin covered her mouth in confusion: "Let's go back."
"Girl, what I just said in the tunnel is true. You should stop thinking about it."
The old beggar shouted while chasing the brother and sister.