Meng Xiuyuan's face was filled with black lines when he heard Song Qingshu's words.
After not seeing each other for a few days, my good nephew has become even more filial.
Meng Xiuyuan couldn't help but write down his words and deeds in a small notebook, thinking that when he returned to Wudang Mountain, he would definitely report him to his senior brother Song Yuanqiao.
After all, by the time the two of them returned to the Central Plains and returned to Wudang, it would have been nearly three years since their master's 100th birthday party, and the Seven Heroes of Wudang accompanied Yin Susu on his journey of atonement.
When the time comes for the Eight Heroes to gather together, they must hold a three-chamber meeting to do some ideological work for this good nephew who is obsessed with sex and forgets his teacher.
However, these are all things for later.
Now that Meng Xiuyuan has obtained the magical power, there is no reason to delay at Hongmei Villa any longer. Naturally, what he wants to do is to leave for China as soon as possible.
And the only obstacle left was Song Qingshu, who only had "Zhen'er, Zhen'er" in his mind.
However, Meng Xiuyuan did not intend to act rudely, but instead deliberately spoke to Song Qingshu:
"The weather is so cold, why are you two hiding here? Just like you two kissing each other, which maid and servant in Hongmei Villa doesn't know that there is a need to be secretive?"
When Song Qingshu heard this, he was very shy. He looked at Zhu Jiuzhen next to him in panic, and then he felt relieved when he saw that there was nothing wrong with her. He wanted to explain to Meng Xiuyuan again, but he didn't know what to say, and he was still there for a moment.
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On the contrary, Zhu Jiuzhen beside him looked very generous and said to Meng Xiuyuan politely:
"Meng Shaoxia, where have you been these days?
Since you disappeared, my father and brother Qingshu were very anxious and led the villagers to search for you in the Kunlun Mountains for several days.
Especially my father, who has not thought about tea or food these days. He said that if something went wrong when your great benefactor stayed at our Hongmei Villa, he would never be able to forgive himself in this life.
Even today, my father took his people out early in the morning to look for you, and he hasn't come back yet.
Brother Qingshu and I are waiting here because we also want to see our father return as soon as possible and bring back some traces of you, Young Master Meng..."
When Meng Xiuyuan heard this, he was amused by her tea talk and couldn't help but smile:
"Haha, I'm sorry to bother Zhu Zhuang to think about you. I'm really ashamed.
I was practicing in the mountains a few days ago, and suddenly I felt inspired, and I couldn't help but become obsessed with practicing martial arts.
I don't have time to think about anything else every day, I just focus on studying martial arts, so I missed the time.
I also asked Miss Zhu to tell Master Zhu on my behalf that Meng thanked him for his concern."
After saying that, Meng Xiuyuan ignored the two of them and walked straight into Hongmei Villa.
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The reason why Meng Xiuyuan did not forcibly stop the two of them was because he thought there was a better way.
That is to completely expose the faces of Zhu Changling and his daughter and teach Song Qingshu a good lesson.
So in the next few days, Meng Xiuyuan paid no attention to the affairs of Zhu Jiuzhen and Song Qingshu. He only met with Zhu Changling, said hello, and then began to secretly search for various past deeds of Hongmei Villa.
He had been doing the same thing before he accidentally followed the monkeys to find Green Valley, and he had some clues.
Sure enough, if we continue to investigate now, we will find that although Zhu Changling has a very deep palace and hides his true nature very well, after all, he has committed many crimes in the past and it is difficult to cover them all up.
By secretly scrutinizing the account books of his village over the years, and making circumstantial inquiries to the tenants and villagers around the village, Meng Xiuyuan gradually discovered his flaws.
It turns out that the previous owner of Hongmei Villa, Zhu Changling's father, was actually a truly noble and upright knight. During his tenure, he was very kind to the surrounding tenants.
He will help generously.
This made the former owner have a very high reputation among the tenants around the villa, but it also made the Hongmei Villa have ordinary financial resources. Although it was also a big family, it was far less luxurious than it is now.
It was just that later the former owner of the village fell ill, which aroused the hidden wounds caused by the earlier fight with the thieves. The two combined, he died soon. This made Zhu Changling take over the position of the owner of the village at a young age.
, became the person in charge of the Zhu family.
What people didn't expect was that the chivalrous and kind-hearted former owner turned out to be a hypocritical and cold-blooded person.
As soon as Zhu Changling took over the property of Hongmei Villa, he immediately greatly increased the land rent of all tenants, making it almost difficult for them to survive.
The tenants who had been enjoying the reasonable land rent all year round were naturally not happy to encounter such a sudden change. They thought that Zhu Changling was young and inexperienced, so they got together to protest against him, hoping to gather everyone's strength to suspend the rent payment.
, forcing him not to dare to increase land rent.
Unexpectedly, these hundreds of tenants had just been secretly discussing for a few days, and before they could come up with a feasible plan, several of the leading tenants died at home overnight, and no one in the family, old or young, survived, and their deaths were unknown.
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On the contrary, several other tenants responded positively to Zhu Changling and paid the land rent for that year in advance. They were exempted from a lot of rent on the spot and each took a lamb home from the village.
Seeing this scene, the tenants naturally found it difficult to gather together and force Zhu Changling to lower the rent, so the matter was dropped.
In the following years, under Zhu Changling's management, Hongmei Villa became increasingly prosperous.
Not only was the original land rent income increasing, but also the fields of many surrounding farmers were bought by Zhu Changling in large quantities at very low prices, taking advantage of the great disaster and famine.
During this period, there was naturally a lot of coercion, inducement, and cruel and ruthless methods. However, Zhu Changling had always concealed it well. Most of the time, he did not come forward himself, but did it through the hands of others.
When the matter was finally settled, Zhu Changling would superficially punish the men who searched the fields for him, and also provide some small favors to appease the tenants, thus leaving a good reputation.
As a result, today's Hongmei Villa has reached its peak since Zhu Ziliu founded it.
This is why when Meng Xiuyuan and Song Qingshu first entered the Hongmei Villa, they saw extreme luxury everywhere, even the maids and servants were wearing gold and silver.
Meng Xiuyuan mostly asked these questions from the elderly tenants. They had experienced the era when the old village owner was in power, so they had quite a bit of criticism towards Zhu Changling.
However, due to Zhu Changling's usual majesty, they all spoke very cryptically. Many of them did not even dare to mention it when they were first asked about it. It was only because Meng Xiuyuan opened the way with money that they reluctantly dared to risk speaking out.
Although this seems to be somewhat one-sided, with the evidence obtained from other places, Meng Xiuyuan was able to confirm that they were not lying.
After all, the rapidly increasing land rent income and cultivated land area shown in Hongmei Villa's accounts over the years cannot deceive anyone.
At this point, Meng Xiuyuan had an idea. After collecting the evidence, he would tell Song Qingshu all about it, believing that he would make a correct judgment.
After all, this kid has been influenced by Wudang Seven Heroes and Meng Xiuyuan for so many years, and he is still upright and chivalrous in nature.
As long as he sees the truth behind the matter, he will no longer be obsessed with it.
Unexpectedly, Meng Xiuyuan's side was not completely prepared when something unexpected happened.
Early that morning, a maid suddenly came outside the guest house, knocked on Meng Xiuyuan's door in a panic, and shouted outside the door:
"Shaoxia Meng, no good, no good, something happened to Shaoxia Song!"
Meng Xiuyuan frowned when he heard this, quickly opened the door and asked him:
"What happened? Please tell me more carefully."
Just when he asked her this question, the originally eager-looking maid seemed to be grabbed by the throat, her face turned red, and she was speechless for a moment.
When Meng Xiu saw this, he was confused. He was about to speak and continue to urge, but when he took a closer look, he discovered that something was wrong.
This was no ordinary maid in front of her, but she was clearly Xiaocui, the personal maid in Zhu Jiuzhen's room.
Seeing this, Meng Xiuyuan asked subconsciously:
"But what happened between Qingshu and your lady?"
When Xiaocui heard the sound, she couldn't hesitate any longer. She blushed and gathered up her courage, and said to Meng Xiuyuan in a stuttering voice:
"Yes...yes. Mr. Song...he stayed in the young lady's room last night. This morning, he was discovered by the master.
The master said that he would like to invite Mr. Meng to his study to talk about how to deal with this matter..."