"The old lady of the Xiao family shouldn't have another birthday party this year, right? The Xiao family has just lost two masters."
"The most ruthless ones are these aristocratic families! Invitations to the birthday banquet have been sent out a long time ago, and even the second master of the Xiao family has taken leave of absence. The Xiao family cannot afford to lose this person!"
"If you ask me, the Xiao family has long lost its former glory. No matter how grand the pomp, it can't cover it up!"
Mr. Xiao lowered the brim of his hat, and what he heard in his ears was what was being discussed in Lanling City. Today is the birthday of the old lady, Xiao Wenjun must be in the Xiao Mansion, God help me!
Although his martial arts skills are not as high as Xiao Wenjun's, he still has some foundation, but when it comes to sneak attacks, he is still somewhat confident.
There were not many guards in Xiao Wenjun's Qinglan Courtyard, so Mr. Xiao entered the courtyard easily. He saw a person sitting in the courtyard with her back to him, and the servant beside her was helping her arrange her clothes.
That person is none other than Xiao Wenjun!
Don't miss this opportunity, it will never come back!
As long as he kills Xiao Wenjun and escapes at night, who will know that Mr. Xiao did it?
Mr. Xiao was violent for a while, and his amazing potential was revealed. His palms changed, and a sharp dagger appeared in his hand. The silver blade broke the air and slashed towards Xiao Wenjun's neck.
The extreme speed turned the dagger into a silver light.
The frightened faces of the maids were reflected in his pupils, and Mr. Xiao let out a weird laugh: "Jie Jie! Xiao Wenjun, you will die in my hands after all!"
The smile on his face froze, and the feeling of the dagger piercing was not like a real person!
Suddenly, his vision went dark, the back of his neck hurt, and he fell limply to the ground. He was tied up again with a piece of rag stuffed in his mouth, and then he was put into a sack.
Wang Jiuyuan frowned, kicked the sack a few times, and asked, "Mr. Wen, how should we deal with this Mr. Xiao?"
Xiao Wenjun sneered, "Pick it up and go celebrate the old lady's birthday."
When the group of people walked to the front hall, the banquet had reached its climax, and it happened to be the grandchildren's turn to give speeches and birthday gifts.
The sharp-eyed Xiao Wenhe saw Xiao Wenjun's late arrival and deliberately sarcastically said loudly: "Three sisters are late today. They must have prepared a big gift for my grandmother's birthday. Take it out and give us a look!"
Xiao Wenhe used a red bean bag to apply the swollen face that was beaten by Xiao Wenjun, and used his arms to greet the group of fair-weather friends behind him, and started to cheer together!
Yesterday, Xiao Wenhe received a letter of appointment from the imperial court, recruiting him to join the palace as a companion to the royal children. He has been studying abroad for many years, and finally got this favor. This is the day he has been waiting for!
In the past two days, the whole house has been cleared of gloom, and it is a good time to celebrate the old lady's birthday.
At this time, Wang Jiuyuan carried a sack and threw it directly on the open space in the hall.
Xiao Wenhe was stunned for a moment, then he walked over to the sack and stepped on it a few times. It turned out to be a living thing! He glanced at Xiao Wenjun out of the corner of his eye and saw that she was not crazy, and immediately laughed proudly.
"Third sister is so happy, where did you find a wild boar?" After saying that, Xiao Wenhe kicked her hard again.
Three years ago, Xiao Wenjun was tricked. She did something stupid like this at Mr. Xiao's birthday party, and was later treated as a laughing stock for more than half a year. Unexpectedly, she had such a short memory that she would make the same mistake again.
Xiao Wenjun, on the other hand, just stood calmly, neither answering nor stopping.
Xiao Wen sang the one-man show for a long time, but no one answered him, and he found it boring. So he took out the dagger used to cut cooked meat on the table, untied the sack, shook the hand grabbing the sack, and rolled out with a grunt.
This man was tied up and gagged with rags, and he was staring at Xiao Wenhe with murderous eyes!
However, the bridge of his nose was crooked just now when he was kicked by Xiao Wenhe. His face was covered in blood and his appearance was hard to see.
"This!" Xiao Wenhe was startled and quickly looked at Xiao Wenjun, "Who is this?"
Chunxia hurriedly stepped forward, "This person just assassinated the princess in Qinglan Courtyard, and we caught him!"
Hearing that he was just a kidnapped assassin, people around him started talking a lot, but Xiao Wenhe kicked him even more vigorously: "I told you to stare at me!" But he cursed in his heart, you useless thing, why didn't you kill Xiao Wenjun with one knife?
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Chun Xia and Qiu Dong finally couldn't help it and burst out laughing.
Seeing the old lady frowning slightly, Aunt Zhao quickly said: "That's all! On the old lady's happy day, there will be no such bad luck! Put this person in the woodshed and keep him under strict supervision until he is punished!"
Finally, Xiao Wenhe also touched the man's lower body. The man was suddenly sweating profusely in pain, tears streaming down his face, and his eyes looked more like cannibalism, as if he had something to say.
At this moment, Xiao Wenjun said leisurely: "I told you to stop, why do you still want to be accused of patricide?"
One stone stirs up a thousand waves!
As soon as these words were spoken, countless wine glasses fell to the ground, and everyone was stunned!
How could the man who was tied up have any demeanor like the third master of the Xiao family?
Hearing this, Xiao Wenhe quickly helped Mr. Xiao up and tore off the rags in his mouth, revealing three bright broken teeth!
"You treacherous son!" Mr. Xiao was in pain and fainted after saying this.
Xiao Wenhe looked around as if asking for help, and found that everyone was hiding their faces and laughing at his ugly appearance.
"Why don't you help your father into the house? Are you going to continue to embarrass yourself by staying here?" Mrs. Xiao finally couldn't help but speak. Xiao Wenjun did a really great job today.
But thinking about what happened in the past two days, I feel a little relieved.
Of course, the fact that Mr. Xiao was bankrupt could not be concealed. The day before yesterday, someone came to his door asking for money. Only then did the old lady know that Mr. Xiao had secretly mortgaged all his assets and exchanged them for cash.
The mortgage was pretty good, but the trouble was that the third master had borrowed a large sum of money from usury, and was blocked every day to collect debts. In the end, it was Mrs. Xiao who took action and agreed to some grace.
"Wait a minute!" At this time, shopkeeper Chen finally saw Mr. Xiao, made up his mind, and took out a land deed from his arms: "Old lady Xiao! When will the land deed of Xiao Mansion be redeemed?"
Everyone was in an uproar. First, Mr. Xiao was so courageous that he mortgaged his entire ancestral home!
Secondly, shopkeeper Chen was so disrespectful to the Xiao family that at the banquet, he actually asked the Xiao family to give him an answer in public!
"Is this possible?" Mrs. Xiao looked at Mr. Xiao with bitter eyes. She didn't know whether she was pretending to be dizzy or really dizzy, but she didn't react at all, so she had to order Aunt Zhao to get the land deed.
"This land deed is wrong! It's a forgery!" This land deed has been kept by Aunt Zhao. You can tell if it is true or false at a glance.
"Impossible! This was my own hand, no, it was Xiao Shurou!" After hearing this, Mr. Xiao was horrified. Was even this step calculated?
After all, not paying back the money you owe is a trivial matter. The Xiao family still has some financial resources, so they can more or less put it all together.
If he forges the land deed and is accused by Mr. Xiao of fraud by shopkeeper Chen, he will go to jail! Moreover, shopkeeper Chen is backed by the eldest prince and has nothing to do with the Xiao family!
"I don't care whether your land deed is real or fake! If you don't give me the money today, I'll see you in court!" Shopkeeper Chen never expected that he would be deceived by this fake land deed.
"Shopkeeper Chen, may I ask how much money the land deed was paid for?" Mrs. Xiao said calmly without changing her expression.
"One hundred thousand taels!" After saying that, he took out the IOU, "Since Mrs. Xiao has spoken, I will sell you a favor. Today's interest is not included. After excluding the fraction, the total is 110,000 taels!"
"Ten thousand taels of interest for seven days! Shopkeeper Chen is so loud!" Aunt Zhao couldn't help but shouted loudly!
"It's written in black and white, and there are also the handprints of both parties here! Even if you go to the government, it will be the same!"
"You!" Aunt Zhao knew that no matter how much she said, it would be useless.
Shopkeeper Chen rolled up his sleeves and said, "The Xiao Mansion is worth at most eighty thousand taels of silver. If he hadn't used the Xiao family's land deed as a guarantee and was willing to pay the interest, who would have lent him a hundred thousand taels?"
"Mother Zhao, bring me the silver notes from my dressing box!" Mrs. Xiao knocked her cane several times, stood up slightly tremblingly, and said loudly with a solemn look in her eyes.
Aunt Zhao hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Old lady, this is your coffin book!"
"If I tell you to go, go quickly!" The old lady closed her eyes and her tone was unquestionable.
The banquet was surprisingly quiet. Even Shopkeeper Chen, who had been arrogant and domineering just now, was shocked by this momentum and quickly lowered his head.
This is the momentum of General Sect Xiao Mansion!