"This is the prefect's house, it's really grand."

Li Wang was supported by her two daughters-in-law, and she couldn't help but look at the Yan family's backyard, looking here and commenting there, as if she regarded it as her own home.

"The three brothers and sisters of the Li family are so lucky to be able to live in such a big yard and have so many servants to take care of them."

Li Wang's youngest daughter-in-law immediately smiled and said: "Mom, you are so lucky to have such a good daughter. You will always be waiting to enjoy the blessings in the future." As she said that, she looked at Yan Wenxiu.

"Is this true, the eldest son?"

Yan Wenxiu looked calmly at the woman in front of him, whose eyes were full of calculations. He didn't know whether he was being whimsical or extremely ignorant. He really thought that his family could rely on him if he wanted to?

Too lazy to talk nonsense with them, he asked the servant to take them to a guest house, and Yan Wenxiu turned around and left.

......

Daohua and Gu Jian only returned to Taohua Village in early December. If they hadn't thought that it was almost the end of the year and there were many things at home, neither of them would have wanted to come back.

"Master, after next spring, we will go out for a walk again."

"Being a teacher doesn't matter, but will the elders in your family agree?"

"I just need to tell them that I am going out with you, and they will definitely agree."

"Just use your teacher as a shield."

After chatting and joking with Gu Jian for a while, Daohua began to sort out the gifts she had bought this time. The gifts were only halfway sorted when Wang Maner walked in with a bad expression.

Daohua raised her eyes and glanced at her: "What's wrong?"

Wang Man'er: "Girl, something happened at home while we were out."

Daohua looked blank: "What happened?"

Wang Maner quickly said: "Girl, do you know that you have a step-grandmother?"

Daohua thought for a while and then remembered that Mrs. Li did have a stepmother: "There is such a person, but my mother and she haven't had any contact with each other for a long time."

Wang Maner said with anger on his face: "But now, my wife's stepmother drags her family with her to live in our house. What's even more disgusting is that when they came over, they made a big fuss in front of our house. Now

Many people in the city are saying that our wife is unfilial. Because of this, she has been angry several times."

After hearing this, Daohua's face suddenly darkened: "Who did you listen to about this?"

Wang Man'er: "Zhuangtou in Zhuangzi said that Zhuangtou went to the provincial government to deliver accounts before and heard many people talking about it."

Daohua frowned: "Go and find Yan Shouhou for me."

Wang Man'er nodded, and just as he was about to turn around and leave, he asked again: "Girl, don't we go back to the house right away and take a look?"

Daohua was silent: "Don't worry, let's listen to what Yan Shouhou said first."

Wang Man'er didn't ask any more questions and hurriedly went to find someone.

That afternoon, Yan Shouhou came to Taohua Temple.

Daohua looked at Yan Shouhou: "Tell me carefully what happened to the Li family."

Yan Shouhou immediately told Daohua what happened at home in the past two months.

"The Li family came uninvited in October. My wife didn't want to see them, so Mrs. Li made a big fuss at the door, which attracted many people to watch. The uncle didn't want to make things worse, so he had no choice but to call them in.

of."

"After entering the house, Madam met Old Mrs. Li and told them to leave quickly with a strong attitude. Unexpectedly, Old Mrs. Li shamelessly said that she would stay in our house from now on and let Madam raise her and her two sons.

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"Of course Madam is unwilling, but Old Mrs. Li said that if Madam Li disagrees, she will go to the streets to accuse Madam of being unfilial and want to ruin the reputation of the Yan family."

Yan Shouhou spoke carefully, looking up from time to time at Daohua who was silent. Since he couldn't tell what Daohua was thinking, he became more cautious when speaking, trying not to get involved with his own emotions.

"On the third day after the Li family arrived, the two uncles immediately rushed over after receiving the news and wanted to pick up Mrs. Li and her family, but Mrs. Li was unwilling to do anything. The second uncle's attitude was a little tougher.

, Old Mrs. Li just started rolling around."

"My uncle wanted to take away Mrs. Li by force, but Mrs. Li screamed and wanted to hit her head. Mrs. Li's two sons immediately shouted that the two uncles wanted to kill their stepmother."

"Although the two uncles were very angry, they did not dare to go too far. After that, the two uncles came several times and said all kinds of good and bad things, but they could not take away Mrs. Li."

Hearing this, Daohua asked: "Where are my father and eldest brother? They can't control Mrs. Li's family?"

Yan Shouhou: "Originally, I wanted to send someone to send Mrs. Li and her family away by force, but who would have thought that Mrs. Li's eldest grandson is actually good friends with the second son of Fan Tongzhi's family."

"As soon as the Li family arrived, Mr. Fan came to visit him every two days. During this period, he also brought other students from the government school. Taking into account his reputation, I don't want to go too far."

Daohua's eyes glowed coldly and she sneered: "So, the Li family has been living in our house for more than two months, and no one can do anything to them?"

As he spoke, his eyes narrowed.

"Fan Tongzhi... The Li family's hometown is not a thousand miles but hundreds of miles away from Ningmen Mansion. Two people who can't even fight with each other can be good friends?"

Feeling Daohua's anger, Yan Shouhou lowered his head and did not dare to speak.

Daohua continued to ask: "I heard that there are rumors in the city about mothers being unfilial stepmothers?"

Yan Shouhou nodded and said with a puzzled look on his face: "Although Mrs. Li made a fuss in front of the gate for a while that day, the uncle quickly called people into the house, but I don't know what happened.

But the more rumors spread, the more vicious and outrageous it became."

Daohua snorted in her heart. Why else? Someone must be behind it. She was silent for a moment and suddenly asked: "I asked you to keep an eye on the Guo family. Has there been any movement in the Guo family during this time?"

Yan Shouhou was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect the topic to change so quickly: "There is no movement in the Guo family."

Daohua looked at Yan Shouhou, looked at his honest and honest face, and suddenly sighed. She was wrong. She shouldn't have let Yan Shouhou stare at the Guo family. With his temperament, let him stare at him.

I guess they just sent someone to watch the Guo family's door.

"Go get Cao Chuan and Bald Head."

Yan Shouhou left tremblingly. For some reason, he always felt that the girl's last look at him was full of disappointment.

Daohua stared at Yan Shouhou's leaving figure and narrowed her eyes.

The Li family are just ordinary people, with no fame and no support. In the early years, they had such unpleasant troubles with their mother and uncle. Logically speaking, they would not dare to appear in front of the Yan family again.

But now, they have come, made such a big noise, and even caught up with Fan Tongzhi. If there is no one behind her, they will not believe that they can beat her to death.

Was it made by the Guo family?

Daohua breathed out, she could deal with the Jiang family without any scruples, but with the Guo family... Governor Guo was Xiao Yeyang's uncle. She could ignore the Guo family, but she had to consider Xiao Yeyang.

feelings.

Soon, Cao Chuan and Bald Head arrived.

Daohua said directly: "Go and check whether anyone from the Guo family has contacted the Li family recently, and also check the private relationship between the Guo family and Fan Tongzhi's family."

Cao Chuan and Baldhead took the lead and left.

As soon as the two left, Daohua fell into deep thought. If it was really the Guo family who was plotting against the Yan family, what would she do?

The Jiang family framed their father for losing military rations in order to put the Yan family to death.

The Guo family... brought Mrs. Li and her family here to ruin the reputation of the Yan family.
Chapter completed!