Chapter 263: Hidden feelings

Mengyin County Government Office, inner courtyard.

Cao Yong was lying on the bed, and the doctor was checking the wound on his leg, but in the end he still had a conclusion - that is, he had to take care of his muscles for 100 days, and he was afraid that he would have to take care of it for three months. Otherwise, the new injury would bring old problems, and it would be inappropriate.

Although Cao Yong is not an active person, he thought that he would lie on the bed in the next three months and felt bored. He was about to sigh, but when he saw Chu Yu and Mr. Zhuang both looked worried, he smiled again and said, "It's not a problem, I can take this break!"

Where can Chu Yu feel at ease? He asked the doctor carefully a few related dietary taboos and wrote them down one by one.

Mr. Zhuang frowned and waited for Chu Yu to go out. Fang snorted coldly and glared at Cao Yong.

Cao Yong felt a little guilty and knew that Mr. Zhuang was annoyed. Originally, Mr. Zhuang had advised him to bring more guards to accompany him when he went out. It was a good idea to be in the capital earlier, after all, it was under the emperor's feet, and Wei Hei was around him, and there were enough Wei Bai. Now that Wei Bai is gone, Wu Mao is responsible for the guards of Daotai Mansion, Wu Sheng is in Jiangning Mansion, and Wei Hei is the only one who is capable.

Then, whether it was Zhang Yi, Zhao Tong and others selected from the capital, or the Shen Wu and Shen Liu brothers brought to the Jiangning Mansion, it was okay to be a long-lasting person, but what real skills did you have?

Only the two brothers Ren Shuyong and Ren Jiyong who were accepted in Yizhou were better. However, this time when I went to the capital, Cao Yong was unwilling to bring people from Shandong to the place because of the matters involved in the Cao family. Those who followed, except Xiaoman and Wei Hei, Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong, all of them had children in the capital.

Cao Yong was thinking about finding something to distract Mr. Zhuang from his attention so that the old man would not be scolded again. Before he could find the words, he heard Mr. Zhuang say, "Even if Fu is awake, there is something you need to make an idea."

Mr. Zhuang seemed exhausted and didn't even have the strength to train him. His face was heavy as he had never felt before.

Influenced by Mr. Zhuang, Cao Yong also smiled and said seriously: "Sir, please tell me?"

Mr. Zhuang said: "Although Fu is free of life, the Du family is in the forefront of evil, and the evil slaves have been detained in prison. Du Xiong is the current patriarch of the Du family, and the Du family is a large family in Mengyin. Because they are afraid of being anxious, they are still waiting for the opportunity. Just now, three hundred soldiers from the Andongwei Institute came, and even if the Du family wants to act rashly, they can handle it."

Cao Yong was a little surprised when he heard this and asked, "Sir, what do you mean? The Du family wants to arrest them all?" After saying that, he also remembered that according to the "Da Qing Law", killing officials is "striving to the country" and a serious crime of "rebellion". If it is true, let alone Du Xiong, he is afraid that the males in his family will not be able to escape death.

Although he had been in a coma for three days, he still remembered clearly what happened when the incident happened that day. What was "household chores" and "household chores" was more like a misunderstanding, otherwise the other party would not have surrounded him with bare hands and no rules of association.

He said to Mr. Zhuang, and saw Mr. Zhuang shook his head and said, "I asked someone to ask me to ask carefully these two days. Things are not that simple! Not to mention anything else, just say that your mount was given by Prince Ping. There is a horse raised in the palace. Before it was cultivated, I would beat the horse around the horse circle every day with a gong. How could it be so frightened?"

Cao Yong was stunned when he heard this. Apart from the restaurants that he used to go to Mengyin County, he was always at the inn. But now he is good, who thinks about calculating himself?

Mr. Zhuang continued, "I asked Wei Hei. The restaurant you are doing Jian is exactly Du Xiong's property. I have lost a servant in the past two days!"

Cao Yong frowned slightly and asked Mr. Zhuang, "If I had the intention to plot against me, which one would it be? If it was for the sake of burning the pot, would the seven or eight households in Yizhou make money later?"

Mr. Zhuang thought for a moment and said, "Is it a calculating Furuo or Du Xiong? I still can't see through it now! It's just in case. This is at the foot of Yimeng Mountain, so you must be careful!"

Cao Yong nodded, looked at his legs, and said to Mr. Zhuang: "Looking for a neat board and fixing the bones of these two legs is not in a bad way. Since the gentleman is worried, we can go back to Yizhou as soon as possible!"

Mr. Zhuang nodded and said, "That's the reason. But no matter what, the Du family must first be imprisoned, whether it is wronged or not. They must calm the matter first, otherwise it will really harm the court's face if it spreads!"

Cao Yong remembered that day when the deer-headed rats were in charge of the business. Looking at their arrogant appearance, he thought that the master was not a kind person and could not feel sympathy. He was just a blessing. If he was really unlucky and was killed by a shocked horse, which one would he ask for?

As the two were talking, they saw Xiyun coming in, leaning down and saying, "Mr., sir, Mr. Wei is here!"

The house here is very small and cannot be compared with the Yizhou Daotai Mansion, and the space inside is not clear.

After Chu Yu arrived, although everyone was thinking about Cao Yong, it was difficult to enter the house directly.

Wei Hei stepped in with a hint of resentment on his face. When he entered the room, he looked at Cao Yong's face carefully. Seeing that there was no big problem, he felt relieved. Then he asked a few more leg injuries, and then said with a little anger: "Young Master, sir, you're really angry! I didn't expect that there are such shameless people in the world. When I see him next time, I will definitely want him to eat Lao Hei's fist!"

Cao Yong leaned against the pillow, pointed to the chair on the ground, and smiled and said, "What the hell is it? Brother Wei is so angry? Sit down first and take a break before talking!" As he said that, he called Xiyun to bring tea.

When the tea came up, Wei Hei drank a cup of tea in one breath and said, "Young Master, sir, someone else died in the Du family!"

When Cao Yong and Mr. Zhuang heard this, they thought it was the Du family servants in the county jail, and the manager named Du An, who had hanged himself. Mr. Zhuang asked, "But the manager named Chen?"

Wei Hei shook his head and said, "It's not those in prison, but Du Xiong's eldest daughter, or the one who married into Yizhou! It seems that he was divorced and was driven out by the Zhao family. Before he could reach Mengyin, he wiped his neck!"

Where is this and where is it? Cao Yong was confused and Mr. Zhuang asked, "When is it, how do you know this?"

Wei Hei said: "Just just now, Lao Hei and the people from the county government went to settle the hundreds of soldiers brought by General Yang Qian. It happened that the boss of the Ren family and Du Xiong's brother Du Hui were also having fun there. People from the Du family came to report the message to Du Hui. Lao Hei just seemed to be right! Grandma, Zhao Wenhe, who is also a good person, how could he do things so inauthentic!"

"Have you been retired?" Although Cao Yong had never seen Du before, he heard from Chu Yu that he was like a very virtuous young woman. But being retired at this time was caused by his own burden?

Wei Hei finished speaking in one breath, and remembered that his young master's temperament was not a person who liked to kill. He looked at Cao Yong, and as expected, he saw that he frowned and had a gloomy look on his face, so he comforted him: "Young Master, this is the boy named Zhao who avoids misfortune and seeks good fortune, and he can't blame the young master!"

Seeing his face full of concern, Cao Yong smiled bitterly: "Brother Wei thinks I am? I am just sympathizing with this miserable woman. Could it be that I am a saint and I have to take this sin on myself? Well, I fell down and lie down for three or four months. It's really unreasonable to be a sinner!"

Wei Hei nodded with confidence and said, "It's good that the young master can think about it, otherwise it would be like a good person who would have to bear the fault, but those bad things live with peace of mind!"

*

West of the city, Dujiazhuang.

Seeing the eldest daughter's body and listening to the words of Zhao Wenhe that Changsui reposted, Du Xiong's heart was as if he had fallen into an ice cave. Until now, he knew how much trouble he had committed.

His eyes were straight and he could not speak. He stood in the yard, looking at his wife and children, and pounded his chest hard. When several old housekeepers saw that their master had lost their composure, they called others to go to the county government to ask for a coroner, and then asked someone to support Chen, who was crying, to return to the inner house.

Du Xiong looked at the mansion in front of him, then looked at the Yimeng Mountain looming in the distance, and finally sighed.

Another person came to report that hundreds of soldiers entered the city, and they looked like they were from the Andongwei.

Du Xiong returned to the study and sat on the chair. He finally realized that the yamen was not because of his son-in-law's love or his reputation as a prison student, but because of his fear of holding a stolen heart. Thinking of this, he called his confidant and followed Du An into the room.

Du An was in his twenties and was the one who went to Yizhou to deliver a letter a few days ago. He was originally the son of a tenant from the Du family. After his parents died at a young age, he joined the Du family as a slave. Because Du Xiong saw him growing up and being honest and honest, Du Xiong relied most frequently on the spot. Although he did not think of his adopted son, he never regarded him as an ordinary slave.

Before Du An came in, Du Xiong took the key, opened a box under the desk, took out an object from it, took a pen and paper, picked up the pen and wrote a letter, and then put the object and letter in an envelope and sealed it.

Du An came in, knelt down and choked and said, "Master, they are all young. If you can be more alert, the eldest lady will not..." But he couldn't continue to say this.

But half an hour later, Du Xiong seemed to be several years old, and waved his hand in a hoarse voice, saying, "What are you talking about? A man is crying, what do you look like! Get up quickly, I have something to entrust to you!"

When Du An heard this, he wiped his tears and stood up, asking, "Master, please give me instructions! The young man has been blessed with the Du family since he was a child. He went up to the Knife Mountain and down the oil pan without hesitation!"

Du Xiong nodded, handed him the envelope on the table, and ordered: "I will ask someone to set up a spiritual shed to hold a mourning for Zhen'er. You take advantage of the chaos to take Jie'er out, avoid the suspicion of the outside yamen, and go to the mountains!"

The Jieer Du Xiong mentioned is his legitimate son Du Jie, who was seven years old this year and had just been enlightened for a while.

Du An was shocked when he heard this and asked hurriedly: "Master, if it reaches this point, it should be the Master who will find a way to avoid it first!"

Du Xiong shook his head and said, "Where is such a cheap good thing? If I go to the mountains, do you think they dare not enter the mountains?" At this point, he paused and said, "You enter the mountains, pass the Yangke Pan, go to the north and south mountains, and pass the Qingshuijian. Someone will ask questions. You only said that the Du family sent to pay tribute to the boss of the Bajia! When you see the person, you will hand over the letter."

Du An knew that it was a big event, so he carefully remembered it in his heart, but he still refused to give up and advised Du Xiong to leave.

Du Xiong waved his hand and told him to go down and prepare first, and went to find Chen himself.

Chen was lying on the kang. Although he woke up, his eyes were full of wood and he kept crying. Du Xiong's second daughter Du Xian'er was taking care of her mother in front of the bed, and two big maids were wiping Chen's face.

Seeing Du Xiong come in, Du Xian'er and the two maids both got up and greeted him. When Du Xiong saw Du Xian'er, he was stunned. When he thought of his eldest daughter who looked similar to her, he felt very painful. He endured it, waved his hand, sent his daughter to take her maid down, and asked her daughter to bring her son over later.

There was only two couples left in the room. Du Xiong walked to the dressing table, opened several jewelry boxes, and asked his wife: "What about your valuable things? Are you all here?"

Although Chen didn't know her husband's intention, he still struggled to get up from the kang, took the key in the drawer under the kang cabinet, then opened the box at the end of the kang, took out the size-long pear blossom wooden box and handed it to her husband.

Du Xiong took it, opened the box, took out a veil from the sleeve, and poured several valuable head and face jewelry inside on it, tied it into a small bag the size of a fist.

Chen was originally thinking that her husband wanted to bury his daughter with her or go to the yamen to make some reservations. When he saw him like this, he was very surprised and said in confusion: "Master, is this?"

Du Xiong weighed the bag of jewelry, which was very light and had no weight, and felt a little at ease. After hearing his wife's words, he replied: "Jie'er can't keep it anymore. I'll send Du An to take him out to avoid it! I always have to... I have to leave a bloodline for the Du family..."

When Chen heard this, his body softened and he held the edge of the kang, making it a little bit more square. He covered his mouth tightly with a veil, but his eyes were so scared that he widened his eyes.

Even though she was a woman, she had heard that before the eldest daughter's corpse just now. She was still a little complaining in her heart. If her husband was not greedy to seize the uncle's inheritance, she would not cause trouble and would implicate her daughter in death.

Now, she realized that it was not only the eldest daughter, but the whole family would be killed.

At this time, Du Xian'er's voice in the corridor said: "Dad, mother, my daughter is bringing her younger brother here!"

Chen's body trembled when he heard this, and he didn't know where the strength came from. He rushed to Du Xiong and knelt down, lowered his voice, and cried, "Master, please let Xian'er go out with Jie'er too! Jie'er is still young, no matter how good Du An is, he is not a blood relative of the Du family, so how can he rest assured! We can't let Xian'er go out with my younger brother!"

Du Xiong knew his wife's intention, and he was worried that his son would not be taken care of. He just wanted to leave a way out for his daughter. He felt soft and wanted to agree, but then he thought that even if Boss Qin was loyal enough, it was a bandit nest after all. If his daughter was sent over, there would be no good things? At that time, he would have to let his son lose his life.

Thinking of this, he whispered with a stern face and said, "Don't you think it's a joke? Now there are people from the yamen outside. If it's so easy to go out, naturally the whole family will go out. Is it necessary to do this? In order to love your daughter, do you want your son's life?"

Chen listened to the words and had no room for madness. He could not bear it. He collapsed on the ground and cried with tears.

Du Xian'er held his younger brother's hand and was still waiting in the corridor. After a while, she didn't see her parents shouting in. She was still wondering, and she heard her mother crying loudly. The brother and brother were frightened, and they didn't care about the rules of their parents calling in, so she rushed in.

Seeing his mother lying on the ground, Du Xian'er just looked at Du Xiong in confusion; Du Jie was young and had already slapped his mouth and started crying with his mother.

*

Although Cao Yong said it tough, he felt a little uncomfortable after all. He was a little relieved of Du Xiong himself. In the end, he discussed with Mr. Zhuang and sent someone to imprison and investigate it tomorrow. Anyway, outside the Dujia Village, they were guarded tightly, and Andongwei's soldiers were arranged, so they were not afraid that they would run away.

The same thing is said, death is the greatest, and it is better to leave a day to hold a funeral for the Du family.

Besides, according to the analysis of Mr. Zhuang and Cao Yong, Du Xiong is just a greedy squire, and is probably the one who is suffering from it.

However, even if it was not the mastermind, Du Xiong was not an innocent person. Looking at the arrogance of his servants, he was used to being arrogant. If he had not met Cao Yong and others on the road that day, but ordinary people, he would have inevitably suffered casualties.

After receiving the news, he was anxious to come to Mengyin, so Chu Yu only brought Xiyun and Xicai and two others to serve him.

Cao Yong was always a little picky about food, so Chu Yu kept Xiyun in the house and took Xicai to the kitchen. She thought about it, and her husband woke up and ate some porridge. However, the kitchen here served in the past two days was just ordinary rice, and her husband didn't eat it on weekdays.

Because the county magistrate Liang Shun was low in rank and had low income, there was little oil and water in the yamen here. Although some local gentry had given some offerings to their sons who were short of their capital, they were not rich here.

There was only one cook in the kitchen. In the past, the people in the yamen were still able to handle it. Since Cao Yong moved in, how could he be busy? The person inside was very valuable and did not dare to call someone outside at will. There was no way, so the county magistrate's wife and a girl were busy here.
Chapter completed!