The three of them returned home in silence, and Shen Yunyao was sent directly back to her yard.
The servants in the yard only found out that Shen Yunyao was missing at noon. They were so panicked that they didn't know what to do. There wasn't even a serious master at home, so they had no way to report back or find anyone.
Now that I saw that Shen Yunyao was sent back directly by the people around the master, and that the front and back doors of the courtyard were immediately sealed, I knew that something must have happened.
Nanny Liu really wanted to die, but she didn't dare to do anything to Shen Yunyao, so she rushed up and slapped He Yu twice.
"You little hooves, you don't teach the girl how to learn well every day, and you take the girl to run away from home, harming all of us in the house, what good can you do!"
As soon as He Yugang entered the door, he was slapped twice inexplicably.
Grandma Liu's hands were already strong, but now she didn't hesitate at all.
He was beaten so hard that stars appeared in his eyes, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and he fell to the ground with a thud.
However, Shen Yunyao acted as if she didn't see or hear him. She walked straight into the room and closed the door with a bang.
As soon as Shen Tianshu got out of the car, Shen Yunhui hurriedly followed.
"Sister, is what the second sister just said true? Will dad blame you for not taking care of the family?" Shen Yunhui said anxiously, "This matter was originally the fault of the second sister, how can I blame you? On my body!"
Shen Tianshu said nothing, walked quickly forward with a straight face, and passed Shuangtang Courtyard without entering.
"Sister, where are you going?" Shen Yunhui tried hard to keep up with Shen Tianshu, but her heart became more and more strange.
"Go to the back garden!"
When she came back just now, she asked everyone in the front yard not to make any noise. Now the people in the back garden don't know that the master of the house has come back early, and they are still staying lazy and playing cards.
Shen Tianshu walked around the back garden and found that not only were there no people at the positions where people were supposed to be on duty, but the door to the back garden was still ajar.
This shows that in the long time since Shen Yunyao ran away from home, not even one of these servants came back to take a look.
"Come here, find me all the people on duty in the back garden today!" Shen Tianshu ordered with a stern face.
Not long after, seven or eight women and several doormen at the back door were brought to Shen Tianshu.
Several disciples were gathering in a rockery to gamble, and they were caught with their stolen goods.
Those women were even more ridiculous. They hid on the second floor of the waterside pavilion in the back garden. Not only did they play cards and gamble money, they even heated up wine and drank it, making the waterside pavilion smell of alcohol.
At this time, they were suddenly carried outside, and several people were shivering in the cold, and they couldn't stop cursing.
"Someone, pour it on me!"
There is already a lake in the back garden, so we used local materials and directly brought a bucket of water up.
Shen Tianshu gave the order, and someone immediately came forward, each one pouring a ladle of water on them to the core.
"Ouch——"
"It's freezing to death——"
Shen Tianshu asked: "Are you awake now?"
Only then did the women see clearly that the person standing in front of them was Shen Tianshu. They all panicked and knelt down to beg for mercy.
"The old slaves and the others were fooled by lard, and they started to be lazy because they thought there was no one at home. I hope the eldest lady can forgive me."
"Please, eldest lady, please be kind and let us go!"
"I've been in charge of the house these days, and I've said it before. I just want everyone to spend these days in peace, so before I go out, I specially ask the maid to come and share the reward with everyone.
"You took my reward and this is how you repay me?"
Several women and disciples all lowered their heads, and some of them thought to themselves, if you hadn't given me the reward, we might not be able to gamble!
A housekeeper, relying on her respectability in the Shen family, tentatively said: "Miss, it's all our fault for this matter today, but fortunately, the master and his wife haven't come back yet, so why don't you just do it?" If you raise your hands a little, we will definitely learn from it in the future and never cause trouble for the eldest girl. Otherwise, if this matter spreads, it will not be of any benefit to the eldest girl, right?"
"Do you think I am willing to embarrass myself in front of my father and mother?" Shen Tianshu was furious when he heard this, "It's not a good thing you did. You touched the cards one by one, drank the wine, and couldn't even stand a door. , let the second sister take the opportunity to sneak out, and was caught by her father in Yangmingshan. Until we came back, the door to the backyard of our home was still ajar!
"Now that my father knows everything, what else can I do but plead guilty on my own? As for you, each of you, if you have the time to bargain with me here, you should think about how to admit your mistake to your father and receive the punishment! "
At first, the disciples felt that they had only touched a few cards, and their sins were certainly not as great as those of a few women who were drinking and gambling and just watching the fun.
Hearing Shen Tianshu's words at this time was like a bolt from the blue.
The second girl ran away from home through the back door...
The back door was left open and unattended for most of the day...
Any one of them is enough for the person concerned to drink a pot of wine, let alone both of them. Even if he is beaten to death by his master, no one will sympathize with him.
"I caught you in advance and did not let my father arrest you directly. I have done my best to you. As for how your father punishes you, that is beyond my control."
After Shen Tianshu finished speaking, he called his servants to come forward and said, "I'll tie them all up and lock them up until my father comes back."
When Shen Zhonglei and Mrs. Xu arrived home, it was already dark outside.
Lanterns have been lit up on several lively streets in Yongzhou Prefecture.
The Shen family's float is also ready and is just waiting to be pushed onto the street when the time comes.
Shen Zhonglei didn't care about this when he returned home. He didn't even see Shen Yunyao and directly ordered: "Ask someone to pack the second girl's things and send her back to her hometown. We will set off tomorrow."
Mrs. Xu was startled when she heard this and asked, "Sir, why did Yunyao make you angry again?"
"I have long said that I would send her back. It was delayed because you were sick. Now that you are well, it is natural to send her back."
"My illness has just improved, do you really have to poke my heart like this?"
"Why don't you ask your precious daughter what she has been doing during this time? If it weren't for the fact that you are still ill, I would have asked for help!
"Now I just want to send her back to her hometown and let her learn the rules from her mother. I am not sending her to a temple to be a sister-in-law. What else are you dissatisfied with!"
Mrs. Xu was so anxious that she blurted out: "If I send her back to my hometown, I'm afraid it would be better to send her to a temple to be a sister-in-law!"
"Xu Yurou!" Shen Zhonglei's expression suddenly changed, "Please tell me clearly, what do you mean by this?"
"Sir, I was wrong. I was confused just now and said the wrong thing...Sir..."
Xu knew that she really said the wrong thing this time, so she poked Shen Zhonglei in the face.
She plopped down and knelt down at Shen Zhonglei's feet to admit her mistake, but she still couldn't stop Shen Zhonglei from leaving decisively.
Xu sat on the ground, looking desperately at Hanqiao who came to help her, and said in an erratic tone: "Hanqiao, I'm done, I'm really done..."