Chapter 4 Confiscation of the house and loneliness
There were still tears in Sister Ling's eyes, and snot flowed out of her nose, and she sucked it hard.
Compared with the sudden changes in the surrounding environment, Sister Ling is more curious about her grandmother's attitude towards herself...
Grandma is coaxing her.
Grandma has always been a loner and doesn't care about the affairs of the backyard. Only when the boys in the family reach an age do they start training, and Duan also plays the role of a strict mother. Even the eldest brother can't get favors from grandma. Only a few years ago, he recognized his ancestor and returned home.
It was Zong's second brother who made my grandmother look kind and cheerful.
She boldly nuzzled into her grandmother's arms.
Unlike the softness in my aunt's arms, my grandmother's body was hard. If my aunt's arms were like soft toffee, then my grandmother's arms were as warm as bathing in the sun...
She just likes them all.
Sister Ling hung her fleshy arms behind Tang Zangyue's neck, watching a group of strange and menacing people coming in and out of the mansion, and she buried herself in the crook of Tang Zangyue's neck with fear.
The eldest grandson Xiao Zhonglu was trained by the original owner. He is the oldest and has extraordinary courage. He is naturally the best among his peers.
Xiao Zhonglu looked at all this, and his eyes finally fell on Tang Zangyue. He wanted to ask something, but he stopped abruptly under Tang Zangyue's eyes. Immediately, he stretched out his hand and said: "Grandma, I'd better hold you."
"No need."
The real young master Xiao Zhongli looked around and wrote lightly: "Grandma, father is not here?"
Qian Zishu and Zhang were not mentioned.
After Qian Zishu's identity was revealed, his surname returned to the Qian family.
Tang Zangyue smiled mockingly, "This is not the place to talk."
Xiao Zhongli didn't ask any more questions.
Sister Ling tightened her arms a little and said with some uneasiness: "Grandma..."
Tang Zangyue hugged Sister Ling with one hand, patted Sister Ling's back with the other hand, and said: "Go to sleep when you are sleepy. Children, don't worry about this."
"oh……"
After receiving a low-pitched warning from his subordinates, the commander of the Jinyiwei cast his sharp eyes on the steward. The latter's knees trembled and he knelt down.
"I really don't know. Commander, please spare my life! If you give me the courage to do so, I won't dare to lie to you!"
The commander of the Jin Yiwei was so angry that he had no choice but to politely come to Tang Zangyue, bow to him, and said, "Madam Wang, tell the truth."
Tang Zangyue was puzzled: "What are you telling me?"
The conductor frowned, his eyes deliberately looking at these young and old, and said: "Old Madam, you don't want your family members to suffer some physical pain, right?"
Tang Zangyue then handed Sister Ling into the hands of Xiao Zhonglu and said politely: "Commander, can I lend a step to speak?"
Commander: "Old lady, please."
When they reached a secluded corner, the commander said in admiration: "When did the old lady discover it?"
He was referring to the betrayal of stewards and the confiscation of homes.
Tang Zangyue: "It only takes a few cups of tea before the commander comes."
The commander obviously didn't believe it.
Tang Zangyue sarcastically said: "I couldn't sleep well last night, and I was always dreaming of Lao Xiao. During the day, I had no appetite, so I wandered around the house to dispel the depression in my heart, but on the way I met the housekeeper who asked me where I was.
I don’t know which manager would be so arrogant as to ask the owner’s whereabouts?
Then, when she wandered to the backyard, she saw the fourth child sneaking around. When she was panicked, she dropped her baggage, and without asking, she confessed to the white-eyed wolf of the Qian family. Only then did she know the whole story.
If the commander suspects that I have known His Majesty’s intention for a long time, he can send someone to investigate.”
Seeing that Tang Zangyue looked confident, the commander stopped thinking.
The General's Mansion has long been turned into a sieve, and His Majesty's people have been placed everywhere. Not only the managers of the Mansion, but also others are also keeping an eye on the warehouse.
Not to mention in the past half month, even in the past six months, the old lady did not go into the warehouse to take inventory. She collected the things given by your majesty and stored them. Even if the old lady did it, how did the old lady avoid all eyes and ears and put them away?
The warehouse of the General's Mansion was emptied?
The old lady didn't check the warehouse, but the steward and the accountant would check it every month.
Not only the warehouses, but also the granaries were swept away, which was equivalent to... ransacking the house and leaving a lonely place.
The commander was so worried that he had to order his subordinates to go to each room to collect the gold and silver jewelry and silks and satins.
However, I am afraid that these alone are not enough to convey to His Majesty.
"It seems that the old lady can bear the pain of those flesh and blood."
Tang Zangyue was not afraid, "Go back and tell His Majesty that the evidence he found will not be believed by the ministers or the people of Li. Anyone can treason, but our general's office cannot! If he uses it forcefully,
The tactics will alienate the people even more!"
So what if the unfaithful king imposed a bad reputation on the general's house? Who would believe it? If they were imprisoned in a dungeon, wouldn't they be given a good life?
Does Hunjun understand this? This is not a reminder to Hunjun, but a message to the commander that she is old but knows the situation, so don't try to fool her.
Tang Zangyue: "If the commander is interrogating me, it would be better to investigate other people in the general's mansion."
The commander thought for a moment and his eyes fell on the kneeling steward.
This manager is suspicious. If he cooperates with others, he can indeed hide such a huge wealth away from the eyes and ears of the General's Mansion.
Anyone in the government can interfere with the warehouse, but the old lady cannot. After all, several forces are watching, waiting for a justifiable reason to kill the Xiao family, otherwise His Majesty will not use his crooked brains on the so-called collaboration with the enemy and treason.
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"Thank you, old lady, for reminding me."
Tang Zangyue then said kindly: "You're welcome."
No, before the person was exiled, a steward was eliminated.
Let this man betray his master and suffer the consequences.
Afterwards, the steward did not receive any rewards and was tortured severely. Even after he was released from prison, no mansion dared to use him. He had no choice but to go to another country and find another way out.
Besides, when the Xiao family was being escorted to the dungeon by the Jinyiwei people, that bastard from the fourth child finally showed up.
It wasn't that he showed up on his own initiative, but that he was discovered by the twins from the second concubine.
Xiao Zhonghao: "Grandma, the man lying over there looks like my fourth uncle."
Xiao Zhongran: "It's really my fourth uncle."
Because Xiao Jinhuan was lying in the middle of the street, blocking people's way. If someone pushed Xiao Jinhuan, his face with heavy bags under his eyes, pale complexion, and kidney deficiency would be exposed.
Tang Zangyue nodded slightly, "It is indeed your fourth uncle."
After saying that, she pointed at the sloppy bastard thing towards the Jin Yiwei and said: "This is also from our general's mansion. How about you guys take it to prison together?"
other people:"……"
Immediately afterwards, the bastard was picked up by two royal guards. The drunkenness had dissipated a little, but he still said rude words: "Hey, hey, my victorious general has won! He has won!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Yiwei touched the bastard's arms and found dozens of taels of silver, which the passers-by couldn't bear to look at.
Tang Zangyue lamented that although the state of Chu was in chaos, the security at the feet of the Hunjun in the capital was pretty good. The drunkard had been lying there for who knows how long, and the beggar hadn't touched all the silver in his pocket.
"Which mansion's family members are being held hostage here?"
"Hush - from the General's Mansion."
The crowd looked at the leader of the team, the oldest Tang Zangyue, with a hint of admiration in their eyes.
"No wonder. I heard that the Fourth Master of the General's Mansion is unkempt. When I saw him today, it turned out to be so..."
"Sir! The General's Mansion was wronged!"
A miserable sound pierced the sky, and suddenly the surroundings were silent, as the people who wanted to avenge the General Mansion took the initiative to make way.