After being reprimanded by Lu Zhizhang, the little boy, who was already a bit talkative, stopped talking.
After waiting for only a moment, the maid hurriedly came over and opened the door.
"Master Lu! Master Lu! My master invites you!"
After saying this, the maid led Lu Zhizhang into the house. Although this Xu Mansion did not look big, it was fully equipped with all the necessary items, and there were hills and flowing water in it. It was small and exquisite, but it seemed that Zhou Xing was troublesome. In order for her daughter to live a good life, she put a lot of thought into everything.
But as he followed the little maid all the way inside, Lu Zhizhang only discovered something strange.
That's why there are so few servants in this mansion. Apart from a few little girls, there are only a few young people.
How could such a big family only have so few maids, and they are all young and insignificant.
No matter how you look at it, this situation is strange.
After all, without a middle-aged mother-in-law to manage various affairs in the house, can these situations be managed well?
And at the moment when he was puzzled by all this, the little maid just led him to the flower hall. At this time, there was already a young man in the flower hall wearing a long straight robe with sapphire dark patterns and a purple, gold and white jade crown on his head. Now that he was injured, if it weren't for the scar on his face, Lu Zhizhang would hardly recognize the man in front of him.
When the man saw Lu Zhizhang, he only took a few quick steps. Then he walked up to him and said, "Master Lu, long time no see, please come in."
Lu Zhizhang just cupped his hands and said, "Xu Xianggong."
After that, Lu Zhizhang was not polite to the other party. He walked directly into the flower hall.
Seeing that Zhou Yaoniang was not in the flower hall, Lu Zhizhang couldn't help but take the initiative and said, "Ms. Xu, why don't you see your wife?"
Hearing Lu Zhizhang's words, Xu Tianyi sighed and said, "My wife has been running around about her mother's affairs every day these days. Yesterday she heard about Zijuan and the others. She was so sad that she fell ill. She is only in the hospital bed now and it is inconvenient to see guests. Please forgive me, Mr. Lu."
Then the words fell and he just said, "I don't know why Mr. Lu came here this time?"
Lu Zhizhang only said, "I came here just for Zijuan's case."
When he heard that he was here for a case, Xu Tianyi immediately cheered up and said, "So that's it. I wonder if the murderer of that case has been arrested?"
Hearing Xu Tianyi's inquiry, Lu Zhizhang did not answer. Instead, he just asked Xu Tianyi, "Does Mr. Xu have any suspicion in his heart?"
Xu Tianyi immediately smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, you are really good at joking. How could I possibly know who did it? If I knew, I would have led people to arrest him at that time. If it was a bandit, I should have persuaded Butler Xu and the others." That’s right, this way Butler Xu and the others won’t lose their lives in vain.”
After hearing Xu Tianyi's words, it seemed that he knew something inside.
So Lu Zhizhang asked Xu Tianyi first, "What? Does Mr. Xu know why Butler Xu and the others went to find Miss Zijuan and the others?"
Xu Tianyi nodded immediately after hearing this, "Yes, in fact, Butler Xu will go to Zijuan and the others because of Madam's case."
"Oh? What do you say?" Lu Zhizhang seemed to be a little interested after hearing this, and he asked curiously.
Hearing this, Xu Tianyi just whispered, "A few days ago, when my mother was still locked up in the prison on Yangliu Street, Yaoniang visited her once. At that time, she told Yaoniang that she had actually been with Fang Yue'er. ’s father signed a deed of betrayal. So if we could produce the deed of betrayal, we could win the case. But the deed of betrayal was always on Zijuan’s body, so they still had to go find Zijuan. , and Yaoniang also heard about this, so she arranged for Manager Xu to go to Lande County to find Zijuan."
Regarding what Xu Tianyi said, it only coincides with the confession of the little fat girl. Comparing the two things, I think these two things are verifiable facts.
But now they have not found the selling contract, let alone Zijuan. Otherwise they would surely be closer to the truth.
After that, Lu Zhizhang only asked some more basic questions. After these questions were answered, Lu Zhizhang
Zhang Bian also looked at the room. At this moment, a little girl came over with tea. The little girl looked to be only eight or nine years old. When she served the tea, she did not cross the high threshold, and then she even dribbled. The person fell down directly.
In an instant, the teacup shattered on the floor, and the little girl also had several small cuts cut by the teacup.
Seeing this situation, Xu Tianyi immediately reprimanded the little girl, "What did you do? I just asked you to make tea. How did you do it like this? Why are you so clumsy!"
In fact, the little girl's first reaction after falling was to kneel down and beg for mercy, but the other party's reluctance still made the little girl very frightened.
The little girl trembled and said, "Uncle, I'm sorry. Xiaolan didn't look at the road. Please forgive me."
Hearing the little girl begging for mercy, and there were outsiders present at the moment, Xu Tianyi couldn't get angry. He just waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, okay, you can finish cleaning up here quickly, and then go down and bring tea again." "
After hearing Xu Tianyi's words, the little girl immediately responded.
Although Xu Tianyi no longer deliberately made things difficult for the little girl, his attitude towards people who were one level below him was obviously different from his attitude towards people who were one level above him.
Although this little girl made a mistake, in Lu Zhizhang's opinion, it was still their mistake of improper employment. After all, the threshold is already very high. This little girl does not look to be more than eight or nine years old. She has to cross that level while carrying tea. The threshold was very high for her, and to the little girl it was no different than acrobatics.
However, Xu Tianyi, a person with such exquisite thoughts, did not expect that, or in other words, he did not have such exquisite thoughts compared to people in his first class.
I didn't expect this kid to have two faces.
But for men, that’s normal.
After all, people go to higher places and water flows to lower places. Isn't he just doing low-down things like this today so that others can do low-down things in front of him in the future?
But even though he thought so, Lu Zhizhang still teased Xu Tianyi, "Don't you have any older servants in your house? All I saw along the way were little girls, and they were clumsy. He doesn't look like a new guy."
Upon hearing Lu Zhizhang's words, Xu Tianyi was not angry. He immediately explained, "Oh, you are asking this. In fact, the thing is like this. Wasn't my mother imprisoned in prison? This period of time was also mentioned. When she went to the government office in Beijing, Yaoniang heard rumors that her mother's case was brought to the government office in Beijing because her father had offended the official secretary. The official secretary had a grudge, and her life was very difficult there. We then sold this house and the old people in the house to exchange some money for mother to clear up the relationship. In this way, when the truth comes out, mother can live a better life in prison."
Hearing Xu Tianyi's words, Lu Zhizhang only said, "That's it."
He did not continue to delve into anything else, and he had no intention of delving into anything else. Now that the conversation was over, Lu Zhizhang couldn't help but say to Xu Tianyi, "Actually, I met Yaoniang's mother, Mrs. Zhou, before I came here. She asked me to take a few words. For you guys."
Upon hearing Lu Zhizhang's words, Xu Tianyi immediately said, "Master Lu, please tell me."
Xu Tianyi only said in a low voice, "She has already guessed that you will definitely run for her. However, the Minister of Civil Affairs and Yaoniang's father have a deadly feud, so your running around will not change anything. On the contrary, you still have She may lose all her wealth and be dragged into this whirlpool in the end. So she wants to advise you to leave her alone."
Upon hearing this, Xu Tianyi did not show any particular objection. He just confirmed, "Did you really say that?"
Lu Zhizhang was about to nod when a female voice came from the door, "No!"
Her voice was so high-pitched that Lu Zhizhang was startled. Turning around, he realized that the person coming was none other than Zhou Yaoniang, who looked sick.
Perhaps the sound was too hasty, and soon she seemed to be choked by something, and she immediately coughed loudly.
When Xu Tianyi saw Zhou Yaoniang's appearance, he immediately walked over with a worried look on his face.
"Yoniang, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?" Xu Tianyi supported Zhou Yaoniang and inquired with concern, while he motioned to his servants to give Zhou Yaoniang some cushion.
A soft seat.
After Zhou Yaoniang calmed down, she said to Lu Zhizhang, "Master Lu, I made you laugh. I didn't scare you just now."
Lu Zhizhang shook his head.
Then Zhou Yaoniang continued, "I know that the Minister will not let my mother go easily. If anyone in our family falls into his hands, he will not let go. But Mr. Lu, I am the only one who has my mother." Daughter, if I don’t help her, what will my mother do? Besides, filial piety should come first as a child, so I can’t ignore her.”
Although Lu Zhizhang felt that for the sake of reality, it was better to give up what should be given up. However, this was not his family matter, and he also had his own personal choice. Lu Zhizhang was just a messenger, so he did not comment much on it. He just whispered He said, "What you said makes sense."
After hearing what Lu Zhizhang said, Zhou Yaoniang just said, "Thank you for your understanding."
Then Lu Zhizhang looked at Xu Tianyi and said, "Actually, my wife also has something to say to you, but since your wife doesn't agree to give up on this matter, I won't say it either."
When Xu Tianyi heard this, he immediately said, "Mr. Lu, although we may not listen to mother, I still want to listen to mother."
When Lu Zhizhang heard this, he only glanced at Zhou Yaoniang. Seeing that Zhou Yaoniang had no objection, Lu Zhizhang then whispered, "Actually, what your madam said is something your madam doesn't like to hear. She said that she just doesn't care about her affairs." It’s not enough, so she wants you to sell this house and bring a few elderly family members back to your hometown to buy property again. In this way, you and your wife can live a better life, and you two don’t have to worry about your father’s I'm worried about this."
