In the blink of an eye, Xia Jingyao has been in Fuchang County for half a month. In the past half month, Xia Jingyao had lived a very comfortable life. It could be said that he had banquets every day and played music every night, which made up for the hardship he had suffered over the years. Xia Jingyao did not refuse invitations from civil and military officials and gentry. Since Xia Jingyao accepted the dancing girl presented by Xiao, everyone followed suit and sent various beauties to the Hou Mansion. Xia Jingyao's reputation for being lustful and greedy for enjoyment slowly spread throughout the county. Therefore, Xia Jingyao's image in the hearts of the people plummeted. Some sour scholars even fabricated Xia Jingyao's romantic story and spread it in major restaurants and tea shops.
"Sir, all the details in the mansion have been checked out. Do they need to be cleaned up?" He Wu, Xia Jingyao's personal attendant, asked respectfully in the study room of Yong'an Marquis Mansion.
"No for now, send our people first and keep an eye on them. How is the investigation going on what I asked you to investigate?" Xia Jingyao put down the brush in his hand and looked up at He Wu.
"I caught a few minions, but didn't ask for any valuable information. However, according to their explanation, they will take action during the Ghost Festival. However, they do not know the specific content and purpose of the action. ." General He reported the situation truthfully.
"On the Ghost Festival, there are still five days left. Let's see if we can find out their specific actions in these five days. From today onwards, we will thank guests behind closed doors and we have to make some preparations." Xia Jingyao After thinking for a moment, he ordered.
"Yes, Young Master. Young Master, my subordinate has received some news and I don't know if I should talk about it or not?" He Wu hesitated before asking.
"What's the matter? Tell me. Why are you still hesitating?" Xia Jingyao looked at He Wu in confusion. As a soldier, He Wu had never been like this before.
"Right now, there are rumors in the city that the young master is lecherous and greedy for pleasure, and the people are already scolding him. If the news reaches the imperial capital, I'm afraid it will annoy the king and be detrimental to the young master." He Wu told the truth and his worries.
"That's very good. No need to interfere. You can go down." The reason why Xia Jingyao indulged himself in the past half month was to paralyze the enemy. Now it seems that it is effective.
He Wu was very surprised when he heard Xia Jingyao's words, but he didn't ask any more questions. He saluted Xia Jingyao and exited the study.
The Hungry Ghost Festival is a folk festival in early autumn to celebrate the harvest and reward the earth. When certain crops are ripe, it is customary for folk to worship their ancestors and use new rice as offerings to report the autumn harvest to their ancestors. In Fuchang County, in addition to offering sacrifices, there is also the custom of setting river lanterns to pray for relatives. Slowly, more and more boys and girls write the name of their favorite person on the river lantern together with their own name, hoping that they can eventually get married and grow old together. Therefore, the Ghost Festival has become a favorite festival for boys and girls.
At dusk, the boys and girls who had dressed up carefully left home early. Today, in addition to various small vendors, there are also some jugglers and entertainers in the city, which is very lively.
"Miss, there are a lot of people gathered over there, let's go take a look." A woman dressed as a maid had a smile on her face.
"Hey, there is such a beautiful young lady in Fuchang County. It is the first time for me to see this young lady. She is really sad." Before the young lady could speak, several young gentlemen and their servants stood in their way. In front of them, the leader, the Young Master, was even more rude.
"My young lady is Liu Yunqing, the legitimate daughter of the richest man in the county, Liu Wanshan. If you know her, please get out of the way, otherwise you will be left in trouble." The little maid was not afraid at all, standing in front of the young lady and glaring at the young master in front of her.
"The legitimate daughter of the richest man, I'm so scared of you. Haha, little lady, I'm attracted to you. Come back home with me, I will take good care of you." The young master looked wretched. Hearing the young master's words, everyone behind him laughed obscenely.
"Dirty, Lian'er, let's go." After Liu Yunqing finished speaking, he was going to bypass the person in front of him.
"Young lady has quite a temper, I like it." The young master reached out to grab Liu Yunqing's hand, but when he was about to catch Liu Yunqing's hand, it suddenly flew backwards.
Liu Yunqing looked around him in surprise. At some point, a handsome-looking man stood next to him. The young master was kicked out by this man just now.
"Who are you? You dare to beat the young master. The young master is Xiao Ming, the legitimate son of the county guard. If you know the truth, you will immediately kneel down and wait for the young master to be punished. Otherwise, you will be killed all over the house." Seeing Xiao Ming being kicked away , a young man immediately shouted angrily.
"What nonsense are you talking about? If you dare to beat me, I will make him cripple him. I will make him unable to live or die." Xiao Ming stood up holding his stomach, kicked the young master who was speaking, and said to the man behind him. Follow the order.
Upon hearing Xiao Ming's order, the followers behind him immediately rushed towards the man. But before he could rush in front of the man, another man behind him had already rushed in front of these followers. In less than a quarter of an hour, more than a dozen followers were knocked to the ground and could not stand up. Seeing that his entourage couldn't get up, Xiao Ming was furious but also very surprised. These followers are all elites in the army, carefully selected by Xiao Cheng. I didn't expect to be defeated so quickly and completely.
"Who are you? If you dare, tell me your name." Although Xiao Ming was surprised, he was not afraid at all. He is the legitimate son of the county governor, and there is no one he is afraid of in this county.
The man who took action looked back at the man beside Liu Yunqing. Seeing the latter nodding, the former immediately took action and knocked Xiao Ming unconscious.
"Liu Yunqing of the slave family, thank you for your help, sir. Do you know your surname?" Seeing Xiao Ming being knocked unconscious, Liu Yunqing saluted the man next to him and thanked him.
"It's a simple task, young lady, don't worry about it." After the man finished speaking, he strode away. Liu Yunqing wanted to go after him, but was held back by Lian'er.
"Lian'er, why are you pulling me? They saved us, and we learned that we should repay the favor." Liu Yunqing tried to get rid of Lian'er, but Lian'er pulled her tightly.
"Miss, let's go back home quickly. The one who was beaten just now is the county guard's legitimate son. He will definitely take revenge on us. Let's go back home quickly and let the master think of countermeasures." Lian'er's face was full of worry.
"Yes, you hurry back home and tell my father what happened just now. I still have something to do. I'll go back when I'm done." Liu Yunqing broke away from Lian'er's hand and chased the man in the direction he left.
"Miss..." Looking at Liu Yunqing's leaving figure, Lian'er shouted. Seeing that Liu Yunqing didn't look back, she stamped her feet, turned around and ran towards Liu Mansion.
Someone recognized Xiao Ming who was knocked unconscious and immediately reported it to the police. Soon, a pair of soldiers arrived and carried Xiao Ming and his entourage away.
