One day in June, the sun was shining brightly and the weather was so hot that people wished they could lie down in the water without getting out.
It wasn't until night that the wind started blowing, but when it blew on people's bodies, they just felt sticky and uncomfortable.
Neither Cheng Jingzhou nor Xie Xiuwen was in the palace, one was left in the palace by the Holy Emperor to discuss matters, and the other was out of the city on errands.
Xie Rongzhao kept waiting, always feeling uneasy.
I don't know if it was her imagination, but the bracelet on her left wrist seemed to be hot.
"Come here, check all the doors, tighten all the bolts, and invite Master Wu over."
"Yes, Madam."
It had only been a few months since I moved into this new house. Xie Rongzhao thought that this place was not far from Xie's mansion. Would he like to send someone to ask?
Soon, Master Wu was invited over.
"I always feel a little uneasy, so I asked Master Wu to work hard and wake everyone up to keep vigil. Especially the front door and the back door, we must not relax."
"Don't worry, Madam, I'll leave everything to my subordinates."
Today, there are more than 20 servants in the Cheng Mansion, and 30 nursing homes. Some of the nursing homes are allocated by the imperial court, and some are hired by Xie Rongzhao himself with his own money.
There are dozens of servants, maids, and servants in the inner house.
Xie Rongzhao asked people to wake them up, cheer up, and guard the entrances of each courtyard.
Wang Zizhen was also carrying a knife in her hand, and a maid following her was holding a stick in her hand, just in case something happened again.
Such a big movement naturally woke up Cheng's father and Cheng's mother.
As soon as he and his wife came to the front yard to ask questions, they heard the roar of footsteps outside.
Listening to this movement, there must be thousands of people at least.
Mother Cheng could even feel the beams shaking.
"Father and mother, I have disturbed you. Now that my husband has not returned, I am really scared, so I called all the servants to keep vigil."
Father Cheng raised his hand to stop her from continuing. It was obvious that this movement was definitely not the play of ordinary people.
Soon, there was a knock on the door of Cheng Mansion. Xie Rongzhao was scared, but his face remained calm: "Ask questions first, don't open the door."
"Open the door quickly. I am a servant of the Xie Mansion. Madam Xie just had a headache and fainted. The eldest young lady specially sent me to invite my aunt over."
"It's so late. Our young lady has already rested. Let's talk about anything tomorrow."
"Which servant are you to be so ignorant? It concerns Mrs. Xie's family and life, how can we delay it?"
"Then you go back first. I'll knock on the second door first. Don't worry, when my young lady gets up, she will definitely go to Xie's house."
The man outside the door seemed unwilling to give in, but he had no choice but to stomp away in the end.
Xie Rongzhao frowned. The man's voice sounded familiar. Could it be that his mother was really sick?
However, she still didn't dare to be careless and just let people wait.
Cheng's mother was a little worried: "Zhaozhao, should we go over and have a look?"
"Don't worry, mother. I just saw my mother-in-law the day before yesterday. She is in good health and I haven't heard of any discomfort. And there was such a loud noise outside just now. I'm afraid it's not true. Let's wait. Wait a minute."
Cheng's mother stopped talking. After all, she was Xie Rongzhao's biological mother, and she was indeed a little scared of this situation.
There was no movement at Xie Rongzhao's place. About two quarters of an hour later, someone knocked on the door again.
This time the reason was still that Mrs. Xie had a headache and fainted, but the voice sounded different.
"I have already sent a message to the second door's mother-in-law, but my young lady has not come out yet. You should go back and wait."
"What's your attitude? Open the door and let me in. My aunt can't go back to see her biological mother? Do you, the Cheng family, want to put your aunt under house arrest and not let her go back to take care of her biological mother?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a bang was heard on the door, which was obviously caused by someone beating it with a heavy object.
"What are you doing? I'm warning you to stop quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!"
After the housekeeper finished speaking, Master Wu over there had already climbed up the high wall and did not dare to make any movement. He just took a few glances and then came down immediately.
"Master, madam, there are about thirty people outside, all strong men. Although they look like servants, they are obviously not the clothes worn by the Xie family's servants. And I see that they all have upright figures, more like A soldier."
Cheng's mother was frightened. Fortunately, Cheng's father supported her and she was able to stand firm.
"If they knock on the door again, don't be polite, just dodge the arrows!"
"Yes, Madam."
Cheng's father and Cheng's mother didn't speak the whole time, just watching their daughter-in-law calmly and rationally give her instructions one by one.
"Someone, come and move out the lamp oil and soybean oil we have stored in case of emergency."
Cheng's mother didn't understand, but Cheng's father did.
This is because if the opponent wants to attack forcefully, they can only pour more fuel on them.
Master Wu also realized that something was wrong, so he immediately gathered all the people, divided the tasks, and asked people to get some rockets, which were all covered with oil. As long as they were fired when fired, they would burn people to death even if they failed to shoot. And it might hurt a large area.
In the huge Cheng Mansion, these servants are actually far from enough.
But there is no other way. Things have been forced to this point, so we can only take one step first and wait and see.
What they didn't know was that the same thing was happening to many officials in the capital. Some of them believed it. After hurriedly leaving the palace, they were forcibly tied into a carriage and went straight to the palace.
In the Xie Mansion, Liu Ruolan is as calm as Xie Rongzhao at this time. The difference is that there are more nurses and strong men in their house, so they still feel safe for the time being.
Soon, people outside started to take action again, and this time the noise of banging on the door was obviously louder.
As soon as Master Wu made his gesture, more than a dozen rockets were fired at those people. After another wave, those people outside were defeated.
The main reason is that the other party has fewer manpower.
But Master Wu didn't dare to be careless. Who knows if they have reinforcements?
After Master Wu lay on the wall to see clearly the situation outside, he opened a crack in the door. He led six or seven guards out and killed all the thieves with quick movements!
Master Wu finally counted, there were thirty-two corpses, and it seemed that two or three people had escaped.
"Young Madam, those bodies have not been disposed of yet, and a few people have escaped. I am afraid that tonight will be bad. In my opinion, the masters should run away from the back door, and we should all go to Xie's Mansion or General Yunhui's Mansion to take shelter. Just avoid it."
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