"What's going on? How dare they be so blatant?" Chu Yanhong looked in disbelief.
The steward hesitated and hesitated.
"Say, you were forced too, I understand."
When Xiao Ran said this, his eyes fell on the steward's head.
The steward was slightly relieved when he heard Xiao Ran's words: "No, because there has been chaos in the city recently, no one cares about these things at all. Besides, he is also a Chu family member, so no one dares to ask more questions."
After hearing this, Xiao Ran remembered that the reason why he went out to hide was because of the Su family's affairs.
If his guess is correct, now the Su family has...
"What happened?" Chu Yanhong stood up.
"The Su family's home was confiscated because of rebellion, and many relevant officials in the city were implicated..."
As soon as she heard about the Su family, Chu Yanhong looked at Xiao Ran subconsciously, how could it be such a coincidence?
Xiao Ran smiled, but in fact it was Xu Zhiyuan who hid the evidence of rebellion in Su Yun's yard.
He couldn't enter Su Yun's yard at that time, but he just happened to see a dog in the yard, so he hid the clues directly in the meat, threw it into the yard, and let the dog eat it.
Once Xu Zhiyuan checked it accurately, he would be able to avoid being harmed by Su Yun again in the future, which was killing two birds with one stone.
But if it is discovered, the consequences...
But now that the Su family is gone, Xiao Ran is relieved. As for Chu Tianshu...
Xiao Ran walked up to the servants and looked at them. They seemed to be divided into two groups.
The steward who had just spoken looked panicked, but he was still clean. Some servants and even some stewards hid behind him.
The clothes on his body were all wrinkled, and his face was bruised and bruised.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Xiao Ran walked up to a male steward and looked at the bruise on his chin.
"Me?" The male steward was stunned for a moment.
Xiao Ran nodded. The male steward was a little surprised. He gritted his teeth and spoke slowly: "You've had his leg broken and it's gone."
"But Chu Tianshu asked us stewards to get the account book. Whoever gets it will get one hundred taels of silver."
When Xiao Ran heard about the money, he felt relieved. He had just noticed the gold hairpin on the steward's head.
It’s simply not something she can wear due to her status.
"Laifu!" Xiao Ran shouted, and then Laifu came in from the door.
"What's wrong? Uncle."
"Divide these people into two groups." Xiao Ran ordered.
According to Xiao Ran's instructions, Laifu sorted the injured ones to the left and the uninjured ones to the right.
Now you can see clearly at a glance, those who are not injured, and those who have silver jewelry on their bodies are separated separately.
Seeing their companions beside them, those people couldn't sit still.
"Uncle, what do you mean?" The steward who was the first to speak was a little nervous.
An old woman in her thirties was just a steward, wearing a gold hairpin on her head and an jade bracelet on her hand.
"Master! Miss! We are all forced." A male steward with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks also spoke.
Laifu just took out fifty taels of silver from his body. A steward only gets one tael of silver a month. No matter what, it would take five years of not eating or drinking to save fifty taels. If you just carry this with you casually, you can see it. Something is wrong.
"Where did all this money come from?" Xiao Ran looked at these people with a smile.
In fact, there are only four of these people, three of them are stewards, and only one is a maid in the mansion.
The four of them looked at each other and lowered their heads.
"Is it okay if you don't say anything?" Xiao Ran sneered: "In that case, we have been away from the Chu family for many days and a lot of money has been lost. Come to Fu! Report to the official!"
When they heard the news, the four of them became a little anxious.
"Uncle, we didn't take anything from the house!"
"That's right! You can't accuse us unjustly!"
Xiao Ran smiled: "I didn't say you took my things? Report it to the official and let them investigate slowly!"
Some people wanted to say something, but they were pulled back by the people behind and did not speak.
Xiao Ran looked at the people who suddenly became quiet and had a guess in his heart.
Laifu went out to report to the official and came back soon.
"Uncle, there is no one in the government now..." Laifu said bitterly.
As soon as these words came out, Xiao Ran could clearly feel that the four of them breathed a sigh of relief.
I just guessed that if something happened to Su Yun, Wang Shiying would definitely be dismounted.
I just didn’t expect that no one has taken office yet, and it seems that I can’t do anything with these people for a while.
"In that case, let's close the door at Laifu!"
The four of them were a little confused, but they still lowered their heads.
"It doesn't matter if you don't want to say it. You are also servants in our house, so naturally there are ways to cure you!"
After hearing Xiao Ran's words, the woman wearing a golden hairpin stood up.
"Uncle, we are in charge but we didn't sign the deed of betrayal. You can't betray us."
For servants, the worst outcome imaginable is selling out.
"Oh? Close the door now. It's an internal matter of our Chu family. We can deal with it how we want. Do you think you can run away?"
Hearing Xiao Ran's words, the woman's face turned green: "You... you are breaking the law!"
"Oh? Then why don't you report it to the official?"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the four people changed slightly.
There is no way to report to the government now, and Xiao Ran can't let the government deal with them, but no one in the government will care about what he does.
"Tie all four of them up for me!" Xiao Ran said slowly.
But for a long time, no one moved except Laifu who came forward.
"What are you doing standing around stupidly?"
Xiao Ran's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that all the servants were rolled over?
Just as he was worried, a servant walked out of the crowd.
Looking at the injured servant, Xiao Ran breathed a sigh of relief.
With the first one came the second one, and soon the servants stepped forward and tied up the four of them.
The four of them shouted, and Xiao Ran asked someone to block them.
"Whoever can tell the truth will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and whoever has evidence will be rewarded with fifty taels."
Hearing this, the four of them were a little surprised, and then became a little scared.
"These four, give each of them twenty blows with a stick, and then throw them into the woodshed!"
After saying that, looking at everyone who was still hesitant, Xiao Ran took Chu Yanhong back to the room directly.
"You won't interrogate anymore?"
Seeing that many people had relaxed expressions, it was expected that there would be news soon, but Xiao Ran actually asked the servants to disperse.
"Why are you anxious? I can probably guess what happened to the Chu family." Xiao Ran sat on the bed: "What I want to wait for is not news."
"what is that?"
Xiao Ran raised his eyes and said with a smile, "We'll know tomorrow."
Now, all we can do is wait patiently.
Seeing this, Chu Yanhong didn't ask any questions.
But that night, Chu Yanhong didn't sleep well. Thinking of the losses of the Chu family, and thinking that Chu Tianshu must still be digging holes waiting for them, she felt anxious.
After tossing and turning all night, only Xiao Ran slept soundly and even snored.
Before dawn, Chu Yanhong noticed the flickering figures of people outside, but there was no malice, just some hesitation, pacing back and forth outside.
From the looks of it, there's more than one person.
