Mrs. Jiang in the room deliberately lowered her voice, so Geng Xingshuang and Geng Xingchen couldn't hear it at all.
After about half a quarter of an hour, Jin Bao took a step back and said: "Girl, Miss Qi, the third wife said... On the day of Dragon Boat Festival, the eldest master and the third master went together to break the second master's legs."
Jin Bao had a look of shock on his face. Zhan Pei had said before that the two men in black he saw on the night of Duanyang looked somewhat like Geng Wen and Geng Yan.
At first, Geng Xingshuang paid special attention to Geng Wen and Geng Yan, but she saw that the two of them were very normal. Even Geng Yan, who usually didn't keep his words to himself, didn't show any signs of abnormality. As time went by, As time went by, Geng Xingshuang gradually forgot about this matter.
Unexpectedly, the Duanyang incident was exposed when the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching.
"How did Third Aunt know?" Geng Xingshuang asked immediately.
Jin Bao said: "Yesterday, my uncle called the eldest master and the third master over again. I don't know what they said, but the third master was very angry and drank alone after he came back."
Geng Xingchen was shocked at the beginning, but now she has slowly calmed down. She nodded and said: "Indeed, my father was in a very bad mood last night. He was silent during the meal. After eating, he asked us to go back to the house. He Did you drink again later?”
Jinbao nodded, "The third wife said, the third master said after drinking that the uncle was always partial, but now he knows that he and the eldest master injured the second master, took advantage of them, and threatened them again and again. The third master also said , he and the eldest uncle will not give in. If the uncle is really cruel, just report it to the official!"
Geng Xingshuang thought that during this period, her grandfather had indeed visited her father several times. Every time he came back, although her father could still smile reluctantly at her, there was indeed a gloomy look in his eyes.
"Sixth sister, this...I didn't expect that my father and uncle injured the second uncle together. Do you think grandma knows about this?"
Geng Xingchen was a little worried. Although she no longer had the absolute trust in Geng Xun because of the grape and pomegranate incident, at least Geng Xun still had sense. If Mrs. Bo knew how Geng Cheng was injured, then...
Geng Xingchen immediately shook his head, "Grandma must not know, otherwise this uncle's house would have been turned upside down. But Sixth Sister, do you think grandpa will really sue the government?"
"No!" Geng Xingshuang affirmed, "Unless grandpa wants the Anping Mansion to be destroyed."
Brothers killed each other, and the father sued the eldest son and the youngest son. Even in Ningdu City, where new events happen every day, this is quite explosive news.
The former may have happened or is happening in many families, but it is always done secretly, and no family will cause trouble in the yamen.
Especially for a family with a title like theirs, they would not risk their title.
Geng Xingshuang and Geng Xingchen knew very well how much Geng Xun cared about the plaque on the door.
"Besides, even if Mrs. Bo really knew about this one day and went to the Yamen in anger, my grandfather would only find out that my father and third uncle had broken one of the second uncle's legs. But now the second uncle has not only broken one leg. It’s so simple, it’s been so long, and whether grandfather has any substantial evidence, these are all uncertain factors. As long as dad and third uncle never admit it, they may not be convicted!”
Geng Xingshuang sighed, "Uncle San had done very well before, why couldn't he help but say it last night?"
This matter should have been kept secret. Even if my grandfather already knew about it, he obviously had no intention of telling Mrs. Bo.
But now the third aunt knows, and the third aunt has told her mother, and she and Geng Xingchen Jinbao know again. Naturally, they will not tell anyone intentionally, but once they find out, they might not even know it one day. revealed the news.
The secret is that the fewer people know about it, the better.
During dinner, Geng Xingshuang learned why his third uncle made a drunken gaffe and revealed what he had hidden for months.
Ruan asked Geng Wen why Geng Xun came to him yesterday. At first, Geng Wen didn't want to answer and just said it was nothing. But Ruan's face darkened and she said that Jiang had already told her.
Geng Wen thought of Geng Yan's temperament and believed him. Finally, he had no choice but to say: "I didn't promise my father. How can we get two thousand taels of silver out of it?"
"Two thousand taels of silver, he's crazy, what do you want two thousand taels of silver for?"
Ruan exclaimed in shock.
Only then did Geng Wen realize that Mrs. Ruan had deceived him just now. She had never learned from Mr. Jiang the purpose of Geng Xun's search for him yesterday.
But now that I've said it, there's no need to keep it a secret.
He sighed and said, "It's for the fourth girl, to make her dowry."
"Geng Xingbing? Did she talk about her husband's family? When did it happen? Why did she ask us to pay for her dowry? And she asked for two thousand taels..."
At this point, Mrs. Ruan suddenly paused. Why should they come out? Mrs. Jiang had already explained the reason in the afternoon.
Because Geng Wen and Geng Yan broke Geng Cheng's leg.
Geng Xun used this in exchange, or in other words, as blackmail.
Geng Wen mentioned Geng Xingbing, which reminded Geng Xingshuang of the two previous reports.
Geng Xingbing did go out several times in the past two months. After Zhanpei got the news, he and Wu Juan followed Geng Xingbing's carriage, but every time they followed it for a while, they would lose it.
I only know that the place where Geng Xingbing went should be in the Xinghua Lane area of Jinyue Hutong.
"Every time the fourth girl goes out, she is always followed by the maid named Chu Yin. Girl, I can see that although Chu Yin looks weak and has a thin body, she walks lightly but not floaty. She should be a martial arts practitioner."
Geng Xingshuang also later learned Chu Yin's origin. After she was hit by Geng Xingbing's carriage, she was "kindly" taken in by Geng Xingbing because she had nowhere to go.
But as luck would have it, she was hit together with Tao Yuyu's mother.
Chu Yin turned out to be a martial arts practitioner. Geng Xingshuang felt at that time that Geng Xingbing must have hooked up with someone, but at that time she only thought that Geng Xingbing might have used money and other means to bribe people in the world so that she could attack the Tao family.
But now, Geng Xun actually asked her father and third uncle to spend so much money to buy a dowry for Geng Xingbing. Geng Xingshuang knew that her previous guess was wrong.
Geng Xingbing didn't hook up with someone from the martial arts world who only knew martial arts but had no other foundation, but... a powerful person or a court official.
Otherwise, Geng Xun would not take it so seriously.
Geng Xingshuang thought about the marriage between Geng Xingbing and Yang Qingcheng, and quietly backed away before the wedding. This matter might also be related to the person Geng Xingbing was going to marry now.
"Dad, did my grandfather say who the fourth sister will marry?" Geng Xingshuang asked.
Geng Wen shook his head, "I asked, and so did the third brother, but he didn't say anything. He only said that we would know when the time comes. He only told us that the person had a distinguished status and was not something people like us could reach. It's just that he Ren and the fourth girl met once by chance, and he fell in love with the fourth girl, so he begged the family to arrange the marriage."
Ruan couldn't help but sneered after hearing this: "This requires us to prepare a dowry, but we don't even tell who the other party is. How can there be such a thing in the world? Whose marriage is so mysterious and mysterious, as if it cannot be seen in the light?" Normally, you would be someone's concubine, right?"
Ruan blurted out that she was not such a mean person on a regular basis, but today she was really angered by the two thousand taels of silver. She felt that her father-in-law was asking for the money from their money box.
Over the years, they had lived frugally, and Geng Cheng, Geng Xingshuang, brother and sister also paid money to the family. Together with the Zhuangzi, the family could barely scrape together two thousand taels of silver, but as soon as these two thousand taels came out, they were destitute.
When Ruan thought of this, she said nothing else to relieve her anger!
(End of chapter)
