The Stepmother is Unkind

A group of soldiers broke through the door and surrounded everyone.

When Patriarch Fan, Patriarch Hu and others saw these intruding soldiers, their already dark faces were completely devoid of human color, and despair shrouded their heads.

Afterwards, Qi Jiedushi, dressed in armor and holding a long sword, strode into the courtyard. He first glanced at Mrs. Qi to confirm that she was safe and sound, before ordering people to tie up the Man and the Fu.

The guests didn't dare to move or make a sound. They were all confused about what happened today. Even if they were definitely aimed at those two clansmen, they looked at the two clansmen who were invincible in the past and defeated the rooster. All were apprehensive.

They are afraid of being implicated.

Qi Jiedushi immediately informed the guests that he could not let them leave for the time being. His expression was dignified, but his attitude was not harsh.

The guests are still uneasy, especially among them, who are more or less involved with the two ethnic groups, otherwise they will not come to the wedding.

Since Yin Mingyu has intervened in the management, he must have a beginning and an end, so he simply reassured everyone by saying a few words.

Mrs. Qi waited for her to finish speaking, put the short knife into the sheath, put it back into her wide sleeve, and asked Yin Mingyu, "Is there anything else?"

Yin Mingyu thought about it for a while, and there is really one thing, Nan Ke is still behind.

She asked Yin'er to follow the guards to the backyard and explain a few words.

Yin'er took the order and walked towards the backyard.

In the new room, Nan Ke reached under the mattress, where she hid a dagger.

Nan Ke knew that the Chief Inspector and Mrs. Inspector were going to fight today, so it would be good as long as she survived today. She thought about it. If Patriarch Hu came, she would use a dagger to protect herself and avenge the clansmen who had been humiliated by him.

She could hear some music and noises in the front yard. Those voices did not make her anxious, but became more and more calm.

I don't know how long it took, suddenly there was no sound, but Nan Ke's heart beat violently, he got up in a hurry, opened the door, and listened carefully.

She heard screams, and heard a lot of footsteps, and she was sure of everything in an instant.

Nan Ke wanted to see what happened to those people in person, and just walked out of the backyard door, he was caught by the soldiers together with the servants of the Hu residence.

At this time, Yin'er came to look for her.

"Nanke, everything is going well ahead. Madam asks you to follow the arrangement with peace of mind. Don't be impatient."

Nan Ke understood that she was the newly married wife of the patriarch Hu, but, "My clan..."

Yin'er said, "Like the other guests, I just can't leave for the time being. When something happens, maybe they will be released."

Nan Ke no longer had any worries, but was full of joy.

Yin Mingyu waited for Yin'er to return, and went back to Jiedushi's mansion with Mrs. Qi, and Qi Jiedushi continued to carry out the finishing work of Hu's house and other places.

Xie Ceren was young, and after sitting in the main hall of the front yard for a long time, he couldn't help feeling sleepy, and fell asleep in the arms of the nurse.

As soon as Yin Mingyu and Mrs. Qi came in, Jin'er, Nanny Tong, and others immediately got up and saluted happily.

Nanny Tong was still holding Xie Ce, Yin Mingyu excused them from the ceremony, and then looked at Xie Ce.

Xie Ce lay sideways on Nanny Tong's shoulders, her fleshy cheeks squeezed toward her nose, and her mouth bulged, which was very interesting.

Yin Mingyu and Madam Qi laughed when they saw his appearance.

Mrs. Qi smiled and said, "Why don't you stay overnight in the mansion today."

Yin Mingyu politely declined: "Thank you for your kindness. When Lord Inspector comes back, we have to leave for Beijing. There are still many things in the prefecture, so it is inconvenient to stay overnight."

When Mrs. Qi heard the words, she nodded understandingly, but asked again, "Will you come back this time?"

Xie Qin has only just begun to show off his skills in South Vietnam, and it is reasonable to say that she will, but she can't be too sure about things that are not accurate, so she can only say: "You will know when you go back to Beijing, if you have any advice. For the eldest lady, don't be polite, we will bring it back to Beijing together."

Mrs. Qi directly responded "OK".

It was getting late, Yin Mingyu and Mrs. Qi said goodbye, so they didn't stay any longer and returned to the prefecture with a group of people.

Their carriage stopped directly at the main gate of the prefecture, and the guards went to knock on the closed east corner door knocker.

As soon as the door knocker rang, Chu He and all the officials who were quite nervous in the prefectural government looked over.

A guard went to the east corner gate and shouted, "Who is coming?"

The guard outside the door replied, "The young lady and Xiao Lang are back."

The guard was overjoyed and immediately opened the door to welcome them in.

Chu He also showed a relaxed smile on his face, turned to the officials of the prefecture, and said, "Since this official has explained to you that the governor has an errand, he will not lie to you, wait a moment, the errand will come."

Liu Sima and the others looked at each other, and when Madam Inspector entered the prefecture, they looked at her together again.

Since Yin Mingyu arrived in the prefecture, she is used to attracting attention, and naturally she will not feel any discomfort, but she has a bad heart, glanced at the officials lightly, and smiled at Chu He: "Ban and Ruo have been arrested. , it's time for you to work hard."

Liu Sima and other officials were shocked and couldn't believe it, but there was absolutely no need for Mrs. Inspector to lie about this matter, and there was evidence of Chu He's abnormal situation today...

Could it be that the savage and the fluke two clans... Really something happened? !

And Yin Mingyu dropped such a sentence, and after seeing everyone's shocked expressions, he walked back to the back house from the side.

Chu He taught the guards to open the ceremonial door, but Liu Sima and the others all stood there and were not in a hurry to go back.

A group of officials had different thoughts, especially officials like Liu Sima who had close ties to both clans. They were very afraid that they would be implicated because of the affairs of the two clans, and they would not be safe in the evening.

Therefore, Liu Sima thought for a moment, and changed his attitude of holding it up. He was extremely polite, and even a little humbly asked Chu He: "Chu Changshi, what the **** is going on? This...we..."

He didn't ask directly, but the expression on his face was full of apprehension.

Except for him, most of the officials were more or less uneasy on their faces.

Chu He had a lot of ridicule in his heart, but the law did not blame the public, and these people had some shortcomings at hand, and Xie Qin and him would act smoothly in South Vietnam in the future.

So he said in a rather gentle manner: "Lord Inspector Shi is not such a narrow-minded person. If you don't fish the common people and make some small mistakes, Sir Inspector Shi can be tolerant. Now, isn't it a chance for you to make up for your mistakes?"

Liu Sima and other officials understood what he meant, but there was still a slight hesitation.

However, this hesitation, after the envoy Qi Jiedu successively sent people to bring all kinds of criminal evidence and the huge amount of property obtained from the raid, all the remaining hesitation disappeared.

They all wanted to protect themselves, so they all quietly told Chu He that they had something to report.

The so-called "the tree falls and the hozen is scattered, and the wall falls and everyone pushes", but if one step can make their feet firm, they will want to step on a few more feet.

Knowing this was the result, Chu He arranged for the guards to record the confessions of each of them one by one, and at the same time took the rest of the official guards to count the stolen property in the book.

The entire prefecture city, especially the southeastern part of the city, almost half of them belong to two ethnic groups. All kinds of account books are piled up in a room, and they need to be recorded and sorted. It is difficult for the officials of the prefecture to stay up all night Finish.

But none of them dared to complain, and all of them even tried their best to show their sincerity.

Xie Qin stayed in Butterfly Valley that night, and also dealt with these things.

Butterfly Valley found more property, and the guards in charge of raiding the house and Qian Zhongjun were also stunned when they saw the pile of valuables.

In particular, there are dozens of huge silver boxes found from the two tribes, as well as scattered silver boxes from various households, as well as various silver ornaments owned by each household. It is estimated that there are millions. Two giants.

Not to mention, there are also various land deeds and house deeds. After registering them, they collected them and placed them together. A small jewelry box could not fit at all, so I replaced it with a wooden box that was three times larger, and closed the lid after it was compacted.

The tax revenue of the entire South Vietnam is only how much each year, and these two groups are really amassing a lot of money.

The books Xie Qin held in his hand recorded in detail the various money and goods supplied to King Ping by the two clans in recent years, which were also huge.

Once it is sent back to Beijing, it will definitely shock the government and the opposition.

The next day, when Xie Ce woke up in his room, he knew that his mother didn't lie to him, and his mother picked him up.

After he got dressed, he came out of the room and saw that everyone was busy, and was immediately puzzled.

But Yin Mingyu hadn't woken up yet. The old man asked Xie Ce to go to class again. Xie Ce could only endure his doubts. After class, he asked Yin Mingyu during breakfast, "Mother, why are you packing?"

Yin Mingyu said calmly, "I want to go back to Beijing."

"Returning to Beijing?" Xie Ce was stunned, and counted with his short, fat fingers, "One, two... Isn't it at least three years?"

Yin Mingyu was in a light mood and had a big appetite. He returned to him while eating: "Your father is going back to Beijing to report on his work, just as you know that Aunt Xu is getting married, let's go back by boat together."

Xie Ce's face showed whether he was happy or not, and asked tangled: "Is it back?"

"What? Didn't you have enough fun?"

Xie Ce nodded honestly.

Yin Mingyu didn't have enough fun. Although she returned to Beijing this time, her mentality and confidence were different from before, but she was indeed much more comfortable in South Vietnam than in Beijing.

With what she now understands about Xie Qin, she is very sure of coming back, so she didn't say anything to Xie Ce like she did to Mrs. Qi, but nodded directly: "It should be back."

Xie Ce was only happy now, and said happily: "I can see my grandfather and grandmother!"

The city gate of the state city has been extremely strict since the morning. Unless you get a pass order from the state government, you can only enter and cannot exit.

The people in the city were a little panicked, but the soldiers who occasionally patrolled the streets didn't do anything to them, nor did it affect their normal business and work, so the city was not at the point of panic.

In the evening, Xie Qin finally returned from the Butterfly Valley and entered the city with dozens of cars.

The people were afraid of those sturdy soldiers, and they all dared to watch carefully from a distance, and then talk quietly.

After Xie Qin returned to the prefecture, he only saw Yin Mingyu once and threw himself into the busy work of the prefecture.

The officials of the prefectural government office have not been able to leave the prefectural government office since they were on duty yesterday. If Mrs. Shi Shi had not taught people to bring water and food to them, they would have been even more embarrassed than they are now.

Yin Mingyu's maids were also not easy. They were in a hurry. Xie Qin brought back so many things, and they had to send them to the capital.

It's not like Yin Mingyu didn't do anything. Most of the guests were released from Hu's house. She was about to leave Beijing and had to make some arrangements for the unfinished Cuju competition.

It was estimated that no one was in the mood to watch the Cuju competition recently, so she simply said to these little ladies, "Stop for now."

The little ladies hadn't completely drawn out from the events of the previous night, and they all looked a little sullen and agreed quietly.

Yin Mingyu didn't comfort them, but only hinted: "Those shops in the northeast of the city will be dealt with in the future. Everyone has a chance. You might as well think about it, do you have any plans..."

After listening to the group of little ladies, they gradually showed some longing.

Some people are willing to live a plain life, and they can't be forced or blamed; but if some people are not willing to be **** in the back house, Yin Mingyu doesn't mind creating some opportunities for them.

It is not difficult for her to be left and right, so why not do it?

Xie Qin and others were busy day and night, and finally, three days after the incident, they were about to embark on the road back to Beijing.

The prefectural government was temporarily handed over to Chu He. After Xie Qin and Yin Mingyu went together to say goodbye to the envoy Qi Jiedu and Mrs. Qi, they took the Qi family to Tuyi in Beijing and left the prefecture.

They left the city this time, not only with the Xie family's escort, but also hundreds of Qi Jiedushi's personal soldiers to **** the silver into Beijing.

The boat had already been arranged and had docked at the pier. The group of them took the land route to the pier in the southeast of Nanyue, and then took the boat from the pier, all the way north.

They were lucky, the weather was excellent along the way, and they arrived at the Yangzhou Wharf very smoothly, one day earlier than expected.

If the trip was delayed, Xie Qin didn't plan to stay, but since he arrived early and the ship needed supplies, the family made a temporary decision to return to the old house with only a few guards.

My aunt had already entered Beijing at the end of February for the marriage of her daughter Bai Zhixu.

Mrs. Xie did not go back to Beijing with the concubine. Even though Family Master Xie and Mrs. Xie frequently sent letters back asking her to return to Beijing, she still resolutely stayed in the old house.

In the heart of the family head Xie, the old mother stayed alone in the old house in Yangzhou, without her children and grandchildren by her side.

The reality, however, is quite different.

The Xie family has many people in Yangzhou. Mrs. Xie also had some boudoir friends when she was young. Some of them have passed away, some have gone elsewhere with their children and grandchildren, but there are two close friends who have reconnected.

The two old ladies were not doing badly, but the affairs of their children, grandchildren, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law taught them to be exhausted.

Mrs. Xie thinks very much now, she lives one day less, and she is quite proud. After the three old sisters got together, they persuaded several times and left two friends directly.

The three old ladies gathered together, listened to operas, played around in the daytime, tasted Yangzhou delicacies, and sometimes drank a few glasses under the moon like a literati and elegant guest in the evening, and fell asleep.

The two old ladies were reluctant to think about Shu, and Mrs. Xie never thought of "loneliness" at all.

But she told her son in the letter that Patriarch Xie didn't believe it at all, so she was too lazy to say it.

Sometimes the two old ladies miss their grandchildren, so they want to go home to see them, but after a few days back, they will come back to Xie's house because they are fed up with all the things that have happened at home.

Seeing that Mrs. Xie was eating and drinking properly, they asked her, "You always say how good your granddaughter-in-law and great-grandson are, don't you miss them?"

Mrs. Xie: "..."

I definitely think about it, but I just don't think much about it.

She has no time.

And Mrs. Xie thought that her grandson-in-law would definitely understand her.

The two old ladies couldn't understand it, but when she heard that her daughter-in-law was "capable" and her grandson's daughter-in-law was "caring"...and they were quite envious.

A few days ago, Mrs. Xie took them to Jinling to play for a while, and the two old ladies couldn't help it when they came back. They went home to see their grandsons. With Mrs. Xie left alone, they arranged all the meals they wanted when they were away. Come on, eat while listening to the book.

When she heard it, she was drowsy when the outside suddenly came in in surprise and reported: "Old Madam, Lang Jun, Young Madam and Xiao Lang Jun are back!"

Madam Xie woke up, covered the plate on her leg, and asked, "Who's back?"

The maid repeated beamingly: "Lang Jun, Young Madam and Xiao Lang Jun are back!"

"Isn't it just a few months away?" Although she said that she might be back soon, they came back too soon.

Mrs. Xie came back to her senses and quickly taught people to hide their food.

A group of maids and maids: "..."

They thought that the old lady was too happy, so they went to see the young lady and the others as soon as possible.

Mrs. Xie is happy, but she should not forget to tell her: "Don't talk nonsense, can you save it?"

All the maids and maids nodded.

On the other side of them, Yin Mingyu and his party also came to the door of the old house.

Xie Qin didn't intend to attract attention, so after disembarking, he sent someone back to inform Mrs. Xie, and the Yi people didn't know they were coming back.

When the three entered the old house, Xie Ce couldn't wait to trot to the main courtyard, and as soon as he entered the main courtyard, he shouted crisply, "Great-grandmother, Ce'er is back!"

Just when she was already packed up, Madam Xie heard her great-grandson's voice, only Xi was left, and walked out with a cane.

Great-grandchildren finally meet.

One old and one young looked at each other, but both were surprised and puzzled.

Xie Ceren was small and direct, opened his eyes and asked, "Great-grandmother, why are you so fat?"

Mrs. Xie couldn't care less about how her great-grandson was talking so fast, looked at his face and asked, "Ce'er, why are you so dark?"

When Xie Ce heard this, he touched his cheek with his little hand, "Is Ce'er dark?"

When Mrs. Xie saw the back of his hand, which was also darkened a lot, she was speechless.

Is this the future heir to her Xie family? How did you become a little black charcoal!

At this time, Xie Qin and Yin Mingyu walked in.

Madam Xie looked at the two of them, and was instantly attracted by Yin Mingyu.

Yin Mingyu looked at her, and Mrs. Xie never left, so she couldn't help sympathizing with Xie Qin.

Unexpectedly, the old lady misses her the most.

Xie Qin saluted uprightly, and Yin Mingyu saluted with a smile.

After the two got up, Madam Xie looked at Yin Mingyu up and down for a while, and finally asked, "Why are you black?"

Yin Mingyu: "…"

It turned out to be self-indulgent.

Although Yin Mingyu was not as dark as Xie Ce, it was not something that Mrs. Xie could endure.

She couldn't stand it any longer, so she turned to her grandson Xie Qin, and said lovingly, "How hard is the road? Why did you guys come back suddenly?"

Xie Qin held his grandmother's hand and replied, "Return to Beijing temporarily to report on work."

Madam Xie asked again, "Can I go to Lingnan again?"

Xie Qin nodded and asked, "Will my grandmother come back to Beijing with us?"

"No." Madam Xie replied without hesitation.

Xie Qin: "…"

I haven't seen each other for over a year, and my grandmother has changed...a little bit.

After Mrs. Xie finished speaking, she realized that she was responding too quickly, and immediately changed the subject and asked, "Where's the sheep? Have you eaten?"

The three who just came back: "..."

They were all confused.