Xiao Tianjian believed that he had reconciled with An Long's family in Qidu last year. His son was now recognized by him and his future and financial prospects were promising. He should not have done this just to get angry with him. Could it be that he was at odds with Yunlong? But even so, there is no reason for the Xiao family business to suffer such a big loss. After all, it will be the property of the two brothers sooner or later.
On the other hand, he also couldn't figure out why Anlong would be friends with the Heda family. During the year when he was recovering from injury, the Hedda family followed Matisse and several other aristocratic families to make trouble for him and try to seize his family property. After he recovered from his injury, he took revenge. A boy from the Hedda family spoke arrogantly and was beaten by him. Two legs were broken and they are still disabled. The current head of the Heda family is this brat's brother. And Eamonn, who almost caused Anlong to suffer a loss but later died inexplicably, is also their cousin. There is no way that a person named Heda has good intentions towards Anlong. Why does Anlong not understand this? , and still want to associate with that son of the Heda family
Xiao Tianjian thought about it and couldn't figure out what An Long was thinking. He was anxious to ask his son, but he couldn't bear to give up the clues he finally found. Looking up at the two stewards, he became even more depressed. He also thought that if he couldn't escape for a while, he could ask someone from the trading company to send the child to Idong to give it to her father. Now that the two sides were in conflict, it was difficult for him to say such a thing. These two subordinates are obviously in their fifties and sixties, so why are they so small-minded? Even if the father offends them, what does it have to do with the children? Is it necessary to stare at people like this
By this time, Ming Na had already put on clean clothes and came out, with her face and hands washed very clean. A local cook brought broth and bread. Mingna looked at the fresh bread that just came out of the oven and exuded the fresh smell of wheat and baking. She moved her index finger and stared at her grandpa with her big eyes blinking, waiting. He said a word.
But grandpa just stood still, and the two grandpas in charge also lowered their heads slightly and said nothing, but their four eyes drifted towards her from time to time, and the younger one had a somewhat unkind look in his eyes. Ming Na intuitively felt that the other party hated and even resented her, and she couldn't help but feel a little confused.
I am obviously very good and obedient, why does that person hate me? I didn't know him before.
Xiao Tianjian also noticed the deputy steward's eyes, coughed unhappily, frowned and said: "Follow me, I have something to tell you." Then he motioned to his granddaughter: "You can eat first, I will be back soon. ." Then he turned around and went out to another room, and the two stewards hurriedly followed.
Ming Na knew that her grandfather always had "serious things" to talk to, so she didn't feel awkward and ate the bread with big mouthfuls.
In the room over there, Xiao Tianjian was already blaming the deputy steward: "No matter what An Long did, it has nothing to do with the child. What do you mean by this attitude?"
The deputy steward lowered his head and apologized quietly. Upon seeing this, the supervisor hurriedly said: "He also has his own reasons for this. Our two sons are apprentices in other branches. When Master Anlong and the Cavaliers came to search, they were all beaten. I The boy only suffered flesh wounds, but his only son had a broken hand. Although Master Anlong didn't ask for the beating, their family would inevitably feel a little uncomfortable. But don't worry, Lord Earl, we will never do anything to the little boy. Miss any disrespect."
Xiao Tianjian lost his anger after hearing this, and felt a little embarrassed towards the deputy steward: "So that's it. How is the child's injury? You must hire the best doctor, and just buy whatever medicine you want. All the expenses will be borne by me. Everything is covered. After the child recovers from his injury, I will definitely ask someone to arrange a good job for him." After a pause, he added, "An Long, I will scold him and ask him to apologize to you."
The deputy steward lowered his head and said: "The child is no longer seriously ill. The Ito Head Office paid for the medical expenses and he is now recuperating at home. The managers have discussed that he will be sent to the shipping company in the second half of the year. Sir, there is no need to worry. Thank you for your concern."
Xiao Tianjian was relieved: "It's okay. If you have anything, just tell me. I won't let you old employees suffer." He didn't want to continue to dwell on this matter, so he mentioned the target person's identity to them. thing. The two stewards quickly caught up with the topic, but although they were familiar with Nomonka, not everyone recognized him, so they could only promise to send someone to find him as soon as possible.
When Mingna saw her grandfather appear at the dinner table, she had already eaten. She was staring at the two rows of wine jars placed on the wall. As soon as she saw her grandfather come in, she asked: "Grandpa, the people here seem like You don’t like me very much, why?”
Xiao Tianjian didn't know what to say for a moment. It's better not to tell children such complicated things, so he smiled and said: "How could it be? Ming Na must have seen it wrong." Then he quickly changed the topic: "What were you looking at just now? What?"
Ming Na was not satisfied with his answer and glanced at him suspiciously, saying, "I'm looking at the wine jars. They said these are wines brewed in the snowy mountains, the kind they heard about in small villages. There are some here." so many."
Xiao Tianjian took a look and saw that there were indeed a lot of them. Not only were there thirty or forty altars in the dining room, but they were also filled in the corridors. After eating, they went to the empty room in the backyard to rest, and saw dozens of jars placed in the yard. After asking, people found out that this kind of ice and fire wine has been very popular in Weisha recently, so many merchants bought it in large quantities and sold it to Weisha. The people from the Xiao Family Trading Company spent a lot of effort to get so much wine, and it will be shipped out in two days.
The grandfather and grandson stayed in the trading house for two days. Although they were well fed and clothed, the people sent by the steward were unable to find any trace of the target. Xiao Tianjian was a little anxious, worried that the man would leave. In the hotel that day, he and his accomplices had mentioned that they would continue running around.
Thinking of the hotel, he suddenly remembered that when the target entered the hotel that day, the clerk guarding the door did not follow him, but let the target go to the private room by himself. It seemed that the target was quite familiar with that hotel? Will the people at the hotel know who that person is
Acting as soon as he thought of it, Xiao Tianjian didn't want to wait any longer for the people sent by the trading company to come back. He immediately put on the Nuojia civilian clothes prepared for him by the people at the branch. He dressed up like an ordinary person and was about to go out. However, he was stopped by his little granddaughter at the door. .
Ming Na wanted to go out with her grandfather. She had been bored in the house for the past two days, and her mood became worse. People in the branch kept looking at her secretly and whispering behind her back. Some people's looks even made her feel very uncomfortable. Even though she was a child, she could still realize that what her grandfather said that day was not true. She was not welcome here and had no longer wanted to stay. It was only because her grandfather wanted to stay that she didn't make a fuss. Now that he actually wanted to go out, she Of course he refused to let go: "People here don't like me, grandpa, please take me out with you."
Xiao Tianjian had a headache. It was too inconvenient to have a child. He was looking for someone to take care of her, but he found that the staff at the branch were peeking at Ming Na. They didn't know what they were talking about in private. When he saw him looking at her, he turned around and pretended While working as if nothing happened, he couldn't help but frown, sighed secretly, picked up the child and walked out.
The investigation work at the hotel went quite smoothly. Under the temptation of another small bag of gold coins, the money-grubbing clerk readily confessed the information he knew. The target person is considered a regular customer of their place. He comes once or twice a month and asks for a private room every time. The clerk only knew that the man was a housekeeper, but he didn't know which noble family's housekeeper he was. However, the owner of their hotel was familiar with the man and should know. But unfortunately, the hotel owner just left Nomonka a few days ago and will not come back for two months.
After Xiao Tianjian left the hotel with his granddaughter in his arms, they all sighed. Mingna asked worriedly: "Grandpa, what should we do now?" She didn't want to live here for two months.
Xiao Tianjian thought for a moment and sighed: "Forget it, let's see how the investigation goes at the commercial bank. If we really can't find out, we can only wait." Seeing his granddaughter's pouty little mouth, he couldn't help but laugh: " Don’t worry, if you have to wait for so long, of course I will send you back to Qedun first and then come back to check. Anyway, the hotel owner’s affairs can be left to the people of the trading company."
Ming Na was a little happy. Although the investigation could not produce any results, which was a bit frustrating, it was the happiest thing to be able to return to her family. She hurriedly said: "Then grandpa will tell me after he finds out the mastermind. ." Suddenly, she felt something was wrong with what she said: "Grandpa, didn't you say you wanted to accompany us to find our parents, and you also wanted to live with us?"
Xiao Tianjian was speechless for a moment: "Uh... this... wait until I investigate the matter clearly..."
At this moment, a bell suddenly sounded from a distance, interrupting Xiao Tianjian's words. Ming Na hurriedly looked around to find the source of the bell, and soon discovered that it was the bell coming from the palace halfway up the mountain.
The bells rang loudly, and people all over the street became quiet and stopped what they were doing. Businessmen stopped trading, children stopped laughing and running, and the rich and well-dressed woman who was riding a horse slowly passed by. , also controlled the horse, jumped down to listen to the bell, and the streets within the sight of Ming Na and her grandson were all silent.
Ming Na was shocked by such a scene she had never seen before. She was so confused that she could only whisper in her grandfather's ear and ask: "What's going on? What kind of bell is that?" Xiao Tianjian shook his head in confusion. Although Ming Na's voice was small, in this silent environment, it was not unheard. A Noga man standing nearby turned his head to look at them.
The bell continued to ring slowly, and each sound could be heard throughout the city. When the twelfth sound stopped, people suddenly started to move, but then quickly suppressed it, waiting for something with bated breath.
Then, a drum beat came from the direction of the palace on the mountain, and then calm returned. People on the street suddenly started crying. At first it was just one or two people. Gradually, half of the people on the street were crying. The crowd began to move towards the palace, as did several other streets.
Mingna was hugged tightly by her grandfather and was almost hit by the running people. She stared blankly at the crowd around her, wondering what happened. Xiao Tianjian was also a little confused, but the sound of bells and drums coming from the direction of the palace, could it be that something happened there
The answer was soon revealed. Several people who looked like minor officials appeared to maintain order and announced the definite news: King Murdock I of Nogar had passed away.
Xiao Tianjian had heard of this king a long time ago. He was a relatively rare gentle monarch in this country, but he had no outstanding achievements in governing the country and was often hampered by other royal families. The only thing that is commendable is his love for the people, so he is very loved in the country. However, he is in poor health and has been ill for several years. At the beginning of last year, I heard that he might not survive much longer. It is not easy to survive until now.
Xiao Tianjian didn't think that the king's death would have any impact on him. At most, after the new king took office, the trading company had to take care of everything, but what happened next made him change his mind.
Several cavalrymen wearing full armor and riding large horses rushed over from the direction of the palace, dispersed into various streets, and loudly announced the latest order: "The palace urgently orders that foreigners without settlement certificates will be expelled from the country immediately. Violators will be expelled from the country immediately." Immediate beheading. The palace issued an urgent order that foreigners without residence permits will be expelled from the country immediately. Violators will be immediately beheaded..."
The cavalry rushed past, announcing the latest expulsion order. The people on the street were stunned for a moment, but soon they woke up. Immediately, a vegetable seller turned to his competitor at the vegetable stall next door: "You are Wei Sha If you don’t have a residence permit, follow me to see the patrol!" Everyone else realized what they were doing, and they all found the foreigners they knew and shouted to call the soldiers to arrest them. Some foreigners among them also shouted loudly that they had The scene suddenly became chaotic. The soldiers arrived quickly and tied up those who could not produce their settlement certificates and took them away.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Xiao Tianjian hurriedly held his granddaughter and retreated to the corner of the street, intending to hide away. Unexpectedly, the Nuojia man standing next to them just now shouted to the soldiers and pointed at Xiao Tianjian: "Masters, there are foreigners here too, and A small one!”
Ming Na was so angry that she shouted "You bad guy"! Xiao Tianjian was already running at full speed, reaching five feet away in a few steps, and then scurrying left and right in the streets and alleys to avoid the Nuojia soldiers who were pursuing him. However, he was not familiar with this city and there were many pedestrians on the road. He accidentally escaped into a dead alley. Hearing that the pursuers were getting closer and closer, he couldn't help but secretly scream bad luck.
Ming Na was also anxious. She looked around and said, "Let's jump over the wall..." Before she could finish her words, Xiao Tianjian had already led her up the wall and jumped into the yard of a house, making the family members scream in surprise. The soldiers who followed immediately got the news and followed closely.
Xiao Tianjian ran out of the area of the house and wandered in the alley for a while before realizing that he was almost back near the branch. He was quite familiar with the terrain here, so he hid in an empty house and waited for the soldiers. They all ran over, and then they and their granddaughter heaved a sigh of relief.
He was worried about the people in the branch. They also did not have settlement certificates and wondered if anything would happen. After checking that no one noticed him outside, he whispered to his granddaughter to keep quiet, and then quietly sneaked back to the street near the branch.
As soon as they turned into the street, they found a large group of people gathered in front of the branch, including stewards, clerks and several guards. Two officers and dozens of Noga soldiers were about to escort them away. There were many similar situations in the surrounding shops. The total number of Nuojia soldiers on the entire street was at least two to three hundred.
Xiao Tianjian quickly hid in an alley and poked his head to check. Ming Na also stretched her neck to see what was going on.
It seems that because of the reputation of Xiao's business, the two stewards were allowed to bring two changes of clothes, but they had to be searched. However, all the goods in the branch were "confiscated". The deputy manager said reluctantly: "This is the goods we spent money to purchase. Why can't we take them away? We can't even take our own luggage with us, and the money is also taken away. This is obviously robbery!"
An officer smiled maliciously and said: "Whether it is goods or your things, they are all obtained from our country, and they should naturally belong to us. It would be polite to let you go. If you talk too much, you will be careful about your life!"
"You dare?! We are not just cats and dogs!" the deputy steward shouted in dissatisfaction, but the steward felt something was wrong with the expressions of the officers and soldiers, and hurriedly stopped him.
The owner of another shop was also driven out of the shop at this time, crying: "Robber! Robber! All my wealth is here, and you actually want to take it away? I will fight with you!" As he said that, he rushed forward. He grabbed a soldier's clothes and stopped other soldiers from taking away the money he had hidden in the store.
The officer who was talking to the manager of the Xiao branch frowned, walked over and took out his sword. The silver light flashed and he put it back into the sheath. He left a sentence: "It's so noisy." Then he turned and walked back.
The businessman stood there for a while. Suddenly, his head rolled down and rolled around on the ground several times. His body fell down and there was blood all over the ground.
Everyone present was shocked. Ming Na, who was hiding in the alley and peeking, saw such a bloody dead person for the first time and screamed in fright. Xiao Tianjian hurriedly covered her mouth, but it was a little too late.
The officer who had just killed someone turned to look at the alley where they were hiding.
(PK’s results are really miserable. Who can vote for me more...)