Xu Ying had been in poor health since he was young, and it was Master Li who had always been looking for famous doctors from all over the place to treat his body. Over the years, Xu Ying had to live in Zhangzhou for a period of time every year, and he almost treated Master Li as his own father.
Master Li wiped his eyes with his sleeve and said, "I was stunned when I came in just now. A good child is gone just like that."
At this point, Mrs. Xu could no longer hold back and sobbed softly, covering her face.
Xu Yonghong's eyes also turned red.
When Master Li heard his sister crying, he paused and said, "Although Ah Ying was a little impulsive, she is not incompetent, and Ah Rui is even more so. Since both of them think that Song Heng's background is problematic, then..."
Mrs. Xu immediately understood what her brother meant, and she hurriedly said, "Yes, A Rui also said that Song Heng's background is very suspicious. Over there..." She hinted cryptically, "He also had such thoughts, otherwise how could he have allowed A Ying and A Rui to test the Song family like this?"
Song Heng's life story...
Master Li put away his sorrow and sadness, stood up with his hands behind his back and said, "I heard that A Rui is back too, I want to go see him."
Mrs. Xu stood up without saying a word. "I just had time to take a look at him. He looked very bad. He was so thin that he was unrecognizable. There were wounds all over his body. It was all caused by Song Heng!"
When Mrs. Xu said this, her tone sounded like she wanted to eat someone.
Xu Yonghong restrained himself, but his eyes darkened.
The group went to Xu Rui's yard. Nanny Zhang was standing in the corridor in a daze. When she saw them coming, she hurriedly saluted.
When Madam Xu saw Aunt Zhang, she immediately frowned: "Why are you here?"
After Zhang Linghui died, Madam Xu transferred Nanny Zhang to the laundry department in the outer courtyard to be a housekeeper. Although her job was not as good as before, she was still a housekeeper and did not have to suffer.
She didn't want Nanny Zhang to get close to Xu Tongzhou and Xu Tongji, and felt that this was already a mercy.
Nanny Zhang shrank back and her face turned pale.
Madam Xu frowned even more tightly. She only looked calm on the outside, but her heart was tense. Seeing Aunt Zhang's sneaky look, she immediately asked in a somewhat inappropriate manner, "What's going on?!"
The sound of a child crying could be heard in the house.
Xu Yonghong's face became serious and he immediately lifted the curtain and went in, followed closely by Master Li.
Madam Xu had already recognized the voices as those of the Xu Tongzhou brothers. She immediately gave Madam Zhang a cold look, which made Madam Zhang feel cold all over, and then she followed them into the room.
Xu Tongzhou and Xu Tongji were kneeling at Xu Rui's feet and crying.
The two children lost their mother and when they suddenly saw their father, all their fear and grievances surged up and they pulled at Xu Rui's sleeves and refused to leave.
Xu Rui was talking to them with his head down.
Hearing the noise, Xu Rui raised his head and saw the person coming in. He moved his lips and shouted excitedly: "Father! Uncle!"
Xu Yonghong's eyes fell on his hand that was placed on Xu Tongzhou's head. Seeing that it was covered with scars, his eyes darkened.
Master Li walked quickly to his bedside, sat down immediately, reached out and grabbed his hand and lifted his sleeve up, exposing all the scars on Xu Rui's arm to their eyes.
Mrs. Xu's tears immediately fell like beads from a broken string. She screamed "A'rui" and then threw herself on him and burst into tears.
Xu Rui suddenly groaned.
Master Li was quick to act and, without paying any attention to the children, he pulled Madam Xu away and asked him with a deep gaze, "Is your whole body like this?"
Without waiting for Xu Rui to answer, he punched the edge of the bed and said angrily, "Song Heng!"
Xu Tongzhou and Xu Tongji didn't expect that their father was so seriously injured. They were immediately frightened and trembled on the ground with pale faces.
Mrs. Xu stood up, holding her grandsons on both sides, and gently advised them: "Father is still injured, so it is not appropriate to talk too much with you. You should go back first. When his injuries are better, grandma will let you come over, okay?"
Xu Tongji was still in heavy mourning and shouldn't have been here.
Madam Xu's eyes darkened. After handing her grandson over to Madam An and asking her to take him back, she came out and looked at Madam Zhang. She smiled sarcastically, "You are really loyal to the Zhang family. In this case, you should go back to the Zhang family."
Xu Tongji was supposed to kneel outside to thank his relatives and friends, and then smash the basin to hold the spirit.
But at this time she came in and knelt in front of Xu Rui and cried with Xu Tongzhou. It was self-evident why.
Mrs. Zhang still thought that it was like the time when Zhang Linghui was the Crown Prince's wife, and no matter how big the problem was, she could just cry in front of Xu Rui and it would all be solved.
But she didn't know that things had changed.
The Zhang family is almost finished. Ever since the death of Master Zhang, bad things have been happening one after another. First, the creditors came to the door to ask for money, and then Master Zhang the Third got into a fight with someone for some unknown reason and ended up getting a blow on the head and has been lying in bed ever since.
If it weren't for this, Mrs. Zhang wouldn't have come three times a day just to ask the Xu family for help.
The Xu family's attitude was very cold, and Mrs. Zhang gradually gave up hope at first. But until she heard that Xu Rui had returned, Mrs. Zhang suddenly gained confidence and wanted to give it a try. She had also thought about the principle that people will forget about you when you are gone, and she knew that now that her daughter was gone, Xu Rui might not care about their feelings, so she deliberately went around in circles and planned to use her grandson to plead for mercy.
Xu Rui might vent his anger on the Zhang family, but he couldn't just ignore his own son, right
But she didn't expect that she would be discovered by Madam Xu before she could finish her task. Nanny Zhang was so frightened that her soul left her body. She knelt down in haste, but before she could even cry for mercy, she was grabbed by someone and dragged out.
Aunt Zhang cried as if the sky had fallen. When she saw Madam Zhang who had been waiting for her at the back door, her legs went weak.
Madam Zhang had been pacing back and forth anxiously, hesitating whether she should spend some money to send someone in to investigate the situation, when she saw Nanny Zhang being carried out by two sturdy old women and then thrown to the ground.
She was stunned.
When she came to her senses, she immediately guessed what it was because. She couldn't help but blush and pointed at them to scold them, but they didn't say a word and slammed the door shut as soon as they entered. They really didn't even show the slightest bit of courtesy and had no intention of treating them as relatives at all.
Mrs. Zhang's accumulated anger over the past few days suddenly came to the fore. Seeing Aunt Zhang standing there like a fool, she became even more furious and asked her angrily, "What are you going to do?! The prince didn't say anything?!"