Madam Chu was still sighing with her daughter, thinking that if her son's marriage went through, her daughter would be able to gain a foothold in the mansion: "After all, she is a real official relative, and you have done a good job, squeezing out that divorced woman. Our family will only get better and better in the future. Seeing that you brothers and sisters are all successful, what do you think we have to worry about?"
Chu had been close to her mother since she was a child. Seeing her mother so emotional, she smiled and gave her a piece of pork ribs. She caught a glimpse of her sister-in-law looking at her from the corner of her eye, so she coughed, cleared her throat, and whispered, "That's what you said, but even though you're happy, mother, don't favor your brother too much. My sister-in-law won't be happy."
After all, in terms of status, Madam Chu's background is nothing compared to that of the noble lady of the Deng family.
The whole family has already thought about how to balance the family relationships in the future. The more Mrs. Chu looks at Master Deng, the happier she is. It's a pity that Master Deng's marriage was arranged too quickly and too well. Just as she was thinking about this, there was a sudden loud noise outside, and the noise was approaching this side. Mrs. Chu was startled and couldn't help but look at her daughter.
Chu herself was a little confused. She heard the noise outside getting louder and louder. She bit her lip and winked at the maid, asking them to go out and see who was so unruly as to cause trouble in the backyard of the government office.
As soon as the maid stepped out of the door, she retreated with a pale face, opened her mouth and looked at Chu in horror: "Madam... the palace soldiers, the palace soldiers have surrounded our place, and many people have come..."
She stuttered when she spoke, which showed how much of a shock she had received. She was so frightened that she couldn't even speak clearly.
Chu was confused. Her experience was not enough to deal with such a situation, and she didn't know what happened. She stood up with the help of the table, looked at her father and then at her brother, and reluctantly pulled the corners of her mouth: "Is this, is it, is there any order from the master?"
Madam Chu quickly supported her, her face turned pale with fright, and she asked in bewilderment, "Why did you send the palace soldiers to the back when everything was fine?"
The backyard is where the concubines stay. Why would you send palace soldiers to your own backyard
Master Chu was a man after all. Although he was also unsure, he immediately stood up and asked Chu: "You didn't do anything stupid to anger the master, did you?"
Chu Shi shook his head with certainty.
Master Chu himself didn't think so. After all, just now Qin Zhengtong had happily greeted them and even said that he wanted to have dinner with them!
Before they could come up with a result, the gate of the courtyard was kicked open with great force. Several men in armor rushed forward, staring at the Chu family members with fierce eyes, as if they wanted to eat them.
This time, not only the Chu family, but everyone in the Chu family was frightened, especially Master Chu and the eldest son Chu. They didn't know what was going on. They looked at each other with pale faces. They wanted to ask those people how dare they break into the prefect's backyard, but they didn't dare to ask because their swords were shining brightly. If they really stabbed them, there would be no way to stop them.
Fortunately, Lord Yuan had no time to pay attention to the people of the Chu family. He looked directly at the men in the yard and asked sinisterly, "Who is Master Deng?"
Mr. Deng, who was named, had not reacted yet. Chu Yongcheng reacted first. He glanced at Mr. Deng and pointed at Brother Deng in a daze.
The main reason was that Lord Yuan looked so ferocious that even Chu Yongcheng, who wanted to flatter him, subconsciously tried to distance himself from him.
Although the Deng family is indeed a group of high-ranking officials, the problem is that the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager, and the real problem is that we must not suffer the loss in front of us!
Maybe Brother Deng has done something terribly wrong that has attracted so many soldiers. Seeing so many soldiers looking murderous, it might be a big deal.
Lord Yuan fixed his eyes on the unhurried young man beside him. He raised his eyebrows with a cold and alert look, and glanced at Master Deng. He sneered, raised his eyebrows and winked at the people below. Seeing that the palace soldiers surrounded them from all sides, including the Chu family, he stepped forward slowly to block them and said to Master Deng: "Are you Master Deng?"
There are more than 300 soldiers in the mansion now. Even if they step on them one by one, these people will be crushed into meat patties. He has nothing to fear or fear at all.
If it really was Xiao Heng, and he was stepped on to death, then the things I had been worrying about these days would be completely solved.
Tan Zhengtong followed behind, panting, into the yard. He just happened to hear Lord Yuan ask this and subconsciously looked towards Master Deng.
As soon as Chu saw Qin Zhengtong coming in, tears started to fall. She hurriedly called "Sir" and ran towards him pitifully.
She was pregnant and was Tan Zhengtong's favorite concubine. Although Lord Yuan was angry, he did not stop her, so she ran to Tan Zhengtong's side smoothly.
Qin Zhengtong had no intention of comforting his beautiful concubine, and was still staring at the situation over there.
Xiao Heng raised his eyebrows, his face full of smiles, as if this was not a place where hundreds of palace soldiers were ready to chop at any time, but the back garden of his own home. Hearing Lord Yuan's malicious question, he hummed and admitted in a brisk tone: "Yes, I am Deng Congrui, my father is the governor of Guizhou Province. I wonder what the Lord wants to see me about?"
He was calm and composed, and did not show any panic at all about being exposed. For a moment, Qin Zhengtong could not help but become suspicious. Could it be that Lord Yuan was so desperate to make a contribution that he was deceived
Looking at Mr. Deng like this, if he is not really him, how can he be strolling around so leisurely
The people of the Chu family also reacted now and realized that someone was beginning to doubt Master Deng's identity.
Chu Yongcheng spoke up hastily: "He is Brother Deng! He is the son of the academician!"
Master Yuan snorted and said sinisterly, "Is that so? Then may I ask if you have a seal or a document of identity?"
Xiao Heng spread his hands and said, "I ran into thieves on the road and lost all my stuff."
Chu Yongcheng also hurriedly echoed from the sidelines.
Lord Yuan didn't even look at him. He sneered and said in a long tone, "What a coincidence. No one else lost their identity documents, but Master Deng's. So, Master Deng, there is another Deng Congrui in prison now, who is said to be the son of the Guizhou Education Commissioner. How is that? It can't be that the Guizhou Education Commissioner gave birth to two Deng Congruis, right?"
One of the two must be a fake, but based on his intuition, Lord Yuan immediately knew that the one in front of him was a fake.
Everyone looked towards Xiao Heng.
One Hundred and Twenty-Eight: Siege