Everyone stayed in Hexi Village for one night. After dawn the next day, Di Renjie handed Zhao Ada a letter and gave him some money. Zhao Ada accepted the letter, but said that he didn’t want Di Renjie’s money at all. It was Li Yuanfang who secretly stuffed the silver into their baggage!
The yamen returned to Yunzhong County, and Di Renjie said goodbye to Zhao Ada and Heping Baby and embarked on the road to Xilin Mountain Villa!
When the three of them came to Xilin Mountain Villa, they couldn't help being stunned by the sight in front of them. They saw the white silk of Xilin Mountain Villa hanging high, a solemn expression, and the whole house was full of sadness!
The three of them couldn't help feeling horrified. Li Yuanfang was shocked and said: "My lord, this Xilin Villa is doing funerals!"
Di Renjie nodded and said, "Go, let's go and see!"
The three of them came to the villa, and the butler Tang Lu greeted him with a sad expression, but when he saw Di Renjie he was respectful, wiped the marks on his face, and said: "I don't know if the adults are here, the grass folks have lost their way to welcome them. Forgive me!"
Di Renjie saw the housekeeper Tang Lu wearing a filial robe, and quickly asked: "Steward Tang, who is the celestial death in this mansion, and the whole mansion is dressed in filial piety?"
Butler Tang Lu couldn't help feeling sad again, and sobbed: "My lord, it's our master who caused the harm!"
Di Renjie couldn't help but tightened, and said in astonishment: "What? Zhuangzhu Tang made people harm? When did it happen?"
The housekeeper Tang Lu wiped his tears and whimpered: "It was just a few days ago. The master went to talk about buying land. Somehow, he had a dispute with the local squire. As a result, the master was slashed by them. died!"
Di Renjie couldn't help being shocked, and quickly persuaded him: "Steward Tang, my sorrow! Where is the mourning hall of Tang Zhuangzhu? This pavilion and Tang Zhuangzhu have met each other by themselves, and we should have condolences!"
Butler Tang Lu said: "Thank you, my lord, but my lord, his death was so miserable that he scared the lord!"
Di Renjie waved his hand and said: "It's okay, it's okay, the owner of Tang has always regarded this pavilion as a guest of honor, but now he has been suddenly unpredictable, so he has to give him a ride!"
Butler Tang Lu gave a grateful bow and said, "If this is the case, thank you, Sir, please!"
Tang Lu led Di Renjie to the mourning hall of the owner, Tang Yinran. A black lacquered coffin was parked in the middle of the hall. Several people were crying and burning the paper money. There were joss sticks and candles in front of the coffin.
Swaying with the wind, the mourning hall is filled with smoke!
Di Renjie first bowed in front of the coffin and worshipped, took the incense handed by the next person, put incense on the deceased, put the incense in the incense burner, walked forward slowly, and saw Tang Yinran's body lying on the coffin. In the middle, although he changed into a shroud, the face of the corpse was covered with a piece of white cloth. Di Renjie couldn't help being taken aback. He walked to the side of the coffin and reached out to lift a corner of the white cloth on the face of the corpse. Di Renjie shook suddenly, and his heart shook , I saw Tang Yinran's face turned flesh and blood at this time, it was horrible!
Di Renjie calmed down for a while, walked to the housekeeper Tang Lu, and asked, "Steward Tang, why is the death of Tang Zhuangzhu so miserable?"
Tang Lu sobbed: "Oh! Your lord, you don’t know anything. My master looked much more miserable when he was carried back. The whole body was soaked with blood, and his whole body was covered with wounds, even with the master. The same is true for the two entourages who went there! Fortunately, one of the entourages has sharp eyes and legs, and he ran back to report if things were difficult, or else our master died in a foreign land, we don’t know yet!"
Di Renjie nodded his head with a heavy expression, and said, "Tang Zhuangzhu is kind and humble. Who would have thought that there should be such an encounter. Have you reported to the official?"
Butler Tang Lu cried: "The reporter is an official, but it's useless? The squire ran away overnight with his family, and his whereabouts are still unknown. My master died so miserably, but he couldn't catch the murderer. I am a butler. I am really ashamed of my master! The young owner and the new lady are also missing, and the master has no one to post his funeral. How can this be good!"
Di Renjie looked at the crying butler Tang Lu, sighed, and walked out of the mourning hall. Behind the mourning hall is the front hall of Xilin Villa. The butler Tang Lu led the three to sit down in the front hall, and Tang Lu ordered them to serve tea!
Di Renjie took a sip of tea and said to the steward Tang Lu: "Steward Tang, this pavilion hastily visited this pavilion, but he didn’t know that the owner of Tang Zhuang was unpredictable. This pavilion came here to tell you that we have the young owner Tang Zhun News with Madam Haitang!"
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Butler Tang Lu was slightly startled, and said in astonishment: "What? Your lord, have you found our young owner?"
Di Renjie waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, we just found some clues. I wanted to talk to the Tang Zhuangzhu, but I didn't expect that Tang Zhuangzhu had an accident!"
Butler Tang Lu bowed and said, "Dare to ask the lord, where is our young owner? If the adult knows the whereabouts of the young owner, Cao Min will immediately send someone there.
Look for it so that he can come back and send the master on the road! "
Di Renjie said with some guilt: "Steward Tang, I'm really sorry. This pavilion received a clue that someone saw the young owner and his wife Haitang in a place called Hexi Village. Although it has not been confirmed yet, this pavilion feels that if they find them It may be possible for one of them to look similar to each other, but if both of them are similar to the portrait, then this is probably not a coincidence! So this pavilion personally went to Hexi Village to investigate. Unexpectedly, the culprit took the first step in the pavilion and took Tang Gongzi. He and his wife were taken abducted, and even the villagers in Hexi Village were killed by the culprits!"
"What?" The butler Tang Lu took two steps back in shock and almost fell to the ground. Li Yuanfang on the side quickly supported him!
"My lord, did you say that our young owner and his wife were all taken away by the thieves? Oh, what a good thing, this master has just had an accident. If the young owner has another accident, the Tang family will be gone. Is it?" Tang Lu the butler cried out!
Di Renjie comforted: "Steward Tang, don't get too excited, don't worry, since this pavilion has accepted this case, it will naturally investigate it to the end, and must find a way to find Gongzi Tang and his wife Haitang!"
Butler Tang Lu immediately knelt down, and said: "The old master of the Caomin generation and the Tang family thank the adults for their great kindness! If the adults can give back to the Tang family for justice, the grassroots Tang Lu is willing to be a cow and a horse for the adults in the future, in order to repay the adults' kindness!"
Di Renjie hurriedly got up and picked up Tang Lu, the housekeeper, and said, "Steward Tang, the words are serious! With the friendship between Tang Zhuangzhu and Tang Gongzi and this pavilion, this pavilion is naturally duty-bound! Oh, yes. Now, Steward Tang, can the funeral period be set for the chief Tang?"
Butler Tang Lu said, "My lord, two days later, it will be the funeral of the master!"
Di Renjie nodded, and said, "Steward Tang, the three people in that pavilion will be in the house for a few days, and then the pavilion will send him off to Master Tang himself!"
Tang Lu, the housekeeper, was full of gratitude in his eyes and hurriedly said: "I have an imperial commissioner personally to pay memorial service, my master can also look down under Jiuquan! The adults are so kind to the Tang family, it is really a blessing for the Tang family to cultivate for several generations!"
Di Renjie also said politely: "Steward Tang is serious, this pavilion is just doing something that he should do!"
After speaking, the butler Tang Lu led the three of them to the backyard. Just as Di Renjie walked to the screen wall of the front hall, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he followed the butler Tang Lu to the backyard again!