"These hateful thieves—"
Xu Pei's relatives were sent back to the mansion by soldiers dispatched by Qin Gong, and as soon as they entered the gate, they saw the cold and empty courtyard.
Because they had to run for their lives, everyone could only try to pick out the small and precious pieces, and leave the big pieces in the old house for the servants to guard them, and move them again when they have the opportunity.
He never wanted to escape and failed, but when he returned home, he found that the house was also visited by thieves, and many domestic servants were injured.
Several concubines wept without tears and found that the large items that they had not yet had time to take away were emptied by the thieves.
The Duobao Pavilion shelf that a concubine loved so much also disappeared, and all the things on it were gone.
When I asked the servants who stayed at the old house, the servants said that not long after they left, a group of masked bandits broke in and looted.
Fortunately, these bandits had no vision, and only robbed gold and silver property, and more valuable objects, such as antique copies, remained untouched.
Compared to the latter, the stolen gold and silver objects can only be regarded as the tip of the iceberg.
Mrs. Xu Pei had an angry look on her face, and at the same time she was glad that the bandits who took advantage of the fire had shallow eyelids and didn't know the good stuff.
"I've been frightened for a day, let's all go back to their respective courtyards to rest, and the next thing will be discussed tomorrow."
Madam Xu Pei dismissed the crying concubine casually, impatiently but also faintly happy.
These concubines are beautiful but have no background. The private storage is full of gold and silver vulgar things, cloth clothing and rouge gouache. At the same time, they are also the worst-hit areas visited by bandits. They lost the most, but what's the use of crying in front of her, she wouldn't send kindness to subsidize it.
Xu Yanxiao watched the show with cold eyes, but there was no wave on her face.
When the eldest lady spoke and let her go, she followed the other female relatives and saluted and retired, and went back to her yard.
"Go check the private library and see what's missing—"
Xu Yanxiao casually found an excuse to leave the first-class maidservant.
She wanted to be alone.
The maid muttered, "The bandits are so greedy, how can they leave us anything? It's a vain investigation, and they must be robbed."
His feet seemed to be plunged into the ground, and he refused to move at all.
Xu Yanxiao held back her anger.
"Let you go, you will go, what excuse is there?"
Relying on the fact that she was the eldest lady, this maid never took Xu Yanxiao's words to heart, and even if she instructed her to do something, she would complain.
The maid shrank her neck, looking timid, she turned around with a contemptuous expression, and the tip of her nose snorted slightly.
"It's just an orphan girl with no father or mother. She doesn't have a maid and has money. What kind of private treasury are you looking for?"
The maid murmured and complained, and had to get the lock to open the private vault.
Although Mrs. Xu Pei never cared about Xu Yanxiao, in order not to be criticized by the outside world, she also prepared a lot of good things for Xu Yanxiao.
However, although the things are good, they are all valuables that are not commonly used and marked. They are not practical because of their large size and can only be stored in private warehouses.
Most of the few items that can be exchanged for silver taels have also been secretly exchanged by servants.
Xu Yanxiao's life in Xu's house was very unsatisfactory.
"what?"
The maid looked at the things in the private library and snorted in surprise.
Everyone's private treasury was looted by the robbers, but Xu Yanxiao's private treasury was neat and tidy, and there was not even a footprint on the ground.
Knowing this, Xu Yanxiao pondered, "Maybe the courtyard is too inconspicuous, and the bandits have no time to search it. You go to get the Buddhist scriptures and prepare the pen and ink. I will recite the scriptures for my mother. Don't spread the word about the private library. , so as to avoid unnecessary discussion.”
All the people in the palace were looted, but he was safe here, and it was inevitable that he would get red eyes.
Clinker, the maid turned her head and passed the story and Xu Yanxiao's words to the eldest lady.
The eldest lady sneered and said contemptuously, "Unfamiliar white-eyed wolf."
What's there to hide about this, is it possible that these elders will still covet her money
On the second day, the Xu residence welcomed a special visitor.
Qin Gong had a tender face, but with his burly and slender body and the armor, no one dared to treat him as a child, "When the eldest lady and Xin Zhaogong live in two places for a long time, you might as well write a letter to the family to report safety, lest you Mr. Xin Zhao is on the front line worried about the safety of his family, young and old."
The eldest lady's face turned gloomy, and she looked at Qin Gong with a knife in her eyes.
From her point of view, this is where he wrote a letter to make Xu Pei feel at ease, and clearly threatened him with his family and ordered him to submit.
She won't be fooled.
The eldest lady said sternly and bluntly, "Lord Lanting, who never thought of the beauty of the moon, actually used such a vulgar method. Is it really what a husband did?"
Using her relatives to coerce others, she is still a man...
Bah, is she still a genius
Qin Gong smiled and said, "Madam really misunderstood my lord, there is no malice in this move."
no offence
Ghosts don't believe it!
The eldest lady refuses to write a letter to the family. Who knows what tricks the enemy will play with this letter
Seeing that she refused, Qin Gong did not force it.
He didn't show it on the face, but he secretly felt that this person was far less far-sighted than the eldest lady.
The eldest lady in Qin Gong's mouth was not Madam Xu Pei but Xu Yanxiao's biological mother, Xu Fei's wife.
If she encounters this scene, she will definitely write a letter from the family, and in the letter, she will explain the situation at home in detail, so as to appease her husband who is fighting outside.
With the family letter, it proves that the family is safe and sound.
If the husband reaches the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted, he will more or less worry about his family and will not go out of his way.
If there is no family letter, maybe the husband will have a temper, desperately fighting the enemy to the end, and finally losing his life.
Qin Gong was too lazy to mention the other party, so as not to be a donkey's liver and lungs.
He turned the subject to Xu Yanxiao again and asked, pretending not to know, "I heard that the daughter of the old master ordered Duke Wen's daughter to live in the mansion now?"
Madam nodded.
Qin Gong said, "Yesterday, I heard back from the soldiers, saying that a group of bandits with a size of a thousand people took advantage of our army's entry into Zhejiang County, looting and committing crimes everywhere, and even the mansion of Duke Xinzhao was poisoned. Some chewing, please don't dislike it."
The eldest lady heard the tricky things at once, and she felt uneasy in her heart.
Qin Gong first mentioned Xu Yanxiao, and then said that he was worried that there would not be enough chewing in the house, so Dian'er Dian'er sent it to chew. What does this mean
Although the mansion was patronized by bandits, it wasn't that he was too poor to open the fire. Qin Gong was worried that she would starve an orphan girl
The eldest lady was not happy in her heart, and her face became even colder.
Qin Gong didn't seem to see it, and made a request to see Xu Yanxiao.
Madam was even more angry.
This is to see with her own eyes whether she abuses the orphan girl
Because the defense of men and women is not serious, Qin Gong is Xu Fei's old minister, Xu Yanxiao is still young, he cares about the old master orphan and others will not make irresponsible remarks. Xu Yanxiao blushed when she saw Qin Gong, "Why are you here?"
"The last will set off for the southern expedition in a few days, and while the momentum is still high, he will take the remnants of Zhe County in one fell swoop." Qin Gong sat upright and said with a straight face, "This is a small half-moon, and the last is afraid that Mrs. Xu will be worried. , so I came here to report."
"Who's worried?" Xu Yanxiao added embarrassment on her face, realizing that she had said something harsh, and said with red earlobes, "Remember to come back."
Qin Gong nodded, and after a while, got up to leave.