Zhong Niangzi Wanfu

Chapter 82 I won’t let go of the You family

一
Zhong Lan did not dare to delay, traveled under the stars and night, and hurried back to Taiming. He first imprisoned Nie Yi in a secret village of the Shen family, and then returned to the Shen Mansion.

Fortunately, Shen Zhan was willing to learn. The two stewards were intimidated by Zhong Lan and Shen Feng, and they were diligent in their work. Mother Li was also a good housekeeper, so there were no more accidents in the family.

And with A Nian's company, Yang's illness also improved.

After Shen Feng recovered from his illness, he began to be busy carrying out his business.

Taking over the Shen family business was not an easy task. Shen Feng had to meet with the stewards of the farm shop, establish his own rules, repeatedly acknowledge Shen Lin's death, and accept their inquiries and greetings.

Shen Feng seemed to have become a soulless body, completing all this numbly, and then fell ill again. He had a high fever for three days in a row. Now he is still lying in the room, not thinking about food or food, and even taking medicine. Without a meal, the disease will not be cured.

Zhong Yan listened to Jiang Liu's report, his expression became more and more serious, finally took a deep breath, and pushed open the door.

In the room, Shen Feng was lying on the couch with disheveled hair, staring at the tent blankly.

"How long are you going to lie down?" Zhong Yan calmly sat down on the soft chair in front of the bed and asked softly.

Shen Feng didn't respond and just closed his eyes silently.

"Are you grieving for your father-in-law's new death, or are you worried about your career?" Zhong Lan asked again.

Shen Feng finally came to her senses and looked at Zhong Lan with confusion, as if she was silently asking Zhong Lan whether she was such a greedy person in her heart.

Seeing his reaction, Zhong Lan breathed a sigh of relief: "If you are worried about your career, I, Zhong Lan, have misjudged the person; if you are worried about your father's death, then get up."

"I belong to a woman's family. The Shen family will never be stable without a master. With my father-in-law gone, you are now the backbone of the entire Shen family. If you don't get up, the entire Shen family won't be able to get up." Zhong Lan harmoniously said. He advised, "Think about how my father-in-law and mother-in-law used to run the family. You and I should shoulder this burden."

A flash of light flashed in Shen Feng's eyes, and then he sighed and said in a low and hoarse tone: "I understand, I just can't believe it, daddy..."

Shen Feng has always been strong. It must be that only in front of Shen Lin and Yang can he feel at ease as a son.Now that Shen Lin has passed away, Shen Feng no longer has a father.

Zhong Yan didn't speak, and stepped forward to help Shen Yan sit up.

Shen Yan lay down for a long time, his consciousness was a little dazed, and he was temporarily unstable.

Zhong Lan held his arm, her eyes gradually reddening: "I understand your sadness, but you can't let it down. My father-in-law is gone, but we are all still there. The Shen family is still there, and my father-in-law is still watching from the sky. .”

Seeing that Shen Feng was thoughtful, Zhong Lan added, "And now I have something to tell you. My father-in-law's death was not an accident."

Shen Feng was stunned: "What did you say?"

Zhong Lan sat beside Shen Feng's bed and softly talked about the results he had found out in the past few days.

After explaining, Shen Feng's eyes were already red, and she raised her hand to hug Zhong Lan: "It's my fault that I let you run my house for so long for nothing, but I have been hiding here for a while, completely ignoring the suspicion of my father's death. "

"I want to investigate further, avenge my father, and seek justice for the Shen family." Shen Feng's eyes flashed.

Zhong Lan was a little relieved: "Jiang Liu, bring the medicine and food in."

two

After Shen Feng regained his strength, Zhong Lan still helped take care of the Shen family and asked him to fully investigate the real cause of Shen Lin's death.

Because of the seriousness of the matter, they did not tell Yang and Shen Zhan about it.

Shen Feng and Jiang Liu left early and returned late. When someone asked, they just said that there was a family business in Zhuangzi, which was far away, and they wanted to take over it, which did not arouse any suspicion.

Zhong Lan took care of the Shen family, taking good care of the whole family, and started to purge the Shen family's servants.

After going back and forth, Zhong Lan discovered a flaw.

One day at leisure, Zhong Lan Ming Chang Huan called Mother Li.

Mother Li stepped forward and bowed politely: "Grandma Zhong."

"Mother Li, please get up quickly." Zhong Lan put down the tea in his hand familiarly, and ordered Chang Huan to help Mother Li up.

"I wonder what Grandma's instructions are for calling the old lady?" Mother Li said with a respectful smile.

"I just have a few questions for my mother." Zhong Yan smiled back, "I heard that last year, Mama Li recruited a new batch of servants in the mansion. Mama Li, do you still remember what work they arranged?"

Mother Li thought for a while and answered honestly: "We have recruited a total of ten people, three boys and seven girls. Three girls will be assigned to work as third-class female servants in the second master's room and be responsible for cleaning. The remaining four girls will be kept by the mistress. In the courtyard, the three boys all went to the library in the backyard."

"Has mother found out the origins of those servants?" Zhong Lan asked next.

"If I tell Grandma, the difference is clear. They are all from poor families with innocent backgrounds." Mother Li replied, "If Grandma doesn't believe it, I can find out their previous deeds."

"That's fine." Zhong Lan nodded along with Li's mother's words.

"Yes." Mother Li responded and stepped back.

Mother Li was quick with her hands and feet. After a while, she held a box and presented it to Zhong Lan: "Grandma, this box contains the deeds of the servants in the mansion. The top ones are from the newly recruited female servants."

"Thank you, Mother Li." Zhong Lan glanced at the box, lowered his eyes and took a sip of tea, "Are these servants still in the mansion now?"

"Yes. There is only one boy named Fuquan. He went back to his hometown to visit relatives last month and has not returned yet. The rest are at home." Mother Li replied.

"May I ask Mom, this Fuquan is actually with father-in-law?" Zhong Lan asked hurriedly.

"Yes." Mother Li nodded.

"How long has he been on family leave?" Zhong Lan's expression changed.

"Only one month. I said a few days ago that things at home have not been settled, and I want to extend it for a few more days. The second brother has not approved it yet." Mother Li was a little confused, "What are your orders from grandma?" Zhong Lan understood clearly, But he didn't dare to scare the snake easily, he just smiled and said: "My father-in-law passed away, and now the family is really short of manpower. And now that I am in charge of the father-in-law, the family does not have much spare money. Therefore, I do not plan to approve the servant's leave extension, so my mother will send someone Go urge him to come back.”

Mother Li thought about what Zhong Lan said and it made sense. She nodded and said, "Yes."

three

At night, as soon as Zhong Lan returned from the study, he heard that Chang Huan came to report that Shen Feng had returned with Wen Yi and asked her to go to the main hall.

"Wen Yi? Shouldn't he be in the royal capital now?" Zhong Lan was stunned for a moment, then walked up to the main hall.

When they arrived at the main hall, they saw Shen Feng in plain clothes and Wen Yi in black clothes talking about something.

Seeing Zhong Lan enter the room, Wen Yi stood up and saluted politely: "Sister Lan, make peace."

Zhong Lan gave him a hand: "Brother Yi? Why are you here?"

Wen Yi looked solemn and glanced at Shen Feng. After seeing Shen Feng nodding in acquiescence, he said in a deep voice: "For the Feng family in Hengzhou."

"Feng family?" Zhong Lan was startled, and his thoughts were drawn back to last year.

The Feng family, the first aristocratic family in Beizhao, has been carrying on the tradition for hundreds of years. Finally, the whole family disappeared overnight. Some people said that the Feng family went into seclusion, while others said that the entire Feng family became immortals.

When Zhong Lai learned about this from Pan, he was surprised for a while.

"Didn't the Feng family disappear overnight?" Zhong Lan asked strangely.

Wen Yi shook his head: "The Feng family was wiped out overnight."

"Destroy the family?" Zhong Lan couldn't help but exclaimed in disbelief.

The Feng family was already a prominent family, with more than a dozen imperial masters, three queens, eight prime ministers and disciples all over the world.

After Qi Cheng, with the blood of the Feng family, came to the throne, the Feng family became even more prosperous, and no one in Hengzhou could match it.

Not to mention Zhong Lan, no one could believe that such a prominent family could be wiped out overnight without anyone knowing about it.

Wen Yi nodded: "This is the news that I was told by your Majesty today. The situation in the court is so treacherous and changeable that it is not convenient for me to tell the world publicly. I secretly ordered me to take people to Hengzhou to investigate the matter."

"What kind of power is it that can make a huge family disappear from the world overnight without the world's people noticing it?" Zhong Yan murmured, feeling a chill run down his back.

Shen Feng noticed her absence, poured a cup of hot tea for her, and helped her sit down: "Have a drink of tea."

Zhong Lan took the tea cup and regained his composure.

Wen Yi continued: "I found out a lot of things. The rest has nothing to do with you and me. All you need to do is report it to me secretly. But there is one thing that concerns the Shen family. Let me tell you."

"Uncle Shen's death may not be a coincidence. It should be related to You Hankang."

Zhong Lan was stunned for a moment, and he had the answer in his heart.

Wen Yi sighed: "It is inconvenient to tell you clearly about the Feng family. I can only tell you that although the Feng family lived in hibernation in Hengzhou, they also had many properties in Danzhou. The Feng family disappeared, but the properties in Danzhou were secretly destroyed. A family named Long in the state took over. On that day, their family members attended the meeting on behalf of the Feng family."

"After the family meeting, although the uncle of the Shen family said goodbye to the magistrate and the county magistrate, the last person he saw was the Lord Long."

Wen Yi looked stern: "And I found out that the Lord named Long is actually You Hankang."

"He went to the meeting under his own name, and you can imagine his intentions." Wen Yi sneered, a trace of cruelty flashing in his eyes.

"For the crime of the You family, Lord Zhang, who was the governor at the time, removed the You family from the Danzhou family. This meeting of the Danzhou family was reported to the imperial court. With such a mistake, the Danzhou magistrate Yu Shuizhou and the Yong'an county magistrate Cai Shi is also involved."

"The Wen family's injustice was related to them. Cai Shi still forced me to marry my eldest sister. In the past few years, I have been looking for opportunities to seek justice for my parents and eldest sister. I will let Cai Shi never reverse this matter. body."

Wen Yi looked at Shen Feng and Zhong Lan: "I have ordered my close associates to sort out the found information and send it back to the royal capital. During these days, I will fight with them in Yong'an, and also help you find out about the family meeting. Things. We exchange news all the time, and we must not let go of those with ulterior motives."

"I heard that Sister Lai took down the work involved. It's against the rules for you to take the yamen clerk without any reason. I think the Yong'an County yamen will find out soon. Why don't you give it to me? I'll take care of it myself. Just hold it firmly in your hands." Wen Yi suggested.

Zhong Lan readily agreed.

After Wen Yi left, Shen Feng and Zhong Lan returned to the room.

"I've worked hard on you these days." Shen Feng gently rubbed Zhong Lan's shoulders, "I took Jiang Liujiangchuan out these days and found out what happened to dad at the family conference. Dad actually recognized him at the time. You Hankang."

"Could it be that You Hankang immediately retaliated?" Zhong Lan frowned.

Shen Feng lowered his head and murmured deeply: "You Hankang's intention in coming to the family meeting is not this. I don't think he will alert the snake because of this."

"I also checked the people around my father, and they all said that he was the only one in the car at the time. He was fine when he got in the car, but after driving for a while, he fell to the ground and made no noise. When he opened the car curtain, he saw his father lying on the ground with his face covered. When everyone was panicking, a young boy named Fuquan got into the car first and helped Dad up, and asked the others to find the doctor. Cai Shi brought people here not long after."

"Fuquan?" Zhong Lan asked in surprise.

Shen Feng nodded: "I originally wanted to check on this person, but I only got the news that this person has not returned from family leave. I am afraid that I might alert someone, so I have ordered Jiang Liu to go check it out and bring him back as soon as I see him."

Zhong Lan nodded with a solemn expression: "There is something going on at home now. I am afraid that people will be distracted, so I have taken care of some of the servants at home these days. I thought that if something happened to my father-in-law on his way back, there would be something fishy about the servants accompanying him. At the time, you and I I only interrogated the stewards around the father-in-law, and I also secretly interrogated all the servants who were accompanying him. Now only Fuquan is left, and I also ordered him to go."

Zhong Yan's eyes were fixed: "And I learned from other people during the interrogation that this Fuquan used to be a servant in You's family. So I also have doubts."

Shen Feng pursed his lips, his eyes uncertain: "Wen Yi told me that Mr. Zhang found out that the death of young master Zhang was closely related to the You family. You Hankang's behavior at the family meeting was also strange."

"Regarding the Long family in Shengzhou, Wen Yi and I also sent people to Shengzhou to investigate the Long family's affairs. My father's death, the death of Young Master Zhang, and the previous map of the Battle of Danzhou were stolen. All the clues have been revealed. After careful investigation, they gradually pointed to the You family."

Shen Feng's eyes gradually turned stern: "I didn't really want to care about life and death regarding Tan Lin's affairs before. But now they are bullying people so much, so I won't let the You family go."

(End of this chapter)