Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1042 Fear and Fear
Feng Sinian and his sister and Chu Chengyi knew that Chu Chengping had feelings for Lin Wanrong. When they heard that Lin Wanrong's mother was missing, they sent people to look for her.

Seeing that everyone was looking for someone, Zheng Xiangheng followed the crowd and asked his guards to send a message back to the mansion to mobilize people to help look for the person.

After searching for more than half an hour, they finally found the unconscious Mrs. Xu in an abandoned house.

In the inner room, after being treated by Doctor Wu, Mrs. Xu slowly woke up.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Lin Jinyan standing by the bed. He struggled to sit up and salute, but Lin Jinyan held him down and comforted him softly.

Madam Xu sat back on the soft pillow, feeling fear and guilt, her cold hands trembling slightly:

"I didn't get lost. I was taken away at knifepoint. All the valuable jewelry and small change on my body were robbed by that person. Then he covered me with a pungent handkerchief, so I can't remember anything. I didn't even see what that person looked like. It's my fault for wanting to join in the fun and causing trouble for the young lady."

Lin Jinyan patted the back of Madam Xu's hand:
"Don't worry, Aunt Xu. Everything is fine now. This is a man-made disaster. You can't be blamed. You were frightened today. Take a good rest. I haven't told my cousin yet because I'm afraid she'll be scared. I can't hide it. I'll bring my cousin to see you tomorrow when you're better."

After asking about what happened in detail, Lin Jinyan watched Madam Xu drink the medicine and fall asleep. She walked out of the inner courtyard and looked at the servants kneeling in the yard. Her tone was cold:

"He joined in the fun without caring about his master's safety, causing his master to be squeezed out and accidentally fall unconscious. If he hadn't been sent to the hospital by kind people, his life would have been in danger. For such dereliction of duty, not to mention being sold, he should be beaten to death."

Hong Jiu, who was leaning against the gate of the courtyard, knew the inside story of Mrs. Xu's fainting. When he heard Lin Jinyan say this, he immediately understood Lin Jinyan's painstaking efforts.

Mrs. Xu was held at knifepoint, her money was taken away, and she was also knocked unconscious. If this were to be spread out, her innocence would be in jeopardy.

Hong Jiu glanced at the bright and pretty girl with a sullen face in the corridor, and the corners of his lips involuntarily curled up tenderly. Afraid of being seen, he turned his head towards the outside of the yard.

When the servants heard this, their mood was exactly the opposite of Hong Jiu's. They were all frightened and scared.

Lin Jinyan and Madam Xu were kind to the servants in the house, and never showed a cold face, and the servants were not submissive. Now, after hearing what Lin Jinyan said, he felt that compared to his house, being a servant here was already a great blessing. How dare he take advantage of the kindness of the master and abandon his master to play by himself.

I'm afraid it's over this time...

Seeing that the servants were all terrified and regretful, Lin Jinyan continued:

"Originally, we wanted to punish you severely, but Aunt Xu pleaded for you. Each of you will be fined two months' salary as a warning to others. If you dare to do this again, you will all be bribed."

The servants kowtowed repeatedly with tears of gratitude, and while expressing their gratitude, they kept saying that they would never do it again.
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In the front yard.

Gu Ruizhou and Master Ran were waiting for Lin Jinyan. All the servants in the house went to confess their crimes, leaving only Bai Zhi waiting in the front yard.

Gu Ruizhou held a teacup and stared at Master Ran, who had disappeared early in the morning and suddenly appeared again, and found Madam Xu by chance.

Master Ran was concentrating on eating his cakes and seemed unaware of the gazes cast upon him.

"Where did Brother Ran go today?"

"I happened to run into a friend from the martial arts world. I spent some time chatting with him. When I went to the teahouse to look for you, I happened to run into His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi and Madam Xu."

"That's really a coincidence. That Jianghu..."

Just as Gu Ruizhou was about to ask again, Bai Zhi, who was refilling the tea, accidentally knocked over the cup, wetting Master Ran's sleeves, and hurriedly apologized and cleaned up the mess.