One Thousand One Hundred and Eighty-Nine: Fa Xu Pei, the First Princes to Kill (59)

"These hateful thieves—"

Xu Pei's relatives were sent back to the mansion by the soldiers sent by Qin Gong. As soon as they entered the gate, they saw a cold and empty courtyard.

Because they wanted to escape for their lives, everyone could only pick out the small and valuable items as much as possible, and left the large items in the old house for the servants to guard, and they would move them later if they had the opportunity.

I never tried to escape and failed, but when I got home, I found that the house was visited by thieves, and many servants were injured.

The concubine's room was about to cry but found that the big things they hadn't had time to take away had been emptied by the thieves.

The shelf of the Duobao Pavilion that a certain concubine loved so much also disappeared, and all the things displayed on it disappeared.

Ask the servants who stayed in the old house, and the servants said that not long after they left, a group of masked bandits broke in and robbed.

Fortunately, these bandits had no foresight, and only robbed gold and silver property, and more valuable items, such as rare antiques, were left untouched.

Compared with the latter, those robbed gold and silver objects can only be regarded as the tip of the iceberg.

Mrs. Xu Pei's face was full of anger, but at the same time she was glad that the bandits who took advantage of the fire had shallow eyesight and didn't know good things.

"It's been a day of fright. Let's all go back to their respective courtyards to rest. We will discuss the next thing tomorrow."

Mrs. Xu Pei dismissed the crying concubine casually, impatiently but also faintly happy.

These concubines are beautiful but have no background, and their private treasuries are full of gold and silver vulgar objects, cloth and clothing materials, rouge and gouache, and they are also the hardest hit areas visited by bandits. They have lost the most, but what's the use of crying to her, she won't show kindness to subsidize it.

Xu Yanxiao watched the show with cold eyes, without any emotion on her face.

After the eldest lady gave the word to let them go, she followed the other female relatives, bowed and retreated, and returned to her own courtyard.

"Go and check the private vault to see what's missing—"

Xu Yanxiao casually found an excuse to dismiss the first-class maidservant.

She wanted to be alone.

The maid muttered, "The bandits are so greedy, how could they leave anything for us? It's nothing to check, they must be robbed."

His feet seemed to be stuck in the ground, and he refused to move at all.

Xu Yanxiao held back her anger.

"If you are told to go, you will go, what excuses are you looking for?"

Relying on the fact that she is the eldest lady's person, this maid never took Xu Yanxiao's words to heart, even if she was ordered to do something, she would complain a lot.

The servant girl shrank her neck, looking very timid, and when she turned around, she showed a contemptuous expression, and snorted slightly.

"It's just an orphan girl with no father or mother. She doesn't have any maids and money. Why check private treasury?"

The maid muttered and complained, and had no choice but to get the lock and open the private treasury.

Although Mrs. Xu Pei never cared about Xu Yanxiao, in order not to let the outside world criticize her, she also prepared a lot of good things for Xu Yanxiao.

However, although the items are good, they are valuable items that are not commonly used and have markings.

Most of the few items that can be exchanged for silver are also secretly exchanged for money by servants.

Xu Yanxiao's life in Xu's house was very unsatisfactory.

"what?"

The servant girl looked at the things in the private vault and let out a gasp in surprise.

Everyone's private treasuries were looted by the robbers, but Xu Yanxiao's private treasury was neat and tidy, and there was not even a footprint on the dust on the ground.

Knowing this, Xu Yanxiao murmured, "It's probably because the courtyard is too inconspicuous, and the bandits didn't have time to search it. Go get the Buddhist scriptures and prepare the pen and ink. I'm going to read the scriptures and copy the books for my mother. Don't spread the word about the private treasury." , so as not to provoke unnecessary discussions.”

The whole mansion was looted, but I was the only one who was safe and sound, which inevitably attracted red eyes.

Clinker, the servant girl turned her head and passed the matter and Xu Yanxiao's words to the eldest lady.

The eldest lady sneered, and said contemptuously, "I don't know how to raise a white-eyed wolf."

There is nothing to hide about this matter, could it be that the elders are still greedy for her money?

On the second day, the Xu Mansion welcomed a special visitor.

Qin Gong has a tender face, but with his burly figure and that suit of armor, no one dares to treat him like a child.

You might as well write a letter to the family to report your safety, so that Mr. Xin Zhao will not worry about the safety of the family at the front line. "

The eldest lady's complexion became gloomy, and she looked at Qin Gong with a knife in her eyes.

From her point of view, this is not writing a family letter to make Xu Pei feel at ease, it is clearly threatening him with his family and ordering him to submit.

She will not be fooled.

The eldest lady said harshly and straightforwardly, "Mr. Lan Ting, who has never imagined the glory of the moon, actually used such dirty tricks. Is it really a man?"

Coercing others with her relatives, she is still a man...

Bah, is she still a hero?

Qin Gong said with a smile, "Madam really misunderstood my lord, there is no malice in this move."

no offence?

I don't believe it!

The eldest lady refuses to write a letter from home, who knows what tricks the enemy will use this letter from home?

Seeing that she was unwilling, Qin Gong didn't force her.

He didn't show it on the surface, but he secretly felt that this person was far less far-sighted than Da Furen.

The eldest lady Qin Gong was talking about was not Mrs. Xu Pei, but Xu Yanxiao's biological mother, Xu Fei's wife.

If she encounters this scene, she will definitely write a letter to her family, and she will also explain the situation at home in detail in the letter, so as to appease her husband who is fighting outside.

With the family letter, this proves that the family members are safe and sound.

If the husband is at the end of his life, he will be more or less concerned about his family and will not go all out.

If there is no family letter, maybe the husband has a bad temper and desperately fights the enemy to the end, and finally loses his life.

Qin Gong didn't bother to mention the other party, so as not to be a donkey with good intentions.

He turned the topic to Xu Yanxiao again, pretending to be ignorant and asked, "I heard that the daughter of the old lord Ling Wen is living here as a sojourner?"

The eldest lady nodded.

Qin Gongdao, "Yesterday, I listened to the reports from my soldiers, saying that a group of bandits with a size of a thousand people took advantage of our army's entry into Zhejiang County to plunder and commit crimes everywhere, and even Duke Xinzhao's mansion was murdered. Today, I specially sent them For some chewing purposes, Madam please don’t dislike it.”

The eldest lady could hear the trickiness in it all at once, and she didn't like it in her heart.

Qin Gong first mentioned Xu Yanxiao, and then said that he was worried that the family would not have enough chews, so Dian Er Dian Er sent them to chew. What does that mean?

Although the house was patronized by bandits, it wasn't that they were so poor that they couldn't get rid of it. Was Qin Gong worried that she would starve an orphan girl?

The eldest lady was unhappy in her heart, and her face became even more indifferent.

Qin Gong didn't seem to notice, and made a request to see Xu Yanxiao.

The eldest lady became even more angry.

This is to see with my own eyes whether she has abused orphans?

Because the defense between men and women is not serious, Qin Gong is Xu Fei's former minister, and Xu Yanxiao is still young, so he cares about the old master's orphan and others will not make irresponsible remarks. Seeing Qin Gong, Xu Yanxiao blushed, "Why are you here?"

"The last general will set off for the Southern Expedition in a few days. While the momentum is still high, he will take down the remaining land of Zhejiang County in one fell swoop." Qin Gong sat upright, and said with a straight face, "This trip will take half a month, and the final general is afraid that Mrs. Xu will worry. , so come here to make a report."

"Who's worried?" Xu Yanxiao's face was filled with embarrassment, realizing that she had said something serious, she said with reddened ears, "Remember to come back."

Qin Gong nodded, stayed for a while and got up to leave.