Chapter 69 Taking care of you in bed

Just when everyone was excitedly speculating whether Mrs. Ding and Butler Ding were having an affair, Tiechui hurried back.

"Miss, we didn't find anyone. The mourning hall is also empty. I guess the Ding family knew we were coming to ask for someone, so they hastily evacuated the mourning hall."

Xie Lan was a little annoyed. It seemed that she was careless.

I shouldn't have argued with Butler Ding for so long outside the gate just now.

Raising her hand and pinching it, Xie Lan frowned slightly. Something was wrong. Could it be that her divination was wrong?
Xie Lan said nothing and walked towards Young Master Ding's yard.

Madam Ding ignored her stomachache and ordered the servants and guards who followed her, "Quick, stop them."

Dou Qian raised his eyes to glance at the receding figure and waved to his men beside him.

The officers and soldiers immediately stepped forward to stop the servants of the Ding Mansion.

Mrs. Ding was shocked and angry, "Master Dou, what do you mean by this?"

This Dou Qian usually received a lot of gifts from the Ding family. It would have been fine if he didn't help them catch the man, but he actually went on to try to stop them. How hateful.

I don't know what the girl said to him just now.

"Madam Ding, there has been a theft under the emperor's feet. We, the commander of the military division, cannot sit idly by. Otherwise, if the emperor blames us, no one will be able to bear the consequences."

Mrs. Ding was furious. The girl's claim that her purse was stolen was clearly an excuse. Even if it was true, at most the Dali Temple would intervene in such a small matter.

But Dou Qian actually used the emperor to pressure them.

Mrs. Ding was so angry that she vomited blood, but she could only watch him and his group of men enter the Ding Mansion.

When Xie Lan arrived at the mourning hall at the Ding residence, she saw that it was in a mess. It was obvious that when she was stopped at the door, the people from the Ding residence had hurriedly left.

The people who came to watch the excitement were talking at once, "Hey, the mourning hall has been set up. Is Young Master Ding really dead?"

Steward Ding didn't expect that the servants didn't hide the things in the mourning hall properly, so he could only force an excuse, "Don't talk nonsense, our eldest master is still alive and well, and setting up the mourning hall is just thinking that maybe the illness will be cured after washing it."

However, there were people who really believed his lies. After all, the news of Young Master Ding's death was kept secret and outsiders did not hear any news about it.

Xie Lan ignored them, glanced at the mourning hall, turned around and walked out quickly.

Seeing her following the traces of the carriage on the ground all the way to the back door, Mrs. Ding and the housekeeper looked at each other calmly and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the next moment, Xie Lan suddenly turned around again.

Steward Ding's heart tightened, and he stepped in front of her, "Miss, you have already checked, there is no thief in our house, you must have seen it wrong."

Xie Lan's face turned cold. She had just calculated that Qiuxia's life was in danger and she had no time to bother with them anymore.

With just a glance, Tiechui immediately stepped forward and put the sword against Butler Ding's neck.

Seeing that Commander Dou and his men were like blind people who couldn't see anything, Mrs. Ding and Butler Ding were very annoyed, but there was nothing they could do.

The Ding Mansion was neither big nor small, and it would take too much time to search room by room, so Xie Lan simply used a tortoise shell to tell fortunes and quickly determined the location.

When they arrived at the back house, they saw Xie Lan standing in front of a door. Mrs. Ding was shocked and angry, and wanted to send someone to stop him, but was stopped by Dou Qian's men.

Xie Lan kicked the door open.

A black lacquered coffin was placed inside.

Mrs. Ding could no longer hold back. "This is the coffin for my son's wedding. You can see that there are no thieves here. Please leave immediately."

Xie Lan ignored her and ordered directly, "Hammer, open it."

"Don't open it..." Mrs. Ding was about to speak, but Xie Lan threw a talisman paper at her.

Mrs. Ding was instantly unable to move or make a sound. She could only watch as the hammer pried open the coffin.

The crowd was instantly excited when they saw Tiechui helping Qiuxia out of the coffin.

"Ah, it's hidden in Master Ding's coffin."

"What a sin! The Ding family actually wants to bury a living person with them. They are capable of doing such a cruel thing. Madam Ding looked so kind in the past, but I didn't expect that she could be so cruel."

Some people saw the person lying in the coffin and exclaimed, "Ah, Master Ding is really dead." "Hiding the girl in Master Ding's coffin, is this really a ghost marriage for the two of them?"

"The Wang family is not a good family either. For the sake of money, they actually pushed their own daughter into the fire pit with their own hands."

Qiu Shuang didn't bother to pay attention to what others said and rushed forward excitedly, wanting to hug her second sister. Liu, feeling embarrassed and guilty, followed closely.

Both of them were stopped by the hammer.

Xie Lan didn't have time to explain to them, he quickly stepped forward and tapped the acupuncture points on Qiuxia's body several times. He then took out a piece of talisman paper, chanted the spell, and pinched a few magic formulas.

Qiuxia quickly opened her eyes.

Qiu Shuang was happy but also scared, as her second sister was almost killed.

"Second sister, how are you?"

Qiuxia looked around and quickly understood what had happened. She was so frightened when she saw the person in the coffin next to her that her face turned pale.

"Sister, I overheard that Dad wanted to sell me to the Ding family to be used as a ghost. I wanted to ask Dad not to sell me. I didn't expect that he agreed on the surface, but secretly drugged my tea."

Seeing Madam Ding, Qiuxia's face was filled with fear, but she still mustered up the courage to say, "My father sent me to the Ding Mansion, and I finally woke up. I wanted to beg Madam Ding to let me go, but she asked the housekeeper to nail me into the coffin, and to arrange a ghost marriage for Master Ding."

Butler Ding looked as pale as death.

Xie Lan didn't sympathize at all. She raised her hand and took away the talisman paper on Mrs. Ding.

So many people saw Qiuxia being rescued from Young Master Ding’s coffin, so they could no longer argue about the ghost marriage.

Mrs. Ding glared at Xie Lan. She had no grudge against her, so why did Xie Lan want to ruin her son's marriage?

She had worked so hard to get to where she is today, and her son hadn't even been buried yet, so she couldn't be arrested and sent to jail.

Mrs. Ding rolled her eyes and fell backwards.

Xie Lan raised the corner of his mouth and exclaimed, "Ah, Mrs. Ding is so angry."

Mrs. Ding suddenly fainted without consulting the housekeeper beforehand, and it was not appropriate for her to even glance at him in public.

Steward Ding was already nervous when he saw her fall without warning, and when he heard Xie Lan's exclamation, he could no longer hold back. Without waiting for the maids to help her, he had already taken action.

Seeing Butler Ding holding Mrs. Ding's waist with a nervous look on his face, everyone's eyes moved back and forth between the two of them.

If you say there is nothing fishy between them, no one will believe it even if you kill you.

Xie Lan raised an eyebrow, "Butler Ding, Madam Ding just fainted and you are so nervous. If someone doesn't know, they would think you are the head of the Ding family."

Butler Ding stared at Xie Lan. As soon as he caught Mrs. Ding, he knew she was not dead. He was deceived by this damn girl.

Steward Ding gritted his teeth and suppressed his anger, "Young lady, please don't slander me. As a steward, it is my duty to take care of the whole family.

Besides, before the master left, he also told me to take good care of the house. I was just worried that something might happen to the lady, so I helped her."

Xie Lan nodded and praised, "Well, Steward Ding is indeed very responsible. You take care of people even down to their beds."

As soon as Xie Lan said this, the scene fell into deathly silence.

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