Chapter 268 Confiscating the house
Chapter 268 Confiscating the house
The brothers Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe were deprived of their official positions on the same day and became commoners. The old lady could not bear this blow and fainted after hearing the report from the servant.
However, Mrs. Peng refused to believe it until Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe came back with dejected faces and she got definite confirmation from them.
Peng felt like the sky was falling, she grabbed Xie Donghai's arm and shook him madly, "Impossible, you must be lying to me, right? I haven't even become a royal consort yet, how could you be deposed from your official position?
Xie Donghai, this is not true, you are kidding me, right? "
Xie Donghai turned a deaf ear to Peng's hysterical roar, and the whole person seemed to have lost his soul and was in a state of confusion. If he could choose, he hoped more than Peng that all this was just an illusory nightmare.
After waking up from the dream, he continued to work in the Taipu Temple as usual.
The old lady struggled to wake up from her coma. When she heard Mrs. Peng's roar, her face turned even paler and she murmured to herself, "Retribution, this is retribution."
retribution?
Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe were shocked at the same time, and finally recovered from the shock. Thinking of the words they said as if they were possessed by a ghost, they looked confused and uncertain.
Could it be that those damned people from the Hundred Beasts Gate have been haunting them after death and controlling their bodies, causing them to say those words that are not what they mean?
Yes, it must be like this. Otherwise, how can we explain what happened today?
Xie Donghai clenched his fists tightly, his heart filled with rage.
At first, he wanted to sell that dead girl Xie Lan to another state. If he hadn't been forced by Master Lei, he wouldn't have sold her to Master Lei for just three hundred taels.
They originally thought that after Xie Lan was taken away, he would never have the chance to kill their Xie family again.
Who could have thought that the Hundred Beasts Gate was actually a group of good-for-nothings who not only died, but also dared to come back as ghosts and hurt them so badly.
Xie Donghai had no intention of paying attention to Mrs. Peng. He reached out and grabbed Xie Dahe, saying sternly, "Come with me." Xie Dahe hadn't reacted yet. He was feeling very annoyed. He suddenly shook off his hand and asked, "Second brother, where are you taking me?"
"Go to Dabei Temple."
Xie Dahe was stunned and was about to say no. But when he saw Xie Donghai winking at him, he guessed that he was going to find the monks of Dabei Temple to take in the ghosts of the Hundred Beasts Gate.
Xie Lan didn’t know that her second uncle and third uncle had gone to Dabei Temple, but even if she knew, she wouldn’t care.
Lei Wu's ghost had long been devoured by the Red Shirt Ghost King, and his brothers were struck to pieces by thunder. No matter who Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe looked for, it was useless.
After all, the reason they lost their jobs was because she used the mantra, not because of the ghosts in Leiwu.
Upon learning that the Xie Donghai brothers could not become officials, the old lady and Mrs. Peng felt as if the sky had fallen, but Xie Lan was in a good mood.
After getting up early in the morning and having breakfast, she asked Tiechui to drive her to the Royal Academy.
I was worried that it would be awkward to run into Lord Xiao, but I didn't expect that he didn't show up.
After taking a few days off, Xie Lan felt drowsy as usual when hearing the familiar nonsense.
Seeing that the teacher was reading intently in front of her with his head shaking, she simply stood the book upright in her hand and used the cover to secretly drink tea with Zhou Gong.
I don't know how much time passed before the bell for leaving the hall rang slowly. The teacher had just left when Xie Lan woke up.
She stretched lazily, looking like a kitten that had just woken up.
She stretched lazily, and just as she was thinking about where to dig some melons, two Jinyiwei wearing flying fish uniforms and carrying embroidered spring swords on their waists rushed into the Hanmei Courtyard. Even though these ladies in the Royal Academy all had extraordinary family backgrounds, lived a life of luxury and were well-informed, they all changed their faces when they saw these fearsome Jinyiwei.
For a moment, the classroom was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. The air seemed to freeze, and a tense atmosphere permeated every corner.
Xie Lan was also stunned, but she was not afraid. She was just a little curious. After all, this was the first time she saw a living Jinyiwei.
Just as Xie Lan was looking around curiously, the two Jinyiwei looked around twice with expressionless faces, and then suddenly raised their voices and asked, "Which one is Miss Xie Lan?"
No one expected that these two people were here to find Xie Lan.
Even Xie Lan was surprised. "Yes, I am. What can you two do for me?"
The two Jinyiwei looked at each other, and one of them nodded slightly and said, "Xie Xiaomei, our master wants to see you. Please come with us."
I thought Xie Lan would follow them tremblingly, but unexpectedly she didn't move at all, and there was no sign of uneasiness on her face.
"Your sir wants to see you? I'm sorry, I don't know your sir, so I can't obey your request." Her tone was calm and firm, without any panic in her eyes.
The faces of the two Jinyiwei turned extremely ugly in an instant, and they subconsciously wanted to scold loudly, but when they thought about the urgency of the matter, they really didn't want to cause trouble.
So, he suppressed his anger and said, "Our lord is Hu Yong, the commander of the Jinyiwei. We are here to ask the young lady to come. You will tell me the specific matter when you arrive."
Xie Lan really didn't know who the commander-in-chief was, but she could feel that although the two men had a bad attitude, they did not have the slightest intention to kill her.
However, the attitudes of these two people were extremely firm, and she knew in her heart that it would be useless to refuse them.
Xie Lan had a hunch that he might be able to dig up something big this time. Since he couldn't refuse, he might as well go with the flow.
She was just feeling sleepy and someone handed her a pillow. She had no reason to miss the big news.
Xie Lan originally thought that he would be taken to the Pacification Office, but when he arrived there he found out that it was actually the Yongchang Marquis Mansion.
Seeing the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion surrounded by three layers of people, Xie Lan was even more surprised. Why did this look like a house raid?
Perhaps because they saw that Xie Lan was brought here by the two Jinyiwei, the people guarding the door did not stop her, but Tiechui did not allow her to go in, so Xie Lan could only let her wait outside.
After entering the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion and arriving at the front yard, Xie Lan discovered that the men and servants of the mansion were surrounded by a group of Jinyiwei armed with knives.
On the ground on the other side, there were five bloody corpses lying.
The women of the marquis's mansion were being escorted out of the inner courtyard by another group of ferocious Jinyiwei. When they saw the dead body lying with its eyes open on the ground, some of them screamed in fear while others burst into tears.
Some of the more timid ones were so frightened that they fainted on the spot.
Xie Lan did not approach. She was frowning and looking around when a sinister voice suddenly came from behind her, "Are you Miss Xie?"
Xie Lan paused and turned back, only to find that the two Jinyiwei who brought her in had left at some point.
Glancing at the man in front of him, Xie Lan said calmly, "I'm Xie Lan, who are you?"
"I am the deputy governor of the Imperial Guard. I didn't expect you to be so beautiful." Hu Yong looked obsessed, and raised his hand to embrace the slender waist...