Chapter 122
"The fourth sister said something is reasonable." Mu Tinglan was not angry either. She pretended not to know that she was implying that she was killing someone to silence her. "Grandfather, for the sake of the safety of that girl and for the general's mansion, it's better to send someone to the other courtyard to protect the girl. By the way, uncle, which other courtyard is that girl in?"
Lin's hand holding the handkerchief tightened, and then said with a smile, "It's in a villa in the outer city. The princess doesn't have to worry about her safety. As long as I don't say anything, no one will know where she is."
"Since that's the case, please let someone protect that girl." General Mu didn't want to ask too much, and didn't even insist on sending someone to protect her. "Since you are all here today, I'll save you my call you here."
"Is there anything my father has to do?" Mu Zishu asked. He felt very regretful, regretting that they were not ready to let Mu Tinglan have a loophole. Originally, this matter was proposed to plot against Mu Tinglan, but he didn't expect Mu Tinglan to be fooled at all.
General Mu looked at Mu Zilin, "Crown Prince Chu will be hired at the Duke's Mansion soon."
Mu Zilin was stunned, "Duke's Mansion?" He hadn't reacted much, either. The matter was born last night, and everyone's attention was attracted by the assassination of the second prince and the others and the matter in the palace, so the matter about Chu Ran and Xue Yanran has not spread yet.
Zhang also looked confused, "Father, what does this have to do with the Duke's Mansion? The emperor just gave him a marriage, this."
"It seems that the third lady doesn't know yet." Mu Lingheng said, "Last night, Chu Ran and Miss Xue's wife. Everyone saw this. Chu Ran and Miss Xue were in love, so Prince Chu naturally had no reason to be wronged." So when that time, Chu Ran would naturally go to the Duke's Mansion to hire Xue Yanran in a high-profile manner.
"What?" Zhang screamed, "How can Chu Ran do this? Where does he place the fairy in this way?" Mu Zilin's expression was not much better. Mu Zilin was a little dissatisfied with his daughter's side room for Chu Ran. Moreover, not long after the emperor gave him a marriage, Chu Ran had a relationship with Xue Yanran again. The relationship was also revealed, but Xue Yanran wanted to be taller than his daughter. It would be strange if he was happy.
The people in the second room were a little gloating, especially Mu Yaoqin. If she hadn't known what occasion this was, she would probably have laughed out loud.
"Father, the Xinyang Palace is also very bullying." Mu Zilin said, "How long has this time passed? Chu Ran actually,..."
"Third brother, what's the matter?" Mu Zishu said, "If my brother and sister were not in a hurry to climb to the Xinyang Palace, maybe this would not have happened." If Zhang could bite him hard, it was Chu Ran who was ill-treated against Mu Yaoxian, maybe Mu Yaoxian would become a side room and a main room.
But this is good. Chu Ran has already chosen the third prince, and if Mu Yaoxian marrys him, he can consolidate the relationship between the General's Mansion and the Xinyang Mansion.
Mu Zishu obviously forgot that the General's Mansion was the General's Mansion. Their second and third rooms had been separated long ago, and their position had little to do with the General's Mansion. Or maybe Mu Zishu was already confident that he would get the General's Mansion, so he thought so.
"Second brother, Xian'er is your niece, how can you say that?" Zhang said in a sharp voice.
If that were the case, Chu Ran could have bitten back and said that Mu Yaoxian seduced him. This world is already very harsh on women. At that time, all the infamous and dirty water will have to be carried by her daughter?
"Second brother, if this happens to Yaoqin, I think the second brother and sister-in-law will do this, right?" Mu Zilin said in a deep voice, "Yaoxian is also the lady of the General's Mansion. Second brother thinks that if you do it according to your words, the General's Mansion will not be pointed at by the world?"
"Third brother, your second brother didn't mean that either." Zheng said, "After all, Xian'er was too careless. I saw that the situation was not simple that day. Who knows why Chu Ran and Yaoxian went there?" As she said that, she looked at Mu Tinglan intentionally.
That day, Chu Ran and the others were going to plot against it clearly was Mu Tinglan. She knew it, but she didn't expect that in the end it was Mu Yaoxian who caught the truth.
But thinking about Mu Yaoxian's thoughts about Chu Ran, it is hard to say whether someone has plotted against him, but if she knew that Chu Ran would be in Xunyang Palace, she would probably have passed.
Zhang and Mu Zilin also heard her intentions, so they looked at Mu Tinglan with a little resentment and gaze.
Lin saw their reactions and said, "Okay, whether it is being plotted or otherwise, it's over, so you should think about the Si Yatou and Prince Chu."
"Father, Xian'er is also your granddaughter. You must make the decision for Xian'er." Zhang said, touching tears.
In fact, this situation is also very common. At the same time, there are all those who marry the main and side rooms, but I didn’t see anyone else. Mu Tinglan saw that they seemed to have taken a big advantage in Mu Yaoxian, so Chu Ran could only marry Mu Yaoxian, and complained in her heart.
Is their confidence given by the emperor's marriage edict?
Yes, the emperor gave marriage differently, even if it was just given a marriage to Mu Yaoxian as a side room. But think about it, if there was no emperor's marriage edict, the Chu family would have only had to do it. The show would not be very big when marrying Mu Yaoxian. After all, it was just a side room, and some people would even lead people into the door just by going through the motions or not even having a wedding banquet.
But no matter how it is, Mu Yaoxian is just a side room, unless he can capture Chu Ran's heart and let Chu Ran straighten her. But obviously this idea is a bit unrealistic. Chu Ran likes Xue Yanran. If you can marry Xue Yanran, Chu Ran will not be happy to die? How could he be wronged by his sweetheart?
However, General Mu was not satisfied with this matter. Although they had already separated, as Mu Zilin said, Mu Yaoxian was still his granddaughter. Chu Ran did not take him seriously.
For the sake of the general's mansion or to retaliate against Chu Ran, General Mu still has to make a statement on this matter.
"I know." General Mu said in a deep voice, "You are ready."
Upon hearing this, Mu Zilin and Zhang were both happy. General Mu said this, which means that he would definitely support Mu Yaoxian. That would be great. With General Mu as his backer, Mu Yaoxian would not be too sad when she went to the Xinyang Palace.
The Lin and Zheng's eyes were a little obscure. They were deliberately trying to provoke, not only to make the third wife hate Mu Tinglan, but also to make General Mu suspicious and feel dissatisfied with Mu Tinglan. But now it seems that their words have not played any role.
Lin had a secret hatred in his heart, but was not in a hurry. She had another pawn, right? As long as the general was a little suspicious of Mu Tinglan in his heart, that would be enough.
With General Mu's words, the third house was relieved. After that, they thought of giving Mu Yaoxian enough show, so they had no intention of staying here and found a reason to go back. The same was true for Lin and the second house. They left after taking a break.
In fact, Zheng wanted to mention the matter of the gift, but in the end he was unable to say it.
After they had all left the lobby, General Mu snorted coldly, and he realized that Lin was still so restless. "Liu Qi."
Liu Qi was waiting outside the lobby all the time. When he heard General Mu call him, he walked in, "General."
"You heard it just now, right?" General Mu said, "Lin's side, should you check it out?"
Over the years, Zilan Garden has been very quiet, and Lin is even more at ease and only vegetarian food and chanting Buddha's name every day. However, he did not expect that when they didn't know, Lin might have done a lot of things. He did not ask Lin how he found the real lady of the Mu family that she mentioned, and did not ask her where she came from, but it did not mean that he would believe Lin's words.
He knew very well what Lin had in his hands. It was true that Lin had one or two shops, and that was the one left to Lin's family by his mother, but the profit was really not very good. Even if those shops were sold, those shops were not worth 100,000 taels. Apart from these two shops, Lin had nothing in his hands, and it was even more important to mention the manpower. Lin was just a girl.
But such a Lin family was able to hide the general's mansion from the general's spies and do some unknown things. Who is Lin family? What does she want to do?
Liu Qi nodded. In fact, when they knew that Lin took out a million taels to Zheng, they were already investigating Lin's family, but they really took a look. Lin's family is really hidden, and they have not made much progress yet.
But now Lin himself couldn't help but jump out, which was a good opportunity to investigate.
"Grandfather, have you not thought your uncle was suspicious before?" Mu Tinglan asked curiously.
"My grandfather doesn't like her, so why do you care about these things?" said General Mu.
"But my uncle suddenly came like this. What do you want to do?" Mu Lingheng was very confused. "Is he just trying to help the second wife plot against Nannan? But this is too hasty." And he just found a fake to pretend. This conspiracy was a bit rough. "Seeing their reaction just now, they didn't seem to think too much."
"Maybe I'm really in a hurry to deal with me." Mu Tinglan said, "The third prince has already started to take action, so they naturally want to take down the General's Mansion as soon as possible." This adds a help. The third prince has lost so many people before, and has lost millions of taels of silver because of the Zheng family's affairs. As long as the General's Mansion is taken down, the things in the General's Mansion can naturally be allowed to be used by them.
Mu Tinglan's guess was almost the same.
The reason why the second house is so anxious is the news that Gu Heng revealed before. In addition, the third prince is starting to be difficult for the second prince, so the second house naturally has to keep up with the progress. However, in the current situation, even if they want to keep up with the progress, it may be a bit difficult.
In the second house, Lin had just sat down and had no time to say anything, but the news that Tong Wanjie confessed came. The confession he confessed was not about confessing guilt, but about Mu Lingheng.
They were on guard against Gu Heng and even sent a killer to kill Gu Heng, but Gu Heng was not dead and did not say what he knew, but this matter came out of Tong Wanjie.
Mu Zishu and Zheng were very surprised, and Lin was also shocked. He immediately asked the old nanny around him to investigate carefully. Why did they not receive news about such a big thing? Since they know now, where is the general?
The general naturally knew about it a long time ago. After instructing Liu Qi to investigate the Lin family, General Mu took his men out of the general's mansion and headed straight for Chengtian mansion. The situation didn't seem to be about understanding the situation, but it seemed like he was about to find fault.
But General Mu did go to find fault, but he didn't go to find fault with Chengtian Mansion. But after Chengtian Mansion met Tong Wanjie, he led his men to Zheng Mansion to find fault with Zheng Mansion.
When General Mu came to Zheng Mansion, Lord Zheng was anxiously thinking about a solution. He didn't expect that he was smiling and thinking about the Tong family's unlucky one moment ago, but before he could see the result, he was unlucky first. General Mu broke into Zheng Mansion directly and injured several servants from Zheng Mansion. When Lord Zheng came out, he was even questioned by General Mu in the collar.
"Zheng Luwei, you are so good that you are so brave that you hurt my grandson." General Mu grabbed Master Zheng's collar and roared.
It is naturally uncomfortable to be grabbed by someone with his collar, and the other party was crushed with a momentum. Lord Zheng leaned back with a pale face and tried hard to stay away from General Mu. "Grand, General, what do you mean? When did I harm Master Mu?" Lord Zheng stuttered, "General, you have to tell evidence in everything. What reason do I have to frame Master Mu?"
"You still want to deny it? Tong Wanjie has already told me that you bought Wang Tianyong and asked him to plot against Ah Heng, let Ah Heng be captured, and let Ah Heng's legs be destroyed. These are all your instructions, but you still don't recognize it?" General Mu said angrily, staring at Lord Zheng, as if trying to restrain his anger.
Lord Zheng grabbed his hand and wanted to open his hand to let himself take a breath, but how could he compare with General Mu, a literati? No matter how he struggled, General Mu would never let go. "General, how do you ask me to admit what I have never done? Just based on Tong Wanjie's words, the general is like convicting me of my official? The general thought he could cover the sky with his hands and randomly convict people. The general wanted to make me admit this false charge, so it would be better to kill me directly."
General Mu gritted his teeth and looked at him. Lord Zheng could see the blue veins spitting out of his forehead. His heart had long been raised so high that he was afraid that General Mu would really kill him with one knife.
After a long time, General Mu snorted coldly and let go of Lord Zheng and pushed him out. Lord Zheng was not prepared, and he took several steps back when he was pushed like this. Fortunately, Mrs. Zheng and the others arrived in time and just supported him, otherwise he would have to fall.
"Sir, are you okay?" Mrs. Zheng looked at Mrs. Zheng worriedly, carefully checked Master Zheng's body and confirmed that he was not injured before looking at General Mu, "General, what do you mean?"
"What can I mean? Your Zheng family is so bold and bold, and they dare to attack Ah Heng." General Mu said, "I am not dead yet."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zheng looked shocked and pale. She thought General Mu was talking about the incident where they sent someone to assassinate Mu Lingheng and Mu Tinglan before, and immediately said, "What is the evidence for the General saying this? If there was no General, why would he treat my elders like this? Even if the General is of high power, he would not give you the right to beat the imperial officials privately."
"Swish, Mrs. Zheng's ability to turn black and white is perfect." General Mu sorted out his sleeves and said, "When did this general beat the imperial officials? Lord Zheng himself did not stand firm and what happened to me?"
"General, you."
"How about this general?"
"General." Master Zheng grabbed Mrs. Zheng's hand and told her not to talk nonsense. The Zheng family had a concubine De, and even a third prince, but there was no way to directly face General Mu.
General Mu did not hold most of Wu Zhen’s military power like King Xiaoyao, but he was a noble existence in the eyes of the people in the army. Even though their position was opposite to General Mu, he did not think about being an enemy with General Mu at the first time, but to win over it. Even now, they did not dare to face the General’s Mansion explicitly? Even if the General’s Mansion had given them such great embarrassment before.
This is the confidence of the general's mansion. It was obtained by General Mu and the others themselves, and it was also given by the emperor.
"General, the senior official has never done such a thing. Please let the general observe clearly." Mr. Zheng tried hard to calm himself down. "General can let General Liu investigate to the death. If there is evidence found, the senior official will naturally have nothing to say."
What he said was very righteous and honest.
General Mu snorted, he was not stupid.
However, the purpose of coming today was achieved. He looked at Lord Zheng coldly, "Zheng Lu prays for you that you have never done it, and prays that Liu De will not find anything. Otherwise..."
Leaving the words that had not been finished, General Mu waved his hand and called the people below to turn and leave. He came and went quickly, but the domineering person still made the Zheng Mansion not very peaceful. Even Mrs. Zheng in the backyard of the Zheng Mansion was frightened.
Lord Zheng and Mrs. Zheng returned to the lobby with a pale face. Thinking of General Mu's previous arrogant behavior, Mrs. Zheng was even more angry.
"Sir, let me tell my second sister about this? This general is too arrogant. Do you really think that there is no one in our Zheng family?" said Mrs. Zheng.
"Don't always think about letting the second sister stand out." Lord Zheng said in a deep voice, "The second sister has just had a problem, what else do you want to do? Will the second sister be even more disliked by the emperor?" When it comes to this, Lord Zheng was still very angry. It was obvious that they had already planned it well. Who would have thought that such a big leak would end up?
Not only did Concubine Yu not only have nothing to do with it, but Concubine De and Concubine Hui were punished instead.
At present, the second prince is joining forces with the fifth prince, and the third prince's situation is probably not good.
The expression on Mrs. Zheng's face froze, but soon became panicked again, "Then what should you do now? The general has begun to doubt us. Those people were still useless before, and the assassination of a disabled person failed."
When Master Zheng heard what Mrs. Zheng said, he knew that she had misunderstood and glared at her quickly, "What are you talking nonsense? When did we send the assassin? If you don't know, don't talk nonsense. Worrying that the disaster comes from the mouth." If you listen carefully, you can hear some gritting smell from it. He was also a little glad that Mrs. Zheng didn't talk nonsense just now, otherwise he would have dug his own grave.
Mrs. Zheng was stunned again, "What does this mean by sir? Could it be?" The general was not doing the assassin before, why?
"You don't have to worry about this. Just keep your mouth in mind. You should pay attention to what should you say and what shouldn't be said." As he said that, he glanced at Mrs. Zheng with a warning, and Lord Zheng stood up and left the lobby.
They might have made a mistake, maybe they knew that what happened three years ago was not Gu Heng but Tong Wanjie. Gu Heng did that before, maybe he wanted to divert their attention, so as not to worry about Tong Wanjie and kill Tong Wanjie.
This explains why Tong Gu Heng dared to remind Mu Lingheng in such an environment. He deliberately diverted their attention so that Lord Liu could get more information from Tong Wanjie.
Chapter completed!