Chapter 587: Corpse Separation

Mrs. Zhou responded in a series of yeses.

There was an unstoppable smile between his eyebrows and eyes.

***

When Marquis Qingning came back from walking his bird outside with a birdcage in his hand, he saw a group of people gathered outside his house.

Several strong men threw their luggage and belongings out one by one.

Yao was protecting her things and crying.

Qingning Marquis Liao Changming shouted and stepped forward, "What are you doing? What are you doing? Why are you throwing our things? My son Liao Yan is an official of Jingzhao Prefecture. You have no law!"

When those people saw Liao Changming, they stopped and bowed properly.

"Sigh, Lord Qingning has returned. Your servants greet you! Please forgive us, Lord. We are only following orders. Our superior has taken back this house. You are no longer allowed to live here. Please move out, Lord."

When Yao saw Liao Changming, she whimpered and rushed over to him.

"Master, you just came back! Master, we can't live like this anymore! Our Yan'er... Yan'er has been arrested. They say he committed a crime, and they want to take back the house and won't let us live there anymore. Master, what should we do?"

Marquis Qingning was completely bewildered. "What's going on? Isn't our Yan'er doing well in his job? He's highly regarded by the higher-ups. Did they make a mistake?"

The sturdy servants sneered, "This is bad news! You've committed a serious crime and are being thrown into jail! Old Marquis, since you're back, we respect you as Master Liao's biological father. We'll give you half an hour to evacuate gracefully... If it were anyone else, we'd just kick you out."

"Master Liao?" Liao Changming's face darkened. He couldn't remember for a long time who Master Liao was referring to...

Then I changed my mind and thought, are you talking about Liao Jiu?

"Move! It's just a house! I'm the Marquis of Qingning, and I have a place to live. Why would I be so humiliated by you?"

"That's fine, hurry up, we'll come back in half an hour."

After saying that, the servants who threw the things left.

The onlookers haven't left yet.

Pointing and talking.

“Tsk tsk tsk…”

Liao Changming was so embarrassed that he pulled Yao into the yard and asked about the details.

Yao was also bewildered. "Master, I don't know either! I just heard them say that he was arrested because he offended Liao Jiu and his wife. I don't know the details. Master, how could our Yan'er offend Liao Jiu and his wife? They must have framed our Yan'er. Master, you have to take charge of our Yan'er!"

Liao Changming finally had some sense. He shouted, "Stop howling! Liao Jiu and his wife have no official positions, how could they possibly frame Yan'er, who holds an official position? They are completely unrelated, so they must have something serious going on. Let's move out quickly. You're being chased like a dog. I can't afford to lose face!"

Yao was worried again. "Okay, then, Master, where do you think we should move to? Madam Zhou has taken back the house we used to live in. It seems she's sold it. We can't move back. Should we go to the Marquis of Qingning?"

Liao Changming's face flushed. "She won't let us go back to the Qingning Marquis' Mansion! Let's go... go... stay at the inn for two days and figure out the situation first."

"Master, if this whole family, including the servants, move to an inn, how many rooms will it take? How much money will it cost? It's so sad! Yan'er has lost his official position, and we have no income. We can't stay in the inn for a few days just relying on your monthly salary..." Yao complained in a low voice.

Liao Changming has never been interested in running a business. In the years since he returned to Beijing, he has been living solely on his monthly salary.

All expenses of the Qingning Marquis Mansion are paid for by the dowry brought by Madam Zhou.

Later, Yao came. Liao Changming was a poor man, so he had no choice but to borrow Mrs. Zhou's house and settle down with Yao and her family.

Many years passed in a flash, and Liao Changming was still the same, with no interest in running the business, just knowing how to live a life of idleness and waiting for death. Yao Shi wanted to, but she couldn't. She was a woman from a rural peasant family. She wanted to make money, but she couldn't find any way. She had no connections and no capital. Because of Madam Zhou's relationship, no one in the capital looked down on her. She couldn't get involved in the business of the rich and powerful, and she found it hard to do business with the lower class, and she couldn't bear to lose face. She was now a lady of noble birth, after all, and she looked down on the little money she earned from her small business...

Therefore, they were lucky enough to be able to cover their daily expenses every day. They had no savings at all, let alone buying a house in the capital.

A house cost several thousand taels, and after selling it, the two of them were left with nothing.

In the past, some people did not buy Liao Changming's calligraphy and paintings because Liao Jiu was the governor of the Six Gates. Later, Liao Jiu lost his power, and no one was interested in Liao Changming's calligraphy and paintings, and he lived in poverty.

Now, with the help of my son, I finally had a few days of comfort, but suddenly I was back to the way things were before, no, I fell into a life that was even more difficult than before.

"Master, why don't we just be shameless? No, we should just say something nice to Madam Zhou, admit our mistakes, and move back to the Qingning Marquisate first. Our Qingning Marquisate is so big, with so many courtyards. Just give us a small corner to live in. We don't have to be chased around like stray dogs. Even an old woman like me doesn't mind. Master, you are an upright marquis, a person of status. Being watched and pointed at by people like today is a big embarrassment for Master..."

Liao Changming was annoyed by Yao's muttering, "If it weren't for you and your son, I would be living in such a miserable state! Would I have separated from Zhou? You just keep muttering all day long, aren't you annoying..."

Yao was stunned.

Then, there were cries of grief and shouting.

"Master, how could you think so? Are you blaming me and my sons for not coming to the capital to find you? Are you blaming us country folk for being incompetent and only a burden to you? Then we, my sons and I, can just die with our two eldest grandchildren, and not be a nuisance to you anymore..."

Yao had had enough.

I thought I would live a life of wealth and glory, but ended up living in such a miserable state.

If she refuses to listen, then she'll take the opportunity to force her and make a scene! She gave birth to several sons and a daughter for him, as well as several grandchildren. She doesn't believe that Liao Changming, who is so used to living with them, can really ignore them...

Maybe if she made some noise, she could force Liao Changming to stand up. The Qingning Marquis Mansion belonged to him. It was the ancestral home left by their Liao family's ancestors. Why should Madam Zhou take it all away?

***

Liao Jiu took Jiang Cheng to the Meridian Gate.

Brother Jiang Dalang has been beheaded.

The crowd of onlookers had not yet dispersed, and the bodies of Jiang Dalang and his brother were separated and hung on racks at the Meridian Gate.

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