Chapter 1: The house was raided as soon as I crossed over!
Chen Nan and her best friend Lin Hua traveled through time.
The two died due to brake failure while driving, and accidentally came to a parallel time and space - the Dayong Dynasty, and became a pair of ill-fated sisters in the Marquis of Xiaoyong's Mansion.
"Miss! Don't run away!"
"Second Miss, go slow, be careful not to get hurt!"
In the backyard of the marquis's mansion, the maids and old women were desperately chasing after two young girls who were dressed in simple and gorgeous clothes.
Lin Hua grabbed Chen Nan's hand and said breathlessly:
"Sister Nan, what should we do?"
"What can I do?! I told you to quietly get the servant's clothes, but you were greedy and conceited!"
"Ah! What should I do? I don't want to marry an old man."
"Do I want to marry a sickly person?"
Chen Nan couldn't understand why the Marquis' Mansion was still unwilling to cancel the engagement when both sisters had jumped into the lake to express their determination? !
Alas, the status of women in feudal society is so low!
Boom——
A gong sounded in the front hall.
Then there was a noisy sound of footsteps.
The whole place was in a commotion, as if something big had happened.
Chen Nan's eyes lit up, "Run!"
Lin Hua ran forward, but after only a few steps, she slammed on the brakes.
"Why are there so many officers and soldiers?"
"Let me see."
Chen Nan pulled her behind him and leaned over to take a look.
At this time, the front house was surrounded by heavy troops, and many officers and soldiers were rushing into the room to search and move things? And their cheap father, Marquis Xiaoyong, has been put in shackles.
What crime has been committed?
But please don’t let it be a serious crime that will punish your entire clan!
"ah!!"
"Are we going to die again?"
"Don't be such a phoenix."
"Shut up! Calm down!"
Lin Hua's hands were shaking, and Chen Nan quickly pulled her back, but they ran into the maids and old women head-on.
The servants knelt down one after another and begged them to stop making trouble.
Chen Nan turned sideways and spoke first:
"You all get up!"
"Everyone, go back to your own yard and protect the children!"
"Pick some more valuable and inconspicuous things to hide on your body!"
"Move quickly!"
The maid was surprised and asked strangely, "What do you mean, young lady?"
"We dare not hide anything."
"You guys... I don't have time to explain, just do as I say!"
"Yes, Miss."
But these people said yes, but their bodies did not move at all.
Chen Nan suddenly realized that her original identity was a sickly lady whose mother had died early. She was weak in character and the servants never took her words seriously.
Seeing this, Chen Nan quickly kicked Lin Hua.
Lin Hua shuddered.
"Hurry up and do it!"
"Yes, Second Miss."
Everyone stood up and dispersed immediately.
Chen Nan leaned forward to take another look and found that the soldiers were about to enter the inner house.
She immediately grabbed Lin Hua's arm and ran towards the small kitchen.
The fire in the kitchen was still on, but no one was seen.
"Ahua, you go collect the food, and I'll get some water."
"Okay! Sister Nan, you can also collect the fish in the tank. They are delicious."
"Okay. The trunk will hold the food, and the middle aisle will hold the water tank."
"no problem."
When they traveled through time last night, the culprit - the RV with brake failure - also followed, and it became Chen Nan and Lin Hua's personal space. There are already a lot of things stored in the RV now.
Since the two decided to elope, they packed up a lot of gold and silver jewelry, antique jade, and a box of books overnight.
To be on the safe side, Chen Nan sneaked into Xiaoyong Hou's study in the middle of the night and took the treasure he hid in the secret compartment as a trump card!
The two of them divided the work.
Chen Nan was outside the door: "Fish! Water tank! Dried vegetables! Collect them all."
Lin Hua was in the house: "Wow, there's a steamed chicken on the stove! There's also braised pork in the pot! Don't miss anything."
There were also bacon, sausages, rice, flour, grains, oil, vegetables and fruits, which disappeared and entered the space the moment their fingertips touched.
Chen Nan also found a lot of kitchen knives and bone-cutting knives and took whatever he saw.
In this era, there are only cold weapons, and even an axe may be of great use.
"Sister Nan, I'm ready. Shall we go to the next room?"
"Walk!"
When the two men came out of the house and were about to move to the next room, the soldiers arrived.
"stop!"
"If you run away again, I won't be polite!"
The other party was approaching with a knife in hand, so Chen Nan had no choice but to protect Lin Hua and turn around. During the movement, the knife was directly placed on her neck.
Her heart rose to her throat, and the blood in her body instantly froze. She pretended to be calm and said:
"Don't touch me, let's go!"
"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up."
The officers and soldiers had a very bad attitude!
As he spoke, the blade even deliberately pressed against Chen Nan's skin.
Lin Hua was so scared that he was like a quail, his voice was shaking: "Let's just go, your knife... stay away."
The other party remained indifferent and the two were taken back to the front house.
The yard was full of people kneeling.
Everyone was anxiously waiting for the imperial decree's verdict.
Clang——
Suddenly the door of the study was kicked open.
A burly general with a full beard came out of Marquis Xiaoyong's study in anger. He strode over and kicked his cheap father without saying a word.
"Where is your secret room? Tell me!"
"What secret room? There is no secret room in my house!"
Marquis Xiaoyong was wearing shackles and was forced to kneel on the ground, but his back was still straight.
"Stop talking nonsense! You'd better tell the truth. Otherwise, if I find you, you will be even more guilty!"
"Humph! You can always find excuses to accuse someone of something."
The general kicked the brave marquis Su Weimin again.
Su Weimin's body tilted slightly, but he did not fall down!
The other party became more and more angry. He turned around and took the box held in the eunuch's hands, trying to force him to submit with the imperial edict. Unfortunately, Su Weimin would never bend or bow his head.
After the bearded man glared for a while, he simply announced the decree.
The gist of the imperial edict is:
Su Weimin, the Marquis of Bravery, had close contacts with the remnants of the previous dynasty. The Emperor and the Empress Dowager, considering his contributions to the founding of the country, offset his demerits and only took his life, to be executed in the autumn! In addition, all the property of the Su family will be confiscated, and the whole family will be exiled to Ningguta immediately!
“Hahahahahaha…”
"How dare you slander me with such a poor argument?!"
"Are you really not afraid of being laughed at by the world?"
The whole family was wailing, except for Su Weimin himself who was laughing loudly. Chen Nan and Lin Hua, who were forced to kneel behind him, quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Hua came closer and whispered in a very low voice:
"Didn't my cheap father kill the previous crown prince? How could he have such close contact with those people?"
"I'm afraid there's something fishy going on here..."
"Well! Fortunately, it's just a house search. We are not afraid. Anyway, we have..." She raised her eyebrows, indicating that there are sufficient supplies in the space.
But what Chen Nan was worried about was not supplies, but other things.
"Let's find a chance to run!"
"good!"
When the officers and soldiers saw that the two dared to whisper to each other, they immediately shouted at them to shut up!
As soon as he finished speaking, Marquis Xiaoyong spoke again:
"Commander Zhan, my two daughters will be married to the Prince of Ningyuan and the Patriarch of the Song Family at the beginning of next month. Please let them go for the sake of our past friendship."
"The decree clearly states that the whole family will be exiled! Since they are not married yet, they belong to the Marquis' Mansion."
"Can……"
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Chen Nan looked at the unwilling expression on Xiaoyong Hou's face and suddenly understood why this cheap father was so anxious to marry them off.
This is entrusting an orphan to someone else's care! ! !
Chen Nan looked at the drooping shoulders of Marquis Xiaoyong, and suddenly his heart twitched inexplicably. It was the memories of his original self that surged in his heart.
She grew up in an orphanage, and the complex emotions of her original self, Su Chengnan, towards her family and her father made Chen Nan completely at a loss.
Her eyes flickered, she lowered her head and thought for a moment, then finally turned around, pulled Lin Hua forward, and kowtowed three times to Marquis Xiaoyong on behalf of her original self.
"Don't worry, Dad. I will take good care of myself and live strong!"
"Good children, I'm sorry for you... From now on..."
Suddenly, a soldier's voice came from the study room on the other side.
“Found it!”
"The secret room has been found..."
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