Chapter 8: Imprisoned
Xu looked at Feng with reluctance and said, "Second sister-in-law, I'm counting on you! Sister Wan, be good. When I have time, I'll bring Sister Luo to see you..."
Xiao Wan'er, who had been silent the whole time, replied in a baby voice: "Um, aunt, sister..."
From the words of her sister-in-law Xu Yuzhu, Feng realized the urgency of the matter. Without stopping, she nodded directly at Xu Yuzhu and then walked out of the yard first.
Ouyang Mingli consciously led a group of people to follow closely behind.
That furious look made the maids and servants who wanted to approach and ask questions stop in their tracks, and they could only watch them walk by...
Under the leadership of the angry Feng and Ouyang Mingli, the group safely left the Ouyang Mansion.
Then, Ouyang Mingli watched them disappear around the corner of the street with tears in his eyes.
He found a place to sit outside the mansion gate, his face tense as he waited for his father and two brothers...
Ouyang Mingli looked up at the sky and muttered absentmindedly: "It's already the beginning of the Si hour, is noon still far away?
He had heard about noon several times, and his mother's words implied that something might happen after noon, and it must be a big thing, otherwise she would not let her second aunt take those people away.
Sitting on the steps outside the mansion, Ouyang Mingli looked around and began to think carefully in his heart.
He sensed the tension in the family and his mother's hidden worry...
At this time, Ouyang Jin and his two sons were rushing home and were so anxious that they were about to go up to the roof.
Just on his way back, his father-in-law sent someone to tell him that his father Ouyang Hong and elder brother Ouyang Hui were thrown into prison. The reason was not clear, so he asked him to return to the Ouyang Mansion as soon as possible.
Hearing this, the father and his two sons remembered that they had not seen the two men in the mansion since yesterday. They had never expected that they had been thrown into prison. So they hurried back to the mansion...
The two sons of the Xu family were not at home, so Xu Zhou had to go out and find out what the Ouyang family had done wrong and what the sentence would be. Only then did he understand why his daughter was so anxious...
Thinking that Ouyang Hong and Ouyang Hui were imprisoned at the same time, Xuzhou pondered the meaning behind this...
Ouyang Hong was a third-rank official, serving as the Minister of Rites, responsible for presiding over sacrifices and the like. Even if he made a mistake, he would not make it in the court.
This time, it was entirely due to the self-righteous Ouyang Hui.
Yesterday, the court was discussing the current relationship between Wuxi State and its neighboring countries. Our Junior Secretary of the Chancellery, Ouyang Hui, actually advocated war, which made the court, which was discussing the matter, fall silent in an instant.
Finally, he ignored the look from his father, spoke a bunch of unrealistic words in a boastful manner, and even mentioned the prince. This made the person sitting above him order him to be taken away.
Ouyang Hong knelt down and begged for mercy, forgetting that the man was angry, and ended up getting himself involved.
At the same time, he also gave an oral order to the ministers in the court: No one is allowed to leave the Golden Palace before noon tomorrow.
Xuzhou was able to know all this because a young eunuch in the palace knew about this because the Ouyang family was a relative of the Xu family and his master had received favors from the Xu family. After reporting to his master, he took the opportunity of going out of the palace to find new things for his master to tell Xuzhou about this.
After hearing this, Xuzhou hurriedly thanked him and personally escorted him out of the mansion. He then sent someone to look for Ouyang Jin, while he himself was thinking about who would be the best person to ask...
Ouyang Jin and his two sons hurried back to the mansion. Seeing the third son, Ouyang Mingli, sitting on the steps outside the mansion gate, they hurried forward and patted him, saying anxiously, "Come in quickly and go back to the courtyard to accompany your mother and sister. Daddy is going to visit your grandmother."
After saying this, Ouyang Jin ran straight towards Madam Ouyang's plum garden without stopping. Ouyang Mingli, unaware of what was going on, was dragged by his two brothers towards Hejin Courtyard...
Plum Garden.
"Madame Li, my mother is here..."
Seeing Ouyang Jin running and sweating profusely, Nanny Li thought to herself, "Could something have happened?" She quickly knelt and saluted, saying, "Second Master, the old lady is taking a nap."
"Go quickly and see if the old lady has woken up. If not... forget it, I'll go by myself..." As he said that, he walked towards the door of Old Lady Ouyang's room.
Knock knock knock~
Nanny Li had never seen the Second Master so anxious, so she knocked on the door and whispered, "Fendai, tell the old lady, the Second Master has an urgent matter..."
As soon as Madam Li finished speaking, a clear voice rang out from the room: "Madam, wait a moment. Fendai will be right there."
Fendai, dressed in a light pink dress, quickly came to Madam Ouyang's bedside and called softly, "Madam, Madam, Madam, the Second Master has something urgent to report..."
Hearing Fendai's voice, Madam Ouyang moaned, slowly opened her eyes, sat up from the bed, and said in a deep voice: "Ouyang Jin has something urgent to report."
"Madame Li said the Second Master has something urgent to report to the Madam."
"He's just a manager, what urgent matter did he have? Why would he come back instead of just looking after the shop? What urgent matter could he have? Send him away..."
After saying this with a look of surprise on his face, he lay back down, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep...
Old Madam Ouyang's voice was quite loud. Ouyang Jin, who was standing outside, heard every word she said and really wanted to leave in anger.
However, he suppressed the anger that was raging in his heart and said loudly outside the door: "Since mother is not seen, I will not disturb her nap. I just heard that father and elder brother were both imprisoned, so I think they will be fine."
After saying this, he walked out of Madam Ouyang's plum garden without looking back.
Old Madam Ouyang, who had just lain down in the inner room and pretended to take a nap with her eyes closed, sat up with a start when she heard Ouyang Jin's words outside the door.
Suddenly, she no longer had the desire to take a nap, and asked nervously: "Fendai, did you hear what that bastard said just now?"
Fendai knelt down and answered cautiously, "Madam, I heard it. The master and the eldest master went to court yesterday and have not returned yet."
"Someone come! Someone come!"
As Old Madam Ouyang shouted, the maids and servants who heard the sound came quickly and knelt down to salute: "Old Madam..."
"Fen Dai, quickly tell the housekeeper to send someone out to look for the master and the eldest master to see where they are now."
"Put down what you are doing and keep an eye on Hejinyuan. I want to see what they are up to."
"yes."
"yes."
Following the responses, the people who had come here after hearing the noise quickly left one by one.
Looking at the maidservants and old women leaving, Mrs. Ouyang suddenly had an ominous feeling in her heart, and secretly thought: Could it be that what that bastard Ouyang Jin said was true?
Although Ouyang Jin was worried about his father and elder brother at this time, since his mother said so, he decided to go back to the yard to accompany his wife and children.
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