Chapter 273 His Mouth is Poisonous Enough
Shangguan Mansion.
Because of the successive deaths in the Shangguan family, the entire mansion was shrouded in a dark cloud. All the servants became cautious in their actions, for fear of upsetting their master.
The white mourning hall is solemn and dignified.
No one dared to speak, but occasional crying sounds could be heard.
Shangguan Jue and his brothers knelt in front of the mourning hall and slowly burned paper money, while their wives and children also knelt beside them and burned paper money as well.
The atmosphere at the scene was so heavy that it was hard to breathe.
At this moment, Shangguan Yuan, who was temporarily appointed as the housekeeper, hurried in.
He quickly walked to Shangguan Jue's side and lowered his voice:
"Master, all the descendants of the Shangguan family from various branches are here.
But they didn't come to pay their respects to the master, but went directly to the courtyard where the eldest girl lived, saying they were visiting the injured eldest girl.
Because they all went to the eldest girl's place, he was afraid something might happen, so he came to report.
Shangguan Jue was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized what Shangguan Xi wanted to do.
She wanted to take action today.
He didn't expect that she didn't give up even though she was so injured.
He nodded towards Shangguan Yuan, "I understand. You don't have to worry about this. Go down first. I'm afraid that many people will come to pay tribute to my father soon, and you still need to take care of these things outside."
After Shangguan Yuan left, Shangguan Rong immediately came over:
“Brother…”
"Don't ask anything, and don't say anything." Shangguan Jue interrupted him directly:
"We will keep vigil for Dad, burn paper money, and do our duty as his children to see him off on his final journey."
After saying that, he picked up the paper money beside him and slowly put it into the brazier to burn.
Shangguan Rong was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "I'll listen to you, big brother."
After saying this, he returned to his seat and slowly burned paper money.
But at this moment his heart was particularly heavy.
The eldest brother has really given up on his younger sister Shangguan Xi.
After all, this was his sister who he had watched grow up, and Shangguan Rong felt a little reluctant to watch her commit suicide.
But looking at his elder brother's expression, he knew that there was no turning back.
He continued to put paper money into the brazier in a somewhat decadent manner.
Shangguan Jue, who was standing aside, said nothing as he put the paper money in his hand into the brazier one by one, but his expression was unusually solemn.
He didn't know whether Shangguan Xi could succeed this time. If not, he would have to think of other ways.
The Shangguan family can only fall into his hands and must not fall into the hands of anyone else.
After an unknown amount of time, Shangguan Yuan walked in again:
"Master, the Xu family couple who killed Shangguan Lin yesterday are here. They said that the eldest lady asked them to come and burn incense for the master."
When Shangguan Jue heard the news that Xu Wuyan and his wife were coming, he was stunned for a moment.
Then he frowned. What was Shangguan Xi doing?
She herself had suffered losses at the hands of the other party time and time again, and even Shangguan Lin died at the hands of the other party. How could she dare to provoke the other party?
So stupid!
But Shangguan Xi had already invited the other party, so he naturally couldn't drive him away now.
Especially when the other party specifically stated that they were there to burn incense and worship their father, they could not be chased away.
Shangguan Jue frowned and asked Shangguan Yuan to bring the person in.
Shangguan Yuan nodded and walked out quickly. When he came back in, Lin Mo and Xu Wuyan followed him.
The two men took the incense handed to them by the servants and bowed respectfully in the direction of Old Man Shangguan's coffin.
The swirling smoke added a touch of sadness to the entire mourning hall.
The two men inserted the incense into the incense burner one after another, then walked up to Shangguan Jue and the others and whispered:
"Please accept my condolences!"
Shangguan Jue and others returned the greeting according to etiquette.
Xu Wuyan and Lin Mo didn't say anything else. They nodded and turned to walk outside.
At this time, people came one after another to pay homage to Mr. Shangguan.
But Shangguan Jue's attention was all on Xu Wuyan and his wife.
Seeing that they were leaving without doing anything or saying anything, he always felt that something was wrong.
He asked someone to watch the mourning hall for a while before chasing out.
Shangguan Jue caught up with them just as they were about to leave the front yard:
"Please wait a moment, both of you!"
Xu Wuyan and Lin Mo stopped and turned around.
Xu Wuyan looked indifferent:
"Master Shangguan, what's the matter?"
Faced with Xu Wuyan's distant attitude and lack of any intention to curry favor with him, Shangguan Jue didn't know what to say for a moment.
He quickly reacted and coughed lightly, "Thank you for coming to see my father off."
"Mr. Shangguan was a wise elder. He died an innocent and tragic death, so I'm naturally willing to come and see him off." Xu Wuyan still had a cold expression on his face and shook his head.
"Shangguan family, I am only willing to give him a ride."
Xu Wuyan's words made Shangguan Jue unhappy, but he did not show it.
Instead, he talked about what happened to Shangguan Lin yesterday, but was interrupted by Xu Wuyan:
"Without any evidence or witnesses, you immediately accuse my wife of having someone steal things from your Shangguan residence, and even threaten to beat her with a hundred sticks.
He's just a servant, but he's so arrogant. Do you think he should be beaten?
Master Shangguan, if I were you, I would definitely discipline the servants in my house to avoid bringing shame and trouble to my family. What do you think?
Shangguan Jue was scolded by the other party until his face turned red, and because of this, he became more and more dissatisfied and disgusted with Xu Wuyan.
The most frustrating thing was that he had to nod and agree with the other person.
A hint of sarcasm flashed in Xu Wuyan's eyes. He was a narrow-minded person and could not support the Shangguan family.
"Master Shangguan, please go back. My husband and I know the way out, so there's no need to bother you to see us off." Xu Wuyan still had no expression on his face.
Shangguan Jue looked surprised. He just left like that?
He couldn't help but speak:
"Aren't you going to meet my younger sister Shangguan Xi?"
Xu Wuyan sneered, "Who wants to see her?
She just asked us to come and pay tribute to her father. The dead are the greatest, so we naturally cannot refuse this request.
Forget about meeting her, she doesn't have the nerve to do that!
Shangguan Jue looked embarrassed, but Xu Wuyan would not restrain himself because of his embarrassment:
"Master Shangguan, please be more careful with your words next time.
Your sister has never been married. Even if she was, there is no way I would go to see her. If it gets out, won’t I lose my reputation?
She doesn't want her reputation, but I do.
I am a man of virtue, please don't ruin my reputation."
Shangguan Jue, “…”
He suddenly felt powerless.
Xu Wuyan has a very poisonous mouth.
If this matter gets out, it will obviously damage his sister's reputation and will not affect him at all, okay?
In this kind of situation, it's usually the woman who suffers, okay?
But he suddenly guessed what his sister Shangguan Xi was thinking.
But just because I guessed it, I felt dissatisfied.
Is Shangguan Xi crazy?
At her father's funeral, she actually tried to use some tricks to get close to the man in front of her.
But this time he had to admit that Shangguan Xi had good vision.
At least Xu Wuyan has a good appearance.
Although he has a sharp tongue, to be honest, he is quite smart.
But she was really stupid.
With the horrible look he has now, who can he possibly plot against?
After taking a deep breath and calming down, he shook his head and said, "I have a lot of things to do at home, so I won't send Master Xu off."
"I told you already, no need."
Xu Wuyan gave him a look of disdain, then reached out and took Lin Mo's hand and walked towards the door.
Humph, who wants to come to this dirty place?
At this moment, Xiaolan, the maidservant beside Shangguan Xi, came over hurriedly:
"Master Xu, Madam Xu, my eldest daughter invites you!"
When Xiaolan said this, her body shook uncontrollably and she quickly lowered her head, not wanting anyone to see the fear on her face.
The real owner came looking after hearing the noise.
"Madam, don't go. I know that woman is planning something bad without even seeing her." Xu Wuyan said with disgust.
"Since we're here, we should go and take a look." Lin Mo shook his head.
She glanced at the trembling maid with an unfathomable look, and curled the corners of her mouth slightly:
“Please lead the way!”
But after taking two steps, Xu Wuyan stopped.
He looked at Shangguan Jue with disdain:
"Master Shangguan, come together.
It's not appropriate for a outsider like me to enter your sister's yard. If you're with me, there's no need to be cautious.
Now I can only trouble Master Shangguan to come with me."
"I'm busy with work. If Master Xu wants to avoid suspicion, he can just stay in this yard and wait for your wife." Shangguan Jue refused.
He didn't want to go to Shangguan Xi's yard now. He didn't know what Shangguan Xi was planning, nor did he want to know.
"Madam, let's go, it's gone." Xu Wuyan shouted at people to leave on the spot.
Seeing Shangguan Jue looking at him in astonishment, he sneered on the spot:
"My husband and I have always been together through thick and thin. If they want us to separate in this unfamiliar place, what if something goes wrong? It's better not to meet.
Anyway, we don't have any friendship, we have a grudge against each other, and if we meet, I'm afraid I'll kill someone."
Xu Wuyan's words made Xiaolan's face turn pale.
If I didn't invite the person back, the eldest lady would never let me go.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at Shangguan Jue with pleading eyes:
“Master, the eldest lady said that the Xu couple might have a way to cure her leg, so we would like to invite them over to talk.
You, can you accompany them? If I don't invite them back, the young lady will definitely kill me!"
"Master, please!"
Shangguan Jue frowned. The leg had been sawed off, how could he be treated?
He doesn't want to get involved.
But having said that, if I don't go, people will point fingers at me and accuse me of having no brotherly love.
He could only nod reluctantly:
"Master Xu, let's go, I'll accompany you!"
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