Chapter 235: The Stormy Qinghe City
Cui Qingyi wanted to go out to the mountains to find Wangcai early in the morning, but was stopped by Nong Qi who had been waiting outside the post station.
"The imperial envoy sent by the court will arrive today. We all have to go to the county magistrate's office and wait for the summons. I will ask Nong Lin to bring people to help you find Wangcai."
After spending so much time with Cui Qingyi, Nong Qi knew how much she cared about Wangcai. Now that Wangcai was lost, he was also anxious, but the affairs of the court could not be delayed.
Cui Qingyi was a little surprised: "So fast?"
It's only been two days since Wangcai discovered that someone was trying to damage the potato seedling shed. How come the people sent by the court arrived so quickly?
Nong Qi: "I just reported what I found. I don't know the details. Anyway, we have done what we need to do. Now we just need to cooperate."
What else could Cui Qingyi say? She could only send Taozhi and Cui Ma to follow the people arranged by Nong Qi up the mountain. If Wangcai was fine, he would follow them down the mountain if he saw someone familiar.
Beneath the seemingly calm surface of Qinghe City, there are turbulent circumstances.
The Chen family was the first to bear the brunt of the unrest.
Since yesterday, his mansion has been surrounded by soldiers and officials, and no one is allowed to enter or leave.
All the young and old men of the Chen family who were away were also sent back to the mansion. After questioning them, the officers and soldiers had only one thing to say, "Just wait quietly, and you will be free when things are over." As for how the matter would end, it was not up to the officers and soldiers guarding the gate to decide.
This was the first time the Chen family had encountered something like this since the eldest son became an official. The entire household was in a state of panic. Fortunately, the head of the household, Master Chen, was able to maintain composure and comforted the women: "Relax for now. It's probably not a major event, otherwise it wouldn't be as simple as soldiers surrounding the house."
Madam Chen twirled the handkerchief in her hand and asked tentatively, "Has something happened to my eldest brother's family in Beijing? Should we send someone to inquire about it?"
If it is true that something happened to the eldest brother's family in Beijing and it implicated the people in his hometown, then shouldn't they think of a way to deal with it?
Mr. Chen Erye was also unsure, mainly because the incident happened too suddenly. He was brought back to the mansion while meeting a guest outside, and he didn't even have time to inform the people outside.
It was Chen Pingan, who was sitting at the bottom, who spoke up. "If the problem really was at my uncle's house, given my uncle's temperament, he would have warned us to be careful. Now I'm more inclined to believe that the problem is at our house."
Chen Pingan turned to the silent Chen Linan and asked seriously, "Third brother, have you done anything out of the ordinary recently?"
As soon as the words fell, Chen Linan followed the question and thought about whether he had done anything out of the ordinary during this period. Madam Chen was not happy at first. She looked at Chen Pingan with a knife in her eyes, "Pingan, what do you mean by this? Are you trying to say that this incident today was caused by your third brother?"
"Hasn't your son caused enough trouble?" Everyone present thought in unison.
Because of the incident between Chen Linan and Lin Ying, the marriage of the younger generation of the Chen family was still affected. Everyone in the family had a lot of opinions about the people in the second branch. It was because so many people in the second branch were in charge of the family. As the saying goes, even if they have no merits, they have worked hard. That's why everyone didn't let them hand over the housekeeping power.
But people are not so polite to the culprits Chen Linan and Lin Ying. Now the two of them are often bullied at home, but they can only grit their teeth and endure it.
In fact, the other members of the Chen family were not innocent either. When Lin Ying was acting arrogantly in the Chen Mansion, everyone tried to curry favor with her because she was the niece of the head of the family's mother.
If you try to curry favor with her, you will bully Cui Qingyi. To put it bluntly, we are all the same, and no one should blame anyone else.
But at this point, who would be willing to recall what they did in the past? It's just that someone has to take the blame.
Chen Pingan smiled slightly, "Second Aunt, I just asked a question, I didn't say that the incident was caused by Third Brother."
Mrs. Chen San, who had originally been in a weak position at home, also stood up and spoke. "Yes, sister-in-law, the most important thing for us now is to find out what exactly went wrong in our family. Lin'an has caused so much trouble with his temper. Now Ping'an doesn't ask a question, so what else can he think?"
Mrs. Chen felt a breath stuck in her throat, unable to move it up or down.
Mr. Chen was too lazy to listen to the women's quarrels. He looked at Chen Linan sternly and said, "Just tell me, do you have anything to do with what happened today?"
Hearing that her husband didn't believe Chen Linan, Mrs. Chen Er's face became even uglier.
Chen Linan grumbled a few times, "My son didn't do anything out of the ordinary. What happened today has nothing to do with me."
Just when everyone was racking their brains to figure out what mistake they had made, the maid in Chen Pingting's courtyard was stunned when she learned that the Chen Mansion was surrounded by soldiers.
Chen Pingting went out to attend a banquet yesterday with only her personal maid, so they stayed in the yard waiting, but Chen Pingting did not come back until late at night. Everyone panicked and wanted to find someone to go to the county magistrate's house to ask, but was stopped by the nanny.
"Let's go to the Third Young Master's yard first to see if his wife is there."
After finally confirming that Lin Ying was not at home, the nanny decided to send someone out to look for her. Her daughter's reputation had already been damaged because of the incident between Chen Linan and Lin Ying. If outsiders knew that the girl had gone out to attend a banquet and had not returned all night, then let alone finding a good husband, she might not even be able to get married in this life.
The person sent out to inquire about the news did not come back, but the family mansion was surrounded. The people in Chen Pingting's courtyard did not dare to hide the news anymore and came to the main courtyard in a panic.
When Chen Pingan heard that Chen Pingting and Lin Ying had gone out to a banquet and had not returned all night, his heart skipped a beat. It was not because he was worried about Chen Pingting and Lin Ying, but because he knew too well how good Chen Pingting and Lin Ying were at causing trouble.
These two people alone are the kind that can cause a lot of trouble even without any wind, not to mention that the man is also in Qinghe City now.
Chen Ping'an had a quick mind and immediately thought of the good relationship between the girl from County Magistrate Yao's family and Lin Ying. However, he didn't understand how big a trouble these two people had caused to cause such a big commotion.
At this moment, in the prison of Qinghe City.
Chen Pingting and Lin Ying were also accusing each other, "Didn't you say you were just dealing with Cui Qingyi? Why did you link it to treason?"
Chen Pingting was also very panicked. At this point, everything was completely out of her control. Thinking of the words Cui Qingyi kept saying about treason at the banquet, she was terrified.
Seeing that Lin Ying was still not calming down, Chen Pingting wanted to scold her but held back her anger: "How should I know what's going on? Don't forget that it was you and Yao Lin who found this person. If there was any rebellion, it was you and Yao Lin who wanted it."
Chen Pingting thought it through. She had just said a few words to Lin Ying. Everything was done by Lin Ying and Yao Lin. As long as she insisted that she knew everything, there would probably be no big deal.
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