Chapter 8 Do you know where the lady is now?
The people from the third house didn't want to be thrown out in disgrace, so they could only speak out to stop them and help the people from the second house to lift the man up. Then the whole yard was filled with Bu Bowen's wailing voice.
"My son, does it hurt? Hold on a little longer, I'll take you to see a doctor right away."
"Oh my god... I'm so heartbroken. You're bleeding."
After finally reaching the gate of the mansion, there were still people waiting there to watch the excitement.
"Hey~ This is the general who failed to live in the mansion and was kicked out. He really deserves it."
"Oh, Auntie, you can't say that. After all, they are our relatives. You can't hit them. Look at the blood."
"That's right. I saw Miss Bu looking so delicate and weak that day, but I didn't expect her to be so cruel."
After Zhang Tiancheng threw out the luggage that the others had placed in the gatehouse, he stood at the gate and said loudly, "Since everyone has seen it, I will briefly explain what happened in the mansion just now to prevent my young lady from being slandered for no reason."
"To sum it up, there are only a few points. First, the second and third wives don't want to return the money. The second wife said that their son has already arranged marriage and wants to keep the money to marry, so they don't have the money to return to my daughter."
"The second house's young master also said that my young lady was a bitch who was born by a mother but not raised by one. He said that my young lady was malicious for asking them to pay back the money. She deserved that everyone in the general's mansion died, leaving her alone as an orphan."
"My young lady was angry that he insulted the general and his wife, so she smashed his head with a teacup in anger."
"Secondly, the Bu family leader said he would make the decision on behalf of my young lady. He said that the remaining 80,000 taels of silver does not need to be repaid. He will let the second and third wives live in the general's mansion to take care of my young lady. This will be used as payment for the money. If my young lady disagrees, he will expel the general's family from the Bu family tree and will not allow them to be buried in the Bu family ancestral tomb."
"The second and third wives were born to my concubines. It's already an act of presumption for them to keep my young lady's money. Now they want to collude with the clan leader to enter the family. Their intentions are truly Sima Zhao's."
"My young lady doesn't want to be coerced, so she's asking to sever ties with the Bu family and remove the General's Mansion from the family tree. After paying off the debt, she'll have no further contact with them until she dies."
"Third, the Bu family's young master's tooth was broken because he wanted to attack me from behind, but he was clumsy and fell to the ground and knocked it out. Our young lady didn't hit him. Please don't believe these rumors."
"This is what happened today. I would like to ask you all to bear witness. If we go to court in the future, I would also like to ask you all to be witnesses."
After Zhang Tiancheng finished speaking, he bowed deeply to the people, then turned and went into the mansion, closing the door tightly.
After a brief period of silence, there was an uproar in front of the general's mansion.
"Ah, bah! I've lived to this age and have seen many shameless people, but I've never seen anyone as shameless as this."
An elderly woman with gray hair was supported by her granddaughter and pointed at the Bu family members with her cane.
"Your good life today is all thanks to the protection of General Bu's family. Now that they are gone, you actually treat his orphan girl like this and insult the general's family. You...you will not die a good death."
Speaking of this, the old woman's eyes were red. "My family lives in the town on the outermost border. I saw with my own eyes how General Bu led his soldiers to protect the people and defend the country when the foreign enemy invaded."
"At that time, I brought my children home to visit my parents. It happened to be the time of war. The Southern Xia Kingdom directly surrounded our town. However, General Bu did not lead his troops to retreat into the city. Instead, he stationed outside the city and gave most of the food to the people in the city, asking us to close the city gates."
"Not only that, General Bu also assigned some soldiers, saying that if the city is breached, they will escort us first..."
"In that battle, not a single member of the Bu family army led by General Bu retreated. Despite heavy casualties, corpses littered the ground. In the end, they defended the border and our town."
"After the war, I saw with my own eyes that General Bu was covered in blood. I don't know how many injuries he had suffered... Even so, the first thing he asked was whether the people were okay."
"And the person who bullied the general's orphan daughter only had his head broken and his teeth lost. If I were to say, such a person should be beaten to death!"
When the other people heard the old woman's words, they instantly became furious and looked at the Bu family members as if they wanted to eat them.
"The General's Mansion not only defends the border, but is also the first to request permission to provide disaster relief when a major disaster strikes."
"Yes, I remember one year when there was a heavy snowfall and houses collapsed, so we couldn't get food in. The General's Mansion was the first to open its granary to release food. The General's family, like us, had to eat steamed buns and rice soup every day."
"The Bu family's eldest and second young masters weren't even major generals at the time. They brought all the servants from the general's mansion out in the heavy snow to rescue us from the collapsed house and clear the road. Otherwise, who knows how many people would have died."
"Humph, while General Bu's family was providing disaster relief, what were the other officials doing? They kept the gates closed, afraid that we would go in and steal food and clothes. How could they compare with General Bu's family?"
"Now the general's orphan daughter has been bullied like this... It really chills the hearts of us ordinary people."
"Beat them, let them bully others, let them not pay back the money, drive them out of Kyoto! Drive them out of Kyoto!"
Zhang Tiancheng was in his mansion listening to the servant report on the situation outside, and his brows frowned slightly. He knew that his general had a high prestige, but for the situation to ferment to this point, there must be someone behind the scenes fanning the flames.
No, this must be told to the young lady immediately.
Thinking of this, he immediately walked out of the house and grabbed a servant: "Do you know where the young lady is now?"
The new servant heard the housekeeper's question and shrank his neck, not knowing what was on his mind. "Just now, I saw the young lady and Sister Bi'er heading towards the ancestral hall in a threatening manner."
Zhang Tiancheng: ...
Yes, the young lady had just been angry, so it was understandable that she went to the ancestral hall now.
When he arrived, Bu Ruo had just walked out of the ancestral hall, looking, well, refreshed.
"Miss, have you... finished greeting your ancestors?"
"Well, I've finished greeting you, but the ancestors seem to be in a bad mood today and don't pay much attention to me."
Bi'er rolled her eyes.
It's normal to be in a bad mood. Who can be in a good mood when being scolded at three meals and two times a day?
Zhang Tiancheng tried hard to suppress the smile on his face. They were in front of the ancestral hall and couldn't laugh too loudly.
"Uncle Steward, you can laugh if you want. Our ancestors are currently reflecting on what terrible things they have done and have no time to bother with us."
"You came to the ancestral hall to see me, is there something wrong?"
After Zhang Tiancheng recounted what had just happened outside the mansion, Bu Ruo waved her hand and said, "It's okay. No matter who is behind this, it seems that the development direction is good now."
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