"Your master bought it? That's a joke. I still have the deed, and I've never received any money from it. How could it be that your master bought it?"
Ning Hongxuan gave a cold laugh.
"Get your master out here. If necessary, we'll confront him at the yamen."
"My master is such a person, he doesn't have time to talk to someone like you, get out of here."
The doorman looked at the four of them with a hint of disdain.
Dressed simply and looking travel-worn, no one knew where he came from, trying to extort money from his master.
These people aren't even dressed as well as him, so how could they have such a big house?
"Just go and invite your master over." Why waste so much breath?
Mu Rong said impatiently.
Perhaps it's because she's possessed by a demon, but lately her temper has become somewhat irritable.
Many times, I get angry for no reason.
For example, right now, she really wants to tear this doorman to pieces.
"I've already said, do you think you can just see my master whenever you want?" the gatekeeper said rudely.
Mu Rong's lips curled into a smirk, and the next second, a hand had already grabbed the doorman by the neck, lifted him up, and thrown him out.
"You, you—breaking into a private residence in broad daylight, do you even have any sense of reason?"
"Reasoning is for people. Why bother reasoning with dogs that don't understand human language?"
"What did you say? Are you insulting me?"
"I'm insulting you, so what if you try to bite me?"
Mu Rong gave a soft hum.
Although Ning Hongze had regained his original memories, he thought it was normal for his sister to be a little arrogant, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with Mu Rong being like that.
Ning Hongxuan, on the other hand, was completely stunned.
He really hadn't expected that Mu Rong could be so unique.
Although she bore no resemblance to her former self at the Ning family, he still found her quite endearing.
He liked Mu Rong no matter what she was like.
"you--"
The gatekeeper was furious. He immediately shouted, and several men dressed as servants surrounded him.
"Who are you--"
However, one of the servants looked at him with a hint of doubt, "Are you Young Master Ning the Third?"
"Hey, finally someone recognizes me."
"Third Young Master, for the sake of our past relationship, I'm telling you, you should leave here immediately."
The servant put down the stick he was holding.
"Why should I leave? This is my house, and I still have the land deed to it." Ning Hongxuan was so angry that she almost laughed.
If this were a large family like the Ning family, it would be understandable that he, as the young master, would be turned away at the door when he came home. However, this place was bought by himself and registered in his name, yet he was being kept out. This was simply ironic.
That really hurts.
"What exactly happened? Tell me."
The servant looked at him with a troubled expression.
He then looked at the other servants.
The doorman sneered, "You're the one who's going to say it, I'd like to hear it too."
Clearly, the servants were somewhat wary of the gatekeeper.
"That's simple."
Ning Hongxuan stepped forward and knocked the gatekeeper unconscious.
He tossed it inside the gate, letting Ning Hongze and the others drive the carriage through, and then closed the gate behind him.
The real master had returned, and the gatekeeper had been knocked unconscious, so the servant finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"You look terrified." How could you be so scared?
"Of course I'm scared. To be honest, if you hadn't already come in, I would never have dared to speak." The servant trembled, looking very cowardly.
"Alright, stop pretending. If you were really scared, you wouldn't have let us in."
I wouldn't say those things to him.
The servant looked around and saw that the remaining servants had all gone in four directions. He slowly exhaled before speaking, "Third Young Master, I am Xiao Wu, the nephew of Steward Wu."
"Manager Wu? How is he doing?"
Manager Wu was his confidant.
He is the general manager in charge of overseeing the businesses here.
However, he does not live here.
When he was promoted to steward, he bought a house for Steward Wu and let him live there. "Since you are Steward Wu's nephew, why are you working in this mansion?"
"Because my uncle sensed something was wrong."
The fact that Manager Wu was able to become the head manager is enough to prove his ability.
The third young master hasn't been here for more than half a year.
However, men and women frequently entered and exited the mansion, and they even bought many maids and replaced the gatekeeper. They also replaced a new batch of servants.
“My uncle felt something was wrong, so he let me in as a servant so he could find out what had happened. Because my uncle had shown me your portrait before, I was able to recognize you immediately.”
His uncle often said that Young Master Ning was their family's benefactor.
"You're quite good. It hasn't been long, and you've already subdued all these people." Ning Hongxuan pointed to the servants standing in the four corners.
“I defeated them and treated them to drinks and meat, so naturally they followed my lead.”
Xiao Wu chuckled twice.
"So what exactly happened?"
"The steward whom the Third Young Master entrusted to manage the mansion has betrayed us."
It's obvious.
Otherwise, how could outsiders have so easily occupied this place? Manager Liu is really bold; it's fortunate that he comes and goes in a hurry and has never let him know about his businesses outside.
"The people who occupied this house are from Qinghe Manor."
"Qinghe Manor?"
Upon hearing those four familiar words, Ning Hong glanced over, and Ning Zhaozhao also looked over.
"Second brother, do you know anyone from Qinghe Manor?"
"I don't know him, but I've heard of him."
Ning Hongze didn't take her luggage down; she wasn't quite sure what had happened. "But Qinghe Manor is run by people from a small town near Diancheng, so how did they end up here?" Ning Hongze asked with a hint of curiosity.
"I'm not too sure about this either. It just appeared out of nowhere. Among all the houses around here, the Third Young Master's is the most conspicuous. It's funny how the people from this manor don't stay in restaurants or inns. Instead, they want to forcibly occupy this house. When Manager Liu saw that these people were powerful, he gave his sister to a young master from Qinghe Manor."
Therefore, the people of Qinghe Villa became his backers.
He naturally became the owner of the house.
“That gatekeeper is a distant relative of his from the village,” Xiao Wu said slowly.
"What master? I still have this indenture. I want to see just how powerful Qinghe Manor really is."
"They are indeed very capable."
Ning Hong then looked towards the backyard of the house with her hands behind her back.
Looking from here, the backyard is already being infiltrated by evil spirits.
It was shrouded in gray.
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