So the only people left in the prison were a group of servants who were complaining bitterly, and Xu Yiwen, who was the last one to come out.
"Father, Master Shen, everything that happened today is my fault. I shouldn't have made a bet with Master Feng on a whim. I am an unfilial son and have made you worry."
Before Old Man Xu could speak, Lord Shen spoke first, "Mr. Xu, do you know where you are wrong? What's the big deal about opening a gambling game? What I want to know is, where did you get the City Defense Bureau token in your hand?
Lord Wu has already identified it. This is an old token discarded by the City Defense Department. Stealing a token privately is not a minor crime."
When Old Man Xu heard the word "Wu", his heart moved and his anger subsided a little.
"Sir Shen, I found this token by chance. I kept it just for fun, I really didn't steal it. Today I wanted to test whether this token is really useful, but Mr. Lu insisted that the item was lost, so we..."
"Okay! Do you think I'm stupid? I don't care about the grudge between your two families. You will have to explain it to the emperor yourself tomorrow!" Chen Yue yelled at Old Man Xu and left.
Ever since he learned that the conflict was between the two young masters of the Wu and Xu families, Chen Yue was convinced that the two families were just picking on each other, otherwise they would not let it go so easily.
You should explain your family affairs to the emperor yourselves. I'm going back to catch up on my sleep.
Old Man Xu watched Shen Yue walk away, punched Xu Yiwen's arm, turned around and left without saying a word. Xu Yiwen endured the pain and followed him out of the prison.
When I went out and saw Xu Shimao had been waiting at the door for a long time, looking eagerly expectant, I felt that my decision today was absolutely correct. Fortunately, I didn't bring them with me, otherwise we would all be in jail now.
When I got home by car, the sky was just getting bright. Gu was wearing her pajamas, waiting anxiously.
"Master! How is it? Did you get it back?"
"Please use the family rules." Old Man Xu sat down on the main seat and without saying anything, ordered someone to beat him with twenty sticks first.
Xu Yiwen screamed in agony, and his father became even more angry: "You little bastard! Why didn't you scream when I beat you in the prison just now? Now that there are no outsiders around, you are pretending! Bah!"
When Xu Yiwen heard this, he became confused and seemed to understand. It turned out that his father had hit him just now in order to show it to the remaining servants?
Thinking of this, the board that fell on my butt didn't seem to hurt at all. It seemed that my dad didn't scare me to death. It just looked painful, but it didn't actually hurt any bones.
"Master! Forget it. Wen'er is still young after all and doesn't understand anything!" Gu watched the blood flying all over the place and couldn't bear it, so she pleaded for him.
"Still young? He's already seventeen, what a little shit! Look at you, I don't expect you to have half the ambition of your sister. You can't even catch up with your sister, what's the use of you!"
This brought up the point that hurt Xu Yiwen the most, so he stopped talking and silently endured the remaining few strokes. Yes, after today, he could be considered someone who had contributed to the family and no longer had to be a waste!
"Alright! Go down and keep me in solitary confinement for a few months. I'll see if you dare to associate with those questionable people again!"
Xu Yiwen was carried back, and his father was about to go to court. Only Gu was kept in the dark and had no idea what had happened last night.
"Master, what's going on? Why did Chen Yue call you over in the middle of the night?"
"Nothing. The little bastard didn't learn his lesson. He had a conflict with the City Defense Department and broke the curfew. It's just a small matter."
Of course, Gu would not believe it easily. If it was really just a violation of the night curfew, why would there be a need to go to the prison to pick someone up in the middle of the night? However, the master obviously did not want to say anything more, so she could only watch him go to court early and ask someone to go out and inquire in detail.
By the time Xu Yixing woke up from his hangover, it was already noon. When he woke up, he saw Siqin with an anxious look on her face, waiting for something to say.
"What's wrong?"
"The young master was beaten by the master early in the morning!"
Xu Yixing shook his head: "Just hit me, it's not me who got hit, why are you so anxious?"
"Oh! I heard that it was Master Shen from Jingzhao Prefecture who sent someone to knock on the door in the middle of the night, and the master brought the young master back from prison!"
"Oh?" Xu Yixing washed his face, feeling a bit more relaxed. Knocking on the door so late at night was definitely no small matter, but the fact that they were only there to pick up Yiwen didn't sound like a big deal. Could it be that Xu Yiwen had gone to deal with the sign issue last night? So quick...
"Let's go to the young master's yard and take a look."
"I'm afraid not." Siqin stopped Xu Yixing, "The master has ordered the young master to stay in his room and not come out."
"Well, I won't go in. Just deliver the medicine, okay?" What house arrest? It's probably because he was beaten badly, so he can rest and recuperate. Otherwise, he can avoid the rumors outside and shut everyone up. Dad won't really do anything to Yiwen.
"This..." Siqin still looked embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.
"Okay, then I won't go and see. Is Daddy back?"
"Not yet. I didn't hear any movement in the front yard."
Just after he finished saying this, Xu Qian came to pass on the message that his father was calling her the Second Young Miss. This was exactly what Xu Yixing was thinking, so he hurried to the study.
"Yan'er, your brother is really good to you." This was the first thing his father said as soon as he entered the door, leaving Xu Yixing at a loss as to how to start.
"Dad, did you use family discipline on my brother this morning?" Xu Yixing bowed and moved a stool to sit next to her father. She was now accustomed to the way they always had conversations with only the two of them present.
"Yes. Last night, he broke into the city gate without permission and was caught by that kid from the Wu family. He was sent to the Jingzhao Prefecture jail."
Wow, isn't Xu Yiwen's method too simple and crude? If the City Defense Commander card in the Xu family's hands is considered a hidden mine, then Xu Yiwen's method is to turn this hidden mine into an open mine and detonate it in advance, using the minimum casualties in exchange for the safety of his family.
Xu Yixing had never thought of this tactic of killing one thousand enemies and injuring five hundred of his own men.
"Um... Brother doesn't look like such a reckless person. Is there anyone else here? Is he drunk?"
Old Man Xu was happy to see his daughter caring about his son. They are really a good pair of siblings.
"Hey! Don't worry, your brother is avenging you." Old Man Xu smiled. Even the emperor's scolding could not dampen his good mood.
"I don't know where your brother got an old token that was no longer used by the City Defense Bureau. He specially called up the son of Lu Junshi and some other random people, and told Lu to use the old token to open the city gate. He did it several times! Hahahaha, that made Wu so angry that he was thrown into jail because of you."
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