Chapter 1093: Sacrifice

Changzhi led his men to the clan leader's house and asked, "Clan leader, what is the situation on the mountain?"

Chief Zhou pointed at the tribesmen dressed in wolfish clothes and said, "The homes of these two are very close to the mountain. When they heard the noise, they didn't dare to check for fear of more collapse. They looked from a distance and it seems to be very close to your ancestral tomb."

The two clan members were also from the Ming generation. One of them was the oldest. "The collapse was very serious. We went up there to pay respects several times. The direction was in the direction of Uncle Changzhi's ancestral tomb, so we rushed over to report it."

Chang Zhi was extremely anxious. The ancestral tomb was too important and he would not disturb it easily. Even though he was not superstitious, he felt that his ancestral tomb had good feng shui.

Patriarch Zhou was even more anxious than Changzhi. The feng shui of the ancestral tomb was broken, and he was afraid that something might happen to Zhou Shuren in the capital. "Changzhi, do you want to send someone back to the capital to check?"

Changzhi was stunned for a moment, then responded, "I'll arrange it right away."

Although the Zhou clan leader was worried about the Zhou Shuren family's ancestral tomb, he would not joke with the lives of his clan members. "If it doesn't collapse any more, how about we go to the mountain tomorrow to check it out?"

Changzhi pursed his lips. He wanted to go check it out right now. "I'll go check out the location from a distance."

After a moment of silence, Chief Zhou said, "You must be careful about your safety and never go up the mountain."

Changzhi took note and said, "Don't worry, Chief. I will be careful."

Ministry of Revenue, Zhou Shuren's eyelids kept twitching. Even when he came to ancient times and encountered danger, his eyelids had never twitched like this before. Rubbing his eyelids did not relieve the symptom.

Zhang Jinghong raised his head, thinking that the master was feeling uncomfortable, "Master, are you suffering from heatstroke?"

Zhou Shuren shook his head, "My eyelids were twitching just now."

Zhang Jinghong asked with concern, "Did you not get enough rest, sir?"

Zhou Shuren has been busy these days, so his sleep quality is pretty good. "No, I'm fine, you go ahead and do your thing."

Zhang Jinghong continued his work only after he saw that Lord Zhou was really fine. However, his mind was not on the account book. When he came back, he learned that so many things had happened in the capital. He was very grateful to Lord Zhou. If it weren't for Lord Zhou, his wife and children would not have been able to wait for him to come back.

He had always wanted to pay a visit to express his gratitude, but unfortunately the Ministry of Revenue was very busy and he never had the chance.

Zhang Jinghong felt the room was a bit stuffy. What a damn weather! He was really looking forward to rain.

In the palace, the emperor sent Prince Qi and others away, and compared the jade pendant with the one he carved himself. The emperor disliked his own carving skills.

The prince thought of the cenotaph? "Father, the cenotaph is for men."

The emperor raised his head, "What do you want to say?"

The prince went to see the cenotaph in person? "Father, do you have the genealogy of the Rong family?"

Your Majesty, "No."

The prince said, "Father, are there a couple in the coffin? He could have taken his wife with him if he escaped. I don't think he escaped when the fire destroyed his clan."

The emperor narrowed his eyes, "You mean, this time the person found was someone that the Rong family had arranged to take away long ago?"

The prince nodded, "Hmm? Husband and wife represent continuation and inheritance? The Rong family knew they were in danger, so it was normal to make such an arrangement. However, they couldn't all escape, as it would make them too big of a target, so they arranged for someone to escape in advance."

The emperor seldom saw his grandfather, especially later on when his grandfather refused to see him, not even his mother. He knew that his grandfather wanted to protect him and his mother, but unfortunately his mother did not escape in the end.

My grandfather was in charge of the huge Rong family. My mother was able to arrange a way out smoothly back then, which must have been due to my grandfather's handiwork. The money he received was proof that my grandfather had more than one way out.

The prince continued, "After opening the coffin today, I suddenly realized that the direct descendants that were surrounded and killed by the various families back then might have been bait. They were the ones who were abandoned."

And they were willing to be abandoned. The Rong family had no way out, so no one would reply to the letter. Only when it was exposed and everyone was really dead, could other families believe that the Rong family was extinct.

The emperor held the jade pendant tightly, "There really won't be many people who escape."

The prince also thought so. He admired his father's foreign policy, which was decisive and ruthless.

In the Mansion of Marquis Yao, Yao Wenqi didn't know the situation in the palace. The palace had been cleaned several times, and his people had almost cleaned it up. Those who were still left could not get close to the emperor. He didn't know the situation in the palace, and the coffin that was transported to the capital was damned.

Yao Wenqi cursed the Rong family. He had an older brother and a younger brother. The Rong family was indeed burned down that year, but the secret passage was fine. Many treasures of the Rong family were found, but the secret passage was full of poison. Many people died that year. Not only the Rong family members died in the ancestral home of the Rong family.

What's even more hateful is that his father said that after the Rong family was destroyed, families in the capital were poisoned one after another. The people planted by the Rong family in each family retaliated crazily, and his brother was poisoned, and it was a chronic poison that could not be cured. Instead, he would die slowly and painfully.

Yao Wenqi was afraid that someone from the Rong family was still alive. The truth of that year was covered up, but the people involved knew it. Yao Wenqi just hoped that no one was left alive.

In Zhoujia Village, Chang Zhi led his men but did not enter the mountain. They were some distance away from the foot of the mountain. Their branch had always been small in number, so the location of the ancestral tomb was not large. He was familiar with the location of the ancestral tomb. When he looked up, he found that it was OK. Fortunately, although it was close, it had not collapsed.

Butler Ding also breathed a sigh of relief, "Master, let's go back first. It's dangerous here."

Changzhi looked up at the gloomy sky and listened to the sound of the river in the distance. "Let's go."

Steward Ding was really afraid that the Fourth Master would be stubborn and go up the mountain, so he thought for a moment and changed the subject, "The new house has been completed. If it weren't for the heavy rain, the custom-made furniture would have arrived. Fourth Master, are you ready to move into the new house now?"

Changzhi would take time out to look at the newly built house. The house was too big, so he shook his head and said, "No, it's too empty. The current one is fine."

Steward Ding was supposed to return to the capital after the house was built, but the weather was abnormal, so the old master asked him to go back to the capital with the fourth master. Walking on the land in the countryside, looking at the water in the fields and the villagers releasing water in the fields, Steward Ding sighed, "I hope it will be sunny tomorrow."

Changzhi said to Steward Ding, "Go back and send someone to help the tribesmen release water to the fields."

Butler Ding: "Yes."

At Zhou's house, Zhulan saw the young lady, "Your belly is so big now. Didn't I tell you to stay in the Duke's Mansion to take care of the baby last time? Why are you here again today?"

Ever since the Duke's wife got into trouble, Xue Han and Rong Chuan have been living in the Duke's Mansion most of the time.

Xue Han wrinkled her nose, "Mom, you are wrongly accusing me this time. I got grandma's permission. Grandma let me go home and live for a few days."

Zhu Lan would not think that the old lady sent Xue Han here for no reason, "Is there something going on in the Duke's Mansion?"

Xue Han motioned the maids to go down and whispered, "Well, my eldest sister-in-law has been back home for a while. This time, grandma wants to divide the family property between my eldest and second brothers. It's not convenient for me to stay. I'm the only one without elders in the mansion, so they sent me back to my parents' home."

Zhu Lan was really surprised this time, "The Duke and his wife are here, why did they suddenly separate the family for Ning Zhiqi and Ning Zhixiang?"