Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 408 Breaking into Cui Mansion at Night

Seeing this, Old Lady Xia slapped her hand away with a gloomy look on her face: "What are you doing! Are you hitting the child or do you want to hit me?"

"Auntie!"

Jiang's mother angrily accused: "There are only a few of us in our family. How could you two not tell me what you know?"

They're actually forming a clique! This isn't isolating her!

Why don't you tell her!

She was really aggrieved. She always shared all the gossip with them!

Old Madam Xia answered this question without mercy: "Because you have a big mouth and can't hide anything! I'm afraid you'll find out and tell everyone!"

"My mouth is not big!" Jiang's mother was almost angry to death. When Jiang's father was alive, he said that she had a cherry mouth!

Xiao Jiang sighed: Well, this brain is only half full.

"If I tell you this, you are not allowed to go to Yong'anfang until the beginning of next spring." Old Madam Xia negotiated with her first. If she didn't agree, she would not tell her even if she was angry to death.

Otherwise, you will be put in a sack and beaten to death by those resentful people who have nothing to show for their efforts in the future!

Jiang Shangxian secretly gave his grandmother a thumbs-up. This was a good idea. If he didn't go, he wouldn't be able to tell anyone. But it wasn't a sure thing either. Those old neighbors weren't NPCs, fixed in one place, and they would still go to Yangyang Noodle House to eat...

Thinking of this, Xiao Jiang added timidly: "Don't say a word outside this door..."

Jiang's mother glared at her angrily without saying anything.

"Say it or not, and if not, go back and knead the dough."

Seeing that she was still glaring at her granddaughter, Old Lady Xia moved her hips to block Jiang Shangxian's way. "What's the point of scaring a child? Jiulang told you about this. If you have the guts, go find Jiulang at the Dali Temple!"

"I!"

Jiang's mother's nostrils were almost swelling from panting, but she didn't dare go to the Dali Temple to ask Cui Bianxu.

Although he is her own son-in-law, she only speaks kindly to him. How could she dare to ask why he didn't tell her the gossip?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but give up, her whole body drooped, the light of wisdom shrank, and she pursed her lips: "If I don't want to go, then I won't go."

Compared to spreading gossip, she still wants to know the gossip first. Anyway, she can't talk about it before the new year, so she will practice her mouth at home first, and when she can talk again, go out and tell it all at once!

Jiang's mother, having figured it out, quickly stood up and pricked up her ears, saying, "I definitely won't tell anyone!"

She's ready, please hit her to death with gossip!

"Jiulang said that the caravan..."

"what!"

"damned!"

"Really?!"

"This is how to do?"

"Oh, that's too bad!"

"That's a lot of money!"

........

When Jiang's mother heard the gossip, her newly grown brain shrank back and she instantly forgot about her previous "isolation". She was amazed again and again, covering her mouth with her hands to ask questions from time to time. After listening to it once, she would repeatedly review it and walk around the room muttering to herself.

Jiang Shangxian felt that it would be a shame not to send her mother to be a gossip reporter with her personality!

Cui Mansion in Yanshoufang, second watch.

In Liu Manqiang's courtyard.

Zheng Qiuyi had already packed up all the things they were going to take with them. "Madam, we can't leave the city tonight. I've found an empty house right here in Yanshoufang. We'll rest there for the night and then buy a carriage to leave the city tomorrow morning."

"Well, have you given instructions to all the servants of our Liu family?" Liu Manqiang sat on the bed, feeling reluctant to touch the soft silk mattress where she had just slept for the night.

Zheng Qiuyi couldn't help but sighed when he saw this: "I left a letter for Huirong's uncle. Madam won't mistreat anyone from our Liu family, don't worry."

"Well, we'll leave as soon as Zichu arrives." Liu Manqiang took a deep breath and asked, "Have you figured out the patrol arrangements of the guards?"

"I didn't sleep all night last night. I have found out everything." Zheng Qiuyi filled three bowls of boiled medicine. If he couldn't find a way to boil the medicine when he went out, he would use this as a substitute.

Liu Manqiang touched her clothes and said, "Let's change."

Cui Bianxu was sitting in the study, dozing off with his eyes closed. On the table was a small white-glazed porcelain jar with a dead green worm inside.

He was hesitating how to gently pry open his grandmother's mouth.

Liu Manqiang's mouth is much tighter than Zhao Yue's!

As a young man with a healthy schedule and early bedtimes and early rise, Xiao Cui rarely goes to bed so late. Usually he would be lying in bed at this time, so he felt a little sleepy as he thought about it.

Suddenly, Li Sheng landed in front of the door and knocked on it lightly, yes, just once.

He is very principled. If you don't knock on the door, no one inside can hear it. Knocking too much would be a bit annoying, so knocking once is just right.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Cui clenched his fist and yawned politely.

The handsome guy looks super cute even when he yawns.

Li Sheng pushed the door open and walked in: "Jiulang, someone broke into Cui's residence at night and is now fighting with the patrolling guards."

"You can't capture them?" Cui Bianxu's face tensed. "How many people came?"

He had already announced this morning that patrols would be increased in the mansion. There should be at least fifteen people on duty right now? If they still couldn't capture anyone, how many more people did the other side have?

Li Sheng felt a little embarrassed and said uncomfortably, "Two."

"two?"

Cui Bianxu was so angry that he laughed: "You can't take down two people? If not, just go to the palace and become eunuchs."

If more than a dozen people can’t beat two people, what are they but useless?

He, Cui Yi, doesn't want such shameful subordinates!

Li Sheng, who had received the warning of physical castration, heard the disdain in his words and became angry. He said word by word with a dull face: "Jiulang, those two people are Madam Liu and Granny Zheng."

Is it that they can't win? Is it that they don't dare to use force?

Don’t you know how old those two old people are?

Not only did they not dare to use force, they also had to be careful that the two ancestors might accidentally fall in the dark!

And you dare to despise them for being useless!

ridiculous!

"We are afraid that we may hurt the old lady, so we have come to ask Jiulang to come over and persuade her."

Don't mess around so late at night and increase their workload!

"what!"

Cui Bianxu's sleepiness was completely gone: "Is it really my grandmother?"

"Yes." Li Sheng caught a glimpse of his reaction and felt a sense of relief.

But he was very sure that although both of them changed into night clothes, their heads were not covered, and their silver-white hair was particularly obvious, as well as their figures and half-covered veils.

They are not blind. Even if it is dim at night, they have been with these two people for several months. It would be difficult to recognize them if they turned into ashes, but how could they not recognize two living people?

Cui Bianxu took a deep breath of the unhealthy midnight air, stood up, and strode out: "Don't let my wife know about this for now."

He now really wants to send Liu Manqiang back to Guazhou after the case is investigated. It's really... too much trouble!

"Yes." Li Sheng's mouth corners curled up in an inconspicuous arc.

So cool!

Want to butcher their calves? Don't even think about it!