allendalepharm Chapter 671: Have you ever taken her seriously?
Chapter 671: Have you ever taken her seriously?
Now there are two older maids on duty in Jiang Youzhen's room, and Xia He and the others are responsible for training the younger maids on their own for other trivial matters. She doesn't take care of it.
"No need. Is there any food in the kitchen? I'm a little hungry."
Jiang Youzhen slept for most of the day without eating anything. After coming back and taking a quick shower, he fell asleep.
"Yes, Madam has asked the kitchen to keep the food hot, waiting for you to wake up and eat!"
Xia He said this and went out to sleep in the inner room. When the footsteps faded away, Jiang Youzhen started to think about it.
Why is the Second Prince so sure that the Emperor will let her handle the next case? And what will be the final outcome of the people on the list?
"Master, I heard that you woke up." Qing Lang's voice was soon heard outside the house.
"Come in!" This was the rule set by Jiang Youzhen. No one was allowed to enter without her permission.
Qing Lang came in and bowed. Jiang Youzhen knew that he was going to report what happened today.
"How to say?"
"You guessed right. Sure enough, someone is trying to harm you. There were two groups of people. The first group had three people, and they were very skilled in martial arts. But we were well prepared, so they didn't break in.
After they found themselves outmatched, they quickly withdrew. During the process, our people injured two of them, but you had instructed us not to pursue them, so we did not chase them. "
Jiang Youzhen noticed blood stains on Qinglang's cuffs, "Are you hurt?"
Qing Lang shook his head, "This is not the villain's blood."
"Are our people safe?" Jiang Youzhen immediately asked with concern.
"At first, only two guards were injured, but fortunately, they were not serious and have been bandaged."
These guards are all young and talented, but after all, they have only been practicing martial arts for a short time, so if they encounter a master, they will inevitably be unable to resist.
"I heard from you that there is a second wave?" Jiang Youzhen frowned. Only three masters were injured. It seems that training must be intensified.
I thought of the spiritual spring water rewarded by the system, and I will give it to them when I have the chance.
"Yes! The second wave was fierce and powerful, with a total of five people. We fought hard, but if there were no masked masters who helped us, we would have injured more people this time.
Fortunately, the second time, only three guards were injured, so it wasn’t too dangerous. After an hour, the palace sent guards over, and no assassins came again.”
The masked man who helped secretly should have been sent by the second prince, he just said this.
"Who sent those guards?" Jiang Youzhen was a little curious. Could it be the emperor? He probably heard the news of the assassination in her mansion.
"Two groups of people came, one group was under the order of His Highness the Fourth Prince. Less than a quarter of an hour later, Lord Fang brought people over, saying that the Emperor had personally issued an order to protect the Jiang Residence.
Our house is now surrounded like an iron barrel, and no one can enter or leave without permission."
Jiang Youzhen was a bit troubled. Isn't this just a disguised form of house arrest? She should be treated the same as those officials who have committed crimes. Don't let gossip spread that she has committed a crime.
"Where are my parents and sister? They should be very worried, right?" Thinking of Shen and the others, they should be scared.
Thinking of this, she decided to go to the main courtyard to take a look.
"The master, the mistress, and the aunt were indeed frightened. Although we tried to be as quiet as possible last night, they still heard us. They were relieved only after Lord Fang came to comfort them in the afternoon."
Jiang Youzhen felt a little guilty after hearing this. After coming to the capital, the Shen family had been worried. Perhaps, living a simple life in Qinghe Village, away from the center of power, was the best thing for them?
Hesitant in his heart, Jiang Youzhen sighed.
"For those injured guards, let them rest and recover before they can start working again. In addition, each guard will be given ten taels of silver as a reward, and each injured person will be given an extra ten taels."
"Yes!" Qing Lang was happy for those young men. They were all children from poor families. Although it was dangerous to follow the young master, the rewards were not small.
In addition to the monthly salary, he would be given extra money every time he encountered a dangerous situation. He also had good food and drink on weekdays, and even his clothes were made of good materials.
"Oh, right! Master, after you rested today, many people sent visiting cards, wanting to see you."
At this time, Qing Lang took out a stack of notes from his arms and placed them on the table.
Jiang Youzhen opened the first page and saw the visiting card from the Zheng family. She couldn't help but sigh.
Zheng Tianming, a Langzhong of the Ministry of Revenue, was an official of the Shanxi Provincial Qinglisi, in charge of Shanxi Province's household registration, land, money and grain affairs in the capital, including mineral deposits.
This person is one of the criminals who colluded with the rebels. He sold the graphite mine to the rebels at a low price, and this is still openly known.
They might even be secretly colluding with local authorities. There are many stories about how some unregistered mineral deposits were distributed and why they were not reported.
If it was in the past, the account book would be justified, and it wouldn't be so serious. But who told him to collude with the rebels? Although he didn't necessarily know the truth, and was more likely to be corrupt, he was blamed for his death this time.
This was sent by the Zheng family's side branch. Presumably, the main branch has already been confiscated by the court, and this is their last struggle.
But she stopped working as soon as she came back, and it was too late now. Zheng Tianming's crime was serious, and his family must have been in jail by now.
The second letter was sent by the Wang family in the capital. This family was just a wealthy businessman. At first glance, it seemed unrelated to this case, but in fact, the Wang family was the in-laws of Li Weijian, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Although they were the in-laws of a concubine's daughter, it was more appropriate for them to come out and gather information at this moment.
Li Weijian could not escape the charges of taking bribes and negligence. Although he was not charged with colluding with the party to rebel, he could no longer be an official.
The following few visiting cards all had some connection with this case. It was self-evident what their purpose was in sending the visiting cards.
She has so many here, and the Fourth Prince will have even more.
Jiang Youzhen laughed sarcastically, "Our house has never been so lively before. Look at these people who are usually so arrogant. Have they ever taken me seriously?"
She is indeed famous in the capital, but these noble families do not take her seriously.
Putting the invitation back on the table, "The mansion is closed for the past few days. Just say that the master and his wife are not feeling well. Please ignore them and don't reply to these invitations."
At this time, everyone in the court was worried. Who knew if those implicated would drag out other people just to find someone to take the blame? Everyone wanted to know the inside story. Their family would not have peace in the next few days, so they would hide if they could.
"You should also go and tell my aunt in person, so that she won't be taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives."
"Yes!" Qing Lang immediately took the order and went out.
Jiang Youzhen originally wanted to go to the main room first, but Xia He and Chun Tao soon came in with two food boxes, so she simply ate before going over.
In the main room, Jiang Fugui and his wife were still trembling with fear. It was already late at night. They would have gone to bed in the past, but today they were still sleepless.