After the hero goes crazy

Chapter 153

The moment they received Liu's letter of worship, the servants did not dare to make decisions privately, but reported to the Chu family steward.

But after receiving Liu's gift list and letter, the steward put down the matter at hand without hesitation, and went to pay a visit to the eldest son in person.

At this time, in the south main courtyard of the Chu family, a handsome and elegant middle-aged man took the letter from the chief steward, with a thoughtful look on his face.

His hair is thick and black, the bridge of his nose is straight and straight, and there are a few fine lines around his eyes, not only does not damage his demeanor, but adds a few traces of his indescribable charm.

The chief steward hunched over, quietly standing in the study.

From the sound of 'Xisuo', he could hear that the eldest son was holding the letter, and was not in a hurry to open it, but was playing with it in his palm, and he hadn't spoken for a long time, as if he had something on his mind.

Among the Chu family, this eldest son is an outlier.

He happened to be 39 this year, and logically speaking, it was the age for a man to show his strengths, but he was studying at ease, as if he didn't hear anything out of the window.

When it comes to the eldest son of the Chu family, one cannot help but think of his father—the man who terrified Daqing officials.

Chu Xiaotong is sixty-six this year, and the ancestors of the Chu family were also well-off, from officials to Zhongshu, they were prominent for a while.

But then the family fell into decline. When Chu Xiaotong was young, his father died early, and he was brought up by his widowed mother. It is said that when he was young, he was too poor to even afford food.

When Chu Xiaotong was young, he was oppressed by local tyrants and officials with his widowed mother. He saw too much suffering of the common people.

He was still underage, and his mother's health was getting worse and she was worried about her son, so she arranged a marriage for him and married a daughter of Wang Liehu from the same village as his wife.

Wang's appearance is not beautiful, her speech is vulgar, her body is strong, but she has a lot of strength.

She married into the Chu family, cut firewood, planted the land, fed pigs, weaved, and kept the house in order. She served her seriously ill mother-in-law without complaint, and supported her husband to study.

Chu Xiaotong lived up to the entrustment of his mother and wife. At the age of 25, he entered the autumn examination and gained fame.

He is handsome and has a calm personality. Although he was not the student with the most outstanding literary talents in the palace examination, but because he was born in poverty, he was used to looking at people, and he was impeccable in speaking and doing things. This won the favor of Emperor Shenqi and remembered him. name.

This year was a year when Xiao Chutong came into play. He began to show his talents in this year, and many people noticed this young and handsome scholar. At the same time, his mother died of a serious illness in this year.

Chu's mother has been a widow for many years, and she has become sick from overwork, and her health has long since failed.

Fortunately, after marrying Wang's daughter-in-law, Wang is a kind person, treats her like a close relative, and takes good care of her, so that she can live for so many years.

Before she left, she was both satisfied and regretful.

Satisfied with my own life, although I lost my husband in my early years and my life was bitter, but I was able to marry a good wife for my son in my later years, and I was able to serve myself for several years like a day;
At the same time, she was delighted that her only son had achieved fame, and that he would be able to glorify the Chu family from now on.

And she has some regrets, regretting that Wang has been married to Chu Xiaotong for many years, but there has been no news in her stomach, and she has not let her hold a grandson so far.

When she was dying, Chu's mother took her son's hand, fearing that he would betray the Wang family, like Chen Shimei, who was chaotic and abandoned at the beginning, and earnestly told him not to do anything ungrateful and disappoint Wang's heart.

Chu Xiaotong was brought up by his widowed mother, and he was filial to his mother. Before his mother died, he swore that he would never lose to the Wang family in this life, and Chu's mother finally passed away with a smile on his face.

In Chu Xiaotong's life, he made many vows.

He once determined to stand up for the people of Daqing, and he also determined to be an upright official and sweep away the injustices in the world.

But he didn't make it in the end.

He abandoned culture and turned to martial arts, and finally took control of the prison;
He did not become a clean and honest minister, on the contrary, after becoming a first-rank official, he began to play tricks and became the No. 1 official in Daqing for accepting bribes and buying and selling;
At the same time, he killed people like hemp, created many unjust prisons and wrong cases, and caused countless upright officials to suffer injustice and die;

He also didn't plead for the people, but searched for the people's fat and anointing, so that when the people mentioned him, they were afraid and hated.

But there is only one oath that he remembers very tightly, and that is what his old mother asked him when he was dying, so that he must never lose to the Wang family.

After he became an official that year, many seniors in the officialdom had already sensed the signs, saw Emperor Shenqi's appreciation for him, and guessed that this young man was about to rise.

At that time, he was young and strong, handsome and promising. His wife, Wang Shi, came from a humble family background.

Many people threw olive branches to him, implying that as long as he divorced his wife, he would be willing to marry his daughter as his wife.

But unexpectedly, it was Chu Xiaotong who rejected these hints, expressing that he only loves the Wang family and will not marry anyone except the Wang family in this life.

Many people thought that what he was going to take was the path of a lonely minister, and they didn't believe his words, but they didn't know that he really kept his promise and never changed his mind throughout his life.

Later, Wang sought medical advice and finally got pregnant. When Chu Xiaotong was 27 years old, she gave birth to Chu Xiaotong's only son. Since then, there has been no movement in her stomach.

She is vulgar, and many wives in the gods look down on her, but she is respected by Chu Xiaotong.

In addition to being notorious, this evil god who is a prisoner with his hands and who kills like hemp, also has a reputation of fear and infamy coexisting with his notoriety.

It's a pity that Mrs. Wang didn't know if she became ill from overwork in her early years, and her son died early before he was an adult.

After she died, Chu Xiaotong did not marry her, nor took a concubine, but raised her son alone.

He would even take two months off every year to build a green cottage next to her grave to guard her grave.

He loves his only legitimate son like a treasure, as if pouring the only tenderness after the death of his mother and wife into his son.

All the juniors in the family practice martial arts, and they are arranged to serve in prisons, with bloody hands.

But this eldest son only likes to study and never gets involved in officialdom.

Even though Chu Shaolian is already in his thirties and outsiders think he doesn't care about childbirth, Chu Xiaotong loves his only son very much.

The Chu family can offend anyone, sometimes Chu Xiaotong is in a good mood, and the servants can even have the courage to joke with him, but the only one who can't offend is this eldest son.

Offending Chu Xiaotong still has a way to survive, but if he is disrespectful to the eldest son, Chu Xiaotong will kill without blinking an eye.

At this time, the eldest son with a unique position was holding the letter in his hand, as if he was thinking about something, the chief steward was very curious in his heart, but he still looked up at his expression without daring to offend.

After a long time, the eldest son let out a long sigh and asked:
"When this Mrs. Yao came, what did she say?"

He has slender fingers and a gentle voice, but he is not angry or pretentious.

The chief steward bent his back even lower, and submissively passed on the words of the gatekeeper:

"This Mrs. Yao said that she wants to intercede for an old friend of yours."

"Old man..."

Chu Shaolian sighed softly, then rubbed the letter in his hand again, as if he read two words softly.

However, his voice was too low and vague, and the chief manager could only vaguely hear him saying 'return' or 'turtle'. When he wanted to listen carefully, he had calmed down again, and asked softly:

"Recently, in the prison, has anyone surnamed Su been arrested?"

Su?

Hearing his question, the chief steward thought quickly in his mind.

He has been a servant of the Chu family for many years, and he knows the social relations and hobbies of every master of the Chu family like the palm of his hand, but he doesn't know that Chu Shaolian has a close relationship with a person surnamed Su.

Thinking of Mrs. Yao, he couldn't help but think of a small old incident with excellent memory.

About ten years ago, the Commander Yao of the Army and Horse Division was transferred to Shendu to take up a post, and he took the worship to go to the Chu family's door.

It is already an unwritten rule for officials from other places to visit the Chu family to pay a visit to the Chu family. Every year, the Chu family receives such "guests" as many as crucian carp crossing the river.

At that time, Yao Hui was only a sixth-rank official, so he was not worth mentioning in the eyes of the chief executive, not to mention seeing Chu Xiaotong, it was not even worthy for the chief executive to see him.

But it was such a person, but Chu Xiaotong personally spoke, he said: Don't let this Yao family member step into the Chu family's gate!

Because of this sentence, even after many years, the chief manager still keeps it firmly in his heart.

At that time, Yao Hui's status was humble, and it was impossible for him to offend Chu Xiaotong, who was already in power back then, but something just happened.

This matter had originally become a mystery in the mind of the chief steward, and he thought it would be difficult to solve in this life, but he did not expect that the letter sent by the eldest son himself today seemed to make him touch the corner of the mystery.

The chief steward was thinking about something in his heart, but he didn't dare to be negligent in his mouth, and replied respectfully:

"I don't know if anyone surnamed Su has been arrested. I need to go back and check it before reporting back to Young Master." He paused for a moment, then continued:
"But I know that two days ago, the Yao family was involved in a case. Third Master Chu arrested members of the Yao family. In addition to the military commander Yao Hui, there were also his two wives and nephews."

The "Third Master Chu" he was talking about was exactly Chu Shaozhong, who was ranked third in the Chu family.

"Wife and nephew?"

Hearing this, Chu Xiaotong couldn't help being stunned for a moment, then remained silent for a while, nodded, and sighed:

"That's right, Zigui married Liu Bingzhou's youngest daughter."

What he said was thoughtless, and the senior manager didn't dare to ask him aloud. Seeing that he was lost in memory, he stood quietly at the same spot.

After about a while, Chu Shaolian finally came back to his senses, and pressed the letter in his hand under a book, as if he had no intention of opening it, and at the same time gently ordered the chief manager:
"This Mrs. Yao's nephews are indeed the children of my old friend. Now that she has come to me, if I don't know it's fine, but if I know it, I can't ignore it."

After saying this, he said again:

"Speak to Shaozhong for me, give me a face, let these children go, and stop making trouble with them."

He never cared about his family's business, the Chu family was fierce and ruthless, and they didn't leave any room for their enemies. It's not like no one knew Chu Shaolian's special status and wanted to come to intercede with him.

But this eldest son has always been gentle and comforting, but he refused heartily. He didn't expect that he would agree to intervene in this matter this time!
Because he was so surprised, the chief manager was stunned for a long time, until Chu Shaolian's eyes fell on him, he was shocked and came back to his senses.

"Yes."

He hurriedly responded.

Chu Shaozhong, even though he managed to arrest the Yao family because he hated Lu Zhi, Su Miaozhen and his brother had little to do with Lu Zhi, and they were arrested and imprisoned purely to vent their personal anger and avenge his embarrassment that day That's all.

But now that Chu Shaolian has spoken, he also knows the eldest son's status in the Chu family, so naturally he will not risk offending Chu Xiaotong, but still remember the unhappiness in his heart, and continue to detain the useless Su Miaozhen siblings.

The chief steward's curiosity reached its peak, but under the control of reason, he still said politely:
"After I have dealt with this matter, I will report back to the eldest son."

Chu Shaolian nodded, looked at the letter again, and then gave another order:
"If there is any news from the Yao family, please let me know."

The chief manager nodded again, and he was silent for a long time before waving his hand:
"Back off."

The study room regained its calm.

When Mrs. Liu heard from the Chu family, she couldn't believe her ears.

When she came, she just had a glimmer of hope, and she didn't expect to get such a positive response.

When she returned to Yao's house, she was still in a daze. After seeing Yao Hui, she couldn't recover for a long time.

Yao Hui also knew that she was going out to intercede with Su Miaozhen. Seeing her like this now, she thought she had failed in lobbying the Chu family, so she couldn't help but hug her shoulders in relief, and comforted her in a warm voice:

"It doesn't matter if you fail, after all, Zigui and Young Master Chu have been friends for many years—"

It can be seen from Su Wenfang's uneven career in these years that Chu Shaolian may not remember the sworn relationship between the two back then.

He was also open-minded, and squeezed Liu Shi's hand again:
"Let's think of a way later to see if we can rescue Miaozhen and Qingzhen."

"No—" After Yao Hui finished speaking, Liu Shi finally came to his senses.

She shook her head, her expression a little excited:
"They said yes."

"what?"

Yao Hui was taken aback for a moment, but Liu Shi pulled him back:

"Young Master Chu agrees to intercede, and is willing to release Miaozhen and Qingchun!"

This was such great news that Yao Hui was so shocked that he didn't recover for a long time.

Mrs. Liu has been running around for a whole day today. She originally planned to go to the prison to tell Su Miaozhen the good news after having a rest in the evening, but she didn't know that before evening, she heard that the prison had released him. information.

Yao Shouning frowned when he heard the fast-footed servants coming to report back, the Yao family was preparing for dinner and the food was on the table.

She remembered that she had made an appointment with Lu Zhi to go to Nan'anling, and counting the time, it happened to be tomorrow.

I don't know if it was out of fear of Su Miaozhen's voice, but she always felt that Su Miaozhen's return at this time might be aimed at Lu Zhi.

Yao Shouning recalled his premonition during the day that Lu Zhi's dispelling of the demon was not going well, and wondered if something happened here.

Mrs. Liu didn't think of anything else, she was just happy that her nephews came back at this time, she hurriedly got up to greet her, but before she went out, she saw Fengchun personally led Su Miaozhen and Su Qingchun in.

"aunt!"

As soon as Su Qingchun entered the room, he called out, then looked at the other people in the room, his eyes became hot, and he burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)