lying down

"Di Xue and Xia He were robbed?!" Ouyang Yu's face turned cold, his playfulness disappeared in an instant, his face was so cold that if he hit it with a stone, it would definitely make a "bang bang" sound.Without asking too much, he walked towards the main hall, and the two maidservants behind him were sweating profusely with their winter skirts.

Before he reached the entrance of the main hall of Di Mansion, a sense of oppression that was about to storm hit his face.The servants at the door all held a few lanterns, and stood there silently with their heads bowed. The flickering candlelight from the top of the lanterns shone on their faces, reflecting their panicked eyes and frowning brows. .

Ouyang Yu jumped three times and came to the entrance of the main hall. When he looked up, the room was already full of people.The old lady sat in the middle and wept softly. The lady was sobbing non-stop, and the remaining female relatives surrounded her patiently to comfort her.Several elders in charge of the Di clan held a letter and competed there, their faces flushed. His second brother Li Zhengshuo was directing the servants to pour tea and water in the hall.

Ouyang Yu felt a little reckless, this matter was a family matter after all, he came here in a hurry because he regarded Di Xue and Xia He as friends, and was in a moment of impatience.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly remembered the conversation he had heard two nights ago, and the words "I have another chance to do it in the past few days" instantly came to mind. "Could it be that those people did it?" Ouyang Yu was puzzled and stopped at the entrance of the hall.

The deputy housekeeper Li Erlang was waiting for Hua Zhi and Sister Tao's refreshments. After discussing this all night, everyone was already hungry, and those clan elders were already tired and dissatisfied.Anxiously raised his head to look at the hall door, but saw the eighth brother who bowed his head and said nothing.With a gesture of his hand, he summoned the two maidservants in and set up refreshments.He hurriedly walked to Ouyang Yu's side and asked: "Eighth Brother, why are you here? Yesterday I went to your house a few times, but the door was locked, and no one answered after knocking for a long time. Are you okay?"

Ouyang Yu glanced at his second brother. Although he was busy and tired, he couldn't hide the excitement in the corner of his eyes.Sighing and shaking his head, he said, "It's okay, I've been too tired these days and slept too much, what's going on with Second Brother?"

Erlang looked back at the hall, pulled Ouyang Yu to the pillar outside the hall, and looked a little serious: "Eighth brother, something happened in the house! Let's not talk about that wolf-hearted Di Yong, today the eldest lady and the maid Xia He went out early and didn't return until the afternoon. The mansion received a letter from a beggar, saying, "If you want a second daughter, don't say anything, or 5000 taels of gold, or Jinyang City Army secrets, you must decide within three days, otherwise your mansion The lady waits until the bones are gone!'”

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Yu immediately asked: "Where is the beggar who delivered the letter now? Have you asked who appointed him? Is the person who handed him the letter a man or a woman? What is his appearance? How tall is he? What are his clothes? Where did we meet?"

Erlang was taken aback by Ouyang Yu's barrage of questions: "Uh, this, this... At that time, the mansion was already in chaos, and he only had time to ask a few questions, so he left. I’ve never asked such detailed questions before.” After saying that, his face turned ashamed, blaming himself for being overly happy, having been overwhelmed by the disappearance of his old opponent Di Yong in the past few days.

Ouyang Yu secretly sighed in his heart, those people who were able to rob people in this turbulent city of Jinyang must have a careful plan, and they also needed a large force and deep inner support to support them, now turn to beggars, and soon After the golden time for detection, maybe the beggar is ecstatic in a deserted corner with the silver he got from delivering the letter, and he should not even be able to tell the difference between the south, the south, and the north.How can you remember the details so clearly?

Thinking back and forth, this incident was just a pawn for those people. It might not be enough to completely mess up Jinyang City, but it was enough to cause panic among many people.If I stood by and watched, wouldn't that have fulfilled the intentions of the chess maker?And he also betrayed his way of being a human being in two lifetimes.You have to make a move yourself, no matter what kind of result you achieve, it is better than just sitting and watching a show.I am not noble, but for the sake of the ordinary people in this city who are bent over a bucket of rice, and Xia He and Di Xue who get along very well like friends, I must try my best to break this move. All lose", and fight with the chess player!

Ouyang Yu had made up his mind, and his thoughts lightened up.

Gently tugged Erlang's sleeve and continued to ask: "Second Brother, did the mansion ever report to the officials, or send someone to the Dudu Mansion for help? And did the 'grandfathers' at that table come up with a solution?"

Erlang sighed first, then cast a contemptuous glance at the clan elders who were arguing endlessly in the main hall, and said in a low voice, "I'm afraid that my lady will be killed, so I dare not tell others that the old lady is trying to raise gold and silver. The clan elders who know how to enjoy each have their own opinions, what can they come up with!"

Ouyang Yu smiled, as if he had expected it a long time ago: "Second brother, go and tell them, if you trust me, let me handle it, if you don't believe it, forget it."

Erlang slapped his head, remembering that he was usually the No. [-] person who was calm, steady and wise.Why is it that my mind has been flooded in the past few days, making mistakes again and again.The eighth brother in front of me, I have seen his methods with my own eyes, such as controlling pan tigers, helping big marriages, preventing drought and exterminating locusts, and the "No. Said it was a great achievement.And he also has some friendship with Xu Shiji.He can throw a basketful of ideas and ideas in the blink of an eye. "Hey, I'm all to blame. I've thought about this earlier, maybe things have some clues!"

Erlang hastily went into the inner hall to report Ouyang Yu's matter to the old lady of the Di residence and the elders of the clan. Everyone seemed like headless chickens, as soon as they heard it, it was like a drowning man grabbing a straw, so there was no reason why he would not agree.

All the people in the hall invited Ouyang Yu in, no longer treating them as a nursing home, and talked politely, most of them were useless chatter, saying that Ouyang Yu will end soon after the first two seniors, I'm afraid Ouyang Yu didn't try his best, he promised some irrelevant property, and finally let Ouyang Yu go.And at Ouyang Yu's request, he took the letter with him.

"A bunch of bears!" Ouyang Yu thought to himself, this group of people is like some leading cadres in the previous life, they obviously don't have half a penny in their stomachs, but they want to point out and summarize when others come up with plans.This virtue is the same!

Ouyang Yu turned back into the room, shook the letter open under the oil lamp, and observed it carefully.Both the letterhead and the envelope are very ordinary, common items that can be bought in the market, without any signs or marks on them, only the black fingerprints left by a few beggars.After another sniff, there is no special smell.Ouyang Yu gradually frowned, this clue is really not easy to find, and the content of the letter is exactly the same as what the second brother said.But this character is very different. Ouyang Yu's own brush calligraphy is climbing character, but it doesn't affect his taste. Between the lines, one can see a kind of imposing manner, hidden and reserved, sharp and sharp, and the feeling of gold born in the writing is spontaneous pregnancy.Far from being able to be written by ordinary people who teach and live first, calligraphy is born from the heart, and this character is very similar to being written by a smooth and transparent official who has been in a high position for a long time.

Thinking of the conversation I overheard for the second time, there were already bribed officials in Jinyang City as internal responses. Could it be that this letter came from an official who was still hiding his identity in the city? "It's very possible!" Ouyang Yu punched the letter paper, and he had a plan in mind.