Rebirth of the scholarly lady

Chapter 54 Riot
In the stables of Duke Wei's mansion, billowing smoke restricted sight.

The people who arrived first could only vaguely hear the screeching of frightened livestock in the stable.

I saw that the three carriages were already on fire one after another, and there was even a strong smell of kerosene in the air.

Surrounded by everyone, Wei Guogong came down here, his ashen face reflected the firelight, and his dull eyes looked very dull.

Ashes were flying in the air like fireflies, and the servants who came and went rushed to put out the fire with buckets.

Wei Guogong took a look at the ever-spreading fire, and suddenly ordered all around in a stern voice: "What are you still doing in a daze, go up and help put out the fire!"

The stables were right in front of them, and everyone swarmed up, struggling to carry water to put out the fire.

Through the thick smoke and dust came the painful neighing of horses, the thirsty crackling of flames, and the trembling yelling of men.

Everyone worked together to put out the fire with difficulty.

What Wei Guogong is most afraid of is fire. The person in charge of the stables is Wei Guogong’s distant cousin Nan Yanshou. After the situation was stabilized, Nan Yanshou ran over from the fire scene to plead guilty. He was burned and dark red. , he hurriedly said: "My lord, the fire in the stables has been completely extinguished!"

"Speak! What's going on?" Wei Guogong's voice was indifferent, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

"This..." Nan Yanshou took a peek at Wei Guogong, and glanced at Nan Xiaoqiang who was standing next to Wei Guogong. Nan Xiaoqiang was Wei Guogong's younger brother and the biological father of Nan Peixin and Nan Peiyan.

Today's fire has a lot to do with Nan Peixin, Nan Yanshou watched carefully, but hesitated to speak.

Wei Guogong is sometimes a bit careless, not so thoughtful, not as thoughtful as Nan Yanshou, when he saw Nan Yanshou's appearance, he immediately became a little impatient, "Why are you hesitating? There are no outsiders here, what can I say?" of?"

"If you come back to the Duke." Nan Yanshou rolled his eyes and said cautiously: "This fire was set by Master Tang."

"Master Tang?" Wei Guogong frowned.

Before Wei Guogong knew who the so-called "Tang Young Master" was, Nan Xiaoqiang at the side instantly understood that he was arrogant and domineering on weekdays relying on Wei Guogong's connivance. When he heard Nan Yanshou say that, he immediately thought of what Nan Yanshou said It's my own son.

Except for Nan Peixin, few children could do this kind of unlucky thing. However, with so many relatives present, how could Nan Xiaoqiang let Nan Yanshou convict his son with a few words?
Before Wei Guogong could open his mouth, Nan Xiaoqiang said angrily, "Nan Yanshou, you're spitting blood!"

"Your Majesty has learned from you that the young one has been promoted and worked hard in the government, but he never neglected it. This matter is absolutely true!" Nan Yanshou finally lost his composure, and his cautious appearance suddenly changed. Panic.

Nan Xiaoqiang still wanted to argue again, how could Nan Yanshou give him a chance, and immediately continued: "My lord, this matter was not only witnessed by the servant alone, there are a lot of carriages going to and from the Duke's wife's birthday party today, so arrange it here There are many more servants than before, and dozens of servants have seen it."

Speaking of this, Nan Yanshou seemed to think of something again, and said: "That's right, that's right, the Eldest Young Master just passed by and saw it, the Eldest Young Master can testify!"

Wei Guogong turned to Nan Yanshou and said solemnly: "Tell me, what is going on?"

Seeing Duke Wei getting angry, everyone trembled all over.

Nan Yanshou panicked when he was just putting out the fire, but then he calmed down again, and each sentence was like a knife, "Today..."

Nan Yanshou moved out Wei Guogong's own son Nan Qiansong as a witness, so Nan Xiaoqiang had to defend himself even more.

Before Nan Yanshou could say anything, Nan Xiaoqiang immediately interrupted loudly: "Nan Yanshou did not do well, and the stable was burned and suffered heavy losses. No matter what the reason is, he should be punished severely. Someone, come and drag him down One hundred!"

The distant relatives who came to watch the excitement together were all shocked when they heard the news.

Before Wei Guogong could say anything, Nan Xiaoqiang decided to deal with Nan Yanshou on his own initiative. Is this 300 taels of silver here?It's too arrogant, does he think everyone is blind?

Originally, Nan Yanshou was slightly burned and could still speak fluently, but with this hundred sticks, he would not die or be disabled, and he didn't even have the strength to report.

Almost instantly, everyone speculated in their minds about what Nan Xiaoqiang had to do with the fire.

Nan Xiaoqiang relied on Wei Guogong's prestige on weekdays to be arrogant and domineering. He never thought that his words would cause any problems.

At this time, Nan Xiaoqiang's wife, Mrs. Xin, arrived, and when she heard what Nan Xiaoqiang said, a smile appeared on the corner of her lips, but a pitiful word came out of her mouth: "Husband, this... what's going on?" ? Are you going to kill your cousin?"

"This slave doesn't even admit he made a mistake, and even blamed it on a child. It's not an exaggeration to beat this kind of person to death. I won't be able to get rid of my hatred without heavy punishment!" Nan Xiaoqiang was furious, Nan Peixin was his My dear son, how could he tolerate Nan Yanshou "slandering" Nan Peixin on this occasion?

Wei Guogong has always been protective, especially between distant relatives and close relatives, he will choose to help close relatives.

At this moment, Nan Xiaoqiang took it upon himself to instigate here, and Wei Guogong stared at Nan Yanshou without saying a word.

Seeing that things were not going well, Nan Yanshou was already sweating.

But for a moment, the slaves next to him thought that Wei Guogong acquiesced to Nan Xiaoqiang's words, and rushed up to push Nan Yanshou to the ground in an instant.

At this time, Nan Qiansong suddenly squeezed out from the crowd, looked up at Nan Xiaoqiang, and said loudly: "Little uncle, you have no right to deal with the slaves of the Duke's Mansion, let alone our distant relatives."

Nan Xiaoqiang was a little angry at first, and Wei Guogong did not express his position from the beginning to the end, so he became more aggressive, pointed at Nan Qiansong's nose and cursed: "It's really inappropriate for you to beg for mercy for a slave. You have to teach this blind slave a lesson for your father!"

There was a glimmer of haze in Nan Qiansong's eyes, and the corner of his eyes swept across his father's indifferent face. He knew that his father was always indifferent to these things, and it was impossible to stand up for him. For his father, his younger brother , on one side is the son, and he should not favor anyone at all.

Nan Qiansong remembered what Nan Surou had said to him, and said in a deep voice, "Uncle, what do you mean?"

Nan Xiaoqiang looked at Nan Qiansong mockingly, without saying a word.

Nan Qiansong endured it, what Nan Surou said to him flashed through his mind, and he gradually began to care about it.

Before this, Nan Qiansong had never expected that Nan Xiaoqiang's emotions at the moment were all captured by Nan Surou the day before, and even the words he spoke were not much different.

Of course Nan Qiansong didn't know. Nan Surou knew very well in her previous life that Wei Guogong's family was not good to Mrs. Wei Guo, and it could even be said to be quite vicious.

That's because Wei Guogong looks too ordinary, but Nan Qiansong looks good. Nan Qiansong looks a bit like Mrs. Wei Guo, but he doesn't look like Wei Guogong at all.

Therefore, Wei Guogong's family has no goodwill towards Mrs. Wei Guo, nor to Nan Qiansong and Nan Xiyuan.

If Mrs. Wei Guo was not a cash cow, they would have kicked their wives out of the house long ago.

It is also because the group of low-grade scum in Wei Guogong's family thinks that Nan Qiansong is not Wei Guogong's son, and even Wei Guogong himself thinks so, so he doesn't like his son very much. So, Wei Guogong treated Nan Peixin much better than his own son.

Nan Surou is well aware of Nan Xiaoqiang's thoughts, that's why she let Nan Qiansong perform such a play.

Nan Qiansong forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and calmly said: "Uncle, what did you just say? My father is the dignified Wei Guogong, can you replace my father?"

Nan Xiaoqiang stared angrily, and shouted: "I said yes, I can! Anyway, today is to deal with this slave!"

Nan Xiaoqiang was in a hurry. How could he let this bastard who didn't know if he was Wei Guogong's own son testify to "slander" Nan Peixin?

As soon as these words came out, all the people present were in an uproar.

Is this Nan Xiaoqiang crazy?Dare to talk to the eldest son like that?The strangest thing is that Wei Guogong didn't say a word!

Xin immediately realized something was wrong, and said, "Husband——"

But Xin's reminder was a bit too late after all, Mrs. Wei Guo's hoarse voice came from behind everyone: "Who do you say is inappropriate?"

In this Duke's mansion, Duke Wei is actually just a decoration. The real head of the family is Mrs. Wei.

Nan Xiaoqiang and his party depended on Mrs. Wei Guo for food, so he didn't say too badly just now. He only said that Nan Qiansong's pleading for a slave was inappropriate. If it was behind his back, he would have called Nan Qiansong a bastard.

Nan Qiansong's gloomy eyes swept across the dull Wei Guogong, and then turned to the shadow behind him, and said loudly: "My lord mother!"

Everyone was startled by Nan Qiansong's roar, and then they reacted and looked behind.

Nan Xiaoqiang and Xin didn't want to see Mrs. Wei Guo in their hearts, but on the surface they still had some scruples. Now they saw Mrs. Wei Guo surrounded by a group of female relatives, and they were shocked.

Nan Xiaoqiang couldn't help but blurted out: "Sister-in-law... I didn't mean it, I was really out of breath!"

Nan Surou came over with Mrs. Wei. She stood beside Mrs. Wei, lowering her eyes to hide her emotions.

Looking at Nan Xiaoqiang's bullying face, Nan Surou sneered in her heart: Nan Xiaoqiang, he has been so domineering in his past and present lives. This is all because of Wei Guogong's favor. Wei Guogong regarded Nan Xiaoqiang's son Nan Peixin as his own son. It will only be nothing, whether it is in the previous life or in this life, Wei Guogong's offshoots will definitely be cleaned up by Mrs. Wei Guo...

Mrs. Wei Guo squinted at Nan Xiaoqiang, and said indifferently: "What did Nan Yanshou do wrong? Before he is beaten to death, he must be identified. If others can find reasonable reasons to refute him, his charges will be confirmed. , our Duke Wei's mansion is also a wealthy family, how can we be so unreasonable?"

Nan Xiaoqiang was furious, but Xin who was on the side pushed him with his elbow, and he reacted, bowed his head and said, "I just want to teach him a lesson."

Facing Mrs. Wei Guo, Nan Xiaoqiang had no choice but to hold back.

Because, if Nan Xiaoqiang pushes Mrs. Wei Guo into a hurry, and if Mrs. Wei Guo reconciles with Mrs. Wei Guo, for Mrs. Wei Guo, she will definitely be able to live a better life, but for Nan Xiaoqiang and his family, they all want Drink northwest wind.

(End of this chapter)