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Chapter 100 The Chen family was ransacked

Seeing the woman in front of him, Jim opened his mouth and stared at Huo Zhirou without moving his eyes.

Today's Huo Zhirou's face was slightly thinned with makeup to conceal her pale complexion. She was wearing a long dark blue brocade dress with white plum blossoms embroidered on the skirt. The unbearable slender waist is tied up. The black hair is tied into a wishful bun, and only a red gold butterfly hairpin is inserted, and thin silver thread beaded tassels are adorned. The breeze blows and the tassels sway gently.

Seeing Jim's stunned look, Yuan Bohan followed his gaze and turned his head, only to see Huo Zhirou lift the car curtain and look at Jim curiously.This discovery immediately made Yuan Bohan's face darken.

Yuan Bohan stepped forward, immediately put down the car curtain, and said displeasedly to Huo Zhirou: "Don't come out, it's very windy outside, your illness is not cured!"

The vowel at the side heard Yuan Bohan's words, and laughed inwardly, the master is jealous!And beside her, Chun Xiao, who was looking straight at Jim, was brought back to her senses by Yuan Bohan's words, and she frowned in confusion, "It's windy?The breeze is gentle. This is called strong wind?
Seeing that Yuan Bohan blocked him from looking at the beautiful woman like this, Jim jumped angrily and said, "Yuan, didn't you say you want me to meet her?" The girl Han likes turns out to be a beautiful woman!

Yuan Bohan looked at Jim with a complaining face, narrowed his eyes, and said to him: "Jim, you won't be able to move the things in the shop!"

Jim stopped short when he heard Yuan Bohan's threatening words, but he was still a little unconvinced, and immediately said to Huo Zhirou in the carriage: "Girl, this guy is a stingy person, you have to be careful in the future !"

Huo Zhirou, who was pushed back into the carriage by Yuan Bohan, was a little displeased. Why didn't this guy let him get out of the carriage? Thinking of the man with yellow hair and fair skin that he saw just now, this man should be Yuan Bohan's friend from a foreign country. Wanting Yuan Bohan to get to know her, she only heard Jim's complaining voice, she burst out laughing, and said with a smiling voice: "Thank you for reminding me, I understand!"

Huo Zhirou's response immediately made Jim proud, while Yuan Bohan's face darkened even more. Looking at the triumphant Jim, he looked straight at Jim with a pair of incomparably cold eyes. The smug look froze on Jim's face.

"Girl, let's go, see you at the Yuanmen meeting next month!" Yuan Bohan bid farewell to Huo Zhirou who was in the carriage.

Huo Zhirou lifted the car curtain, looked at Yuan Bohan who was about to leave with a smile, and nodded, "Bon voyage!"

"En!" Yuan Bohan nodded, pulled Jim who was looking straight at Huo Zhirou, and got into another carriage.

Huo Zhirou watched Yuan Bohan's carriage leave gradually, until the carriage disappeared from sight, she sighed softly, and said to Chun Xiao and A Yun who were under the carriage: "Let's get in the carriage!"

"Yes, miss!" Chunxiao and Ayun heard Huo Zhirou's order and helped her climb the carriage.

On the way back home, Chun Xiao said regretfully, "Miss, Yuan Da is a good man, but why did he leave so soon?"

When Huo Zhirou heard her maid's complaints, she looked at Chun Xiao in surprise, and asked puzzledly: "Chun Xiao, didn't you say you should be careful with him before? Why do you feel it's a pity that he left?"

When Chunxiao heard Huo Zhirou's question, she touched her head in embarrassment, and said with a smirk: "It's not that the servants have misjudged and thought Yuan Da is not a good person, but Yuan Da has saved you, and he is right You are so good, this servant thinks he is not that bad, Yuan Da is by your side, this servant does not worry about you being bullied by others! Do you think so, Ayun?"

When Ayun heard Chunxiao's words, of course he nodded emphatically.

Huo Zhirou looked at the two maids in front of him, rows of black lines appeared on his forehead, Ah Yun was fine, he was Yuan Bohan's maid before, but what about Chun Xiao?She remembered that the girl said the day before yesterday that Yuan Bohan was an apprentice, and told her to be careful, but now it's only been a day, and this girl actually said that Yuan Bohan is a good person!This girl is too fickle!
Huo Zhirou looked at Chun Xiao dumbfounded, "What kind of ecstasy soup did that guy pour into you to let you help him say good things like this?"

Chunxiao laughed a few times in embarrassment, and then said honestly: "That day in Chen's residence, sister Yuanyin told the servant that Yuan Da has a lot of abilities in the house, and if he is by Miss's side, Miss will not be bullied." Having said that, The smile on Chunxiao's face fell, and he said with some self-reproach: "Miss, you were arrested that day, and the young master tried many ways to save you, but all of them failed, but Yuanda will be able to rescue you from the prison when the head of Yuanda comes. , this servant feels that Yuan Da is really capable of being the head of the family, and this servant is very relieved to have such a person protecting Miss."

When Huo Zhirou heard Chunxiao's words from the bottom of her heart, her nose was a little sore. She is really a silly girl. Things are not as smooth as she imagined. She is the daughter of the Huo family, the only daughter, and Yuan Bohan is the eldest daughter of Yuanmen. Be in charge!

"Okay, Chun Xiao, don't mention this matter again." Huo Zhirou put away the slight bitterness in her heart, and said to Chun Xiao with a serious face.

Chunxiao looked at Huo Zhirou's stern face, and nodded.

Back at the mansion, Huo Zhirou had just changed her clothes and was about to take a rest when a maid rushed in and said to Huo Zhirou, "Miss, Housekeeper Cao is back!"

Everyone in the Huo family knew that Steward Cao should be doing something big, otherwise he wouldn't have left overnight. Now that Steward Cao returned, the servants informed Huo Zhirou as quickly as possible.

When Huo Zhirou heard the maid's words, she immediately got up and said happily, "Uncle Cao is back?"

"Yes, Steward Cao just entered the door!" The servant girl replied.

Huo Zhirou was thinking about Yuan Bohan telling her that Mr. Qiu came to Jincheng today to dismiss the magistrate Chen for investigation. After all, if Steward Cao met Mr. Qiu, he would definitely return with him. What a pity, what a pity, if If she had known for a long time that Mr. Qiu would bring troops to investigate Chen Zhifu, then she would not use this favor!
Huo Zhirou sighed softly, and at this moment, a maid outside the house reported: "Miss, Housekeeper Cao is here!"

When Huo Zhirou heard the maid's words, she immediately got up and went to see Steward Cao.

Steward Cao, who was busy all the way back to the mansion, didn't have time to freshen up, so he came to see Huo Zhirou first. When he entered the door, he heard from his servants that Huo Zhirou was thrown into prison by the prefect Chen, which scared him almost Fainted, fortunately the servants around him noticed his abnormality, supported him, and told him that Huo Zhirou had been rescued by the head of Yuanmen, otherwise he might really faint.

There was no time to stay longer, so he hurried to Huo Zhirou's yard immediately. When he saw Huo Zhirou who was safe and sound, Steward Cao's heart finally fell, and he said with tears, "Miss, it's the little one who came back late." Already!"

Huo Zhirou shook his head, stepped forward to help Steward Cao who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Uncle Cao is not late, get up quickly, it will be good if you come back!"

Steward Cao wiped the tears from his face, and said with some discomfort: "I heard that you were arrested by Chen Zhifu and put into prison, you didn't make things difficult for you, did you?"

"Uncle Cao, look at me standing in front of you alive and well, what can happen." Huo Zhirou looked at the worried Butler Cao, and immediately said comfortingly, she didn't want to tell him about being whipped by Shangguan, In order not to worry again, it seems that she will have to order everyone in the family who knows that she was injured to keep their mouths shut, especially...

Huo Zhirou looked at Chun Xiao warningly, reminding her not to tell about her injury, Chun Xiao lowered her head when she saw Huo Zhirou's gaze.

"I went to Hangzhou overnight, but I didn't expect to meet Mr. Qiu on the way. The prefect Chen is full of crimes. The court already knew about his evil deeds. Mr. Qiu came here to dismiss him and investigate him!" Steward Cao's face was a little excited.The Buddha said: "Good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil. It's not that there will be no reward, the time has not yet come!" It seems that the Buddha has not been deceived. Look, the always arrogant Chen Zhifu has also been investigated!

Huo Zhirou sneered when he heard Steward Cao's words, "He thought he could do whatever he wanted with a powerful father-in-law, hum! He's not being investigated now!"

"That's right!" Steward Cao nodded emphatically.

"Uncle Cao, you came to Jincheng with Mr. Qiu, so now Mr. Qiu is going to investigate the Chen family?" Huo Zhirou continued to ask.

Steward Cao nodded, "Lord Qiu said that he was on official business, and he wanted to come to Huo's mansion to offer incense to the old man, but unfortunately, time is running out. After he investigates Chen Zhifu, he has to escort Chen Zhifu back to the capital, so it is not convenient to come here. , Come to the Huo Mansion when you have time."

When Huo Zhirou heard Steward Cao's words, he smiled softly, "It's even inconvenient for Mr. Qiu to come to Huo's house, so forget it, Uncle Cao, go back and wash up and have a rest!"

Butler Cao nodded, "Retire, little one!"

The ransacking of the Chen family was a major event in Jincheng. Seeing the magistrate Chen, the Shangguan family, and his wives, concubines, and children being crushed into the carriage, the people of Jincheng watched and discussed a lot. Unfortunately, among these people, Chen Bing was not in the mansion.

Ever since Chen Bing was thrown into the lake to wake up last time, the magistrate Chen was afraid that his son would make big troubles again. Regardless of Shangguan's obstruction, he was tied up and sent to a carriage to go to the famous academy thousands of miles away—Luoshan Academy to study , and Chen Bing also escaped the catastrophe.

Huo Zhirou stood by the window of the Wangjiang Tower, watching the prison car passing by the prefect Chen, his wife, concubine and children. The people on both sides of the road saw the dog official being imprisoned in the prison car, and threw the rotten vegetables in their hands to Chen Zhirou. On the magistrate, the guy who used to be the parent officer of Jincheng looked extremely embarrassed at this time.

Huo Zhirou smiled coldly, what a pity, what a pity, why wasn't Chen Bing caught?

"It deserves it!" Chun Xiao yelled at the people below.

Huo Zhirou looked at Chun Xiao who looked disgusted, and lightly tapped her forehead with the cattail fan in his hand, "Go and see if Mr. Qiu is here, don't just watch the fun and forget about serious things."

Chunxiao nodded, and said with a smile: "Miss, don't worry, this servant has asked Xiao Er to pay attention. Once Mr. Qiu arrives, he will immediately notify you!"

As soon as Chun Xiao finished speaking, Xiao Er hurried up to report, "Miss Huo, Mr. Qiu is here!"

When Huo Zhirou heard Xiao Er's words, he immediately put on a polite smile, and stepped forward to greet the Governor of Jiangnan, Qiu Qianling, Lord Qiu!

Huo Zhirou had only taken a few steps when he saw a middle-aged man with a short beard and a serious face, wearing a plain blue satin shirt and a wide belt with auspicious cloud patterns around his waist. led the way up the stairs...

(End of this chapter)