Chapter 56
Just when everyone in the front hall dispersed, Su Huaiyuan, who was supposed to go back to his room to sleep, appeared in front of an extremely inconspicuous rockery in Wei Wuhou.Su Tingsong saw Su Huaiyuan approaching in front of the rockery, and hurried up to meet him.

At this time, Su Huaiyuan's face was expressionless, and when he saw Su Tingsong walking over, he just asked coldly, "Is that man locked up?" There was a refreshing chill in his words.

Su Tingsong's heart trembled when he heard the master's tone.Since he joined the army, he was the master's personal soldier, and after the master became a marquis, he himself became the chief steward of the marquis' mansion.Su Tingsong knew the master's temper like the back of his hand.Every time Su Huaiyuan spoke in such a tone, there was only one possibility, someone made him unhappy, and that person had to die.

Thinking of this, Su Tingsong's tone couldn't help but also carry a bit of coldness, "Master, people have been locked up. The three layers of guards inside and outside are all reliable and capable people in the mansion, there is absolutely no problem."

Hearing Su Tingsong's answer, Su Huaiyuan nodded in satisfaction. After all, he brought it out with his own hands, and he really did everything seamlessly.Thinking about it, Su Huaiyuan walked into the rockery first.Su Tingsong also hurriedly followed.

Not long after the two entered the rockery, they followed the tunnel to the dungeon of the mighty Marquis Mansion.And Zhai Lingxiao, who was quite stubborn in the front hall just now, has been hung up high.There are also two strong men in the dungeon, who are preparing instruments of torture.

After Su Huaiyuan sat down at the only table in the dungeon, he looked at Zhai Lingxiao who was hanging in the air and said coldly, "Tell me, who is the master behind you?"

Zhai Lingxiao, who was hung in mid-air, watched the two strong men fiddling with the torture tools, swallowed involuntarily, and said calmly, "I just said that I wanted to come here, and no one ordered it."

Naturally, Su Huaiyuan did not believe this kind of rhetoric.Even if you, a little thief, dared to go to your own Hou's mansion after eating the bear's heart and leopard courage.However, the Hou Mansion is heavily guarded, if someone hadn't drawn down the patrol routes of the guards, how could you come in quietly?

It's just that Su Huaiyuan didn't have so much time to talk nonsense with him, so he waved impatiently at the two big men next to him, signaling them to use torture.The two big men nodded slightly, picked up the instruments of torture at hand and began to torture Zhai Lingxiao.

These two burly men are all trusted followers of Su Huaiyuan's army, they were responsible for extorting confessions from the enemy's spies in the army, so their methods are naturally extremely good.Before it was time for a cup of tea, Zhai Lingxiao yelled to speak.

Su Huaiyuan, who was sitting behind the table, did not signal the two to stop until Zhai Lingxiao screamed until his voice became hoarse, and then passed out because he couldn't bear it anymore. Su Huaiyuan then signaled the two to stop, and then splashed cold water on Zhai Lingxiao to wake him up.

Seeing Zhai Lingxiao whose face was covered with water, Su Huaiyuan asked coldly: "Are you willing to recruit now?" Su Huaiyuan had seen this kind of person a lot in the army, and he thought he was tough, but in fact, after a few punishments, even his ancestor eighteen Generations can explain it.

Hanging in mid-air, Zhai Lingxiao nodded frantically like a chicken pecking at rice, and then panted and said: "My lord, this time the woman sitting on your left today asked me to do it. The rest, I Really don't know anything."

Even now, Zhai Lingxiao couldn't hold on anymore.Originally, I thought that I would definitely survive tonight, as long as tonight passed, my client would definitely find a way to rescue me tomorrow.It's a pity that my bones are not as hard as I imagined.

Su Huaiyuan stared at Zhai Lingxiao closely, and asked coldly: "What did she ask you to do?" He had seen the two people flirting with each other in the front hall just now, and he had already guessed in his heart that it must be Mrs. Zhang. Therefore, I am not surprised at all.

Zhai Lingxiao swallowed with difficulty and said with a bitter face: "The man gave me 5000 taels of silver, and made me ruin my honor to interview that woman tonight. Other than that, there is nothing to do. Lord Hou, I know I was wrong, give me a chance!"

Hearing the number of 5000 taels, Su Huaiyuan's eyes shrank suddenly.Unexpectedly, she, who has always been known as a diligent and thrifty housekeeper, spends money quite generously on this kind of thing.

As for the others, Su Huaiyuan didn't need Zhai Lingxiao to say, he knew it very well in his heart.He has never interfered in the affairs of the back house, but this time Su Wan got the golden hairpin and became so smart and fierce, Mrs. Zhang felt that her position was not stable, so she naturally tried to find a way to hold Su Wan in her hands.

Thinking of this, Su Huaiyuan shook his head disdainfully.Then he called Su Tingsong to his side, "Deal with this person. Do it cleanly. Tomorrow, he will be sent to the capital of Kyoto. He said he wanted to escape in the middle of the night and was beaten to death by the nurse. You can handle the rest."

After saying that, Su Huaiyuan got up and left the dungeon. If it wasn't because he had to get proof from him, he wouldn't have looked at this kind of scum. Now that the interrogation was over, he naturally had to leave quickly.

It was dawn in a blink of an eye, and someone came early in the morning to inform Su Wan that the master was going to have dinner with everyone in the family this morning.Hearing the news, Zhuru asked Su Wan strangely: "Miss, why did the master ask everyone to have dinner together today?"

Previously, due to his busy schedule, the mighty Marquis rarely had time to eat with everyone unless it was a major festival.Today is neither a festival nor a celebration, why did Su Huaiyuan want to ask everyone to have dinner together?
Su Wan, who was sitting in front of the dressing table, looked at herself in the mirror, looked around, and said with a satisfied smile: "Of course it's because of what happened last night. Presumably, my father will definitely give me one during the dinner today." Confess. Otherwise, it’s too unreasonable.”

It seems that Su Huaiyuan has already figured out everything that happened yesterday, that's why he called everyone to have dinner together.One is to announce the punishment of the eldest lady, and the other is to express comfort to himself, that's all.

Zhuru put the gold-sprinkled shawl around the young lady's shoulders, and said happily: "Master is truly worthy of being a mighty marquis, he actually figured out the matter so quickly. Young lady, this is going to be bad luck for the eldest lady and the others."

Although Zhuru didn't know exactly what was going on with this matter, she simply believed that anyone who wanted to harm her young lady must be someone sent by the Da Furen.Unexpectedly, this time she was hit on the wrong side.

The master and servant went out of the small courtyard and went directly to the side hall.Seeing Su Huaiyuan who was sitting in the hall, Su Wan greeted him first, and then carefully sat in the second seat on the right.

As soon as she sat down, Su Wan heard Su Huaiyuan say: "Wan'er, sit next to Weifu." Su Wan was taken aback for a moment, the seat belonged to the young master of the Hou Mansion, and then Su Wan understood that this was Su Huaiyuan's statement his attitude.

After Su Wan obediently sat beside Su Huaiyuan for a while, the eldest lady came along with Su Lin and Su Yue.The three of them greeted Su Huaiyuan first, and then the eldest lady frowned at Su Wan who was sitting beside Su Huaiyuan.

After thinking for a moment, the eldest lady smiled and said, "Wan'er, have you finished getting close to the master? Go back to your seat and eat."

Just now when Su Huaiyuan called Su Wan to his side, the eldest lady was not there.After she came in, she saw Su Wan sitting next to Su Huaiyuan, and thought that Su Wan was complaining to Su Huaiyuan about what happened last night, so she said this.

Su Huaiyuan, who was seated at the main seat, picked up his rice bowl and said without the slightest wave in his mouth: "It's okay, Wan'er was just frightened yesterday, so let her sit by my side today. Lin'er, sit in Wan'er's usual position That's right."

Su Lin answered yes in a low voice, and then gave Su Wan a very concealed look.No wonder Su Wan came so early today, she ran to complain to her father.Although he was very reluctant in his heart, Su Lin still sat in Su Wan's seat.

After everyone was seated, a maid brought breakfast one by one.The breakfast was extremely delicate, and everyone's appetites were whetted. For a while, the originally awkward atmosphere gradually eased.

At this time, the housekeeper Su Tingsong came in, bowed and said to Su Huaiyuan: "Report to Master, the flower picker last night has been sent to the capital according to your instructions."

After hearing Su Tingsong's words, the eldest lady and Su Lin had a gleam of joy in their eyes.After much deliberation last night, he couldn't come up with a good solution. Unexpectedly, the master sent him to the capital mansion early this morning. Now it's just a matter of lifting Zhai Lingxiao to save him.

Su Huaiyuan put down the porridge bowl in his hand, and asked, "Did you ask anything from that mouth last night?"

Su Tingsong shook his head and said: "The man's bones are very hard, and he never asked any news. When I sent the man to the Kyoto Prefecture today, I greeted the governor of the Kyoto Prefecture. If I asked anything, I would Notify the Hou Mansion as soon as possible."

Hearing Su Tingsong's answer, Su Huaiyuan nodded, and then said to Su Huaiyuan: "Okay, I understand. You should step back first." He said to the maidservants standing around him: "You also all go down."

Not long after, there were only five members of Su Huaiyuan's family left in the side hall.At this moment, Su Huaiyuan looked at the eldest lady and said: "Mr. Zhang, I hand over this great Marquis mansion to you. Is this how you manage it?"

Although Su Huaiyuan's tone was flat, his words were full of unspoken anger.Obviously, regarding yesterday's incident, Su Huaiyuan had endured until now before bursting out the anger in his heart.

The eldest lady had expected this in her heart, and when she heard Su Huaiyuan's question, she immediately stood up, "Master, this concubine was negligent for a moment and almost made a big mistake. Fortunately, Wan'er was alert last night, but she was a little frightened. Concubine I assure you that nothing like this will happen again in the future.”

With a few words, all the conspiracy turned into a momentary negligence.Su Wan who was sitting next to Su Huaiyuan sneered, this time it was because she was alert, that's why she was a little frightened, what if she was not alert next time?
When Su Huaiyuan heard what Da Furen said, he snorted coldly, and then said: "I am either busy with government affairs in the court every day, or supervised drills in the barracks. I thought that the Marquis Mansion would be handed over to you, so I would I can rest assured. I never thought that you would make such a big mistake! How can I trust you in the future? Do I have to worry about these trivial matters in the Hou's mansion!"

Seeing that Su Huaiyuan was really angry, the doctor kept saying that he promised that he would not make such a mistake in the future, this time it was just a momentary negligence, please forgive me.

Seeing his mother like this, Su Lin frowned, and then said to Su Huaiyuan: "Father, although the things in the Hou's mansion are very trivial, they are very cumbersome, and my mother was also negligent for a while. But fortunately, there was no major mistake. Father forgives mother this time."

Hearing Su Lin's words, Su Huaiyuan also frowned, and then said in a cold voice, "Since you know that the affairs in the mansion are very complicated, why don't you help your mother to share some of the work? Are you stupid to study books all day long?"

Su Huaiyuan has always been somewhat dissatisfied with Su Lin's work as an editor of the Imperial Academy.If it weren't for the fact that Su Lin was promoted to the Imperial Academy by Fang Yuanli himself, Su Huaiyuan would definitely have transferred Su Lin to the army so that he could hone his skills.

Hearing his father reprimanding him, Su Lin said with a wry smile: "Father, that history book is extremely difficult to revise, and I am too busy every day; what's more, my mother has managed the mansion for more than ten years, and she has never made any mistakes in it." .So the child is very relieved."

Su Wan who was sitting next to her almost laughed out loud when she heard Su Lin's words.There has never been a mistake, and it is such a big mess?Could it be that Su Huaiyuan is so easy to fool?

(End of this chapter)

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