Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 427 How Can You Kill Someone?

At this moment, Hubo, who had already thrown the bag back into Li Wan's arms, wiped away her tears and gritted her teeth and said, "They don't dare, so I'll go!"

Suddenly someone responded:

"What is there to be afraid of? We are going out to seek medicine to save Princess Lin's grandmother. The Heavenly King wouldn't dare to stop us, right?"

The crowd was in an uproar!

Suddenly, there was a clang, the courtyard door opened, and a woman rushed out with a loud and flamboyant voice:

"Our old lady fainted due to palpitations. Please find a doctor to prescribe some medicine for us..."

"The general has ordered: All female family members and maids are confined to the main courtyard and are not allowed to go out even a step! Stand back!" The soldier's voice was cold and tired.

The old woman smiled and acted arrogantly. She stretched out her foot and stepped forward, threateningly:

"No, you didn't understand! The one who fell ill was our old lady, Princess Lin's grandmother..."

"puff!"

A shiny steel knife stabbed into the old woman's lower abdomen without hesitation.

"Military orders are as heavy as a mountain. Violators must be punished! If you are not afraid of death, just try to break in again!" The soldier's voice was still cold and weary, but it revealed a different kind of cruelty.

The body was dragged away, leaving a long trail of blood.

The servants were so frightened that they lost their voices. When the courtyard door was slammed shut again, the fear and terror in their hearts finally turned into screams.

Several women who were close to the gate collapsed to the ground out of fear! There was even a very timid woman who couldn't even cry out, but just opened her mouth and stared blankly, with a pool of yellowish water coming out from under her skirt.

Jia Mu, who had been pinched philtrum by Mrs. Xing, finally woke up slowly. She heard the deafening crying outside and asked weakly what had happened.

Mrs. Xing wanted to conceal the truth, but Wang Xifeng reported it bluntly in a low voice: "A woman broke into the door and was killed by the soldiers outside..."

Grandmother Jia was in low spirits. She shook her head repeatedly and said slowly, "This is a confiscation of property. It is a confiscation of property by imperial decree. It is nothing to disobey the imperial decree and kill a few people..."

After this scene happened, everyone in the yard and the house were finally really scared and fell silent.

Li Wan's face turned even paler. She collapsed on the ground, muttering to herself like a possessed person: "Aren't Lin girl and Third Sister very favored... Why do they have to kill people... They actually killed people..."

Wang Xifeng was completely disappointed in her at this time. While standing beside Lady Jia and serving her, she turned back coldly and looked down at her.

Suddenly he sneered: "I finally know! The princess is worried about the old lady, so she specially called Yuanyang into the palace for questioning.

"I was thinking, since you've invited Lan Ge'er and Qiao Jie'er into the palace, and you've also invited me, why don't you invite my eldest sister-in-law as well?"

At this point, I paused deliberately.

Everyone was led by her words and couldn't help but look at Li Wan.

Li Wan looked as pale as death.

Wang Xifeng snorted, "The princess is indeed good at judging people! She knows that some people would open a dyeing factory if they were given a little color, so she refused to let them slip away at all.

"Even so, it still can't stop some people from having wishful thinking!"

It was the time when the property was being confiscated, and everyone was terrified. Lady Xing and Lady Jia were both extremely upset, and when they saw Wang Xifeng getting angry, they subconsciously wanted to calm things down.

Grandmother Jia looked up at Wang Xifeng and opened her mouth. Before she could say anything, Mrs. Xing sighed and stopped her: "Feng girl, forget it."

"Madam is kindhearted, and naturally hopes that everyone can escape safely! But some people only care about whether they can have a good life in the future, and don't care about the reputation and life of others?!"

Wang Xifeng's old fierceness came out again, and everyone inside and outside the house fell silent as usual.

Even Lady Xing and Lady Jia shut up and looked away, allowing Sister Feng to be the villain once again.

"I'm going to say this today: the Rong and Ning mansions are gone. Our Jia family has also been convicted.

"But looking back, everyone in this house and yard has been touched from head to toe by the Rongning Jia family!

"The people who used to eat and drink the best food and drink and go out to make noises, could it be that they also fell from the sky?!

"The men are being interrogated outside. If it is found out that any of the women in the family have killed someone or have had their shoes wet, they will be beaten and killed, even if they don't want to admit it!

"——Our Second Master Lian is outside, discussing crimes! If the court has any say, I, Wang Xifeng, will be imprisoned, beaten with a stick, or beheaded. I won't say a word!

"But apart from that, if anyone wants to interfere and do mischief just for their own sake, then even if my family is convicted, it will still be your master!

"Killing or selling is not our Jia family's rule, but if you deserve to be beaten or punished, don't worry, I, the Second Madam, will do it myself, and you won't miss a single slap in the face!"

The Second Madam Feng's influence was still there, and the servants still lowered their heads in fear and nodded in unison.

Although Li Wan was filled with shame and resentment at this moment, she also knew that Wang Xifeng's behavior had easily shifted the matter from herself to the issue of admonishing the servants.

This is considered saving her face.

Su Yun, who had also shaken off all the dirt on her body, came over and helped Li Wan up. The master and servant quietly went to the corner and sat down.

This time no one called them.

Wang Xifeng then took the opportunity to arrange everyone's behavior. Those who were supposed to serve their master should serve their master, and those who were supposed to stay quiet were assigned areas.

The remaining mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law who used to answer the door were assigned to two shifts, taking turns to listen for news at the gate of the courtyard and report any incident in a timely manner.

After a while, there was another sound from the gate.

The door opened, and it was Baoyu.

The woman who answered the door turned around excitedly and shouted, "Master Bao is back!"

The wives and maids nearby also rushed into the main room and reported: "Second Master Bao is back, safe and sound!"

Behind Baoyu is Situ Sheng.

"I won't go into a courtyard full of women." Situ Sheng put his hands behind his back and looked at Baoyu indifferently, "The servants in your family are indeed not very sensible, you should control them a little."

Baoyu bowed deeply to the ground and expressed his gratitude profusely.

Situ Sheng turned around, paced back and forth, humming and hawing as he asked the soldier, "How are things going elsewhere?"

"In reply to the general, the eldest house has finished copying. There is a box of letters that collude with foreign officials, especially military generals. Jia She brought his youngest son Jia Cong and was relatively quiet.

"The second house had many things, and Master Jia's legs were not handy, so he held on to the two maids who served him and wouldn't let them leave.

"After all, he is the imperial concubine's biological father. We are not yet ready to use weapons. We are just asking the general for instructions on what to do."

The soldiers bowed and spoke without avoiding any taboos.

After hearing this, Situ Sheng subconsciously glanced at Baoyu.

Isn’t Jia Zheng, the second master of the Jia family, the biological father of Jia Jue?

Unexpectedly, Baoyu seemed to be indifferent and had no expression at all. He turned around and hurried to the main room in the courtyard.

Well, quite sensible.

I know I can't get involved at this time.

"What happened just now?" Situ Sheng then asked the soldier guarding the gate in detail.