The wonderful life of modern women in ancient times

Chapter 145 Why did this rebellious son suddenly go crazy?

In the next two days, after the villagers of Linshan Village collected the prey and made dried meat, they went up the mountain to help the children collect herbs. After the children completed their morning exercises, they devoted themselves to making pills.

Finally, with everyone's efforts, the first batch of pills was ready, and Lin Xi asked An Er to pass a message to Manager Zhou.

Early that morning, she and her fellow villagers gathered together with the prepared pills and dried meat, waiting for Manager Zhou's people to come.

Quanfu led a team of guards and drove a carriage into the village. He saw Lin Xi and the others waiting in the rice field from a distance. He grinned and waved at Lin Xi, then trotted over to her and said with a smile, "Miss Lin, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."

"No, we just arrived a while ago. Quanfu, please weigh the dried meat first. The villagers have already weighed it themselves. Everyone wrote the weight on the cloth bag. You weigh it again. If it is correct, you can pay the money according to this weight!"

Lin Xi looked at Quanfu, pointed at the cloth bags containing the dried meat, and said with a smile.

"Come on!"

Quanfu readily agreed and took a few people to quickly weigh the dried meat. After a short while, all the dried meat was weighed and put on the carriage.

The villagers were so happy with their share of the money that they couldn't stop smiling.

Quanfu carefully placed the pills in a carriage in the middle of the convoy, then bowed to Lin Xi and said goodbye, "Miss Lin, we will go back now. The guards will have to rush to deliver these to the military camp!"

"I just happened to be going to the military camp to talk to Jun Moxie about something, so I'll go with them this time!"

After Lin Xi finished speaking, he asked An Er to distribute weapons to the team members and train them well. Then he rode Xiao Hong and followed Quan Fu and his group to leave Linshan Village.

At this time, in a magnificent mansion in the capital, an angry voice came from the study: "Asshole! Go check it out. You dare to kill my people and steal my things. You are really tired of living!"

Then there was the sound of two people talking.

"Yes, Master. I have sent a team to Linshan County. The person in charge of the gambling house and brothel there sent a message saying that the servants of the Huo, Zhao, Wang, and Liu mansions have fled in all directions after the master's death. The mansions are empty. They sent people to investigate for two days, but no trace of the thief was found!"

"Focus on investigating the Regent to see if it was his people who did it!"

"The Regent has been under surveillance. Our people sent a message saying that the Regent is now busy training troops and dealing with foreign enemies. According to investigation, the people he left in Linshan County have not come into contact with the four prefectures."

"If it's not him, then who else could it be? If it was done by a human, there would definitely be traces. Tell that team not to come back yet and keep a close eye on Linshan County!"

"Yes! Master!"

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At this time, the General's Mansion was also in turmoil. In the magnificent hall, General Cao swept a set of exquisite tea sets on the table to the ground with his sleeves and shouted angrily, "Why did this rebellious son suddenly go crazy?"

Just yesterday, that rebellious son Cao Zhu suddenly sent someone to the capital to spread the word that he, Cao Zhu, voluntarily asked to be castrated and left the family, and from that day on, he would have nothing to do with the General's Mansion. All they needed to do was return his mother's dowry to him, and he didn't want a penny from the rest.

He also sent people to purchase a courtyard in the capital and hung a plaque with the words "Cao Mansion" inscribed on it, obviously showing that he was determined to set up his own business.

But as the father, he couldn't smash the plaque, because the words "Cao Mansion" were written by the Regent himself!

This incident was widely spread throughout the capital. He was really disgraced by that rebellious son!

Cao Zhu sent another letter to his stepmother, Xiao Zhao, in which he gave her warm greetings to her ancestors and accused her of usurping his mother's dowry. If she still had any shame, she should return his mother's dowry to him. He gave her a month to do so, or he would make public the fact that the mother and daughter had colluded with their father to plot to kill Fang Ruo.

After receiving the letter, Xiao Zhao was so scared when she saw the contents of the letter that she burned it in a hurry.

What happened back then was planned by her, and the master was kept in the dark by her.

The master really thought that Cao Zhu was seriously injured and was on the way back, so he agreed to her suggestion and let Cao Fangruo go first, while he hurried into the palace to ask for the imperial physician.

When they arrived at Sunset Mountain, they discovered that the person in the car was another general named Cao, not Cao Zhu. When they arrived with the imperial physician, the general had already died.

The master was extremely grateful at that time that it was not Cao Zhu.

He thought that it was because the general's surname was also Cao, so the soldier ran to the wrong mansion in a panic and delivered the wrong message. Little did he know that all this was carefully arranged by her, and she easily concealed the matter.

Later, when he learned that Cao Fangruo had fallen off a cliff and her body had disappeared, the master personally led people to search for her at the bottom of the cliff day and night. Later, he was exhausted and was persuaded by her to come back.

Originally, the master wanted to hold a grand funeral for Cao Fangruo, and the "senior monk" she secretly arranged "happened" to pass by Cao's mansion at this time, and said it would be difficult to hold a grand funeral, otherwise Cao Zhu in the military camp might be in danger of a bloody disaster.

After careful consideration, the master finally built a cenotaph for Cao Fangruo and was done with it.

Except for her confidant and daughter, all the other people who knew about this have been silenced. How did Cao Zhu know about this?

From the letter, it can be seen that Cao Zhu did not know all the truth and thought that the master was also involved. So this matter could not have been leaked by her people. What went wrong?

After thinking it over and over again without any clue, she put on some delicate makeup in front of the mirror, then twisted her slender waist and went to the front hall to find her master.

"Master, what happened to the eldest young master? Most of my cousin's dowry was given to Fangqing as a dowry to the Anyang Marquis' Mansion. What should I do?"

Little Zhao wiped her eyes, walked up to General Cao, and sobbed with an embarrassed look on her face.

"What did you say? Didn't I tell you that Yan'er's dowry should be left to Zhu'er? How could you take that dowry without permission and give it to Fangqing as a dowry?"

General Cao stood up quickly, stared at Xiao Zhao and spoke loudly.

"After all, Fang Qing is not the legitimate eldest daughter. I am afraid that Fang Qing will be looked down upon by the Anyang Marquis's Mansion, so I want to prepare more dowry for her!"

Little Zhao cried with a weak look on her face.

"You, you should have discussed this with me at the beginning!"

After General Cao finished speaking, he held his forehead and fell back into the chair.

Xiao Zhao thought to herself: If I discuss this with you, would you still let me touch Zhao Yaner’s dowry?

Seeing that Xiao Zhao just lowered her head and wiped her tears without saying anything, General Cao rubbed his temple and asked, "Which of Yan'er's dowry did you touch?"

He thought that if only some of the jewelry was used, he would secretly ask his daughter for it back and compensate her with something else.

When he heard that Xiao Zhao had given half of Zhao Yan'er's dowry to Anyang Marquis' Mansion as a dowry, he immediately could not sit still. He paced back and forth in the hall with a frown on his face.

"Forget it, I will go to Guandong Prefecture myself to meet that rebellious son and ask him why he behaved this way!"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhao's heart skipped a beat. She couldn't let the father and son meet, otherwise everything that happened back then would be exposed.

And I have to find my father and ask him to get rid of Cao Zhu as soon as possible to prevent future troubles!

The most important thing at the moment is to keep the master steady. After thinking about it, she stepped forward and helped General Cao sit down, sobbing and saying, "Master, you are old, how can you stand the long journey!"

Seeing that General Cao was about to open his mouth to refute, she hurriedly continued, "Even if you rely on your good health and rush to the military camp, if you have a dispute with the young master, you will be angry, but the young master still has to go to the battlefield. What if he is in a bad mood and has an accident? Why don't we follow the young master's wishes first, and talk about other things after he comes back from the war. Don't worry, master, I have secretly exchanged these dowry things with my daughter for things of equal value these days!"

Hearing this, General Cao frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Well, let's do this first. However, I will never agree to let him leave the clan. As for the rest, let him do as he wishes. This brat is really getting cocky. When he comes back, I'll show you how I'll deal with him!"

When she heard that the master did not agree with Cao Zhu leaving the family, Xiao Zhao secretly felt it was a pity.

After saying something to the master, she ordered the servants to prepare the carriage, and she hurried to the Anyang Marquis' Mansion with her men.