That night, Tan Ting stayed in the study room in the outer courtyard.

Xiang Yi waited until late at night with the lamp on. Hearing the drums playing but no one in sight, he understood what Tan Ting meant and went back to bed to sleep.

Early the next morning, someone in the main courtyard hurried to Tan Youliang's home while no one was paying attention.

When Mrs. Qiu heard this, she went to Mrs. Fusan's place with great interest.

Mrs. Fusan didn't sleep well yesterday and was a little green now. When she saw Mr. Qiu sneaking over, she didn't want to pay attention to her, but thinking that she and she were in the same boat, she stayed with her to have breakfast.

Mrs. Qiu got Mrs. Fusan's attention over breakfast and happily told her the news she had heard in the morning.

"...It was the uncle of the clan who threw down his sleeves and left the main courtyard yesterday with an angry look on his face. Then he stayed in the study in the outer courtyard that night and didn't go back all night."

Mrs. Fusan was surprised by the news about Qiu. Lingtong asked, "Seriously? What's the reason?"

Of course, Mrs. Qiu didn't know such detailed information. She guessed, "It must be related to the young lady from the Zhongqing uncle's house whom the second master newly married."

Mrs. Fusan didn't think about it. Understood, but Qiu said something else.

"But there is another important news. It is said that the uncle wrote a poem called "Inscribed on Bribery" and asked him to frame it that day and said he wanted to hang it in the room."

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Fusan first took it upon herself to I was excited for a moment, and after thinking about it for a moment, I seemed to understand again.

"You mean, the poem is for Mr. Xiang?"

Mr. Qiu smiled, "It's not for us anyway, and we don't have that kind of authority, right?"

Mrs. Fusan coughed uncomfortably, but after thinking about it carefully, Xiang's natal family is so poor, and she has been in such a high position for three years. There is no way she is a clean person. The amount of bribes she has collected is huge...

With this news, Mrs. Fu has no time to eat this meal. He immediately asked his cousin Fu Yu to come over.

Autumn Zhaoyuan.

All the red plum blossoms in Zhao's courtyard were in bloom, and the branches were noisy and full of joy. When she was happy, she called everyone over to have lunch together.

When Xiang Yi arrived, the others had not arrived yet. Just now, a little maid accidentally splashed water on the hem of Zhao's skirt. At this moment, Zhao was changing clothes in the inner room.

The maid served tea and went down. Xiang Yi sat alone in the hall and waited.

But before Zhao came out, someone else came from outside.

Xiang Yi lowered her head when she heard the footsteps. When the man entered the hall, she only saluted as usual and said nothing more.

There was no one else in the hall. Tan Ting glanced at his wife. Thinking of what happened to her yesterday, the corners of his mouth tightened into a line and he sat down at the table with a cold expression.

He didn't speak, and no one else in the hall spoke. The little maid was frightened and ran away after serving tea.

The atmosphere in the room was extremely tense.

Even Mrs. Zhao in the inner room noticed something and asked Nanny Wu in a low voice what was going on.

Aunt Wu had been in the house for a long time, so she was naturally more informed than Qiu, so she immediately told what happened yesterday.

"In my opinion, it's probably a misunderstanding."

Others don't know who Xiang Yi is, and don't the people in charge of Qiuzhaoyuan know clearly?

Mrs. Zhao sighed after hearing this.

"Why is there such a misunderstanding again? It's true that Xiang Yi can't lower his body and explain a few words to Brother Ting gently? Brother Ting is not a violent and unreasonable person."

Aunt Wu couldn't say more . , "Well, Madam is somewhat stubborn."

Mrs. Zhao sighed and said, "I must come out and give you a few words of advice."

She glanced out, but no one spoke in the hall, and those who didn't know thought that there was no one there.

Mrs. Zhao didn't want to go out at this time, so she rubbed her forehead and asked why the others didn't come.

"The girl just took the newly painted patterns and went to the carpentry workshop. I guess she will be back soon. Xia Yingxuan's place..." Before

he could finish his words, Tan Jian and Yang Zhen appeared outside. sound.

Yang Zhen was a girl from a military family, and her voice was not too soft. Although she couldn't hear the details clearly, her voice had already reached the room in the hall.

In the courtyard, Tan Jian quickly asked Yang Zhen to keep her voice down.

"Ma'am, please keep your voice down. If you have anything to say, just say it slowly. Don't be in a hurry..."

"Why aren't you in a hurry?" Yang Zhen glared at him, "I heard today that I never heard from you yesterday. After the principal left, the eldest brother wrote a poem about "Bribery". Didn't this completely misunderstand my sister-in-law?"

She said and snorted to Tan Jian, "I can't stand it anymore. I have to say it for my sister-in-law. To be fair!"

She walked faster and faster, and Tan Jian could hardly keep up. He was wiping his hands with sweat, fearing that his wife would not explain clearly and would injure her sister-in-law even more.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the two of them arrived in front of the door, Yang Zhen opened the curtain and before she could speak, a burst of crying suddenly came from behind.

The cry was so urgent that not only Yang Zhen and Tan Jian were startled, but also Xiang Yi and Tan Ting in the hall were stunned for a moment.

Before I could see who it was, I saw Tan Rong running over crying.

"Mom! Big brother and second brother!"

She cried as she ran into the hall, turned around and threw herself into the arms of Mrs. Zhao who hurried over after hearing the sound.

"Mother!"

"My son, why are you crying like this? Who has provoked you?!"

Zhao's other matters don't matter, except her daughter's matters.

She hurriedly carried her daughter to the couch, "What happened?!"

Tan Rong kept crying, crying so hard that she couldn't speak. Mrs. Zhao also became anxious like her.

Tan Ting came over, motioned to Nanny Wu to wipe Tan Rong's tears first, and called her warmly.

"Little sister, please don't cry. Please tell me slowly what happened."

There was a kind of reassuring power in his voice that belonged to the eldest son or elder brother. Tan Rong's crying became much slower when she heard it.

When Xiang Yi saw this, he didn't say much and helped Nanny Wu to get the handkerchief.

On the other hand, Yang Zhen had a more impatient temper and called out to Tan Rong, "Little sister, what happened? Please finish your words first before continuing to cry..."

Before he finished speaking, Tan Jian hurriedly The ground pulled her sleeve.

What does it mean that it's not too late to cry after you finish talking...

Fortunately, Tan Rong finally calmed down from crying, but she spoke.

"Mom, brother, get those new craftsmen out quickly! I went to the workshop today to let them work, and when I came back, there were people hiding aside, thinking, trying to be frivolous with me!"

After saying this, Tan Rong covered her head and Face cried again.

Everyone was shocked.

Tan Rong is the eldest daughter of the Tan family, and no one knows it. No one in the Tan family, or even in the entire Qingkan County, dares to touch her.

How dare any craftsman dare to treat her lightly today?

The key is that these craftsmen are indeed not the old ones who used to work in the past, but new country craftsmen recommended by Xiang Yi.

Xiang Yi's heart froze and his eyelids twitched.

The next moment, Zhao took a look at Xiang Yi.

"What's going on with these people you're looking for?!"

When Zhao asked, everyone's eyes fell over, and Tan Ting also frowned.

Xiang Yi didn't know what was going on. She had met those craftsmen and asked someone to ask Shopkeeper Jiang. Shopkeeper Jiang guaranteed that he was a reliable person.

"Mom, calm down."

She said and asked Tan Rong quickly, "Little sister, can you tell me in detail what happened at that time."

Tan Rong sobbed twice before saying that she was returning home from the workshop and had just walked not far when she suddenly left. A man came out from the side with a smile on his greasy, fat face and squinted his eyes. He called her "Miss Ronger" and said, "Miss, do you want me to serve you closely?"

Tan Rong cried even more when she remembered what happened just now. , "That man is wearing the clothes of the craftsmen in the workshop!"

She kept sobbing. Mrs. Zhao was so distressed that her heart twisted together, and she kept hugging her daughter to comfort her.

Xiang Yi heard a slightly different meaning in Tan Rong's words.

She couldn't help but said, "Mom, can you call all these people over so that my little sister can identify them and see who did it?"

As soon as she said this, Tan Rong trembled all over, her face turned pale, and she kept asking She slipped into Zhao's arms.

Such a thing had never happened to Tan Rong before. Zhao was so distressed that she felt like she was being pricked with needles. Seeing that Xiang Yi wanted to talk about it again, she immediately lost her temper.

"How dare you ask Ronger to recognize someone? Do you want to scare your sister to death? You found these people. Do you still want to blame Ronger for provoking them?!" He

came at me with several angry questions. , Xiang Yi was also stunned for a moment.

"My daughter-in-law doesn't dare."

She said no more, bowed her head and stepped aside.

Tan Jian and Yang Zhen were both frightened by Zhao's angry scene and didn't know what to say.

The sobs couldn't stop sounding, and Zhao's displeasure became stronger and stronger.

Tan Ting glanced at Xiang Yi, and the events of the past few days couldn't help but replayed in his mind.

He called Tan Jian in a deep voice.

"Call those craftsmen here and ask who is causing the trouble. This matter must be clarified."

After saying this, he glanced at Xiang Yi who was standing with his hands down.

"We need to find out what happened, and we also need to find out how such an unruly craftsman got into Tan's house."

After saying this, the room became quiet.

Almost everyone's eyes fell on Xiang Yi.

Tan Jian swallowed uneasily and was about to agree when a message came from outside saying that Mrs. Fusan and Mr. Qiu were here.

Mrs. Qiu could barely conceal her excitement on her face, and spoke hurriedly before Mrs. Fu San could speak.

"Oh my God, why did such a thing happen? The matter about Chu Xinggu last time has not been finalized yet!"

She said, giving Xiang Yi a special look, "Old lady of the Zong family, uncle of the Zong family, our wife of the clan Is it again..."

She said this deliberately and covered her mouth, "I can't talk nonsense without any evidence..."

No one in the hall made a sound, she was the only one who could speak. strength.

Mrs. Tomisa didn't let her continue her one-man show.

"The Zong family is all here, and I just wanted to ask about this matter. The previous carpenters made mistakes and were punished. Why are these new carpenters who have no rules suddenly allowed in?"

She said, snorting, " I heard that these people came in through Mrs. Zong's way. I don't know what Mrs. Zong wanted to do by putting such craftsmen into the Tan family."

She glanced at Xiang Yi and thought that she was fine. The financial path was cut off by Xiang's family, and he became more and more powerful.

She quickly glanced at Zongzi again, and saw that Zongzi really had no intention of protecting his shortcomings, so she took a step forward and stood up.

"Actually, I just want to ask for our Tan clan members today, did Mrs. Zong accept bribes from those people? Is she not so clean in other matters?"

If Tan Ting was questioning in secret just now, at this moment Mrs. Fusan and Mr. Qiu made this clear.

The two of them were not afraid of offending the clan wife.

Mrs. Qiu was already at loggerheads with her fellow clansmen because of Chu Xinggu's matter, and regardless of Mrs. Fu San, she would also cut off whoever cut off her financial path.

Instead of giving Xiang a chance to stand up, it would be better to take advantage of the bad relationship between her and the eldest son to pull her down.

The two of them almost said in unison, "It's time for the Zong family to check Mrs. Xiang's accounts!"

Check the accounts.

Xiang Yi listened for a long time and couldn't help but smile in his heart.

She still stood with a calm expression and said nothing, waiting for her eldest son's husband's attitude.