"There is really no one left in the family?"

"It's all dead." A man wearing a green silk dress, a melon-skin hat, and a dusty shopkeeper stood beside Wu Yonglin and took the conversation almost blurted out.

Everything in front of you may not be happy. Looking around, there were devastated and broken into pieces of rubble. It was difficult to find a complete tiles inside. The rafters that were not completely burned by the fire were interspersed among them. The broken walls left the black and yellow color of the fire. The strange flowers and trees in the house were only a very short section of bare black and yellow trunks. A pool near the center of the house was burned and the rafters of the corners of the corridor were planted in the pool. They could be seen everywhere. There were layers of thick white ash floating on the water surface, and the bodies of fish, shrimps, and turtles could be seen everywhere in the water. It seemed that the fire had boiled the pond, which showed how fierce the fire was that day.

Wu Yonglin's heart is mixed and has a lot of tastes. Before coming to Chengdu Prefecture, he was thinking about how to clean up the servants in Wu Bo's mansion one by one. After all, these servants who live in the same yard with Wu Bo can easily find some clues from Wu Bo's daily life details, and then conclude that Wu Yonglin is a fake. It's good now, I don't know who Wu Bo offended during his lifetime. This group of people came sooner or later, just one month before Wu Yonglin returned to Chengdu, that is, during the time when Wu Yonglin made bamboo paper in his hometown, such a big thing happened in Chengdu Prefecture, which invisibly replaced Wu Yong.

Lin solved a big problem. There was another serious problem that Wu Yonglin had to worry about. These people dared to burn Wu Bo's mansion once, but it was hard to guarantee that they would not dare to burn the second time. The third time, they had not yet established a stable foothold in Chengdu Prefecture. The wife and children he brought with him and the three wives of Bai Yuan could not always be with him. What's more, the three women were about to give birth, and they could not make any mistakes. The staff he brought was limited. Before he caught these extremely vicious thieves, the mansion was not dared to live. Wu Yonglin lowered his head and pondered for a long time, but he did not expect a good way to solve this crisis.

Wu Yonglin was thinking about his thoughts and frowned and asked, "What about you?"

"Hong Fu, please help me, the villain has been helping me manage the business in the South Street area. I can't stay in Chengdu for a few days a year. When these thieves burned the Wu Mansion, the villain was purchasing a batch of pen-made wolf and rabbit skins from other places, so I was lucky enough to escape the disaster."

"Zhang San, what should I do now? I originally wanted to bring my family to Chengdu Mansion to live a good life. When I settled down, I was going to take the wife to Chengdu Mansion to enjoy her happiness. I never thought of such a shocking event. The place where I live was burned, and there was no money left in the family, and the thief was not caught. How could I explain to my two wives when I go back later? It is not a solution to live such a worried life all day."

"Sir, don't worry. When we sell the newly shipped wolf and rabbit fur on hand, it will be enough for adults to have food and clothing. But during this period, I must feel wronged. As for where I live, I think of a suitable place. Do you still remember the first house you bought in Chengdu? It is a distance from the yamen office. Although it is not convenient to enter and exit the yamen office, it is only a unique family. A living water is brought in from the stream behind the garden. Those thieves want to set fire there, wouldn't they fall into the trap of the adults? As long as they send someone to repair it, it will be no problem for the adults to temporarily set foot there before catching the group of evil people."

"Hahaha, if you don't mention this, I almost forgot. Now you can pick a few capable people from me and go there to clean up a little bit. Then I will take the two ladies to arrive immediately." Wu Yonglin signaled Tang Zi next to him. He greeted the guards around him, and immediately volunteered to stand in front of Wu Yonglin.

Wu Yonglin was completely disgusted with the old house Zhang San mentioned. Tang Shi was undoubtedly the best candidate. No matter how familiar he is to Chengdu Mansion than others, he would not be lost when he returned to Lion Building to report the news to Wu Yonglin and his group. In Chengdu Mansion, which is like a spider-wire-web, the other people will only bring more trouble.

At this moment, a curious head poked out from a ox cart passing by, and accidentally heard Wu Yonglin laughing. Then he wanted to see what happened. Seeing Tang Shi leading the team away, a sentence stuck in the person's throat, but he couldn't shout it out. Tang Shi, whom he had been thinking about day and night, actually came back so openly, as if he had become a commoner. There was a look of pride from his eyebrows. A woman with a somewhat frivolous manner almost walked with him. The two of them even talked and laughed immediately, and the old man Tang Shi was stunned.

"Master, that's not..."

"Stop, I will not mention all this I saw here today to anyone when I go back. If you dare to express a word, be careful that I will pull your tongue."

The old butler stopped talking in disappointment and never dared to reveal a word. Tang Rui got out of the car and stood beside the old butler driving, looking at the direction where Tang Zi and his group were gone in the distance, and then returned to the ox cart again. The old butler obviously saw that the master's face became increasingly ugly.

"How are you preparing for the things you know is wrong?" Tang Rui, who was resting in the carriage, suddenly asked.

"Don't worry, Master, you asked me to prepare gold, silver, pearls and jade jewelry, and python-carved silk and silk clothes. I have already made a deposit for several shopkeepers on West Street. Yesterday, the deposit was also paid. With the reputation of several bosses in Chengdu, it will definitely not delay the master's affairs. As for the slaughter of pigs and sheep, I will be able to get some neat hands and feet in the mansion, and it will be too late to come. As for the wine, if the master is willing to give up his love at that time, he will move out a few jars of good wine that have been hidden for many years in the wine cellar, which is more brilliant than buying a batch of rice wine outside to make up the numbers. As for those fruits, buy some fresh ones of the day and sprinkle a layer of water on it, which is fresh and bright. People in the Huang family will definitely be happy at the sight of it."

"Although Miss Huang is a second time, I can't owe others a lot. You can use the good wine in the cellar at will. You must do this for me."

"Master, it's just that Young Master Zhifei hasn't been to Huang Mansion yet, so it's hard for me to invite me as a matchmaker."

"In a few days, Zhifan should come back. This matter should not be too late. You must cut the mess quickly. The longer you drag it, the longer you will dream."

"That's right? Miss Wan went out yesterday and happened to meet me back. She saw the two deposit orders on my hand. She also asked me why I ordered so many gold, silver, pearls and jade jewelry, silk and satin clothes. I just said that this was what the master was going to give to someone. Miss Wan did not question it again."

"Don't mention this to anyone, I will care about it at that time."

The master and servant continued to discuss the various details of Ruan Zhifei's marriage to Miss Huang along the way, as if they had completely thrown away the incident of meeting Tang Zi on the street. When the two of them returned to the Tang Mansion in a scattered manner, they had already started to light up.

The words were divided into two ends. When Wu Yonglin left the carriage in sequence from the owner of the Lion Building with a flattering smile on his face, the crescent moon sank the mountain, the sky was sparse and the stars were falling. After the moon was falling, half of the sky had already reflected, and half of the sky was turning the slightest. Looking around, there were smoke rising from the stove, farmers returned home, and merchants were on the board, and everything was peaceful and beautiful. As the carriage continued to move forward, the group was getting farther and farther away from the prosperous area of ​​Chengdu Prefecture, which did not seem to affect everyone's good mood. When everyone heard that the place where they went would not be disturbed by outsiders, they became more and more expectant. On a road with willows on both sides, bursts of pleasant and crisp laughter came from time to time, harmoniously blending with the sounds of grass and insects around them.

When a large mansion hidden in fragrant flowers and green bamboos, white walls and red tiles among the rolling wheat waves, and two big words "Wu Mansion" on the plaque in front of the door appeared in front of everyone, even Yue Ling'er, who was usually steady and heavy, couldn't help but feel ecstasy and ran towards this new home with a knife in his arms. When Yue Ling'er lifted up the two large copper rings in the middle of the nails on the red paint door and buckled it a few times, a loud footsteps sounded behind the door for a while, and then returned to silence again. The moment when the red paint door was creaking, everyone did not dare to step in.

"Madam, hello to the second lady." A group of men and women with eight characters lined up at the entrance were standing there neatly, bowing to the people. The one standing in front of these people was an old woman with a crutch, deaf and mute. When the door was opened, she had already walked up impatiently, holding Yue Ling'er and Yin Lengshuang's hands and walked inside.

A fragrance rushes towards us. Shelves that extend far away to shelter the wind and rain are covered with roses. The dense layers of leaves are filled with colorful flowers. The corridor is covered with petals blown by the surrounding wind. Walking in the flower path, it makes people feel like they have entered the country of flowers. The group of women are more excited. On the left hand of the long flower path is an artificial oval pool that is only a few feet square. There is a rockery made of moss and stones in the middle. From time to time, flowing water flows out from the cracks on the rockery top. A tail of red fish swims around the pond. This is a huge attraction for those who see goldfish or red carp for the first time. Wu Ruolan, Wu Xiaodao, Zhang Yiming. These red and golden fish are very attractive to these children.

They broke free from the adult's arms one by one, squatted by the pool, squatting happily by the pond and watching it endlessly. They even encouraged Hou Rensheng to go into the water to catch one or two, and steamed to try the taste of this beautiful fish at night. There was a sink on the left side of the pool, and the overflowing water flowed into a ditch in the middle of the flower and fruit forest where a large flower and fruit tree planted beside them. The flower and fruit forest was small.

The road winds, and several small bridges penetrate through the ditch. At the end of the ditch, a sluice gate is just at the side wall of the house, where a sluice gate is set up, blocking the way of flowing water. From time to time, you can even see fish swimming around in the ditch. In rainy season, just pull out the gate on the sluice gate, and the excess water in the yard will flow into the invisible waterway covered with stone slabs from the square holes in the corner.

Next to the pool is a large square surrounded by bluestone slabs. There are towering cypress trees planted in front and behind the square. The cypress trees are covered with stone piers, stone chairs, stone tables, rockery, and false stones. A zigzag stone path is divided into two branches on the other side of the cypress tree, winding towards a wing not far away separated by a horizontal and vertical courtyard wall. There are two moon-shaped doors on the courtyard walls. At this moment, men and women are entering and exiting from the moon-shaped door. There is no doubt that this wide-square wing room with dozens of rooms is the residence of these servants.

Through the cross-shaped corridor next to the pool, there were rows of racks of various long and short weapons such as swords, guns, swords, halberds, sticks, hammers, axes, etc. near the high wall on the side, there were even some red-hearted targets in the middle. There were no trees around, and the stones on the ground were polished to bare. This should be the place where guards or warriors practice martial arts. Behind the high wall next to the target, there was a sound of horses. Wu Yonglin walked into a small door opened by the wall. A dense stable that could almost accommodate hundreds of horses stood in front of him, and there were no horses in the stable.

It was so unbearable that the fat and strong horses were lacking in the toughness of war horses. From time to time, Wu Yonglin walked closer and saw that several blacksmiths were playing horseshoes, saddle locks and other small objects. At first, Wu Yonglin was worried that the group of horses he brought had no place to settle down, but now everything seemed to be solved. There were even some uninhabited tents opposite the stable, with beds and mattresses inside. I guess no one expected that Wu Bo would prepare such an invisible group of horses and soldiers in the wall compartment of the house.

Next to the stable is a large grassland that is separated by wooden stakes to walk horses. At the end of the grassland, there is a wasteland where wheat seedlings are not planted. Wu Yonglin is not unfamiliar with the green plants that emerge from the wasteland. It is alfalfa that can be eaten by horses. This thing is easy to flood. At this moment, it is separated by the waterways around it and turned into an isolated island, which made Wu Yonglin admire Wu Bo's wisdom at the beginning. Unexpectedly, this person is not useless. His plan for this area has far exceeded Wu Yonglin's imagination. Zhang San's so-called small house seems to be too humble. This appearance is

The house that looked inconspicuous was already run by him like an iron bucket. Looking at the layout around the yard, it was impossible to see from the outside that it was the flower house, the hanging corner tower, and the wind and rain pavilion. The safety issues that Wu Yonglin had originally worried about seemed to have been solved. It was probably difficult for a fly to fly in. The periphery of the wall of the alfalfa field was a sparsely planted mulberry forest. No matter how far away was there, there was a bamboo forest that could not be seen at all. However, those mulberry leaves that were growing well and were green and glossy were ignored. Wu Yonglin later learned that Wu Bo had already laid various traps in that area.
Chapter completed!