Chapter 277 Escape
The He family has been in Yancheng for nearly a hundred years and is the largest and oldest family in Yancheng.
But with the emergence of the other three families, the He family has long lost its original glory. Thirty years ago, the He family was in chaos because of a woman. The head of the family killed many people. The direct lineage of the He family died and was injured, which also caused the other three families to take advantage of the situation. After entering, Yancheng was dominated by the He family and became a situation where the four masters restricted each other.
In the early years, the He family formed a private alliance with the city lord of Yancheng, and then they overcame the other three families. However, since the city lord was arrested two years ago, the He family lost most of their property. Unfortunately, they did not dare to say more, and could only watch a few people. Half of the ten years of inheritance was lost.
Therefore, the other branches of the He family left Yancheng and went elsewhere. Mr. He had no choice but to distribute his property. Zuitingxuan became the last face of the He family in Yancheng, but now something happened.
Thinking of all the past events, a trace of resentment flashed in Mrs. He's eyes, she shunned the servants and left the He Mansion alone.
Peng Xin was pacing back and forth at home.
"Master, what's wrong with you?" The beautiful concubine on the side said softly when she saw that he was anxious.
Peng Xin was frightened by her sudden voice and trembled. He seemed to have reacted and just stammered: "Pack your things, quickly, quickly, pack your things."
He had passed the responsibility to his subordinates yesterday. If he ran faster, he should be able to leave Yancheng.
The concubine was confused by his words, but seeing his anxious look, she guessed that something was going to happen, so she responded and went back to her house to collect the gold and silver.
"Madam, what's wrong with you?" The maid was a little confused when she saw that she had just gone out and suddenly came back.
"Hurry, pack your things quickly, something happened, something happened, we have to leave quickly." As the concubine spoke, she rummaged through the boxes and packed the things, without her usual weakness at all.
As soon as Peng Xin packed up his things and was about to leave, he saw Mrs. He standing at the door.
"Cousin, cousin." Peng Xin's already vain face turned paler, and his forehead was covered with sweat. He felt panicked, and he relaxed a little when he saw that no one else was following her.
"Cousin, are you okay? I'm just about to go out."
"Where are you going, cousin?" Mrs. He looked ugly, but she didn't break her face directly.
"Isn't this? Isn't this just right? Go and have a look at the restaurant?"
"Yeah?"
"Master, your things are packed!" The beautiful concubine hurriedly brought the maid over, and stopped when she saw Mrs. He.
"Hey, is Mrs. He here?"
The concubine's voice was coquettish, knowing that Mrs. He had always disliked her, so she quickly turned her eyes to Peng Xin for help.
The latter's face was full of embarrassment and annoyance. Seeing that he couldn't escape, he begged for mercy: "Cousin, just help me. I really don't know what happened this time."
"I've helped you too many times." Mrs. He's expression was not good.
If it weren't for her uncle's family being kind to her, she would never have cared about such nonsense.
But thinking about blood ties, what did his cousin do?
"Cousin, this is really an accident. I never thought that those Aniseed fennel would be fake." Peng Xin guessed that he could no longer hide anything, so he could only quickly excuse himself.
He also felt unjust about what happened this time!
He just heard that Baiweizhai had opened some kind of Sanweiju, and even the vegetarian dishes for a penny were added with Parthian fennel, so he went to take a look.
He originally thought the rumors were unlikely. After all, the current market price of Parthian fennel has reached ten taels of silver per catty. Even if the He family owns the property, they will not sell the vegetables for a penny.
But after tasting it, I realized that although there was less fennel in those spices, it was indeed there.
Just when he wanted to ask the waiter in the store for information, someone approached him.
It is said that there is a batch of spices to be sold at a low price, and among them is this Parthian fennel from the Western Regions.
He didn't believe it at first. After all, Parthian fennel has become a commodity with no market price. How could it be sold at a low price?
But they took him to see the goods, and he tasted them himself. Not only was it indeed fennel, but there were two hundred kilograms of goods piled in the warehouse.
Not only are the goods plentiful, they are also cheap, costing only one tael of silver per catty.
After inspecting the goods, he bought them all, and then sold them to Zui Tingxuan for five taels per pound of Parthian fennel.
That batch of goods has been used for three days, but nothing has ever happened. Who would have thought that such a big thing would happen last night?
Thinking of the man who was twitching all over and foaming at the mouth last night, Peng Xin felt a chill down his back.
Although he is greedy, he is afraid of death. He does not want to be involved in a murder case!
"Where did you get those Parthian fennel?" Seeing that he was reluctant to tell the truth, Mrs. He completely lost her patience.
"Yes, I bought it from an out-of-town businessman. He lives in the south of the city." Peng Xin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, no longer caring about the baggage at his feet, and walked a few steps quickly to Mrs. He's side.
"Why didn't you tell me first last night?" Mrs. He's face was still ugly, and she felt even more resentful towards this cousin.
Over the years, in addition to doing her best to take care of the He family, she also never forgot to help her uncle's family.
But this cousin is unlucky. Until now, he can only live close to the He family. Although he is tired of it, there is a layer of blood connection. Now he has caused such a disaster and is still hiding it from himself.
"I, I..." Peng Xin was speechless for a long time. He also wanted to go over and tell his cousin last night.
But when the end came, I retreated again.
He knew that his cousin had long lost patience with him, so he just pushed his servant out and blocked the mouths of those people.
But he didn't have the courage to tell the He family.
"If you had come looking for me last night, you wouldn't have ended up like this!" Mrs. He felt her heart trembling.
My husband was originally dissatisfied with his support of relatives, but now he is better.
"Cousin, cousin, please help me one more time..."
The beautiful concubine huddled aside and heard something. Now she saw Mrs. He getting angry, so she quietly backed away from the side with her maid.
Mrs. He glanced at him, flicked her sleeves and went to the study.
Seeing his cousin's actions, Peng Xin felt relieved, knowing that he should be fine this time, so he followed her to please her.
"Madam, where are we going?" The maid suddenly panicked when she saw that her madam not only collected the money, but also picked out the jade inlaid on the bed.
"Run!" The beautiful concubine stuffed the jade into the bag and explained while looking around at the valuable things.
"But Master..." The maid was shocked by her words.
"I'm just his concubine. I didn't go to the government to sign a contract. If I run away and spend money to get a household registration, there's nothing to be afraid of." As the beautiful concubine spoke, her men did not forget to remove the silver beads on the candlestick. I picked it off.
This bead also has some weight!