Lonely non-good minister

Chapter 74 The Helpless Mu Wantang
Song Yuan nodded and sneaked out quietly.

She rushed all the way, and finally arrived when Mrs. Hou's carriage was about to arrive at the gate of the Hou Mansion. After finding a hiding place, Song Yuan stopped and carefully observed the surroundings.

There were not many guards in front of the Hou's mansion, and the pedestrians on the road were even less pitiful. There were not many here and there. Madam Hou's carriage stopped slowly. Four maids surrounded the carriage and carefully waited for Mrs. Hou to get off the carriage.

Song Yuan indifferently raised his bow and crossbow to aim at Madam Hou, remembering her face when she threatened him, he pressed the wooden button without hesitation, with a sound of 'swish', the crossbow pierced through the maid at a tricky angle, and shot through Hou unexpectedly. Madam's neck, her mother-in-law and maids were stunned for a moment, and they screamed when they saw the spurted blood.

There was a sudden chaos in front of the gate of the Hou Mansion, but Song Yuan did not leave in a hurry. She aimed at the mother-in-law and the maids again, but did not kill them indiscriminately. After hurting them, she shot the last arrow at the plaque of the Hou Mansion , and then he pulled away and left.

As soon as she crossed the alley, a few figures rushed towards her. Song Yuan immediately fought back. After fighting back and forth a few times, he found that the other party was deliberately delaying time. Song Yuan immediately guessed that they were waiting for reinforcements, and did not dare to delay any longer. just go.

But the group of people kept chasing her, no matter where she ran, she could surround a group of people at an extremely fast speed, with such efficiency, there was no other home except Tingwei Mansion.

Song Yuan ran while swearing, and realized that she was surrounded when she realized there was no way to go. She couldn't control anything else. She threw off the people following her and rushed into a shop. As soon as she closed the door, someone passed by outside. Song Yuan heaved a sigh of relief after hearing that the other party had gone away.

"Who are you?" The sudden voice startled Song Yuan, only to find that it was a little girl in plain white filial piety when she turned her head. Her eyes were red and there were tears on her face. She was the only one in the room.

Song Yuan took off the face scarf, and the little girl recognized her immediately: "Ninth Young Master?"

Song Yuan quickly covered her mouth, looked at her carefully for a long time before remembering: "Are you from the Mu family?"

Mu Wantang nodded, pulled her hand down cautiously, nodded to her, and dragged Song Yuan to the back room. The back room was full of cabinets, Mu Wantang opened one, and pulled Song Yuan into it together. .

The space was blocked, so Mu Wantang dared to speak: "It should be safe here."

Song Yuan didn't make a sound, but listened carefully to the movement outside. After a while, someone entered the room. Through the small gap, two people could be seen carefully searching for each cabinet. Seeing them getting closer, Song Yuan His heart also lifted up.

"Don't run." There was a sudden shout from outside, and the two searchers immediately chased after hearing the sound. To cover up, they even closed the door.

Mu Wantang was about to go out immediately, but was held back by Song Yuan. The people in Tingwei Mansion were full of vigilance, and it was hard to guarantee that no one would stay in a place where they could not see. Footsteps leave.

Mu Wantang turned pale with fright. She didn't expect these searchers to have backhands. Song Yuan went to check first, and after confirming that there was no one around, he solemnly thanked Mu Wantang: "Thank you, but why are you dressed like this?"

Mu Wantang's brows and eyes were stained with a touch of sadness: "My father died of illness."

"Sorry." Song Yuan understood that he had mentioned her sadness, but he didn't know how to comfort her.

Mu Wantang burst into tears, and couldn't hold back her pent-up emotions. She began to cry: "My brother has been away from home for two years and has not heard from her. Now that my father is gone, people in the clan are discussing about taking over my family. Business, my mother was unwilling, and fell ill under their repeated accusations."

Orphans and widows are taken away from the family property, then they really can only be manipulated by others.

She was crying so heartbreakingly, Song Yuan couldn't help lowering his voice: "Do you have other brothers and sisters?"

"No more." Mu Wantang wailed, feeling extremely helpless.

Song Yuan was at a loss, so he had to take out the handkerchief and gave it to her: "I am in the law, if there are still males, it is not considered extinct, and the family property cannot be confiscated into the family. It is just that there is no news about your brother, which does not prove that he is not alive."

"But we have no way to prove that he is still alive." Mu Wantang cried really hard.

"It's enough to have someone copy a letter from your brother's family. Just talk about the reason why he can't go home for the time being. Five or six months of correspondence is enough for you to find someone. If you can't find it, five or six months should be enough." You mother and daughter have quietly set up a family business to live."

Mu Wantang was taken aback by Song Yuan's idea, but she stopped crying and nodded after thinking about it carefully.

"Don't tell anyone that you met me." After reminding her again, Song Yuan left.

She hurried back to the palace, but people had already come outside to urge her, saying that the concubine asked Song Yuan to eat with her, and hurriedly changed her clothes, Song Yuan quickly followed.

Shen's food has always been light, and Song Yuan didn't like it very much, but she never raised any objections. When Wang Mama gave her the dishes, she smiled and said: "Young master's spirit is better, I don't know if I'm used to the food in the palace. Imperial food, but I am still used to the food at home."

This is beating himself, Song Yuan immediately smiled and said: "What did mother say? I always like the dishes here most.

"My lord wants to eat, the servant girl will do it later." Mother Wang smiled from ear to ear.

Shen said: "The emperor is getting old, and his temper is also eccentric. If you are accompanying you in the palace, you should pay attention to your words and deeds."

"Mother, don't worry, the child will be careful."

Shen motioned for the maid to bring something: "I see that your clothes are getting too small, so I ordered someone to make two new ones for you. Remember to try them on after dinner to see if they fit."

"Thank you, Concubine Mu." Song Yuan was particularly enthusiastic.

She was still drinking the soup when a flustered old woman came outside. Mother Wang went out when she saw it, and her expression changed after she whispered a few words to the old woman, and she felt uncomfortable when she came in.

Shen frowned displeased: "What happened?"

"Princess, Mrs. Hou of the Marquis of Weiting was killed." Mama Wang said very carefully, for fear that the murderer would hear the same.

Song Yuan put down the bowls and chopsticks with a look of surprise, and Shen Shi was also shocked: "What's going on?"

"Because the imperial concubine was unwell, Mrs. Hou entered the palace to pay her respects. When she came back, she was suddenly shot through the neck by an arrow at the door, and all the maids around her were also injured. Before the doctor arrived, she was out of breath. .” Mother Wang’s voice trembled when she spoke, which showed that she was really frightened.

Shen felt it was incredible, she hesitated for a while and immediately got up, she had to rush to Wei Tinghou's mansion to have a look.

Seeing them leaving in a hurry, Song Yuan also went back to look for Xiao Shen.

With Huo Ying's strength, she must be questioned soon, after all, she is out of the palace today.

(End of this chapter)