I Made a Fortune By Raiding Houses In Ancient Times

Chapter 144 The second lady is mute

“What happened? Why did the ancestral hall become damaged?”

Hearing that there was a fire in the ancestral hall, Ling Mao hurried over with his sons. He saw the wife and several daughters-in-law standing aside, questioning them with a dark face.

However, no one answered his words.

 Seeing the fire getting bigger and bigger, knowing that the fire could no longer be extinguished, Ling Mao's heart became more and more angry, "Who set the ancestral hall on fire?"

Although Ling Mao has been demoted from his official position by the emperor, he has been in a high position for many years, and his aura is still as strong as before.

Ling Chu raised her eyes and glanced at her grandfather lightly. She was not frightened by his aura, but she didn't want to open her mouth and bear the anger.

But the second lady, perhaps frightened by this momentum, suddenly blurted out, "The ancestral hall was burned down by fire from heaven."

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, the second lady was instantly annoyed, as she accidentally said what she was muttering in her heart.

 But then she was stunned. How did her voice recover?

However, before it was too late, Ling Mao shouted angrily at him, "What did you say?"

Facing the father-in-law's cannibalistic gaze, the second lady trembled in her heart. She subconsciously reached out and pointed at Ling Chu, "It's the eldest girl. The thunder and fire was caused by the eldest girl."

 The second master, Ling Yao, was shocked when he heard what his wife said. From the corner of his eye, he noticed the dark faces of his father and elder brother, and he couldn't help but shout angrily, "Ms. Yang, what are you talking about!"

Ling Yao knew that his wife, like everyone else in the family, was not happy with his niece, but he did not expect that his wife could say such ridiculous things.

The niece is just a bad life, not the great **** of power, how could it cause Leihu to burn the ancestral hall.

Perhaps seeing her husband and children coming, the second lady felt confident, and stimulated by the sarcastic smile on Ling Chu's face, the second lady's courage came back.

"I'm not talking nonsense. It was the madam who called the eldest girl to the ancestral hall and asked her to offer incense to worship her ancestors. But the eldest girl lit three sticks of incense, and all three sticks were suddenly extinguished for no reason as soon as they were lit. The incense was cut off in the middle.

Mrs. Tai asked the eldest girl to kneel down and kowtow to her ancestors again. Unexpectedly, as soon as the eldest girl knelt down on the futon, not only did all the spiritual tablets on the altar table fall over, but there was also a sudden thunder in the sky.

The second time Mrs. Tai asked the eldest girl to kneel down, the ancestral hall was struck by thunder. If the eldest girl had not done something outrageous, the ancestors of the Ling family would not have refused her incense, and the ancestral hall would not have been burned down by thunder and fire. "

Lingchu had been listening silently and did not speak to stop the second lady.

 Because this matter cannot be hidden at all, and there is no need to hide it.

Lingchu waited for the second lady to explain everything clearly, and then quietly used a gag spell on her.

The second lady didn’t know that she couldn’t speak anymore, so she finished telling what happened. At this time, she only felt gloating about the misfortune.

This **** girl will have to shed a layer of skin even if she doesn't die this time.

If she hadn't helped Jin Yiwei to copy out the corrupt Tibetan silver, my father-in-law would not have been fired from his official position by the emperor. Now that the ancestral hall has been burned down again, I don't believe that this disaster star can still be safe.

After hearing what the second lady said, Ling Mao frowned and asked the lady beside him, "Is what Yang said true?"

The wife did not speak, she just nodded silently.

It turned out that she saw Ling Chu contradicting her many times, and without her consent, she proposed to break off the engagement in front of Grandma Wang. The wife felt that she was really disrespectful, so she called her to the ancestral hall.

The purpose is to teach her a lesson in front of the spiritual tablets of her ancestors, and then make her kneel in the ancestral hall to reflect, as a punishment.

Who knew it would lead to such an unreasonable disaster.

Although Mrs. Tai did not say that the thunder and fire was caused by Ling Chu, she could not help but feel suspicious at this time. If she had not called Ling Chu to the ancestral hall, wouldn't there have been a fire?

Ling Mao looked at Ling Chu with complicated eyes, "Sister Chu, what do you have to say?" Ling Mao really didn't like this granddaughter.

He thought that the money was hidden well enough that even the Jin Yiwei couldn't find it.

Unexpectedly, I was slapped hard by this granddaughter who had just returned to Beijing.

Because of the money, he was demoted to a commoner by the emperor and treated as an outcast by the other side.

 His career was ruined in this way.

 It is naturally impossible to say that there is no resentment in my heart.

Ling Chu had not grown up in the mansion since she was a child. Although Ling Zong didn't have much affection for her, he saw that the second wife blamed her for the fire in the ancestral hall, and his wife was silent about it.

Ling Zong couldn't help but frown, "Father, what did you ask Chu Jie'er to say? What my siblings said is just nonsense. Even though Chu Jie'er has a bad fate, she has never done anything wrong. .

It was just a coincidence that the ancestral hall was burned down by thunder and fire. How can we blame Chu Jie'er for this? "

Lingchu was surprised. She really didn't expect that her cheap father would speak up to defend her.

Ling Mao was unmoved and scolded in a cold voice, "You still have rules in your eyes. My father didn't ask you anything. Just stand aside."

Ling Zong frowned. He couldn't contradict his father in public anymore, so he had to secretly wink at Dong, gesturing for her to speak for Ling Chu.

　　However, Mrs. Dong turned a blind eye to his hint, holding the handkerchief in her hands and lowering her eyes in silence.

Ling Chu saw this in his eyes and felt no disturbance in his heart. He raised his head and looked directly at Ling Mao, "Father is right, what the second aunt said is just nonsense.

If the ancestral hall was struck by thunder because the ancestors of the Ling family were dissatisfied, thus attracting punishment from heaven, and the second aunt became mute, was it also a punishment for her bad words and deeds by the ancestors of the Ling family? "

The expression of gloating on the second lady's face froze, and she subconsciously wanted to retort.

However, what frightened her was that she could not speak again.

 Seeing that the second lady opened and closed her mouth for a long time, but there was no sound, everyone couldn't help but be surprised.

Brother and sister Ling Luo and Ling Hui walked quickly to the second lady, pulled her sleeves and shouted, "Mother, mother, what's wrong with you?"

 Seeing their anxious faces, the Second Madam subconsciously wanted to speak to comfort them, but she couldn't make any sound at all.

　At this moment, the faces of everyone present changed.

Ling Mao was so angry that his vision went dark, and he no longer bothered to question Ling Chu, "Everyone should keep their mouths shut about what happened today. If anyone dares to leak a word, get out of the Ling family."

As soon as the Ling Mansion fell, the ancestral hall was destroyed by thunder and fire, and the daughter-in-law became mute. If even the slightest bit of news about this matter spreads, the Ling family will really have no foothold in the capital.

Ling Mao threw up his sleeves and walked away. The wife could only look down and ordered her three sons to clean up the ruins of the ancestral hall by herself, and then hire craftsmen to rebuild the ancestral hall.

The second lady covered her neck with her hands and glared at Ling Chu with resentment. Unexpectedly, she let this disaster escape and became mute herself.

　　　Where is the ticket? Come to the bowl quickly!

Will there be ten monthly passes today?

If not, I will ask again later.

 (End of this chapter)