The Zhou Mansion was raided, and the officers and soldiers quickly searched each courtyard like bandits. The main courtyard of the Zhou Mansion was also surrounded.

The mourning hall did not stop the officers and soldiers. Except for not overturning the coffin, the entire mourning hall was smashed into a mess.

The ashes of burnt paper were flying, and the contrast between the ashes and the white cloth was so obvious.

Zhou Yu closed his eyes tightly. Even if he experienced it again, he still wanted to rush forward. If he wanted to change, he couldn’t move and had to endure it.

Yang Xi held back her tears with red eyes. She couldn’t cry. She wanted to open her eyes wide and remember everything in front of her. She hugged her son tightly with both hands. The little boy was already crying and gasping for breath.

Ziheng felt hatred in his heart. His grandfather was as important as the sky in Ziheng’s heart, and these people were humiliating his grandfather.

Zhou Yu suddenly kowtowed to the coffin, one after another, which stunned the officers and soldiers who were opening the coffin. It was as if the pause button was pressed in the yard, with only the sound of kowtows.

Yang Xi held back her tears and closed her eyes, experiencing once again the feeling of being pierced by thousands of arrows. How painful it must be for her husband to reincarnate with all his memories. She felt sorry for her husband!

The officers and soldiers looked at each other and saw the bloodstains on the blue bricks. In the end, they did not do anything more excessive.

They knew that Minister Zhou was a good official, but it was precisely because of this that this situation came to this. Too many people hated Minister Zhou, and Lord Xu was just one of them. In this world, good officials don’t live long.

Yang Xi supported her husband. Zhou Yu didn’t care about the pain on his forehead. He only knew that he had preserved his father’s last bit of peace.

Time passed little by little, and Zhou Yu quietly watched everything in front of him. His heart was clearly bleeding, but he had to endure it to avoid having his legs broken again.

All the money and silver of the Zhou family were turned out and compared with the account books. Even the white jade bracelet on the younger sister’s hand was taken away. The officers and soldiers counted and took away everything they could.

The one in charge of the house search today was Xu Chen’s confidant. What was a confidant? Knowing what the master wanted and sharing the master’s worries, Lord Wang collected all the calligraphy and paintings collected by the Zhou family and prepared to send them to the Xu family.

After the Zhou family found nothing to dig up and confirmed that nothing was missing from the register, Lord Wang stood up and cleared his throat, “Lord Xu, out of consideration for our classmate relationship, cannot bear to see the Zhou family suffer. Today, I have a way to help the Zhou family.”

There was silence in response.

Lord Wang was not angry, and said to himself: “Mr. Jiang’s only son loves beauty, and Miss Zhou is about to reach the age of marriage, so why not become Mr. Jiang’s concubine?”

Yang Xi opened her eyes suddenly. This had never happened in her previous life. She knew that Jiang Qiansui was the only son. Jiang Qiansui adopted the descendants of the clan as his offspring. The Emperor trusted Jiang Qiansui. Jiang Qiansui had great power and his only son was even more domineering. How many women had he robbed over the years? It was said that the Jiang family had a pond where they raised crocodiles and fed them with human flesh.

Zhou Yu’s heart skipped a beat. Was it because of his excessive behavior yesterday that what happened today happened?

Lord Wang said happily, “This is a blessing that many people would never be able to obtain.”

Zhou Xiaomei was shaking with anger. She didn’t want it. She would rather die with her father than go to that place where people are eaten!
Zhou Yu lowered his head and said, “We have to send our father back to his ancestral home to observe mourning for three years, so my younger sister doesn’t have that blessing.”

Lord Wang stared at Zhou Yu. Since he didn’t anger Zhou Yu today, he didn’t use any means to plot against Zhou Yu.

Even when Zhou’s daughter was being used as a pretext, Zhou Yu remained calm. Lord Wang narrows his eyes, which showed that he could tolerate this. But it was precisely because he couldn’t let this boy leave.

Yang Xi didn’t wait for Lord Wang’s reply before she realized that Young Master Jiang didn’t like her younger sister. Lord Wang had always been targeting her husband. In his previous life, her husband was provoked and stopped the soldiers, which led to his leg being broken. This time, her husband endured it, so Lord Wang made a fuss about her younger sister.

Lord Wang naturally didn’t want Miss Zhou to have any contact with Young Master Jiang. Even though Young Master Jiang was domineering and cruel, he knew how good Young Master Jiang was to women when he was new. What if the Zhou family turned things around?

Lord Wang thought it was a pity that after Zhou Huai’s death, the descendants of the Zhou family escaped from military household registration. You know, Lord Xu had already arranged a place for them.

Lord Wang frowned when he saw Zhou Yu didn’t move. Zhou Huai had done a lot of good things during his tenure and had a good reputation among the people. Even if the Emperor was angry, he could only order a confiscation of his property!

(End of this chapter)

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T/N How are you liking this novel so far? Isn’t it exciting and very fast paced?