The back door of Yongning Marquis' Mansion is in the west courtyard.

Upon hearing this, Lin Luoling immediately knew that it was Lan Wanshuang who did not allow Lan Wanyun to enter the back door of Yongning Marquis' Mansion.

There was no other reason. Lan Wanshuang was beaten up by Zhu Jingzhong and must have had injuries on her face. Otherwise, she would not have hidden in the small Buddhist temple and dared not let Chen Yin see her.

Lan Wanshuang would never let her biological sister Lan Wanyun see such a scandal.

Even if she was a biological sister from the same intestines, she couldn't let Lan Wanyun see her being beaten up by Zhu Jingzhong.

Even if she was pretending, Lan Wanshuang had to pretend to be living a decent life in the Yongning Marquis' Mansion so that her sisters would look up to her.

What's more, it is Lan Wanyun who is anxious and angry right now. If Lan Wanshuang leaves her alone for two days, won't Lan Wanyun be even more anxious?

At that time, Lan Wanshuang could also ask for a high amount of gold, doubling the amount she had originally agreed to. After weighing the pros and cons, Lan Wanyun would agree.

The plan was a good one, but little did he know that the five boxes of jewelry were made of brass.

Lin Luoling sneered secretly, nodded and said: "Got it!"

For the next three days, Zhou Jiaoling, filled with hatred, found all kinds of excuses to persuade Zhu Jingzhong.

For three consecutive days, Zhu Jingzhong went to Chunlanyuan and beat Lan Wanshuang up.

Lan Wanshuang was so exhausted that she couldn't even get out of bed. She clutched the quilt and cursed Zhu Jingzhong and Zhou Jiaoling in her heart. She also ordered Nanny Meng to lock the gate of Chunlan Courtyard. No matter how hard Zhu Jingzhong knocked on the door, it could not be opened.

Madam Meng pretended to shed a few tears and shouted, "That bitch must have complained to the Second Master because we didn't repair her window. The Second Master is also a person who doesn't know the severity of the situation. If he continues to beat her like this, I'm afraid the Second Madam will..."

Nanny Meng did not say the rest.

Both the master and the servant knew that if this continued, Lan Wanshuang would probably die.

Rong Shuhua, who was lying in the side room, knew that Lan Wanshuang had been beaten repeatedly. She crossed her legs and swayed back and forth with a look of gloating, thinking: When your son beat me, you didn't try to persuade him. Let you, an old man, also have a taste of what it feels like to be beaten...

Unexpectedly, the next day, Zhu Jingzhong could not knock on the gate of Chunlan Courtyard. In anger, he found an axe from somewhere and chopped at the gate of Chunlan Courtyard again and again, shouting:

"You bastard slaves, you even dare to block me at the door. I think you don't want to live anymore!"

The masters and servants of Chunlan Courtyard were so frightened that they trembled with fear. Lan Wanshuang and Zhu Xianzhi huddled together and heard the sound of an axe hitting the courtyard door, as if the axe was about to hit their heads.

The noise was so loud that when the butler Zhou Quan heard about it, he hurried to report it to the Marquis of Yongning.

Marquis Yongning knew that Zhu Jingzhong was drinking every day, and was afraid that Zhu Jingzhong would cause another death due to his drunkenness, so he took all the servants and went straight to Chunlan Courtyard.

When the gate of Chunlan Courtyard was almost split open, Marquis Yongning tried every possible means to persuade Zhu Jingzhong. He took advantage of Zhu Jingzhong's unpreparedness and teamed up with the housekeeper Zhou Quan to snatch the axe from Zhu Jingzhong's hand. He also persuaded Zhu Jingzhong for a long time, and just reduced Zhu Jingzhong's anger by half.

Unexpectedly, the servant at the gate came to report that Lan Wanyun had arrived.

Zhu Jingzhong's eyes widened, and he immediately shouted, "Lan Wanyun, that dirty woman with a black face and a black heart, is the one who always comes to instigate me. Today, I must chop her up."

Before he could finish his words, Zhu Jingzhong snatched the axe from the butler Zhou Quan and ran towards the mansion gate with his short legs.

Marquis Yongning was also annoyed with Lan Wanyun, but he couldn't let Zhu Jingzhong hack her to death in front of the mansion gate, so he had to call on his butler Zhou Quan and all the servants to chase after her.

Lan Wanyun, who was arguing with a servant in front of the mansion gate, suddenly saw Zhu Jingzhong holding an axe, running towards the gate and threatening to kill her.

Lan Wanyun was so frightened that she lost her soul. She grabbed the old woman who came with her and turned around and ran away.

Lan Wanyun has never run so fast in her life.

After running for two blocks, Lan Wanyun and the old woman slowed down and looked back, only to find that Zhu Jingzhong had not caught up with them.

Lan Wanyun stroked her chest and said, "What kind of fool did Third Sister marry? He chased after my sister-in-law in broad daylight with an axe in hand, and even shouted for her to be beaten and killed. Aren't you afraid that the government will arrest him and bring him to justice?"

The maid sighed and said, "Madam's third sister was a pretentious person before she got married. It was probably her who told the second master of Yongning Marquis's Mansion that we embezzled Lin's goods.

Doesn't Madam know what kind of person the second master of Yongning Marquis's Mansion is? He is definitely a money-grubber.

"If he thought that we got five boxes of gold and he didn't get a penny, wouldn't it be like killing him? Wouldn't he be so angry that he would take an axe and kill us?"

Hearing this, the look on Lan Wanyun's face was uglier than if she had eaten shit.

She said, "Those five boxes are obviously brass, and I didn't lie. If it was gold, would I not give her one box and half a box?

I explained, but Third Sister refused to believe me. What else could I do? You can't ask me to go to Lin's jewelry shop and rob it, right?"

Lan Wanyun said with a worried look, "If we had known earlier that Lin's goods were ordered by Guangshun Marquis's Mansion, we would never have dared to embezzle them even if they were gold. What should we do now?"

Lan Wanyun was telling the truth.

Because Marquis Guangshun's daughter was a virtuous concubine personally appointed by Emperor Deshun, Marquis Guangshun, who had elite troops and generals under his command, had always been stationed in the southern border.

Not to mention them, even Marquis Yongning would not dare to offend such a noble.

After Lan Wanyun was driven out of Yongning Marquis' Mansion by Lan Wanshuang that day, she went to Lin Mansion. She thought that the five boxes of goods were made of brass, and He Jinchun must be feeling guilty, so even if he knew that the goods were lost, he had to give up.

In this way, although she lost money, she could use this as an opportunity to talk to He Jinchun about the escort job offered to her by Wantong Escort Agency in the future.

As a result, she never met He Jinchun at all.

Butler Jiang Feng didn't even let her into the mansion because she said that five boxes of goods that were being transported to the capital had been lost.

Jiang Feng was shocked and asked, "What? What did you say?"

Lan Wanyun thought, what are you shouting so loudly about these brass jewels? Are you trying to blackmail me?

Unexpectedly, Jiang Feng paced back and forth with his sleeves gathered up. After a while, he finally settled his pace and said with drooping eyebrows:

"This is really troublesome. Madam Wan didn't know that the goods were urgent goods ordered by Guangshun Marquis's Mansion and Lin's Jewelry Shop in Beijing.

It's too late to rush it now. If the Guangshun Marquisate makes a fuss, how can our master and his wife dare to bear such a heavy responsibility for you?"

What Jiang Feng said was half true and half false.

The old lady of the Guangshun Marquis's Mansion had just passed away. She had indeed ordered some jewelry to be buried with her from the jewelry shop opened by Lin in the capital, but they were silver and gold jewelry.

Those goods had been delivered to the Guangshun Marquis Mansion long ago. Although the order had been signed before, it did not specify whether they were gold or silver, because Lin's jewelry shop would never sell copper jewelry.

Orders for gold and silver jewelry were distinguished by yellow and white rice paper, so the order from Guangshun Marquis Mansion only included the style and quantity of the jewelry.

Even if Lan Wanyun didn't believe it, Jiang Feng could still take out those lists to scare Lan Wanyun.

Lan Wanyun stood at the door of the Lin Mansion in a daze for a long time before she came back to her senses and turned to ask her personal maid:

"Did I hear it right? Butler Jiang from the Lin Residence said that the goods were ordered by the Guangshun Marquisate?"

The old woman nodded and said, "Madam, you heard it right. That's what Butler Jiang said."

Lan Wanyun didn't believe it, so she went to the private residence and told Wan Lixing about it.

The goldsmith who happened to be nearby heard it and suddenly realized:

"When many high-ranking officials and nobles suddenly died, their descendants would make a batch of copper ornaments and decorate them with gold powder to be buried with the deceased for the sake of face."

Upon hearing this, Lan Wanyun and Wan Lixing fell to the ground.

Because more than ten days ago, they heard from the neighbors that Marquis Guangshun's mother had died of illness, and Marquis Guangshun was guarding the southern border and was unable to return home.

Because of this incident, Emperor Deshun rewarded Marquis Guangshun and Concubine Xian.

Lan Wanyun and Wan Lixing went to the Lin Mansion the next day, wanting to meet Lin Tingxu and He Jinchun. They thought that He Jinchun's father, He Xueyi, was a third-rank official and could more or less talk to the people in Guangshun Marquis' Mansion.

Otherwise, the Guangshun Marquisate would not be able to place orders with Lin’s jewelry shop.

Jiang Feng said, "The master and the mistress fainted when they heard that the goods escorted by Wantong Escort Agency were robbed. Doctor Pang from Rende Hall is still guarding them."

No longer in a good mood, Jiang Feng ordered his men to close the door of the Lin Mansion.

As soon as the door of the mansion was closed, Jiang Feng's sullen face suddenly changed. He asked Yan Jin, who was following him on errands, to go to Yongning Marquis' Mansion in person and report the matter to Lin Luoling secretly.

After listening to Yan Jin's words, Lin Luoling sighed, "Evil cannot flourish without evil, go back and tell Butler Jiang that if Lan Wanyun goes to the Lin residence again,

Just tell her to explain the matter to Marquis Guangshun herself, and if Marquis Guangshun takes it to heart, let her figure it out herself."

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