The Ning family had such a big scandal, it should have been covered up and dealt with privately, but the second master Ning was an ignorant idiot, in order to fight for the family property, he wanted to let everyone know about it.

Before dawn, the mansion was already full of turmoil. Fortunately, the old lady was still in good health, and when she learned about this, she immediately sealed the mansion to prevent the news from leaking out.

Fan Yuan was awakened by someone in a daze, the bed beside him was still warm, but the person had disappeared, feeling a little disappointed, thinking that the matter here should be settled as soon as possible, so as not to waste time and thought.

Seeing that his expression was uneasy, Mrs. Xu thought that he was angry at getting up, and drove the maidservant out, and personally took the clothes to put on him, "You little slob, something big happened in the house, but you sleep better than anyone else!" It's all good, just don't doze off when you meet the old lady."

While getting dressed, Fan Yuan asked, "What happened in the mansion? It disturbed people's dreams early in the morning."

Mrs. Xu looked around and made sure there was no one there, so she whispered into his ear and asked, "Tell mother first, what did Ning Zhe do to you when he asked you to go to the ancestral hall yesterday?"

Fan Yuan heard her call Ning Zhe by his first name for the first time, knowing that she had completely given up on that man, he was satisfied, and said with a smile: "I didn't see my father at all yesterday, so what can he do to me. "

Xu asked in confusion, "You didn't go to the ancestral hall yesterday?"

Fan Yuan shook his head and said sincerely: "Father summoned me, how dare I not go, but last night the wind blew out my lantern, and the small bamboo forest was really confusing, and I couldn't find my way after wandering around for a long time, then I vaguely heard a woman crying The sound, the child was frightened and came back first."

After hearing the words, Mrs. Xu was filled with emotions, and said: "It must be the Buddha's manifestation. I, Qi'er, escaped the catastrophe again. I must go to Puji Temple to kowtow to the Buddha as my mother someday."

Speaking of bowing to the west three times, Fan Yuan waited for her to finish before asking curiously: "What happened, could it be that something happened in the ancestral hall last night? Father, he..."

Mrs. Xu tidied his clothes, and said angrily: "You don't have to call his father anymore. How can such a beast have the qualifications to hang out with his slaves in the ancestral hall in the middle of the night, even his own daughter. I called you over yesterday. , who knows what kind of intentions you have! How shameless! Fortunately, my son is blessed by the Buddha, so he didn't run into those dirty things!"

Fan Yuan pretended to be shocked, and asked in disbelief: "Mother said... a gangster, could it be..."

Mrs. Xu shook her head, touched his face and said: "Mother doesn't want these things to stain your ears, but I just don't want you to be deceived by that beast in clothes again, and you don't have to bother to please him in the future. Let's live a good life. .”

Fan Yuan nodded dumbly, as if he hadn't recovered yet, Xu's heart ached, and he said with red eyes: "The old lady sent someone to invite the family members of the house to come over, probably to deal with Ning Zhe publicly, you pack up and go with your mother." Let's go, our eldest house is planted this time, but fortunately I have a lot of savings in the past, so it is not difficult to take you out of the house to clear the day."

Xu is a servant born in the family and has never seen the world, so naturally she doesn't know her so-called savings. It is difficult to buy a decent house outside, not to mention Fan Yuan's expensive daily medical expenses. For example, when you go outside, you don't need money, a few hundred taels of silver bills, you can't afford a sick medicine jar.

Although he knew that she was thinking too naively, Fan Yuan nodded seriously, "With my mother accompanying me, what's the point of suffering?"

Xu's originally uneasy heart was instantly soothed, as long as his son was by his side, there was nothing to be afraid of.

When the two arrived at the main hall, the crowd was almost full. Mrs. Xu took her son to confess to the old lady. Mrs. Ning only glanced at them, waved her hands and did not speak. That thought made things difficult for them.

Fan Yuan looked at her quietly, and found that her black hair at the temples had turned gray, and she seemed to have aged more than ten years overnight. Her most proud son and most proud granddaughter committed a big crime in front of her ancestors. Wrong, this blow almost broke her. If she hadn't been strong for a lifetime, she wouldn't be sitting on it right now.

Her words and deeds in this life were hard to find fault with, but she was too rigid, so that she had no human touch. In the original owner's sporadic memories, the grandmother she saw would always scold him and criticize him.

"A concubine who dares to walk ahead of his concubine, hurry up and back down!"

"You must always remember that you are different from Siyuan. His mother is the daughter of Shangshu, but you are born of a lowly maidservant. Don't think about what you shouldn't get."

Although her original intention was to avoid disputes between the concubine and the concubine, and to maintain the family inheritance, it was too unfair to Ning Siqi. This child is kind by nature, and she never thought of fighting for anything. Malicious, really innocent.

I only heard her say: "Since everyone is here, let's bring those two unworthy descendants."

Ning Zhe and Ning Xirong stepped in neatly dressed, their expressions were very gloomy, they didn't look as proud as before.

When Mrs. Ning saw her daughter, she couldn't care about anything else, she jumped up and hugged her and said, "My son, who the hell is so cruel to hurt you like this!"

After all, Ning Xirong lived an extra life, and now she has recovered, crying: "Mother, my daughter has ruined her life, and she should have gone to preserve the reputation of the Ning family, but she is really unwilling. Someone drugged my daughter and locked her in the ancestral hall, that's why..."

As she said that, she knelt on the ground crying and said to Mrs. Ning: "The matter has come to an end, Xirong's death is not a pity, I just ask my ancestors to seek justice for me, so that Xirong can die in peace."

Seeing this, Ning Zhe lifted his hem, knelt on the ground upright, and said sonorously: "My child knows best as a mother. I was framed by an adulterer this time. I don't ask for forgiveness from my mother. I just hope that the murderer will be brought to justice and my child will be returned." With a clean body, I can go down and have an account with my ancestors."

Fan Yuan looked at them blankly, knowing that it was a dead end, so how many people should be dragged to the back?It depends on who they want to bite.

Murderous intent flashed in the old lady's eyes, she closed her eyes and said: "You are talking about who made such a vicious scheme to kill your father and daughter."

Ning Xirong looked sideways at Ning Ximin, who was very proud, and said through gritted teeth, "It's Second Uncle and his good daughter Ning Ximin!"

Fan Yuan sneered to himself, if Ning Xirong was smarter and said he did it, the old lady would definitely let him go to the pig cage with them without saying a word.

But it’s not that simple when it comes to the second room. The patriarch and the elders of the clan are all present. Now the Ning family can only rely on the second room to support the bright side. Will agree, so whether it is done by the second room or not, we can only cover up to the end.

Sure enough, the old lady opened her eyes, and there was no emotion in her eyes. It can be seen that she had made a decision, and asked coldly: "You said it was your second uncle and cousin, do you have evidence? Food can be eaten indiscriminately, but words can't be indiscriminate." It is said that reckless climbing and biting is an added crime."

After all, Ning Zhe lived a few years longer than Ning Xirong. Seeing the old lady's behavior, he quickly figured out the joints, and said with a sneer: "It turns out that the love between mother and child for many years is not comparable to the huge family fortune. It's chilling."

The old lady was stunned, her heart ached, she gritted her teeth and refused to look at him, but Second Master Ning said angrily: "Brother, you have done something ugly yourself, I'm afraid it's not good to push it to my younger brother? It was my sister-in-law who went to catch the rape that night. I was just going to join in the fun, and I was surprised to see such a scene."

Ning Ximin listened to her father's words without any logic, and was worried that he would be trapped, so she hurriedly stopped her and said, "Father, you don't have to talk too much with them. Those who clean themselves will clean up themselves. The door of the ancestral hall can only be locked from the inside, and there is no chain button outside. How many times do you need to lock it?" The body of the servant was also inspected, and no drug was drugged, and they are all uncle's confidantes, so why are they framed? There is nothing wrong with accusing them of crimes."

Ning Xirong still wanted to defend herself, but Fan Yuan stood up and looked at the old lady, tremblingly said: "Grandson has something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not."

The old lady waved her hand wearily, and then he said in a moderate voice: "Actually, yesterday afternoon, my father sent someone to communicate and asked my grandson to go to the ancestral hall to talk at night. Because of an accident, I didn't make it. I learned about this from my aunt..."

Before he finished speaking, everyone already understood what a serious matter it was to ask his son to talk to the ancestral hall at night. Thinking of what he saw in the ancestral hall yesterday, they lamented that Ning Zhe was clearly a beast instead of a human being!Not only the daughter, but even the youngest son is unwilling to let go!

Ning Ximin smiled lightly: "Cousin, you keep saying that you were framed by someone. Could it be that someone put a knife against your neck and forced you to go to the ancestral hall? Otherwise, you are a weak woman, what are you doing there late at night?"

Ning Xirong panicked and said incoherently: "No! Ning Siqi is a broken sleeve, Ning Zhe wants to kill Ning Siqi, and let me go to confront him!"

She no longer cared about much, she would rather bear the crime of murdering her younger brother than promiscuously with her own father in the ancestral hall, but Ning Zhe turned pale. Originally, this matter was already a foregone conclusion, but now there is an additional crime of murdering her son. He just wished he could kill Ning Xirong, a mindless person.

Mrs. Xu tightened Fan Yuan's hand, trembling with shock, if Qi'er hadn't been trapped in the bamboo forest last night, and was frightened back by crying, he would have been killed by this father and daughter now!

Fan Yuan patted her hand, and said: "Mother, don't be afraid, the ancestors and patriarchs will definitely seek justice for the child. Because the father and sister suspected that the child had broken sleeves, they wanted to kill him. I don't know if it is too much. It is too vicious to offend the gods, otherwise, why would such absurd things happen, after all, the important place of the ancestral hall is a bit evil."

His indifferent words made the faces of many people present change drastically.

Elderly people believe in these supernatural things the most, and Ning Xirong, a person who has died, is even more convinced. Ning Zhe thinks of the murders he committed in the past, and the door that he couldn't open last night. Cold sweat, the only one who is still calm is Ning Ximin, she glanced at Fan Yuan lightly, and kept silent.

Regardless of the truth, two charges have been established.

Mrs. Ning made a final decision and said: "The eldest son Ning Zhe and the eldest granddaughter Ning Xirong are unkind and unfilial. They violated the taboo of the ancestors and are unforgivable! Nian did his best for the Ning family in the past and left the whole body behind. He will never be buried in the ancestral tomb. .”

Second Master Ning said dissatisfiedly: "Mother, you still have to be removed from the genealogy. He has done such a scandal, shouldn't he be removed?"

Mrs. Ning was dizzy with anger, she gritted her teeth and patted the table and scolded: "If you remove your name from the genealogy, you have to go to the government to issue a certificate. Do you want our Ning family to be the laughing stock of the whole capital and the world?! Our Ning mansion has been passed down for a hundred years, and we can't tolerate it." Dirty, everyone remembers, the master and the eldest lady died of a sudden illness, if there is even the slightest word of rumor, not only your own lives, but also your wealth and wealth are all at your fingertips! Those who used to love Those who chew their tongues should be more careful, even if their hands are stained with blood in old age, the Buddha will not blame him."

She glanced at the patriarch and the elders in the clan, and said in a cold voice: "The Ning family is one body, one prospers and one loses, and if the Ning family collapses, none of you can make it easy. This matter ends here. Go away."

Fan Yuan helped Mrs. Xu out of the house, thinking to himself, although Mrs. Ning was cruel, she still cared about her family. She said that she was executed in secret. Who knows who died? The lives of Ning Zhe and Ning Xirong are at stake. It is saved.

But this is more to his liking, the two who used to be aloof, suddenly fell into the dust, I am afraid that living is more uncomfortable than dying.

It can be regarded as comforting Ning Siqi's spirit in heaven.

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