Chapter 49: Liao Clan (Part 2)

  The noise outside was incessant, and upon careful listening, it seemed that someone from the mansion said, "It seems they've gone to Qian Xi Hall."

  "The old lady returned and said: 'That is the house where the old lady lives, although the old lady is now recuperating from illness and does not live there, but the things inside are all the best in the mansion.'"

  This old lady knew that the decorations in Qianxi Hall had been passed down for hundreds of years, and those kept by the old lady in two red lacquer cabinets with gold trim were all precious.

  These chaotic parties are indeed purposeful. It can be seen that these people are not some chaotic party but a group of bandits.

  Rong Hua asked, "Could it be that someone in the mansion has brought this about?"

  This old woman has been in the mansion for a long time and still knows some of the secrets of the people inside, "It seems that our mansion doesn't have such a person."

  Just as she was saying this, someone knocked on the door, "Is Miss Ba in?"

  Ronghua was taken aback by this voice.

  The woman beside her immediately said: "How can it be Fourth Aunt?"

  Fourth Auntie knocked on the door again: "Eighth Miss..." Fourth Auntie's voice was hoarse, "Quickly help to save someone."

  Everyone in the house is looking at Ronghua.

  She never thought that her fourth aunt would come knocking on her door with such a change.

  Jinxiu said: "Isn't Fourth Aunt in the small courtyard outside?"

  Yes, the small courtyard of Fourth Aunt's place has caught fire again. Who would have thought that Fourth Aunt would return to the mansion on her own and come looking for her here? Perhaps it was because only her place had lights on? Or did Fourth Aunt intentionally... After all, Yanhua's residence is not far from here.

  Ronghua glanced at the old woman by the window, who understood and quietly opened the window latch to take a peek outside before closing it again and saying, "It's just Fourth Aunt alone."

  It's not that she is overly cautious, but as the person in this house, she can't help but think ahead. As long as Fourth Aunt doesn't have any other ideas, saving people is the most important thing.

  Ronghua said to Zhou Pozi who was guarding the door: "Open the door and let Fourth Aunt enter first before we talk."

  Zhou Po opened the door, and Si Niang rushed in. Everyone was shocked by her appearance. Her hands, cuffs, and collar were all stained with fresh blood, her hair was disheveled, her face was covered with black ash, and her lips were dry and cracked, looking both pitiful and terrifying.

  The old lady closed the door again, and Rong Hua hurried forward to help Si Niang sit down. But unexpectedly, Si Niang's five fingers stretched out and tightly grasped Rong Hua's wrist. "Don't bother with me, Eighth Miss, quickly go save Third Madam," her eyes were extremely sincere. "Just now I met Third Madam outside, but for some reason the family members closed the front door, so I was going to enter through the back door with Third Madam."

  Fourth Aunt hastily said, "But Third Madam walked to the back door and couldn't go any further. The others didn't know where they went, I saw Eighth Miss's side lit up a lamp, so I came over... Time is of the essence, saving people is crucial, Eighth Miss quickly took someone with me to carry Third Madam in."

  "Is Third Aunt injured?"

  Fourth Aunt said: "Third Aunt is pregnant and has been injured with bleeding. I'm afraid it's..."

  It turned out to be just as she had thought. Ronghua's heart sank, and he called a nearby servant girl, "Quickly go to the flower house on the other side to find Madame, tell her about Third Aunt's situation, and Madame will naturally have a way."

  The capital is in chaos, where can I find a good doctor?

  Fourth Aunt pulled hard on Ronghua's arm, "It's too late, you're a girl and don't understand..."

  Ronghua furrowed her brow, these things she really didn't understand. Sixth Aunt thought she was still young and hadn't told her about them. She had only heard a sentence or two when the adults were chatting casually.

  Fourth Aunt said, "There are some things I don't dare to tell you." As she spoke, Fourth Aunt pulled Ronghua aside and used her eyes to signal the surrounding maids and servants to retreat a few steps. Only then did she whisper in Ronghua's ear: "Your Third Aunt and your tenth sister got separated from everyone on the road and encountered bandits again. Your tenth sister...". Fourth Aunt's gaze flickered, "suffered injustice, your Third Aunt didn't dare to speak out, so she secretly slipped in through the back door."

  "Now, with so many maids and aunties in your house, I don't dare say it, but you should put on a set of clothes and find two reliable people to go bring your tenth sister back home first, then have someone go carry your third aunt." Fourth Aunt's eyes flickered. "I'm telling you the truth, it's not for anything else, if I save your third aunt and tenth sister, they will speak up for me in front of the main wife, and I can..." Her face was full of hope and sincerity.

  "Renhua is not in the house, and Huafang is far away. I took a risk to run over... Eighth Miss can't not help, right?"

  Rong Hua's heart softened.

  Who isn't struggling to make a living in the big mansion. When she heard that Fourth Aunt's small courtyard, where she was recuperating from her illness, had caught fire, she couldn't help but think of the fear and helplessness she felt when Eldest Mistress had locked her in the house back then.

  Ronghua turned her head and took a look at Mugen. If what the fourth aunt said was true, and there were not many people she could trust around her, it would be hard to avoid bringing Mugen and Jinxiu into danger.

  Ronghua said, "Fourth Auntie, wait a minute, I'll go get some clothes for Tenth Sister." Fourth Auntie's words shouldn't be false. If nothing special had happened, how could Third Aunt have brought Tenth Sister in through the back door?

  A girl's reputation is the most important thing. Even if she hasn't really suffered a loss, being seen in a disheveled state by others will spread rumors and which family would be willing to come propose marriage then?

  Ronghua called over Jinxiu and said a few words to her. At first, Jinxiu shook her head in refusal, but after Ronghua persuaded her for a bit longer, she reluctantly nodded in agreement.

  Rong Hua let Mu Jin enter the house to fetch some clothes, and also called two rough servant women together. Fourth Aunt thought Rong Hua was about to leave, but unexpectedly Rong Hua asked in front of everyone, "Fourth Aunt, where is Third Aunt roughly? Please tell me, there are some places a girl from a good family can't go to."

  Fourth Aunt was taken aback, she didn't expect Eighth Miss to be so cautious.

  Fourth Aunt said: "We've already entered the mansion, we just need to go and bring Third Madam over."

  Ronghua nodded and let another old woman go: "Go find the family members, wasn't someone just passing by from this side?"

  The old woman said: "I heard it clearly, that's my nephew, with a few strokes of strength."

  Just now when this old woman was bragging about her nephew, Rong Hua happened to hear it. "Please ask him to come over and help."

  They cautiously led everyone out of the house.

  Fourth Aunt led the way forward, while Ronghua kept turning back to look around. She asked Jinxiu to find a servant to inform Madame Wang, as this was her domain and she couldn't be left out of such matters.

  Ronghua originally wanted to wait for her family members to come over and go together, after all, there were thieves in the mansion, she had to be careful, and couldn't save others but end up getting herself involved.

  But then a cry was heard not far away, "Mother, mother..." Rong Hua didn't care about anything else and hurried forward, the wooden stick beside her also followed. Fourth Aunt stopped the two women behind, "I and Eighth Miss will go first to see what's going on, if we need you later, we'll call for you."

  Ronghua walked a few steps forward, turned around the fake mountain and took a look. Sure enough, she saw a woman sitting on the ground with her hands covering her belly. Next to her was a 12 or 13-year-old girl whose clothes were torn and tattered, wearing an oversized outer garment, leaning against the woman and crying incessantly.

  Next to the woman was another lady, who although also disheveled, had bright eyes that shone with a calm air, and Ronghua guessed she must be Madame Anguo.

  Rong Hua called out, "Third Aunt." The woman sitting on the ground immediately looked over with surprise and delight.

  It's indeed Liao's family.

  Rong Hua hastily walked over, and before he could ask about Liao's situation, he heard a male voice say: "This one is quite pretty, even if there are more, we can't take them away. Why not just take this one... and get rid of the others to make things easier."

  Ronghua was startled and looked back, but Fourth Aunt had disappeared somewhere, and those two women hadn't followed either.

  Could it be that Fourth Aunt intentionally led her out...

  Suddenly, two men jumped out and, without saying a word, brandished a large knife and hacked at the lady beside Liao.

  Rong Hua was terrified, with a hint of fear in his heart, which made him even colder. Listening to the two thieves' intentions, everyone present would not have a good outcome. Rather than waiting for death, it's better to fight with all one's might. So he steeled himself and rushed over to collide with the thief who was chopping people with a knife.

  "Come quickly, there's a thief here, come and save us!"

  The thief was knocked down and immediately became enraged, ignoring everything else and came to chop with a knife. Just as the knife was about to fall on Rong Hua's body, someone jumped out and blocked it with a long stick.

  Finally, family members rushed over.

  Two thieves saw that only one person had come, so they were not afraid either. They brandished their weapons and came forward. The wife's nephew, called Ma Si'er, was usually honest and had a strong physique. Although he didn't know any martial arts, he just swung his stick wildly and didn't let the two thieves take advantage of him.

  With all this commotion, those two women also came over, but the fourth aunt still hadn't appeared.

  Ronghua couldn't care about these anymore, and hurriedly called two servant girls, "Quickly support Madame and Third Madame." Mugui was already on the side, scared stiff, Ronghua also let Mugui put clothes on Miss Ten, and supported Miss Ten to hastily flee forward.

  They hadn't gone far when Ma Si'er let out a grunt. When Rong Hua stopped to look, one of the thieves had managed to break free and was now chasing after them.

  That thief rushed straight to Rong Hua's face, and Rong Hua's entire body seemed to have frozen in blood, his two legs stuck as if they couldn't move another step.

  The wind is as sharp as a knife.

  When they were young, Shu Hua, Yao Hua and she, Yan Hua all picked cherries to eat here.

  The big wife, the first aunt, the second aunt and the fourth aunt were watching them from the side.

  Soft cherry, you one and I one, she can't understand anything else, only feels that family members are close to each other.

  It's been several years, and it has become like this.

  Suddenly felt an unspeakable sorrow.

  A sword came out of nowhere and flew straight into the bandit's chest, and someone else followed up with a slash to the bandit's neck, blood spurted out and landed on Rong Hua's face.

  The thief fell to the ground, and Rong Hua saw a man. The man's slender eyes seemed to have a metallic chill, his handsome face was carved with clear features like an axe, and his thin lips were pursed, exuding an air of authority without anger.

  Rong Hua stretched out his hand and wiped away the bloodstains on his face.

  The man narrowed his eyes slightly, as if sizing her up.

  The man was late for one chapter, don't mind ahahahaha.

  To write about this man is easy for me. Today I went to grandma's house for dinner, after the fifth day of Lunar New Year, it's already over, haha!