Chapter 666: Mei's Death (1)

Not long after, the servant who was sent to follow Mrs. Du came back and reported what he saw to the old lady and several masters.

When they heard that the Du family was taken to Bishui Villa by Huo Yuan, everyone present was shocked.

Everyone in the capital knew Huo Yuan's "Bishui Villa," which was once the residence of Princess Baoling. After Princess Baoling died, the husband sold the house to Huo Yuan. Huo Yuan renovated it and made it beautiful, like a fairyland on earth. Huo Yuan had invited guests there several times. According to those who had been to Bishui Villa, the scenery of Bishui Villa was not as good as the imperial garden of the palace. It was indeed the first mansion in the Great Jin Kingdom.

So far, no one in the Anguo Mansion has had the face to be invited to Bishui Villa as a guest, but they have heard a lot about the scenery of Bishui Villa. Now, when they first heard that the Du family was invited to the Bishui Villa, they were shocked and a little frightened.

"Old Three, didn't you say that Huo Yuan had not been in contact with the Mu family for some time? What's going on?"

Du Yongzhi looked at Du Yongchun, the third master of the Du family, who was sitting next to him with full resentment.

He had asked the third brother to investigate the current relationship between Huo Yuan and the Mu family. As a result, the third brother brought back the news that Huo Yuan had never contacted the Mu family since Caiwei's accident. They also inferred from this that Huo Yuan was also indifferent to the Mu family. Since Mu Caiwei was dead, why did he still have contact with them?

It was precisely because of this that they boldly attacked the Mu family.

A large cloth shop, a snack shop in a prime location, and a large manor with an area of ​​hundreds of acres, these valuable industries had been sealed by the government under their influence and were about to become their family's industries, but such a disturbing thing came out of nowhere.

Du Ruchun couldn't help but feel regretful when he heard his elder brother complaining about him. In his mind, since the girl from the Mu family had fed the tiger, Mr. Huo would never think about a dead person, and her family would be forgotten by him. Therefore, there was no need to bother to investigate the relationship. When his elder brother handed him the matter of investigation, he pretended that he had investigated it and the two families had no relationship. Who would have thought that Huo Yuan was still protecting them?

"Brother, I did investigate it, and the two families really didn't have any contact!"

Although he knew he was wrong, Du Yongchun would never admit it. It was his usual style to evade responsibility. Even if there was solid evidence, he would never admit it. What's more, there was no evidence for today's incident.

"It's useless to say all this now. What should we do now?"

Du Yongbang was thinking about the legendary identity of Huo Yuan, and couldn't help but feel frightened. At the moment, what he hoped most was to make this matter a small matter. The strength of the Thorn Moon Gang was too strong. Even the secret guards sent by the emperor failed to catch them, and even failed to find any trace of them. Therefore, he had to be afraid, not to mention the Concubine Huo.

The whole family was worried. If they let the Mu family go, they would have to return the two shops and a large farm. That was tens of thousands of taels of silver. The income of the Duke of Anguo has been less than the expenditure in recent years. It looks prosperous, but in fact it has been empty. Only the old lady still has some private money. The account of the warehouse has been in deficit a few years ago. The whole family is counting on the Mu family to use their property to ease the financial situation of the family!