Traveling through troubled times, he fled with his stepson

"you--"

The man was so angry that he couldn't help himself, but a strong voice came from behind him: "What are you doing making a fuss at the gate?"

"master……"

The butler immediately retracted the anger on his face, turned around and bowed respectfully to Jiang Can.

"Master Jiang, I thought you wouldn't come out, so I was just thinking of coming to your house to ask for someone."

Jiang Can looked unhappy, and the hatred in his eyes seemed to be about to stab Huo Xiuwen, but he said, "Since you have official business, you don't need to report and just go in immediately. Why are you confronting the housekeeper?"

"And you, when the military commander comes, you should notify me no matter if I am in the mourning hall or handling matters. Are you deceiving your superiors and subordinates in doing things now?"

As he said this, he kicked him out.

The butler staggered after being kicked, and then quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Master, I saw you crying in the mourning hall, so I took the initiative and did not report it."

Wei Qiqi stood behind Huo Xiuwen and watched them coldly as they performed at the door. She felt that this world was a huge makeshift troupe, and whoever had acting skills had the talent.

"Alright, since it's the steward's fault, just give him a few slaps of the cane. The steward looks old, so don't beat him too much."

Huo Xiuwen said, without giving Jiang Can a chance to speak, he continued: "Also, Master Jiang looks hurried, so I won't go in. The mansion is full of women, it's not good for me to go in."

Before Jiang Can passed away, his temples quickly turned gray. Although the deceased Jiang Guo was not the only grandson, he had a special status since he was a child.

Jiang Guo's father was born to Jiang Can's first wife. They were deeply in love. If he hadn't died of a sudden illness in middle age, he probably wouldn't have left behind his only son. Jiang Can had many sons and grandchildren, but among them, he only doted on his first wife's son. After his son died young, he only left behind his grandson, who was doted on by him, but died tragically on the execution ground.

How could he not hate him? But no matter how much he hated him, he could never leave any evidence in front of others. The Jiang family could not be hit hard again. As long as they preserved their strength, they would surely be able to make a comeback.

"Who do you want?"

Jiang Can was unable to figure out what the young people in front of him were thinking, nor could he guess who they wanted, so he could only ask questions passively.

"Since you are coming to your Jiang family to ask for it, you must be a member of your Jiang family. It must be the head of the Jiang family who can make the decision."

Huo Xiuwen spoke in a rhythmic manner. He first gave a compliment and then said the rest.

"Jiang Ling, he is involved in some cases in the old files, and I have some questions for him, so I came here to arrest him."

When Jiang Can heard the name Jiang Ling, he couldn't remember who it was for a while, but he didn't want to give up resistance, so he continued, "Old files? The old files are all closed cases. It's not a good idea to arrest people for closed cases now, right?"

"Master Jiang is wrong. If this case is concluded well, we will not be afraid of overturning the verdict. If there is injustice, we need to cooperate to avoid wrongly accusing innocent people."

"Master Jiang, can you release him?"

Huo Xiuwen was clearly going to attack the Jiang family, and no one could find fault with this justifiable reason. But his expression was really rude, and his ruffian look made everyone think that he looked down on the Jiang family.

Jiang Can knew that things were different now, so he suppressed his hatred and asked someone to call Jiang Ling.

"Call Jiang Ling!"

A guard turned around and went in to pass the message, but the butler approached Jiang Can and said to him, "Master, Jiang Ling is your grandson, the seventh in line, and the legitimate son of the Second Master."

Jiang Can still felt a bit disappointed. He had more than 20 to 30 grandchildren born to his four sons, not to mention the grandchildren born to his daughters.

He couldn't remember clearly and didn't seem to have any future.

Jiang Can was thinking about it, and soon someone from Jiang's family came out.

Jiang Can looked at his unfamiliar grandson and said to him gently, "The military commander asked you to cooperate in investigating an old case. You will be released after the case is investigated."

"Don't worry, you'll be out soon. I'm sure the military commander won't make it too difficult for you."

Huo Xiuwen sneered and said nothing.

Jiang Canyuan was just looking for an excuse to go out, so he got on the prepared carriage and left.

Wei Qiqi stood behind him. Huo Xiuwen was quite capable, so it was useless for her to come down. She followed him into the carriage, thinking that Huo Xiuwen could bring Jiang Ling over.

On the carriage.

Jiang Can frowned. He was afraid that what happened today would soon spread throughout Yizhou City. Once it spread, it would have more or less impact on those who supported him.

Jiang Can: "This is not a solution. Tell people not to alarm other people and spread rumors. We can't be the only ones in Yizhou City who are in a panic."

The butler beside him nodded in response.

"Go check on these two people."

The housekeeper was puzzled: "One is Jiang Ling, where is the other one, Master?"

"Behind the man who provoked me today, there is a masked woman. Check her background and identity."

Thinking of that figure, the housekeeper immediately recalled that this was the person the master was going to use to attack. It seemed that the boy had offended the master today, so he was going to attack the boy's beloved.

On the other side, a carriage was rolling forward.

"Jiang Ling, we haven't contacted each other for a long time. Have you ever thought about me?"

After Huo Xiuwen got on the carriage and lowered the door curtain, he hugged Jiang Ling and held him in his arms.

Jiang Ling was suddenly hugged by him and asked tremblingly: "That..."

"It's obvious that you've forgotten me. You took my money and then disowned me. What's the difference between that and disowning me after you put on your pants?"

Huo Xiuwen's analogy made Jiang Ling blush.

"I've spent a fortune to support you. You should have known that Jiguan Mountain had changed its owner. Why didn't you ask for any news about me? I'm so sad that you don't care about me at all."

Although these words were extremely ambiguous, they also confirmed Huo Xiuwen's identity, and Jiang Ling's face suddenly changed.

"Mr. Huo, Mr. Huo..."

"You bad guy finally remembered me."

Having said that, his hands did not stop moving. He pinched Jiang Ling hard, causing tears to well up in his eyes.

"No, I still miss you." Jiang Ling spoke quickly, and then changed the subject: "I didn't know that Mr. Huo came to see me today..."

"I'll find you."

Huo Xiuwen punched Jiang Ling on the shoulder.

Jiang Ling had no choice but to agree.

"Okay, stop being disgusting. If the person you just caught up with sees you like a playboy, they might think you don't care about men or women!"

Huo Xiuwen felt a little disgusted by these words. He just said them in a disgusting way, but he really didn't mean it.

"I didn't come to you today to take back the gold I gave you. Don't worry. Since I can give it to you, I can certainly afford it."

Jiang Ling's face still looked bad. Knowing what he was worried about, Huo Xiuwen gave him a reassurance first.

"It's just that I came here today and still need some information from you."