The evil mother-in-law does not whitewash, she only abuses her children

"Close the door tightly and have everyone stand by with hoes and kitchen knives. The guards and servants will be divided into groups of five, each holding a weapon and patrolling along the wall. Report any situation in a timely manner." Tong Huaqiong ordered.

The city is in such chaos now, maybe someone will take advantage of the situation.

A room full of women and children.

We must be alert.

After hearing what Tong Huaqiong said, Gu Dashu and Gu Dahan stood up to allocate and deploy manpower. They divided the servants who guarded the house into two groups. The two brothers led one group each and patrolled the house continuously in the first and second half of the night.

Gu Jingzhe put down his book and went out to help his two brothers assign personnel.

"We also put the kitchen knives and sticks in front of us."

Tong Huaqiong asked everyone to gather in the front hall, and placed the kitchen knife and stick next to them so they could easily reach them.

I'm destined to be unable to sleep tonight.

In the second half of the night, the sound of horse hooves and the collision of equipment could be heard outside.

Tong Huaqiong listened to the noise outside with a stern look on his face.

"I beat you to death."

"You dare to fish in troubled waters? Don't you know whose house you are fishing in?"

Then a wailing sound was heard.

Tong Huaqiong heard Gu Dashu's scolding outside and asked through the window, "What's wrong?"

Su Qing came to report, "Two thieves took advantage of the situation outside to climb over the wall and sneak into our house to steal things, but were caught by the Second Young Master."

"Let's go and take a look."

Su Qing carried the lantern, and Tong Huaqiong brought people to the yard.

Gu Dashu had already ordered his men to tie up the two thieves and throw them to the ground.

"Shopkeeper Tong, please be kind and let us two go. My mother is still waiting for us at home to buy Yuanxiao for her." One of them rolled his eyes and begged for mercy when he saw Tong Huaqiong.

Tong Huaqiong's face was cold. It seemed that these two thieves knew her.

It seems that they had already made preparations, just waiting for everyone to go out to watch the lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and come in to steal things.

Maybe there are accomplices.

Tong Huaqiong said, "Are you trying to use your mother to morally blackmail me? Your mother would rather die than have a son like you."

The thief only begged for mercy.

Tong Huaqiong asked, "Besides you two, who else is your accomplice?"

The older thief suddenly smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Tong let us go, so I told you."

Tong Huaqiong waved a stick at the other person and said, "You're still putting forward conditions for me, are you worthy?"

The thief screamed in pain from being hit by the stick.

The younger thief shuddered.

Tong Huaqiong said, "I'm annoyed by these noisy people. I've already given them a chance to keep quiet. I'll pour a basin of water on each of them, tie them up tightly, and throw them in the snow. I'll send them to the authorities tomorrow."

Both of them shuddered.

It's freezing cold, and if you are splashed with cold water and thrown into the snow, you will be frozen into icicles. Will you still be alive?

"We recruit."

"We recruit."

The thief who had just tried to negotiate with Tong Huaqiong said, "We are under the orders of the owner of Dongfeng Pavilion."

Dongfeng Pavilion?

It was once the largest department store in Shengjing, but since Jufulai opened, Dongfeng Pavilion has had to take second place.

Tong Huaqiong thought that Dongfeng Pavilion was magnanimous and had not caused any trouble for Jufulai in its long operation. It seems that she was wrong.

It’s not that we don’t want to create obstacles, but even if we create obstacles in business, it can’t stop Jufulai’s aggressive momentum.

Only despicable means can be used.

According to the confession of the two men, they took the two hundred taels of silver from Dongfang Pavilion and took the opportunity to sneak into Tong Huaqiong's home and either raped the women or kidnapped Tong Huaqiong.

Gu Dahan, Gu Dashu and Gu Jingzhe were furious, and the three brothers kicked the two thieves in the face together.

Kicked the two of them into pig heads.

The two thieves regretted it deeply. They were careless and thought that Tong Huaqiong came from Ningcheng and did not know how to restrain herself in Shengjing, so she offended Dongfeng Pavilion.

It was easy for them to teach them a lesson.

Besides, it is said that Prince Ning is behind Dongfeng Pavilion.

Thinking of this, the older thief said, "Manager Tong, Prince Ning is behind Dongfeng Pavilion. It would be better for both of us if you let us go. It would be of no benefit to you to offend Prince Ning."

Behind Dongfeng Pavilion is King Ning, and they work for the manager of Dongfeng Pavilion.

Tong Huaqiong wanted to laugh. How did they replace him with someone who was King Ning?

Such stupid people were exposed. If King Ning knew about it, he would be the first to kill them.

Tong Huaqiong ordered someone to pour a basin of cold water on it.

"Manager Tong...you...didn't keep your promise..."

The two of them thought they could threaten Prince Ning, but they didn't expect Tong Huaqiong to not buy it at all.

The two of them were shivering with cold, as if the top of their heads were broken.

Tong Huaqiong said, "You're all in my hands, and you still want me to keep my promise? How can you be so naive?"

After saying this, he ordered his men to drag the two men into the woodshed and lock them up, and told the housekeeper to keep them alive and take them to the government office after the situation outside calmed down.

As for the owner of Dongfeng Pavilion, Tong Huaqiong will not let him go.

However, it was not a complete loss to unexpectedly learn that the backer of Dongfeng Pavilion was Prince Ning.

I don’t know if the prince who rebelled tonight is Prince Ning.

He Chao came to Tong Huaqiong and said with a cold face: "Boss, I will handle the matter of Dongfeng Pavilion."

Tong Huaqiong nodded.

Being able to come up with such a bad trick, Dongfeng Pavilion is not even worthy of being compared with Jufulai.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you. Eat up Dongfeng Pavilion if necessary."

Since Dongfeng Pavilion is unkind, don't blame her for being unjust. Let Dongfeng Pavilion disappear completely in Shengjing.

"Fortunately, we went to bed late tonight, otherwise our house would have been robbed." Liu Yue'e looked scared.

Chen Sufen said with a pale face, "We haven't offended Dongfeng Pavilion, so why are they so mean? From now on, I have to be careful when communicating with chefs from other pastry shops. We compete fairly and justly, but they may not necessarily be."

After dealing with the thief, everyone returned to the house.

It was already midnight and no one was sleepy at all.

At midnight, the wind blew and snow fell. Even though two more pots of charcoal were lit in the house, it still couldn't keep away the cold.

Tong Huaqiong looked at the group and always felt like someone was missing.

Thinking of this, Tong Huaqiong asked, "Is there someone missing in our family?"

Everyone looked at each other, and finally Gu Xiaoxue exclaimed, "Aunt and uncle are not here?"

ha?

Everyone automatically ignored Gu Honglian and Fan Tong.

Even when they were watching the lanterns at night, they forgot to call Gu Honglian and Fan Tong.

Gu Baishuang said, "Have my aunt and uncle gone to bed?"

At this time, the maid came in and said, "My aunt and my uncle have gone out to enjoy the lanterns and haven't come back yet."

Tong Huaqiong held her forehead with her hand.

Everyone was amazed.

Although everyone dislikes Gu Honglian and hates Fan Tong even more, no one wants them to die.

They don't come back so late and it's so chaotic outside. What if they get accidentally injured or killed?

But it is impossible for us to send people out to look for the two people. Who doesn't value his life? Who is willing to go out at this time?

"How about I go out and take a look?" Gu Dahan said.

Chen Sufen looked nervous.

Tong Huaqiong said, "You can't go out during the cold weather. We don't know what's going on outside, so no one can go out. If we really encounter an extreme situation, who can you protect if you go out?"