Xue Pan was naturally grateful and admired Jiao Shun for stepping forward to help the Xue family.

But Xue Datou was not very satisfied with the final result.

No matter what, the Mei family should be allowed to see blood.

It's better to bleed like a river!

Of course, he still didn't have the courage to rush into Mei's house and kill everyone, so he thought about the two kicking methods again.

He originally wanted to do it in the middle of the night, but after the few people around him listened to his idea, they were worried that they would be discovered by the night watchers, so they decided to do it before dawn.

This morning.

In the small hall at the back of the Mei family, Mei Hanlin sat on a chair in disheveled clothes, his eyes filled with dense bloodshot eyes.

He was ill at home and had no news, so it was not until yesterday evening that he learned of the major changes in the morning.

Although I don’t know exactly what happened at that time, I can vaguely guess that it is probably closely related to my impeachment letter!

But……

It was obviously the Jiao thief who was impeached, but why was it that he was imprisoned in the end, and the ones imprisoned were the Minister of Rites and the left and right ministers? The prison was even reopened for this purpose?!

Not because of the age difference, Mei Guangyan might have suspected that Jiao Thief was actually the emperor's illegitimate son raised outside.

The whole night last night, he was tossing and turning, unable to sleep soundly. He was afraid that as soon as he closed his eyes or opened them, he would be captured by the Long Guards and tortured in Zhao Prison.

Early Ming Dynasty!

At five o'clock in the morning, he simply put on a coat and stood up, wandering into the outer living room.

To be honest, he already regretted it now.

If I had known that the emperor's favor and trust in Jiao Shun had reached the point of not distinguishing right from wrong, why would I have bothered to provoke him?

If you quietly arrange your son's marriage, you might be able to borrow Jiao Shun's strength in a roundabout way in the future.

How good it is now...

"master."

Just when I was regretting my mistake, I heard my wife’s concerned voice in my ears.

Mei Guangyan turned his head and saw his wife walking out of the bedroom wearing a small gown and looking at him with a worried expression.

"What's wrong?"

Mei Guangyan had a serious face. His wife knew that it was good to be considerate, but he didn't want his wife to see him looking so weak and helpless.

"or……"

Mrs. Mei stepped forward and poured a cup of tea for her husband, and advised softly: "How about we leave the capital for a while. No matter what official position we have, it is better than staying in the capital..."

"A woman's perspective"

Mei Guangyan interrupted her words with a flick of his sleeves, stood up and said righteously: "******,******? Nowadays, traitors and sycophants are running rampant in the country. It is the time for our generation of scholars to rise up - this has just happened.

When I encountered a setback, I fled the capital in a panic. Who did I, Mei Guangyan, become?!"

Seeing her husband's harsh words, Mrs. Mei immediately lowered her head and did not dare to persuade her any more.

Mei Guangyan then sat back on the chair with an upright look, but at the same time, she secretly complained in her heart. If she had handed over the coupon, she might have managed to leave the capital to avoid trouble.

But now that even the minister is in prison, how can it be so easy for him, the instigator, to escape?

However, even telling his wife about these things would not help. It would be better to hold on to his own image of greatness and uprightness.

Alas~

It would have been nice if I hadn't listened to Chen Tuo's crooked idea. If my reputation was ruined, at most I would be dismissed from office, but now I have waded into this muddy water...

Bump, bump, bump, bump~

I was feeling very worried when I suddenly heard thunderous explosions in the yard, one after another, almost without any pause!

Mei Guangyan and his wife were startled. They hurriedly opened the door and looked outside, only to see gray-white tracks streaking across the morning light, and then groups of flames exploded in the sky above the inner courtyard, shaking people's ears.

Buzzing.

How could someone be setting off firecrackers this early in the morning?

Are you just putting it in your own home?

"not good!"

Before Mei Guangyan could react, Mrs. Mei suddenly grabbed his arm and shouted: "This is for the old lady's house!"

Only then did Mei Guangyan realize it, and regardless of her disheveled appearance, she jumped out and stumbled toward the old lady's house.

Sure enough, the target of those two kicks was Mei's mother's residence. By the time Mei Guangyan arrived, the 'shelling' had stopped, leaving only shredded paper shells on the ground.

"Mother, mother?!"

Mei Guangyan shouted loudly, and just as he was about to rush into the house, he suddenly saw the door curtain lifted, and two maids helped the old lady out of the house. The old lady nodded with satisfaction: "It's okay, this is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

The firecrackers here are much better than those last year.”

Then he asked his son: "When do we eat Yuanxiao?"

Mei Guangyan was speechless for a moment, and at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the stewards in the mansion to immediately find out who the shameless thief was.

At this time, Mrs. Mei also followed her to the courtyard. Seeing that her mother-in-law was fine, her husband was going to catch the thief in a big way, so she grabbed him and suggested in a low voice: "Master, you might as well send someone to ask for the doctor first."

Mei Guangyan thought the same thing. Although her mother seemed to be fine, she should still ask a doctor for treatment just in case.

So I was going to order someone to ask for a doctor.

But before she could speak, she was stopped by Mrs. Mei again: "Sir, what I mean is, why don't we publicize that the old lady was so frightened that she is bedridden now..."

"What nonsense?!"

After hearing this, Mei Guangyan immediately frowned, shook off his wife and scolded: "How dare you curse your mother to be bedridden?!"

"I didn't mean that!"

Mrs. Mei hurriedly defended: "I was thinking that now everyone outside is sympathizing with the Xue family, which makes our family uneasy. If our family also suffered, maybe..."

Mei Hanlin suddenly realized that although this cruel trick was a little unlucky, it was indeed a good opportunity to gain sympathy. After all, in this era where filial piety is the first priority, it would be too mean to scare the elderly with firecrackers.

If it can be found out that it was the Xue family or Jiao Shun who did it, it may not be able to completely change public opinion.

At that moment, he made a final decision: "Then let's do what you want first!"

With that said, he first stepped forward to persuade his mother to go back into the house, and then with great fanfare, ordered someone to call the doctor.

Mrs. Mei was about to follow her, but as soon as she reached the door, she heard her son's voice coming from behind.

"mother."

Mapleson also looked disheveled. He subconsciously glanced at his mother's open coat, and then pretended to be fine and asked, "What happened just now? I was woken up by a fright while I was sleeping."

Mrs. Mei then told her son what had just happened, and told her son that the old lady was pretending to be sick. Finally, she warned: "The old lady is always disobedient, and only you and your father can stop her."

It's okay, since you won't be returning to the academy for the time being, you might as well move here and stay here for a few days."

"this……"

Ma Baosen had a bitter look on his face, but he still reluctantly nodded in agreement, and then he couldn't help but mumbled: "If we want to do it now, the old lady just fell ill, isn't it enough?"

"What did you say?"

"No, it's nothing."

Mapleson sneered, followed his mother into the inner room, and talked with his father, finally persuading the old lady to lie back on the bed.

At this time, the person in charge also came back to report that the firecrackers were piled on the wall and connected with long leads. By the time they found him, the thief had already disappeared.

After hearing this, Mei Hanlin shouted: "A bunch of useless things!"

"Yes, yes."

The manager nodded and bowed in agreement, and then asked cautiously: "Master, do you need to report this matter to Shuntian Mansion or the City Patrol Department?"

"That's natural!"

Mei Hanlin waved his hand and scolded: "Hurry up and send someone to report to the official!"

After the steward took the order, Mei Hanlin was about to check on his mother again when he suddenly heard his son muttering from the side: "How can we report to the official? According to the current situation, at most it will be a nuisance to the people.

I’m afraid that others may not be willing to check it carefully.”

"evil creature!"

Mei Hanlin's eyes widened in anger, and he pointed at his son and was about to curse, but Mrs. Mei scolded him first: "What do you know? Our purpose of reporting to the police is to spread the word. Whether we can catch the person is secondary."

To be honest, Mei Hanlin originally pointed at Shuntian Mansion and City Patrol Division to arrest people - it would be best to catch people from the Xue family or Jiao Shun, and only in this way can he make a comeback against the odds.

Chance.

Hearing the exchange between his wife and son, his heart suddenly became cold, but he couldn't think of any other way, so he could only pretend to be angry and go into the inner room.

Mrs. Mei also quickly followed in.

Ma Baosen smacked his lips behind him and muttered in a low voice: "If you don't do something absolutely, what effect will it have?"
To be continued...