sbdcsierra Chapter 110 Madam Zhuo
Chapter 110 Madam Zhuo
The courtyard is large and deep, quiet and elegant, with willows and flowers along the steps, scattered rockery, bright windows and clean tables, spotless even under the sunlight. The spring scenery in the garden is attractive, the birds are singing, and in the clear pond, a few koi are swimming leisurely.
Mu Liang followed his servants into a small courtyard dotted with flowers. From afar, he saw a dignified and kind old woman with white hair sitting under a tree in the courtyard. The sunlight penetrated the gaps between the tender leaves and sprinkled on her body like golden rays, adding a sense of peace to her.
The old woman also noticed Mu Liang entering the courtyard. She was so excited that she almost cried when she suddenly received a letter from her niece who she hadn't contacted for a long time. After reading the letter, she realized that her niece hadn't contacted her for these years because she was not in good health and didn't want to make her worry. She couldn't help but sigh that this child was still so worrying. Because she had read her niece's letter in advance, she mistakenly thought that Mu Liang was her niece's son, the young master of the Jiangnan family named Li, Li Yunye.
He looks handsome and presentable, but I remember that Dai'er's child was not very old, only in his early twenties, but why does this face look a little... old?
"Junior Mu Liang greets Old Madam Zhuo. Long live the old lady!"
The old woman was staring at Mu Liang and wondering in her heart, but when she saw Mu Liang opening his mouth to greet her, she privately blamed herself for having recognized the wrong person due to her old eyesight, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"So it's the famous Li's shopkeeper Mu from Jiangnan!" Old Madam Zhuo kindly asked Mu Liang to sit in front of her, and asked the maid beside her to serve tea. Then she narrowed her eyes and continued to smile softly, "Our Zhuo family's housekeeper often goes to your cloth shop. He even praised Mu's friendliness, generosity and courtesy in front of me!"
"Butler Zhuo, you are too kind." Mu Liang lowered his head modestly and said with a smile.
"I think what Butler Zhuo said is absolutely right!" Old Madam Zhuo was very happy to see Mu Liang being so humble, polite, calm and down-to-earth. She remembered that her niece mentioned in a letter ten years ago that her husband had picked up a well-behaved and sensible adopted son, who was Mu Liang.
"Thank you, Madam, for your kindness." Mu Liang quickly bowed slightly to Madam Zhuo and said with a warm smile.
"My niece wrote to say that her son Li Yunye has also come to the capital. Why can't I see him today?" Old Lady Zhuo smiled and continued to ask.
It would have been better if he hadn't asked. As soon as he asked, Mu Liang immediately frowned and sighed.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Seeing Mu Liang looking distressed, Old Madam Zhuo asked hurriedly.
Seeing that Old Madam Zhuo took the initiative to ask, Mu Liang told Old Madam Zhuo everything that had happened to the famous Li from Jiangnan in the past month.
Old Madam Zhuo was frightened just by listening to Mu Liang's story. She gripped the armrests of the chair tightly, as if she wanted to crush them, her eyes full of fear and worry.
Old Madam Zhuo couldn't help but worry when she heard that her nephew Li Yunye went to Xiyue Country alone to buy dyes. Her lips trembled slightly, and her voice was filled with fear. She couldn't help but complain to Mu Liang: "Manager Mu, how could you let that child go to Xiyue Country alone? What if he encounters danger? That child is the lifeblood of my niece. She only has this one son. If something happens to him outside, it will cost his mother's life!"
Mu Liang lowered his head and said nothing. He knew he had done something wrong. The situation was urgent and Yun Ye insisted on going. He also wanted to let his brother get some exercise, but he really did not consider his adoptive father and mother.
Mu Liang, who was already feeling guilty, felt even more guilty when he heard Old Madam Zhuo sobbing and wiping her tears.
Mu Liang waited until he had calmed down Madam Zhuo before leaving the Zhuo residence. Then a sedan stopped in front of the Zhuo residence. Outside the sedan, Housekeeper Zhuo watched Mu Liang's departing figure from afar and couldn't help muttering, "Isn't that the shopkeeper Mu from the famous Li family in Jiangnan? What is he doing in the Zhuo residence?"
Although the Zhuo family was also an old customer of the famous Li family in Jiangnan, the cloth that the Zhuo family needed was always picked up by Zhuo himself or by his maids. He never asked them to deliver it to the door personally. After all, his master did not like businessmen.
"Didn't I tell you not to bring these businessmen into the mansion at will?" Perhaps hearing what Butler Zhuo said, a low and displeased male voice came from the sedan chair.
"Master, I have always kept your words in mind. Today, I did not call Manager Mu here." Butler Zhuo said with a wry smile towards the sedan chair with a look of grievance.
A light sigh came from the sedan chair, and then the curtain was lifted, and a tall figure in purple official uniform walked quickly into Zhuo's mansion.
Within a few days, Jiangnan Mingli's cloth shop gradually stocked new materials for early spring, which finally calmed the customers' restless hearts. The rumors that were spreading like wildfire were also refuted. The crisis of Jiangnan Mingli was temporarily resolved, and it only needed to replenish dyes in the future to ensure sufficient supply.
After receiving the new materials and the letter from his adoptive father that were delivered overnight, Mu Liang finally felt relieved. However, his adoptive father's earnest teachings in the letter and his implicit concern for his brother Yunye made him feel deeply guilty. His worries about Yunye deepened day by day, and his mood became heavier.
The next day, Mu Liang learned that the prefect of the capital city had sent people to arrest a group of rumormongers in the city. After interrogation, they unexpectedly uncovered a terrifying organization that specialized in robbing, killing and robbing. This incident shocked the entire Liangdu, and even the emperor in the palace was furious. He immediately issued an order to arrest the criminals and eradicate them to uphold the law.
This matter happened so fast that Mu Liang did not think it was a coincidence. The only people he could think of were Old Madam Zhuo and her son, Imperial Censor Zhuo Yanzheng.
Zhao Changhe and the bandits from Yanjiaopo waited for several days in Mocheng for Li Yunye but he never saw him. Just when he was beginning to get suspicious, he learned that the famous Jiangnan man named Li had safely survived the crisis, and the organization he had spent most of his savings to find was wiped out by the government. He was so angry that he spit out blood.
After months of planning and scheming, and spending all his family wealth, he ended up with nothing. He hated it. He hated the famous Li from Jiangnan, hated Li Xingyuan, and hated God for being unfair to him. He worked hard for most of his life, but in the end he ended up alone and adrift. He really couldn't understand why God would protect the enemy who had destroyed his family!