When the wife and the children returned, Xu Hao hurried in from the street.∈♀ Xu Qingtang asked: "How many houses have been destroyed after burning overnight?"

Seeing this, the men surrounded him and were shocked to find that Xu Hao's eyebrows and beard were burnt, and his already short hair was curled, just like those Kunlun slaves in Africa.

Although the third master was embarrassed and even looked ridiculous, people's eyes became respectful one by one.

Xu Hao said, "It's too hot, no one can stand it when it's close. Although I brought my brother who dared to die to put in a wet quilt and rushed in to find someone, unfortunately I couldn't save many of them. The wooden house collapsed too easily. When the fire broke out, I was helpless."

"There is nothing to do." Xu Zengfu sighed, and then said seriously: "Uncle San is cruel. Do you want to live at this time? Do you know that your life is more precious than theirs?"

"Yes." Xu Hao didn't agree with it and dared not refute it on his face.

Xu Song explained to himself: "Dad, my elder brother and I were holding my third brother tightly at that time. How could we watch him rush in and die?"

Xu Hao continued: "About 34 houses were burned, and even the storefronts of the large kitchen were lost. The casualties were not counted, and at least twenty lives were at the same time. After investigation and estimate, the fire was lost from the oil lamps of the grocery store opposite the street. Because of the south wind, the whole street was burned with burning. In addition, the weather was dry, so the fire was fierce and it was impossible to put out the fire as soon as possible. More than a dozen water dragons in our mansion and the Bingmaster were useless. Five thousand people and hundreds of water trucks came to the Forbidden City. The houses were demolished and the houses were formed, which was able to block the fire. If it were not next to the palace, I would never imagine the consequences."

Xu Hai interrupted, "Actually, thanks to the command of the third brother, otherwise everyone would be panicked. Only the third brother could suppress anyone. The trained third-rank officials were like turtle grandsons."

"Okay!" Xu Qingtang nodded and said, "No matter what the outside is, our family will bear the burden of the loss. Look, it's not too much if the wall here cracks, but the wall in the alley behind is poured by water. I'm afraid it will collapse soon and hurt people? Xu Hai, take Ye'er, hurry up and call the craftsman with the butler, and quickly demolish it to be safe."

"Yes!" After Xu Hai agreed, he hurriedly took Xu Ye away.

Xu Qingtang said to Xu Song and Xu Hu again: "You two go to the account office to supervise. You don't have to talk too much about the expenses outside and the rewards of the officers, soldiers, yamen and runners. You don't have to talk too much. Keep a secret and don't make a big account in a mess, without any evidence to check."

At the same time, Xu Zengfu also said to Xu Wen: "You have no choice but to pay attention to the aftermath of the East Mansion. There is no shortage of manpower at home, so clean it up quickly."

Xu Qingtang, Xu Zengfu and Xu Hao had to go to the palace to report to the emperor as soon as possible, and had to socialize civil and military officials, and some yamen had to thank him in person. This time, not only did the Forbidden City come to the Forbidden City, the guards of Shuntian Palace and the city gates, the Military and Horse Office, the Six Divisions, the Governor's Office of the Five Army, the County Office outside the city, the Aristocratic Family Officials in the entire imperial city, the Prince's Mansion, the Prince's Mansion, etc., nearly 100,000 people were alarmed, and the people were large and powerful, so the fire was controlled in just a few hours.

September has arrived in a blink of an eye, and it is already a cool weather. These days, the Duke of England has been busy repairing houses, shaping walls, raising kitchens, and planting trees. Although it was not the Xu family's fault, it suffered a lot of losses. But the aftermath had to be pinched and accepted, in order to calm the matter down as soon as possible and seek peace.

The Xu family made efforts to help the affected families bury coffins, provide pensions for orphans, and build houses. No one does not take it for granted. Money is the original sin.

Of course, good reputation is also accumulated bit by bit. A good reputation is crucial to a family, and good neighborhood relations are equally important, at least it can reduce many unnecessary disputes.

Due to the separation of wives in some affected families, even with the support of the Xu family, it is unlikely that they will live here. They proposed to sell the foundation and take the money to settle elsewhere. Some families were sad and had to change to a new house. Seeing that there was an opportunity, Xu Wen paid for all the white lands of these families. He took them away, but he didn't want to move away, and he took them away for a total of fifteen acres.

Xu Wen asked the craftsmen to circle the walls. The construction project was built to build an east garden. He borrowed tens of thousands of taels of silver from the east and the west. After a full year of busy work, the construction was finally completed.

Zhu Mingmei and Zhu Ruizhu, who were most afraid of during this period, had nothing to do with him, but he got Zhu Mingzhi sick and had a high fever with cold and fever the next day.

Xu Yu, who had just recovered from a serious illness, was not very good at first, but because Zhu Mingzhi was sick, he forgot everything. He accompanied her day and night, handing her tea and medicine, and was busy for more than half a month.

The Central Mansion once again made people tired. If Princess Deqing had any good health, even if she was in poor health, she would never be able to explain to the empress dowager. Fortunately, with Xiangyu's careful treatment, Zhu Mingzhifei was sad and in a good mood, he would be fine. After half a month, he would be fine.

In Yangzhou City, Wu, who was proud in front of others, has lived a comfortable life recently, but his daughter seemed to be extremely worried. She looked through her eyes and looked forward to her father's return. She was so anxious that she was working in the room all day long, but she couldn't get out for a moment, and even the door was locked tightly.

Seeing that his daughter was rude and no one was seen all day long, Wu sometimes became impatient and refused to send food to Lan Gu if he was ineffective in persuading him. However, Shen Lan Gu would rather be hungry all day and not leave his boudoir.

The problem is that there are no servants at home, so it’s fine. The toilet has to be poured out and washed clean, right? Shen Langu waited until midnight and her mother fell asleep. Because Lu Xiong was sleeping late, she waited patiently until the second day of the day. The lights at home were all gone, and the bright moon was like white paintings.

He secretly poured the dirty things into the toilet and flushed the toilet with well water. Lan Gu washed his hands again, but still felt uncomfortable. It was inconvenient to burn the fire, so he could only carry the well water upstairs and barely took a cold shower.

Just as she was about to rest, Lan Gu suddenly remembered that there were a few pieces of clothes drying in the yard behind the kitchen and forgot to collect them. She was worried that the dew would be soaked at night and that there would be no clothes to change tomorrow. Anyway, the people outside were sleeping well, so she went downstairs gently, opened the ear door, and came towards the kitchen.

The kitchen of Shen’s family must be open to the outside, otherwise how can they deliver rice, flour and vegetables inside, but there is also an ear door leading to the inner room, because once there are guests in the front hall, it is easy for women to enter and exit.

Unexpectedly, when Lan Gu walked out of the door, Lu Xiong was not sleeping tonight. When drinking during the day, Liu Yun teased: "You have been living for several days. There is no movement yet? Are you planning to live in someone for the rest of your life? When Lao Shen comes back, your lies will be exposed. How do you want to deal with them? You might as well ask for advice."

At that time, Lu Xiong said, "That girl is not married yet, so I should be more gentle and ask her to fall in love with me. Then I ask the matchmaker to say goodbye and coax Mrs. Shen to marry her to me as the wife of the main wife. When someone arrives at my house, wouldn't she follow me and let her be a concubine? Then you and my family take turns to take turns, wouldn't they both fulfill their wish? Otherwise, I might as well take the mercy. I wouldn't it be a pity for her, Miss Shuxiang, to say, what are our brothers afraid of?"

Although he was so bragging that Lu Xiong didn't dare to act recklessly. He was anxious, afraid of losing face in front of Liu Yun. If Old Shen went home, he would be embarrassed to leave. Therefore, it is better to get the right way without revealing any traces. In short, the Shen family had to accept him. Isn't it good to climb to the Lu family?

He thought about it and couldn't fall asleep. He thought it would be okay to take a strong move, and then he was worried that the Shen family would not obey, so what should he do if he ran to report to the official? He was upset at one point. After blowing out the lights, he was paced around the yard and hesitating what to do.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of the door opening inside, and Lu Xiong heard the sound of footsteps again. He quickly turned around and saw a beautiful woman in Ranran walking into the kitchen.

Lu Xiong saw it clearly in the night. This is called watching the beauty under the moon. The hazy beauty looks even better. Knowing that there are no outsiders in the Shen family, it must be the girl Chen Langu.

"So beautiful!" Lu Xiong was so amazed. No wonder Liu Yun was obsessed with it as if he was possessed by a demon only once. As expected, what he said was true. How many beautiful things he had seen? His wife, Long, was also a beauty, but when the two of them compared it, even the girl's heels were not as good as her.

It is always the best thing that has not been obtained. Lu Xiong, who is as brave as the sky, becomes more beautiful as he looks at it, and loves it more and more. He couldn't help but walk through it step by step, throwing all the interests out of the sky.

He walked behind Chen Langu absent-mindedly, staring at the beautiful back, and for a moment he didn't know how to speak, and stood stupidly.

Lan Gu put away her clothes and was about to go back when she heard the footsteps behind her. She was shocked and turned around quickly. She saw Lu Xiong standing in front of her like a ghost. She was immediately scared and she lowered her head and ran away without saying a word.

Lu Xiong's thoughts were so vivid that he finally met her and let her go for nothing. Wouldn't he missed the opportunity in vain? So he took the lead and blocked his ears and said with a smile: "Miss, I'm going out alone late at night, either an intentional young actor, or a good family."

It was completely the words of the playboy playing the beautiful lady in the play. Lan Gu was so anxious that she was shocked and shouted in panic: "You are so brave and dare to tease a good woman. Get out of here. If you talk nonsense, I will wake up my mother. Look at your face?"

However, Lu Xiong was addicted to it and said with a smile: "The girl scolded me for loving me, and even hit me a few times, the young student would rather do it. It's not right that I just accuse me of teasing you, a girl. I haven't come to your boudoir, but you came out of your own house and happened to meet me. Obviously it's not accidental. Haha! Didn't I boast that with my identity, matching the girl will never be humiliated. Are the girls not satisfied?"

As he said that, he stretched out his arms and wanted to hug him. Chen Langu, who was furious, hurriedly took a two-step back and shouted: "Mother, come quickly, come quickly!"

Lu Xiong was startled, fearing that Wu would start to disturb him. He stepped forward and hugged the beauty with his left hand, pressed her mouth with his right hand, and said with a smile: "Don't let my good deeds be used to make me feel delicious, can't I eat the delicious food that is right?"

With a light lift, he picked up the petite Lan Gu. Lu Xiong walked towards his room happily, determined to succeed tonight.

Lan Gu's mouth was pressed, and her upper body was tightly held in her arms by Lu Xiong. She couldn't help but feel ashamed and angry. She had nowhere to use force on her arms, and she kicked her legs hard.

With a muffled sound, Qiaoqiao hit Lu Xiong's crotch, and Lu Xiong suddenly said in a lost voice: "Ouch!"
Chapter completed!