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But after a while, they realized that Gong Yi had a strange habit. One day, the kitchen maid told Madam Huang that there were always fewer eggs, and every few days, there would be two less. Madam Huang was amused. With such a large clan in the Huang Family, losing a few eggs was not a big deal.

The cook stopped talking about it.

A few days later, Madam Huang came to Huang Chang's bedroom in the morning to see him. She saw Huang Chang, who had just woken up, leaning on the headboard, with an egg in his mouth.

It seemed like Huang Chang had snuck into the kitchen to steal eggs. When Madam Huang found the kitchen staff members, he told them that it was not a big deal for Huang Chang to steal the eggs, but the kitchen staff seemed to want to say something but hesitated.

Mrs. Huang realized that the cook knew something, so she asked the cook.

The kitchen maid told the wife that the Young Noble did not steal the egg, but that it was Gong Yi who had stolen it. gave Huang Chang an egg to eat. This was not a big deal, why was it so secretive?

After a few days, she woke up a lot earlier. As soon as the sky brightened, she went to Huang Chang's bedroom and sneakily peeked in when she heard movement inside. As expected, Gong Yi took out an egg and gave it to Huang Chang. Then, Madam Huang saw Gong Yi's body leaned to her side, and his mouth also bulged. Huang Chang raised his neck, following Gong Yi's example.

The Madam suddenly understood that Huang Chang was imitating Gong Yi and eating eggs. The Madam immediately went closer to take a closer look and saw that Gong Yi's mouth was slowly swallowing the egg. The protrusion on her neck was the look of an egg slowly sliding down. Huang Chang was the same.

The Countess was puzzled. Why does an egg have to be eaten in such a way? After a while, Gong Yi and Huang Chang's throat simultaneously spasmed a few times, and their mouths spat out shriveled eggshells.

Seeing this, Madam Huang's heart skipped a beat. Not daring to disturb the two, he hurriedly returned to his bedroom and told them what had happened outside.

After listening to the conversation, the staff member was puzzled. This method of eating eggs was similar to a snake eating eggs. He then recalled that it had been a long time since he had a rat disease at home. Calculating the time, it was after Gong Yi arrived at the Huang Family, the number of mice lessened.

The couple shuddered at the thought. Could it be that Gong Yi had ill intentions towards Huang Chang? Ministry Councillor Huang thought back carefully. In his entire life, he had never done anything against the heavens and earth, nor had he committed any crimes against anyone. It was truly difficult to understand.

The Madam was afraid and suggested to send Gong Yi away. That day, Gong Yi's family came over to ask for him, how could they account for it? Furthermore, Gong Yi took care of Huang Chang extremely well, and there was nothing excessive about it normally.

The two of them discussed for a while. There was nothing they could do, they could only continue to defend themselves. It seemed that it wasn't just Gong Yi teaching him to eat eggs for a day or two, and he didn't run into any trouble. I might as well leave it for now.

The matter of Gong Yi eating the eggs caused Huang Family to become curious for a while. In the end, it became a public matter and gradually, no one thought that it was strange. Under Madam's instructions, the kitchen lady would just give Gong Yi two eggs every two days. Gong Yi also did not mind, as she was usually more considerate in taking care of Huang Chang.

The two got close to each other. When Huang Chang did not see him for a day, they would cause a ruckus at home. Furthermore, Gong Yi seemed to have been born into a poor family, and was very sensible since he was young.

In a flash, Huang Chang turned sixteen and still looked stupid. Zhou Dong had never come back to him. Ministry Councillor Huang and Madam Xiao were already past their prime and did not have much hope for their son's mental state. They only hoped that after the two elders passed away, Gong Yi would be able to take care of Huang Chang for the rest of his life. The two elders had already secretly planned to leave their assets to Gong Yi.

It was just that he did not expect the heavens to be so unpredictable. Ministry Councillor Huang had been safe for a lifetime, and once he became old, he encountered the greatest calamity.

Bandits.

There are many hills and fields in Fujian Province, and there have always been bandits. It was just that they rarely disturbed the Sword Arts, but in the past few years, natural disasters had occurred frequently, and either tornadoes or great drought had occurred. The mountain bandits who had disappeared for many years had now found traces of them, and this time, the mountain bandits had already spread word that they were going to deal with the Sword Arts' Huang Family. Let Huang Family prepare silver and grain as soon as possible, in case it would harm their relationship.

Indeed, two months later, a man came to Huang Family and walked into the courtyard. He indicated that he wanted to meet the Ministry Councillor Huang, and the Ministry Councillor Huang immediately came out to receive him. That man said that he was the strategist of the leader of a mountain conspiracy, and wanted to borrow five hundred silver taels from the member. Otherwise, he would bring his brothers down the mountain to personally ask for money. With that, he swaggered away.

Ministry Councillor Huang watched as the man left. He knew that the bandits were threatening him and there was no room for negotiation. In the next few days, Ministry Councillor Huang became anxious. Although he was a rich man, he only collected rent every year. He was not a seller, and his family did not have enough silver.

The Ministry Councillor Huang could only go to the Sword City to report to the officials. However, the sword port was in a remote location, so the officials of the Palace did not have the ability to send people to protect the Huang Family. Ministry Councillor Huang was helpless. He suddenly thought of the Zhou Shi Wu father and son, and went to visit the Zhou Family. However, when he arrived at Wu Lane, he found that the Zhou Family had moved. The great locust tree in the courtyard had already withered and died. After inquiring about the neighborhood, it was said that the Zhou father and son had moved back to Shaanxi Province. No news.