Maoshan World: The young marshal starts!

Chapter 262 The Jiang Family, Guan Shaoqing Arrives

late at night.

Western Guangdong.

Outside the Jiang family mansion in Taiping Town.

"Come quickly to pick up the bride!"

The matchmaker, leading a joyous wedding procession carrying a large red sedan chair, arrived at the Jiang family's gate and called out anxiously.

Today is the auspicious day for the Jiang family to welcome their new daughter-in-law.

Despite it being the joyous day of the new bride's arrival, the atmosphere in the Jiang family home was incredibly eerie. Apart from the red lanterns hanging throughout the mansion, it was eerily quiet, and there wasn't a single person in sight. There wasn't even a wedding procession at the entrance.

If you look closely, you can clearly see that the entire wedding procession and the matchmaker at the head of the group are looking at the Jiang family mansion with tense or even fearful expressions.

Upon closer examination, one might even discover that the timing of the entire wedding procession is quite unusual. Generally, wedding processions are held early in the morning or during the day, not in the dead of night.

The main reason is the events that have happened to the Jiang family in the past six months and the rumors of ghosts.

The Jiang family was originally one of the most prominent families in Taiping Town, with a long history and a history so rich that at its peak, they even produced a high-ranking official in the capital.

But as the saying goes, nothing lasts forever.

Starting from the previous two generations, the Jiang family began to decline, each generation worse than the last. Today, the family is sparsely populated, and the patriarch of the Jiang family only has one son, who is also a simple-minded and foolish son. As a result, many of the original servants were dismissed by the patriarch of the Jiang family, causing the huge Jiang family mansion to become cold and deserted.

Seeing that they only had this one foolish son, if they didn't continue the family line, the large Jiang family might die out.

So for the past six months, the old man of the Jiang family has been working hard to find a wife for his mentally challenged son so that he can have a son or daughter to carry on the Jiang family line.

The matter started off smoothly.

After all, although Grandpa Jiang's son was simple-minded and the Jiang family had declined somewhat, even a fallen camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how much the Jiang family declined, their assets were still far beyond those of ordinary families.

So after the old man of the Jiang family promised a large sum of money to find a wife, a few days later a respectable woman was found who was willing to marry into the family. However, on the night of the wedding, the bride died mysteriously the very next morning after she entered the Jiang family.

This incident also thrust the Jiang family into the eye of the storm of gossip, making them the subject of much discussion behind the scenes.

When Grandpa Jiang saw that his newlywed wife had passed away, he quickly offered a large sum of money to find a wife for his mentally challenged son. After spending a lot of money, he found a second wife. However, unexpectedly, the second wife died mysteriously in the Jiang family a few days later.

And the story doesn't end there.

After his second wife died mysteriously after marrying into the family.

Grandpa Jiang spent money to buy a new wife from the next town, but she died a few days later.

Now the Jiang family is completely famous, and all sorts of rumors and gossip can't be stopped.

Some say that the Jiang family ancestors did bad deeds in the wax business and this karma has beenfallen on the Jiang family.

Some say that the Jiang family was unclean and attracted evil spirits.

Some people say that the old man of the Jiang family was playing a trick on the surface to find a wife for his mentally challenged son, but in reality he was secretly finding a wife for himself, and he played it too hard and killed his new wife.

Some even went so far as to say that the new bride was killed by the Jiang family father and son together after she entered the family.

In short, after three consecutive wives died.

Rumors were flying about the Jiang family throughout Taiping Town.

But no matter what kind of rumors there are, they all point to one thing in the end—the Jiang family is not clean.

As a result, even the original servants of the Jiang family dared not stay to work in the Jiang family any longer and resigned one after another, making the huge Jiang family look like it was deserted.

"Hurry and send someone to fetch the bride!"

The matchmaker continued calling out, her voice trembling slightly. The eerily quiet Jiang family mansion was unsettling. It was supposed to be a joyous occasion for a wedding, yet the entire mansion was eerily silent except for the red lanterns. Who wouldn't be scared?

"Alright, alright, stop shouting like you're on your deathbed. They're here."

After a long while, a figure walked out of the Jiang family mansion.

"Butler, you've finally arrived! Hurry up and come to pick up the bride. I'll leave now that I've delivered her."

The matchmaker was overjoyed to see the newcomer and quickly began to speak.

Without waiting for the person to speak, he ordered the sedan chair to be lowered and then turned around and left with his men.

The person who came was none other than the Jiang family's steward.

"Hey, hey, hey, the bride hasn't been brought in yet!"

The housekeeper shouted repeatedly upon seeing this, but the matchmaker had already led her people away in a hurry. The atmosphere in the Jiang family was too strange, and they dared not go in again.

"What kind of people are these? Who escorts a bride to the door without even letting her in?" The butler grumbled inwardly, greatly dissatisfied, but there was nothing he could do.

Then, looking at the bright red sedan chair in front of him, the steward was in a dilemma again. Now, apart from him, all the other servants in the Jiang family had already left. He couldn't possibly carry the sedan chair himself, but he couldn't carry it by himself.

Just then, four figures walked towards them from the road in the distance, the one in the lead carrying a Bagua compass, seemingly searching for something.

"Wei, all four of you come here."

Seeing the four stewards, the stewards' eyes lit up and they quickly called out, thinking that the master was urging them to recruit people. Although these four people were of dubious origin, they didn't care. They could be recruited first to deal with the situation and help carry the sedan chair.

"You called us?"

Upon hearing this, the four people raised their heads and walked towards the butler.

"Are you from out of town?"

The butler's eyes lit up again as he heard that the four people's accents didn't sound like locals. He thought to himself, "Out-of-towners are great. They have no relatives or friends here, so they're easy to manipulate."

"Ah."

The four exchanged glances and nodded.

"That's even better. Judging from your appearance, you must be refugees from other places with nowhere to go. It just so happens that our household is currently hiring servants. You're lucky. Help me carry the sedan chair in, and from now on you will be servants of the Jiang family."

The four exchanged glances and whispered to each other.

"what to do."

“Being a servant is fine, it’s better than sleeping on the streets with nowhere to go. We’re really broke now that our master can’t find us, so we’ll just stay here as servants for now, as a place to stay while we wait for our master and look for zombies.”

"also."

"Then I'll stay here as a servant for now."

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After a brief discussion in hushed tones, the four of them made a decision in an instant, nodding to the butler.

"Okay, then we'll come work as your servants."

The butler smiled smugly upon seeing this.

"A wise choice. Then quickly lift the sedan chair and come inside with me."

The four men immediately stepped forward, lifted the sedan chair, and followed the steward into the Jiang family mansion.

The four people were none other than Ji Daoren's four disciples, Feng Yu Lei Dian.

Just last night, the four of them and their master, Ji Daoren, encountered the flying corpse again. After a fierce battle, both Ji Daoren and the flying corpse disappeared. The four of them also got separated from Ji Daoren and are now searching for their master.

After entering the Jiang family mansion.

The four of them, including Feng Yu Lei Dian, first followed the steward as he carried the sedan chair to the main hall of the Jiang family's residence.

Afterwards, he met with the patriarch of the Jiang family and was accepted by him. Then, the butler took him to stay in the Jiang family's servants' courtyard.

Thus, the four brothers settled down temporarily at the Jiang family's residence as servants.

However, after entering the Jiang family's residence, they sensed that something was amiss.

"Something seems off about the Jiang family; there's a chilling, corpse-like aura about them."

"I had the same feeling. Apart from Master Jiang and the butler, I didn't see anyone else in this huge mansion."

"This place is probably not a safe place. Everyone should be careful when they sleep at night."

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Thus, the four brothers spent the night cautiously at the Jiang family's house.

the next morning.

Just as the four brothers were being urged to get up by the steward and ordered to jump into the water and clean the yard.

"I have long admired Master Jiang's name, and I have come here to pay my respects!"

Suddenly, a mighty voice came from the direction of the Jiang family's gate.

Upon hearing this voice, the four—Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning—were greatly invigorated, exchanging glances and seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

"It's Senior Brother's voice!"

(End of this chapter)