Lin Long's eyes widened when he stared, and he asked his sister Lin Qi again, "Who do you say was imprisoned?" ”

Lin Qi glanced at her, "Sister Fei's father, sister, I heard that he colluded with officials to smuggle salt, and deliberately created the illusion of a salt shortage, and now Lord Futai has ordered him to be taken into custody, and I heard that the matter is very strict." Then he sighed, "It's really thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, Sister Scarlet has suffered this change, and I'm afraid that the future will be worrying." ”

As soon as she received the news, she hurriedly rushed to tell the eldest sister, after all, the eldest sister and Bei Mingfei were good friends, and now the Pei family was about to raid the family and exterminate the clan, and the eldest sister didn't know that it was impossible to say.

"What should Miss Bei do this time?" Aunt Green also asked anxiously.

That's right, what should Ah Fei do? Lin Long also thought of Bei Mingfei for the first time, I don't know how she is now? Looking back now, the behavior of the Pei family's daughter to go to Bizhuang for summer vacation is itself unusual, and it is estimated that Pei Yu had foreseen that she would not be able to escape prison before arranging it like this.

She stood up suddenly, startling Lin Qi and Aunt Green, who were about to speak again.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?"

"Sister Long?"

Both asked, confused.

Lin Long's face was quite unsettled, "Sit down, I'll go find Ye Gongzi." ”

Ye Xuyao told her that the Bei family would be fine, so how to explain that she is in prison now? She and Ah Fei can be said to have had a fateful relationship, and now that this has happened, can you not be in a hurry?

As soon as she finished speaking, she hurried out of the room and went out of the courtyard.

Lin Qi and Aunt Green looked at each other, is it useful to find Ye Xuyao for this matter?

"My sister is in a hurry." Lin Qi sighed.

Lin Long's hurried figure shuttled through the house, and the people passing by hurriedly made way for her, and when they greeted her, they didn't see Lin Long stop to say a few words to them, and they exchanged heads and ears, "Miss Lin, what's wrong?" ”

When she arrived at Ye Xuyao's courtyard, she hurriedly entered, and saw that the maids outside the courtyard all saluted her, and hurriedly said, "Is Ye Gongzi here?" ”

"I'm not here."

She was slightly disappointed when she got this answer, but she had to see him no matter what today, and went straight to the curtain and entered, "Then I'll wait for him in the back room." ”

It's still the same as the last time she came, the maid waited for her very enthusiastically, and also waited until the lights came on, this time she didn't fall asleep again, and even Ye Zhongshi asked the incense rafters to come over and let her go over for dinner, she also pushed it off, but fortunately, the fragrance rafters had a good relationship with her, and she didn't need to ask too much, and she knew how to reply.

She leaned on the door anxiously and looked, she didn't see a figure for a long time, turned around and paced back to the back room for a while, heard the sound of the door curtain behind her, she hurriedly turned her head back to look, there was a hopeful brilliance in her eyes, "Ye Gongzi ......"

When she saw that the person who came in was a bandit, she was a little disappointed, and the corners of her mouth went down, "It turned out to be a bandit, what about Ye Gongzi?" When will he come back? ”

Bandit Jian stepped forward to salute her, and said respectfully: "Miss Lin, let the little one come to tell you, let you rest easy, he is estimated to not be able to come back for a while, let you go back to the courtyard to recuperate first, as soon as he comes back, he will go to the guest house immediately." ”

Ye Xuyao was so busy that he didn't even have time to return home, Lin Long was a little lost, barely cheered up, and looked at Bandit Jian, "Bandit Jian, you tell me honestly, how is the progress of this salt case?" ”

"Miss Lin, the little one doesn't know much, but now Master Bei is not being punished in prison, and with Master Pei in the back, there will be no big mess."

When Lin Long heard this, she could only rest assured for the time being, and after talking to the bandit for a while, she was accompanied back to the guest house by the maid carrying the cage.

As soon as Aunt Green saw her coming back, she hurriedly stepped forward, "Can you see Ye Gongzi?" ”

"Nope." Lin Long shook his head, "But he sent someone back to say that it was okay, it is estimated that it should be fine, by the way, Erniang, you arrange it, Ming'er, we will go to the governor's yamen, no matter what, Ah Fei is not here, this Uncle Bei, we still have to visit to be reasonable." ”

Aunt Green nodded, and when she went out to make arrangements, she turned around and asked, "Sister Long, have you had dinner?" ”

Lin Long then remembered that she hadn't touched a drop of water since the afternoon, but she had no appetite and shook her head again, "I'm not hungry, I don't want to eat, Erniang, don't trouble the cook to cook for me." ”

"How can you not eat it?" Aunt Green reproached, and went down to the kitchen to let Lin Long make supper.

Lin Long cut out the candlelight, sat on the Luohan bed and spread the letter paper on the low table, opened the ink, polished the ink himself, and wrote a letter to Pei Mingfei. There was only a limit to what she could help, and she could only comfort her in a few words.

When Aunt Green came in with a few side dishes and a bowl of porridge, she happened to see Lin Long drying the ink, putting the letter into the envelope, and writing four big characters on the front of the envelope: Ah Fei opened it in person, so she put down the pen with a sigh of relief.

"I thought that even if Miss Bei was a merchant girl, it would be a good fate, but now I know that life is really impermanent, and no one knows what will happen in the next moment." She sighed, just like Lin Ze's death, it was too unexpected, which affected the fortunes of Lin Long's sisters and brothers in the future.

"Who's to say it isn't? This life is the most unpredictable. Lin Long put the letter aside and asked Aunt Green to put the tray on the low table, which was not good for her heart, so she lowered her head and used some, which tasted like chewing wax.

Not only did Lin Long have a bad time this night, but Pei Mingfei also experienced the first major change in his life, and he had a good time in Beizhuang, but how did he know that he would encounter this big escape in the middle of the night?

The carriage was speeding fast, she shrunk into her mother's arms, her expression was flustered, she heard that her father was imprisoned, and she didn't know what would happen in the future? The aunts and cousins on the side couldn't help crying, and she wanted to cry too, but her dry eyes couldn't shed tears.

"Okay, stop crying." Bei Shen snorted, since the day she received the news, she could no longer shed tears, this son and daughter must be kept no matter what, this is the root left for her master.

One of the aunts looked at Bei Shen's with teary eyes, "It's all uncles who are bad, why do you violate the law of the country?" Now it's okay, it's a burden on my master......"

"Yes, it's all the uncle's."

“……”

A bunch of accusations against Pei Yu are endless, Pei Mingfei listens to it loudly, without her father, her aunts and cousins are still farming in the countryside, how can they live this rich life that everyone envies? The pink fist in her hand clenched tightly, and she turned back to fight back against these piercing fallacies.

Bei Shen's held her down, and looked at these relatives of the family who can share wealth and prosperity but can't share hardships, "You have to speak with your conscience, what is my lord for, I don't need to say this, right?" Over the years, for the prosperity of the family, my lord has done his best to die. He dragged one of the ladies in their luxurious clothes, "Without my master, would you have such clothes to wear?" Take it off for me......" She pressed harder.

The concubine screamed and slapped her hand desperately, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, what ......are you doing?"

"What to do?" Beishen tugged at his clothes fiercely, as if venting his inner hesitation, "Don't you want to complain? Take off this gorgeous robe and speak louder......"

Seeing that Bei Shen's behavior was abnormal, someone hurriedly shouted, "Sister Scarlet, why don't you hurry up and hold your mother?" ”

Bei Mingfei hadn't seen her mother go crazy like this, and after being stunned, she just watched from the sidelines, without the slightest intention of stopping her mother.

After a long time, Bei Shenshi got rid of the concubine, stroked her messy hair, and flattened her clothes, "Who dares to complain again?" ”

There was a sudden silence in the carriage.

Only then did Bei Shenshi sit down again, and hugged Bei Mingfei in his arms, "Don't be afraid, Scarlet, there is still a mother." ”

Bei Mingfei nodded, at this time she also seemed to have found the backbone, yes, she still has a mother.

Time passed little by little, and the surrounding aunts and cousins all fell asleep, but she quietly lifted the curtain on the car window and looked at the night sky outside, the eldest brother B. Braun was leading in front, looking majestic, only she knew what the wolf Bèi, who had fled from the secret passage in a hurry, would go in the future, and she didn't know in her heart, let alone what year and month she would be able to meet Lin Long again?

Just as she was coming out of her trance, the sound of horses' hooves came from behind, and her heart tightened.

B. Braun, who was riding on a horse outside, also looked nervous, and immediately ordered the guards to be on standby, I don't know who this person will be chasing?

The sound of fighting, shouting and killing was endless, Bei Mingfei was huddled in her mother's arms, not daring to look up at the cruelty outside, the carriage was driving crookedly, and she and her mother were also knocked into pain.

Even if she didn't raise her eyes to look, when a big knife came in from the outside through the canopy, the wind of the knife mixed with murderous aura blew her fingers into her ears, her hairs stood on end, and she couldn't help screaming.

"Ahh

Lin Long sat up from the bed suddenly, and when he touched his underwear, it was sweaty and heavy.

"Sister Long, what's wrong?" Aunt Green hurriedly came in, lit the candle, and saw Lin Longru fished out of the water, she was even more worried, and hurriedly went to bring her clean underwear to change.

"I dreamed that Ah Fei was covered in blood and fell into a pool ......of blood," Lin Long passively peeled off her sweaty clothes by Aunt Green, and said with palpitations, the dream was too scary, and Ah Fei's appearance of not blinking her eyes made her heart ache even more.

After Aunt Green re-medicated Lin Long and wrapped the gauze, she hugged her tightly and comforted: "It's going to be fine, Erniang looks at this girl Bei is a blessed person, and she will definitely come back safely......

"I hope so." Lin Long said hopefully.

She couldn't sleep in the second half of the night, remembering that when her father was seriously ill, she couldn't sleep all night, and she would have nightmares when she slept, but her father died of illness not long after, and the nightmares came true one by one, wouldn't it be the same this time?

She got up and paced to sit on the arhat outside, and actually opened the ink cartridge, let Aunt Green grind the ink, and copied the Buddhist scriptures to pray for Bei Mingfei's family.

Aunt Green knew that she would not be able to sleep if she was upset, so she didn't persuade her again, but stayed aside.

At this time, Bei Mingfei and her mother escaped, but the aunt who had complained before was hacked to death in order to save her daughter, which frightened her face even paler.

The carriage was broken, and she fell into the rubble, still well protected by her mother.

Seeing that her mother had abrasions, she hurriedly helped her mother, tore off the hem of her skirt and bandaged the wound, "Mother, don't get in the way......"

Bei Shenshi was just about to speak, when he saw a big knife slashing again, he hurriedly protected his daughter, but Bei Mingfei opened her hands faster to protect her mother, she couldn't hide behind her mother forever.

Feeling the wind blowing across her cheeks, she closed her eyes and waited for death to come.

With a "bang", the sound of metal hitting sounded, she raised her eyes and saw Zheng Huahan suddenly appear, and her eyes immediately widened.

When she raised her eyes again, she also saw Ye Xuyao, who was sitting on a horse not far away, dressed in white, with a cold and handsome face reflected in the faint white light of the fish belly, as if he had a halo of dust.

The sky was bright, Lin Long put down the brush, got up and stretched, after freshening up, she was about to go to Ye Zhong's yard, but the incense rafters came over and invited her over with a smile, saying that his wife asked her to go to breakfast together.

Lin Long hurriedly raised her feet and followed the incense rafters to Ye Zhong's courtyard, and as soon as she entered the warm pavilion, sure enough, the aroma of food was floating in the air, and she hurriedly stepped forward to salute Ye Zhong's.

Ye Zhongshi smiled and helped her up, "You waited late in Brother Yao'er's yard yesterday, right?" I heard the rafter say that you had to wait for the table to fall asleep, and she couldn't wake you up, so she didn't let you come over to accompany my old woman. ”

"What did Mrs. Hou say?" Lin Long said with a smile: "Ye Gongzi didn't go back to the house yesterday, and I just waited for a while, and I wasn't hungry." ”

"You kid." Ye Zhongshi scolded her, "A man's family is busy outside, and the women in the family can't withstand the slightest wind and rain, you have to be a good helper, not a stumbling block for him, you know?" ”

As soon as Lin Long heard this, he knew in his heart that Ye Zhong's calling her early in the morning was not to accompany her to breakfast, but to ask her not to stick to Ye Xuyao all the time, the conscience of heaven and earth, the number of times she went to his yard could be counted with her fingers, or she pushed for dinner, she could think so much, even if this future mother-in-law was not a powerful character, it was definitely not something that could be dealt with simply.

"I know that I will be more cautious in the future."

When Ye Zhongshi heard this, there was more smile on his face, and he was still a teachable child, and beckoned her to sit down and have breakfast together.

In the past few meals, Lin Long could have sat a little more, after all, she was not a new daughter-in-law, and it was not her turn to set the rules, but the next few times, she began to deliberately give Ye Zhong's some of her favorite dishes, which made Ye Zhong's more satisfied with her, and even her taste could be paid attention to, and this daughter-in-law was also considerate.

At this time, she gave Ye Zhong, who loves salty, a piece of jade celery and shrimp Jiao, and then gave a Ruyi abalone cake...... Seeing Ye Zhong's loving gaze, she took the opportunity to say: "Mrs. Hou, I want to go to the governor's yamen, I am afraid that the matter of recognizing righteous relatives is also prepared, Mrs. Zheng and the girl of the Zheng family have come to visit many times, and I should go to return the ceremony if I am much better now, this is decent." ”

It is estimated that Ye Zhong's family knows about the salt case, she can't say bluntly that she is going to visit the prison, so she can only find a name for Ye Zhong's approval in this roundabout way, at this time she feels that it is inconvenient to live in this Ye family's courtyard, at least wherever she wants to go, she has to report to Ye Zhong's family.

The slightest complaint in her heart also flashed, she wanted to enter the Ye family, and there were still many places to ask Ye Zhong's family in the future, and she couldn't make a mistake at this time.

Ye Zhongshi didn't expect that she was young and knew so much about the things that people were excess, so she nodded happily, "It's really better to go on a trip, after all, she is also almost your stepmother, by the way, come back early, I asked the famous tailor in Suzhou City to come in the evening, so that I can cut a few new clothes for you, and the girl's family always has to pick up and pick up." ”

The clothes and fabrics that the son temporarily hurriedly asked people to go to the ready-to-wear store to buy are good, but the style is very ordinary, Lin Long is the quasi-daughter-in-law of her Ye family, but she can't dress too shabby, if it wasn't for the mention of the rafter yesterday, she would have forgotten about this stubble, just prepared the clothes when she recognized her relatives, this motherless child still can't help but hurt her a little more.

Lin Long was stunned, this Ye Zhong was so careful that he paid attention to what she was wearing, which really surprised her, but this was someone else's kindness, and she couldn't shirk it, so she had to nod and thank her, saying that she would definitely rush back.

Ye Zhongshi pursed his lips and smiled with satisfaction.

After breakfast, Lin Long said goodbye and hurriedly got into the carriage, and there was a gift from the incense rafters behind her, she was stunned.

"Mrs. said that this is for Mrs. Zheng, and it may be a little negligent in a hurry, and the slave maid ......," said the incense rafter.

"It's okay, if there's anything missing, I'll make up for it on the way." Lin Long said with a smile.

The incense rafter was no longer worried and put the ceremony aside.

Lin Long nodded slightly, and then followed Aunt Green to get in the carriage and drive out of the Ye family's courtyard.

Along the way, she saw that the market was calm, and it seemed that the situation was under control, as long as the matter did not expand, the affairs of the Ah Fei family would not be out of control.

When I arrived at the governor's yamen, the sun was already shining, and when I entered the mansion and got off the carriage, Zheng Nanzhu and Zheng Xizhu greeted them, obviously getting the news.

"What's wrong? Is this injury healed? Zheng Nanzhu asked with a concerned face.

"It's a good one, and I'm going to come to say hello to my stepmother, isn't it? Second, I'm also worried about the third sister's face, and I don't know if the skin cream that changed the recipe is applicable? As for the three ......" Lin Long said with a smile, at the request of Mrs. Zheng, she had no choice but to change her voice and call her mother-in-law, and the relationship between them was determined early.

Guan Nanzhu held Lin Long's hand, "I'll tell you these three, are you for the Bei family?" ”

The smile on Lin Long's face was suffocated.

"This Bei family is also coming to an end, it's just poor Ah Fei." Zheng Nanzhu saw her appearance, and knew that she had guessed, looked left and right to see that no one else was there, and leaned close to Lin Long's ear, "My brother set out to arrest the daughter of the Bei family at night ago, and it seems that it is difficult to turn over this time." ”

Lin Long was shocked when he heard this, and he set off the night before, so Ah Fei is now more than lucky? Did your dream come true again?

"Second sister, don't scare Sister Long, her face is white now." Zheng Xizhu, who was still veiled, hurriedly said, holding Lin Long's hand, "Sister Long, don't worry too much, Jiren has his own natural appearance." ”

"What do you know?" Zheng Nanzhu glanced at the third sister, and shouted unhappily, this girl is a lot bolder now, and she dares to refute her mouth, and her eyes are fierce.

Zheng Xizhu still held Lin Long's hand tightly, her back was slightly straight, Lin Long was not only good to her, but also her benefactor, she couldn't be so spineless to her sister-in-law.

Lin Long felt the surging undercurrent of the two sisters, and the expression on his face eased, "They are all sisters, where did they come from?" Ah Fei is a female dependent, no matter what, it is a man who commits the crime, what does it matter to the female dependents? As long as you can live, what else can't you give up? ”

"That's true, but now this case is snowballing bigger and bigger, and I don't think it's easy to say." Zheng Nanzhu is still pouring cold water.

Lin Long's heart sank, thinking of what Ye Xuyao said to her in person that day in the dark, can Zheng Nanzhu kiss Ye Xuyao again? She had no reason not to believe his words, and when she thought about it, she straightened her back and cheered up, "As long as the sentence is not adjudicated, there is always hope." ”

"Hope, yes, yes." Zheng Nanzhu said: "Anyway, I and Ah Fei are also acquaintances, and we can't hope for her death." ”

Lin Long felt that Zheng Nanzhu's words were a little ugly, what was immortal, it sounded very harsh, and the smile on his face gradually faded, and when he talked to her again, he was a little less affectionate.

After turning a few corners and lifting a few bamboo curtains, she entered the warm pavilion inside, and she hurriedly stepped forward to greet Mrs. Zheng: "I've seen my stepmother." ”

Aunt Green commanded the maid of the Ye family behind her to deliver the gift, "It took so long to return the gift, Mrs. Futai forgive me." ”

"Why are you so polite? It's good to come, what kind of gift? Mrs. Zheng smiled and helped Lin Long into her arms, and greeted whether the injury was healed.

Lin Long answered one by one, and his expression was also a little affectionate.

Mrs. Zheng clenched her hand, "It's good if the injury is healed, I've been worried about it for so many days, it's a young girl, how can I not care about this injury?" ”

"Mrs. Hou found medicine for me in Beijing, and asked people to send it quickly, and now it is used with ointment, but it also has an effect, and my second mother said that there should be no scars." Lin Long smiled and set up a good image of Ye Zhong's future mother-in-law, of course, he also said on the side that he was still in Ye Zhong's eyes.

"Your injury is caused by her, how can Mrs. Hou not care?" Mrs. Zheng didn't say anything official this time, her words were obviously biased towards Lin Long, implying that if Ye Zhong's family couldn't even do this, then she really had no conscience, and this also had a bit of a taste of Lin Long's family.

Lin Long tasted the product and smelled a little bit of it, after all, she was not a real mother's family, she would not be stupid enough to count the fallen leaves in front of Mrs. Zheng, otherwise she would be hers if she fell into the handle, so she brought this over in four or two.

Zheng Xizhu took the maid's tea and presented it to Lin Long, "This is the new Wuyi tea, Sister Long taste it?" ”

"Thank you, third sister." Lin Long smiled gently at her.

Mrs. Zheng looked at their interaction and looked at her daughter, or this Zheng Xizhu knows how to stammer, too, with her background, it is reasonable to have a little more of a lady in the upper class society in Beijing in the future.

Zheng Nanzhu secretly sneered and played with the jade pendant on his body.

Lin Long took the opportunity to look at Zheng Xizhu's face, the traces faded a little, and he couldn't help but be greatly encouraged, her skin cream was even better than what Ye Zhongshi got from Beijing, and carefully told Zheng Xizhu to wipe it off as she instructed, it is estimated that in more than half a year, the effect will be more significant.

Mrs. Zheng's mother-in-law also smiled and said that this is good, she did not show a mean mother-in-law, for the sake of her husband's official position, she has always been happy to show her kind side, and besides, the concubine is just a concubine, and she can't threaten her? If she eats the food, she will be grateful to Dade.

is the so-called several women in one play, Lin Long naturally stayed to have lunch with Zheng's mother and daughter, and this time even Aunt Green also attended, so that she couldn't let go of the banquet for a long time, as if she was being tortured.

After the meal, everyone sat down to drink fragrant tea again, and naturally led the topic to the salt case, Mrs. Zheng's face was slightly unhappy, "For this case, your father-in-law has not been in this backyard for several days, what do you say, what is the use of having endless money?" In the end, I ended up in a different place, and I don't know who was cheaper? ”

Lin Long's hand holding the tea bowl tightened, and he took the opportunity to say: "Stepmother, I heard that Master Pei is now locked up in the prison of the Yamen, and my family and Master Pei also had an old relationship in the early years, which can be regarded as a reason, I wonder if I can go in and visit?" ”

Mrs. Zheng was slightly stunned, the Bei family is now avoided by everyone, but Lin Long still wants to go inside? This is a bit inappropriate, and I heard that some people in the concubines of the Bei family fled with money, and even the children of the concubines announced that they did not recognize their father's drama in order to avoid trouble, and the Bei family is now in a mess. "This ......"

"It's just a glance, if it's inconvenient, my stepmother didn't mention it." Lin Long said, "It's just that I've been back to Suzhou for so many years, and Master Pei still takes care of our sisters and brothers, and now that he is in trouble, if I don't show my face, I will be called ungrateful." ”

She married the Zheng family because she had something that the Zheng family could do, and such words could touch Mrs. Zheng's heart, after all, she would definitely not want an ungrateful daughter.

Sure enough, Mrs. Zheng still changed her words, "Okay, I know that you child attaches great importance to love and righteousness, I will arrange it for you, you can take a look in private and say a few words, this Master Bei is also strange and pitiful now." ”

"Thank you stepmother for making it happen." Lin Long took the opportunity to thank him.

Mrs. Zheng then asked someone to take her to the prison, Lin Long hurriedly got up and saluted her, and went to the prison with the others.

There was a musty smell in the prison, Lin Long and Aunt Green walked cautiously, and when they arrived in front of the prison where Pei Yu was being held, she glanced at Pei Yu, who had lost a lot of weight, "Uncle Pei." ”

Pei Yu, who had his hands behind his back, turned around when he heard this, no one came to see him in the past two days, and he didn't care, who knew that someone really came to visit the prison, and when he saw Lin Long's little face, he was slightly stunned.

"Uncle Pei." Lin Long called again, and saw that Pei Yu was not injured, and the cell where he was being held was still neat, and from this point, the credibility of Ye Xuyao's words was constantly rising.

Pei Yu smiled, "It's hard for you to have the heart to see me, and now everyone avoids me like a femme fatale." ”

"I remember the candy you gave me when I was a child, and now that my uncle is in trouble, why should I avoid it?" Lin Long also smiled, not showing his sad side.

Pei I's face was moved, after all, it is easy to add icing on the cake, but it is too difficult to get charcoal in the snow.

The two talked about the old days, and after about half an hour, Lin Long was also out of prison, and Pei Yu's last words were still echoing in his ears, "If I have an accident, take care of Ah Fei for me, and I will beg you as an uncle......"

The sunset was still a little dazzling as it approached the evening, and she blocked the sunlight with her hand, and after a hazy white light, her eyes couldn't help but widen.

Bei Mingshuang's face appeared in front of her, and Ye Xuyao, who was not far behind her, was also very conspicuous.