"Yes." Gu Chongyang nodded: "Don't have too big denominations, exchange two fifty taels, and the rest will be exchanged for ten taels or five taels." In this way, it is convenient for him to use on the road. ”

"Miss." Lu Wu said worriedly: "Five hundred taels is not a small amount, you must think about it carefully." What if this Gu Tailai is unreliable? ”

Wealth is moving!

What's more, Gu Tai has only been with Miss for a few months, how can he be reliable?

How many people can't earn five hundred taels in their lifetime, and the young lady just gave it to Gu Tailai casually, which is too child's play.

Lu Wu had to remind Gu Chongyang to think twice before acting.

"No, it won't." Gu Chongyang said categorically: "Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious, I believe Gu Tailai is not that kind of person." You can help me prepare the silver ticket. ”

Although Lu Wu's face was full of disapproval, now her master is only Gu Chongyang, and it is her mission to obey her master unconditionally.

In just half a day, she had the money ready.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Gu Tai came to the Begonia Pavilion to resign.

Gu Chongyang handed him the silver ticket and advised: "You keep thirty taels on you, and the remaining four hundred and seventy taels are put in your personal waist bag, hidden in your clothes, and you must not take them out on the road." ”

He is a teenager with a huge amount of money, and if he is seen, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Gu Tailai took it with both hands and said solemnly: "Miss, don't worry, I will go early and return early, and bring back the old man next to Mrs. Quanxu." ”

"It's inconvenient for me to send you out, so you must be careful on the road."

Gu Tailai suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Gu Chongyang three times: "Miss, I will definitely not live up to your trust." You wait for my good news. ”

"Good!"

Since he left for ten days, Gu Chongyang had to ask Danxin every day if there was any news of Gu Tailai. But to Gu Chongyang's disappointment, twenty days have passed, and Gu Tailai still has no news.

The more time passed, Gu Chongyang's brows became tighter and tighter.

She was worried.

From Tongzhou Port to Dongchang Mansion in Shandong Province, it is only a four-day waterway, even if the weather is bad, it can be reached in six days. In this way, it only takes 12 days to come and go. Half a month was enough, but now it's twenty days, and Gu Tailai still doesn't have any news.

The haze in Gu Chongyang's heart is getting heavier and heavier, and he is always worried that something will happen.

Qingzhi whispered to Lu Wu, and between the words, she was worried that Gu Tailai would run away with the money, but she didn't mention it in front of her, and only vaguely persuaded her that money is something outside the body, and five hundred taels is not too much anyway.

Although Gu Chongyang was pleased with their thoughtfulness, he felt that they didn't know themselves too well.

Five hundred taels is indeed a lot for others. But for her, five hundred taels is really nothing. No matter in her past or present life, she has never worried about money.

What she was worried about was whether Gu Tai's trip to Shandong was not going well. He's going to find people, and he's going to buy them back, and no matter how clever he is, he's just a twelve or thirteen-year-old kid. Along the way, how he inquired about the news, how to find the buyer's house, and how to buy the person back were all problems.

Gu Chongyang couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the money he brought was accidentally discovered, so what happened to him?

Compared with encountering accidents, Gu Chongyang would rather Gu Tailai run away with the silver ticket than be robbed and killed.

Dan Xin said: "Miss, don't worry, I asked my godmother to help inquire about the news of the ship coming from Tongzhou yesterday." I'm going to ask now. ”

"Really? I didn't expect you to have a godmother. Gu Chongyang said as if grasping a life-saving straw: "You have a heart, go and ask, and come back to tell me as soon as you have news." ”

Danxin nodded, and Gu Chongyang looked at the maids and women in the courtyard who were performing their duties, and fell silent again.

The man killed his mother, and he must have been on guard against himself. She wanted to check, but she couldn't check it with great fanfare, so she could only check it without moving. Otherwise, the tighter the other party's defenses, the less hope there will be for finding out the murderer behind the scenes.

"Miss, you can sleep for a while." Lu Wu said: "I'm afraid Danxin won't come back so soon." ”

Taking a nap every day is her habit.

Gu Chongyang lay on the bed in accordance with his words and clothes, and said to Lu Wu: "Danxin is back, wake me up immediately." ”

In a daze, Gu Chongyang fell asleep, because there was something in the letter, she closed her eyes and opened them not long after.

Just when Danxin came back, she sat up from the bed all of a sudden: "How is it?" ”

Danxin's face was ugly, and the moment her eyes met Gu Chongyang's, she suddenly lowered her head: "Miss, my godmother said that three days ago, on the river from Cangzhou to Tongzhou, two passenger boats capsized, and one of them came from Shandong. ”

How so?

Gu Chongyang was originally full of expectations, but at this moment, she felt like she had been poured a basin of cold water on her head in the winter, and she was cold.

Lu Wu and Qing Zhi also gasped and didn't come back to their senses for a long time.

The atmosphere in the living room, which was originally warm as spring, suddenly became extremely low, and no one spoke.

It was Qing Zhi who reacted first, and she forced a smile and said, "Miss, don't worry, maybe Gu Tailai will be able to drink water......

Gu Tailai will not be able to swim in the water, Gu Chongyang doesn't know, but she knows that on such a cold day, except for the fish that can live in the river, other things will be frozen to death if they fall into it.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Listening to her unreliable comfort, Lu Wu hurriedly scolded: "Gu Tailai is such a clever person, how can he get on a boat that will capsize, he must not be on the ship, maybe he is already on the ship at the moment, and he will be back in a few days." ”

Qing Zhi woke up like a dream, and nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, Lu Wu is right, Gu Tailai must not be on that ship, don't listen to my nonsense." ”

Regret, sadness, self-blame, loss, at this moment, Gu Chongyang's heart was like overturning a five-flavor bottle, and all kinds of sour, bitter, spicy and salty tastes came to his heart together.

She sat in her chair, silent, and very uncomfortable.

How so?

It has been more than a month since her mother's death, and she has found nothing but knowing that her mother committed suicide. Now, it is possible to take Gu Tailai's life.

She's so incompetent!

There is no way to do it other than pound the table and stomp your feet here.

……

On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head, and as soon as the spring breeze came, the noble lady of the noble family of the dignitary family in the capital was the first to take off her heavy jacket and put on a light cotton jacket. On this day, the wife of the Gu family made an appointment to go to the suburbs of Beijing together, and there were several in-laws from the Qingyang Hou Mansion who went together.

With such entertainment, Gu Chongyang, who guards filial piety for her mother, can't go, and of course, she doesn't want to go.

She just wants to sort out what has happened recently, and she has to plan for the future.

Whenever she couldn't calm down, she picked up the pen and practiced calligraphy. In her previous life and this life, she was an impetuous person, and she rarely had time to settle down and practice calligraphy. But now, she forced herself to be quiet, because only by calming down could her thoughts be clear.

The February sun shines through the window pasted with Korean bamboo tissue paper, bright and lively, and her clumsy and rusty handwriting stands out on the fine rice paper.

But as if she hadn't seen it, she didn't care at all, and just kept writing seriously.

"Miss." As the curtain of the embroidered spring breeze and the peach blossoms opened and fell, Danxin ran in with a happy face: "Gu Tailai is back." ”

Gu Chongyang's hand holding the lake pen paused, and a large ball of ink fell on the white and smooth rice paper, and quickly smeared.

Once upon a time, she would have sighed, "This piece of paper costs again."

But this time, as if she hadn't seen it, she dropped the pen and asked in surprise and joy, "Is it true?" When did you come back? Did he come back alone? Invite him in. ”

Gu Chongyang's questions were one after another, and Dan Xin didn't know which one to answer.

"It's true, how dare I lie to Miss. He had just arrived, and I saw him alone. Danxin hurriedly opened the curtain and shouted outside the door: "Don't come in yet, Miss has been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Gu Tailai was still wearing clothes to go out, looking like a dusty man, although he was tired, he was full of smiles. As soon as he entered the door, he took off the small hat he was wearing on his head and kowtowed to Gu Chongyang: "Miss, I'm back." ”

"Hurry up, hurry up, I'm finally back with all my beards and tails." Gu Chongyang looked him up and down, looking very excited: "Tailai, you can be regarded as making me wait." How about it, but also Shun lì? ”

Gu Tailai grinned, with a little smugness: "Fortunately, I don't disgrace my life!" Miss, I found someone. ”

"Really?" Gu Chongyang's eyes couldn't help but light up, this was simply the best news she had heard in the past month or so.

"How many people, where are the people? Is it redeemed? ”

"Two people were found, and they were redeemed." Gu Tailai carefully reported to Gu Chongyang: "One is the mother-in-law who sweeps the floor in the yard of the lady is called Zhong Po, and the other is the maid named Biyun. ”