As soon as the Furong girl left, Mama Zheng returned to Fujin's room, Fujin remembered the address that Furong girl said, and said to Mama Zheng: "Sister Zheng, do you remember?" Sui Qingming, Xijiazhuang, Anping Town, Xianghe County, didn't remember it accurately, so he used the note of the beard to the notebook. Sister Liu, you ask the father-in-law of Fuzi in the courtyard to find the two guards, Mang Ge and Battle, and say that I have something urgent. ”

"Yes, the slave and maid will immediately go and order someone to find the two guards." Mama Liu turned around and went out.

"Subordinate Mangge and Battle are at the behest of Fu Jin."

"You go and talk to the prince first, saying that I will send you to Xijiazhuang, Xianghe County to check on someone, and you will return to my room after the prince agrees. I tell you in detail who you want to find out and what content. ”

"Huh!"

In just two quarters of an hour, two people and two horses came out of the gate of the Xiwai Mansion, and as soon as they got out of the courtyard, they quickly whipped up and disappeared outside the corner of the palace wall.

Mr. Ma Jiaming, the bookkeeper, was holding Erlang's legs on the bed in his residence, humming with his eyes closed, the door was pushed open, and the Furong girl took a few steps to the bed in a little panic: "Horse tent room, horse tent room!" Oh no, Fujin may have to come to my house to check on me. ”

Ma Jiaming lazily opened his long eyelids and sat up slowly. He didn't pay attention to Miss Fleur, but walked past her, and when he got to the door, he stuck his head out and looked at it, and turned around and plugged in the door, and with a lewd look, he came over.

"What are you doing? Get away from me! If you move, I'll call someone! Say you're insulting me! Miss Furong regretted coming to Ma Jiaming, but she didn't want to sit back, so she picked up a small bench from the door.

"Stinky ****, you were redeemed from the kiln by me for five hundred taels of silver. I rescued you from that pit, and it was good that you did not miss my kindness, and you did not know me as soon as you came out of the kiln gate. Do you think I won't dare to touch you when I enter the palace? As he spoke, he rolled up his arms and sleeves and pounced on Miss Fleur. Miss Furong was not polite, and the small bench smashed Ma Jiaming's head on the head. Ma Jiaming's hand protected his head, and the bench smashed on the back of his hand, even if the bones were hard, they were flesh and blood, and he screamed in pain. When Fleur saw that he was afraid of the bench, she threw it down with courage and frequency. Don't look at Ma Jiaming as a man, but his body is not very strong, and he usually sleeps in flowers and willows. The girl is from the countryside and often does farm work and has strength. In order to defend himself, he beat Ma Jiaming to death and confessed to his life. Because she was robbed and sold to the Qinglou, there is a childhood sweetheart at home, and she hates Ma Jiaming very much.

Ma Jiaming's head soon became bloody, and he lay down softly. Miss Furong looked at Ma Jiaming and ran out regardless of it. She was not familiar with the terrain of the palace at all, especially after walking a few times in the long alleyway, she didn't know which side was the direction of the gate and which side was leading to the garden, so she ran straight to the direction of the gate.

What is the Royal Palace? Can you make the next person run around so rampage? Immediately, her own soldiers caught her. Brought to the nearest Yiran Building, saying that there was a maid who wanted to escape, please ask Fujin's instructions on how to deal with it.

Fu Jin said to bring her the escapees, so the girl came to Fu Jin for the second time and was pressed to her knees.

Fujin is very strange, this hibiscus girl looks a little rustic girl, how can she get together with someone like Ma Jiaming? So he asked, "You want to run, don't you?" ”

"No, the slave didn't want to escape, but he went to the tent room and wanted to discuss something with him, so he was going to be rude to the slave and maid, and the slave and maid smashed him unconscious with a bench, and wanted to run back to the garden, but he turned around, and he didn't know which side was the way back to the garden."

"You get up first, I ask you a few things, you have to answer truthfully, to be honest, I may help you, if you lie to me, don't blame me for being unkind to you"

"Yes, the slave must tell the truth and dare not lie."

"Let me ask you, who are you Ma Jiaming? Is it a relative? ”

"The slave didn't know this horse tent at all, and it was impossible for him to be related, neither his cousin, nor did she want to marry him."

"Listening to you say this, it seems that there is a story between you, can you explain it more clearly?"

"Yes, the slave will explain the matter to you, and then I will leave it to you what to do. The slave's home is in Xijiazhuang, Xianghe County, her father and brother are farming, and the slave has no mother, so she and her sister-in-law do needlework together. Last winter, the slave's father, brother, sister-in-law, and nephew all went to a relative's house to drink the wedding wine, leaving the slave and maid alone to watch the house. In the evening, suddenly a few men in black clothes with only half of their faces exposed, entered the house, tied up the slaves and maids, gagged hand towels in their mouths, and pulled them to a car. After walking for most of the night, I arrived at a large building, which was very lively, with many beautiful women and men hooking up with them. Then he went to a room and knelt in front of a woman in her thirties, and the man in black called this woman Mother Wu. Mother Wu said to the slave maid that the slave's brother lost the gambling money and sold the slave here. But the slave's brother is a very peaceful and self-conscious person, and he has nothing to do with gambling money at all, and the slave and maid have already been married, and it is impossible to sell the slave and maid. The slave wanted to say that they had caught the wrong person, but they wouldn't let them speak, and they insisted that the elder brother had sold the slave and maid. So the mother said that the slave and maid were okay, but they were too wild and didn't understand the rules, so they would definitely offend the guests, and said that they would train the slave and maid for a few months before picking up the guests. The slave and maid didn't understand what it was, so they were tied up and sent to a room and locked up. Three or four days later, Mother Wu brought a man in his thirties, took a look at the slave maid, and went out. Then Mother Wu said to the slave maid that this person was a bookkeeper in a certain palace, and I heard that the slave and maid were new to the palace and had not yet received customers, so she wanted to ransom the slave and maid. But you must agree to be a concubine for him, and the slave knows that a concubine is a little wife. The slave maid has already been married when she is at home, and she is going to get married in the next year, how can she be a little wife to this person who is annoying at first glance, so she shook her head. But the mother said, someone wants to ransom you, and if you don't want to, then prepare to pick up customers. The slave asked her mother what she meant to pick up customers, and she said that she was sleeping with men, and that it was a brothel and that there were no idlers.

The slave knew that the brothel was a kiln, the dirtiest place of its kind. He immediately agreed to redeem himself to the stable, and wanted to go out and work hard to return the money to him. So he came out with the tent room. Then the tent took the slave and maid into the house and arranged it in an empty house, and then a man named his brother-in-law arranged for the slave and maid to sweep the leaves. said that he was ready to get married in a few days. The slave and maid have already sued them for their own marriage, but they don't believe it, saying that the slave and the maid have taken a fancy to the prince, and the slave and the maid don't know the prince, so why did they fall in love with it? It stands to reason that the horse tent spent money to redeem the slave and maid from that place, and was the benefactor of the slave and maid, and the slave and maid should have spoken and counted. But the slave and maid have already made a marriage, and the man has grown up together since childhood, and he has already made a small decision, so he can't be sorry for others. Besides, the slave and maid don't like the horse tent room very much, and at first glance they are not a person who lives a life, not only are they poor, but they also hate to look at people's eyes, and they stared at the slave's chest and buttocks, and laughed very madly. There were two times when I moved my hands and feet. Even if you redeem the slave and maid, you can't treat it like that, right? This morning, Fujin, you asked where the slave maid's home was, and the slave and maid were very afraid, for fear that you would know that the slave maid had entered that kind of dirty place. So he went to the quarters of the horse tent to ask for advice, but when he saw the slave and maid, he wanted to insult the slave and maid, and the slave and maid smashed him unconscious with a small bench and ran out. The slave and maid like this place very much, it is both a flower and a building, and the work is not tired, the slave and maid want to make money and return it to the horse tent room, and then go home to get married. ”

"That's all?"

"Yes, that's all, the slave doesn't dare to lie."

"You really don't want to marry a horse tent?"

"I don't want to, the slave and maid are married people, and they owe the money to the horse account room, and they will pay him back in the future."

"Isn't your name Sui Furong? What do they call you Fleur? ”

"The flower that Mama Wu gave to the slave maid in Yixiangyuan is called Water Hibiscus, but the sisters in the garden gave the slave maid the nickname Furong."

"Did you go through the formalities? Is it the procedure of redemption? ”

"The slave didn't know what the formalities were, so she knew that the horse tent gave the woman called her mother five hundred taels of silver, and then followed him out of the place called Yixiangyuan."

"Your matter is a bit complicated, I can't fully believe you, and I have sent someone to your house to investigate. When they come back, they will say the same as you said, and then they will talk about the next step. You are doing errands in my yard now, let this Mama Zheng take you to arrange, you can't run around anymore, you know? You're safe in my yard. There is danger in the garden. You have torn your face with Ma Jiaming, and he will take revenge on you. Naturally, someone will settle you in the place where you live, and he will not dare to provoke you in my yard. ”

"Yes, the slave obeys the order and will never leave this courtyard."

"Okay, Sister Zheng, take her there."

After Miss Furong left, Fu Jin and Mama Liu said, "Sister Liu, don't talk to the manager about today's matter. ”

"Slaves and maids can be saved."

"Do you see if what this water hibiscus said is true or false?"

"The slave thinks this girl seems to be a little ignorant, but not treacherous."

Fu Jin asked Mama Liu again:

"Did your housekeeper mention her in front of you?"

"Yes. He said that if Ma Jiaming really treats this woman, it would be good, but he didn't know where it came from. ”

"He doesn't know that this water hibiscus was redeemed by Ma Jiaming from the Qinglou?"

"I don't seem to know, but who dares to guarantee that he is not breathing out of the same nostril as Ma Jiaming?"

"Why do you seem to have a big opinion of the manager?"

"The slave didn't bother to take care of him."

Mang Ge and Battle came back at noon the next day, and reported the results of the investigation to Fu Jin, it was indeed what Shui Furong said, her brother never gambled, and was a very peaceful person, and after her disappearance, the whole family panicked, and her father also fell ill. They also met Shui Hibiscus's fiancé, who was a nice young man.

The water hibiscus was indeed robbed from the countryside, and it was her neighbor who reported to the robbers. Because last year, the head of the family went to Shui Furong's house to propose marriage to his son and was refused, holding a grudge and always looking for an opportunity to take revenge. A few days ago, I learned that her father and brother were going to attend a relative's wedding, and the whole family might go and not come back at night, leaving her at home to watch the house. It's easy to snatch it and sell it into the Qinglou, so that she won't be able to marry an adult in the future. Who knows that Shui Hibiscus did not pick up customers, because it is from the countryside, and he doesn't know the rules of the Qinglou at all, although he looks beautiful, he is also a rustic atmosphere, he doesn't know a big character, and there is no way to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and it takes a period of strict training. But it was at this time that Ma Jiaming appeared, and he took a fancy to Shui Hibiscus at a glance.

What follows is the investigation of Ma Jiaming. That is, someone must go to the Yixiang Courtyard to find out if Ma Jiaming bought a girl from the countryside from there, and how much silver was spent to ransom her? Prostitutes from good like what formalities to be performed.

Mr. Qingke Bai Qi took charge of the investigation task, he was recommended by Prince An, and his character is quite good, and he will not be stumped by the women of the Qinglou. Although he understands the five elements and eight works in the society very well, he never lingers in the Qinglou. In one afternoon, I inquired about the redemption of Shui Hibiscus in the horse tent room.

A country girl who has just entered Yixiangyuan sells for five hundred taels is indeed a high price. One reason is that Ma Jiaming doesn't know the price of redemption, and the main reason is that the water hibiscus is very beautiful and clean, and after training, it will make a lot of money for the bustard. But she has always been very ignorant and does not understand the rules, and if she picks up customers rashly, she is likely to get into trouble. If you train her to be the kind of girl with all kinds of charms, it will take a long time, and when you buy it, it will only cost fifty taels of silver, and you can sell it for five hundred taels, and you can buy a few more girls. As for the formalities, there were no procedures at all, but fortunately, the bustard admitted that the water hibiscus was bought by Ma Jiaming for five hundred taels of silver. Mr. Bai asked the bustard to go through the formalities, and if he didn't make up the money, he would hand over the silver. It may be that the old bustard is afraid that this procedure has become her handle, and the fifty taels of silver are already very high, and she asked for five hundred taels while Ma Jiaming didn't understand, and she was very afraid that the Rui Wangfu would fight a lawsuit with her, and she would definitely lose such a lawsuit, so she gritted her teeth and returned Ma Jiaming's ransom to Bai Qi, Bai Qi was also very reasonable, and returned the money of the old bustard's fifty taels of money to her, and asked the old bustard if he wanted a receipt, and the old bustard said: "What else do you want to receive a receipt?" Just don't think it's over like this? Uncle, if you don't pursue us, we will burn high incense. ”

Although Shui Hibiscus did not receive guests, the house could not keep her. After contacting again, her fiancé knew that she had not done anything like that, and it was not easy for a countryman to marry a daughter-in-law.

The silver that Ma Jiaming ransomed for Shui Hibiscus must have been greedy for the prince. How can you forgive a woman for playing with the prince's silver?

But he can't be expelled immediately, for he covets the king's money and will spit it out. Five hundred taels of silver said that he would take it out, and he was very generous, which proved that he was greedy for ink far more than five hundred taels of silver.

Ma Jiaming's head injury was very serious, although the brain melon bone was not smashed, it was also full of head, unconscious, and it was estimated that he had a concussion. In such a situation, even if it is tied up and locked up, it is useless. So he moved him to his room on an errand to recuperate from his wounds, and sent four soldiers to guard him in two shifts. Immediately, Nalan led people to raid his residence. There was not much silver in the room, and the account books and cash were also there, and after a surprise check, it was clearly recorded that he owed nearly 5,000 taels of silver to the house. After an in-depth search, a place resembling a rat hole was found behind the water tank in the outer room where he lived, and after digging it out, 1,500 taels of silver were found inside. plus the five hundred taels for Shui Furong to redeem himself, it shows that he is greedy for at least two thousand taels of silver from the prince. There are still 3,000 taels missing, so I have to interrogate Ma Jiaming to know the whereabouts of the silver, and this time has to be delayed.

It was to track down rumors, but I didn't expect such a result. All the people said that Fu Jin was decisive. Ma Jiaming's matter must not be hidden from Nafeng, and soon he knew the news, Ma Jiaming grabbed the handle, and everyone got the stolen goods, what does it mean to him? Extinction! There are only two ways to do this, one is to let Ma Jiaming go, and the other is to kill people. But now Ma Jiaming is unconscious, and there are people who are specially guarded, so it is difficult to start. And Nafeng's courage is very small, and he doesn't dare to kill people. He knows that no matter what dynasty it is, it is to kill people to pay for their lives and pay off debts. He didn't want to pay for his life to someone who didn't deserve it. But it's still possible to let people go. It's just that I can't start now, and I have to wait for the prince's nerves to relax and the caretaker to relax.

Na Feng regretted letting Yeh Nara spread rumors to Yun'er and Tian Liang. Not only did it not play a role, but it also made Wang Ye Fujin more vigilant. Now I hope that Ma Jiaming will not confess himself, and he will be finished if he confesses. If Ma Jiaming can think about how good he usually is to him and take care of him everywhere, he can't lose his conscience, but it's hard to say. That peak is unconditional protection for Ma Jiaming, because his handle is in Ma Jiaming's hands. Don't think that the prince is a fool, there is also a master of investigating the case by his side.