19. Chapter 019 Arson
Knowing that his son had been with Zhang Hanqiu and the two had dinner together, Wu was relieved, and rarely indulged his son to get close to Zhang Hanqiu, and his mind shifted to meeting Mrs. Qi tomorrow.
You must pay attention to your attitude, and you can't be looked down upon by your mother-in-law before your daughter enters the door.
I thought about my dowry again, but I felt that it was pitiful compared to Xia Wei's.
sighed, and the unwillingness in his heart went up to another level.
Thinking that Zhang Hanqiu has always been close to Jiabao, Wu's eyes lit up, if he couldn't plan for his daughter, it would be haode to leave it to his son!
Yes, that's good, wait until the matter is settled......
As if he had found another way, the corners of Wu's lips rose, and all his irritability was gone.
From beginning to end, all she was thinking about was how to get Xia Wei's dowry, if she just wanted to marry her daughter, it would not be Zhang Hanqiu who was married to Qi Zhensheng at the beginning.
is such a promising child, she never thought of giving it to Zhang Hanqiu.
It's good now, my daughter has a good match, Zhang Hanqiu can't find a better person than Qi Zhensheng after experiencing this incident, and it is impossible to live better than Qiao'er in this life, if she plans well, maybe she can detain all those things......
The more I thought about it, the more beautiful it was, so I turned over again, and looked at the sleeping man next to me, and fell asleep after a while.
"The hour is almost up, do as Jihua does." The weather in March was still a little cold at night, Zhang Hanqiu was wearing a good action jacket and bottom, thought about it, and still took a big coat in his hand in case of emergency.
Ru Niang and Ah Jiu were a little nervous, but their expressions did not waver.
"Miss, remember to stay away for a while." Ru Niang subconsciously touched her clothes, she packed the silver ticket with waterproof oiled paper and sewed it into her and Miss's clothes, even if it rained, she was not afraid, and only brought a few small amounts and some loose silver.
"I know what I know."
Opening the door, the three of them crept into the east room.
No one came in here on weekdays, so the tung oil sent by Xia Jing was put aside.
The thought of burning all these things made Ru Niang feel so distressed, this is Madame's dowry!
Everything is all haode materials used, and she overheard the people waiting next to the old lady say that not long after the old lady was born, the old lady began to prepare, and the Xia family really felt sorry for the lady.
But no matter how much they haute, they can't take it away, and if they stay, it's cheaper for the Zhang family, so it's better to burn it.
"Miss, you look at it, here we come." A barrel of tung oil is not light, how can you let the young lady carry it, pull the person behind her to stand, and call Ah Jiu to start working.
Xia Jing didn't know what her niece wanted tung oil to do, and she sent a lot of it.
"Go and sprinkle my house too."
Ru Niang paused, silently walked out with a bucket in her hand.
Ah Jiu helped deliver two more buckets and poured the rest on a room full of things.
"Miss, it's alright."
Zhang Hanqiu stood at the door and took another look at the room where he had lived for thirteen years, and there was nothing left when the fire went down, so he didn't have to worry about his things being taken away by disgusting people, so it was okay.
"Let's light the fire."
Ru Niang and Ah Jiu took a fire fold, and soon, the fire soared into the sky.
"It's a drain...... Come on, people, go to the water......"
Ru Niang's voice was sharp and piercing in the night.
Zhang Hanqiu stood in an inconspicuous corner, watching the mother and daughter living in the west room running out in rags, and ran out with a louder scream.
Ah Jiu silently took the big coat in the young lady's hand and draped it over her, covering her clothes that were too neat and neat.
The sound of hurried and messy footsteps came from far and near, and the people of the Zhang family ran over with pots and buckets, and when they saw the fire in front of them, they were so frightened that they stood there and didn't dare to move.
Seeing this, the housekeepers who came later naturally knew that there would probably be nothing left in the house after the fire was extinguished, but they were still saved from this fire, and they couldn't take the entire Zhangfu together.
"What are you doing in a daze, why don't you go and put out the fire, what about the eldest lady, which of you has seen the eldest lady?"
"I'm here, don't worry about me, go put out the fire."
Seeing that the eldest lady was fine, the housekeeper felt a lot more at ease, and he didn't have time to think about the wrong thing with the eldest lady for a while, and shouted to everyone to move quickly, and went to the main house to report the matter with his front foot and back foot.
Zhang Hanqiu was waiting for this time.
With what she knew about the couple, as long as she knew that she was fine, she would not have thought of going anywhere else, let alone coming to this dangerous place.
The three of them hurried to the back door.
This is a place where people come and go, the Zhang family has many rules, and there is a special housekeeper lady to take care of this place on weekdays, and this hour has long been locked.
For a few months, Ru Niang had already thought of a way to get a key, and the problem would be solved as long as the gatekeeper was transferred.
"Miss, you are aggrieved and squatting here."
Zhang Hanqiu was so nervous in his heart, he didn't want to show his bottom in front of the two subordinates who fought for his life, so he pinched the tiger's mouth tightly and nodded, "There is not much time, hurry up." ”
"Yes."
Ru Niang was also nervous, and the corners of her forehead were already sweating.
pinched his thigh hard, and walked quickly to the housekeeper who was asleep and was woken up by the noise.
"Mother Wang, you can wake up quickly, the eldest lady is running in the yard, and the housekeeper has called everyone to help."
Mrs. Wang hurriedly got up, took two steps forward and stopped, looking back at her suspiciously, "The eldest lady's courtyard is on fire, why do you still have time to inform me if you don't take care of the eldest lady?" ”
"I wanted to accompany the eldest lady, but the fire was too big, and the housekeeper gave me the sign of Zhangfu and asked me to go to the street to find an official to help put out the fire, isn't this a way? The butler let me tell you by the way. ”
Mrs. Wang suddenly, touched the key in her arms, came out and scolded with a smile while walking to the back door, "Since you are going out, why don't you say anything, I will just leave to see how you get out of this door, the eldest lady can't protect you if you make a mistake." ”
"I'm in a daze." Patting her forehead, Ru Niang smiled bitterly, and the cold sweat on it seemed to explain her anxiety even more.
"Okay, go quickly, I'll lock the door, and you and the official will enter through the front door in a while."
"My feet are numb, let me slow down first, or you go over first, don't you usually take turns with Mother Qin? I don't have to sleep tonight anyway, so you go and wake her up and tell her to come over and close the door in a while. ”
Looking at the fire over there, Mrs. Wang nodded, "Okay, I'll call her, you should hurry up, but you can't let this fire ignite the entire Zhang family." ”
"Just go, just go."
Seeing that Mrs. Wang turned the corner and disappeared, without being called by Ru Niang, Zhang Hanqiu helped Ah Jiu's hand to get up, and the three of them went out smoothly without even using the key to prepare haode.
Zhang Hanqiu walked far away without looking back, not worried, and because he was cold.
Wuyang City has been very peaceful recently, the curfew is in vain, and few officers and soldiers who patrol the night really patrol outside, especially on this cold day, it is very comfortable to find a place to drink some wine and block a little money.
If he hadn't known about this situation, Zhang Hanqiu wouldn't have dared to be so impatient when his uncle hadn't come yet.
The dark night was foggy, and if they were a little farther away, they would not be seen, and Shengsheng added another layer of protection to them.
The three of them walked forward without saying a word.
As early as when Ru Niang noticed that the young lady had any intentions, she booked a room at the inn closest to the city gate, and gave Xiao Er some more silver to make him wait for a while more every night.
There is money to open the way, and things are going well.
After walking for a quarter of an hour, the three of them stopped in unison, which was the sound of horses' hooves......
They didn't dare to take the trail for fear of accidents, so they picked the main road to walk, Zhang Hanqiu looked around, ran to the shadow on the steps of the shop, and the other two were busy following.
It wasn't until they watched the carriage go away that the three of them put their hearts back in their stomachs.
wiped his forehead, all of which were sweaty on his hands.
"How far is it?"
Ru Niang walked down the steps and glanced at the name of the shop, "It's just ahead, miss, you work hard, let's go faster." ”
She almost jumped out of her heart along the way, for fear of encountering any accidents, even if she ran into a drunk, it was enough for them to bear it, but fortunately, the journey was safe.
Ru Niang didn't dare to put the fear in her heart into words, Zhang Hanqiu saw that the hair on her forehead was wet, how could she not understand her worries, and she couldn't say words of thanks, so she could only nod vigorously at this time and reply with a word of grace.
The shopkeeper of the return inn sat at the table with his head propped up and dozed off, and finally woke up after stumbling on the table again and knocking his forehead.
"It's not going to come tonight." After looking at the words and muttering a sentence, thinking of the kind woman who was generous, the shopkeeper decided to wait a little longer.
It's just that he slept less every day and waited for half the night, and the man gave himself five taels of silver, which was almost three months' wages, and he waited a little longer to be worthy of the five taels of silver.
So comforting himself, Xiao Er decided to wash his face with cold water.
As soon as I got up, there was a knock on the door.
Xiao Er's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked over to open the door, and when he saw that it was really the person he was waiting for, he smiled on his face, "It's time to wait for you, please come in." ”
Ru Niang nodded to him and helped the young lady into the door.
When I went out in the middle of the night, I was nervous, who remembered to bring a hat.
The shopkeeper looked tender, with delicate eyebrows and eyes, dressed luxuriously, and was obviously a noble lady, and the young lady was stunned.
"What are you looking at?" Ah Jiu stopped in front of Miss, she was a little taller than Miss, and just blocked all sight.
"Small offense, small offense, guests please come in." Xiao Er hurriedly lowered his head, remembering that the door was still open, and hurriedly bypassed the three of them to close it.
"Take us to the room."
"Yes."
Bringing people to the second floor, Xiao Er explained in a low voice: "You didn't say how many rooms you wanted at the time, only one room was prepared for the small one, you can see ......"
"One room is enough, and we need some hot water."
"The little ones are already ready, so I'm going to get them."
Xiao Er came quickly, and Ru Niang picked it up at the door, "Ah Jiu, you take it and wait for Miss to freshen up, Miss, while there is still some time, you can rest for a while, and the old slave and the little second brother will talk about something." ”
"Well, don't say it's too late, you need to rest for a while."
"Yes, the old slave saved."
The sound is so good, it's like a yellow bird calling, the shopkeeper thought secretly in his heart.