Chapter Forty-Nine: An Interlude on the Road
If this woman was either sold to the Qinglou, she was sold to a rich family as a concubine, and she has seen a lot of this kind of story.
Chu Qingli was still guessing that the woman had already run to their carriage, "Miss, please, save me, please." The woman seemed to be desperate, and seeing Chu Qingli dressed extraordinarily, she knelt down and kowtowed, and there was a bang.
"You get up first, and you have something to say." Chu Qingli helped the man up and blocked her in front of her, "What are you doing, a few big men bullying a woman?" β
Hearing the noise outside, Xiao Pan lifted the carriage curtain, and saw Chu Qingli being heroically nosy, what they need to do most now is to keep a low profile and don't take the initiative to cause trouble.
"She doesn't pay her debts, what's wrong with our debts?" How could a man with five big and three rough men be afraid of Chu Qingli such a little woman, "You get out of the way quickly, don't meddle in things, we won't be responsible for hurting you when the time comes." As he spoke, he began to move to push Chu Qingli away.
Debt, this is this woman's fault in the final analysis, and Chu Qingli is not easy to help. "Are you really in debt?" Chu Qingli turned around and asked the woman, looking at her like this, she really didn't look like a rich person.
There must be something unspeakable, such as a family member who is seriously ill or something?
The woman was honest, nodded, and lowered her head and picked at her fingers. "So what are you hiding from you?" If she had a poor background, the people around her would definitely sympathize with her, and then she would have sent these people away.
But the woman just didn't speak, and it seemed that she did have something else hidden, but she didn't want to say it.
"How much she owes you, we pay it back." Xiao Pan, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke, but it was just a trivial matter, so why bother talking if he could solve it with money.
The woman raised her head and looked at Xiao Pan with a pair of bright eyes, Chu Qingli saw this, and began to anticipate the development of things in her heart, this woman must have fallen in love with Xiao Pan at first sight, and she wanted to serve as a slave and a maid by his side. This clichΓ© plot~
"One hundred taels." The men looked at each other, their profession was nothing more than debt collection, as long as the money was returned, regardless of who gave it.
A hundred taels? Chu Qingli didn't expect this woman to owe so much money, why did she need so much silver? Even if you treat a disease, you can't use that much, right? Chu Qingli looked at the woman curiously, very curious about what she had not confided.
"Give it to him." Xiao Pan did not refuse to pay off her debts because of the amount of silver, and after finishing speaking, Xiao Pan lowered the car curtain.
Chu Qingli reluctantly watched as his subordinates gave a hundred taels to those people, but she didn't earn the money, so Xiao Pan could spend it as much as he wanted.
Chu Qingli took out ten taels of silver from his purse and stuffed it into the woman's hand, "Well, this money is for you, you buy clothes, eat something, and find something to do to support yourself." β
The woman looked at the silver taels in her hand, and returned them to Chu Qingli, "Thank you, Miss, it's just that there is still a shortage of people in Miss's house?" I am willing to work in the house, and I will pay you back the hundred taels of silver. β
This woman is strange, although she is asking for others, her expression is not humble, her eyes are open, neither humble nor arrogant, which makes people unbearable to look down on.
"Well...... this" Chu Qingli looked at the closed car window, she didn't dare to make decisions for Xiao Pan, and she had to ask Xiao Pan what he meant about this matter.
"Give you three days to find a place to stay, and leave after three days." Xiao Pan's emotionless voice came out, it was really cold as frost, and he would not pity the jade at all.
Chu Qingli grimaced at the car window, and said softly to the woman, "Then you stay first, and look back to see if you can find a job to do." β
"By the way, what's your name?"
"Du Qinghe." The woman didn't talk much, and in response to Chu Qingli's question, she either nodded, or just said a few words, never saying much.
On one side is the indifferent Xiao Pan, and on the other side is the silent Du Qinghe, just she seems to be chattering. I didn't expect that there was nothing to do along the way, and I was involved in such a dispute when I entered Hezhou.
After returning to the prefect's mansion, Chu Qingli asked his subordinates to find a clean dress for Du Qinghe to change into, and freshen up a little, this woman is also lovely, beautiful and beautiful.
But things are not as Chu Qingli imagined, Du Qinghe stalked Xiao Pan to the death, but this woman has never met Chu Qingli alone, and she is not like someone who has other plans for Xiao Pan.
It seems that Chu Qingli was brainwashed by the plots in the TV series.
The three days will come soon, Du Qinghe will not procrastinate, he will not leave, as soon as the time comes, he will take the initiative to pack up his things and leave, this crisp and neat personality is very popular with Chu Qingli. Chu Qingli exchanged a few words with her, and then watched her leave.
"Xiao Pan, you say, what's going on with this Du Qinghe? It doesn't seem to be greedy for your money, and it's indifferent to your beauty. Chu Qingli sat on the chair, eating grapes in his mouth, and was very puzzled in his heart.
"A woman, lonely and penniless, met a handsome boy and helped her to solve her difficulties, why didn't she move? Didn't promise it either? "Chu Qingli seems to be a storyteller, and the head of what he says is the Tao.
Xiao Pan's face darkened, but he still stared at the book in front of him, "We are in a special situation now, and there can't be strangers in the house." Xiao Pan reminded Chu Qingli that if they made a wrong step, it would be a sin to kill their heads.
Chu Qingli naturally knew it, "I know, I didn't let you keep her, I just thought she was acting strangely." "Intuition told Chu Qingli that Du Qinghe definitely had an ulterior secret.
"Don't care too much about other people's affairs, be careful that curiosity will hurt you in the end." Xiao Pan put down the book and looked at Chu Qingli.
After this period of getting along, the relationship between Chu Qingli and Xiao Pan is finally not so awkward, mainly because Chu Qingli found that Xiao Pan is not so serious and old-fashioned, he is still quite reasonable.
After Xiao Pan finished speaking, he focused on reading his own book again, there were still many things to deal with when he first took office, how could it be like Chu Qingli who went out to play all day and couldn't see anyone. But this matter, Chu Qingli can't be blamed, after all, she has nothing to do in the house, so it's better to go out for a walk, and she can also find out the surrounding situation for Xiao Pan.
But a few days later, Du Qinghe appeared in front of the prefect's door again, with blood stains on her body and dilated pupils, as if she was frightened. Chu Qingli thought she was injured, so she hurriedly stepped forward to check, but found that it was not her own blood, could it be that she killed someone?
Chu Qingli suddenly became vigilant, now Xiao Pan is the magistrate of Hezhou, if he hides criminals, he will be greatly implicated, and it is not impossible for the emperor to take the opportunity to suppress it.