As soon as Lan Sheng got the brocade box, he smelled the fresh smell of blood inside.

Gong Chang hung his head and said, "Xiangye said, after seeing this thing, Miss Wei will understand, if Miss Wei regrets it, tomorrow's banquet in the Suiguo Mansion, please wait in the seven-trick exquisite rockery in the west." ”

After speaking, Gong Chang retreated.

"Miss, it's better not to look at this thing." Lan Sheng frowned.

"Open."

Wei Qingqing knew that if Rong Ruizhang dared to talk to him so blatantly, he must have taken something that was enough to threaten him.

Lan Sheng saw Wei Qingqing's face resolute, and hesitated for a moment, in the end he opened the brocade box.

But as soon as the brocade box was opened, Lan Sheng saw the severed finger that was still bloody inside.

An old scar was clearly visible on the severed finger, and the blood had not yet dried up, indicating that it had just been cut off......

"Miss......"

Lan Sheng saw that Wei Qingqing's face suddenly turned pale, and he was stunned, and hurriedly closed the box and stepped forward to support her.

Wei Qingqing only felt as if she had been cut a gap in her heart again, this severed finger was taken care of by Mama Jiang who had grown up like her own grandmother since she was a child, but wasn't Mama Jiang sent to Zhuangzi in the countryside by her a few years ago to care for the elderly, she didn't participate in the affairs of the capital at all, why did Rong Ruizhang refuse to let her go!

Lan Sheng looked at Wei Qingqing, whose face was terrifyingly gloomy for a moment, and looked at her tightly clenched hand, and knew that the owner of this severed finger should be very important to her.

"Miss, do you want to summon Guo Qing back first?" Guo Qing's martial arts are strong, and it should not be difficult to save individuals.

But Wei Qingqing knew it. Since Rong Ruizhang has already attacked Mama Jiang, he will not give himself a chance to find her easily.

Moreover, before tomorrow's banquet, Rong Ruizhang should not attack Mama Jiang again.

"Tonight, you send someone a message to Aunt Liuli in the Prime Minister's Mansion." Wei Qingqing spoke, her voice was already a little hoarse, Mama Jiang was the best person in the world to treat her, she still remembered that when her mother had just died when she was a child, Mama Jiang would stay by her bedside all night and talk to her softly.

"You don't have to summon Guo Qing back. Let him do what I have to do! ”

Wei Qingqing's eyes were sharp, and Lan Zhi outside also sent back the news that she had saved Liu Quanfu, who was almost killed by the people of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Wei Qingqing glanced at the late sky outside, didn't say a word, directly changed into men's clothes, and quietly left the house with Lan Zhi.

When Rong Che heard the news, her expression also darkened a little, and she still refused to rely on herself.

"This Miss Wei is too scheming and ruthless, does the second master really think she is a good match?"

On one side, a silver-haired, energetic, neat old woman stood on the side and said coldly.

Rong Che did not answer her, but only ordered: "Tonight's affairs will bother you." ”

The old woman saw that he looked stubborn, and knew that she couldn't persuade her, so she only snorted: "The old slave will naturally do what the second master explains, but Tang'er mother and son, don't forget, you promised to take good care of them for the rest of your life, if you marry a femme fatale and come back and can't accommodate their mother and son, the second master should also think about how to explain to the dead person." ”

"Seven women!"

The middle-aged doctor in green clothes hurriedly stopped her words. The seventh woman also closed her mouth in the end, and only stared at the doctor: "Han Xianzi, don't just think about treating the second master's body, you also follow the second master's heart, like a girl who is half younger than him, and let her do whatever she wants, but don't be confused." After speaking, he saluted Rong Che and withdrew.

Han Xianzi glanced at Rong Che's face, saw that he had a solemn face, and sighed lightly: "The seventh woman has been nagging more and more over the years, don't take it to heart the second master, she is just worried about Mrs. Le Wu and Tang'er." ”

"Well, I think it's about the same, it's time to talk to Qingqing about their mother and son." Rong Che half-closed his eyes, there was a sense of compromise, but he couldn't stop worrying in his heart, he thought, it was better to wait for Qingqing to marry in, and then mention their mother and son.

In an inconspicuous small courtyard on the outskirts of the city, Lan Zhi was already waiting.

"Miss."

Lan Zhi looked at Wei Qingqing, who was dressed in men's clothes, quite a bit of juvenile childishness, although her eyebrows and eyes still had the softness of a woman, but now such a white little scholar is not uncommon, and it will not make people suspicious.

"Someone in there?"

"Yes." Lan Zhi said about the situation of saving Liu Quanfu at that time: "This person is smart, and he led the people who chased him all the way to the gate of the official mansion, but he was negligent, that is, Rong Ruizhang had already laid a net, and he had nowhere to escape in the capital." ”

Lan Zhi stopped talking at this point and didn't say any more, but Wei Qingqing knew that she must have moved Rong Che's forces to save Liu Quanfu, otherwise Rong Ruizhang's net, how could she save such a big living person with a few fists and kicks?

Walking inside, Wei Qingqing saw Liu Quanfu sitting in the corner with an injured body and dying at a glance.

Wei Qingqing hasn't seen Liu Quanfu for several years, in order to take care of Rong Ruizhang's self-esteem, not long after she married into the Prime Minister's Mansion, she arranged for the most powerful person to take care of her dowry and quietly defected to Rong Ruizhang, this person is Liu Quanfu.

Although Liu Quanfu was dissatisfied with Rong Ruizhang, the office was dedicated, and later in order to take care of Jiangnan's business, he only came back once every other year.

Rong Ruizhang refused to let go of even his own arm.

"Shopkeeper Liu."

Wei Qingqing poured tea from the side and handed it to him.

Liu Quanfu's slender eyes instantly looked at Wei Qingqing, took the tea and drank it, before smiling: "It turned out to be a delicate young lady." ”

"The shopkeeper's good eyesight" Wei Qingqing smiled lightly, if the person she picked out, if she couldn't even see her male and female clothes, it would be in vain for her to put in her thoughts.

"Miss went to great lengths to save me, not just to say these few words." Liu Quanfu didn't care much about his appearance, but his eyes were firmly fixed on Wei Qingqing's face.

"I want you to be my treasurer, how about it?" Wei Qingqing smiled: "Just for the former prime minister's wife, the hundred acres of fertile land she promised you haven't fulfilled her promise." I may be able to give it to you, you and I can do it for five years. ”

Referring to the former master, Liu Quanfu suddenly narrowed his gaze and smiled: "Miss is raised, Liu is just a pawn, and Miss can't trust him so much." Besides, the prime minister's wife is dead, and death is great, so it's better not to use her as a host. ”

Wei Qingqing saw that he was still loyal to him, and the ice in his heart melted.

"At the beginning, Shopkeeper Liu promised the prime minister's wife, who was only twelve or thirteen years old, to do his best to serve her all his life, didn't this count?" Wei Qingqing smiled lightly: "Is your mother's old illness better, blood bird's nest should be eaten all the time, and it is best to take the medicinal wine brewed by the first plum blossom in early winter." You're almost out of the plum blossom stuffed you last time, right?

Liu Quanfu's face stiffened slightly, and he looked up at Wei Qingqing, puzzled: "Who are you, and what does it have to do with the master?" ”

"My name is Wei Qingqing, and I am the young lady of the Wei family." Wei Qingqing left a silver ingot beside him: "If you want to go back, after nightfall tonight, I will arrange for you to go back, and wait until this winter, you come to me to get plum blossom brew." If you want to stay, wait here, and soon I will come to you. ”

With that, Wei Qingqing left.

She knows that her shopkeepers are all smart people, but whether Liu Quanfu stays or leaves, she is happy, at least the favor is not as cold as she thought.

Liu Quanfu was stunned like thunderbolt for a long time. It wasn't until he saw Wei Qingqing's back disappear into the courtyard that he looked down at the tea cup in his hand and frowned.

Wei Qingqing came out of Liu Quanfu and went to the back alley of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

When she came, Ruri was already waiting in the alley.

Wei Qingqing looked at her from a distance, she was thinner than the last time she met, her eye sockets were slightly sunken, and she was wearing a long gray and white dress, Wei Qingqing looked at her face full of anticipation and apprehension, and her mood was indescribably complicated.

"Auntie, Xiangye is back and wants to see you." The glass ring reminds through the corner door.

"Got it." Liuli is also anxious, but this is the first time that Miss Wei has taken the initiative to ask to see her, will it ...... Is she willing to admit that she is the master?

Although this possibility is very small, Ruri is still unwilling to give up.

The night breeze cooled down, and the clouds on the horizon slowly disappeared into the dim sky, and Liuli looked around anxiously, until she saw the figure at the mouth of the alley, and then she ran excitedly with her skirt.

"Miss......"

When Liuli saw Wei Qingqing, tears flowed uncontrollably.

Wei Qingqing looked at her, who was now Rong Ruizhang's favorite concubine, her mind lightened a little, and asked her softly: "Is the Prime Minister's Mansion okay recently?" ”

"Not good." Liuli hurriedly wiped her tears, but laughed: "It's very chaotic, especially when Xiangye came back yesterday and suddenly said that he wanted 100,000 taels of silver, Aunt Wen was deceived into selling a few shops in private." Xiangye just sent someone to call me, probably because of the idea of beating the lady's dowry. ”

"The slave and maid have counted the dowry, and the tens of thousands of cash left before have long been used up by the old lady and the eldest lady, and the rest are gold, silver and jade engraved with the mark of the General's Mansion, so those bloodsuckers did not dare to move, but they were all moved to various cages."

Liuli happily said how the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion squandered Wei Qingqing's dowry, and mentioned that Rong Ruizhang was now worried about silver all day long, and he was even more overjoyed.

Wei Qingqing looked at her like this and asked her, "Don't you like Xiangye?" ”

"Of course not." Liuli blurted out, came back to her senses, the joy on her face faded instantly, and she lowered her head in shame and clutched her skirt tightly, before she lowered her eyes and said, "Miss, doesn't you hate the slave and maid for marrying a villain like him?" But the slave and maid don't regret it, if the slave and maid don't stay in the prime minister's mansion, then everything that the young lady has worked so hard to take care of will be cheap. And...... The slave maid also wanted to check the fire. ”

Wei Qingqing looked at her and bit her lip with a pale face, and asked her, "Where were you and Yuyu on the night of the fire?" ”

Ruri remembered the fire. Tears flashed in her eyes: "The slave maid was called out by the people of the general's mansion, saying that the general had something to pass on to the slave maid, and he was in a hurry, and the slave and maid were worried about whether something big had happened, so they didn't dare to let others listen to it and went by themselves." As for the jade, the slave maid asked her later, but she was just silent every time, but she secretly bought arsenic and other things, and the slave and maid refused to say anything when she asked her several times, and then she was gouged out of her eyes and thrown out of the house. ”

Wei Qingqing's eyes were as dark as the sea in an instant, which obviously knew what to prepare for the jade to be burned, but Liuli said that it was her father who asked her to call her away, could it be that the fire was not only Susu, but also her father's participation.

"Auntie, is Xiangye looking for you?"

At the corner gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the glazed Yahuan became more and more anxious.

"You go back first, if Rong Ruizhang wants 100,000 taels, you tell him that you only need to send all those gold, silver and jade artifacts to an underground pawnshop called Yinbaozhuang. The underground pawnshop specializes in the collection of marked jewelry, and the price is fair, and there has been no leakage for so many years, so he can rest assured. Wei Qingqing looked at Liuli, if Liuli really has no two hearts, then this time is the best test.

Liuli frowned: "Isn't this cheaper for nothing?" ”

"Just do as I say." Wei Qingqing said, and the urging at the corner gate became more anxious.

Liuli looked at Wei Qingqing, and had already secretly determined her identity. Whether she admits it or not.

"Miss, don't worry, the slave will take care of it." After speaking, Liuli turned around and walked two steps, stopped again, and said to Wei Qingqing in a choked voice: "Whether you are a young lady or not, the slave and maid are willing to go to the soup for you, and they will not hesitate." ”

"Don't die."

Wei Qingqing's eyes flashed slightly, leaving a sentence, turning around and stepping into the night.

The night is surging. Rong Ruizhang sat on the top, looking at Aunt Wen who was kneeling on the ground pitifully with the child in her arms, and the love in her heart vaguely seemed to be punctured.

Aunt Wen's face is still so good-looking, and her figure is also plump and exquisite, with the Wenxiu of a Jiangnan woman, especially she knows poetry and books and knows how to play the piano and chess. Such a woman gave him a concubine, so that he didn't feel insulted by himself.

But why is he so irritable when he looks at her at this moment?

"Okay, go back and rest, the past is over." Rong Ruizhang waved his hand tiredly.

On the side, Mrs. Zhang's face darkened: "Then forget about the shops she squandered?" And the use of a few thousand taels of silver in the house......"

"I said the past and it was over!"

Rong Ruizhang interrupted Mrs. Zhang's words impatiently.

Old Madam Zhang has always been self-respecting, and when she saw her son, who had always been filial, actually refuted herself in front of everyone, a pair of sharp eyes quickly stared at Aunt Wen.

Aunt Wen was so frightened that she shrank back a few steps, and she didn't care about the decency and elegance she once had, so she ran away with the child in her arms.

Rong Ruizhang was tired of seeing it, rubbed his eyebrows vigorously, and heard that Liuli was coming, so he had a dark face, and as soon as Liuli entered the door, he asked in a deep voice: "What are you doing!" ”

"The concubine's stomach suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, so ......"

Liuli bowed her head and saluted, Rong Ruizhang looked at her, she couldn't send it out if she wanted to.

The four princes were still waiting for 100,000 taels, and if they couldn't take it out, what they said before would be ridiculous, and they would even make the four princes look down on themselves.

"Do you want to think ......" Rong Ruizhang stiffly softened his tone: "Make up 100,000 taels of silver." ”

"One hundred thousand?"

Mrs. Zhang's eyes widened, and then she remembered her identity again, so she regained her expression and said in a deep voice: "Zhang'er, there is a daughter-in-law in the house who can make money, and now everyone in the house is reaching out to ask for money and opening their mouths to eat, 100,000 taels is not a small amount, and my mother only has some silver left." Your eldest sister has a quarrel with the prince of the Wei Mansion, I'm afraid I can't hide it, you have to think of a dowry for her, and marry her to the General's Mansion. ”

When it came to Rong Jinning, Rong Ruizhang was simply irritable, and his mother's words were so calculating, which also made him feel uncomfortable, and he didn't squeak with a black face. Just staring at the glass.

Liuli looked embarrassed, then paused, and looked up at Rong Ruizhang: "The concubine once heard the young lady say that there is an underground pawnshop called 'Yinbaozhuang', and he is willing to accept jewelry engraved with marks, and the slave has seen the dowry list left by the young lady, even if the price is discounted by half, it is not a problem to be a 150,000 taels." ”

When Mrs. Zhang heard this, her face darkened, the dowry that Wei Qingqing married, except for the things she gave to the courtyards, the rest had already been included in her own cage, and even some of them were given by her to various good ladies in the capital in her own name.

"Zhang'er ......"

"Gong Chang, you go check this Silver Treasure Village." Rong Ruizhang directly interrupted Mrs. Zhang's words, and said to Liuli: "Early tomorrow morning, you will take the housekeeper with you." Arrange everything in front of the dowry list, and if it is all right, arrange for a carriage to be sent out tomorrow night! "No matter what, before tomorrow, he will get the 100,000 taels!

Wei Qingqing couldn't sleep all night, in the nightmare, she saw her biological father and her most beloved sister raise the torch, and her husband, who she had been infatuated with, watched coldly, the fire devoured the flesh inch by inch, it really hurt.

It hurt her heart and burned all her love to ashes.

Rong Che sat on the edge of her bed, gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and then gently caressed her green silk to carefully soothe her emotions.

Is she having nightmares again? Did you dream about that fire?

Rong Che still remembered the feeling that his heart was hollowed out when he made up his mind to come back and rob this nephew and daughter-in-law and lock her in the Golden Pavilion forever.

"Second uncle."

Just when the sky was about to dawn and Rong Che was about to leave, Wei Qingqing's muttering suddenly came out, soft, like a soft feather brushing over Rong Che's heart.

Rong Che couldn't hold back the throbbing in his heart, looked back at Wei Qingqing, who really opened his eyes in a daze and looked at him delicately like a mist, and his tone was extremely gentle: "I'm here." ”

"I want revenge." Wei Qingqing's voice was slightly hoarse, but Rong Che had never been so determined or so determined to do something, he looked at her with certainty, and the corners of his mouth were lightly raised: "Okay, I'll help you!" ”

The corners of Wei Qingqing's mouth also smiled, and she closed her eyes as if she was just in a dream.

But only she knows that since she has chosen unscrupulous means, Rong Che can also be one of her means of revenge.