It's not the end of the time to come out of the palace. Ruan Qingzhi, who was summoned to the palace early in the morning and had nothing to eat, was in a bad mood.

At this time, I couldn't wait to go back to the house for dinner, Yehan planned to take her to Jinxi Building to eat, but Ruan Qingzhi insisted on ordering the carriage to be diverted to South Street.

There is a fried tofu fruit opposite Moxiangju that is said to be very good, although it can't be eaten as a meal, but it can be watched as a play.

No, you can watch a play while eating and nourishing your body and mind.

Ruan Qingzhi asked for a large bag of fried tofu fruit, and then instructed Cheng Hu to go next door to buy two bowls of noodles, and sat with Ye Han on the table under the roadside color shed, eating with relish.

She's not afraid of the cold either.

After all, the door of Moxiangju opposite was in full swing.

Hundreds of people shouted around, and the frightened howling north wind could only spin around and escape far away.

Ruan Biyun and her maidservants, who were surrounded by these hundreds of people, were like a few snowflakes in the north wind, weak, pitiful, and helpless.

Today's Moxiangju does not have a rope at the door, nor does it put pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. There were two tables on the table, but they were not used for writing and drawing, but for setting up abacus and settling accounts.

"It's so cheesy." Ruan Qingzhi commented while chewing tofu fruit, "How can our elegant and dusty Miss Ruan Er do such a vulgar thing!" ”

Lin An said on the side: "It's not good. Originally, she didn't want to be so vulgar, those people said that she would return as much as she had donated, but before the morning of 30,000 taels of silver, she was 'returned', and the people who asked for refunds were still rushing over. ”

Ruan Qingzhi couldn't help but laugh when she heard this: "So, Miss Ruan Er has to pay at least more than 10,000 taels?" ”

"It's hard to say," Lin Andao, "This morning, most of the people who have really donated money haven't heard the news, maybe those people are fake, but these in the afternoon are real." ”

Ye Han smiled: "In this way, it is possible to lose twenty or thirty thousand." This must be the accounts of the little guys below who have not made a mistake, and if they are wrong, it is not strange to pay more. ”

"Ouch!" Ruan Qingzhi stroked his palms and laughed, "This is a bad thing!" How can my sister have so much money to lose? She's not going to run to my grandmother to ask for money, is she? Will my grandmother reduce my dowry in order to wipe her ass? ”

Ye Han waved his hand and sent Lin An down, looked at Ruan Qingzhi and asked with a smile, "Are you in a better mood?" ”

"What a thing!" Ruan Qingzhi smiled while eating: "The Prime Minister's Mansion is about to be compensated by my sister, and I am about to have no dowry, how can I be in a good mood!" ”

Ye Han didn't refute her, and accompanied her with a smile to finish the noodles and fried tofu fruit seriously, and then asked, "Do you want to meet your good sister?" ”

"Yes!" Ruan Qingzhi laughed, "My sister, how can I, as a sister, bear to watch her suffer such grievances!" ”

Just go. Ruan Qingzhi put on his hood, tightened the ribbon under his neck, turned around and handed the hand stove to Ye Han, squeezed into the crowd and moved to the center little by little with great patience.

At this time, Ruan Biyun was being pointed at and scolded by a group of people. She was delicate and had a small voice, she couldn't quarrel with others, she was so angry that she couldn't stop crying, and her eyes were red and pitiful.

But the people who surrounded her and scolded her were even more pitiful. They donated the only money left in their families, thinking that they could help the Northwest Army, but now they suddenly learned that the money could not be delivered to the Northwest Army at all, and everyone was so angry that they couldn't eat or sleep, and they said that they would come to get their hard-earned money back.

The maids and maids in Jinghua Courtyard were too busy to cry, and they didn't dare to cry, so they had to fight their life's courage to block Ruan Biyun in front of her, lest she be hurt by the angry people.

Ruan Qingzhi admired it for a while, then pushed aside the crowd and walked in: "What's wrong?" Why is Yun'er crying? ”

A little maid heard the voice and thought that a savior had come, so she cried and said, "The money is not enough......"

As soon as the words came out, she immediately realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly stopped her mouth, and as soon as she looked up, Ruan Biyun had already slapped her in the face, "Shut up!" What do you ask that to do? If you don't have enough money, can she pay you?! ”

This change came suddenly, and the people around her who were shouting and scolding were frightened.

No one has ever said that the gentle and weak Miss Ruan Er can not only scold people, but also beat people. Looking at the skillful strength of the servant girl who fell to her knees and shouted "Miss spare her life" after being beaten by her, it must be commonplace to beat people, right?

Moreover, this little girl who was scolded by her as a "cheap maid......

A clever person immediately reacted and asked cautiously, "This young lady, are you the county lord of Qingyang?" ”

"I am," Ruan Qingzhi immediately admitted, "I am the county lord of Qingyang." What's going on here? Why are you bullying my sister? ”

This is the short-term protection.

All the people felt very uncomfortable in their hearts, and a few straight people rushed to shout: "Lord Qingyang, you have to be reasonable!" We donated money for the Northwest Army, and now that the money can't reach the Northwest Army, should we come back? ”

Ruan Qingzhi thought for a while and said, "Yes." ”

"That's right!" The people scrambled and shouted, "We ask Miss Ruan Er to return our money, but what does your good sister say?" She said there wasn't enough money! How can the money scavenged from us not be enough in just a few days? Did she spend it on her own to buy rouge gouache? Qingyang County Lord, you comment, should we ask the Prime Minister for an explanation on this matter?! ”

As soon as the voice fell, someone responded: "Yes! Find the Prime Minister's Mansion and ask for an explanation!! Find Nguyen Van Chung for an explanation!! ”

The people were indignant, and the sound shook the sky.

Ruan Bijun cried even harder. Thinking of her grievance of starvation and cold, she couldn't help it anymore, and quickly rushed over and grabbed Ruan Qingzhi's clothes and was about to beat: ", it's all your fault!" It's all your means of damage! ”

Ruan Qingzhi seemed to be frightened, and she didn't hide after being beaten several times, and in the end, two women among the people couldn't see it, and came forward to protect Ruan Qingzhi behind her, arguing with Ruan Biyun for her.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the maids and servants of Jinghua Courtyard hurriedly gathered around to protect Ruan Biyun, making a posture that they would definitely accompany them if they wanted to fight.

Ruan Qingzhi sighed and pushed the two women away, shook his head and walked out with a sad face: "Don't make noise. I can solve this matter. ”

She turned to the people, and said sincerely: "My father was seriously injured a few days ago, and he is still sick at home, and he does not know about this matter. ”

The people were a little dissatisfied when they heard this, and many people in the distance shouted at the same time, but no one spoke in the distance, but many pairs of eyes glared at Ruan Qingzhi angrily, waiting for the next step.

At this time, Ruan Biyun couldn't help it again, and scolded sharply: "Father really doesn't know, but you know!" Don't pretend to be innocent here, if it weren't for you, a, stirring up trouble in front of King Li, things would never have gotten to this point! ”

"It's really not," Ruan Qingzhi said seriously, "Yun'er, King Li refuses to accept this money, it's really because it's too late to raise money now, not because he doesn't look down on you." He is your brother-in-law, and if there is a good way to solve this matter, he will not dismiss your face and disappoint the people. ”

"You!" Ruan Biyun was so angry that her face was red.

Ruan Qingzhi ignored her and continued: "Your heart, His Royal Highness King Li knows it. But he also said that your heart, like the money you raised, is not bad, but it is late, and it is not what he wants. Presumably, His Highness also said to you last night: Please take back some 'kindness' and your money together with your money, and put it back in its place. ”

Ruan Biyun was stunned by her troubled words, and then hurriedly stomped her feet again: "You are shameless!" How have I ever said......"

"Don't say it!" Ruan Qingzhi raised his hand to interrupt her words, "Yun'er, I know that it is not easy for you, but I know your kindness. We're sisters, and I certainly don't blame you. I also know that you are in trouble, and you can't pay 30,000 taels of silver, and you don't know how long you will feel guilty...... Don't worry, I'll pay them back for you! I'm an older sister, can't I even afford my sister to buy two boxes of rouge gouache? ”

A few little maids next to her couldn't help cheering when they heard the sentence "I'll pay it back for you", which made Ruan Biyun lose her mind for a moment, and then found that Ruan Qingzhi had already said the words "rouge gouache".

The people were already boiling like water, some cheering, some scolding, and the noise was so loud that Ruan Biyun's ears were buzzing.

Ruan Qingzhi took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve, handed them to a small servant in Jinghua Courtyard between two people, and ordered: "Okay, don't cry, 30,000 taels of silver can't stop us!" Go to the money bank and exchange it into broken silver and copper coins, and ask the guys to carry them and send them over, so as not to make the neighbors wait for a long time! ”

The little guy took a look and saw that a large number of tickets were worth 1,000 taels or 5,000 yuan, and he immediately grinned happily, and ran to the money village without waiting for Ruan Biyun's instructions.

When the people saw this, they knew that their money had been settled, and they had a bottom in their hearts, and the atmosphere suddenly eased a lot, and they immediately began to praise the county lord of Qingyang for his magnanimity, kindness, and general knowledge.

Seeing this, Ruan Biyun's heart was immediately overshadowed by anger because of the ease that had just been born because of the trouble.

She took two steps forward, looked at Ruan Qingzhi and said loudly: "Sister, I am really magnificent, I have thousands of people here to raise donations for many days to have 30,000 taels, you can take it casually!" It's just sister, since you have so much money, why didn't you take it out and donate it to the officers and soldiers of the Northwest Army earlier, but you have to sit back and watch them endure the suffering of cold and hunger? ”

It's clear that a quarrel is going to be made.

Ruan Qingzhi looked at her, her expression and tone were very calm: "Yun'er, you are wrong. First of all, I didn't 'casually' take out 30,000 taels, but I took a lot of effort to raise the money in order to help you solve your troubles; secondly, it was not that I refused to donate money to the officers and soldiers of the Northwest Army, but because the soldiers of the Northwest Army were soldiers and horses of the imperial court, not His Royal Highness King Li, let alone mine. When the soldiers at the border pass suffered a snowstorm, the imperial court should come forward to give money and food, and others bypassed the imperial court to do this kind of thing, which is regarded as 'trespassing'. Trespassing to the head of the court is a great crime equivalent to complicity and rebellion. ”

She said it extremely solemnly, and Ruan Biyun and the people in front of her were so frightened that they didn't say anything for a long time.

Seeing this, Ruan Qingzhi slowed down his tone again, and comforted: "Don't be nervous, Your Majesty and the Queen Mother both know your temperament and know that you really want to do something for the officers and soldiers of the Northwest Army, so you will definitely not ask our family this time." It's just that my sister still wants to persuade you a few words: People donating money can be regarded as 'labor army', and everyone can know that they are sincere; Father has been cautious for so many years, we can't show off for ourselves and invite his old man to come over for the big crime of raiding his family and exterminating the clan. ”

Ruan Biyun didn't believe that donating money to the Northwest Army could also donate a big crime of stealing his family and exterminating his family. But she had never known the rules of the court before, and she was speechless for a while, so she had to reprimand angrily: "You are just nonsense!" Alarmist! ”

Most of the people have not read any books and do not know the difference between nonsense and alarmism. They only knew that Ruan Qingzhi's words were reasonable, but Ruan Biyun didn't seem to be able to say anything, only yelling.

Judgment from above.

At the moment, the people on the street were talking a lot, talking about how the county lord of Qingyang was thoughtful and worried about being affected, and how Miss Ruan Er was whimsical and almost brought disaster to the mansion. Everyone remembered Ruan Biyun's bad attitude towards Ruan Qingzhi just now, and they couldn't help but accuse Ruan Biyun of being ignorant.

Ruan Biyun was so angry that she wanted to cry, but she didn't want to cry in front of Ruan Qingzhi, so she had to glare at her angrily, which caused greater dissatisfaction among the people, and the accusations came one after another.

Ruan Qingzhi waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and begged Ken: "Please don't accuse my sister, she is still young, and it is inevitable that there will be times when she is ignorant." Today, even if I make amends to you on her behalf. In addition, the officers and men of the Northwest Army already know the deep friendship of the Northwest Army, and they are all grateful. Today, in the court, His Majesty has promised to requisition grain and cotton clothes to send to the northwest border, and you can leave for the north within three days, so you can also rest assured. ”

This was good news, and the crowd cheered.

Ruan Qingzhi arched his hand to everyone, then bowed his head and said "borrow", squeezed into the crowd with extreme humility, and got out.

She was so agile that those who watched her walk past them didn't even remember if they had given way to her.

Under the canopy opposite, the night cold is still waiting.

Seeing Ruan Qingzhi come out, he immediately greeted her with a smile, grabbed her hand, and handed her back the hand stove: "It's cold." ”

"Nope!" Ruan Qingzhi shook his head, with a smug expression: "It's their turn to be cold in a while!" ”

"What, the silver ticket you gave her was fake?" Ye Han asked.

Ruan Qingzhi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed: "I thought I was bad enough, why are you worse than me?" She pointed out that you still want to give her a fake ticket, do you want to force her to hit the wall on the spot? ”

Ye Han smiled and shook his head: "I just think that she is too fake to deserve a real silver ticket." - So what exactly did you do? ”

Ruan Qingzhi smiled: "I didn't do anything." But I only gave her 10,000 taels, and if it wasn't enough, I couldn't take care of it! ”

Cheng Hu was squeezed in with her before, and she couldn't help but laugh when she heard the words.

Ye Han turned around and glanced at him.

Cheng Hu hurriedly raised his hand and wiped it on his face, instantly regained his seriousness, coughed twice and honestly retreated to the back.

Ye Han helped Ruan Qingzhi into the carriage, and asked with a smile: "Only give 10,000 taels, aren't you afraid that she will count it on the spot and expose you?" ”

Ruan Qingzhi laughed: "No! First, Miss Ruan Er is very high, so she will not do such a vulgar thing as counting silver tickets in public; Second, even if she understands the count, I never said that I gave her 30,000 taels, I only said that I took out the money I saved to save her in an emergency! ”

Cheng Hu came over to close the car door for her and gave her a thumbs up by the way.

It is obvious that Ruan Qingzhi's mood is much better. She leaned against the window, staggered, smiled, and folded her fingers again: "Ruan Biyun has wanted to bump into me recently, so she won't swallow her anger." After a while, when the little girl comes back with money, she will definitely scold me in public, do you think the people will turn to her? ”

The answer is obvious. Ye Han didn't answer, but shook his head and sighed, "I still think you're at a loss." In order to vent his anger, Bai gave her 10,000 taels of silver. ”

"In this way, we don't owe her half of the favor." Ruan Qingzhi said seriously, "Lest she get entangled in the future, saying that she showed up to help you raise money or something." Now that I said bluntly, the money she raised was used by her to buy rouge gouache, and even the money she returned to the people was given to her by me, so she can't have anything to do with you anymore! ”

Ye Han came over and asked with a smile: "Are you afraid that she will have something to do with me?" ”

Ruan Qingzhi nodded seriously: "Of course I'm afraid!" A good man fell into the dung pit, it's a pity not to pick it up, it's disgusting to pick it up, do you say it's uncomfortable? ”

Ye Han coughed twice in embarrassment, and said, "For example, I don't like dung pits." ”

"If you don't like it, it's right!" Ruan Qingzhi straightened his face, "If you don't like it, stay away from her, if I know that you have the slightest hook with the dung pit in the future, I will kick you into the real dung pit!" ”

Ye Han touched his nose a little aggrieved, and then came over with a smile: "Are you jealous?" ”

"Not jealousy." Ruan Qingzhi immediately denied it, "I'm just smoked by the stench!" ”

Ye Han's smile immediately faded, and he was disappointed in his heart: "Can't you be a little jealous?!" ”

Ruan Qingzhi felt that this person was simply unreasonable. But looking at his aggrieved appearance, she couldn't bear to hit him, so she had to think about it seriously and explained: "It's not that I don't want to eat it, it's just that there hasn't been good vinegar so far." ”

Ye Han thought about it for a while and felt that this reason was barely acceptable, and finally felt a little more comfortable in his heart, and secretly decided to find a way to test his little girl in the future to see under what circumstances she would be jealous.

Ruan Qingzhi didn't know that the old man was already calculating to feed her vinegar, and her heart was not easy at the moment. There was silence in the carriage for a while, and her mood, which had just improved a lot because of bullying, was gloomy again.

The parting is imminent, and the place where Ye Han is going is the mountainous area where the thieves and bandits in the north are the most troublesome, and the worries in her heart cannot be completely suppressed by a nonsense.

It is still necessary to solve the problem fundamentally.

Ruan Qingzhi still refused to return to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and followed Ye Han back to the Golden Chestnut Garden, and as soon as he closed the door, he hurriedly asked him: "How sure are you about the bandits?" With only about 100 people, even if you can go to heaven and earth, it may not be foolproof, right? The Northwest Army can't mobilize ......"

"You've forgotten one thing." Ye Han pulled her to sit down on the soft couch, chuckled, and raised her hand to point southwest.

What's in the Southwest? Ruan Qingzhi frowned.

The only one she knows can be used as a help, but Yangcheng is not in that direction. The burned Qi Wangfu is not either, but ......

Ruan Qingzhi suddenly turned around: "Qingwang Mansion?!" ”

Ye Han raised a finger to make a silent gesture, and Ruan Qingzhi immediately realized.

Once upon a time, the private soldiers of the Qing Palace, available!

But that's too shady, isn't it? King Qing originally raised those private soldiers to prepare for a rebellion, but now Yehan has all of them brought over and used them, does this mean that he is also preparing to rebel? !

It's exciting to think about!

Ruan Qingzhi's face was flushed with excitement, and he asked directly: "So, do you plan to suppress the bandits first and then bring the troops back to Beijing to force the palace, or will you directly lead the troops back as soon as you go to Beijing?" Otherwise, join up with the Northwest Army first? ”

Ye Han looked at her, his eyes rolled: "Daughter-in-law, don't be excited about forcing the palace to rebel, right?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Ruan Qingzhi looked happy, "I've never seen a rebellion in the forced palace, so it must be very interesting when you think about it!" Hey, you must take me with you then, I'm not done with you if you miss the show! ”

Ye Han held his forehead with his hand, helpless.

Marrying an ignorant little girl is not good. Of course, it's even worse to marry an old youkai who is already thousands of years old but still so naïve.

Tired.

Ruan Qingzhi was still excitedly calculating: "The soldiers in the Beijing camp are no more than three thousand, and Jin Wuwei is only seven or eight hundred people, so if you want to come back to besiege the city and rebel, five thousand people are almost enough, and if you have eight thousand people, you can run rampant in Beijing." But you have to consider the tranquility of the Northwest Frontier, and now that the Northwest Army has a new commander, it may not be possible to prohibit it......"

"Wrong," Ye Han said, "there is no new commander of the Northwest Army. ”

Ruan Qingzhi was stunned, and then was shocked: "Really killed?!" ”

Ye Han motioned for her to silence again.

This time, Ruan Qingzhi really didn't shout anymore. She looked around vigilantly, grabbed Ye Han's clothes and lowered her voice and asked, "You killed the court officials!" You're crazy at night! Now you're really going to rebel! If you don't rebel, you'll die! ”

Ye Han grinned and blew on her wrist, and said provocatively, "What, scared? Regretted it? ”

Ruan Qingzhi hurriedly let go of his hand, rubbed his wrist with a red face, and pouted: "It's hard to say whether you regret it or not." I don't regret it if you win, and I regret it if you lose! ”

Ye Han's face was hurt: "Why is it not at all different from what I thought?" Shouldn't you say that you live and die with me, and share honor and disgrace? ”

"No!" Ruan Qingzhi didn't blush at all, "I'm a person with no conscience!" Don't you know that I can share prosperity and hardship? ”

"That's right," Ye Han narrowed his eyes and approached her, his tone dangerous, "Then don't blame me for using some unusual methods!" ”

"What's the solution?" Ruan Qingzhi was taken aback, "You plan to cook the raw rice before you set out for the expedition?!" ”