Bai Qiuyan held the railing of the boat, chuckled and looked at Song Ting, she was wearing a light green printed silk purple and red placket narrow sleeves at this time, inside was a milky white bandeau, revealing a white neck and collarbone, on the big red skirt, tied a bow pink belt, two hairpins were inserted in the cloud bun, the body was light, and the figure was exquisite, worthy of being the top famous prostitute in Yangzhou City.

It's just that her face is slightly thin, the corners of her eyes are bleak, with a layer of faint black circles, and her face is stunned, as if something is lingering in her heart, and she will condense her sorrow on her face.

Song Ting looked at Bai Qiuyan from the shore, at this time the painting boat was still in the middle of the water, some distance from him, he raised his hand, shook it gently, and a faint smile pulled out of the corner of his mouth.

Bai Qiuyan shook her hand and smiled at him.

That's a greeting.

When the painting boat docked, Bai Qiuyan took the initiative to walk down from the cabin, walked in front of him, and asked in surprise, "Song Gongzi, why are you here?"

Song Ting explained to her that he was a guest in the county office, and hurriedly asked her why she appeared here. Bai Qiuyan told him that tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, it is said that there are three products to come here, Yangzhou government wants to recruit the painting boat, Youling here, Yunxiangyuan has been poor business, Liu's mother wants to revive the business, and she took the initiative to invite Ying. She didn't want to come, but she was forced to come by Mother Liu.

Song Ting listened carefully, and suddenly remembered the beating she had been beaten in the first half of the month, and suddenly his heart softened, and he said softly: "White girl, if I can help you with anything, please just speak up."

Hearing him say this, Bai Qiuyan lowered her head, a trace of melancholy passed between her eyebrows, her face looked anxious, her hands pinched her skirt, bit her lower lip, and looked like she wanted to say something.

Song Ting could see that she was really in trouble, so her face turned grim, and she said in a firm tone: "White girl, my lady can be regarded as your rescue, if you really need help, just open your mouth, I will do my best."

Hearing his words, Bai Qiuyan was silent for a while, and then lowered her head and whispered, her voice was like a gnat: "Song Gongzi, it's inconvenient to lend me some silver taels ......"

Although she said it quietly, Song Ting could still hear it clearly, and when she actually borrowed silver from herself, she couldn't help but laugh a little, and she was busy searching her whole body, silver tickets, jiaozi, silver taels, and copper coins...... A total of seventy-eight taels and twenty wen, all of which were placed in her hands, and nothing was left on herself.

When he gave her the silver, he didn't look up at the expression on her face, and while searching for money from her body and stuffing it into her hand, he muttered to himself, "Do you have no money to eat?" Seeing that you are hungry and thin, you can take this money, eat something well, and don't treat yourself badly......"

At the beginning, when Song Ting took out the money, she waved her hand in surprise, wanting to tell him the amount she really wanted to borrow. But when he even took out the copper on his body, she couldn't say anything, and when she heard him talk about those broken thoughts, she cared about herself like her own relatives, her nose was sour, and her eyes were hot, and her heart was inexplicably moved.

At this time, Song Ting had time to look at her expression, seeing that her eyes were slightly red, I saw the pitiful look, and hurriedly asked, "Is it not enough?" It's not enough, I'll give it to you again tomorrow, you can tell you how much you want. ”

Who knew that Bai Qiuyan stuffed the money back into his hand, shook his head, and said anxiously: "Childe, no need, no need, I'm joking with you......"

Song Ting could see that she was obviously in trouble, and she really needed money, but she didn't want it, so she couldn't help but pull down her face a little, and said in a somewhat serious tone: "If you don't treat me as a friend, don't believe me, and don't let me accept your kindness, I'm going to be unhappy."

Bai Qiuyan lowered her head and bit her lip, thought about it for a while, and then said: "It's not that the concubine doesn't believe in the son, but the concubine is in prison, and the concubine is worried, which is really an ordinary thing...... The silver taels required are really a lot of money. The son has a family, and the concubine categorically does not dare to embarrass the son......"

"A large sum?" Song Ting took half a step closer, stared into her eyes, and asked, "How much is that?" You don't have to say anything, you might as well say it. ”

"Five thousand taels." Bai Qiuyan bit her lip and said.

"Five thousand taels......" Song Ting secretly stammered, this amount was really beyond his expectations, he is now a master, and his monthly salary is only four thousand wen, that is, four taels of silver, counting benefits and subsidies, he earns fifty taels a year, and these five thousand taels need to be earned for a hundred years...

Where can I find so many silver taels? Ask the princess's wife? It's definitely not going to work. Not to mention whether the princess's wife has so much money, even if she does, she can't use so much money to help a Qinglou woman she doesn't know at all. Although the woman in the Qinglou inadvertently saved her life...... But the princess's wife doesn't know this verse, what if the princess's wife doesn't believe it? So this time I can't touch the princess's wife's money.

But if she hadn't promised to help Bai Qiuyan, she had saved the princess's wife, how could she be so ungrateful? The promise must be agreed, but where are the five thousand taels going to go...... Suddenly, a flash of inspiration appeared in his mind, and there he had thought of a way.

Bai Qiuyan saw that he was hesitating and embarrassed, so she whispered: "Childe, it was the concubine who made Gongzi embarrassed...... The concubine knew that she was wrong, and she shouldn't embarrass her son. ”

Song Ting suddenly grinned and said, "This matter is not difficult. Isn't it just five thousand taels? Can you give me two days? ”

"Childe ......" Bai Qiuyan was speechless, her heart was half worried and half happy, the worry was that five thousand taels was not a small amount, it was really difficult for Song Ting, and she was happy that Song Ting cared about herself so much.

She borrowed the five thousand taels to redeem herself. At first, Mother Liu heard her say that she wanted to redeem herself, so she sneered and asked who wanted to redeem her. She said, "Myself", Mother Liu seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, "How can anyone in this world redeem herself?" ”。 She is determined to redeem herself, and Mother Liu opened the price with a smile, "One price with Jiu Niang, 30,000 taels!" ”。 She suddenly despaired, thirty thousand taels ...... Where to find 30,000 taels?

In the end, when she used scissors to force herself, Liu's mother finally gave in, "At least ten thousand taels!" There is no room for negotiation.

She raised 3,000 taels from the sisters, and sold the calligraphy and paintings left by Hua Yingying before leaving for 2,000 taels, so that she could make up 5,000 taels, and there was still a difference of 5,000 taels, but there was no way at all, unless she sold herself...... But it is impossible to sell herself, it is impossible to sell herself in this life, even if she dies, even if she jumps off a cliff, she will not sell herself.

She thought hard for many days, but to no avail, she was upset every day, but she didn't expect to meet Song Ting here, and she didn't expect that as soon as she opened her mouth, he agreed to lend her 5,000 taels. Although she didn't think about how to pay it back, if she could really redeem herself this time, she would definitely think of a way to pay it back......

Now, her mood seemed to suddenly brighten, her brows were stretched, she showed a sincere smile, and she looked at the Song court, and said: "Thank you to the princess, the princess, the concubine will be repaid."

Song Ting waved his hand and said with a smile: "She is a beautiful woman, but she is in prison, if I can help anything, it will be my honor."

He didn't say any more, because he saw that his "five thousand taels" actually came to the door by himself, like a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered......

Four sedan chairmen carried a brocade sedan chair swaggering, the brocade sedan chair stopped next to the Hongqiao, Wu Ruxiong walked out of the sedan chair, looked at the two "viewing platforms", smiled, nodded and said: "Not bad!"

Song Ting saw Wu Ruxiong standing there looking left and right, as if he had come to inspect the project, so he said to Bai Qiuyan: "Wait a minute, five thousand taels will be given to you soon."

Then regardless of Bai Qiuyan's surprise, he walked towards his "fat sheep" with a smile. Wu Ruxiong, the magistrate, fished more than 100,000 taels of oil and water, and if you have some ideas from him, it shouldn't be a problem to blackmail him for 5,000 taels - Song Ting thought so, and calmly walked to Wu Ruxiong.

Bai Qiuyan looked at his figure, not knowing what he was going to do, but she still stood in place and waited for him according to his instructions. I saw him arch his hand to the fat man in official uniform, and then the two of them got closer, muttering something, and the fat official made a bitter face, glared at him, and then unwillingly took out a large stack of silver tickets from his waist, counted a few and handed them to him, and then glared at him, but suddenly showed a sneer, and arched his hand at him.

Bai Qiuyan didn't know what the fat official was, and she didn't know why the fat official gave Song Ting a silver ticket, and she was thinking about it...... Song Ting had already come back whistling, as if he was in a very happy mood.

"Come, white girl, you want five thousand taels." Song Ting handed over five silver tickets, each with a face value of 1,000 taels, which was exactly 5,000 taels, and the silver tickets were stamped with the eye-catching "Hubu Official Ticket" seal.

"Childe......" Bai Qiuyan was so stunned that she couldn't speak, her mood was extremely complicated, and finally condensed into two words, with two words choked up slightly: "Thank you."

Immediately, he was replaced by the joy of regaining his freedom, and a sweet smile spread on his face, and he felt happy and happy from the bottom of his heart. After a while, she asked Song Ting with a smile: "Childe, what did you say to that adult just now, he actually gave you so much money."

Song Ting said: "I told him, tomorrow Lord Cao Si will come, maybe he will have to check the taxes, and there are a few uncertainties about the salt, tea, silk, and iron taxes, if Lord Cao Si asks at that time...... I'll just say this, and he will give me the money, which he wants to give me himself, and I can't be blamed for this, don't you say? "The number one leader of the Caosi Yamen is the transfer envoy, and the transfer envoy is in charge of the wealth all the way, and the Song court has handled so many official documents, so he naturally knows what taxes Wu Ruxiong has done and made false accounts.

Bai Qiuyan was amused by his words, smiled, her eyes were bright, and she instantly returned to her beautiful state.

"Okay, your troubles are solved, I'm going home." After Song Ting finished speaking, he was about to cross the Hongqiao to go home, and he saw from a distance that the new residence "Linshui Xuan" had been lit and green smoke was rising. The family must be waiting for him to go back......

"Childe, I'm ......" Bai Qiuyan looked at the back that had gone away, holding the silver ticket in her hand, and was stunned for a while, seeing that he had gone away, she turned around and went back to the painting boat.

…

At night.

Two fast horses galloped over, the horses stopped at the door of the post station, the two dismounted, and the servants of the post station came to lead the horses, and the stern old man wearing a round-necked official uniform in front of him walked into the reception hall, and muttered loudly to the post man: "Quickly prepare two rooms for us, as well as wine and food, and walk for most of the day...... I'm starving. ”

Seeing that the person who came was the famous Yang Xuezheng Yang, Master Yang, he nodded hurriedly: "I'll go and prepare." I saw that behind Master Yang, there was a man with a black face and inverted triangular eyes, with an obscene appearance, but he spoke quite politely, and gave him a salute.

"Lord Yang, did you say that the transfer envoy will really come to Yongtai County tomorrow?"

"Qin Hui, didn't you say you wanted to go back to the academy where you used to teach? The old man will accompany you back to see and ask so much what are you doing? ”

"Yes, yes, yes......"

The two are Yang Kui and Qin Hui.