Song Zhixian was very surprised, and said: "Virtuous nephew, it costs a lot of money to obtain the qualification of a prisoner with donation, where do you get so much ......" Thinking of involving people's economic income, it was **, Song Zhixian stopped in time.

Mother Yang also said worriedly: "Yes, for the sake of the Bai family, you have taken almost all of the family's income during this period of time and gave gifts, where do we still have money?" ”

"Mother, don't worry," Feng Xiaoxue comforted, "Since the husband said so, there must be a way." Besides, my father said that the tenants of Hejia Village should hand over the year-end harvest silver after a while, and we still have a lot of debts that have not been returned, and it is time to collect them at the end of the year, isn't this money? ”

Feng Xiaoxue is really a good housekeeper, Yang Qiuchi was very pleased, and said, "Don't worry, you look at what this is?" Yang Qiuchi took out the stack of deed from his arms, "Since I cracked the Hao family's rebellion case, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court has rewarded me with all the Hao family's property." These are the relevant deeds, and we will go to Ningguo Mansion tomorrow to receive these family properties. With that, he handed the deed to Mother Yang.

Mother Yang and Feng Xiaoxue were surprised and delighted. Mother Yang took the deed, and Feng Xiaoxue looked at it one by one, smiling from ear to ear.

Song Zhixian understood now and congratulated him repeatedly. Song Yuner was also happy for Yang Qiuchi.

Song Zhixian said: "For example, if you donate a regular supervisor, of course, you can participate in the township test, so that the virtuous nephew is bound to win." ”

Song Yun'er saw that Yang Qiuchi had spent a lot of money to become a prisoner, and she was ready, it didn't seem like a joke, although she still didn't believe that Yang Qiuchi could be admitted, but she also admired his courage.

After talking about the imperial examination, everyone talked about Song Qing's affairs again, and discussed that the four of them would set off together the next day, and the soldiers would be divided into two ways, Yang Mu and Feng Xiaoxue would receive the Hao family's property in Ningguo Mansion, and they would help Governor Zhou when the time came. Yang Qiuchi, Song Zhixian and Song Yun'er went to Yingtianfu to pick up Song Qing. Mother Yang prepared the dowry and the concubine deed, and asked Yang Qiuchi to take it, and if possible, she would immediately handle the matter of taking a concubine.

The next day, the heavy snow that had been falling for several days finally stopped, and the group set off on horseback and came to Ningguo Mansion first, Yang Qiuchi asked Zhou Zhifu to send someone to help Yang Mu and Feng Xiaoxue receive the Hao family's property, and left Xia Ping and other female guards, and he and Song Zhixian and Song Yuner rushed to Yingtianfu with fifteen other male guards.

Yang Qiuchi was afraid of extraneous branches, and he also wanted to see Song Qing quickly, urging everyone to hurry all the way, and finally arrived at Yingtianfu on the third day.

Song Zhixian came last time, and the group quickly found Song Qing's mother's house. It's a small yard, and although it's not big, it looks neat.

Yang Qiuchi immediately stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a while, an old woman came out and opened the door. Yang Qiuchi asked, "May I ask the old man, can Miss Song Qing be at home?" ”

This old woman is the servant of Song Qingniang and Mrs. Song, she looked at Yang Qiuchi, she didn't know, and then looked at Song Zhixian behind him, and suddenly remembered that this official master had come with Song Qing and them not long ago, and in order to withdraw from the marriage, she was suddenly overjoyed and asked: "This son, may I ask who you ......are?"

"My name is Yang Qiuchi, and I am from Guangde County, and I am here to find Miss Song Qing."

The old woman was suddenly surprised, turned around and shouted, "Qingqing, mud doll, Yang Gongzi is here!" ”

What Yang Qiuchi was most worried about along the way was that once Jinyiwei was released from house arrest, Song Qing would run around, and would hide and refuse to see him because he felt sorry for himself. Now when I heard the old woman's words and knew that Song Qing was at home, the hanging stone in my heart fell. Happy and nervous at the same time, he stepped into the courtyard.

The yard was covered with snow, and a passage had been swept out in the middle, Yang Qiuchi hurriedly ran up the steps, and was about to lift the door curtain, the door curtain had been lifted, and a girl was rushing out of the door, and the two almost bumped into each other, and they both hurriedly took half a step back.

Yang Qiuchi fixed his eyes and saw that this girl's round face, small dimples, and snow-white and neat little shell teeth were none other than the mud doll Song Qing.

"Qingqing!" Yang Qiuchi called softly.

Song Qing saw Yang Qiuchi, snorted lightly, and threw herself into Yang Qiuchi's arms. The two hugged each other tightly, and when Song Qing raised her head, her face was already full of tears: "Brother Qiuchi, you are here, I have waited so hard for you." ”

Yang Qiuchi hugged Song Qing and gently stroked her hair: "Qingqing, you have suffered"

Song Qing shook her head vigorously and asked urgently, "Brother Qiuchi, are you willing to forgive Qingqing?" ”

Yang Qiuchi kissed her lightly on the forehead: "Little fool, if I don't forgive you, will I still come to you?" I'm here to marry you! ”

Song Qing was overjoyed and said in a trembling voice: "Is what you said true?" He hugged Yang Qiuchi tightly, as if he was afraid that he would disappear as soon as he let go.

"I've brought all the gifts. We're going to get married tonight! ”

Upon hearing this, Song Qing immediately blushed, but tears couldn't help but flow: "Brother Qiuchi, you are so good!" ”

It turned out that after Yang Qiuchi released Song Qing privately that day, she did go back to Yingtianfu directly, because she had nowhere to go, knowing that she had committed a heinous felony, and she would harm whoever she went to, she didn't want to hurt or affect others anymore, so she decided to respond to Tianfu and die with her mother.

The road to Tianfu was very safe, and no one came to be verbose. How did she know that she was followed by a large group of Zijinyi secret agents, protecting and controlling her.

After coming to Ying Tianfu's house, I found that the people sent by the Hao family to kidnap her mother were gone, and I don't know if they fled or were arrested by Jinyiwei. However, their mother and daughter are now under house arrest again, and can only stay at home, and the old servant can only go out to buy anything under the supervision of Jinyiwei.

They don't understand why they are only restricted from going out, but they are not arrested.

What's even more unexpected is that after a period of time, all the Jinyi guards were withdrawn. Before leaving, she also told them that the court had pardoned her sins, and they were all right.

After escaping death, Song Qing and her mother were wondering who saved them, it was not difficult to guess at all, and they immediately thought that it must have been Yang Qiuchi who saved them, because no one would help them except him, and no one dared to help them.

In addition, Song Qing had already guessed from the respectful attitude of Jinyi Wei Niu Baihu towards Yang Qiuchi, and only Yang Qiuchi had this ability. However, he committed a felony of treason, and Yang Qiuchi must not have any good fruit to eat in order to save himself this time, but I don't know what price Yang Qiuchi paid for it.

Although Song Qing initially got close to Yang Qiuchi to find out the news, later, she gradually fell in love with this man who liked to be in a daze and often brought unexpected surprises.

Later, the matter was revealed, I thought I was dead, but I didn't expect Yang Qiuchi to risk death to let herself go, which made her even more moved, and she also deeply felt Yang Qiuchi's love for herself, and at the same time, it also awakened her love for Yang Qiuchi.

If a man's feelings for you are deep enough to be willing to die for you, such a man is not worthy of your love, then there is no man in the world worthy of your love.

However, Song Qing, who returned to Yingtianfu, didn't dare to think about anything else at this time, she and her mother were both waiting for death, and what she thought about the most in her heart was to deeply repent of her actions.

When she learned that they were pardoned and escaped death, Song Qing found that her heart was full of unforgettable thoughts about Yang Qiuchi, and she couldn't wait to go to Guangde County to find Yang Qiuchi, she wanted to confess to Yang Qiuchi in person, and told him her gratitude and thoughts for Yang Qiuchi, and wanted to be his woman.

Song Qing told her mother, Mrs. Song, about her thoughts. Mrs. Song agreed to let Song Qing marry Yang Qiuchi as a concubine, but persuaded Song Qing not to run around, it is estimated that after Yang Qiuchi and they know the news, they will definitely come to find Song Qing, and the two of them may miss it.

Song Qing agreed with her mother's idea, and at the same time took into account that her mother's health was already very poor, and after this ordeal, she suddenly became much older, and she didn't worry about letting her mother be alone at home. So, Song Qing had no choice but to look forward to Yang Qiuchi coming to her every day.

Today, Yang Qiuchi is finally here, and she has forgiven her, how can she not be ecstatic.

Just as Yang Qiuchi and Song Qing were hugging each other and talking to each other, they heard a woman inside asking, "Qing'er, who is it?" ”

Song Qing wiped her tears and replied, "Mother, it's Uncle Yang and Gongzi who are here." At this time, she had already seen Song Zhixian and the others under the steps, and she blushed and gently broke free from Yang Qiuchi's embrace, said a blessing to Song Zhixian, and introduced them into the house.

Yang Qiuchi and the others entered the living room and saw an old woman standing there, her hair had turned gray, her back was bent, and she was squinting at him.

Song Qing said: "Brother Qiuchi, this is my mother. ”

Yang Qiuchi hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "Little nephew Yang Qiuchi, please see your aunt." ”

Old Madam Song looked Yang Qiuchi up and down carefully, and stretched out her hand to hold Yang Qiuchi's arm: "You are Qiuchi?" We...... We've been looking forward to you coming! ”

Yang Qiuchi hurriedly supported her and said, "Auntie, Qiuchi is late, so you have to wait." "Helped Mrs. Song to the chair in the living room and sat down.

After Song Zhixian briefly said that Yang Qiuchi had made meritorious contributions, the imperial court offset Yang Qiuchi's sin of releasing Song Qing privately with his merits, which forgave Song Qing and their sins. Song Qing's mother confirmed their conjecture and thanked Yang Qiuchi repeatedly.

Yang Qiuchi took the opportunity to propose to marry Song Qing as a concubine, this issue Mrs. Song and Song Qing had already discussed, and of course Mrs. Song happily agreed. Mrs. Song thought that for the sake of her daughter Song Qing, Yang Qiuchi could not even care about her surname, and her daughter would be handed over to him, so what else was there to worry about, what concubine or not, what door to worry about.

Yang Qiuchi struck while the iron was hot, hurriedly gave the dowry gift, and asked Mrs. Song to sign the concubine deed.

You're all set! Song Qing finally became Yang Qiuchi's concubine, Yang Qiuchi was very happy, and his first love finally blossomed.

Although taking a concubine is different from marrying a wife, it does not require such a cumbersome procedure, but it is still necessary to celebrate it.

There are Yang Qiuchi's brocade guards Ma Du and Niu Baihu in Yingtianfu, as well as some relatives of the Song family, if you want to really hold a wedding, this Mrs. Song's family is relatively simple, and it is inconvenient to hold a wedding banquet.

Yang Qiuchi originally wanted to charter the best restaurant in Yingtianfu to celebrate, but Gonggong Li repeatedly asked himself to keep a low profile, so it was inconvenient to do it with such fanfare. After discussion, it was finally decided to have a simple banquet at Mrs. Song's house to invite the best relatives and friends, of course, the temporary cave room for the two of them was also located in Mrs. Song's house.

After the agreement, the wedding banquet was organized by Song Zhixian County. Yang Qiuchi took the Jinyi guards to find the thousand households of Madu and Niu, and the three of them were of course very happy to meet. Yang Qiuchi invited the two of them to attend his concubine wedding, and of course the two happily agreed.

Ma Du shouted that he was about to go to see Brother Yang's bride. Yang Qiuchi went back to Mrs. Song's house with them.

On the way back, Yang Qiuchi asked Ma Du about Bai Qianzong. Ma Du said that as soon as Bai Qianzong and them were killed, the time of execution of the rebels and relatives would be the day after tomorrow.

Yang Qiuchi doesn't know if Gonggong Li has helped, it stands to reason that he will definitely help, this Gonggong Li is Ming Chengzu's confidant, he is willing to help speak, there should be no big problem, but why has there been no news.

Yang Qiuchi took Ma Du and Niu Baihu to Mrs. Song's house, and after introducing Song Qing, Ma Du praised Yang Qiuchi for his eyesight and found such a handsome and lovely concubine.

While he was talking, the Jinyi guard, who was in charge of guarding outside the courtyard, accompanied the two people to come in to see Yang Qiuchi, saying that they were from the palace and sent a letter to Yang Qiuchi.

After Yang Qiuchi rewarded the two of them and left, he opened the letter and looked at it, and it turned out to be written by Gonggong Li. It seems that this Gonggong Li already knows that he has arrived in Yingtianfu, and his every move is under the supervision of others, so he has to be more careful and don't make a mess.

Yang Qiuchi finished reading the letter, and with a smile of relief on his face, he burned the letter.

Song Qing and others hurriedly asked what was going on, and Yang Qiuchi said that a friend told him that the execution of Bai Qianzong's wife and son, Mrs. Bai and Bai Sumei, had been changed from a beheading decision to a three-thousand-mile stream, three years of military service, and a local residence. Although Bai Qian was not able to avoid death, the execution method had been changed from Ling Chi's execution to a summary execution, which at least greatly alleviated the pain before death.

Although he failed to save Mr. Bai Qian, he finally saved the lives of Mrs. Bai's mother and daughter, which made Yang Qiuchi feel a little relieved.

In fact, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, even the exile punishment cannot be applied to the female surname who was punished for the crime of rebellion (Zhulian) (the crime of treason can), and they were all issued to the hero's family as slaves, so Mrs. Bai and Bai Sumei were commuted to exile, which is still beyond the extrajudicial punishment stipulated in the "Ming Law". However, it is already a blessing in misfortune to be able to save the lives of the two of them.

After learning the news, Ma Du and the others also felt fortunate for the mother and daughter of Mrs. Bai. Everyone also guessed that this was the result of Yang Qiuchi's intercession.

(To be continued)