Tong Ning'er was puzzled: "Brother Yunhua knows this person named Hou Zhen? Yunhua shook his head and said, "I don't know him, but he should know me." Su Mengtang said: "Brother Yunhua has confused us, don't sell it." Zhang Yunhua laughed helplessly and said, "The Salesian Bureau was undertaken by the Zhang family for the imperial court. If Qi Enming deducted the silver taels, he must have been sued by the Zhang family to Dali Temple. This Hou Zhen may have recognized my identity, so he came to avenge Qi Enming and ruined our business. Su Mengtang was taken aback, and just wanted to ask, Tong Ning'er had already preemptively asked, "Zhang family?" That is to say, the Salesian Bureau is run by Yunhua's brother's family? Yun Hua hurriedly said: "This is an institution set up by the imperial court, and the Zhang family is just managing it on behalf of the government." Tong Ning'er was puzzled and said: "But I heard that since the first three dynasties, the Salesian Bureau has been managed by the emperor's relatives and relatives, representing the face of the Son of Heaven, and adopting the people of Zhuzhou cannot raise babies. How can I get the right to host the Salesian Bureau. ”

Yunhua saw that everyone looked at him with a puzzled face, so he had to give out his family background: "The Zhang family has several pharmacies in Lin'an, and part of the family's annual income also depends on the profits of the pharmacies, but the more important affairs are the Salesian Bureau for the imperial court." The imperial court allocated a limited amount of silver taels every year, and sometimes in disaster years, there were too many abandoned babies and orphans, and it was necessary to supplement it with the grain and rent paid by the tenants in a few Zhuangzi. If anyone maliciously withholds the silver taels of the imperial court, my father and two uncles will not obey it. ”

Tong Ning'er exclaimed: "I only found out today that Brother Yunhua's family also works for the imperial court, but there is one thing that Brother Yunhua hasn't said yet, how did the qualifications for this undertaking come about?" Yun Hua said softly: "My aunt is Concubine Zhang of the harem. Su Mengtang and Tong Ning'er suddenly looked at each other: everyone said that Zhang Guifei was beautiful and crowned with six palaces, so she was favored by Song Lizong for many years, and in recent years, there have been rumors in the palace that Lizong wanted to abolish Queen Xie and set up Zhang Guifei as the queen, but I didn't expect her to be Yunhua's aunt!

Su Mengtang looked at Yunhua in front of him with some strangeness: they have been married for ten years, he never mentioned his life experience, he only said that his family was in the medicinal materials business, if it wasn't for Hou Zhen's matter, I don't know how long this secret would be hidden, but she knew that if Zhang Yunhua didn't say it, he had his own reason not to say it. Tong Ning'er smiled and said: "Brother Zhao Hong concealed his identity as a prince back then, and Brother Yunhua concealed his identity as a noble relative today, what are you guarding against, and you have to be so tight-lipped about your own people?!" ”

Su Mengtang saw that Tong Ning'er seemed to be a little angry, so she wanted to say a few words, but Yunhua shook her head lightly at her. Tong Ning'er saw that Yunhua and Su Mengtang didn't speak, and suddenly stood up as if they suddenly realized and said, "Could it be that all of you all have two sets of identities, and only me is no secret?" Su Mengtang said: "Ning'er, sit down quickly, everything is on the matter, but you can't be too careful, you Yunhua brother you know, he has always been pure and arrogant, usually we talk together, how have you ever heard him mention things related to fame and fortune?" ”

When Ning Er heard Su Mengtang defend Yunhua, she felt more and more that they were in a group, and said to Su Mengtang: "I don't know what Qinggao has to do with concealment, Sister Mengtang doesn't have to deliberately defend him." I took the trouble to bring the coral carefully along the way, but because Brother Yunhua's family offended Qi Enming, a loyal slave Hou Zhen appeared out of thin air and let the coral go, if they went to Shi Miyuan to tell the truth, even my father would be implicated!! The more Tong Ning'er spoke, the more angry she became, and her apricot-like eyes were filled with tears.

Su Mengtang saw Tong Ning'er crying, and she wanted to cry too, she didn't dare to defend Yunhua, so she only stepped forward and hugged Ning'er and said: "Ning'er is not afraid, it's dark now, the road is dangerous, they can't run far, I have sent someone to search the mountain, I will definitely find them." Tong Ning'er was hugged, tears suddenly flowed out, she cried and said: "I'm trying to do something, I don't reserve any reservations, and you guys are still hiding it from me." Su Mengtang coaxed her: "It's your brother Yunhua who is wrong, and I will ask him to apologize to you." ”

After hearing this, Ning Er broke free from Su Mengtang's embrace and asked, "What do you mean by making him apologize, there are only three of us here, and we are also separated from each other?" I.. She stomped her feet and cried, "I should have known that I was an outsider!" Su Mengtang wiped his tears and said, "Hao Ning'er, the more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes, who here treats you as an outsider?" Tong Ning'er saw that Su Mengtang was also crying, and she regretted that she didn't care about what she said, which hurt Su Mengtang's heart, but she couldn't pull her head down to take back what she just said, so she only said angrily: "I'm not outrageous at all, you still have a lot of things to hide from me." ”

Yun Hua didn't want to defend anything, after all, he did hide his background, and in this situation, he shouldn't just spend time on futile verbal arguments. It can be seen that Ning Er took Su Mengtang with him in a fit of anger, and he was worried that if he allowed this sentence to be put aside unclearly, he would really not be able to say it clearly in the future. Thinking of this, Zhang Yunhua stood up and said: Tell me, what are we hiding from you?

Tong Ning'er was originally going to die down, but when she heard Yun Hua say this, the fire in her heart suddenly rose again, and she sneered and said to Yun Hua: "Brother Yunhua asked well, I still want to ask you, there was an accident in the Art of War Hall just now, why did Mengtang only inform you that he was alone, and he went in and out with you, I didn't know at all, if it wasn't for the people from Soshan Villa who woke me up, do you plan to tell me tomorrow morning?" Yunhua suddenly felt that tonight's events were quite difficult to explain, and after saying what had happened, Ning Er might not be willing to believe it. He didn't know where to start, Ning Er looked directly at him, revealing a bitter smile: "I stopped asking, Brother Yunhua, you just didn't treat me as your own, so why should everyone make a happy appearance?" With that, she wiped her tears and walked out without looking back.

Su Mengtang hurriedly chased after Tong Ning'er, and Ziruo Ziwen also surrounded Tong Ning'er anxiously and persuaded her to dissipate her anger. Yun Hua was a little worried about Ning Er, and asked behind her, "Where are you going?" Ning Er didn't look back, only said, "You don't care where I go." Su Mengtang said: "Good Ning'er, it's so dark, you have to wait until dawn, let's think about it in the long run." Ning'er looked at Su Mengtang and said, "No need Sister Mengtang, I brought the coral, I will definitely find a way to find her and prevent her from implicating you in this villa." Su Mengtang saw that Ning Er was really estranged from herself, and her heart felt as if she had been cut, and she was so painful that she couldn't speak.

Yunhua also stepped forward and said sincerely: "Ning'er, today's incident is all my fault, you go back to sleep, tomorrow I will go to you to ask for the guilt." Tong Ning'er couldn't imagine what Zhang Yunhua would be like bare-chested, but when she heard his sincere attitude, she didn't struggle to walk out, but said: "No need, Brother Yunhua is noble, I don't dare to accept your gift, I'd better go back to sleep." Su Mengtang saw that Ning'er's speech was softened, and his heart was also a little more comfortable, so he hurriedly asked Zifeng and Ziyu to send Tong Ning'er and Yunhua back to rest.

After everyone left, Ziruo said to Su Mengtang: It's almost time, the girl should go back to sleep for a while. Su Mengtang nodded and walked into the warm pavilion. Inside the warm pavilion, the small orange lamp made by Ximen for Qiuqiu in March was on, emitting a small piece of light, and there was a faint smell of burning cypress leaves in the whole room. Su Mengtang looked at the two children, who were sleeping soundly, and felt both relieved and tired, she gently walked to the side of the big bed, and lay down next to Qiuqiu, accompanied by Qiuqiu's light and even breathing, Su Mengtang soon fell asleep.

In the dream, Su Mengtang saw Yunhua, walked towards her with an umbrella, and said to her: Miss Su, take care, I'm leaving. Su Mengtang asked: Where is Brother Yunhua going? Yunhua said: I'm going to avenge the prince. Su Mengtang stopped: "How can you take revenge single-handedly?" Yun Huawan smiled and said, "I have my own way." Su Mengtang asked, "What about Xiaoqiu?" Yunhua suddenly cried bitterly and said, "Xiaoqiu is dead, this is her life." ”

Su Mengtang woke up in a cold sweat, Ziruo was sitting in front of her, and the sky was already dawning. Ziruo looked at Su Mengtang worriedly and said, "Girl, you have a nightmare, you have been sweating just now. Su Mengtang closed his eyes again and said, "It's okay, dreams are all reversed." Ziruo said again: "Girl, Miss Tong is gone, leaving only a letter." ”