Mei Xiaoren stood outside the cell for a while, and shouted, "Young Master Xiao." ”

"I'm just a prisoner now, and I can't afford to be called an adult." Xiao Lin responded indifferently.

"Is Xiao Gongzi willing?"

Xiao Lin raised his eyes to look at her at this time, "Willing or unwilling, I'm not like this anymore."

Mei Xiaoren said: "It's obviously a sin of two people, you bear one burden, you accept this tone"

"Don't think about it, everything is done by me alone, even if you use torture, I will still say this." Xiao Lin glanced at Mei Xiaoren with contempt, picked up the water bowl in front of him and took a sip of water.

The bowl was filled with cold water instead of fragrant tea, but Xiao Lin still drank so casually.

Mei Xiaoren couldn't help but ask again: "What did that person say to you to make you so righteous?"

Xiao Lin put down the water bowl and replied casually: "I don't know who the person you are talking about is." ”

Mei Xiaoren looked at this scene and felt not very comfortable.

Xiao Lin planned everything in order to help Gao Jingshu get rid of dissidents, and now he is eating prison here, but Gao Jingshu is at ease outside.

Xiao Lin was convinced, but she was not convinced. Not only because Gao Jingshu wanted to put her to death, but also because only the people of their Xiao family deserved it, and Gao Jingshu could escape

She can wear this black gauze hat, in addition to relying on herself and Lao Li, she also relies on the blessing of her ancestors. If she let Xiao Lin taste the bitter fruit, but let Gao Jingshu, who was guilty of the same crime, retreat, then she would really be ashamed of her ancestors.

After that, Mei Xiaoren instructed the jailer to open the door and sent pen and paper inside.

Xiao Lin looked at her and sneered, "Do you want me to paint or practice calligraphy?"

"The prefect asked me to write your guilt, but I can't hold the severity, so you should write it yourself." Mei Xiaoren said lightly, "Give you five days to write well, if you don't write well, I'll polish it for you." ”

Xiao Lin looked at the white paper in front of him with heavy eyes, and understood the meaning of Mei Xiaoren's words in his heart. If he doesn't write or writes blindly, then it's up to him to say what his sins are

Gao Jingshu was suspended for investigation, and all the errands that originally belonged to him were in the hands of Mei Xiaoren, and when the state government was going to collect taxes from the counties, Mei Xiaoren sent people to send troops to do this as usual.

She used to be a county magistrate and paid food taxes, so she knew that this errand was not complicated, but it was easy for people to fill their pockets.

The officials on the other side of the house, she still didn't know the bottom line, so she was afraid that any of them would be loyal to Gao Jingshu and deliberately stab her in the matter of taxation, so that she couldn't eat and walked around.

So she's going to have to send someone reliable to keep an eye on.

Ye Zhi knew what she was worried about, so he took the initiative to ask for an order to go with the officials of the household.

Mei Xiaoren agreed, but Ye Zhi is now just a small official, with no quality and no rank, she was afraid that those officials would embarrass Ye Zhi, so she asked Sun Zhutou to pick a team of reliable catchers to accompany her to protect her, and explained that they only listened to Ye Zhi secretly.

There are many counties under the jurisdiction of Xuanzhou, and Ye Zhi has gone, and none of them can't come back. When he set off, Mei Xiaoren personally went to the city gate to see him off.

Ye Zhi wholeheartedly worked for her, Mei Xiaoren was extremely moved in her heart, she always wanted to give Ye Zhi an official position, so that he could enter the government as an official justifiably.

She knocked on Lao Li for this, but Lao Li's courage has become smaller over the years, and he doesn't dare to help Ye Zhi get a black gauze hat like he did when he helped her clear the way. Therefore, Ye Zhi's official position has to rely on her to find another way.

After sending Ye Zhi away, Mei Xiaoren took a sedan chair back to the mansion, and when he passed by the market, the sedan chair was stopped.

The official asked, "Who?"

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sp; "My young lady asks to see Lord Tongju."

Mei Xiaoren opened the curtain and took a look, feeling that this maid was a little familiar, so he asked, "Who is your young lady?"

The maid said: "My young lady's surname is Xiao, please enter the teahouse for a while." ”

Mei Xiaoren couldn't help but raise the corners of her lower lip. She knew that when Xiao Lin was in prison, Xiao Ru would definitely not be able to hold her breath, but Xiao Ru didn't ask for Gao Jingshu's backer and ran to beg her, which was strange.

Mei Xiaoren got out of the sedan chair and entered the teahouse, letting the accompanying officials guard outside, and then she found that there were no guests in the teahouse.

The maid whispered: "Miss has already chartered the entire teahouse, and there are no outsiders here." ”

Mei Xiaoren nodded, and under the guidance of the maid, entered the private room upstairs.

Xiao Ru waited inside, her eyes swollen like walnuts, and it seemed that she had been crying a lot these days.

Xiao Ru stood up with her hands on the table, her eyes were red again, and she said slowly: "Sister, it's good if you are still willing to see me." ”

Mei Xiaoren looked left and right, but he didn't look at Xiao Ru, and his expression was indifferent.

It is a good thing that Xiao Lin is planted in Chu Yu's hands, but Chu Yu's move is also to alert her and let her remember what it means to have ears on the wall.

So she and Xiao Ru left the teahouse and changed places to talk.

There is a wide river beach upstream of Yanbo Wharf, and Mei Xiaoren and Xiao Ru stand on the edge of the river, and the surroundings are extremely empty.

At this time, she changed her voice and asked Xiao Ru: "What are you looking for me?"

"Sister, I already know what the eldest brother did wrong, it's the eldest brother who is sorry for you, it's our family who is sorry for you" Xiao Ru wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

Mei Xiaoren was unmoved, since she dared to come, she had already guessed that Xiao Ru would be like this, and said: "The matter has come to this, cousin doesn't need to apologize, Daning's laws are strict, and he will definitely be punished as he deserves, and not only him." ”

Xiao Ru shook her head with tears in her eyes, "No, you can't move Gao Jingshu, and the prefect can't move either, if someone has to take responsibility for this matter, it will only be your cousin." ”

"He's so powerful," Mei Xiaoren laughed dryly, "Then why don't you go and ask your powerful minister, and come to me"

Xiao Ru still shook his head helplessly, "He won't save it, he is still counting on his eldest brother to be a scapegoat for him, he wishes that his eldest brother died, and if the eldest brother died, the case would be over." ”

Mei Xiaoren frowned and expressed doubts: "No, you are his wife, a husband and wife for a hundred days, you have to look at the face of the Buddha if you don't look at the monk's face." ”

"Xiaomei, my sister used to be bad, my sister always showed off in front of you, but in fact, my sister didn't live as well as she said." Xiao Ru's face was already stained with tears, and she choked up and said, "I entered the Gaofu, but I didn't marry, but I was included." ”

Mei Xiaoren was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

"I am a concubine, not a wife"

Xiao Ru suddenly burst into tears and whimpered: "We didn't visit the church at the beginning, and now he has sent me back to my parents' house without even giving me a letter of resignation." ”

Mei Xiaoren was surprised: "Aren't you Mrs. Gao that he is marrying?"

"Gao Jingshu knows that the prefect has a pearl in his palm, and he is looking forward to being the son-in-law of the prefect, even if he has to accept me for the sake of interests, he is not willing to give me the position of wife." Xiao Ru smiled bitterly, "What's more, how could a family like Gaofu let a merchant's daughter be the housewife." ”

Mei Xiaoren understood it, and said slowly: "In order to strengthen Xiao Lin's power, you gave Gao Jingshu a concubine; In order to consolidate your position, Xiao Lin wants to help Gao Jingshu get rid of me, and now that you have been abandoned by the Gao family, Xiao Lin has to help him bear the death penalty" She said here, not knowing whether to sneer or lament, just tightened her eyebrows and said, "Why are you suffering?"