The old man was settled in the side room of this courtyard, and Duan Jingyi's unprecedented proposal and Tang Meng stayed in this main room and waited for the old man to pick up the wind and wash the dust, which made Xiao Tao flattered all of a sudden, Tang Meng took advantage of the old man to take a bath and change clothes and quietly kissed Duan Jingyi in the main room.

"I haven't been so happy for a long time, I always felt guilty that I couldn't help Xiao Tao find her father, but now I didn't expect the old man to be really alive, and it's so happy to see their father and daughter reunited."

Duan Jingyi hooked his lips, but this smile was obviously just for Tang Meng to see, but it was a pity that Tang Meng was still immersed in the joy of this matter at this time and did not find any clues.

Duan Jingyi's eyes were like an eagle falcon staring at the side room next to him, there were too many doubts about this matter.

First of all, if Xiao Tao's father really escaped, then why didn't he go back to his home on the outskirts of the city, or come to Yiwangfu to keep Xiao Tao safe, and secondly, he claimed that he saw Xiao Tao in Huamanlou that day, if it was really a father-daughter relationship, then why didn't he recognize each other on the spot, but waited until a few days later Xiao Tao was no longer in the store before he came to Yiwangfu to make trouble, and more importantly, what was the reason for the old man's obvious dodging eyes when he was asked by Tang Meng outside just now?

Thinking of the previous poisoning case and Emperor Duan staying in King Yi's mansion at this time, Duan Jingyi had to take precautions, and was even ready to shoot at any time.

It didn't take long for Xiao Tao to bring a neat old man to come to Duan Jingyi and Tang Meng to kowtow and thank him, Tang Meng hurriedly helped people up, and the people in the room were all smiling except Duan Jingyi, Tang Meng gave Xiao Tao's father a greeting, and after smelling the old man's physical condition, he instructed his subordinates to hurry up and clean up Xiao Tao's home on the outskirts of the city, so that they could go back to live.

But as soon as the words came out, the old man took the lead in stopping back, "That," the old man glanced at Xiao Tao a little unnaturally, and then said to Tang Meng, "The old man thanks Niangniang for her kindness, but I plan to go back to my hometown after seeing my daughter this time, and I don't have to clean up the house on the outskirts of the city." ”

Tang Meng was slightly stunned, but just like Xiao Tao, he was just surprised that he was going back to his hometown just now when his father and daughter met, so he asked, "But I think the location on the outskirts of the city is not very good, if it is because of this, I can find you a place to live in the imperial city." ”

Who knew that the old man still shook his head, and was very resolute, "I can't stop it, Xiao Tao is also older, I can rest assured that she is in her mother's house, it's good for my old man to go home alone," Xiao Tao couldn't help but reddened his eyes again, he had been in the palace on an errand before he could go home to visit his father, the time to visit his father was very limited, I was afraid that I could only go back once or twice a year, I didn't expect that this reunion would be separated again.

Xiao Tao reluctantly said while wiping her tears, "Dad, why do you have to go back, we don't have any relatives in our hometown, why don't I go and sell the house on the outskirts of the city, I have saved a lot of money for myself over the years, and the two sides of the silver together will give you a comfortable place to live." ”

Who knew that as soon as Xiao Tao's voice fell, the old man suddenly spoke loudly to stop it as if it was a conditioned reflex, "That house can't be sold, and no one can show up!" ”

Xiao Tao and everyone in the room were startled, no one expected that the old man who was kind just now would become so excited, Tang Meng was no exception, from this time on, she slightly faded her previous excited look, and replaced it with the reason she should have in the past, she subconsciously glanced at Duan Jingyi, but found that there was a lot of article in the other party's eyes, obviously he also had doubts about this old man, Tang Meng suddenly understood that this matter was far from as simple as he saw.

Tang Meng immediately recovered his face and pretended not to notice it in the slightest and spoke to reassure, "That house is too remote, and it can't be sold at a good price, so it's better to listen to the old man, tomorrow I will take the old man to buy some good things on the street and bring them back to my hometown together, which can be regarded as the reward that the palace has given to Xiao Tao for so many years, how about it?" ”

Sure enough, after the old man realized that he had gone too far just now, he turned his head and rubbed his hands a little apologetically to Tang Meng and said, "I understand Niangniang's kindness, I don't have to be so extravagant when I go back to my hometown, just go back and ask Xiao Tao to help me buy some things for the road, but I don't have enough entanglement, so I still have to ask my daughter for some." ”

Xiao Tao wiped her tears, "Dad, tell me, how much silver you want, as long as I have it, I will give it to you." ”

As soon as the old man heard the word silver, his eyes immediately lit up, and he wanted to say it to Tang Meng, because he could see that his daughter was mixing well in this palace, and this princess Yi was really kind as rumored by the outside world, so he thought that as soon as he opened his mouth, even if Xiao Tao couldn't give much, Tang Meng would not treat him badly.

So the old man also bought a good one, only pitifully said the price of three taels of silver, this number is not a big number in the eyes of the people who farm, saying that the big words are enough for a person's expenses for a year, to say that the small peach hometown is far away, these three taels of silver have to pay for food and drink and pay for accommodation, carriage and horses, it is really nothing.

So after hearing this, Xiao Tao nodded and agreed, and directly told her father all the things that she had saved in the past few years with seven or eight taels of silver, saying that she wanted to honor her father, but although this is all of Xiao Tao, it is far from the psychological price that this old man wants.

Listening to Tang Meng in the house, he didn't speak for a long time, the old man was also very puzzled, so he secretly looked at Tang Meng with pitiful eyes, who knew that Princess Yi, who was still full of enthusiasm just now, seemed to have suddenly changed at this time, although there was a smile in her eyes, but there was more coldness, and the old man sighed in his heart.

Tang Meng smiled and spoke, "Xiao Tao has been by my side for many years, I have long treated her as my own sister, if you want to go back to your hometown, I naturally want to express myself as a sister, I plan to bring you a silver ticket of one thousand taels," As soon as Tang Meng's voice fell, he saw the old man's eyes shining and nodding busily, the greed in the old man's eyes was exposed, this amount was something he never dared to think of in his life.

But Tang Mengfeng changed his words and said, "But you have to answer me a few questions first." ”

"You say what you say!" The old man had no defense, only courtesy.

Tang Meng's face turned cold, and he said, "How did Xiao Tao get on the flower boat half a year ago!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the old man's face changed instantly, and the flattery engraved in every wrinkle before was all stiffened on his face, and his dry throat didn't seem to make a sound, even Xiao Tao and Xing'er were startled by such a question, "Niangniang......"