In the firewood room of the Yan family, Zhu Mao was tied hand and foot, lying in a messy open space. Judging from the pyres that were smashed all around, he had been struggling for a long time.

It's a pity that his hands and feet are not only tied, but his body is also wrapped around several times by thick straw ropes, and he can't use any strength, so he can only wriggle on the ground like a huge cabbage worm. The maid's clothes on his body had not been replaced, and they had been rubbed dirty and torn, and he couldn't look at them.

"Squeak."

The door of the firewood room was pushed open.

Zhu Mao raised his eyes and saw that two maids were coming together, still carrying a lunch box in their hands.

He shouted excitedly: "Two girls, hurry up and help me untie, Zhu Mao will be rewarded." ”

As if they hadn't heard, the two maids walked up to him, opened the food box, and took out a bowl of rice porridge and a plate of steamed buns from it. They helped Zhu Mao to his feet and began to feed him.

It has been two days since he was locked up in this firewood room, and Zhu Mao has seen people for the first time.

He was thirsty and hungry, and his heart was terrified, but the moment he saw the food, his heart could not think of anything else.

Although the porridge was cold, it was a supreme delicacy to him. When he saw the porridge and steamed buns, he didn't care about shouting anymore, and opened his mouth attentively, like a hungry young bird, stretching his neck from time to time to catch the spoon containing the rice.

After eating the porridge and steamed buns in large gulps, Zhu Mao licked his lips and said, "Two kind girls, please loosen my bonds." I am the sixth son of the Xinguo Mansion, if you let me out, the Xinguo Mansion will give you a lot of silver. ”

The two maids watched him finish eating, lowered their heads to pack up their lunch boxes, stood up and left, and didn't say a word to him.

There is not much firewood piled up in this firewood room, and it is a spare firewood room at a glance, only around the New Year will it be opened and used, usually there is no half a figure, as soon as these two maids leave, Zhu Mao wants to see people again, and he doesn't know when.

"Two girls, I'...... I have ten denarii on me, come and take them. Zhu Mao shouted.

The two maids stopped at the door, turned to look at him, muttered a few words to each other, and walked to Zhu Mao's side.

Although Yan Songnian and Yan Shuyu both told them that they must not talk to the disciples who were locked up in the firewood room, but the wealth is moving, and ten taels of silver, each of them can share five taels, which can also be worth several years of monthly money.

Seeing the two maids walking over, Zhu Mao said: "This silver is in my inner pocket, you pay it yourself." That's a lot of money. If you can report to the thirteenth aunt of the Xinguo Mansion, saying that I have been locked up by the Yan family, and ask the thirteenth aunt to give you fifty taels each...... No, a hundred taels of silver per person, it will do. ”

At first glance, when they heard so much money, the two maids couldn't help but be moved.

One hundred taels of silver can not only allow them to redeem themselves from the Yan family and become innocent, but also enough to buy a house in the outer city and open a small shop. In the future, I will have no worries about my life, how is it not better than being a house slave in the Yan family.

However, Zhu Mao is still wearing the same maid costume now, no matter how you look at it, the two maids' trust in him can't help but be discounted.

But when Zhu Mao took out a small money bag with ten taels of silver, their wife's worries were thrown out of the clouds.

"Zhu Gongzi, we have the heart to help, but the high-walled compound of the Xinguo Mansion, we don't know how to report the news, does Gongzi have any way?" A maid asked.

"You don't have to go to the Guogong Mansion, you just need to go to Hai's Pharmacy to report the news, and they will inform my mother of the news. The money I promised you, you also paid it on the books of Hai's Pharmacy. Zhu Mao said eagerly.

The two maids shook their heads in embarrassment, and said, "Master Zhu doesn't know yet, we didn't dare to talk to you at the beginning, but there was the second lady's order inside." If we go to Hai's Pharmacy to report the news, it will be bad for the second lady to know. ”

Zhu Mao's heart was so cold that he was stunned and said, "You second miss really said that?" ”

"Yes. Second Miss, don't let us say a word to you, it will be troublesome if we are discovered. Is there really no other way for Zhu Gongzi? "These two maids are also in a hurry. This hundred taels of silver is in front of them, and they don't want to give up in vain.

Zhu Mao's sad face was slightly angry, he thought for a while, and said: "You take my purse and go directly to the Xinguo Mansion, just say that you are the old relatives of the thirteenth aunt, they will naturally take you to see the thirteenth aunt, you just tell her about it." Remember, don't alarm the Duchess. ”

At this point, Zhu Mao could only press the treasure on these two maids. Yan Shuyu's side, he didn't dare to count on it anymore, he guessed, he was afraid that he would be locked up in the firewood room, and he was afraid that it was also Yan Shuyu's handiwork, how could her heart be so ruthless.

The two maids glanced at each other, and decided to go for a trip because they couldn't bear the one hundred taels of silver.

Yan Qingge has been busy these days.

Yan Shuyu broke her face in front of her door, and begged Yan Songnian that night to go back to Hai's house to treat her injuries.

For Yan Songnian's problem that his words don't count, Yan Qingge has long been surprised.

Yan Qingge was satisfied with the dog sent by Yan Xiuyu, and replied to Yan Xiuyu. Yan Xiuyu and Yan Qingge said that he wanted a few portraits of puppies.

Yan Qingge's paintings of characters and animals are very expressive, and she is also happy to see the little dog, so she simply grinds Danqing and carefully paints gongbi paintings.

More than a dozen puppies were not easy to draw, and it took several days of hard work for Yan Qingge to draw half of them.

Yan Qingge was painting, and Xunshuang suddenly ran over like an arrow, panting and said, "Miss, it's not good, there are a lot of officers and soldiers outside, and they have surrounded our house." ”

"What's going on?" Yan Qing's singer shook, his pen was unstable, and a painting that was about to be finished was destroyed.

The Yan family was surrounded by officers and soldiers, and Yan Xiuyu did not report to her in advance, I am afraid that this matter bypassed Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, and someone was directly sent from above. Could it be that Yan Songnian made a stupid mistake and couldn't do anything?

Yan Qingge's face appeared with the scorched earth image he had seen in the Wei Mansion, and he panicked for a while.

Her hands and feet were a little weak, but she still beat her spirits and said, "Let's go, let's take a look." ”

With a group of maids, Yan Qingge went to Hanyouju first.

I saw more than a dozen maids in front of the door of Han Youju bumping around like headless flies, and when I saw Yan Qingge, it was like seeing the backbone of the main body. One of the mothers-in-law immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Yan Qingge, and said loudly, "Miss, you can be regarded as here." The master went out to drink, and the people surrounding us outside were from the Xinguo Mansion, and asked our Yan family steward to come forward and explain to them. ”

Yan Qingge frowned slightly, and said, "Do you want the Yan family to give them an explanation?" ”

"Yes! Those people said that our Yan family stole his family's property and kidnapped the concubines in their house, and they had already complained to the emperor and queen, Long Yan was furious and sent many people to surround our family. ”

Yan Qingge's heart was originally hanging high, she thought that Yan Songnian had caused a big disaster, but now she knew that it was someone from the Xinguo Mansion.

As for who the person who came, Yan Qingge knew in her heart that it must be her mother-in-law Zhao before her rebirth.

The Zhao family is also one of the noble families of the Great Zhou, although the power is not as good as the Jingwang Mansion, but it is still above the Zhongwang Mansion. When Zhao married Xin Guogong, he was originally a low marriage, and he brought a lot of dowry, and as soon as he entered the door, he put his wife's money sufficiently, and Xin Guogong was not a good stubble, and the two of them worked against each other for a lifetime. Zhao's temper is getting worse and worse, except for her lone seedling daughter, others in the Xinguo Mansion are not as good as a bedbug in her eyes.

Only she can make a big deal about suing the emperor and leading the officers and soldiers to block the door of others.

It's just that Zhu Mao, a little concubine, can have any ability to make the Zhao family so attentive. What are they talking about, and what is the Yan family stealing and defrauding the property of the Xinguo Mansion? Yan Qingge didn't understand.

Before Yan Qingge was reborn, he and the Zhao family had always been well water and did not interfere with river water, but it was Zhu Mao's biological mother who gave her a lot of trouble. Since it was the Zhao family who came to the door, Yan Qingge was not interested in going to see him, and said lightly: "When my father comes back, I will deal with it, and I will leave first." ”

Those mothers-in-law watched Yan Qingge go back again.

On the way, Ruyi cautiously asked Yan Qingge: "Miss, we don't care about the people blocking the door outside, is it really okay?" ”

"What does it matter. They can't get in. Yan Qingge said: "The left and right fathers will also return home, and I have a daughter's family, so I can't control these things." Even if you want to take care of it, it's the leak that will be the one who makes the mistake. ”

Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Yes, if it weren't for the second miss, how could that Zhu Gongzi of the Xinguo Mansion be arrested by our family, if this matter has to be brought forward, the master and the second miss should also come forward." ”

Back in the house, Yan Qingge looked at the painting he had just drawn, and saw that there was a thick cyan bar on the good picture. The painting is nearing completion, and it is a pity to throw away the two white puppies snuggled together, their eyes watery and lifelike. She concentrated for a moment, adding to the blue flaw, and finally painted a sparse bush with a butterfly flying on it, which was much more plain and vivid.

Ruyi had been watching from the sidelines, and when he saw Yan Qingge stop writing, he clapped his hands and said, "The eldest lady's painting is getting better and better." ”

After painting this picture, it is not too early.

Yan Qingge rested for a while and called the kitchen to cook.

The food was not yet good, and Xunshuang came to report again, saying that a few grandmothers with heads and faces in Hanyouju came to ask to see.

Yan Qingge frowned slightly, and invited those grandmothers in.

As soon as they entered the door, the grandmothers saw smoke wafting from the small kitchen of Qingxingyuan, and the smell of food emanating from the kitchen.

They felt bitter in their hearts for a while, the Yan family had fallen into this situation, and the eldest lady still had the heart to ask someone to cook and eat, which showed that she really didn't take the Yan family as her own business.

However, the only person they could turn to for help was Yan Qingge. Because Yan Shuyu and Yan Songnian, who caused this incident, were not at home. One went to Hai's house, and the other went out to eat and drink. The matter of the Yan family is so big, Yan Shuyu and Yan Songnian probably already knew, and if they don't come back now, they must be lucky to avoid the evil and deliberately not return.

And Aunt Chu and Aunt Caifeng in the family are not a big deal, only one Yan Qingge still has some face and can say a few words. They could only come to Yan Qingge.

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(Tianjin)