Two hundred and nine: Bandits

"The sixth granddaughter-in-law has a heart! This snack is soft and delicious, but he is sensible, and he doesn't have the slightest shelf from a high-ranking family. The old lady complimented.

"Grandmother likes to eat!" Su Moyao surrounded the old lady and said with a smile, "Sixth sister-in-law, don't mention how good the yard is, the granddaughter of the birds raised in it has never seen it, and the granddaughter of the flowers and trees dare not touch it, for fear of breaking it, and the dim sum and rice are also delicious, but the green plum cake is a little sour." ”

"You are a little slippery head, you know how to eat, and let your six sisters-in-law laugh." The old lady nodded her head and said.

Back at Qinzhuxuan, Su Yunyao immediately instructed Lisheng to go to the Dingguo Mansion in person and ask Bai Chuheng if today's incident was his instructions.

Lisheng was not slow on his legs and feet, and came back before dark.

Sure enough, Bai Chuheng didn't send anyone to pick up Su Yunyao at all, let alone go to any Xianwei Zhai to book a seat. Hearing Lisheng say that someone tricked Su Yunyao into going in the direction of Xianwei Zhai today, Bai Chuheng, who was shocked, hurriedly stood up.

The dishes in Xianwei Zhai taste very good, but the location is not good, there is a little desolate nearby, and it is almost to the edge of the capital, except for the many repeat customers in the past, others who have not tasted the taste do not go much.

So if you are really deceived and go there, there is still near the stream, surrounded by bridges and alleys, and you are gagged and rushed to be tied up in which alley, it is really a no-go for the sky, and the earth is not working.

However, Lisheng quickly reassured him, "Don't worry, little grandfather, the girl is fine." ”

"Also, her little fox, what can blind her?" Bai Chuheng sat back in his position again, "You go back and tell Su Shiyi, I asked Lu Xiaowang to send someone to secretly protect her, so that she can feel more at ease, if I don't look for her for a while, I will try not to go out, if I really have something, there is naturally a way to make her believe." ”

"Yes, little grandfather, the slave will go back."

"Be careful on the road." After Bai Chuheng finished speaking, he turned around and ordered the two little servants to send Lisheng back to the Su family.

"Sure enough." Su Yunyao held a cup of tea, "Why did you try so hard to deceive me?" Kill me? ”

"Who do you think did it?" Su Moyao asked, "Could it be the Cao family again?" ”

"I don't think it's like it, the Cao family has repeatedly sent people to kill me but they haven't succeeded, it's not how smart I am, but the people she used were stupid and stupid like pigs, that is, the mind of a mountain bandit, but this time the people actually used Bai Xiaogong, knowing that we had eaten in Xianwei Zhai, and we could also get the clothes of the Bai family, the people of the Cao family must not have thought of it. What's more, she can't protect herself now, how can she have the opportunity to find those snakeheads to do things for her? Not long ago, they were arrested by Lu Xiaowangye's people, and they wouldn't be so bold. ”

"But if it's not the Cao family, who else would try their best to harm you?" Su Moyao was very incomprehensible.

In her impression, it seems that few enemies really dare to send someone to harm Su Yunyao.

She thought of several.

Mu Yanxia is sure, but Su Moyao feels that Mu Yanxia is now a broken flower, and she can't toss so many things.

What about Liu Juetong? She was in the Taoist temple, and I hadn't heard of when she came out, and it wouldn't be her.

What about the eldest princess of Jinyi? Will she kill Su Yunyao because Liu Juetong lost the face of her eldest princess's mansion?

It seems impossible, if that's the case, she can kill Liu Yingtong to vent her anger.

Suddenly, a name that had been shelved for a long time appeared in Su Moyao's head.

"Princess Chaodan! Do you remember, before the prince of Chaodan wanted to let the little grandfather Bai be her concubine, but the little grandfather refused three times and twice, could it be that she was jealous and hateful, so she wanted to harm you! ”

Su Yunyao suddenly opened her mouth, "It seems true that you say that!" But I don't think it's her who will shoot this time, but the one behind her. ”

"Who?"

Su Yunyao deliberately lowered her voice and pointed in the direction of the palace, "Concubine Xian." ”

"She? She has no grievances with you, what did she do to you? ”

"Naturally, it was for King Heng, she poisoned the prince but did not poison him, and was given the antidote by Bai Xiaogong, which made Bai Xiaogong completely become a thorn in the side of Concubine Xian, not to mention that as soon as the queen died, she should have defected to the Dingguo Mansion of the Lin family but still straightened her waist and stood on the side of the prince, Concubine Xian might let him not get rid of him? And Princess Chaodan has a clear heart, many people know that she likes the little grandfather, I think, either the virtuous concubine got rid of me to let the little grandfather still be the princess, or she used my affairs to fight the little grandfather or check and balance the little grandfather. ”

After listening to Su Yunyao's analysis, Su Moyao understood.

"It's horrible! Then you have to be careful! The Lin family's power in the court is intertwined, even I have heard of this, if you really provoke the taboo of the Lin family, I am afraid it will not be easy. ”

Su Yunyao took a deep breath, "The boat is naturally straight when it reaches the bridge, and there is no hurry." ”

After finishing the marriage of Su Yingkuan and He Nianning, he will start to work on the marriage of Sheng Guizhi and Cheng Tao.

Cheng Tao has been very busy recently, and the emperor has sent him a lot of tasks, and he has also asked him to lead troops to the mountains to suppress bandits.

But after all, he is not a native of Xunjing, and those bandit mountains are far away from Xunjing, Cheng Tao can be said to have never been to it once, let alone Cheng Tao, even if it is the laborers in Zhuangzi outside Xunjing, they may not have been there.

So this time the results were ineffective.

The second time Cheng Tao learned smartly, with the first experience, he knew a little bit about the terrain, and sent someone to secretly reconnoiter in advance, and the most important thing was that Lu Yuanyi helped and successfully caught more than 50 snakeheads.

Of course, there will not be so many snakeheads on the mountain alone, and the imperial court has suppressed bandits for so many years, it is nothing more than that it can't be ruthless that would rather kill by mistake than let go, many snakeheads are mixed in the Zhuangzi, and on the surface they look like hard-working laborers, how many people in the court can distinguish clearly? You can't catch them all, can you?

So there were not many people on the mountain in the past, most of them were working in their own fields, and when there was a task, someone would come to deliver news to them, and they also had rules for doing this business, that is, the upper and lower levels of people did not meet each other, and you did things after receiving money, and you took the money if you understood it, and it had nothing to do with me if you didn't understand that you were arrested.

Cheng Tao borrowed his strength and thought of a way.

Lu Yuanyi caught a few snakeheads in prison before, Cheng Tao released one, used him to find the one who sent him money and sent a task, and detained one and pulled out a few.

The one who sent the money was the five pockmarks mentioned by the previous snakeheads.

He didn't know the people in the upper echelons either, and the few times they met the person covered his face with a black cloth, most of the time, they put the silver taels in the baggage, and there were tasks in the baggage, and the burden was placed in a broken temple outside the city, where no one went in the past, he basically went once every eight or nine days, and after taking the baggage, he decided who to do the work.

But the people at the top can't catch it, it doesn't mean that the people at the bottom can't catch it.

Cheng Tao and Lu Yuanyi cleaned up the heads of the ruffians they knew. Among them were young men who had just become fathers, men in their fifties who were not wealthy, and men who pretended to be fishermen and wore hats and hats all day long.

Seeing that their husbands were taken away, those women pulled their trouser legs and didn't let go, crying miserably, and the children who could walk also cried, which made Cheng Tao feel very uncomfortable.

But it's useless to be soft-hearted, they do a lot of evil, isn't his cousin Qianyao dying because of them? It is right to pay for your actions.

This thing was done well, Cheng Tao was praised by the emperor, and he did not forget to mention some ideas to the emperor to suppress bandits in the future, as well as Lu Yuanyi's help.

It can be regarded as a good start for his own family affairs, the emperor likes to appreciate him, and marrying Sheng Guizhi will be more confident.

I heard that among the snakeheads caught by Cheng Tao, three were involved in the abduction of Su Qianyao, Su Yunyao knelt in the family ancestral hall with a rosary in her hand and prayed for her fifth sister, this time she caught three, next time it was six, and next time... Maybe you can catch them all.

There are also Cao and Su Huiyao.

Su Yunyao's eyes narrowed slightly, and she secretly said in her heart that she would not let them have a good time.

Not only has Yingxiaju's life been unable to live for a while, but even Su Yuyao's side has been affected.

Her mother's family doesn't help, and no one is in charge of her, in the past, Cao Qianlian could occasionally add some silver money to her, but now...

"It didn't work! Not useful! Su Yuyao looked at Su Peiyao's belly that was fighting day by day, and her eyes were red with anger. Thinking about her current situation again, she didn't want to hate Xiao Qi and Su Yunyao.

That time in the Su family, Su Yunyao gave Xiao Qi a slap, didn't she just want to make Xiao Qi angry, and then Su Yuyao suddenly appeared, and Xiao Qi naturally retreated and chose her? Now Su Yuyao has reacted, it turns out that she was deceived by her good sister!

"Girl, the young lady is here." Qianlan said.

"Which young lady?" Su Yuyao asked angrily.

Now there are two young ladies in the house, one is Su Peiyao and the other is Shao Yan'er.

"It's the second young lady, the slave and maid see that the comer is not good, you go out to greet you!" When Qianlan said this, her tone was a little trembling.

If there is no one to protect you, can you be bullied by Shao Yan'er casually?

No matter how ruthless Su Yuyao is, she has to greet her with a smile when she goes out. When Qin Manhuai was in the Su family, she was a little too easy to speak, so Su Yuyao was not used to it, but when she came to Shao Yan'er, once she said the wrong thing, she directly slapped her in the face, and threatened her to sell her.

Originally, the identity of the concubine was worthless, and it was easy for the main room to sell her, and the Su family did not support her, even if she was really sold, she could only accept her fate.

In this case, she is a lot more obedient.

"Say hello to the young lady."

Shao Yan'er raised her eyelids and looked at her, and asked bluntly, "I heard that you stole out of the courtyard yesterday and went to the official's study?" ”