Chapter Eighty-Nine: Imprisonment

Seeing the money, the kid who had been shrinking behind his mother-in-law was happy. He grinned, and then retreated to the door and said happily to the woman: "It's a pity that I didn't find the paper in there, otherwise I could have exchanged it for some money." ”

Angry that the mother-in-law gave him a head to eat, but Chen Shuangchuan listened to it, and quickly called back and asked carefully, although the kid didn't know how to read, but he was also a clever person, and he spoke clearly, Chen Shuangchuan knew that it was exactly that city defense map.

This kind of thing can probably be guessed, and it is not difficult to guess which purse, which Aunt Wang often wears, and it was recognized at once.

Because this matter is too important, I don't dare to ask, it just so happened that Chen Shuangchuan had an attack on Aunt Wang yesterday, so he found another excuse to lock her up and let his henchmen watch, He Jinbao quickly went to the palace to ask for guilt.

Chen Shuangchuan stayed at home and didn't dare to go anywhere, so he only called He Ruyu and He Jue over, worried and uneasy, thinking about it for a while. Why do you always have to protect the two children, or send them to escape first, it's just that the world belongs to the Sima family, where can they go, and the crime has not yet come down, and escaping is not equivalent to confirming the crime, so what should He Jinbao do?

After a while, I thought of Aunt Wang again, and I couldn't wait to crush my teeth, if I had known that I would cause such a disaster, it would have been better to beat this scourge to death with a stick, how could I have a soft heart and let her stay until now.

doesn't ask for more, as long as these two children can be left with a way out, Chen Shuangchuan really feels that he is willing to die.

"Sister-in-law......"

Thinking about it a little preoccupied, Chen Shuangchuan unconsciously hugged a little tightly, and almost didn't cry He Ruyu, looking at Chen Shuangchuan's appearance, he didn't dare to struggle, so he could only scream carefully.

Chen Shuangchuan finally came back to his senses, looking at these two little faces, he only felt extremely reluctant, there were countless words to say in his heart, and he turned a few times in his throat, but it seemed to be blocked so badly that he couldn't say it, and two lines of tears rolled down.

Waiting left and right, not only did He Jinbao have no news, but a eunuch came to the palace, saying that Queen Tong summoned Chen Shuang to live in the palace for a few days.

Presumably, the emperor was thinking of a private execution. That's why I borrowed the name of Queen Tong, Chen Shuangchuan understood a little, only felt miserable in his heart, and thought that since he only called himself, it should be thinking of He Jinbao's merits, and letting the child go, and vaguely gave birth to a trace of gratitude.

No one else in the family knew about this matter, and Mama Fang was still thinking about going in with someone according to the custom, and was busy packing up her things, but Chen Shuangchuan said: "Don't be busy, there are many things at home, Mama will keep it, and there will be a response, just let me go." ”

Mama Fang felt a little strange, but there was a precedent for this matter, and it was not too violated, so she didn't insist, and helped Chen Shuangchuan pack a package and send her to the carriage.

Holding the package, listening to the gurgling of the wagon. Chen Shuangchuan didn't know what he was thinking, although he was a little frightened, but he seemed to be looking at the people next to him, calmly a little unexpected.

I don't know how long it took to walk, the carriage finally stopped, and followed for a while, the eunuch took Chen Shuangchuan to a room, and said respectfully: "I temporarily wronged Mrs. He to live here first, and if there is a shortage, say that the little palace maid lives next to it." ”

This should be house arrest, right? There are many words without mistakes, Chen Shuangchuan nodded and agreed: "Don't worry, father-in-law, I won't go out." ”

This should be in the palace, but the palace is very big, Chen Shuangchuan is not familiar with it, I don't know where it is, looking at the room is just a very ordinary two rooms, things are complete, it doesn't look like he wants to abuse people, Chen Shuangchuan sat on the bed for a while, thinking about how the two children were at home, and never let them spend the night alone, and thinking about He Jinbao, I don't know what happened to him again, and he didn't suffer.

After thinking about it for a long time, she suddenly heard someone knocking on the door to deliver water, Chen Shuangchuan looked up, and realized that she had been sitting in such a daze all night.

After wiping his face, Chen Shuangchuan felt a little more energetic, sat and thought about it, and suddenly felt that he was in too much of a hurry. There are many words that have not been explained, He Jue is not honest when he sleeps and likes to kick the quilt, he has to get up a few more times at night to help him cover the quilt, He Ruyu is in poor health, it is easy to catch a cold in the change of seasons, and he usually has to wear a few more clothes, He Jinbao ...... He estimated that he could only live and die with Chen Shuangchuan, and the people of the Chen family, there is no news so far, but it is a good thing, at least it will not affect them.

Thinking that there seemed to be a lot of things to say, Chen Shuangchuan saw that there was just a pen and paper in the room, so he took it, slowly wrote one by one, half of it, and felt discouraged, and he didn't know if he could send it out, so he only kneaded the paper, lay on the table, and fell asleep in a daze when he was so tired.

There was something hidden in his heart, Chen Shuangchuan didn't sleep for long, and woke up after a while, and the room seemed to have been cleaned up. The paper balls that she had written down were gone, and the brushes were neatly arranged.

was stunned, suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, Chen Shuangchuan waited and didn't see anyone come in, so he could only open the door to see, sure enough, it was the same as in the morning, only put the meal at the door, and didn't see anyone at all, it seemed that he didn't want Chen Shuangchuan to have more contact with people.

It's like being thrown on a desert island with no people, and it's been days of hard work, and everyone has seen it. The hot water and meals are all brought to the door, and the room is cleaned up while the old frost is sleeping.

Remembering what the eunuch who sent her said, there was a need to find a little palace maid living on the side, Chen Shuangchuan really couldn't help it, so he also casually found an excuse to knock on the door of the room on the side, and no one came out for a long time, only handed out a pen and paper from the crack in the door, which probably meant to let Chen Shuangchuan write it down. Chen Shuangchuan wrote a few things casually, and sure enough, it didn't take long for someone to send them to the door, Chen Shuangchuan hurriedly rushed out, but he still couldn't see anyone.

It seems that the news was really cut off, and Chen Shuangchuan didn't dare to act rashly, so he could only stay honestly, asked the palace maid for some books, and flipped through them absentmindedly.

By the evening of the fifth day, Chen Shuangchuan, who felt like he was about to be driven crazy, finally saw someone, or the one Chen Shuangchuan had never expected, Queen Tong.

Chen Shuangchuan was reading a book, heard a knock on the door, and thought that the little palace maid had sent food again, anyway, he tried many times and couldn't see anyone, Chen Shuangchuan ignored it and still looked at his own book, who thought that the voice seemed to be unrelenting, or thought one by one, Chen Shuangchuan had to put the book down, came over and opened the door.

"It's still quite energetic to watch." Queen Tong said to Chen Shuangchuan with a smile, and then carried a bag of dim sum and dangled in front of Chen Shuangchuan. "The dim sum in your store tastes good."

"Queen Mother's ......" As soon as she saw Queen Tong coming, Chen Shuangchuan was stunned, and countless thoughts surged in her heart at once, but she couldn't grasp any of them, she only felt that the head on her neck was afraid that she would not be able to keep it, and she was so scared that she couldn't speak, so she could only stand and watch in a daze.

Only one Queen Tong came. Just like the most ordinary friend visits, he smiled generously and said some inconsequential gossip to Chen Shuangchuan.

The more kind Empress Tong was, the more uneasy she felt, she always felt like a little mouse that had fallen into a group of hungry cats, scratched by countless claws, and she didn't know when she would be swallowed in one bite, and the taste of waiting for death was really like a blunt knife sawing meat, which was particularly unbearable.

"Oh, this is reading the Agricultural Classic?" Queen Tong saw that Chen Shuangchuan was very restrained, thinking that she couldn't let go for a while, so she just opened the snack box by herself, picked a piece and ate it slowly, while picking up the book that Chen Shuangchuan was holding on the table and reading it, she asked with some surprise. The Agricultural Classic is a very rare book, and there are many cold words and phrases in it, few people will think of reading this, Queen Tong also turned it, but she felt that it was like reading a book from heaven, she couldn't understand it, so she could only still be on the side, but she didn't expect Chen Shuangchuan to have the heart to turn it down.

"Niangniang......" Chen Shuangchuan thought about opening his mouth to ask what was going on, but he suddenly didn't dare to ask, for fear that Queen Tong would say ominous news, so he nodded honestly after stopping for a long time, and said, "It's just to kill time." ”

"Understand?"

"Some of the words are so esoteric that you have to read them several times, but the content is interesting. If it were all true, then blessed would be the land. ”

"I went to school, but it's rare, when I was a child, I wanted to invite a master back to the family, but I made a lot of trouble for several days, and I said that the girl's family, it was useless to recognize the words."

Saying this, Chen Shuangchuan suddenly remembered what happened when he was a child, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Well, my family also said that girls will be from other people's families sooner or later, and it is useless to learn, and it is useless to cry." The gentlemen's family in the village were all kind people, and they couldn't afford to pay, so they often took small fish and shrimp and sent them over, and allowed me to lie down at the window to listen to the lessons. When I think about it, I feel like a thief. ”

"Your family was supposed to be a salt household, how can you know how to farm?"

Salt and iron are related to the people's livelihood and economic lifeline of the country, and they have always been strictly managed by heavy punishments, and salt households are passed down from generation to generation, and they cannot change careers for life, so Queen Tong is strange.

"You can't live on a single piece of salt pan." Chen Shuangchuan said that he was a little embarrassed, and thought that since he had been involved in this incident that would destroy the Nine Clans if he was not careful, the little thing in the past was very much like a debt and not worrying about repaying it, so Chen Shuangchuan also opened his mind and said.

"Although it is said that salt farmers can't change careers, but the salt tax is too heavy to survive, and most people do some other odd things, the family has rented land to plant, and the husband's family is a farmer, so I have seen a lot and know a little more."

"There are not many people who can understand the agricultural classics." Queen Tong soon figured it out, this is the so-called art industry has a specialization, this is all about farming, the words and sentences are very esoteric, those who understand farm work can't recognize so many words, and the scholars who can understand it can't understand that it is a seedling and warm seed, but it makes this book obscure and a book from heaven.

"It's all written?"

"No, it's all about farming skills, saying that it can double the yield, but I don't know if it's true or not."

After pondering for a while according to the book, Queen Tong suddenly said: "These days, there is nothing to do, Mrs. He might as well read this agricultural scripture thoroughly, and it is also a good pastime." ”

After only a few more words, Queen Tong left in a hurry, leaving Chen Shuangchuan alone in the room, reading this agricultural scripture over and over again, and I don't know how to read it thoroughly, but since Queen Tong said so, she still has to do it.

After thinking about it for a long time, Chen Shuangchuan wanted to annotate this book again, and it was really troublesome to read such awkward words.

Taking such a job, it really made Chen Shuangchuan suffer a lot, she didn't read much, and it was okay to know words, but these words were not good, just look at them, I really want to study them word by word, Chen Shuangchuan suddenly felt a headache, and there are many more, Chen Shuangchuan only knows a little bit about it, and he can't figure out the place.

I can only find the little palace maid who has never shown up and ask for a book of words, and check it word by word.

In this way, the speed is naturally very slow, and it took a whole day to annotate a page, and when I looked back, I felt that there was still some unclear explanation, and I explained it clearly in the most straightforward language one by one.

When I woke up the next day, the room had been cleaned up, but the manuscript I had written the day before was gone, probably someone took it to Queen Tong. Most of the scrapped letters written before had also been checked, thinking that there were a pair of eyes watching his every move in the dark, Chen Shuangchuan couldn't help but feel a little chill in his heart, and looked around nervously, but he didn't find it, and he felt even more panicked, so he could only sit at the table and concentrate on annotating, so he forgot to be afraid.

On the third day, the manuscript of the first day came back, but the new writing on the second day was gone, and gradually Chen Shuangchuan was also a little numb, and there was nothing to do, so he could only concentrate on turning this book of agricultural scriptures.

Even if he worked so wholeheartedly, it took Chen Shuangchuan almost a month to annotate the whole book, read it again and felt that there was nothing wrong, so he sorted it out and put it on the table, and then went to bed early.

When he woke up, the manuscript was gone, and after a few days, Chen Shuangchuan felt as if he had been completely forgotten, not only did no one come, but even the little palace maid before seemed to be gone, no matter whether it was written into the crack of the door, there was no reaction, if it wasn't for the three meals a day and the room cleaned every day, Chen Shuangchuan really thought that she was the only one left in the world.

And it's a little strange, Chen Shuangchuan has always slept shallowly and is easy to wake up, but for more than a month, someone has taken advantage of her sleep every day to clean up her room, and she hasn't woken up once, it's like a goblin and ghost.

If you continue like this, you will be driven crazy sooner or later.

Chen Shuangchuan only felt very irritable, almost unable to sit still for a moment, going around the room all day, as if he was about to step through the slate.

I don't know how long it took, I finally heard a little noise, it seemed that someone was opening the door, Chen Shuangchuan was still in a trance, thinking that he was dreaming, he staggered to the door, and suddenly a small figure jumped in from outside, hugged Chen Shuangchuan at once, and shouted with tears and laughter: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law!" ”

It was He Ruyu, Chen Shuang was stunned for a long time before she felt her heart beat violently, He Ruyu would be here, could she also be ...... Chen Shuangchuan hurriedly grabbed He Ruyu and looked around, and unconsciously even his voice trembled a little: "Ruyu, why are you here......"

He Ruyu hugged Chen Shuang's neck and refused to let go, crying for a long time before saying, "My brother asked me to pick up my sister-in-law and go home." ”

What exactly happened? Chen Shuangchuan was completely confused, and only let He Ruyu pull her out of the door, she didn't go long, it was actually Taichang Gate, He Jinbao was waiting outside the door, looked at Chen Shuangchuan for a while, and for a moment seemed to feel that he was going to shed tears, and finally just held Chen Shuangchuan's hand, sent her to the car, and said: "Go home." ”

"Well, go home."

In the past month or so, Chen Shuangchuan has been locked up in the palace, and He Jinbao has also experienced a lot.

This copy of the city defense map was in his hand, but He Jinbao was silent, only quietly told Sima Zixia, and immediately someone went to mention Aunt Wang, who was locked in the house, and asked the reason in two or three clicks.

Aunt Wang didn't know much, only said that a few days ago, a person covered in injuries suddenly sneaked into her residence, and took a letter from King Wen, the person wanted to find a hiding place, and Aunt Wang wanted to take advantage of Sima Ziheng's power to take the position, and the two parties naturally hit it off.

Who would have thought that when that person came in, he was accidentally seen by Chen Shuangchuan, which made Liu Dashan strengthen his vigilance, that person couldn't hide, so he could only run out in a hurry, but he didn't want to throw the city defense map on Wang Luzhu's side.

Finally, when the man struggled back to his companion and reported the matter to the top, he thought that if there was more resistance from He Jinbao, then the matter would naturally be more certain.

It is probably because He Jinbao has only accepted such an aunt as Wang Luzhu over the years, which made the Wen Wang family overestimate Aunt Wang's influence, and actually came up with the idea of entering the He family under her name, thinking of having more contact with He Jinbao. As for Wang Luzhu putting the city defense map on the old tree next to the backyard wall, it was also discussed, in case it was too late to get it back, so he put it there and waited for them to come back to get it, but what happened after that was a bit too coincidental, and no one thought of it.

Fortunately, He Jinbao and Chen Shuangchuan both chose to conceal it, and the news did not spread, so Sima Zixia sent people to wait for the rabbit there, and directly searched the stronghold set up by King Wen in the capital. It's just that there is a heavyweight hidden here, the guards are very heavy, and there are not many people who can use Sima Zixia, so he fought to the death, but he still let the mastermind escape.

However, the remaining power of King Wen in the capital was all pulled out in this move, and He Jinbao can be regarded as a meritorious service.

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