Chapter Twenty-Nine: Fulfilling the Mission
The inky night 'color' slowly rendered, and the sky finally got dark. Fastest update access: щщщ.79XS.сОΜ. I was sitting on pins and needles in the room, where could I settle down, and I opened the house 'door' in a panic, and Qing Ming ran over in a hurry: "Qing Wu, the people outside the 'door' have begun to 'commotion'. ”
I sighed secretly, and turned around to tell the bug: "You take care of Qinglian here, don't let her run around and be frightened again." ”
Qing Ming looked at Qing Lian, who was still bowing her head and having fun, and sighed: "If it really doesn't work, you can secretly send her to the second lady and the eighth aunt of the Fuhua'an, it's better than staying in the mansion." If the crowd rushed in with open flames, she would inevitably be frightened again. ”
Qing Ming's proposal was indeed very good, and I nodded: "Let's talk about it after today's hurdle." ”
Turned around and carefully closed the 'door' of the room, and walked towards the big 'door' with Qing Ming. Before I arrived in the front yard, I heard someone outside the 'door' banging on the 'door': "Come out, come out, give us a 'handover' generation!" ”
I looked at a few 'guards' who were waiting on the side, and smiled bitterly to myself, with the skills of a few of them, the people outside the 'door' were naturally vulnerable, but in the face of a group of unarmed people, I was the first to lose, so I could only be beaten and scolded, and I couldn't be shocked at all.
"Why don't you see your two bodyguards?" Qing Ming asked worriedly.
I knew that he was referring to Shui Lin and the others, and said perfunctorily: "I haven't seen the Crazy Stone and a few people come back, and I was worried that something would happen, so I sent the two of them to answer." ”
Qing Ming nodded, I took a deep breath, and indifferently ordered a few people: "Open the 'door'." ”
The 'squire' guard hesitated, but still did as he was told, holding his hand on the hilt of the sword, and strengthening his vigilance.
The big 'gate' opened, and immediately the people poured in violently towards the 'gate', and the 'attendant' guard got my advice, and the sword did not dare to be unsheathed, but only put the sword horizontally in front to resist the flow of people.
I forced my composure, stood with my hands in my hands, and shouted, "Stop! ”
The crowd gradually quieted down, Xu Feng squeezed in front of him, and asked righteously: "If the 'color' is dark today, what else does Miss Eleven have to say?" ”
"I don't have anything to say," I raised my voice, "If I had the slightest weakness, I wouldn't have opened the big 'door' of my Su Mansion today." I've sent a 'squire' guard to pick it up, and I should be back right away. Please be patient and wait a while. ”
"We are impatient, we have been at the 'gate' of the Su family for more than ten days, and we don't have that effort to continue to consume. We must be given an account today! ”
"Yes, we won't wait, your eleventh lady has her hands and eyes all over the sky, and she has already secretly 'handed over' the silver taels."
There was no shortage of righteous indignant people in the crowd, shouting indignantly.
"Who is inciting the trouble|!" I scolded sharply: "If I want to secretly mobilize Yin Liang to save my eldest brother, why do I need to go back to the Su family, dare to ask any of you who knew me Su Qingwen before?" Even if I come before you, you don't know who I am! Am I guilty of begging for myself? ”
The crowd was silent for a while, and I tried my best to speak sonorously and forcefully, putting on a momentum that I thought was righteous and awe-inspiring: "My Su family has been rooted in Jiangnan for a hundred years, and has always done good deeds in the world, only repairing bridges and roads every year, relieving the poor and widows, and spending countless taels of silver. This year's northern disaster, my father was even more generous, so he was praised by the saint today. This name will not be changed!
There are many people who come and go from the south to the north of the Yangtze River, and I believe everyone has heard these rumors. Let's ask, will we abandon the foundation of my Su family in order to owe you this little bit of silver? Not to mention anything else, just with a piece of Yugong's 'Colorful Flowing Cloud Brocade' signboard, my Su family will never give up and will always stand, what are you worried about?! ”
There was a burst of whispering in the crowd, and it seemed that some people had been moved by me and began to waver, and their emotions were not as 'excited' as Shicai.
"We can trust Master Su's virtues, and we have heard a little about Miss Eleven's righteous deeds during the disaster relief. But the crux of the matter now is whether your Su family has enough ability to repay, if not, no matter how nice it is, it's useless! Someone in the crowd slammed his throat.
"That is, when you have money, you sell your reputation and reputation, and when you don't have money, you can't protect yourself, and it's useless to say anything."
I patted my forehead on the ground, I really didn't know how to explain it to these people, plus I was worried about a few people, and my heart was indescribably irritable. I really can't wait to point to the few people in front of me who are tense and scold.
The 'squire' guard whispered in a low voice: "Miss, I think you should go in, in vain." With us here to block the delay, no one wants to step into the Su family. ”
I stubbornly shook my head, if I really turned around and left, the scene would definitely be even more 'chaotic' and out of control.
When he was in a hurry, there was a "boom", and a feather arrow came into the air with a firelight, nailed to the open 'door' board, and entered the wood for three points.
Everyone was shocked, and when they turned around, on the other side of the street, there was the light of a torch, and it was vaguely seen that a convoy of 'guards' was speeding in the direction of the Su family.
"It's coming, it's coming!" Someone shouted excitedly and rushed in the direction of the convoy. Then more people reacted and rushed towards the street corner like a 'tidal'.
Hearing the crisp sound of a sword coming out of its sheath, accompanied by a sharp scolding: "Stand back, stand back, all stand back." ”
The crowd swarmed and pushed, unwillingly crowding forward, and the scene was almost out of control.
I squinted my eyes and looked into the distance, and saw that Crazy Stone '' the bow and arrows of the 'squire' behind him, skillfully put five or six arrow feathers on the bow, aimed at the people in front of him, and shouted: "Don't move." ”
The sound of the mad stone carried internal force, like a lion's roar, which immediately shocked everyone, and everyone timidly moved out of the way.
"Whoever is the representative, stand in front, the rest of the people, etc., get out of the way."
Everyone did as they said, and Crazy Stone drove the convoy to the entrance of the Su family's big 'gate', instructed the 'waiter' to be on guard, and then personally opened the wooden box on the car, which was full of silver ingots of white 'flowers' and 'flowers'. Xu Feng and a few people stepped forward to inspect the boxes one by one, and only after finishing did they turn around and say to the people behind them: "The goods are genuine, they are all silver ingots with pure gold and two pounds, you can rest assured." ”
The onlookers breathed a sigh of relief.
"Since everyone has completed the inspection, then we will abide by the agreement, I will put these silver taels into the warehouse, and wait until all the gold and silver arrive in Yangzhou City, and then cash it out for everyone. Today, it is late, and from tomorrow, I will send the housekeeper out of the house, summon the shopkeeper of Yangzhou City and the nearby state capital, come with the account books in the store, and verify the silver tickets and IOUs in your hands, and sign them as evidence, just wait for the silver to arrive, and all of them will be distributed. In the slightly more remote state capital, I will send someone to transport the silver taels over, saving everyone the pain of running back and forth. I don't know what everyone thinks. ”
When everyone saw Yinliang, they finally had confidence in their hearts, and they nodded in agreement, their faces full of joy.
"Then we will make up our minds, and we will go out of the house tomorrow, and I hope you will not block it, add unnecessary trouble, and delay everyone's time."
"Then, Miss Eleven, if you exchange all the silver to us, what will happen to the eldest young master of the Su family and your aunt?" Someone in the crowd asked in a whisper.
I smiled bitterly and shook my head with red eyes: "I don't know, it's natural to repay debts, let's take one step at a time." ”
There was a moment of silence in the crowd, and then someone said: "Actually, many of us here have received the favor of Master Su, not that we are 'forced' by hard work, but really forced by life, so we have to do it as a last resort." If it is to rescue the eldest young master, if there is anything that needs our help to help, we are also willing. ”
"I would too." Others chimed in, and then one after the other.
Whether these people are sincere from the bottom of their hearts or merely hypocritical politeness, I have been touched by their words. I didn't expect the situation to reverse so suddenly, I moistened my eyes and bowed deeply to the people around me: "On behalf of the Su family, thank you for your kindness." ”
Crazy Stone walked over and patted me on the shoulder: "Fortunately, we will go back." ”
I nodded, and the two Shui Lin stepped forward to beckon the 'squire' guard to drive the carriage and horses back to the courtyard, and Uncle He helped settle them properly, and then closed the big 'door'.
Seeing that the matter had eased, the servants and women of the house happily went back to prepare the evening meal.
Crazy Stone went back to the room with me, closed the 'door' and window, and then took out the Qi 'jade' and the seal from his sleeve and returned it to me, and said with a sigh of relief: "Things are going quite well." Your mother's steward knew that something had happened to the Su family, so he prepared all the silver in advance, and he was afraid that he would be in such an urgent need as today. ”
"Then why has it been delayed for so long, I can't hold up the scolding?" I sat down in a chair and poured the tea that had been dried by the bugs.
"Auntie's 'milk', 'milk', do you think it's so easy to do! In order to keep it secret, Shui Lin and the others did not dare to mobilize manpower from the ya'men, and so much silver was shipped by their own people. And in order not to arouse the suspicion of Bodhi Buddhism, we deliberately took a long detour to get along. Madstone snatched the teapot from the table and drank directly into the spout.
"What about Bodhi Buddhism? Is there any movement? The bug asked, looking at the Crazy Stone with his cheeks in his eyes.
Crazy Stone shook his head: "There is no movement. What about you here? ”
I also shook my head in frustration: "There is no movement from Uncle He. ”
"Is there a hole in our plan?" Mad Stone said uncertainly: "Or did we misunderstand Uncle He?" ”
"Then why is Qing Lian scared when she sees Uncle He twice?" The bug asked, confused.
"Can you find a way to make Qing Ren remember what happened that night? That would be simple. Madstone asked.
The insect looked at me, and I shook my head hesitantly: "Qing Lian deliberately blocked all her memories by herself, if I forcibly stabbed Qing Lian's brain, it would be easy for her to think 'confused' and 'chaotic', and completely 'mental' and mentally collapsed, I didn't dare to take risks." ”
I looked at Qing Lian's thin slap-sized face, and I felt a little distressed, how could I bear it? If it weren't for the imminent need to find out the 'traitor' in the Su family, I really wanted to follow Qing Ming's advice and send Qing Lian to the Fuhua Nunnery.