"Tell me first, why did you steal the medicinal materials in the house, and who did you give the stolen medicinal materials?" Meng Dongxing questioned her.

Rong'er thought for a while, and then said: "A few days ago, Rong'er went home to visit her parents, and on the way home, she met a man who dragged me into a small alley......

According to Rong'er, the man's appearance and accent did not look like a native of the capital, and he was extremely generous, giving Rong'er ten taels of silver as a deposit, asking Rong'er to steal medicinal materials from the Meng Mansion and sell them to him, and then he would give Rong'er another part of the silver.

Ten taels of silver is not a large amount for a rich person, but for a mere girl, it is already worth the expenses of her family for more than half a year, Rong'er's parents are sick, and her brother is also worried about starting a family, how can I not be tempted to see such a large amount of silver for the first time in my life?

Rong'er took advantage of her identity as the personal maid of Wen Jingqiu, the lady of Meng's house, to go to the small warehouse to get the medicine, secretly hid a part of it on herself, and took it out every day when she left the house, and put it in a tree hole by the East Lake, and the next day she would find silver in the tree hole.

Relying on this shady deal, Rong'er saved enough money for her parents' treatment in just two times, regardless of whether the government investigated it or not, until she was discovered by Wen Jingqiu, she still had the medicine she had just stolen.

Meng Dongxing listened to Rong'er's confession, his eyes were calm, and he was not angry, but Wen Jingqiu stared at the girl ring very indisputably, if it wasn't for the injury on her hand, she would have strangled the girl ring with her own hands.

A girl whose parents died and was fostered in a relative's house will inevitably be excited when she encounters this kind of thing, Lin Zhiruo didn't pay much attention to Wen Jingqiu, but just asked Rong'er: "So you will trade again tomorrow?" ”

Rong'er nodded, "He seems to have a lot of medicinal herbs, so he hasn't mentioned when he doesn't need to send medicine." ”

Lin Zhiruo nodded in understanding, and turned her head to look at Meng Dongxing: "If this is something else, I should do it according to the steps of the government." I'm not giving you a lot of face, right? ”

"Thank you for giving me this face, you might as well give me another chance to repay." Meng Dongxing smiled helplessly.

"I'm going to ask you to repay me." Lin Zhiruo looked at the two masters and servants who were crying with red eyes, and said to Meng Dongxing: "Rong'er's family is poor, and it is not her own willingness to make a mistake this time, if she can make up for it, don't blame her in the future, I believe she will have a long memory." ”

"You've opened your mouth to intercede for her, and I dare to say no?"

"That's the best, after all, she serves Miss Table, and Miss Cousin definitely doesn't want the people around her to always change around, right? You also have to think about it. ”

Meng Dongxing nodded and responded to Lin Zhiruo's request, but looked at her resentfully and complained: "You are used to thinking about others, but when you come to me, everything has nothing to do with you, obviously the two of us are friends, alas, they are all my blessings." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, I'll go first, tomorrow you remember to arrange for Rong'er to go to the lake to deliver medicine as usual."

After Lin Zhiruo left, Wen Jingqiu sent Rong'er to retreat, and then said to Meng Dongxing: "Cousin, my task has been completed for the time being, and the matter over there will be handed over to you." ”

"I don't need you to remind me, I'm prepared."

Melodious landed on the island in the middle of the lake again, for some reason he always felt restless this day, but he couldn't say anything wrong. Suspecting that he was too worried, he stepped into the house under pressure.

Rosewood filled the room, and the sound of the piano in the room stopped abruptly as he entered, and the door was shut, just as it had been the last time he had come.

"Mrs. Meng."

"Wu Gongzi, please be seated."

Melodious sat down opposite Meng Dongxing, and was about to say something, but when he saw Meng Dongxing hand him a bag, he was puzzled: "Mrs. Meng, what is this?" ”

Meng Dongxing said: "This is your next task, take a look." ”

Melodious took out the note in the bag, read the words on the paper, was stunned for a moment, raised his eyes and looked at Meng Dongxing, very incredulous, "Mrs. Meng, this ......"

Meng Dongxing stared at Melodious and nodded firmly, "Don't refuse, otherwise you know what the consequences will be." ”

Melodious clenched the note in his hand, "Mrs. Meng should know that the court hates this matter, and if I pretend to be the old department of Yongyang, wouldn't it push me to a dead end?" ”

Meng Dongxing sneered and shook his head: "You are wrong, what was waiting for you was a dead end, but now this road is putting you to death and giving you an afterlife, do you understand?" ”

"Put it to death and then live ......" Melodious gritted his teeth, still disagreeing with this statement. Why does it have to go from one dead end to another in order to be counted as a way of life, and the only way?

"As the successor of the patriarch of the Wu Clan, you are responsible for the survival of the Wu Clan, and you don't even have the courage and consciousness to do so?" Meng Dongxing stared at him, a contemptuous mockery in his eyes.

"However, I grew up in Nanzhou, and I really don't know much about Yongyang......" Melodious looked embarrassed and hesitated.

"Since I want you to do this, I am fully prepared, as long as you do what I say, you will not die, and the Wu clan will be saved. You don't even believe my words, do you want to just wait for the government to find your hiding place and wipe you out? ”

Melodious eyes flickered, Meng Dongxing asked again: "If you are afraid of death, push out the person who robbed the prison as a substitute for the dead ghost, and I will keep you fine." ”

Remembering the little butterfly's pale and weak appearance, Melodious shook his head violently involuntarily, and refused: "This is impossible!" ”

"So do you want to sit back and wait for the government to search out a few of you, and then offer the Crane King to the Crane King for the Wu Clan to be buried?" Meng Dongxing's tone became more and more full of contempt and provocation, and there was also a slight hint of anger and danger.

Witches? Funeral? How is this possible! Melodious gritted his teeth, and asked him for a long time: "Is it really the only way to go?" ”

Meng Dongxing said in an undeniable tone: "You don't want the Wu Clan to perish, and I don't want the Crane King to perish, this is the only choice you and I can choose." ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Melodious almost clenched his fists before he made up his mind to agree: "Okay, I promise you!" ”

Meng Dongxing got the expected answer, nodded with satisfaction, and then instructed melodiously: "I will tell you what to do, you remember the information I gave you, no matter who you face, try to play your identity as if you were the old department of Yongyang, and never let people find out that you have the slightest connection with Hezhou, otherwise not only will you not be able to protect yourself, but even the person who robbed the prison, me, the entire Wu clan, and the Crane King will be destroyed because of your failure." ”

After Lin Zhiruo returned to King Hui's Mansion, she told Qin Ziyu about Meng Dongxing's discovery, Qin Ziyu promised to go to East Lake with her to arrest the suspect, and the next day, Lin Zhiruo and Qin Ziyu rushed to East Lake together, and hid not far from the place where Yahuan Rong'er and the suspect traded, waiting for the suspect to come and get medicine.

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