During the meal, Jiang Jiuniang did not sit at the same table with the men, but sat with the women, and asked them what their plans were for the future by the way.

If nothing else, they will leave tonight and will not stay any longer.

Some of them are locals, so they naturally want to go home, some are abducted from other places, and they also want to go back to find their relatives, and even the maids of the Qinglian family can have a place to go and want to go back to their hometown in the countryside.

After a circle, only Qinglian and Lin and two or three orphan girls who also had no family had nowhere to go.

"Madam, the general promised me before, saying that he could take me back with him, please take me and my sister-in-law back together! My sister-in-law and I used to take care of the business of the family shop, so it was no problem to do these things. ”

Qinglian knelt down directly for Jiang Jiuniang, now in this situation, she can only do her best to protect herself and her sister-in-law, as for those maids, if they want to go back to their hometown, she will not stop them.

Jiang Jiuniang did have such a plan, anyway, the shops at home were short of people, and it was nothing to bring them back, but well, you still can't make a decision easily, at least you have to make things clear.

"Miss Qinglian, it's not a big deal to take you back, but have you really thought about it? As you said, your family used to have an industry, even if everyone in the family was killed, but these industries are still there, as long as you want, you can live well on those industries, and there is really no need to go back with us to work as handymen. ”

Anyway, now that the bandits have also been recruited, the money that belongs to them can also be returned, with those money, and those industries, isn't it good to lie down directly?

No matter what, Jiang Jiuniang wanted to hear what they meant.

"Madam, you also know that only my sister-in-law and I are left in our family, and it is too difficult for two women to support the family, just like this time, we are just ordinary merchants, with no background and power, and we can only resign ourselves to fate in this situation. But it was different when our wife went back, she could rely on the power of the general to some extent, and those who coveted our family property did not dare to bully us at will. ”

Qinglian is a smart person, it is useless to be clever in front of people with absolute power, it is better to speak out and ask them for shelter.

"Madame, don't worry, we only want to protect ourselves, and we will never do anything out of line!"

Saying that, Qinglian kowtowed directly to Jiang Jiuniang, and after the Lin family understood her intentions, they also kowtowed and asked together.

No wonder my father-in-law said before that my little sister is smart, and I will have to recruit a son-in-law to keep the family's property in the future, and my little sister is really smart and knows how to use everything that can be used.

And now, Jiang Jiuniang is her target.

Jiang Jiuniang didn't expect her to speak so bluntly, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, this girl has the same strength as a lotus, which should not be underestimated.

Are girls with lotus characters in their names so smart?

"You're so smart, why don't you think you can work with me, instead of necessarily clinging?"

Jiang Jiuniang looked at her condescendingly, with appreciation and a smile in her eyes.

Qinglian was a little incredulous, Madame was willing to cooperate with her?

Why?

Her family is just an ordinary businessman, there is no power behind it, it is difficult to move an inch without power, and the business is difficult to do, and the income is not high in recent years, so her father decided to sell most of the shops, leaving only a few shops with better business to support the elderly, and then take the family to the mountains to live a life without fighting.

But who would have thought that so many things have happened so far, but the general's wife said that she could cooperate with her.

Did she hear it wrong?

Seeing her like this, Jiang Jiuniang guessed a rough idea, and said with a smile: "You heard it right, I don't have any special hobbies, I like to associate with smart people." Since you know that you can rely on my power to keep your family's property, then you can also rely on my power to make the business bigger and better, right? ”

Qinglian didn't answer immediately, but was stunned for a while before she asked slowly, "Does Madam really believe me?" ”

Jiang Jiuniang nodded: "I never joke about money." ”

Qinglian was a little shocked, but more of it was ecstasy, with Jiang Jiuniang's words, she can definitely manage the family industry well, and she can also take care of her sister-in-law, so she doesn't have to send someone to the fence!

"Thank you, ma'am!"

She was about to kowtow when she said it, but was stopped by Jiang Jiuniang: "I don't like others to kowtow to me, don't do it again in the future." ”

Now there are many people, and it is not a good time to talk about business, so we will talk about it in detail when we go back.

They have a way out, Qinglian has not forgotten the previous maids, if they are willing, they can continue to follow them, and if they are unwilling, they can return the deed and let them leave.

A few people still insisted on going home, and after this experience, they felt that their families were more important, while several others felt that even if they went home, there was no good way out, and maybe they would be sold by their father and brother at home again, so they decided to continue to follow Qinglian.

As for the remaining two or three orphan girls, Jiang Jiuniang said that if she wants to stay here, she will let King Mao arrange for a female household, how can she support herself with her hands in the future, if you don't want to stay here, you can also follow her back, she needs people in the shop, but it is not so easy to do things in the shop, you have to be eloquent and able to speak.

A few girls didn't dare to go when they heard that they wanted to be eloquent, thinking that it would be more cost-effective to stay here and settle down as a woman, and it would be better to be the master of their own house than to look at people's faces.

At this point, everyone's whereabouts have been settled, and Jiang Jiuniang's meal has been eaten.

Because there are still things to deal with, everyone just simply fills in their stomachs, and they don't drink, they don't chat, they just briefly inquire about the situation here, so the speed of everyone's meal is still quite fast, basically when the woman's side finishes eating, the man's side is over.

King Mao came to handle the case, and after he had eaten and drunk enough, he sent someone to find the officials in the city and prepare to investigate the matter thoroughly.

Anyway, there are all the human and material evidence, but it's not too complicated.

After that, Lu Baichuan and his party were ready to set off at night.

When I went out, I had a good time with those officials, but no one paid attention to anyone.

This time, Jiang Jiuniang was not good at cheating, and honestly followed the road for almost three days to reach the national capital.

Qinglian's family also followed to the General's Mansion, and when they saw the domineering plaque, Qinglian knew their true identity, and they were actually the most famous people in the national capital.

Jiang Jiuniang found Lotus, briefly said her wishes, and handed over Qinglian's family to her and asked her to watch the arrangement.

He went to report his safety to the Sun family, and then disguised himself and quietly entered the palace.

After leaving for a few days, the wind direction in the national capital has improved a lot, and to Lu Baichuan's surprise, he found that Chang'an Bo and the rest of the party had been solved by the emperor, so he borrowed the previous incident of those people besieging Lotus, and threw off a bunch of crimes.

Only then did everyone truly realize that the strength of their emperor was not as easy to provoke as they saw.