Chapter 166: Tang Xing'er was coerced again
The next day, shortly after dawn, Li Hui, the secretary of the Criminal Department, came to Kaifeng Mansion in a sedan chair.
Shopkeeper Hong knows too much about him, and he doesn't want this guy to be locked up here for too long.
Master Bao only said that the shopkeeper Hong was molesting a woman on the street, and he was forced to arrest him for questioning. and in front of Li Hui, he scolded him for twenty boards, and asked him to follow Li Hui back.
As Master Bao expected, halfway through, the shopkeeper Hong told Li Hui that Master Bao had another treasure bottle in his hand.
Li Hui was shocked.
However, he remained silent.
Chen Yuniang and Cao Jiangxian also learned the news that Lu Bu had returned the next day.
When the two and Tang Xing'er came together, Lu Bu was not in the house.
As soon as she entered the house, Tang Xing'er knelt in front of Diao Chan with tears on her face, and kept slapping her mouth, asking Diao Chan for forgiveness.
Diao Chan turned her head away from looking at her.
Thinking of the kind woodcutter and the woman named Ling Ju, Diao Chan still couldn't help crying.
Fortunately, with Chen Yuniang beside her to persuade her, Diao Chan turned around and pulled Tang Xing'er up.
"Don't talk about this matter to my brother Lu, otherwise I'm afraid that Brother Lu won't be able to spare my little sister." Tang Xing'er covered her cheeks that were hot by herself and said.
Chen Yuniang glared at her.
"Sister Xing'er is just concerned about your eldest brother Lu's reaction, and she needs to be in case that Dong Chun's thief heart does not die, and then find your head."
Tang Xing'er's face turned pale with fright.
Fortunately, at this time, Lu Bu came back, and several people hurriedly shut up.
Lu Bu was very understanding, went to the street to buy some food, and asked the sisters to eat and drink together until they got drunk.
"Lord Bao has other arrangements tonight, and I need to ask the lady and my little sister to go back to the residence for the time being." Lu Bu said to Diao Chan and Cao Jiangxian.
Diao Chan was a little nervous about returning to her accommodation.
"Sister, just go back with me, my little sister is here, no one dares to bully you." Cao Jiangxian said.
"My sisters and I can also accompany Mrs. Tang tonight." Chen Yuniang also said.
When I got back to my accommodation, it was already afternoon.
The little sisters worked together and quickly cleaned up the messy house, and then each found the house where they lived.
In the evening, Chen Yuniang took Tang Xing'er out.
The two of them hadn't been to the teahouse for several days, and tonight, the two decided to take a look, otherwise, after a long time, they would be unhappy to hear the shopkeeper.
According to Chen Yuniang's meaning, go to the teahouse to sit for a while, and then come back after dealing with it, but who knows, as soon as she walked up to the second floor, she was pulled to her table by an old customer.
"I haven't seen Miss Jade Niang for many days, Xiaosheng is waiting for a long time." The man took Chen Yuniang's hand and refused to let go, with a lewd smile on his face.
Chen Yuniang just smiled and said nothing.
There are too many men who please Chen Yuniang in every way, and Chen Yuniang can't even name many of them.
Tang Xing'er sat on the second floor near the staircase, looking at the scene on the street in a daze.
Someone patted her shoulder, Tang Xing'er was startled, for fear that she would meet Dong Chun's person.
Although I heard Diao Chan say that one of the two people who captured Diao Chan was dead, and the other had also fled with silver, Tang Xing'er was still frightened when she came here.
Tang Xing'er, the person standing behind her, didn't know.
"The apricot girl has always been good, and the villain came here just to be able to see the girl's face." The man said.
Tang Xing'er tried to think about it.
"The guest official praises falsely, and Xing'er is just an ordinary woman."
The man smiled, pulled Tang Xing'er to a table, and sat down.
After taking a few sips of tea, the man kept scanning Tang Xing'er with his gaze.
"Miss Apricot has made a fortune these days?"
Tang Xing'er was taken aback.
"The little woman only sits in this teahouse every day, how can she make a lot of money? The guest officer must have been idle and came to make fun of the little girl? ”
The man didn't answer, but stretched out five fingers at Tang Xing'er.
Tang Xing'er jumped up from the chair as if her butt was on fire.
"What do you mean by that, guest officer?"
"The villain just waved his hand casually, why is the girl so frightened?" The man smiled, suddenly clenched his fist and lightly slapped it on the table a few times, and said in a low voice, "Miss Xing'er should know the truth of taking people's hands short, if you can't complete the things entrusted by my son-in-law, please return the silver in full, otherwise, fifty taels of silver for one finger, and ten fingers like green shoots for the girl, I'm afraid that I won't be able to get to you again." ”
Tang Xing'er was so shocked that her underwear was soaked, and she hurriedly looked at the place where Chen Yuniang was, only to find that Chen Yuniang had been taken away from the second floor by the guest.
"The strong man Hugh wants to scare me, the little woman counts what she says, and she will return it tomorrow."
"I'm afraid that my son-in-law won't allow you until tomorrow." The man said with a sneer.
Tang Xing'er wiped the cold sweat on her face vigorously.
"The little girl really can't get this lot of silver around now, as long as tomorrow, the little girl and the sisters here will make up for it."
Tang Xing'er was also telling the truth, she had already spent some of the silver she got that day, otherwise she would not have seen at a glance that Diao Chan's matter was related to her.
The man still had a sneer on his face.
"The girl doesn't have to be so nervous, my son-in-law is not an unkind person. As long as you promise to continue to help my son-in-law, this mere five hundred taels of silver will be used as a thank you. ”
"No." Tang Xing'er hurriedly shook her hand, "The little woman would rather die than harm Mrs. Tang." ”
"When did the villain want you to harm Mrs. Tang?" The man asked rhetorically.
Tang Xing'er blinked a few times.
"Don't hurt Mrs. Tang, what else does your son-in-law want a little girl to do?"
"It's so simple." The man said lightly, and then, he took out a small porcelain bottle from his pocket and held it in his hand, "The girl only needs to find a way to ask Tang Lu Bu to take this medicine, and she is done." ”
Tang Xing'er seemed to see a poisonous snake, and she was so frightened that she retreated again and again, but was forcibly pulled back by that person's wrist.
"Brother Lu is kind to the little girl, and the little woman will never do such evil things again." Tang Xing'er tried hard to get rid of him, but she couldn't.
There are many guests on the second floor of the teahouse, and almost every night there are girls who refuse the rude requests of the guests, so Tang Xing'er's performance did not attract too many people's attention.
"Apricot girl, sit down, wait for the villain to finish." The man was probably also worried about attracting everyone's attention, so he lowered his voice and said.
Tang Xing'er made up her mind and simply gritted her teeth and sat down.
"This medicine is not what the girl thinks." The man said, "It's really because my son-in-law was moved by Mrs. Tang's true feelings for Tang Zhuangshi, and sincerely wanted to help the two." ”
Tang Xing'er snorted.
"This medicine comes from the court, and it is specially prepared by several court doctors for the current emperor. Thinking that Tang Zhuang is already strong, if he takes this medicine, he will definitely be more brave, and getting the emperor's appreciation is just around the corner, isn't the girl doing a great thing. ”
Tang Xing'er didn't look at that person, she just sneered in her heart, how could this kind of trick that even children can't fool this girl?