Chapter 24 Death Row Prisoners
After returning from the Luo family, Zhang Yuqing pondered repeatedly, since he had made up his mind to go to Qingzhou no matter what, and Zhuangzi might not come back, he had to find a way to earn some silver now.
She remembered that she had heard Rodin Young say that there were many books in the bookstore that were full of sages, and there were very few books on arithmetic metaphysics, and that she wanted to read more but struggled to find them, which was an opportunity for her.
On this day, Zhang Yuqing took Wang Chunniang out and wanted to go to the bookstore.
Walking to the door, she saw that Zhang Yuying was also at the door.
Zhang Yuying held the maid's hand, ready to get on the ox cart and go out, while Fang Mo stood next to her, and bowed to her with an anxious expression.
"Isn't that Young Master Fang Mo?" Wang Chunniang whispered.
Zhang Yuqing pulled Wang Chunniang to stand in the corner, saw Zhang Yuying shook her head at Fang Mo, and said embarrassedly: "I really can't help with this." ”
Fang Mo's face turned red, and the young man knelt down for Zhang Yuying with a plop, and begged: "Miss Zhang, you are good!" I'm so desperate that I'm here to beg you! My son-in-law has gone out, and I don't know when he will come back, but my brother will be beheaded at the execution ground tomorrow! ”
Zhang Yuqing originally felt that it was none of her business, so she was pulling Wang Chunniang out, and stopped in surprise when she heard this.
"The government has been sentenced, the evidence is conclusive, how can you call me a boudoir woman to think of a way?" A little displeasure flashed on Zhang Yuying's face.
The maid next to her snorted disdainfully, and muttered: "A sack-carrying person, stealing other people's wives, and killing people, what kind of person!" Our girl has a clean reputation, if it is spread out and has something to do with this kind of indiscriminateness, will our girl still see people? The lord of your Lu family didn't want to care, so he ran to our girl and embarrassed her! ”
When she finished speaking, Zhang Yuying said softly: "Okay, don't talk nonsense!" Young Master Fang Mo was also in a hurry, after all, it was his relative. ”
"My brother, he can't kill anyone! He's the kindest! Must have been wronged! He also has an elderly blind widow mother...... Fang Mo clenched his fists and exclaimed excitedly, "Miss Zhang, I know that I have embarrassed you, but human life is at stake, as long as you help, let the government postpone the execution for two days, and when our son-in-law comes back, there will be a way!" ”
Zhang Yuying sighed, "But I'm really powerless and can't help you." ”
Seeing that Fang Mo was about to open his mouth, Zhang Yuying immediately said, "Give Fang Mo Gongzi three taels of silver." ”
"I'm not here to ask for money! Miss Zhang, please ......," Fang Mo said eagerly.
Zhang Yuying frowned, stepped on the stool, and carefully got into the ox cart with the carefully combed bun on her head.
The maid blocked Fang Mo and scolded, "Why are you like this? The entanglement in broad daylight is endless, and what does it look like to spread out! Relying on our girl's good nature, she kicked her nose in the face! Our girl is a famous lady in the capital, a young lady, talking about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the people who come and go are all famous ladies! You asked our girl to go to the court to intercede with a sack-carrying person through the back door, oops, I don't even know what to say about you! It's too much! It's so embarrassing for our girls! If your master Lu Gongzi knows, see how he cleans you up! ”
The maid threw a small silver ingot into Fang Mo's arms, and said with her eyebrows raised: "You are a person who enters the mansion outside, it is not easy to be an errand in front of Lu Gongzi, but don't throw away the errand that has only been a few days because of this idea!" ”
The ox cart hurried away, leaving Mo standing there dejected.
Zhang Yuqing looked at his red eyes, and always felt that this burly and sturdy young man was going to cry in the next second.
"Girl......" Wang Chunniang looked at Zhang Yuqing and whispered.
Zhang Yuqing pulled Wang Chunniang away.
Wang Chunniang swallowed back the sentence "Let's not ask".
The two went to the bookstore, and sure enough, it was full of various versions of the sage's sayings and poems, as well as some popular stories of talented and beautiful people.
There are very few miscellaneous books, and even if they do, they are all old.
"Boss, I have a set of arithmetic books with exquisite and interesting topics, I don't know if you accept them here?" Zhang Yuqing asked.
The bookstore owner frowned and glanced at Zhang Yuqing, seeing that it was a young lady, and said, "Count?" No! If there's a new story, you can try it! ”
Zhang Yuqing had no choice but to thank him and go out, and asked a few bookstores in a row, and when he heard that it was arithmetic metaphysics, he waved his hand, saying that there were few people who read it, and it was not easy to sell if it was printed.
After coming out, Zhang Yuqing returned disappointed, thinking in her heart that it would be possible for her to plagiarize the famous novels in her world to mix up some silver?
Back at the gate of Zhang's mansion, Fang Mo was still standing there, looking at the posture to wait for Zhang Yuying to come back, and then beg her to be kind.
"Something must have happened!" Wang Chunniang whispered, "Why don't we ask?" ”
Zhang Yuqing remembered that Fang Mo always liked to step on her in front of Lu Wei to show his loyalty, which made her tired and despised, but she also remembered that on the way to Beijing, he encountered bandits several times, and he was also holding a knife to protect them in front of them.
"Since you want to ask, then ask!" Zhang Yuqing said, raised his feet and walked over.
Wang Chunniang choked and shook her head and smiled.
The girl has always had her own ideas, and she obviously looks at Fang Mo pitifully, but her mouth is very hard.
"What's wrong with you?" Zhang Yuqing asked.
Fang Mo looked back and saw that it was Zhang Yuqing, wiped the tears on his face, and said in a very disappointed voice: "It's nothing!" ”
Zhang Yuying couldn't help him, what could this orphan girl who had just recognized the Zhang family do.
If he said it again, maybe Zhang Yuqing would be like that maid, laughing and insulting his senior brother who deserved it and deserved it.
"If you don't say it, then forget it, it seems that you don't want to save your senior brother so much." Zhang Yuqing pouted, she finally had a kind attack, but the other party still didn't appreciate it!
Fang Mo was anxious, "Why don't I want to?" I didn't have a father or mother since I was a child, and my senior brother brought me up! I, I'm willing to trade my own life for my brother's life! ”
Zhang Yuqing clasped her arms and said, "Then tell me, what's going on?" Maybe I can help! ”
When they went out, they heard Fang Mo say that Lu Wei was not in the capital, and Fang Mo's senior brother was going to be beheaded tomorrow, as long as the execution could be postponed for a few days and Lu Wei came back, Fang Mo's senior brother would have hope of life.
Zhang Yuqing thinks that he is a person with clear grievances and reasonable feelings, although Lu Wei and his little servant are not likable, but these three people took her and Wang Chunniang into Beijing safely, and protected them all the way.
If there is no chance to repay the favor, forget it, now that Fang Mo is in trouble, she has no reason to stand idly by.
Fang Mo didn't want to say it, but in the past two days, he was really desperate and sad to the extreme, and he confided in Zhang Yuqing.
"I was a beggar without a father or mother, and I was picked up from the street by my master when I was a child. My master opened a dart game and brought a few apprentices. Although my master picked me up, it was my elder brother He Qi who took care of me growing up. Fang Mo wiped his tears and said, "He took me to eat, taught me martial arts, and when I was sick, he bought me medicine to take care of me, if it wasn't for him, I would have died a long time ago!" Later, the county mainly recruited a small servant with good martial arts to serve the son, and I was fortunate to enter the Lu Mansion and changed my name, so I had less contact with the original senior brothers. ”
"This time, the son went out to Beijing to do business, didn't take me, gave me a few days off, I went back to the dart bureau to visit my brother, and then I knew that my brother was arrested by the government and sentenced to beheading, and he will be executed tomorrow!" Fang Mo cried without an image of a sturdy young man, "Don't look at my senior brother's fierceness, but he is really a good person!" He couldn't have killed anyone! There must be grievances! ”
Zhang Yuqing sighed, "You are all on an errand in front of Lu Gongzi, you should be the best one among your senior brothers, right?" When your senior brother was first arrested by the government, why didn't anyone come to you for help? ”
If he had known earlier, he would have had a lot of time to think about countermeasures, so that he would not be executed tomorrow, Fang Mo was still looking for someone to help like a headless fly.
"My master said that my brother's case has both human and material evidence, and the case can't be overturned! And I just worked as an errand for Lu Gongzi for a few days, and my foundation is unstable, so I can't delay my future because of this matter, and don't let my brothers come to me! Fang Mo said with tears in his eyes.
Zhang Yuqing said: "You are on an errand in the Lu family, have you ever looked for Lu Gongzi's father and mother?" ”
Lu Wei's mother is the county lord of Duanshu, and Mrs. Zhang sees the future mother of her own family, and when she opens her mouth and closes her mouth, she is the county lord of Duanshu is a relative of the emperor, although she is the county lord of the emperor of the previous dynasty, but she is very favored by the emperor, and she is no different from a real princess.
If Lord Duanshu can say a word, this matter is not a piece of cake!
"My wife doesn't live at home." Fang Mo hesitated for a long time and said, "You may not know when you first come to the capital. My wife led her practice in the Compassion Nunnery on the outskirts of Beijing, and she didn't see anyone. ”
Zhang Yuqing was surprised.
A county lord who was deeply favored by the emperor did not enjoy life well, lived a luxurious life of eating, drinking and having fun, and raised a few handsome faces, and actually went to the nunnery to lead the practice! It's not scientific!
"What about Lord Lu?" Zhang Yuqing asked.
Speaking of this, there seems to be nothing to hide about the rest, Fang Mo said helplessly: "I am a little girl sent by His Royal Highness the county lord to my son-in-law, our 'Fang' surname is given by the county lord, Lord Lu, he ...... Don't wait to see us. ”
Zhang Yuqing knew it, no wonder Fang Mo would ask Zhang Yuying's head, she was really desperate.
It's no wonder that Lu Wei will hit the wall for love, and his parents are not in harmony, and he grew up in a broken family since he was a child, and he lacks psychology.
Zhang Yuying just satisfied his psychological deficiency, so Lu Wei happily took over Zhang Yuying and her son, a happy family of three, whose wish was fulfilled!
Zhang Yuqing felt that her interpretation of Lu Wei was perfect.
"Have you copied the file of your brother's case?" Zhang Yuqing asked.
Fang Mo said: "Of course I copied a copy. ”
"Show me." Zhang Yuqing stretched out her hand.
Fang Mo was just about to reach out to his chest, when he suddenly asked suspiciously, "Aren't you illiterate?" ”