Qiu Baiwei nodded and didn't speak again.

Qin reassured her a few more words, and then left.

As soon as the Qin family walked on the front foot, on the back foot, Qiu Baiwei's henchman and maidservant came over.

"Third lady."

Qiu Baiwei was in a trance, turned around and said, "What's the matter?" ”

The maidservant whispered: "In the morning, there was a letter from the Qiu family, asking you that the people of the Qin family have come to pay the ransom, what should you do, whether to continue to hold it or return it to them." ”

Qiu Baiwei pursed her lips.

After half a sound, he said: "Give it back to them, tell my brother, there is no need to target the Qin family in the future." ”

"Yes."

The handmaid left respectfully.

And at this time, the other side.

Song Anning turned a few corners, and finally saw Pei Qingyan at the door of a subordinate room.

She hurriedly ran over and shouted, "Pei Heng! ”

She heard the other party introduce herself before, is this name right?

Pei Qingyan looked back and saw her, and his hand that was about to open the door stopped.

"Young lady."

He saluted respectfully.

Song Anning looked at him like that, and he couldn't get angry.

She looked left and right to make sure that there was no one around, so she pushed open the door and pulled Pei Qingyan into the room.

There was no one in the room.

The next room is not better than the wing room or small courtyard where the master lives, the sleeping here is a large bunk, after entering, you will see a simple screen, behind the screen is a row of simple earthen kang, the kang is also piled up with all kinds of messy quilts, clothes and other things.

Song Anning didn't look carefully, and after pulling him in, he lowered his voice and said angrily: "Why do you want to stay?" ”

Pei Qingyan blinked.

"Didn't the eldest lady tell me to stay? Why do you bother to question me? ”

His attitude made Song Anning even more angry.

Song Anning laughed angrily.

"She told you to stay, and you stayed? Pei Heng, you don't play scoundrel with me here, don't you know what your identity is? Have you thought about the consequences of staying? It doesn't matter if you're not afraid of death, but don't bother others, do you want everyone in the Jiang family to bury me with you?! ”

Her anger calmed Pei Qingyan down.

He looked at her calmly, Xu is eyes were too focused, Song Anning was stunned when he saw it, and he even forgot to be angry.

After a moment, I suddenly heard him say seriously: "Don't worry, I won't affect the Pei family, and I won't let anyone bury me for the funeral." ”

Song Anning sneered disdainfully.

"You think I'll believe it?"

"If you don't believe it, there's no way, after all, do you have any other way than to believe in me now?"

Song Anning choked.

I heard Pei Qingyan say: "The eldest lady already knows my existence and took me to her courtyard, if I suddenly disappear at this time, do you think she will feel strange?" Will you investigate me because you think it's strange, so as to find out that you and I have known each other for a long time, and even that night you rescued me at the bottom of Qingfeng Mountain? This is a ...... of the vine."

"Enough, don't talk about it!"

He didn't have to open his mouth again, Song Anning already knew what he was going to say.

She knew he was a nuisance, but she didn't expect it to be such a trouble.

Song Anning is simply big.

Pei Qingyan smiled indifferently and said, "Don't worry, I said that it won't affect you, I will never affect you, you have to believe my words." ”

Song Anning didn't smile at it.

"I believe you, it's better to believe in a pig."

After speaking, he left in a huff.

After taking two steps, he felt unconvinced, turned around and said viciously: "I will only give you half a month, half a month, you must find a way to leave by yourself!" I don't care if you die or want to do something about it, in short, you are not allowed to stay in the Jiang family! Don't let anyone notice the clues, otherwise, I will personally go to the embroidery department to report you! Hehe, it's a big deal for me to say that I was deceived by the threat of bad people, and I didn't know that you were the rebel party of King Yong, and I believe that the adults of the embroidery department will definitely believe in my innocence and personally arrest you in prison! ”

Pei Qingyan: "......"

He didn't know what to say.

looked at Song Anning's gaze, and even brought a trace of pity.

Song Anning was stunned by his eyes, but when he heard his words, he didn't say anything more, snorted coldly, and turned to leave.

Outside the door, Holly held her up.

"Miss......"

"Go back to the house."

"Yes......"

Late at night, embroidered clothes.

Jiang Rongsheng sat on the cold haystack, his eyes empty.

Pei Qingyan appeared in front of him wearing a mask.

When the candlelight in front of him was obscured by a shadow, Jiang Rongsheng's eyes that had been out of focus because of the torture finally came back to his senses and looked up at him.

"Pei, Pei-sama."

Jiang Rongsheng's eyes gathered a glimmer of hope, and he crawled over.

Bloodstained hands, clutching at the bars of the cell.

"Master Pei, I was wronged, I really didn't collude with King Yong, please let me go, as long as you are willing to let me go, let me do anything, I beg you."

After saying that, he kept kowtowing to him.

Pei Qingyan's face was expressionless.

He looked at Jiang Rongsheng condescendingly, and asked the subordinates behind him, "You really can't pry it out?" ”

The subordinate said in a low voice: "I can't pry it out, in order to suffer less crime, he even said what restaurant he ate in and how much money he embezzled, that is, he can't say half a word about King Yong, according to the ......opinion of his subordinates."

The subordinates showed embarrassment.

Pei Qingyan said: "Say." ”

"Yes." The man was stunned, and hurriedly said: "My subordinates think that he is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, if he really committed such a thing, it is impossible to survive now, and he can't pry it out...... Most likely, it really didn't happen. ”

Pei Qingyan's gaze deepened.

King Yong rebelled, and His Majesty ordered him to investigate the matter thoroughly, and the original words were that he would rather kill by mistake than let it go.

Therefore, Pei Qingyan does have the power of life and death in his hands.

However, he did not kill Jiang Rongsheng.

After thinking about it, he took out an iron guide and displayed it in front of Jiang Rongsheng.

"Do you recognize this?"

Jiang Rongsheng raised his head in fear, and when he saw the iron lead, his frightened eyes turned into confusion and confusion.

"Isn't this my iron lead? Although the lower officials and lower officials are dull, they have been officials for many years, and Tie Yin still recognizes them. ”

Pei Qingyan asked: "King Yong rebelled, and the iron used by his subordinates came from Jizhou, and the iron of Jizhou flowed out of your Jiang Mansion, do you know this?" ”

Jiang Rongsheng's eyes widened in astonishment.

His face was full of disbelief.

"W-How is this possible? Although the lower officials and the lower officials are appointed to the state, the salt and iron affairs in Jizhou have always been managed by special salt and iron, and the lower officials only occasionally take the time to inspect it, and never ask too much, because the lower officials know that although the lower officials have the responsibility of supervising the salt and iron introduction, but in fact, the salt and iron division is directly under the management of the intermediate salt and iron department, and they can't do anything with the lower officials at all, so the lower officials don't care about this matter. ”