Chapter 12: The Rats Are in the Cage

"Madam, you are really a god!"

Jin Xilan leaned on the chair covered in tiger skin calmly, his slender and tender fingers gently flipped the account book, and he heard the joyful movement of Songmi outside the door from a distance.

I saw Songmi carrying a basket of silver bone charcoal and pushing the door in happily.

"How did Madame know that the Sun family in the east of the city would sell discounted silver bone charcoal today! I bought them all at your command, and took a basket for my wife to burn. ”

Jin Xilan chuckled and sat up straight, holding his chin to look at the appearance of pine honey filling carbon.

"Xu is your wife...... Is it a living bodhisattva, who has the ability to foresee the future? ”

When Songmi heard this, she couldn't help but pout a little dissatisfied.

"Madame, don't tease me."

As she spoke, Songmi threw the last piece of carbon into it:

"If Madame can have the ability to predict, the first thing should be far away from this general's mansion......"

But as soon as these words were spoken, Songmi was shocked and speechless, and covered her mouth with hindsight.

Jin Xilan didn't say anything, and even nodded approvingly.

If she could be reborn at the node before marrying into the General's Mansion, Jin Xilan would never step into the Tiger and Wolf Den of the General's Mansion for half a step.

"Is there any rumor out there?"

Jin Xilan knew very well that for Songmi to say this, something must have happened.

Songmi couldn't help but rub her hands hesitantly, and felt more and more remorseful about her gaffe.

"Recently, there have been rumors outside...... It is said that the time is not far off for His Majesty to condemn the General's Mansion......"

That's to be expected.

"That's all?"

Jin Xilan raised his eyebrows suspiciously, and his fingers lightly tapped the account book, making a clicking sound.

Hearing this, Songmi couldn't help but raise her head suspiciously: "It's just these?" Madam, this matter is already very serious! ”

"I know."

Of course, Jin Xilan knew that this matter was a matter of his own life.

But she's still unhurried, just because ......

It's still early, and Your Majesty won't jump to conclusions so quickly.

Although Shi Du fell into a coma, His Majesty is not a comatose monarch and will not easily sentence the General's Mansion to death.

If it is based on the memory of the previous life, now His Majesty's people should secretly verify the truth of this matter.

"It's not just coal that I've asked you to arrange."

Jin Xilan squinted his eyes and nodded, and Songmi remembered her second task.

"Whoa! I haven't forgotten anything Madame commanded! ”

Seeing that Songmi took out a house deed from her arms and handed it to Jin Xilan.

"I really don't know what's wrong with Madame, she always spends money indiscriminately, and she still has to buy such a dilapidated house......"

Songmi couldn't help but mutter.

But Jin Xilan looked at the things in his hand, but he couldn't help but hook the corners of his lips.

"You'll get it later."

This house deed is the magic weapon that Jin Xilan must get if he wants to turn over in the future.

While the two were chatting, there was a knock at the door.

"Who?"

Jin Xilan subconsciously raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Mrs. Hui, it's me."

The voice...... Is it Eucommia?

Du Zhong has not appeared these days, and Jin Xilan almost thought that he had left the house.

It turns out he's still there.

"Come in."

With Jin Xilan's permission, Du Zhong quickly pushed the door in.

He was tall, but he was still wearing a coarse linen robe, and if it weren't for the scar on his forehead and the heroic aura emanating from his body, no one would have been able to find it if he was hidden in the pile of coolies.

"Why is General Du still wearing this clothes? Is it because the house has not paid monthly money? ”

Jin Xilan didn't wait for him to speak, and looked at the clothes on his body suspiciously.

Du Zhong froze slightly, and then shook his head: "It's just that this dress is convenient for movement."

That's just as well.

"There's something I want to tell my wife about."

Du Zhong's expression suddenly became serious, but Jin Xilan suddenly interrupted him with a smile:

"I know what the general is trying to say."

"You know?"

Du Zhong looked at Jin Xilan in front of him in surprise.

Jin Xilan's hands were folded calmly, the whole person leaned back slightly, and the corners of his mouth were bound to smile, as if he was holding everything in his hands.

"What the general wants to say, I'm afraid it's the matter of Mama being released by the yamen, right?"

Songmi turned her head to look at Du Zhong, and was greeted by his slightly shocked expression.

It seems that Madame really guessed correctly.

"Don't worry about this, I'll take care of it myself."

Jin Xilan glanced back and looked straight at the silver bone charcoal that was still a lot left in the basin:

"As for General Du...... All you need to do is deal with the rumors outside, these silver bone charcoal have just been bought, and the general will take them back to warm the house and use them. ”

If Eucommia was just surprised before, it can be regarded as shocking now.

Du Zhong didn't expect that Jin Xilan even knew that he was secretly dealing with the fact that His Majesty was about to be condemned.

In this mansion, what else is there that Jin Xilan doesn't know?

But for some reason, Du Zhong felt that Jin Xilan should not be like this.

"Since Madame has already prepared, then the subordinates have nothing to say, please take care of Madame."

Du Zhong smiled wryly, and made a gesture to leave.

"Wait for General Du!"

Songmi stepped forward and stuffed the silver bone charcoal into Du Zhong's arms.

The pine honey in front of her seemed to be red because of the rising temperature of the room, and she said with a smile:

"General, don't forget about carbon, this carbon is something I grabbed with great difficulty, it's cheap!"

Du Zhong's face turned red inexplicably, nodded a little woodenly, forgot even to refuse, and left with the basket.

Songmi looked at Du Zhong, as if there was a tiger behind him, and couldn't help but laugh out loud:

"Madam, he seems to be a fool!"

However, Jin Xilan looked at the direction in which Du Zhong left with a solemn face, and the coldness emanating from his body made Songmi not come back to his senses for a while.

"Songmi, you go sleep with Youru tonight, she should be quite lonely in the past two days."

When Song Mi heard this, she came back to her senses, and blinked with some hesitation: "But what if Madam needs someone by her side at night?" I'd better stay in the side room and sleep so that I can wait on my wife. ”

"Nope."

As soon as Songmi's words were finished, Jin Xilan decisively refused.

Jin Xilan's hand gently stroked the tiger skin on the chair, but his eyes were full of coldness.

"Tonight, no one is allowed to go down half a step near this master bedroom."

Song Mi suddenly realized the deep meaning implied in this period, and after thinking about it, he didn't mean to disobey Jin Xilan anymore.

"Yes, the slave knows."

Jin Xilan looked at the pine honey that had withdrawn, and his eyes slowly fell on the burning carbon fire on the side.

From time to time, the flames of the fire made a clashing sound, reflecting on her eyes, but it looked extremely strange.

Jin Xilan stood up, walked to the bed, and took out the needle bag from his arms familiarly.

She had been administering needles to the unconscious Twilight all this time.

"Husband, it might be a little noisy tonight."

After all, the rats are going to be caged.