Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 22
The night is getting darker.

The middle hall of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion was as warm as spring, but Du Jin's voice was somewhat stern.

"Two wishes can be called reconciliation. Has anyone ever asked my concubine if I wish? Has anyone ever cared about how Li Heng forced my concubine to achieve his goal? He is not benevolent and I am not righteous. Please give me paper and ink , the pleading paper written by my own handwriting is..."

After that, a long, long time passed, and the class didn't know what to say, and it was endless. Du Wulang stood there listening to it, feeling drowsy, and his head kept falling, like a hen pecking at rice.

Suddenly, with a jolt, he shook his big head, using the fat on his cheeks to shake to wake himself up.

"Pfft."

A woman's chuckle came from nowhere.

Du Wulang was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at the side wall, and saw a figure shaking behind the crimson gauze of the window for choosing his son-in-law, and he could faintly see the towering temples, it was a woman!

This shock was no small matter, he hurriedly lowered his head to look at the soles of his feet, feeling sad in his heart, no longer sleepy at all.

Didn't notice what Xue Bai said just now, Li Linfu behind the screen also said with a smile, "Forget it, you can take Du Erniang back, but she is not allowed to leave the square."

"Thank you, Mr. Right."

Li Linfu could hear that he was very happy, and said again: "Sheji will not be handed over to the weak prince in the future. You have contributed a lot to this matter. Go back and work hard."

"Yes."

Du Wulang's eyes widened, only to see Xue Bai hold a salute, turn around and walk out together with Du Jin.

He also hurriedly followed, and suddenly remembered something, so he turned his head and glanced, only to see Jiaonu still standing in the hall, not following.I couldn't help being overjoyed in my heart, and felt a little bit of parting for a while, so I waved goodbye.

At this time, the curfew was under, and Li Linfu sent Jinwu guards to send them home with documents.

Xue Bai was not good at riding a horse at night, so he still rode with Du Jin and let her hold the reins.

Chang'an Avenue was pitch-black during the curfew, only the lantern in the hands of the Jinwu Guard shone with light, guiding them forward.

Walking to Shengping Square, Du Jin suddenly sighed unconsciously.

The breath blew into Xue Bai's ears, making it itchy.

He didn't respond.

A girl in her early twenties was probably heartbroken and at a loss what to do when she went through this, and she was trying to be brave, so he just pretended not to hear.

After waiting in silence for a while, Fangzheng was called up to verify the documents, and opened the door of the workshop...

~~
Tonight, candles were kept burning in Du's residence, and everyone was awake.

When he heard the sound of horseshoes, the porter stood up quickly, pushed open the half-hidden west door, and ran to the front hall with big strides.

"I'm back, I'm back! Lord Xue Lang is amazing, he really brought Er Niang back!"

Immediately, the Du residence became lively, and everyone flocked to the front yard.

"It's good when you come back." Lu Fengniang was supported by Caiyun and Qinglan, and ran all the way, crying: "It's good when you come back, and you can remarry when you come back."

When she rushed to the stable in the front yard, seeing Du Jin getting off her horse with some difficulty, she quickly asked two maidservants to help her up.

Xue Baiben was still helping Du Jin, and when he saw them coming, he stepped aside, but Qing Lan glanced at them rather resentfully.

Not long ago, in this courtyard, he woke up after hearing Lu Fengniang's howling faintly in a coma.

Finally heard it again today.

"Wuuuu, I'm back. I was thinking, since I have no name or role, and being hidden by him, wouldn't it be worse than being knocked out of the court? There is no hope."

"Mom, look at what you said."

"People say that you are not my own, but when I married into the Du family, you were only so young, woohoo, so young, and now you look so beautiful, no matter who sees you, everyone will point at you Woohoo, you have always wanted to be strong since you were a child." Lu Fengniang wept incoherently, and at the end, wiping her tears, said: "It's okay, remarry, don't worry if you can't marry well."

Du Jin just smiled, patted Lu Fengniang on the back, and said, "Mother, I'm watching, it's disrespectful. Let's go, go back to the house first."

"Your grandpa is still in a coma. I'm so worried."

"..."

Everyone went in, and the Du family and Lu Fengniang went to the inner house to talk.

The steward Quan Rui asked the other servants to disperse, leaving only his son Quan Fu.He glanced outside the door, and asked Xue Bai: "Mr. Xue Lang, did that one follow?"

Xue Bai smiled and shook his head.

"Her work is done, don't follow me anymore."

Quan Rui couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, with joy on his face, he went to lock the door first, raised his hand and said, "Speak this way?"

"Please."

When the three of them arrived in the east hall, Quan Rui stroked his beard and sighed, "Since last night, my heart has been restless, but now I can be considered stable."

Quan Fu said: "Me too, Xue Langjun doesn't know, when she chased me last night, I was frightened."

"I haven't had time to ask you guys last night..."

Suddenly they heard footsteps outside, and the three of them stopped talking.

After a while, Du Wulang came in and asked curiously, "Hey, what are you talking about? Why don't you say anything?"

Quan Rui replied: "It's just to ask if the maidservant from the Right Prime Minister's Mansion is still here."

Du Wulang understood and said with a smile: "Are you happy that she is not coming?"

Du Yu came in and said, "But let's talk to Wulang, so that he won't be confused and say something wrong."

Quan Rui asked, "What is Wu Lang wondering?"

"Let me tell you, didn't a murderer come here last night? I saw a few footprints with golden juice in the main room."

"Ah." Quan Rui said: "The villain should have stepped on it accidentally..."

Du Wulang didn't wait for him to finish, and said: "But the strange thing is, I also have them on my windowsill, but only the murderer climbed on my window sill."

Quan Rui groaned and said, "Wulang, it's the villain who got on your window sill."

"I mean last night a murderer broke into my house and beat me violently. It is said that the crown prince wanted to silence him, alas. He must have stepped on the same puddle of gold as Guanshi Quan."

"The villain said," said Quan Rui, "that the villain beat Wulang's bed violently."

"what?"

Quan Rui said: "Actually, there are no criminals. They were all arranged by the aunt and Xue Langjun, in order to make the right minister trust Xue Langjun more."

Du Wulang stared, but then he understood, and said: "I said that the prince will not send someone to silence him, but you don't have to hide it from me, right? I'm tight-lipped."

"I'm not hiding it from you." Xue Bai said, "I'm afraid you won't act well in front of Jiaonu."

"If you want me to act, I will also act like it." Du Wulang muttered, walked a few steps, and said, "Let me guess, it was Quan Fu who lured Jiaonu away, right?"

Quan Fu replied: "It's a villain."

"She has martial arts, how did you escape?"

"Xue Langjun said that she was afraid of smell, so the villain and grandpa first dirty the latrine and stepped on the courtyard wall. Hey, in fact, when she chased after him, the villain was hiding behind the buckets in the latrine, but she thought The villain flies and jumps away!"

Quan Rui said: "The villain was still negligent. He didn't notice the golden juice on the soles of his feet when he arranged the arrangement beforehand. Jiao Wulang saw the clue."

Du Yu asked Xue Bai: "Now that Li Linfu has obtained the key evidence that the prince secretly raised dead men, the sage really wants to abolish the prince?"

"Very likely."

"At this time, the Du family didn't dare to ask for anything else, only peace."

"Yes, I just hope that the Du family can stay out of the matter and not be involved in these power struggles."

Quan Rui said: "What happened last night, we must be rotten in our stomachs."

At this moment, Du Jin came in alone with a lantern, and said, "Grandfather is awake. It's just that he is weak and cannot see people yet, and needs to rest for a while."

"That's great." Du Wulang was overjoyed, clapped his hands and said, "Today is really blessed, and good things happen again and again!"

Quan Rui and his son were also very happy.

"The villain is going to tell the kitchen to cook some supplementary food for old Alang tomorrow."

"Ah."

Before Quan Rui retreated, Du Jin couldn't help but asked Du Jin, "I seem to have seen two coffins in the front yard just now?"

"It's from Langjun and Liushang."

Du Jin had been holding back since entering the door, but her face had turned completely cold at this time, and she asked lightly, "Then eldest sister is wearing mourning for Liushang?"

Du Wulang was always more afraid of his second sister. Hearing these words, he silently exclaimed and called Xue Bai to step aside, meaning "my second sister is going to have a seizure."

"It's fine if we get divorced, he was still my husband-in-law when he died, etiquette..."

"Pedantic!" Du Jin suddenly raised her voice, and scolded: "How many women in Tang Dynasty are as useless as you?! Do you have to wait until he really kills the entire Du family?!"

"People are dead..."

"I don't care if the person is dead, I don't allow him to be taken in in a coffin, and he can enter the Du mansion again after seeing his soul! Did you think about it when you bought him the funeral? If it wasn't for Xue Bai's rescue, grandpa would still be with you today Dozens of corpses are piled up outside Dali Temple, while my other family members are on their way to be sent to Lingnan! Not to mention walking to Lingnan in shackles, you are already dead before you cross the Qinling Mountains. Do you wear mourning for him? !"

The harsher Du Jin's tone was, the faster he spoke, and he had to curse a few more times before venting his hatred.

Du Yi let her scold her, wiped her tears and said, "Stop arguing in front of your brothers?"

The two sisters and sisters were silent for a while, each of them cleared up their moods before turning around.

"I'm making you laugh. I haven't been home for a long time, and I've lost my composure." Although Du Jin still has tears, her expression has returned to calm. I want to help you with all my heart. You have great ambitions, but to realize your ambitions, you must first have an identity, and you can't go out into the generals with the identity of a fugitive slave or a lowly citizen."

Xue Bai nodded.

Chatting with Du Jin was indeed much simpler. She understood what he wanted from the very beginning. Although she didn't have a good grasp of people's hearts, her vision was high enough.

"We plan to find out your life experience first, and then make a decision, okay?" Du Jin said again, "You must have a family background, and you must submit a family certificate for the imperial examination. Official, you can’t say you don’t remember who you are.”

"Okay, then thank you very much."

Du Jin smiled.

Du Yu hurriedly wiped away her tears, and said: "I went to Wei's house across the street during the day, and wanted to ask the two servants who carried you back at that time to find out where Pingkang Fang picked you up. Unfortunately, , they went out of the city to receive the New Year's ceremony, and it will take two days before they come back."

"Don't be afraid." Du Jin said, "We will keep an eye out for you, and we will ask you clearly when you come back."

Xue Bai didn't say much about this, but still nodded his thanks.

Du Jin laughed again and said: "Whether it's an official slave or a fugitive, from now on you will treat Du's house as your own home. If you come from an extraordinary background, don't dislike us."

"Agreed?"

"It's a word."

"Okay, go to bed." Xue Bai got up and said, "It's getting late."

Du Jin tried to grasp the situation all night, but Xue Bai said a word, but she still felt inexplicably that he seemed to regard her as a little girl.

Du Wulang took a few steps outside and suddenly thought of something.

"Sister, I am in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and I made a woman laugh behind the window for choosing a son-in-law, are you alright?"

"Go."

"Are you all right?"

"Go."

Du Jin sat for a while, pulled Du Jin and said, "I'll sleep with you tonight, okay?"

"Ah."

The two sisters had just had a quarrel, but when they got into bed, Du Jin finally couldn't help but hugged Du Jin tightly and cried silently.

a long time.

"I'm still a sister, and I don't know how to reply when I scold you."

"I know how hard it was for you to get third grade Liang Di, I have been watching all this way."

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It was night, and the lights of Youxiang Mansion stayed on all night.

Finally got the key witness who can bring down the prince, Li Linfu interrogated and discussed with people all night, it was as lively as a festival.

He was busy until dawn, but he still didn't forget one thing.

"I asked you to investigate Xue Bai, how did the investigation go?"

"Reporting to the right minister, it has been found that Xue Bai was picked up by the Du family. It is said that a servant of Wei Shaoyou's house picked it up."

"anything else?"

"Those servants have recently left the city, wait for two days..."

Li Linfu was furious and shouted: "Don't you know how to go out of the city to ask?!"

Ji Wen was terrified, and quickly responded, "Let someone ask!"

(End of this chapter)