Husband has a sweetheart

Chapter 52
"Mother! This, how can I say this!" Zhang Yuying was ashamed and annoyed.

Originally, she had a few disagreements with Lu Wei and broke up. If Zhang Yuqian was admitted as a scholar and made her look good, she would go to Lu Wei to show off. But she failed the exam and had such a shameful incident of attempted fraud, how could she Talk to Lu Wei?
Mrs. Zhang frowned and said, "Why can't I say that? Aren't those people who lied to Brother Qian introduced to Brother Qian by Mr. Lu? If there were no bridge and lead by Lu Wei, would Brother Qian be deceived?"

"Master Lu introduced those people to you?" Zhang Yuying looked at Zhang Yuqian in shock.

Zhang Yuqian didn't look up, he hesitated and said: "Forget it, let's do it!"

"Since it was introduced by him, his friend lied to my future brother-in-law, so he can't just watch!" Mrs. Zhang said confidently.

Zhang Zuozhen's salary is less than 30 taels a month, and it takes 100 years to be a seventh-rank sesame official to earn back the money. If Zhang Zuozhen knew that Zhang's family had been cheated of 3000 taels for nothing, he wouldn't go crazy!

"You can't say that. Although it's the people that Brother Qian met through Lu Wei, it's not that Lu Wei instructed them to cheat Brother Qian of money." Zhang Yuying complained, "It's not that Brother Qian didn't study hard and wanted to leave Crooked ways..."

Mrs. Zhang said angrily: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to blame your brother and me. I am hoping that Brother Qian will become famous and become famous as a young man? Right now, I have to get back the 3000 taels of silver, otherwise, your father will not be happy." Can't spare us!"

Zhang Yuying felt bitter in her heart, she really didn't want to embarrass herself in front of Lu Wei, she rolled her eyes, and asked, "Why don't you ask those friends for money first, Brother Qian, or ask Lu Wei to come forward if you don't come back. Just look for Lu Wei, maybe you will offend those people."

"Alright." Mrs. Zhang thought for a moment, nodded, and ordered Zhang Yuqian to ask those friends who lied to him for money, and told them that if they wanted to cheat and refuse to pay, they should ask their brother-in-law Lu Wei to deal with them.

Before the farce was over, Zhang Yuqing took Wang Chunniang back.

To her surprise, she thought she would continue to eat some pancakes to satisfy her hunger in the evening, but she didn't expect Zhang Yushu to come over with a food box in her hand.

The night wind picked up suddenly outside, the clouds were thick, and the wind-blown leaves rustled.

Zhang Yushu took everything out of the food box.

A plate of pork buns with green onions, a plate of steamed fish, a plate of fried peanuts, and a bowl of ham and mushroom soup, all still steaming.

"This is..." Zhang Yuqing looked at Zhang Yushu in surprise.

Zhang Yushu's face was still immature, and she smiled showing two canine teeth, "Sister, eat quickly! I got this from the big kitchen today. I took so much that I couldn't finish it. My aunt asked me to bring it to you!"

"Then do you know Madam..." Zhang Yuqing asked hesitantly.

Zhang Yushu is just a concubine, and she is living under Mrs. Zhang, so her situation is not much better.

"I know, I came here secretly, Madam doesn't know." Zhang Yushu said, her childish face was full of helplessness, "She is overbearing and arrogant, and she acts cruelly, and my father can't do anything about her! I came here today , don’t tell others!”

After putting down the food, Zhang Yushu took the maid and left.

"There are still good people in the Zhang family!" Wang Chunniang said with emotion.

Zhang Yuqing nodded, "As long as it doesn't crawl out of Mrs. Zhang's stomach, it's fine!"

Zhang Yuqian failed the ranking, Mrs. Zhang must not have time to trouble her these few days.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Yuqing went to He Qi with the land deed, and He Qi led them to the government to complete the transfer.

The buyer is a middle-aged man in his early forties. He is white, fat and beardless. He wears a red silk robe and has a wealthy smiling face. It makes people feel good when he looks at it. After both parties signed the contract, the middle-aged man Looking at Zhang Yuqing's signature, he said with a smile, "Miss, this handwriting is good, and she has a great style!"

Zhang Yuqing thanked her with a smile, and took ten 1000 tael bank notes from the man.

The moment the banknotes were put into her purse, Zhang Yuqing relaxed. After working so hard for so long, she finally had the chance to find Sheng Guixin.

Thinking that the two would meet again in Qingzhou in the future, Zhang Yuqing almost shed tears when she thought that she would no longer be alone in this world.

After leaving the official office, Zhang Yuqing exchanged one of the bank notes into a small bank note.

He Qi wanted to send them back to the Zhang Mansion, but Zhang Yuqing said there was no rush, and would invite He Qi to the teahouse, and wanted to ask He Qi something.

When they arrived at the teahouse, Zhang Yuqing asked straightforwardly: "Brother He, how much money do you need to hire someone from your bodyguard bureau to escort someone to Qingzhou?"

He Qi was puzzled, thought for a while and said, "Look where in Qingzhou, if there are no refugees and robbers, three or five hundred taels of silver is enough for a town well managed by the government, but if you go to a remote and unsafe place, you may need more taels of silver." , How much you want depends on where you want to go!"

"Why are you asking this, girl? But does anyone you know want to go to Qingzhou?" He Qi asked.

Zhang Yuqing took a deep breath, and before she could speak, Wang Chunniang said, "I heard that my daughter was sold to Qingzhou, and I want to find her!"

"Second sister..." Zhang Yuqing looked at Wang Chunniang in surprise.

Wang Chunniang shook Zhang Yuqing's hand under her sleeve, her gaze firm.

He Qi was surprised and delighted, "Really? Is the news reliable?"

Wang Chunniang nodded, "Reliable! I ran into Ren Yazi who bought my daughter on the street yesterday. He said he sold the child to Qingzhou."

He Qi nodded in relief, "It's really hard to find a place to find, and it's easy to get here! But Qingzhou is very chaotic, it's not convenient for you to go, I'll go and look for it first, and if I find it, I'll bring the child back!"

"No, I have to go in person!" Wang Chunniang said, "I know what the child looks like, and I also know where the birthmark is on her body!"

Speaking of this, Wang Chunniang shed tears of grief when she thought of her daughter, who was unpredictable in life and death.

"Don't cry, don't cry, I'll take you there! Let's bring the child back together!" He Qi panicked, stood up quickly, and said helplessly.

Zhang Yuqing smiled and said, "I'll go too!"

He Qi was puzzled, "Didn't the girl want to marry to Wu County? Besides, the Zhang family let you go like this?"

"The Luo family hasn't come to propose a marriage yet. It is estimated that this matter will fail. I have taken back my mother's dowry Zhuangzi. Mrs. Zhang sees me as a thorn in my side. It is better to leave early!" Zhang Yuqing said.

He Qi nodded, deeply convinced, "The girl is talented and beautiful, and a fairy-like person, how can she stay in the Zhang family to be bullied by that poisonous woman! The Luo family is also blind! It's a pity that I don't know any high-ranking officials, otherwise I will definitely be in the same place." We must protect the matchmaker for the girl and talk about a good marriage!"

It's not a big problem to bring Wang Chunniang with me, and Zhang Yuqing.

"Brother He, please help me with this matter. Don't leak the news to others, especially Fang Mo. He must not let him know, otherwise the Zhang family will stop me if they find out!" Zhang Yuqing urged.

He Qi cupped his hands, "Don't worry, girl, I only told my brothers to go to Qingzhou to take a bodyguard, and when they leave, they will know who they are protecting!"

Zhang Yuqing took out a silver bill of 100 taels, put it on the table, and pushed it to He Qi, "Please trouble Brother He to manage the escort team, this amount of silver is considered as a deposit."

Seeing that He Qi wanted to decline, Zhang Yuqing said: "If Brother He is invited alone, I will naturally not pay the money. But I am inviting a bodyguard team, and all the bodyguards have families to support, so the money must be accepted .”

He Qi had no choice but to accept it, and asked, "When is the girl going to leave?"

Zhang Yuqing said: "Of course, the sooner the better!"

"Escorting two girls and going to Qingzhou again, I'm afraid we need to bring more experts. Some brothers are out of town, and it may take two days to come back..." He Qi pondered, "What about seven days from now?"

Zhang Yuqing nodded, "Then seven days later."

Coming out of the teahouse, Zhang Yuqing and Wang Chunniang walked in front, feeling an unprecedented joy in their hearts.

"I'll be leaving soon!" Zhang Yuqing murmured as she watched the streets full of people coming and going.

Wang Chunniang said with a smile: "Before I came to the capital, I never thought that I could go to the capital in my whole life, let alone go to Qingzhou when I arrived in the capital! Follow the girl to travel all over the world, it can be regarded as gaining knowledge!"

He Qi silently followed behind the two of them. Seeing the two people's smile stretched out and relaxed, he also laughed.

When the three of them passed Suzaku Avenue, a dull bell rang suddenly.

Zhang Yuqing was startled for no reason, and followed the prestige to look in the direction of the bell.

The dull and long bell rang one after another, and the passers-by who were in a hurry stopped, whispering and discussing.

"It's from the palace!"

"Some noble person must be gone!"

"Hush, let me count and see how many times it rang!"

Wang Chunniang shook Zhang Yuqing's hand anxiously.

The bell rang ten times and finally stopped.

"Ten times, I'm afraid the princess is gone..." He Qi said in a low voice.

He Qi is a native of the capital city, and he has experienced many times of ringing the bell. He explained to Zhang Yuqing and Wang Chunniang: "When the nobles in the palace are gone, they will ring the bell. One hundred rings are for the emperor and the queen mother, and fifty rings are for the queen and prince. in descending order."

The Crown Princess has been ill for a long time, officials of all sizes in the capital prayed for blessings several times, worshiped flower gods and hung up lamps, and went to temples to offer incense.

Zhang Yuqing was panicking, not because she was mourning for the Crown Princess whom she had never met, but because she always felt that the bell was ringing ominously, and the ringing made her flustered.

The death knell struck just at the moment when she was happily about to go to a new place and reunite with her relatives, as if it foreshadowed something.

"It has nothing to do with us." Zhang Yuqing forced a smile.

Wang Chunniang asked in a low voice, "Will it affect our going to Qingzhou?"

He Qi shook his head, "If the empress dowager, emperor, empress, and crown prince were gone, the common people would have to mourn for three to one month, and they would not be able to have wedding banquets, but there is no such regulation for the crown prince."

"Let's leave as soon as possible without delay!" Zhang Yuqing said.

When Zhang Yuqing and Wang Chunniang returned to Zhang's house, it happened that Zhang Yuqian came back from the outside and hurried to Mrs. Zhang's yard, his expression could not hide his excitement.

Seeing Zhang Yuqing, Zhang Yuqian shook off his sleeves, showing disgust, and cursed: "Broom star!"

(End of this chapter)