Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 57
There was a mess everywhere and they were still splashing water. They were relieved when they saw the young man rushing out. They also saw flames on his body and hurriedly poured water on him. Xiao Chenyu hurriedly covered his face with his sleeves and rushed to the shadows in a few steps before stopping. He came down to pant, and there was some smoke in his throat. After coughing for a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "The people inside are dead, so I came out on my own."

Everyone said they did the right thing and didn't have to take risks for a corpse. Seeing that he was soaked all over, they urged him to go back and change clothes. Xiao Chenyu agreed and took a long detour through another intersection.

Xiao Chenyu, who had never encountered such a thing before, was inevitably flustered, but he still subconsciously made some cover-ups to disturb everyone's sight.

When I got home, I didn't go through the front door, but went to the back door and knocked.

Lanhua was woken up by Lian'er. Lian'er was bold, and Lanhua didn't know what it meant to be afraid. The two girls got up and put on their coats. Each of them took a wooden stick to the door. Lian'er bent down and slipped through the crack of the door. He looked outside but saw nothing, so he asked, "Who is it? Why are you knocking on the door in the middle of the night? Could it be a thief?"

Xiao Chenyu was shivering from the cold, and with something on his mind, his temper was not as calm as before. He shouted in a low voice: "I am Xiao Chenyu, please open the door quickly."

Lian'er heard Xiao Chenyu's voice and hurriedly opened the door. She saw a man standing at the door who was in a mess and with dirty cheeks. Lian'er raised the stick again: "Who are you?"

Lanhua just watched Lian'er coming. When she saw her put down the stick, she put it down. When Lian'er raised it, she also raised it and was about to hit Xiao Chenyu.

Xiao Chenyu touched his face and said helplessly: "It's really me, how can this be faked?"

The dirt on their faces was finally wiped off. The two girls believed it and hurriedly asked Xiao Chenyu to come in.

Qin Xiang woke up when Xiao Chenyu left. At this time, she was reading a book with a light on and waiting for him. She was shocked to see him in such a mess: "Are you injured?"

Seeing Qin Xiang's rare expression of emotion and nervousness, Xiao Chenyu's extremely nervous mood felt better and he hurriedly moved his hands and feet to say it was okay.

Qin Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "Why are you getting wet? Quickly take off your clothes. I'll fetch water to wash them."

While she was talking, she quickly found Xiao Chenyu's shirt and hurried to the kitchen.

Fortunately, after Xiao Chenyu went out, Aunt Sang boiled a pot of water, which was originally used for Xiao Chenyu to wash his face and feet when he came back.

After washing, Xiao Chenyu changed into clean clothes and walked to the table. He threw the account book and wallet to Qin Xiang, and sat down to wipe his hair with a cloth.

Qin Xiang raised her head from the book, looked at the account book and purse in confusion, and asked: "What does this mean? You are not putting out fires, are you doing something easy?"

It was rare for Qin Xiang to joke with him, so Xiao Chenyu forced a smile, pointed to the account book and wallet and explained the matter in detail, including the person's appearance, accent, demeanor, etc., all described in detail.

Qin Xiang glanced at the account book that was stained with blood. She didn't feel disgusted at all, so she reached out and picked it up to look through it.

With just one glance, Qin Xiang couldn't move her eyes away, and her brows furrowed unconsciously: This account book seemed familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere?But I couldn’t remember it for a moment.

All the words in the ledger are replaced by symbols, and outsiders cannot understand it even if they get it. Turn to the last page of the ledger, and in the lower right corner is a red seal with a very complicated pattern that looks like a dragon but not a dragon.

Xiao Chenyu came over and looked at it and was confused: "Is this a special character? A character specially made for this account book?" Xiao Chenyu frowned and thought. He was somewhat knowledgeable, but he had never seen such characters before: "How about I Draw a few characters and ask Yao Guanzhu, he is knowledgeable, maybe he knows what it is?"

Qin Xiang said to Xiao Chenyu: "Don't write it down. I'm afraid this matter is not simple. How can ordinary people use special characters to record accounts? What's more, it's stained with blood."

"I'm sorry, I was just trying to show off." Xiao Chenyu also felt that he had been reckless, so he sincerely apologized and said: "It is useless to talk about the matter at this point. I will pay more attention to my actions in the future. But what should I do with this account book? Keep it or not keep it? "

Qin Xiang admired Xiao Chenyu a little. In her eyes, Xiao Chenyu was still very young and had never experienced such a thing. It was good to be able to cover up with instinct in a panic. Now he can quickly adjust his state to find a solution. It is indeed a good person. partner. "Don't get involved in this matter anymore. Leave the ledger to me. You have to forget the ledger from your heart." Qin Xiang was afraid that his worries would affect his studies and others would find out if he didn't tell.

"." Xiao Chenyu was unwilling to leave the trouble he had caused to his wife alone, but Qin Xiang's tone was firm, so he could only agree: "Okay, you should be more careful."

After talking about the account book, Xiao Chenyu picked up the purse again and bumped it in his hand. The purse was not heavy, and Xiao Chenyu didn't care, so he opened the seal and poured it on the table. The contents inside rolled down on the table and made a loud noise. Qin Xiang and Xiao Chenyu covered them with their hands for fear of waking up Su and Aunt Sang who had just fallen asleep.

There was not much silver, about 20 taels of scattered silver, but both Qin Xiang and Xiao Chenyu stared at the stack of folded silver notes.

Qin Xiang reached out and took it out, opened it, and found two thousand, eight hundred and fifty taels of silver notes.

"Is it possible that the fire tonight is because of the money and the account book?" Xiao Chenyu took a breath. He had never seen so much money, and he didn't know what to do, especially since these things were collected from dead people.

It's a pity to lose the ledger, but who is willing to lose the money?

The couple looked at each other, and then Qin Xiang stood up decisively and emptied a wooden box containing the flowers. She strode over and put all the banknotes, money, and account books into it. She locked it carefully and patted the box with her hands. Xiao Chenyu said seriously: "The man entrusted you to help collect the ledger. These silver coins are the hard work he gave us. After all, our lives are in danger, and we are not guilty of taking this money."

Xiao Chenyu: "."

The sky turned white, and another early morning came.

Xiao Chenyu, who had been up all night, had just changed his clothes when Aunt Sang's voice came from outside, saying that Xiao Hanyang from next door came to ask Xiao Chenyu to come to the county town with him.

Qin Xiang helped Xiao Chenyu tidy up his clothes and whispered in his ear: "You have to forget about the account books and money. You can study with peace of mind and try to become the number one scholar and let me follow suit."

"Well, don't worry, I still have to earn your life." Xiao Chenyu stretched out his hand to hold Qin Xi into his arms, lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead, and sighed: "I will be gone for another ten days, and you will face it alone. I'm really sorry that I caused you trouble over these things, but please don't regret marrying me."

Qin Xi couldn't help but laugh: "Your trouble is trouble, but it's not all trouble. Don't worry, I can handle it."

After Xiao Chenyu left, Qin Xiang suddenly had an idea. She remembered where she had seen similar account books.
In her previous life, it was in the place where her old husband secretly hid jewelry and money.

The old man would go to the garden to drink tea next to the rockery on one or two days at the end of every month. Qin Xiang had met him several times when she went to pick fragrant flowers, but she had never cared about him at first. The couple basically lived their own lives without interfering with each other.

But over time, Qin Xiang discovered that he basically didn't like to drink tea in the garden on weekdays, and the time for him to drink tea was very fixed, always at the end of the month or the beginning of the month, and he would be happy for a long time after that.

Qin Xiang became suspicious, so she secretly investigated while the man was away, and found a hidden hole in the rockery in the garden.There are a lot of gold and silver jewelry, jade and silver coins inside.

She didn't use anything, she just looked through the account book, and there was such a seal behind the account book.

She sighed. Fortunately, she knew the whereabouts of this wealth in her previous life. Qin Xiang used this secret to make a deal with the madam, thus keeping her innocence.In fact, things are far from that simple. If Qin Xiang hadn't gained a lot of fame by imitating Die Ji, a famous prostitute who was popular in Kyoto more than 30 years ago, the madam would have turned against her and let her accept guests.

Although it happened in the past life, I still feel scared thinking about it now, so I have to take steps step by step.

(End of this chapter)