pastoral wedding

Chapter 160 Distress
Hearing Su Jin's reasons for sophistry, Qi Yao snorted, but the corners of his lips curved into a smile.Walked to the lake and whistled, a small boat slowly rowed over, and he looked at Su Jin proudly, Su Jin glanced at him, hurt him and said: "What's so great, don't use it if you have the ability. How about jumping off the boat from here and swimming up from the other side of the lake, and I will wait for you over there in a boat?"

"It is said that the heart of a woman is the most poisonous, and it is true. Although it is hot today, it is not yet June. If you let me jump into the water, don't you have a good heart?"

"You just know!" Su Jin smiled, "I don't have a good impression of you, stay away from me as soon as possible, otherwise you will be even more disturbed and kind."

"It's okay, I'm happy to accompany you, but I want to see what tricks you can pull off." Qi Yao kept smiling, apparently in a good mood.

The boat stopped on the shore, and the rower was an old man with a gray beard, wearing a bamboo hat, covering his face, so he couldn't see his face clearly, only the beard was curled up.Su Jin lifted the hem of her robe and stepped onto the boat, but the boat shook, and she staggered, almost falling into the lake.Qi Yao quickly supported her, but Su Jin didn't accept his kindness, and without turning her head, she said thank you and chose a seat in the cabin to sit down.Qi Yao showed a rare expression of embarrassment, touched his nose innocently, and followed her onto the boat.

"Hey, Qi Yao, Mr. Qi, didn't you say you came to climb the mountain? Where is the mountain? If I'm not mistaken, are we going to take a boat tour on the lake now?" Su Jin deliberately angered him, now as long as he sees him Just remembering the incident of him forcefully kissing her, I felt uncomfortable, and wanted to stab him a few words.

Qi Yao was not annoyed, instead he turned her shoulders and looked towards the center of the lake. Su Jin wanted to slap his hand away, but when she saw the mountain in the center of the lake, she froze for a moment, and was speechless immediately, "This is also called a mountain. Ah!" There is a small hill in the center of the lake. Compared with the mountains in the north, it can only be called a mound, and it is more appropriate to call it a mound, but a high pavilion is built on the mound. Even Wangyou Lake can be seen, which is quite attractive.

The lake water is clear, rippled by the oars, the lake water disperses outwards circle by circle, and gradually returns to calm.Qi Yao took out a leaf out of nowhere, put it between his lips and played the tune, a gust of breeze came, and the pleasant tune pierced through the water and blown flowers into people's ears.Seeing this scene, Su Jin felt that her heart suddenly opened up, and with the rippling of the lake, it would not calm down for a long time.

Suddenly, the hull of the boat shook, and the song between Qi Yao's lips stopped abruptly. The leaves floated down in the flowing water, and a dozen people emerged from the place where the leaves drifted away, jumping out from the bottom of the water like fish.Su Jin exclaimed, but before she had time to react, Qi Yao had already firmly protected her behind her, holding the soft sword drawn from her waist in her hand, frowning and looking at those people in the water.

"Who are you?"

The people in the water didn't answer, and jumped onto the boat one after another, slashing at the two with their swords in their hands.Even though Qi Yao was brave, there were many people on the other side, and it was a bit difficult for him to protect Su Jin.Su Jin also saw it, a cat entered the cabin, and had expected to be with the boatman as a companion, but who would have thought that he was waiting for her with a knife, she was taken aback, seeing that the knife had already reached her neck , Before he had time to think, he jumped into the water.Qi Yao thought she was thrown down, and the sword suddenly became fierce, and swung the sword over, and when the man blocked the escape, he lowered his head to look for Su Jin in the water.The originally anxious and manic heart immediately calmed down when she saw Su Jin popping her head out of the water and making a face at him, smiled at her, and began to concentrate on dealing with these people in front of her.

The boatman saw Su Jin, and because the knife in his hand couldn't reach her, he took the paddle and beat her.Seeing this, Su Jin quickly dived into the water again, swam to the bottom of the boat, saw that the boatman was looking down at her unguarded, grabbed the boat with one hand and quickly tore him off with the other hand, and let him go The hand that opened the side of the boat quickly picked up the sword that fell in the water, and stabbed it vigorously at the man's body, and the water immediately turned red with blood.Su Jin stared blankly at the boatman who was struggling to swim with one hand covering his chest and the other, his face suddenly turned pale, frighteningly pale, and the sword in his hand had already been let go, and he went nowhere with the current.

"Jin'er!" Qi Yao dealt with the person in front of him, turned around and found her abnormal state, stretched out his hand and pulled her out of the water, seeing her staring blankly at his hand, he was so distressed that he couldn't get any more, he hurriedly pulled her out of the water. She hugged her in her arms, "It's okay, Jin'er is not afraid, those are bad people and should be killed, think about it, if you don't kill him, will he let us go mercilessly? In this blood, will it be these people who are sad and sad?"

Qi Yao's words had an effect, Su Jin's tears came down all at once, she held Qi Yao's skirt tightly, buried her face in his chest, and said in a weak voice, "I want to go home, I I miss my father, my mother, and my eldest sister, second sister, Xiao Qiaoer, Brother Shuo, I want to go home, wow..."

With this "wow", he cried, and it was endless. The tears and snot were wiped from the skirt of Qi Yao's side, but he didn't care about it now, and looked at the woman in his arms in a hurry. , I don't know how to comfort her.

This cry lasted for a long time, Su Jin was crying out of breath, Qi Yao comforted him clumsily, until the sun set, Qi Yao wondered if he should tell her to go back to the inn and continue crying, who Wanting to look down, he was already asleep.Couldn't help but smile wryly, bent down and picked up the woman in his arms and gently placed her in the cabin, then rowed the oars to let the boat touch the shore.

Liuli came back from Yun's house a long time ago, and was anxiously waiting for her daughter to come back in the inn, when she heard the door rang, she hurried to open the door, only to see that Mr. Qi came back with her daughter in his arms, both of them were wet .Unable to be shocked, he helped Qi Yao put his girl on the bed, and hurriedly asked, "Master Qi, what happened to our girl?"

Qi Yao touched the traces of sweat or lake water on his face, "We encountered an ambush in Wangyou Lake, it should not be aimed at your girl, it should be that I have hurt her, take good care of her." Let her, help her change her wet clothes, be careful not to catch a cold."

"What do you mean, Mr. Qi?" Liuli was very sensitive, and could hear the meaning behind his words, "Don't you mean that someone knew that you came to investigate the affairs of General Wu's family, so they came to stop you?"

This girl is really smart, Qi Yao glanced at her appreciatively, "Not bad, but it's just a guess, there are more than ten people here, and they didn't say anything," he said frowning, "I will contact the scholar and Hu Second, let them come back as soon as possible, we can only rest assured if we go to the capital as soon as possible and hand over these evidences to General Lu."

Liuli nodded, sent him out, and then asked Xiaoer for hot water to help her girl scrub her body.Although Su Jin fell asleep, she did not sleep soundly. From time to time, she dreamed that the boatman was looking at her dripping with blood, so she woke up after not sleeping for a long time.When he opened his eyes and saw that he was lying on the bed and had changed into clean clothes, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Girl, are you awake? Are you feeling better?" Liuli appeared in front of her in time.

Su Jin raised her hand and grabbed her hand to ask her to sit down by the bed, and told her sullenly what had happened, "...that's it, I killed that person, Liuli, you know, I'm not a vicious person, But I actually killed her, do you think I'm crazy?"

It turned out to be like this, Liuli smiled very gently, she has never experienced such an experience, the first time she killed was on the battlefield, when she followed the eldest girl to the battlefield, how many years have passed in a blink of an eye. "Girl, you are not crazy. Those people come here with swords to fight. If you don't kill him, he will kill you. You are protecting yourself. You are right. There should be no condemnation of conscience. Girl, don't be afraid." , after a few days, you will gradually forget about this matter. Besides, those people kill people like hemp, and they are not as good as pigs and dogs. You should just treat it as if you slaughtered a pig. You should feel bad if you didn’t eat pork. .”

Su Jin couldn't help laughing, "I didn't expect Liuli to tell jokes, and the jokes were better than Xiaohe's. Why didn't I find out?"

Knowing the joker, it shouldn't be a big deal, my girl is strong-hearted, not the kind of soft and weak woman, she just doesn't get used to it for a while.Liuli smiled, and helped her get out of bed, "I've asked Xiaoer to serve the girl's favorite pumpkin porridge, and it should be just not too cold or hot, girl, try it, it's delicious from our family , or is this Yunsu City delicious?"

Su Jin followed her to the table to eat, and Liuli deliberately led her to talk about the customs and customs in Yunsu City. Su Jin was happy with what she said, and forgot about it, it was just a dream at night It was still time to dream, and she broke into a cold sweat from fright, and hurriedly called Liuli to sleep with her, and gradually fell asleep holding Liuli's arm.

Liuli, however, had a sleepless night, thinking that she was arrested by officers and soldiers from the General's Mansion and sold to Suzaku City. She thought that there was no hope, and if she was bought by others, she would still be living like a bull. Girl, treat yourself like a sister, not to mention beating and scolding frequently, even reprimanding loudly.Her heart is very warm and contented. Now that she sees the girl's pale face, she can't tell whether it is regret or self-blame. She shouldn't have brought such a kind and warm person here, and she shouldn't have mixed up with Wu Wu. In the affairs of the Wu family, the whole family of the Wu family was beheaded. It is not a trivial matter to want to reverse the case for the Wu family. I have received the favor of the Wu family and entrusted by the eldest girl to reverse the case for the Wu family, but this has not yet begun. When someone obstructs her, it's fine if she dies. How can she implicate the girl? If the girl has something wrong, how can I be worthy of the master and wife of Suzaku City?

Looking at the obscure moonlight outside the window, she sighed a long time, looking at the moonlight that sprinkled all over the floor, and holding her hand in front of the window, the ground was fragmented and swaying, she really didn't know what to do.

It was originally planned to leave early the next morning, but the scholar and Hu Er couldn't be contacted anyway. Qi Yao was afraid that they would also be in trouble, so he hurried to find them.Su Jin didn't say anything about this arrangement, but when she was about to go out after breakfast, Liuli suddenly knelt down in front of her.Su Jin was taken aback, and hurried to help her, but she refused to get up, and kowtowed to Su Jin, Su Jin was anxious, stomping her feet and asked: "What are you doing? If you have something to say, please speak up." Say, you know what I don't like the most."

Seeing that she was really in a hurry, Liuli stood up, "Girl, Liuli, I'm sorry, the person who ambushed you at Wangyou Lake yesterday should have come to prevent Mr. Qi from overturning the case of General Wu's family. Those people It's hard to guarantee that he didn't keep an eye on us, Liuli is just a servant girl, and she has won the trust of the eldest daughter of the Wu family, even if she takes her life for the Wu family's affairs, it's nothing, it's just a disappointment to the girl's life-saving grace." Speaking of this, Liuli face There was hope on the belt, "But girl, you should stop getting involved in this matter. This matter is too dangerous. Then Chen Geng is powerful. If the assassination fails this time, he will definitely send someone again. Girl, if you There is a good or bad thing, how can Liuli treat the master and madam, so girl, Liuli has already packed his bags, let's go now, I will send you back to Zhuque City first, and then go directly to the capital from Zhuque City to find Mr. Qi and the others. "

How could Su Jin not know that this matter is dangerous, but if she let Liuli take the risk by herself knowing that it was dangerous, she would feel that she would not be able to get over this hurdle in her heart.And she went to the capital not only for Liuli, but also one thing that has been lingering in her heart for nearly a year. When she goes to the capital, she must ask that person for right and wrong.

"Stop talking, Liuli, how can I go back to Suzaku City if I haven't played enough? You think Yunsu City is full of people coming and going, so you should set up a branch of the Ping An Post Office here. , as well as Jianghuai City and Hangzhou City. Think about it again, there are so many merchants traveling between these places, where do the letters lead to the most? I think it should be the capital, so I have to go to the capital to establish peace The semicolon of the post office, so, so, don't persuade me anymore, and don't feel guilty, I didn't go for you, but for the Su family's business." The Su family said with a smile, and then took her hand, "Let's go, I'm in a good mood today, I'll take you to the street for a stroll, and eat delicious and spicy food by the way."

My girl is really... Liuli couldn't help but shook her head amusedly, but her eyes were filled with tears. Even though she said that, it was not that she didn't understand what she was thinking, but she was worried about herself.Although she, Liuli, was abandoned by her parents since she was a child, she met two such good masters. She is really a lucky person.

Sure enough, Su Jin did what she said, and took Liuli to stroll around the busiest street in Yunsu City for a full day. She bought a lot of rouge, gouache and the latest pattern of silk and satin, and entrusted the escort to send them back to Suzaku City. , and took Liuli to eat all kinds of snacks. Finally, the master and servant saw the shop they liked when they were buying dim sum at the most famous Fuguizhai in Yunsu City.This store has two floors, and the sign in front of the door has been removed, so it is impossible to see what it was used for before.When buying snacks, Su Jin had a conversation with the boy, and learned that the opposite was a cosmetic powder shop, because the sold cosmetic powder ruined the face of Mrs. Zhixian, so the magistrate ordered the shop to be sealed up when he got angry. up.

So if you want to buy this shop, you have to go to the government?Su Jin was a little depressed. She didn't like to deal with the government, because without her own people, the government was like picking skins for their merchants. They peeled layer after layer, but they made people dumb to eat coptis. not out.

"Miss, do you want this shop? Shall we go to other places?" Liuli asked, looking at the sealed shop.

Su Jin shook her head, and took a hard bite of the rose cake in her hand, "The location here is good, you see, the business of this Fuguizhai is so good, so many people line up here every day, and when they have nothing to do, they can look up and see you." I can see the shop now, let's make the signboard more eye-catching, it will definitely attract a lot of people."

"The girl is really going to the government?" Liuli asked again.

Su Jin stuffed the remaining rose cakes into her mouth in one breath, her cheeks were bulging on both sides, she almost rolled her eyes from choking, and after she finally swallowed it, she said viciously: "Go, sir, don't There is no money, but there is money!"

Father?My girl is really addicted to dressing up as a man, and today she is clearly wearing a woman's dress but calls herself a master. Really, if the wife hears this, she will have to catch the girl and teach her a lesson.

Half an hour later, the two masters and servants entered the official office confidently, and another half an hour later, the two came out in disgrace.Su Jin sighed and sat on the steps next to the government office, and said angrily: "It's really a corrupt official! It's just a shop, I have to pay 2000 taels of silver, and I don't know how much has been added to the house price he mentioned. There is plenty of silver, and it can't be cheap for nothing, such a bastard!"

"Otherwise, let's go and look at other shops. It's hard to benefit from dealing with the government." Liu Li persuaded her while patting her on the back.

Su Jin is not willing to admit defeat easily, the key is that she wants to take a gamble, and doesn't say a word, just sit there and think of something, but after thinking about it, it seems that there is no way to think about it, unless she can deter them, but She doesn't know any high-ranking officials, and her eldest brother-in-law is only useful in Suzaku City, so I'm afraid it won't work here a hundred and eight thousand miles away.Walking back from the official office to the inn, she didn't feel that she should go to the Chu family's shop until she reached the door of the inn.

The Chu family has two shops in Yunsu City. One is a silk and satin shop. It not only sells silk and satin cloth here, but the main function is to purchase goods and send them to other places. Because Yunsu City is rich in silk and satin, the quality of silk and satin here is not only Okay, and the designs and colors are the most fashionable. Generally, the designs and colors that become popular in the capital are shipped from Yunsu City; the other is a jewelry store, and the business of both shops is good. Su Jin has to praise again My second brother-in-law is really a shrewd businessman.

(End of this chapter)