reborn princess

Chapter 220
"What's the matter?" Li Ying gave him an angry look.

"Uh..." Chen An carefully considered his words, thinking about how to say this so as not to irritate her, but after thinking about it, he couldn't figure it out, so he could only bite the bullet and ask frankly. "You always talk about Missy, Missy, what's the name of your Missy?"

"What did you think of? You actually mentioned Missy to me." Li Ying's eyes turned red when she heard the words Missy. "I'm fine now, don't make me cry."

"I don't want to make you cry, but I just want to ask, what's the name of your young lady?" Chen An couldn't help feeling helpless when she saw her weeping look. Over the years, even if he didn't mention it, she remembered The eldest lady who once served will cry a lot.

"Missy's name is Suinianxin, didn't I tell you before?" Li Ying glanced at him angrily, then lowered her head and wiped her tears with her sleeve. "Our master used to be the garrison lord of Liaocheng, but he was very powerful. At that time, the garrison lord fought against the Tartars. He is pampered and raised a few young masters. The garrison will only be domineering .”

"Follow the mind?" Chen An got the information he wanted, and his heart shuddered. No wonder he thought the name on the wooden sign looked familiar. It turned out that he had heard it from his wife before.

If the eldest lady who was buried in the grave and the daughter-in-law had served in the past was the same person, the relationship between himself and the mysterious down-and-out man would be virtually shortened.

He is not a bad person, but he also has his own ambitions. He wants to stand out and want his wife and children to live a good life, so he has to plan for himself.

This is why he helped Di Yong everywhere as soon as he took office. He is well versed in a truth. Make me happy, let the county magistrate treat me as a confidant, and my life will be easier.

"Hey, why are you in a daze? Hurry up and get the fish out." Seeing him standing beside the stove in a daze, Li Ying couldn't help but push him.

"Oh..." He came back to his senses and hesitated for a moment, but finally he didn't tell Li Ying about the grave, but took out the fish in the pot, and after the family ate it, he said he wanted to find Song Hengzhi. He carried a lantern and went to Ye's house by himself.

Song Hengzhi had just finished eating, and when he saw him coming, he took him to the study in the backyard to talk.

Li Feng hurriedly made a pot of hawthorn tea for them, all of them had just finished their meal, drinking some hawthorn tea would also help their digestion.

The two men sat down in the study, Song Hengzhi smiled and said, "Brother-in-law Kui Ye came, but what's the matter?"

"There are indeed some things." Chen An pondered, and then told what happened today.

He intentionally didn't tell Li Ying, mainly because Su Youran was pregnant now, if he knew that his sister was dead, he might have a fetal gas, and if any accident happened, he would have committed a crime.

Therefore, he chose to secretly tell Song Hengzhi about it.

These days, he has also had a lot of contact with Song Hengzhi, and the two often drink together, knowing that Song Hengzhi is a calculating person.

Sure enough, when Song Hengzhi heard about it, he was taken aback. He stood up quickly, went to the door, lifted the curtain and looked out, making sure that no one else could hear what he said, then walked back, sat down and asked in a low voice. : "Is this really true?"

Chen An nodded solemnly, "Really, I have no idea now, if the one buried in the grave is really Mrs. Sui's own sister, then the drunk maniac is Mrs. Sui's brother-in-law."

Song Hengzhi took a deep breath and thought about it, "That is to say, you have always known the existence of this strong man, but you never knew his identity?"

Because the down-and-out man saved his life, unlike Chen An, who called him a drunk lunatic, he called him a strong man.

"Yes!" Chen An smiled wryly. "It's just that I don't know."

"Liaocheng is heavily guarded. On weekdays, when I go shopping in the city, I have to check the waypoints. I have never figured out how that strong man can freely enter and exit the city gate?"

"I have already checked this matter with the city gate officer who guards the city gate, but..." Chen An frowned. "But the city gate officer warned me not to meddle in other people's business, and absolutely not to trace the identity of this person, saying that if the investigation continues, I'm afraid my life will be in danger."

"Oh?" Song Hengzhi also frowned tightly. "So, I'm afraid this person's identity has a lot of background."

"I think so too." Chen An nodded.

Song Hengzhi sank his eyes, thought for a while, sorted out the clues that Chen An told him, and concluded: "As you said, that strong man has a gold medal in his hand, but you don't know what is written on the gold medal, you only know The gold medal once scared off the eldest son of the garrison mansion, and because of the gold medal, the lord of the garrison treated the strong man very politely, and even swallowed his anger. Then, we can only infer that the drunk maniac is actually an official , and the official position is much greater than the defense."

Chen An nodded, "The county magistrate also made this guess, so he wanted to please him."

Song Hengzhi pondered for a while, and then said: "Although the guard is a fifth-rank official position, the sky is high in Liaocheng and the emperor is far away, and that strong man is not his direct superior. Logically, he cannot be scared like this no matter what. And , that strong man is only one person, although he is highly skilled in martial arts. This can be seen from the fact that he rescued us."

"Wait, you said, that wine lunatic once rescued you?" Chen An finally realized one thing, that is, Song Hengzhi always called him a "strong man" from the beginning to the end.

Seeing that Chen An didn't know about it, Song Hengzhi told what happened at the gate of the winery yesterday.

After hearing this for a while, Chen An was frightened, and said angrily: "Zhen Shoubei's tutor is really bad. Fortunately, you were saved by that wine...by that strong man. Otherwise, something really happened, and there is no place to complain. .”

Knowing that the wine lunatic saved Song Hengzhi and others yesterday, Chen An also changed his words and stopped calling people the wine lunatic.

Song Hengzhi deeply agreed, "That's right, let's not talk about this, let's continue the topic just now. I think that although the strong man is very skilled in martial arts, if the garrison master sends out a master, he may not be able to do anything to him. Anyway, no one else Knowing what is written on the gold medal, that strong man looks like this now. I think that strong man not only has a high status, but also possesses martial arts that make the guards fearful, even if he dispatches thousands of troops , and may not be able to do anything about it. That's why the guard is so jealous, and he even hesitates to please him at the expense of face."

Chen An agreed and said: "You're right, but I have a doubt. If that drunk lunatic is really someone with a high official position, how can he keep his official position if he is unable to work for the emperor in his current state. "

Song Hengzhi said solemnly: "If he looks like this and still retains his official position, then his identity..."

That's all he said, Chen An's expression froze immediately, revealing a look of sudden realization.

Song Hengzhi's words have been made very clear, if the drunken maniac has such virtues and his official position has not been removed, it can only prove one thing, that is, the emperor's regard for him.

After explaining the matter clearly to Song Hengzhi and letting Song Hengzhi clear up his doubts, he seemed to remove a big stone in his heart, and said with a smile: "My brother-in-law is so thoughtful and has a reputation, why don't you become a master in the yamen?" Help and help brothers."

Song Hengzhi smiled and waved his hands, and said, "Thank you brother-in-law for your help, but what Miss Lan'er means is, let me try another subject."

"Oh?" Chen An couldn't help being a little surprised. She didn't expect Ye Weilan to make such a decision, but after thinking about it, she could understand her thoughts. There were only three mothers and daughters in the Ye family. There were only four people born in this world, either women and children or yellow-mouthed children. Without Song Hengzhi's help, it was hard to say whether they could come to Liao City from the capital. Naturally, Song Hengzhi was regarded as the only one to rely on.

Immediately cupping his fists, he said, "Since that's the case, let me first wish my brother-in-law to be named on the gold list."

Song Hengzhi smiled helplessly and said: "The fate of a person's life is destined by the heavens. Sometimes there must be fate, and there is always time in fate. Don't force it. Now I have seen it. I will try my best. If it becomes natural Alright, if it doesn't work, I'll settle down and just serve Mrs. Sui and Miss Lan'er for the rest of my life."

Chen An comforted him and said, "Brother-in-law, don't underestimate yourself. Fugui told me these days that your knowledge is excellent. He often comes to ask you for advice. I don't know if he has disturbed you?"

Song Hengzhi chuckled, "You're serious. Fugui and I are both scholars. We can't say to ask for advice. We just discussed with each other when we had doubts. This kid is promising, and many of his opinions are very unique. By the way, I will keep it secret in advance according to the eldest lady. Don't tell anyone, so as not to leak the news. Mrs. Sui is pregnant now, if the fetus is gassy, ​​it will kill someone."

"I know, I didn't even dare to tell the mother of the child." Chen An naturally knew it in his heart.

After talking about serious matters, the two chatted for a while, seeing that it was getting late, Chen An left.

……

In another day, it is the official treat day.

There are a total of 73 households in the village, and there are more than 400 people in total. Even if all the men in the village go to work, there are more than 300 people left, which cannot be entertained at once, so they can only be made into flowing water seats. The guests are in the front yard, the ladies and children are in the back yard.

In the newly built house of the Ye family, there are a total of eight rooms that can be used to set tables, and each room can only hold one table, and a table can only seat up to eight people, so it can only entertain 64 people at a time. Each guest, the more than 300 people in the village, will be divided into five receptions.

(End of this chapter)