in the sound of swallows

Chapter 38
There was a cry from inside, followed by the sound of Jiang getting up in a hurry.Gu Chaobei was still lying on the bed, and it was still difficult to get up.

"Young Madam." Jiang Shi wrapped up her clothes and came out, stroking her hair and said embarrassedly: "Master was too tired last night, I can't get up now, Madam, what's the matter..."

"No problem." Seeing that she was already dressed, Shen Guiyan raised her head and said, "I'll tell him to get up."

"Young madam!" Jiang frowned slightly: "You are the most angry this morning, you..."

Shen Guiyan waved her hand and walked to the bed.Gu Chaobei closed his eyes and fell asleep soundly, with a childish look on his face.

Stretching out his hand to pinch his nose, the guy really opened his mouth to breathe again and continued to sleep.Covering his mouth with his hand, Gu Chaobei frowned and wanted to wave his hand.Shen Guiyan leaned over and pressed on him, and said softly: "Sir, it's time to get up."

Jiang's eyes widened, she didn't expect the young lady to be so presumptuous.If Grandpa is woken up in the morning, he will definitely get angry. She has served him for so many years, and she never calls him in the morning, so as not to get angry.

Standing on the sidelines and watching, Grandpa must be about to get angry like that.Jiang shi couldn't help gloating in her heart, waiting to see a good show.

However, Gu Chaobei opened his eyes and said with a light smile, "I knew it was you."

Shen Guiyan sighed: "Something happened outside, my husband should get up first and accompany me to think of a solution."

"What's the matter?" Gu Chaobei turned over and sat up, feeling a little uncomfortable, and coughed lightly twice in embarrassment: "You go to the side first, and let Mrs. Jiang serve me to change clothes."

"Okay." Shen Guiyan stood up and really stood outside the partition.

Jiang Shi was slightly taken aback before going in, Gu Chaobei whispered: "Biyue, help me change into looser clothes."

"Yes."

Looking up inadvertently, she could see Gu Chaobei's slightly raised lips. Jiang Biyue pursed her lips and asked in a low voice, "Master, are you in a good mood?"

"Well, the weather is good." Gu Chaobei's eyes were full of intoxicating brilliance: "It's suitable for going out for a walk."

Jiang Biyue looked back at the cloudy sky outside, lowered her eyes and said, "I seem to really like Young Madam very much."

Gu Chaobei paused, then laughed rascally again: "My fair lady, a gentleman is so good. How many people don't like a beauty like Yan'er?"

"Just because of her looks?" Jiang raised her eyebrows.

"Apart from her appearance, what else is there for a woman?" Gu Chaobei gently smiled as he reached out his hand to touch her face, "You should take good care of it too."

An unintentional joke, but Jiang shi remembered it in his heart.

Shen Guiyan watched Gu Chaobei come out, and pulled him out: "Today, a refugee offended my mother and was taken into prison by her. Is there anything you can do to save him?"

Gu Chaobei was slightly stunned: "Saving people from prison? Yan'er, your husband is only good at eating, drinking and having fun. Why do you think I am omnipotent?"

Shen Guiyan was taken aback, thinking about it, Gu Chaobei didn't know anything other than intoxicated and obsessed with women. Why did her first reaction come to him when something happened?

Cursing herself for being stupid, Shen Guiyan sighed: "I can't help it, this matter is quite unpleasant today, and it's not good for me to ask the prime minister."

"Some refugees, if you catch them, they will be caught." Gu Chaobei said lightly, "It's fine if you have the heart."

Shen Guiyan frowned.

She was the one who harmed them. If she hadn't wanted to join Mrs. Shen's army and take the opportunity to let the government investigate the case, she wouldn't have wanted to involve these innocent refugees.Those refugees also know how to repay their kindness, so they are so filled with righteous indignation.If she ignores them now, wouldn't it be unkind and unrighteous?
"Can I go to the prison?" Shen Guiyan asked in a low voice.

Gu Chaobei shook his head: "Is there anything to do in the prison?"

When a woman begs a man to do something, she has a soft attitude. This is a sentence Shen Guiyan heard a long time ago.

Gritting her teeth, Shen Guiyan imitated the appearance of those sisters in Shen's mansion, stomped lightly, pulled Gu Chaobei's arm and shook it, her mouth also pouted, and her body twisted left and right: "Sir, promise me~ "

Gu Chaobei shivered, and looked at Shen Guiyan as if he had seen a ghost.Shen Guiyan blushed deeply, wondering if this level was not enough, and just started to act a bit more aggressively, but Gu Chaobei had already raised his hand and surrendered.

"Go, I'll take you there."

Shen Guiyan's eyes lit up: "Can you take me in?"

Gu Chaobei paused, hesitated for a while, and said, "I just met the cell boss."

"Great!" Shen Guiyan's eyes sparkled, thinking that what they said was really useful, she should learn more, and next time she has something to ask, she will continue to twist.

Gu Chaobei thought it was funny, he had never seen her like this before, but he was taken aback.Today I was going to discuss with someone about how to enter the palace, but I somehow agreed to accompany her to the prison.

Sighing, Gu Chaobei followed her out and got into the carriage, and whispered to Zhuiyun to go get some food first.

The head of the prison cell in the capital did know him, and he was also a frequent visitor to the brothel Chu Pavilion, so after stuffing some money, Gu Chaobei took Shen Guiyan inside.

"Many refugees are sent in by the Shen residence today." The head of the prison said helplessly: "There is almost no place to be locked up. The Shen family's wife doesn't know what happened. She insisted on cutting off our tongues. No one likes this job. It has been delayed until now. Woolen cloth."

"Can you release people?" Shen Guiyan asked with a frown as she looked at the dark crowd in the prison.

"This..." The prison chief was a little helpless: "We don't want to offend Madam Shen, after all, she is the court wife. Shen Shilang is married to your prime minister's mansion, and he will definitely be promoted again next year."

In the end, Shen Guiyan and Gu Chaobei didn't have enough face. Although they belonged to the prime minister's residence, they had no official position, so how could they be allowed to offend the Shen family.

"Officer dog, don't care about human life! We didn't kill anyone or set fire to it, and we pointed at a vicious woman and cursed a few times before going into the cell?" A refugee said angrily: "If someone who is more face than her scolds, you should not be locked up. close?"

The prison chief slammed his whip on the fence: "What's the noise? Can you scold the officials and family members? They deserve to be sent in."

"When you enter the capital, you will see the emperor's grace saying that all people are equal. Aren't they all people except the emperor? Why do you have to come in after scolding her? Let us out!"

"Your majesty?" The cell boss sneered: "Go and see how many of the emperor's engravings are so well written outside. Mrs. Shen is the wife of the servant, and she really thought that she could be like you refugees whose lives are worthless." gone?"

Shen Guiyan was slightly angry: "Your Excellency, why don't you just say it, how can you let him go?"

"Madam Gu Sishao really thinks that human life is valuable." The jailer laughed twice: "Since it is valuable, let's redeem it, one tael per person. You also know that it is not easy to offend people. "

One tael of silver per person, so to speak, there are thirty or forty people here, wouldn't it cost three or forty taels?Shen Guiyan paled slightly, but Gu Chaobei smiled and said: "Good guy, who will redeem this, it's better to come in the middle of the night and steal people away, it's worth the money."

The jailer smiled and said, "You two have seen enough, it's time to go out."

Shen Guiyan pursed her lips and said, "Where is the Yamen?"

"What?" The prisoner turned to look at her.

"I asked where the yamen is, and I want to beat the drums to complain." Shen Guiyan took a deep breath: "Since people are so expensive, it should be filed for trial."

The jailer snorted and said, "Young madam, why should you be so serious? Your mother sent him in. If you file a complaint, isn't it a slap in the face?"

"What's the matter if you get hit?" Shen Guiyan said with a straight face: "Is face more important than life?"

The jailer glanced at Gu Chaobei, and said: "Young Master Gu, I'd like to persuade my wife to be a little bit more. These days, the yamen are all run by officials, so there is no one who would go to ruin their own business. They are just irrelevant people, why bother?" Hurt the harmony of my own family."

A snort came from among the refugees: "Isn't the Yamen open to the common people?"

"Fart!" The jailer flicked the whip again: "That was for the emperor to hear, what are you really doing?"

There were no more words, only a few laughs.

Gu Chaobei leaned against the cell door and glanced at the speaker twice, his eyes shone slightly, he suddenly stood up straight and said, "Let's go, Yan'er, I will accompany you to the Yamen."

What?The head of the prison was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu, Mrs. Zun is messing around, why don't you..."

"Let's take a step first, the cell boss still takes good care of the person, don't really use punishment." Gu Chaobei kindly reminded.

Then she hugged Shen Guiyan and walked out.

Shen Guiyan looked at Gu Chaobei with some emotion, and the latter looked upright: "Lady, we must rescue all the refugees!"

"Okay." For the first time, Shen Guiyan felt that she had married the wrong person, and followed Gu Chaobei to the yamen with a smile.

Mrs. Shen was still angry when she returned to the mansion, when she heard that Shen Guiyan was going to sue her for abuse of official power, and she had already gone to the Yamen to beat the drums.

"Waiting for an unfilial daughter!" Madam Shen turned her head and cried to Master Shen: "Yan'er didn't care about the relationship between mother and daughter at all, not only let some pariahs insult my concubine, but now she wants to sue my concubine for the pariah! Master Well, what face is there for the Shen family? It's really the water thrown by the married daughter!"

Master Shen was troubled by troubles today, and when he heard such a thing, he immediately said angrily: "You take my official seal and see who will sue you!"

"Yes!" Mrs. Shen smiled, took Master Shen's official seal and went to the yamen.

Jing Zhaoyin has never encountered such a thing since he took office. It turned out that the daughter-in-law of the prime minister's family wanted to sue her natal family. This is simply...

The people standing in the hall, Jing Zhaoyin did not dare to let them kneel down, but sighed: "Why do you do this..."

Mrs. Shen held the official seal in her hand and snorted coldly: "The untouchables are rude first, and the daughter sues her mother later. In today's court, I don't want any face. I just ask the adults to beat the untouchables to death, and don't listen to the little girl's nonsense."

Shen Guiyan did not expect that his father would take out all the official seals, which is really absurd.

"Why did Yan'er ever talk nonsense?" Gu Chaobei said with a rare seriousness: "To be an official is to serve the people. Please release the people in prison!"

(End of this chapter)