Chapter 12 Chapter Eleven

Throughout the whole day, Liancheng was tossing around with Princess Xingdai. Seeing Xingdai as a dignified princess who doesn't dislike oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, needlework and scissors, Liancheng's heart is also very complicated.She thought she still underestimated Xingdai's feelings for Hengtai, how rare it is for a princess to put down her figure and dignity to cook a dish or cut a piece of clothing for a man. "Master Heng still likes to listen to a piece of music." Liancheng smiled, "If the princess wants to learn it, I will teach it to you too." "Okay, okay." Xingdai is naturally full of joy, if she can please Hengtai, she will be willing no matter how hard or tired she is.

There was no delay at the moment, the princess directly asked someone to prepare silk and bamboo wind music in front of the princess building, the maid was in charge of playing, and Liancheng sang slowly along with the melodious tune. She sang: "Hate the king is not like the river and the moon, north and south east and west, north and south east and west, only go together without separation. Hate the king is like the river and the moon, temporarily full and then lose, temporarily full and then lose, how long will the reunion be?" Singing with sour eyes, Xing Dai followed her to learn, and she was already in a hurry after learning a few lines: "Oh, this is so difficult! Oh, it's not easy at all."

Liancheng smiled and said: "Princess, why worry? In fact, as long as you want to, you can find someone to prepare the dishes, make clothes according to his size, and then find someone to sing for him. You just need Staying with him, isn't it the same?" "It's not my sincerity to give someone else's hands. It's better to do it yourself... Hey, Liancheng, you sing so well, do you often sing for Hengtai?" Xingdai asked. Liancheng hurriedly shook his hands and said, "No, no, princess, let's continue." Seeing her denying in such a hurry, Xing Dai didn't take it seriously, she chuckled lightly and said, "I'm just asking, why do you have such a big reaction? You are from his house, it's normal to sing a song for him But having said that, your singing is really good! If I have your beautiful voice, I think Hengtai will definitely like it very much!"

"The princess is so considerate of the forehead, he will definitely like it." Liancheng said softly. It was night, and Xing Dai looked at the fried kidneys on the table, and then at the ones on the bed, before she cut out the robes. Although her waist was sore and her back ached, she was very satisfied. "Come on, sit down." Xing Dai pressed Liancheng in front of the dressing table, "You have been tossing around with me all day today, and I have nothing else to reward you, so let me dress you up once." "Oh, I can't do it!" Liancheng was in a turmoil and hurried to stand up, "Princess, you are a body of gold, Liancheng is just a servant..."

"I'll do it if I say it." Xing Dai pushed Liancheng back, "I want you to stay still, but you are not allowed to move—— Liancheng, you look really beautiful when you dress up. I have been in the palace for many years, and I have never seen anyone For a beautiful and charming woman like you, if you enter the palace, you must be a much-loved concubine." Liancheng smiled wryly for a while, she couldn't even be a general's concubine, let alone the emperor's concubine. "How can I have that kind of fate! Being in the general's mansion is already very satisfying, how dare you think about it."

"Liancheng, you are really interesting. Hey, I have been staying in the palace. The royal etiquette is complicated and there are many rules. I don't have a close brother or sister around me. There has never been anyone like you who can talk and make clothes. I’m really happy to be a cook——Liancheng, will you be my sister?” Xingdai said, putting hairpin on Liancheng’s hairpin. Maid? After hearing Xingdai's words, Liancheng was so startled that he knelt on the ground: "How dare Liancheng? The princess is a golden branch and jade leaf, and the servant is just a low-level servant..."

"Get up quickly." Xing Dai took her hand and pulled her up from the ground, "I say yes, I'm a princess, so no one dares to object to what I say." Liancheng was about to speak when he saw Hengtai walking in from the outside. He saw Liancheng and Xingdai holding hands, his expression froze, and then he saw the stir-fried kidneys on the table, lying flat on the bed I have already vaguely guessed something in my heart. Xingdai pulled Liancheng over, and said in a warm voice, "Hengtai, do you think I dressed up Liancheng like this, does it look good?" Hearing this, Hengtai shifted his gaze to Liancheng. How could such a Liancheng be unattractive?

He nodded in a daze. He had never seen Liancheng with makeup on before, and now he couldn't take his eyes off him. "Liancheng taught me how to make your favorite stir-fried kidney today. Come on, come and try it! She also taught me how to cut clothes for you. Today, I have already made almost half of it myself. Wait a few more days , and you can wear the clothes I sewed for you!" Xingdai let go of Liancheng, came over to support Hengtai, and pulled him to the edge of the table. Hengtai looked at the dishes on the table, but his complexion suddenly sank. He broke away from Xingdai's hand and took a step back, stretched out his hand to pull Liancheng over, and shouted in a deep voice: "You are so unruly! How can you teach the princess to do these things?" What do servants do? What do I like to eat? What do I like to wear? These are not what I like, so don’t imitate them!”

When he said this, he looked at Princess Xingdai again, his tone softened a little, but there was a sense of alienation: "I was a little too aggressive just now, and I was reprimanding this maid, don't be smart, everyone likes things. It remains the same, everyone has the most real and natural state of each person, why is this necessary? The princess is the body of a thousand gold, please don't do this crude thing again in the future. Alright! It's getting late, the princess please rest Let's go! My minister resigns!" He walked to the door angrily, turned his head and said coldly to Liancheng: "It's dark outside, why don't you send me a lantern to send me back?"

Liancheng and Xingdai were stunned by Hengtai's inexplicable anger.Xingdai's eyes were even redder. She had been busy all day, but she couldn't get a smile from Hengtai. As a princess, how had she ever experienced this kind of grievance? Liancheng looked at Xingdai, Hengtai wanted her to go, she had to get Xingdai's consent first. Xing Dai nodded in a daze.Liancheng hurried to the door, picked up a lantern and followed Hengtai out. Hengtai's footsteps were very fast, as if pouring all his anger on his legs, Liancheng hurriedly followed, the spring was deep, and the peach blossoms in the courtyard were quietly blooming, like a dream.

The petals fell like snow, on the eaves of the roof tiles, on her hair and shoulders. His pace gradually slowed down, and she walked slowly to his side, walking forward side by side in silence. Only falling flowers are like snow, only silence is like ink. "Give me a ride, no one will see it, and no one will suspect it." Hengtai's tone was full of tranquility that was about to come. "En." Liancheng responded. Another silence followed. Liancheng slowly slowed down, and finally stood under the flower tree and stopped walking: "Hengtai, are you angry with me?" Hengtai's back stiffened and stood in place. He didn't look back, but just stood like this. His straight back looked a little cold and alienated. He said: "At first I was a little angry, but after thinking about it, it must be Xingdai. You have no other choice than the princess' order. It's just a matter between us, so how can I be happy when I share it with others?" "I'm sorry, Hengtai. But the princess really cares about you, and she really wants to make you happy." Liancheng's tone was filled with annoyance. She saw the princess' efforts, how could she remain indifferent? What's wrong with Xingdai?Stirring between them, he was left out in the cold without knowing anything. "I understand these too. It's just that I only have one heart, and I gave it to you Song Liancheng, so how can I give it to others? Unless you don't care about it, fry a hot heart, sprinkle more salt, cook a good dish, and honor the princess As Heng Tai said, he turned around, his complexion under the fire of the lantern, and neither happiness nor anger could be discerned. "I didn't!" Liancheng said quickly, she was actually a little at a loss and at a loss, she didn't even know what she should do. Hengtai raised his feet and walked towards her, he spread his palms towards her, and quietly landed in front of her eyes. "No, it's best. Remember, many facts belong to the two of us only, and have nothing to do with others or anyone else." So even if he feels sorry for Xing Dai, he admits it, because the person he can't feel sorry for in this life is Liancheng, and even if he feels sorry for the whole world for her, he will be willing to do so. A smile slowly bloomed on Liancheng's face, yes, some things only belong to them, she can't hold more, but only memory is what she can hold in her hands. She raised her hand and put it into his warm palm, he clenched it tightly, and then pulled her forward, the petals flying all over the sky rustled down, he just held her hand in the dark night move forward. "Can we make it to dawn?" she murmured. With a pain in Hengtai's heart, he grabbed her hand even more tightly, and a deep answer came out of his throat: "Yes, I will." That's enough, isn't it? He is still holding her hand, he can still hug her, he can still hear her voice, feel her heart beating for him, this is the most beautiful happiness in the world, just like this night with dancing petals , Incredibly gentle. Back in the servant's room, Liancheng couldn't sleep for a long time, she suddenly wanted to face Princess Xingdai squarely.Yes, since the day Xingdai married Hengtai, she has been deliberately avoiding this problem, but they are in love with the same man, and neither of them wants to let go, they are enemies between them. Face up to this problem, face up to the heart in the room, in the dark night, Liancheng's eyes seemed to reflect the faint starlight outside the window, and they became shining brightly. The next day, after Liancheng got up to wash and wash, he had breakfast with his servants, and then went to Cian Fujin's place. Side Fujin was dressing up, and saw Liancheng coming through the Linghua mirror, so he turned his head and greeted warmly: "Oh, Liancheng, you are here, I will take you to a place later." "If you have something to do, just ask Fujin." A few days ago, Fujin used her to deal with Hengtai, but she hadn't forgotten it. Fujin here is like a smiling tiger, not an easy-going lamp. Seeing her like this, Cian Fujin just smiled and didn't say anything, but there was already a fierceness in his eyes. After putting it on, Ce Fujin took her to the account room. Liancheng was terrified. The last time she went to the account room, she was used as a gun. Why did Ce Fujin take her there this time? Just thinking of this, I suddenly heard someone talking not far away. She subconsciously turned her head to look, and she saw Tong Yuxiu was talking to a man, and that man Liancheng recognized, or not only recognized, but hated to the bone! She was furious for a moment, and rushed towards the man directly. "You murderer! You pay for my mother's life!" The one who was talking to Tong Yuxiu at this moment was Tong Jialin who robbed Liancheng in Yingfang Pavilion that day! Tong Jialin came to General Fucha's mansion today, in fact, he came to transfer some money with Tong Yuxiu.He has recently become obsessed with gambling, and now he has directly involved Tong's dyeing workshop. If Mr. Tong finds out about this, Tong Jialin will be miserable. Racking his brains and trying every means, Tong Jialin couldn't come up with the money.How can I get the silver taels quickly? After Tong Jialin thought for a few days, he finally came up with a way, that is to sell private salt, but he had no capital, so he finally put his idea on Tong Yuxiu's head. At this time, he was talking about money with Tong Yuxiu, Liancheng rushed over abruptly, looking like he was going to fight him desperately, which actually bluffed him. "You, you, aren't you that Song Liancheng? "It's me! You still recognize me, you ungrateful bastard!" Thinking of Liniang's death, Liancheng couldn't suppress the anger in her heart. These days, she deliberately didn't think about Liniang or Liniang But that doesn't mean she forgot. She rushed over and wrestled with Tong Jialin, she was just a girl, how could she beat Tong Jialin?Tong Jialin kicked Liancheng and fell to the ground. Tong Jialin said angrily: "Tell you! Chick! I can stand here now, and I am not afraid of your Hengtai! I am here today for business. If you continue to mess around, Believe it or not, I'm going to do you right now!" "Go away!" Tong Yuxiu directly pushed Tong Jialin away who was about to pounce on him, "You don't think it's messy enough?" She turned her head to look at Liancheng, and pulled her up from the ground: "If I were you, I wouldn't make trouble again——if you make trouble again, I will make trouble too. I'll call everyone over later, including the princess and Ama." , let’s see if you can’t make a fuss too much. The matter between you and Hengtai is not a trivial matter, do you want me to talk to Mingli again?” Liancheng was silent. It's not surprising that Tong Yuxiu knew about her and Hengtai's affairs. Last time at the mass grave, when Hengtai hugged her, Tong Yuxiu was beside her.She really wanted to vent her anger, but what Tong Yuxiu said was very reasonable, if the matter between her and Hengtai was exposed, it would be a disaster for Hengtai. "Go while no one sees you. You will rot in your stomach what happened today, otherwise, it won't do you any good to tell it. I believe you are a smart person! Don't I need to point it out again? Seeing that Liancheng was already hesitant, Tong Yuxiu hurriedly said another sentence. Liancheng is indeed a smart person, so no matter how angry she is, she has to do what Tong Yuxiu said. Cian Fujin had already chased after him at this time, and seeing Liancheng's reckless appearance, he was very upset: "Where have you been?" "I... No, I just saw someone I know." Liancheng made up a random reason and muddled it. "Let's go." Side Fujin said displeased. Liancheng followed Fujin all the way to the accounting room, and Tong Yuxiu and Tong Jialin finally reached an agreement. Tong Yuxiu was responsible for selling 1,000 taels to Tong Jialin to sell private salt, and the income would naturally have to be split. Tong Jialin went there contentedly, while Tong Yuxiu had already started to figure out how to get a thousand taels of silver from Fucha's family. Cian Fujin led Liancheng into the accounting room, where Mingxuan was busy reconciling accounts with several accountants.Seeing that Fujin is coming, Mingxuan immediately threw down the account book, and complained to Fujin: "I'm so annoying! Don't do it! Those good jobs will never be my turn. Before I did this kind of thing, I I can still raise fish and feed birds, but now? I have to deal with abacus all day! You say this kind of feeling of looking at the number of people and money, but half of it is not yourself, what is it like? I really don’t understand! Hengtai has done this Okay, why do you want me to do this?" Hearing what Mingxuan said, Zan Fujin only hated him as a rotten wood, if it wasn't her own, why would she bother trying to find benefits for him? "Silly boy, this job will be of great use. Don't worry, Er Niang believes that it would be the best if you manage the cashier." When she said this, she pushed Liancheng forward, "Here, Erniang knows that you are working hard, so she sent Liancheng to help you. This girl is smart and clever, and she can write neatly, so I promise to help you." Liancheng's heart moved, and his brows frowned slightly. Was it for this purpose that Fujin brought her here early in the morning? "Hey! Aren't you making trouble? From today onwards, the accountant is about to settle the accounts. There are so many accountants who can't do it. What can she do as a little maid?" Mingxuan smiled contemptuously, and glanced at Liancheng, obviously Did not take her seriously. "Hey, copy the accounts! Count the bank notes! Anyway, it must be useful." Said Fujin while turning to look at Liancheng, "Liancheng, you can stay and help." "Yes, Fang Fujin." Liancheng had no choice but to respond. Cian Fujin winked at Mingxuan, and even though Mingxuan was not smart, he felt relieved at this moment. Cian Fujin didn't stay long, and left after a while.Liancheng stayed behind to help Mingxuan sort out the accounts.This is not a problem for her. In the past, at Yingfang Pavilion, she would also help to count and calculate the accounts at the end of each month or year. Thinking of Yingfang Pavilion, Liancheng felt a little uncomfortable, especially after meeting Tong Jialin just now, she was holding a breath in her heart and couldn't let it out. After such a busy day, Mingxuan handed a stack of banknotes to Liancheng in front of several accountants: "Liancheng, count these banknotes, and then copy them one by one into the account book. " Liancheng took them over, opened them one by one, counted them, and said to Mingxuan after confirming that there were no mistakes, "Master, the accounts are all correct." "Okay, since everything is correct, then after you have copied it, lock up the silver ticket." Mingxuan turned to Mr. Accountant and said, "Okay, everyone is tired. You have worked hard in the past few days. Let's all go back and rest." Everyone was about to leave, when Tong Yuxiu suddenly came over, she leaned over to Liancheng, flipped over the banknotes and hummed: "I can't think of a little maid who can even read." Liancheng didn't want to pay attention to her, and directly took back the banknotes in her hand, sorted them out, and locked them in the cabinet. No one noticed that Tong Yuxiu stuffed a one thousand taels of banknotes into her sleeve. It was night, Tong Yuxiu called Tong Jialin out, and Tong Jialin couldn't wait to ask Tong Yuxiu: "How is it, sister, did you get it?" "What are you in a hurry for?" Tong Yuxiu frowned. As Tong Yuxiu said, she walked along the street vendors in the night market. She had already bought a lot of things along the way. Tong Jialin was eager to show her favor to Tong Yuxiu. Naturally, she bought one at the price he paid for it. Carried a lot of things. "Since I have accepted so much from you, I will naturally do your affairs for you. Here, look, what is this?" Tong Yuxiu took out the bank note from her sleeve and threw it to Tong Jialin, who accepted it with a smile on his face, full of heart. joy. "Oh, sister, how did you do it, you are so amazing!" "Don't worry about how I got it, you have to remember, you promised, once that batch of goods changes hands, we will come back out of nine, so don't forget about it." Tong Yuxiu ordered, After taking the pile of things that Tong Jialin was holding, he turned around and left. Tong Jialin naturally responded submissively: "Yes, yes, yes! My good sister, how could I miss you." Tong Yuxiu just ordered a thousand taels of silver bills from General Fucha's mansion, which is not a trivial matter. One thousand taels of silver bills is not a small amount, so the next day, when the accountant opened the cash drawer, he found that one thousand taels was missing. Two, and also found a piece of white paper mixed in the bank note. This is a serious matter, the general couldn't sit still when such an incident happened in the mansion, he immediately called the whole family and all the accountants into the hall. At this time, Hengtai was asking Mingxuan with a sullen face: "What's the matter? Didn't the accounting work be entrusted to you? This happened in just a few days!" Mingxuan said with an innocent face: "Brother, although I'm a bit rusty and lazy, I still know how to follow the rules. All the money in and out of this sum has a detailed correspondence in the account book. A gentleman checks, and a gentleman The copying is done in perfect order, and I can’t do anything, and the money is missing by a thousand taels, so it’s none of my business?” He actually pushed the matter to Mr. Accountant, Hengtai asked: "Gentlemen, what's the result of your investigation?" "Master, we checked one by one, and there is nothing wrong with the accounting records. It doesn't seem like someone is going to make fake accounts." The accountant said. No one made fake accounts, so why did this piece of white paper get mixed in and replace the one thousand taels of silver? "Then who issued these bank notes? Who handled them, who counted and transcribed them, and who put them into the cabinet?" Hengtai asked. The accountant replied: "The bank note was issued by Sun's accountant. First, it was handled by the second master, and then it should be written on the account by Miss Liancheng after counting. The record of entering the cabinet is also Liancheng." Hengtai was shocked, why did Liancheng get involved in this matter? "That's right, Liancheng is there." Ming Xuan added at this time. Lian Cheng hurriedly said: "I remember when I counted the bank notes, there were indeed all the bank notes, and the amount was not bad!" At this time, Fang Fujin sneered and said: "Then why is there a bank note missing for no reason? Oh! I know! It must be that you girl saw the money and replaced the bank note with a piece of white paper, didn't you?" Liancheng bent his legs and knelt on the ground with a plop: "I didn't, Mr. Heng, it wasn't me!" It's just that there are all kinds of evidence for this person, so it's not that easy for Liancheng to choose him cleanly.Coupled with the booing from side Fujin, Tong Yuxiu fanned the flames, and immediately blamed the loss of the bank note on her head. Liancheng was extremely anxious and aggrieved, she didn't know what went wrong, why the bank note turned into blank paper, but she was very sure of one thing, that was someone was going to put the blame on her! "Stop arguing!" Hengtai was annoyed by them, and shouted loudly at this moment, "Mr. Sun, is our money stored in the general account of Daxing Bank?" "Okay, then I'll go to Daxing Bank to ask who took the banknote, and everything will be revealed!" After receiving a clear answer, Hengtai snorted coldly, and pulled Liancheng away, "Before this, who It can't even be concluded that this silver ticket was exchanged by Liancheng!" Liancheng was dragged out of the hall by Hengtai. Liancheng was anxious and wanted to explain the matter clearly to Hengtai, but Hengtai walked very quickly, and with that posture, he didn't want to listen to her explanation at all. Finally Liancheng broke free from Hengtai's shackles, she gasped and said, "You also think that I took the money?" "No." Hengtai said decisively, "I never doubted it like that." "Then why did you leave in such a hurry!" Lian Cheng yelled, "You obviously think that I took the money, I stole the money, and I lied to others, so you think I got the money!" "Don't be like this." Hengtai was upset about the matter of money, but now she said this again, Hengtai's heart became more and more confused, "I never thought that way!" Liancheng shook off him, turned around and left, not wanting to listen to Hengtai at all. Hengtai knew that she must have remembered the past, he did not catch up, and now only by finding a way to find the person who actually stole the bank notes, can Liancheng be truly innocent, otherwise he is the only one who believes in her, which is completely meaningless significance. Liancheng ran back to the servant's room in one breath, she lay on the table, Hengtai was right, she did remember the old days. At that time, she hadn't met Hengtai, she ran amok in the market, she was cheated and kidnapped, and she was hunted down desperately. But at that time, everyone was still there, Yingfang Pavilion was still there, and Liniang was still there. What a happy time, why, after meeting Hengtai, her life has become a mess, always involved in strange things. If it takes such hard work to love someone, then she is really tired. Hengtai called Guo Xiao and went to Daxing Bank together to ask if someone would exchange the one thousand taels of silver. who is the silver. The two had no choice but to go back to the General's Mansion.Just as he was trying to find a way, someone sent a message that General Fucha was waiting for Hengtai in the study, and it seemed that the general was on fire. When Hengtai walked to the study room, many people had already gathered in the study room, Fujin, Chuan Fujin, Ming Xuan, and even Xing Dai were all in the study room. When General Fucha saw him, he asked, "Who got the money? You went to the bank, can you make a decision? Is it Liancheng? I think she takes pity on her in the mansion, but I don't want to leave a house thief!" "Ama, I actually embezzled this money." In his anxiety, Hengtai spoke surprisingly, and even took the matter directly. He knelt down in front of the general: "The whole matter has nothing to do with Liancheng, I took the money. My son is in urgent need, so I don't have time to tell Ahma, so if Ahma wants to blame, just blame him." Tong Yuxiu sneered, while Fang Fujin and Ming Xuan feared that they were gloating. "Hengtai! You are my son. I don't know what you have been like since you were a child. You said that you needed the money urgently, so you took it. Amma would never believe it—you are not such a person, a thousand money It doesn't matter if you have two silver coins, I just ask what you did?" General Fucha naturally didn't believe it, but Hengtai killed him and took the silver, so there was nothing he could do about it. "I can't say." Hengtai replied. General Fucha was also angry when he saw that he insisted on doing this, and ordered him to be imprisoned immediately. "If you don't speak for one day, you will be locked up for one day, and if you don't speak for ten days, you will be locked up for ten days." "Yes!" Immediately, a servant came up to arrest someone. "Wait!" Xing Dai shouted, "Ama, I will pay back the money Hengtai used, so why should he be locked up?" "Princess, the state owns the laws of the country, and the family has family rules. If the princess orders the minister as a princess, the minister should obey, but if the princess makes the request as the daughter-in-law of the Fucha family, it is extremely inappropriate. Since ancient times The family is strict, and Hengtai is the eldest son, so he should be dealt with more strictly. I believe that the princess will understand my painstaking efforts." General Fucha was not moved at all, and ordered Hengtai to be locked up. Xing Dai had no choice, Fujin pulled her to sit down, and shook his head helplessly at her. It's no secret that Hengtai was placed in confinement, and Liancheng soon found out. She also understood that she was a little stunned. She knew that Hengtai did this to protect her, but didn't he know that doing so would not be able to wash away her grievances?Since she didn't take the money, why should he admit it? Liancheng has no way to understand Hengtai's actions. Liancheng really wanted to know what exactly he asked at the bank, so she decided to find out the whereabouts of the thousand taels of silver notes by herself. Liancheng went to see Hengtai with the food box, and she called softly at the door: "Hengtai." Hengtai walked to the door, looked at her through the crack of the door, and was overjoyed. "It's you." She opened the food box, and handed over two steamed buns: "Eat some first, to fill your stomach." "It's good that you're here, I'm not hungry yet." Hengtai took the steamed buns, and was about to say something to Liancheng, when he saw Princess Xingdai coming this way with Nanny Li. Liancheng was too late to dodge, so he knelt on the ground in desperation. "Liancheng greets the princess." Xing Dai was taken aback when she saw Lian Cheng: "Why are you here?" "Going back to the princess, it was Fujin who saw that the concubine was pitiful, so he sent me to secretly bring some food for the concubine to eat." Lian Cheng hurriedly said. Xingdai looked at Hengtai suspiciously, Hengtai took a bite of the steamed bun, and said helplessly, "Er Niang is like this. When I was young, Ama punished me, and she sent people to deliver food." "But aren't you serving by Fujin's side? Why would Fujin ask you to bring food?" Xing Dai asked. Hengtai quickly interjected: "Liancheng originally belonged to my mother-in-law's house, and was only recently ordered by Fang Fujin. I think my mother-in-law is thinking about me on the one hand, and on the other hand, she is afraid of sending people from her room. Swagger, afraid that Ama will be unhappy if she finds out, that's why Liancheng secretly came over to deliver food." Only then did Xing Dai dispel her doubts, and nodded slightly: "So that's the case, but I thought of going together." She took the food box from Nanny Li and handed it to Hengtai.Hengtai said: "Princess, it's getting late at this time, you should go back and rest instead. Everything is fine with me, don't worry about it." Xing Dai nodded and said: "I was very worried about you, so I asked Nanny Li to bring me to see you. Since you are all right, then I will leave." She said and looked at Liancheng: "Let's go together." Liancheng glanced at Hengtai secretly, Hengtai nodded at her, and she followed Xingdai away. Xingdai took Liancheng back to the princess building directly. She asked Liancheng to come with her, but it was actually because of the one thousand taels of silver.Liancheng was involved in the matter, but Hengtai took all the responsibility on his own head. Xingdai always felt that the matter was not so simple. I told Liancheng about my confusion, and Liancheng didn't understand, but recently, the general's mansion has indeed spent a lot of money to marry the princess, and it's normal that there are a few holes that can't be repaired. The person is Mingxuan, if it is to protect Mingxuan, it is understandable. But these are just their guesses, and they haven't made up their minds yet. Xingdai and Liancheng decided to investigate this matter tomorrow, and they must return Hengtai's innocence. To find out where the banknotes have gone, you still have to go to Daxing Bank to find out who has exchanged the silver. The next day, Xingdai and Liancheng changed their clothes and went to Daxing Bank, but the person in charge was the same as yesterday, and still refused to tell who exchanged the money. "What should we do?" Xing Dai was very impatient, "I see, let's go directly to Shuntian Mansion, and I'll plant them to hide the stolen goods! I have to ask the soldiers to steal them all!" "No way, princess, calm down!" Liancheng hurriedly stopped Xingdai, "If this alarmed the government, wouldn't it alarm the emperor? This is a bit inappropriate for the entire general's mansion. You should start from the overall situation and change something else." way!" "Then tell me, what else can I do?" Xing Dai was very frustrated. Liancheng rolled his eyes, and happened to see a fortune teller on the side of the street, and she led Xingdai to walk over.Seeing Liancheng, the fortune teller thought he was on business, so he hurriedly greeted him: "Oh, miss, are you here to tell your fortune?" "It's not fate, let's settle the books!" Lian Cheng's eyes rolled, and he was already thinking about it. So, half an hour later, the fortune teller transformed into a rich man with a lot of money.He carried a box of treasures to the Daxing Bank to open an account. Opening an account naturally involved a few cents of interest. After this arguing, the manager of the bank showed the account books to the fortune teller, and the interest of other big accounts was clear at a glance. It was clear at a glance, of course, the whereabouts of the one thousand taels of silver from the Fucha family. Qingxi Zhang Family Courtyard, so it was written in the account book. Liancheng and Xingdai looked at each other, and decided to look over to see what happened. It's not hard to find this place, but Liancheng felt that it was inappropriate to go so recklessly after halfway there: "Should we inform Guo Xiao first, so that it would be better for him to bring a few people?" "Oh, there's no time for that." Xing Dai pulled her and ran away, "Let's go and have a look, if there is any danger, we will return and it will be over." Liancheng wanted to say something, but was stopped by Xingdai's eyes: "I am a princess, you have to listen to me! And, what are you afraid of, I brought a firecracker!" As she spoke, she took out the western pistol from her waist. "With this, I am not afraid." Liancheng reluctantly nodded and said nothing more.All the way to the Zhangjiayuan, it was already dark outside, and many torches were lit in the yard, making the yard as bright as daytime. Liancheng took the princess to hide outside the courtyard, found a good place, and watched the movement in the courtyard. At this time, a servant came in from the outside, and said in a deep voice, "Boss, the man is here." "Bring it in." The man called the boss said loudly. The man went out, and soon brought someone in, Liancheng and Xingdai were stunned at the same time, because they knew the person who came in, not only did they know each other, Liancheng hated him to the bone! "Why is it him?" Xing Dai exclaimed in shock, "Isn't this the elder brother of Second Grandma Ming? He even gave me a gift on the day she got married!" "It's him, Tong Jialin, I recognize him even in ashes!" Lian Cheng gritted his teeth. "Mr. Tong, the silver was received yesterday, and the first batch of salt was sent out from the waterway tonight." The boss said loudly. Lian Cheng and Xing Dai were shocked that this Tong Jialin had colluded with the private salt seller, it seemed that the one thousand taels of silver were all used by him for this kind of business. Tong Jialin warned: "I need the money in a hurry. After you come down this trip, we have to divide the money quickly." The salt boss waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, after this business is completed, not only will I return the contract of your dyeing workshop to you, but we will also give you the dividends earned in silver! You can rest assured." Tong Jialin was a little worried and said: "You have to make a proof anyway, otherwise you took the money and ran away, where would I cry?" The boss of salt frowned, obviously dissatisfied with Tong Jialin's need to establish a document: "Although we sell private salt, we still understand the rules in the industry, and we have to think about the next time when we do business, how can we make a one-shot deal? Besides, all of our salt is hidden in your dyeing workshop, so if you run away from the monk, can you still go to the temple? As for the written evidence, it is actually evidence, and it will be the root of future disasters. Tong Jialin thought for a while, and found it very reasonable, and said, "In that case, I'll leave! The money should be earned back quickly, otherwise it will be difficult for me, Ama, to prevaricate." Boss Yan laughed and said: "Naturally, we will have more ways to make money in the future, Mr. Tong, don't worry!" Tong Jialin cupped his hands and turned to leave the Zhang Family Courtyard. Xing Dai gritted her teeth with hatred: "It turned out to be this guy, let's leave even the city, go back and tell the truth, Hengtai will be fine!" Liancheng nodded and said: "Okay! These people are extremely hateful. It turns out that their salt is hidden in the dyeing workshop. I know that place well. See if we don't take someone to copy it there—let's go." Xingdai dragged Liancheng to leave, but at this moment, she stepped on a broken tile and made a sound. Boss Yan's face turned cold, and he shouted: "Who? There are people outside, everyone!" “快跑！”连城惊呼一声，然而这一堆盐贩子都是五大三粗的汉子，连城和醒黛哪里跑得掉，很快便被抓住，捆好了押着一通上了船。 “竟然是两个娘们，先带着，她们要是敢乱动，就先给一刀。大家伙儿跟我上船！”盐老大冷笑一声，那些手下押着连城和醒黛上了船。 那些人将她们丢进了船舱就出去了，连城和醒黛被捆在一起，动弹不得。 醒黛很是过意不去，本来连城提议找郭孝一起来，是她一意孤行非要来，又是她踩到瓦片惊动盐贩子的。 “连城，今天你跟我遭此劫难，是我做事不仔细连累了你。这次你跟我要是能逢凶化吉，此后我自当好好补偿给你。若是咱们两个今天没那个运气，下辈子再当姐妹吧！” 连城连忙安慰道：“公主您别灰心，事情还没到不能挽回的地步，咱们见机行事……” 突然间，船舱的门砰的一下被打开。盐老大和几个盐贩子走了进来。 “嘿嘿，这两个小妞儿长得真不错，让我们先乐和乐和，然后再卖到青楼去！”盐老大淫笑着，伸手就要摸醒黛的脸。连城咬牙撞了过去，护在了醒黛面前。 “臭娘们！”盐老大一巴掌甩了过去，直将连城打趴在地，而其他盐贩子此时一股脑地朝她们扑过来。 连城急道：“这位带头的大哥！你们贩卖私盐，说到底不过也就是图银子，可你们冒死运上一趟私盐，脑袋别在裤腰带上，不过也就是几千两的银子。而我们两个人，其实就是一桩大买卖！你们错过了可别后悔！” 盐老大的手已经抓住了醒黛的衣衫，此时听连城这么说，也停了下来：“大买卖？怎么说？” 连城强迫自己镇定：“我们现在落在你的手上，要生要死，也全都由着你，但我们府上的家人，却在翘首以盼我们能够回去！你们只要带个信去，他们自然会送上足数的银子给你们，至于要多少，你们能张嘴说个数字，家里人一准送来！” 连城看盐老大有动摇的迹象，继续道：“卖去妓院，能值几个钱？一个十三岁的妙龄小姑娘卖过去，不过是三百两——你们把我们做肉票，能要来三万两银子，这账再明白不过了！” 盐老大点点头道：“你说得有道理啊，好！就按你说的做，要三万两赎身银子！” 连城见盐老大松了口气，趁机道：“你差人去京中富察将军府送信，去找一个叫郭孝的管事。那么一切就如你所愿了！” 盐老大忽然起了疑心：“那要是他去报了官呢？” 连城沉声道：“我们人都在你的手上，他若是报官带人来，无异于断送我们的命！” 盐老大没了顾虑，便同意了连城的说法，当下带着一众盐贩子走出了船舱。 醒黛吓得满头大汗，此时心有余悸道：“连城还是你机智，否则你跟我必然都遭了这些歹徒的毒手！” “公主，别怕，你平日人在皇宫，锦衣玉食，高手护卫，这样的经历从没有过吧？你不要怕，你只当是个有惊无险的游戏。我给你唱歌听好不好？你跟我一起哼着，心里面什么都别想！这样就不害怕了！”连城朝醒黛挪过去，坐在她身边，两人这么依靠着，便也觉得不那么害怕了。 醒黛终于稍稍平静了一些。 “好，连城，你唱我跟着。”