Yin Le wiped the tears from his face with his sleeve. After his vision became clear again, he walked to the head of the bed and fumbled around for a while, then took out a key like a magic trick.
He walked to the old wardrobe, opened the iron lock, and took out the red bellyband that had been pressed at the bottom of the box and he dared not move it.
The red color has faded a little, and the bright red has turned into rose red, but the patterns of the pair of dark green mandarin ducks embroidered on it are still very clear.
But that's not the point.
The point is, there is a line of black ink on the bellyband, in seal script, which reads -
[The red is drunk, the dew is graceful, and the remaining spring remains]
【Mega stay】
Seeing Qin Yao staring at the line of small words, Yin Le asked curiously: "Benefactor, is this a poem?"
Qin Yao asked unexpectedly: "You can't read?"
Yin Le nodded and said, "I didn't expect that my benefactor can read." There was envy in his words.
From Yin Le's description of her family situation, it can be inferred that her family is well-off. Qin Yao did not expect that Yin's parents did not let their daughter learn calligraphy.
But on second thought, there are very few literate men in the entire Kaiyang County, let alone the women who have been locked up in the backyard.
In this way, Ding Xiang was luckier than most girls because she was able to receive family enlightenment and had considerable knowledge.
Qin Yao explained to Yin Le: "This is a poem describing peony. It means that the bright red flower covered with dew, with a slightly tilted posture, is like being drunk, leaving all its beautiful postures to the passing spring. It is a personification technique, and also a metaphor for people through flowers."
"The person who left such a poem must have really liked the beauty of the girl you mentioned."
Yin Le frowned, and no one knew what she was thinking about. She suddenly picked up the bellyband and was about to throw it on the ground, cursing, "Obscene!"
Qin Yao quickly snatched the red bellyband back, pointed at the poem on it and said seriously:
"This is important evidence. If you destroy it, tragedies like Shaoyao's will continue to occur!"
Yin Le suddenly remembered to ask Qin Yao why she came to Xinghua Village.
Qin Yao didn't know who this Zhao Da was, but she confiscated the bellyband first.
After folding the bellyband and putting it in her bag, Qin Yao sat down and explained to Yin Le: "I came here to look for Yue Niang."
Yue Niang was Yin Le's nickname in the brothel, and it was also the name she hated the most. Whenever someone called her name, it always reminded her of that dark life.
However, she was afraid that she would forget the pain after the wound healed, and she was also worried about exposing her real name, so she always used the name Yue Niang when she was outside.
She would remember those days and use them to whip herself again and again!
It is not only to avoid stepping into the same abyss again, but also to use repeated stimulation to eventually achieve the goal of numbness and indifference.
She would not allow anyone to mention this name again, as she would continue to suffer the mental torture brought about by this hellish life.
So now she nodded heavily and replied: "I am Yue Niang."
Qin Yao secretly raised her eyebrows, thinking that this girl was really cruel to her.
But judging from her reaction, she probably doesn't know what's happening in the city right now.
Qin Yao told Yin Le: "The brothel was closed down by the county magistrate, but the news leaked out and Concubine Pan escaped."
"Officials from all over the county are trying to catch her now. She is in a very dangerous situation. In order to save her life, she will probably seek help from her superiors. So it will not be easy to arrest her and sentence her to death."
After listening to Qin Yao's words, Yin Le was stunned for four or five seconds, blinking his eyelashes twice, and raised his eyes in disbelief and asked her: "Benefactor, are you saying that the evil Pan Mama has finally been caught by the government?"
Qin Yao: "I caught him, but not completely."
Qin Yao mentioned the red mandarin duck bellyband again, "This thing was given to you by Shaoyao. Do you know who wrote the poem for Shaoyao? What is their relationship?"
Yin Le was still digesting the news that Concubine Pan had been arrested. She was both surprised and happy. Faced with Qin Yao's questions, she was obviously at a loss. Her brain froze for a moment, and she opened her mouth for a long time, unable to utter a complete sentence.
It was already late at night. Qin Yao saw that she was not in a good state and was not in a hurry, so she changed the subject.
"You don't seem to have the energy to recall such small details right now. Let's talk about it tomorrow morning."
Qin Yao asked jokingly: "Is your bed big enough?"
Yin Le's tense expression relaxed a little, and he quickly took out a worn-out thin quilt and said a little embarrassedly:
"The conditions are poor, I am sorry for the injustice done to you."
"Don't call me benefactor, call me by my name Qin Yao."
Qin Yao took off her shoes and coat quickly, put the knife at the end of the bed, and lay down on the outer half of the kang.
Yin Le smiled and called out: "Sister Qin."
The woman's voice was soft and gentle, and the call of "sister" was so sweet that it touched people's hearts.
Qin Yao got goosebumps on her spine instantly, she crossed her arms and shivered. Just as she was about to correct her address, Yin Le spoke first.
"Sister, I'm going to sleep first. I'll remember what you need to know when I wake up tomorrow morning."
After saying that, he lay down on the inside of the bed, closed his eyes and began to snore softly, obviously he was really too sleepy to bear it.
Qin Yao sighed helplessly, closed her eyes, cleared her mind and fell asleep.
The remote Xinghua Village was very quiet, with the sounds of insects and birds chirping all around. Qin Yao slept quite comfortably.
In the early morning, a ray of light shone through the broken window frame, and the two women on the bed yawned and woke up at the same time.
When they saw each other, they were both stunned for a moment, and their memories before going to bed came back. Yin Le spoke first happily: "Sister Qin~"
Qin Yao rubbed the goose bumps on the back of her hand and said softly, "With this voice, she should be the queen of sweet songs."
Yin Le didn't hear clearly, and asked while getting out of bed and getting dressed: "Sister Qin, what did you say?"
Qin Yao hurriedly shook her head and said it was nothing, got out of bed and dressed, looked at her knife again, picked it up and put it on the bag on the table, and made a decision in her heart.
"Yin Le, I'll take you to see County Magistrate Song." Qin Yao said as she took out the remaining buns.
It wasn't a tone of negotiation, but of notification.
Yin Le was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether it was because of blind trust in his benefactor or something else, and nodded firmly, "Okay, I'll go with you, I want to bring Lady Pan to justice!"
She just remembered a lot of things that should be useful to her benefactor.
However, Yin Le obviously misunderstood. She thought Qin Yao was now working for the government.
And she already knew the name of her benefactor.
After all, after the horse bandits were wiped out that year, Qin Yao, the brave warrior who took down the bounty, became very famous in Kaiyang County.
Even if you haven't seen the person, you know his name.
The name Qin Yao is very famous in Kaiyang County.
Therefore, the government will definitely recruit such a warrior, even if she is a woman, to serve the court and bring those damned villains to justice!
Qin Yao vaguely realized that the ruthless sister in front of her had misunderstood something, but she didn't have the time to explain.
He handed the bun to her and said, "Eat quickly so you can get going when you are full."
Yin Le frowned. Sister Qin's words sounded strange.
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