Chapter 29 Chapter 29 [VIP]
Chapter 29
She was gone, but the account book was still in Song Yunzhi's hands.
After this night, she seemed to be very relieved about him. Leaving such an important thing to him meant that she was sure that he could not escape. With this account book, the Cui family's smuggling case could be closed.
Next, we will wait for the Park family to come to our door.
After calming down, the pain of the wound gradually became clearer. He frowned, stood up and walked to the bed. What he saw was a carved wooden bed with a gauze curtain hung with golden hooks. A spring green brocade quilt was spread on the bed. The quilt cover was outlined with golden threads of crabapple blossoms, which was bright and warm, with a strong girlish scent.
He just came to his senses and realized that he had occupied her room tonight.
My original intention was to stop her and get to the bottom of it.
Where did she go?
Song Yunzhi turned and walked towards the door. Ah Jin, who was outside, heard the noise and pushed the door open. He smiled and said, "The master said that the son-in-law is injured and cannot be moved. It will be dawn soon, so he should rest in the master's room for the night."
Song Yunzhi did not refute. At this time, the laundry ladies had already gotten up. If he left her room, there would definitely be gossip.
Song Yunzhi returned to the room, his body covered in blood. He did not go to her bed, but spent the night on the soft couch.
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Qian Tong breathed a sigh of relief after he went out. Judging from the way he looked just now, he seemed to want to eat her alive.
Fu Yin followed behind her, still frightened, and asked, "Master, how is my son-in-law?" She saw that he was the only one injured among the group who came back, and his clothes were stained red.
The injury should be serious.
After hearing what Ajin said, her son-in-law must have been furious.
"He won't die." Qian Tong walked slowly forward and looked up at the sky. The moonlight was no longer visible, but she could vaguely see the blue skylight, a color that could bring hope. She said, "He is more powerful than I thought."
Fu Yin agreed with Niangluo's point of view. She heard from Ajin that Young Master Duan was also injured.
Damn, if we don't rush in, we'll both be hurt tonight. Seeing her suddenly come out of the house, it's almost dawn and I don't know where she's going, "Damn, don't you want to rest?"
Who said she didn't rest? She was tired and sleepy. "He took my bed, so I went to sleep with him."
She had no habit of choosing a bed. As long as she was given a place to lie down, she could fall asleep immediately. She was very tired after running all night, so she slept a little longer. When she woke up, it was already noon. The bright sunlight outside the window lattice flooded into the bed. She heard the sound of birds singing, turned over, opened her eyes lazily, and saw Song Yunzhi sitting beside her bed.
Qian Tong was stunned for a moment, her mind still not awake, and she didn't know where she was, but the first thing she asked was, "Is your injury better?"
For the first time, Song Yunzhi saw sleepiness in a woman's eyes. She was only wearing a middle shirt, and the quilt covering her body was the one he had used during the past few days.
He glanced away, and the strange feeling of palpitations from last night resurfaced. He nodded, "Yeah."
"You're seriously injured. You should get more sleep." She sat up and went to look for her coat. Song Yunzhi saw her out of the corner of his eye and stood up to avoid her.
During the day and night in the clinic, although she was confused due to fever, she was not completely unaware. He sat beside her all night, and at that time, she was wearing even less than she does now.
Having said that, she found that Fu Yin put the coat she was going to wear today on a wooden table five steps away from her. The feeling of being looked at by him while lying down was completely different from being looked at by him after she lifted the quilt and walked over.
Since he was here, Fu Yin should have avoided him. She could only call out, "Yun Zhen."
Song Yunzhi glanced sideways slightly.
Qian Tong pointed at the wooden table and said, "If it's convenient for you, please help me get my clothes."
When Mrs. Qian rushed in from outside, she saw her son-in-law stuffing clothes into the hands of a girl who was only wearing a middle shirt on the bed. She was dumbfounded for a moment, her legs froze and her mouth was covered.
She asked why she didn't sleep in Baige's room last night.
This courtyard is quiet.
She was so naughty! They hadn't even gotten engaged yet. "You, you damned girl." Madam Qian acted like a mother. After scolding her, she suddenly turned around and slammed the door shut. "Be careful if others see you. If it gets out, I don't know what they'll say about you..."
What to say about them?
Qian Tong didn't understand why she had these series of reactions.
But Song Yunzhi, who was standing beside him, had a blush on his face for a moment. He threw the clothes in his hand to her and walked ten steps away from the bed as if avoiding a snake or scorpion. He used his actions to tell Madam Qian that he was innocent.
He walked too fast, which affected the wound and his face started to turn pale again.
Mrs. Qian hadn't come to catch him cheating, and she couldn't bear to scold him anymore. She had good news to share. She stepped forward and blocked Qian Tong's way as he was getting dressed, asking impatiently, "Who do you think your father ran into on his way to the salt well this morning?"
, and suddenly broke in, something big must have happened.
Qian Tong waited for her to continue.
"Master Wang said that since he had come across it, he went to the Qian family's salt well to take a look. He looked for an hour and came back. Guess what?"
case.
Qian Tong asked her, "Has the salt permit issue been resolved?"
He raised his fist, stretched out three fingers, his eyes lit up, and said to her: "Three years."
It was extremely difficult to obtain a three-year salt permit when the imperial court was suppressing the Four Great Families. Qian Tong was stunned for a moment, then asked in surprise, "Really?"
"It's absolutely true," Mrs. Qian said. "Pick it up quickly. Your father has the salt permit. You'll know if it's real once you take a look."
When a person is happy, his mood becomes more relaxed, and everything else becomes easier to talk about. Moreover, after spending the past few days with him, Mrs. Qian found that this son-in-law was a good person, well-educated, polite, and honest. It can be seen that he is sincere. Before leaving, she said, "The salt permit issue has been resolved. Next, I should discuss your marriage with your father..."
Qian Tong had already put on his clothes and stood up to put on his boots. He replied casually, "Don't worry about my affairs. You can go about your business."
Song Yunzhi glanced sideways.
Mrs. Qian had already left. Qian Tong walked over to his side and said, "You're right. The government really is testing us. Fortunately, I kept my composure and didn't do anything rash..."
Her beautiful eyes swirled, a joyful smile on her face as she looked at him. The whites of her eyes were pure, without a trace of cloudiness, and her pupils were pitch black, swirling in her eye sockets. The light they shone out was more brilliant than the finest glass in the world.
Song Yunzhi accidentally fell into that pair of eyes, and suddenly felt a burning sensation in his heart. He instinctively turned his face away, thinking that she had even broken into the bandit's lair and stolen other people's account books. Song Yunzhi didn't know what it meant to lose patience in her heart.
Now that the salt permit has been issued, there is no need to hand over the account books to the government.
Qian Tong no longer had to make a difficult choice and told him, "Keep the account book safe. We are betting on this one. Fortune and wealth are won through risk. I, Qian Tong, want both the salt permit and the tea."
She called Fu Yin over and said, "Go tell Young Master Duan that this time I really want to buy his tea. If he doesn't sell it to me, it will get moldy in the valley and turn into a pile of waste sooner or later."
Fu Yin felt that Young Master Duan might kill her first.
Qian Tong reassured her, "Don't worry, tell him that once the Cui family collapsed, the account books have rotted in his hands and are worthless. He will always be in trouble if he keeps them. I am helping him by bringing the trouble to Bai Ji. The court has already arrived in Yangzhou, with a hundred cavalrymen guarding the city, and three warships floating on the sea. Duan Yuanjin is not afraid, but there is no need to cause trouble for the other three families. The individual merchants don't have the courage to do that. Now they dare to commit crimes under the nose of the court. I, Qian Tong, am the only one who buys his tea. He can sell it or not."
Fu Yin was stunned when she heard this.
Song Yunzhi also had a new understanding of her again, and her cunning had covered a wide range of areas.
No one is immune.
Therefore, when Song Yunzhi learned that Chen Che was assigned to the freight department again, she was not surprised. However, Chen Che himself was not happy. He ran over angrily. When he unexpectedly saw Song Yunzhi's injuries, he was stunned and asked the witch, "What did you do to him again?"
Look at this guy, he can't speak at all.
He deserves to be transferred out and can't go home.
"I didn't do anything to him. It was your brother who, for the sake of our family, bravely broke into the bandit's lair last night." Qian Tong took a spoon and stirred the medicine for Song Yunzhi. It was too hot. Faced with her younger brother's prejudice against her, she did not get angry. She said earnestly: "Your brother has worked so hard, what else do you have to complain about?"
Besides, "This time we are not acting as an insider, but are really going to transport goods. I see that you have some skills. We have just obtained the salt permit, and I am afraid that it will attract the attention of others. With you around, I feel at ease."
Why should she be reassured? He doesn't need her to be reassured...
"What bandit den?" Chen Che asked Song Yunzhi.
The two brothers had something to say, but Qian Tong took the initiative to avoid it, put down the bowl, and said to Song Yunzhi beside him: "You two can talk slowly, and remember to take your medicine."
With her behavior, she really treated Bai Ji as his sister-in-law. Chen Che felt that Song Shiye could not stay there any longer. As time went on, fake things could become real.
As soon as the people left, Chen Che asked, "Brother Song, what did you find out?" He heard from Wang Zhao that the head of the Cui family was strangled by the world.
That night, Shi Le went to a place, saying he was looking for evidence. It seemed that the place he went to was a bandit's lair. Chen Che whispered, "If Brother Song gets the evidence, we will immediately withdraw from the Qian family. If one of the four families collapses and one surrenders, the remaining two will have no way to escape a tough battle."
The Qian family is not to be feared, it’s mainly the Park family.
If all else fails, Shi Le will send a letter to His Majesty, requesting him to send troops south into the Yellow Sea to directly attack the Park family's lair, and seize the territory quickly and efficiently with swords and guns.
There will be a tough battle. Song Yunzhi said: "It's not the time yet. I have obtained the Cui family account book. There is no need to rush."
Chen Che was stunned for a moment, then suppressed his excitement and asked quietly, "Have you found evidence of smuggling? Then what are we waiting for? Let's follow the account books and go to Shuzhou to find out the truth."
Song Yunzhi shook his head, "No need."
No need to go to Shuzhou.
Right in Yangzhou.
He thought about it over and over again last night and always felt that he had missed the most crucial thing. At first he thought that the witch wanted salt permits, but this was not like her style.
This woman never tells the truth. You can never believe what she says she wants.
Later he figured it out.
She took the account book not to hand it over to the government, nor to extort the two ships of tea from Young Master Duan. Her purpose was to let the other party know that the account book was in her hands and she already knew what the Cui family had been doing over the years.
She wanted to replace the Cui family and become the tea supply point in Yangzhou.
If nothing unexpected happens, the other party will look for her in the next few days.
This was exactly what he wanted. Song Yunzhi said to Shen Che, "Please go first. The Qian family has already formed a grudge against the bandit Duan Yuanjin. The Qian family will definitely suffer retaliation in the freight transportation. You took the opportunity to sneak into the village and find out how powerful that young master Duan is..."
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On the third day after receiving the account book, Qian Tong received the letter.
Fu Yin asked her, "Mom, do you want to go?"
The last time the four big families got together was two years ago. After two years, only three of the four families are left. The imperial court is stationed in Yangzhou and is determined to take action against these merchants. I wonder who will be the next victim.
When people were in panic, the Qian family happened to get the salt permit from the court.
Fu Yin was afraid that her mother would be embarrassed if she went there.
"Go, why not?" There was no benefit in this world that Qian Tong was afraid to take. Could it be that she refused the salt permit given by the court because she was afraid of their suspicion?
There's nothing wrong with her brain.
She relied on her skills and luck, so what was there to be afraid of? Qian Tong asked Fu Yin to write back, "Qian Qi Niang will be there on time in three days."
She didn't know if her son-in-law's injury had healed, but seeing him stroll into her yard every day to bask in the sun, Qian Tong thought he must be almost healed. On the third night, Qian Tong asked him, "Can you go out?"
Song Yunzhi suppressed the pounding of his heart and asked calmly, "Where are you going?"
"Don't worry, it's not you who's going to the Tiger School this time, it's me." Qian Tong held his chin with his hand, watching the changes on his face, not knowing how the misunderstanding came about. "I know you're worried about me. This time, they recognize faces, so I have to go."
Song Yunzhi pondered for a moment, and as she wished, a trace of concern appeared on his face. "Is there any danger?"
Qian Tong said: "Not sure."
"Do you need a ledger?" he asked.
Qian Tong raised his eyes, his surprise showing a look of cleverness. Then, worry returned, and he muttered, "I knew this account book would attract others' attention sooner or later. Whether it's sold to the imperial court or to someone in the dark, it would bring a lot of benefits..."
Song Yunzhi interrupted her chatter and asked directly, "What do you want me to do?"
"Listen to my signal." Qian Tong took out a bamboo flute from his sleeve and demonstrated it in front of him.
She seemed to have lost the ability to play the flute. She didn't know how to exert force, and she used brute force to blow out all the air. Her cheeks were puffed up, her eyes were wide open, and her cheeks were getting redder and redder.
When that low sound, similar to the cry of a crow at night, came out, she almost got a stitch in the side.
The witch's naive behavior is really funny.
Song Yunzhi tilted his head to hide the corners of his lips that he couldn't control.
"That's it." Qian Tong finished his demonstration, took a few deep breaths, and his expression returned to normal. He put the flute back into his sleeve, looked up and instructed seriously: "After I go in, you will wait outside. Don't let anyone see you, otherwise it will alert the enemy. When you hear the signal, you will immediately come in to meet me. Whether you can survive tonight depends entirely on my husband."
Song Yunzhi nodded.
Going to die again, Qian Tong touched his chest, with an expression of being ready to die, "Let's go."
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Because it was a secret protection, Qian Tong rode alone in the carriage, and Song Yun followed behind him driving the horse.
After entering the downtown area, Song Yunzhi saw her enter a gambling house with his own eyes.
The plaque on the gambling house reads: [I don’t know the true face of ‘Lu’ Shan].
The gambling house opened by the Lu family.
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