"Dayanchao has its own laws. But the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. If you are not careful when carrying valuables outside, you can't guarantee that thieves will not steal them wherever you go."
"Where did you get robbed? Did you stay in a shady inn?" Jian Ning thought that her martial arts skills were pretty good, and she didn't have a personal identification card, so she could have fallen asleep in the shady inn and got drugged and taken away.
"You people from the Central Plains are so mean. Even if you steal something, leave some for me." Pei Zitong got angry when she mentioned this, and didn't leave her a penny.
"There are bad people everywhere. If you want to crush all of us with one blow, I won't keep you here, and I won't care about your mess! It's not like your Yue Country doesn't have bad people, thieves? The thieves in the Central Plains are only interested in your money, but you Yue Country people are interested in our beautiful land. Who is worse?"
Pei Zitong was speechless after being confronted by her.
After a moment of hesitation, she said confidently, "I don't care. Anyway, I'm in this situation today because of you. You must take care of me."
Jian Ning said sternly, "I'm sorry, but if you say that, I really won't care about you. I wouldn't have invited you in and fed you myself. You Yue people are like wild wolves that can never be tamed. Get out of here now!"
She grabbed her arm and tried to pull her out, but she started to complain, "I have nowhere to go. I won't leave. At most, I won't blame you anymore. But I don't really blame you. I'm just... I'm just upset. I won't say anything more, I won't say anything more..."
Pei Zitong started to cry again, "You just said you would find my lost things for me, but now I have nothing. I don't even have a place to wash or change clothes. I don't even have a place to rest my head."
"Don't chase me away. I know I don't blame you. I won't say anything more."
Jian Ning didn't know what kind of debt she owed to them in her previous life. Not only did she save her brother's life, but now he wanted to care about her life or death. Forget it, considering that she was innocent and revealed Li Shang's witchcraft, which indirectly saved the lives of at least tens of thousands of soldiers at the banquet, Jian Ning was too lazy to bother with her anymore.
"Where was it stolen?" Jane Ning asked her.
"Yongji County, I didn't notice the name of the store, but I know the place, I can find it."
"It's better to recover lost property sooner rather than later. Can you still hold on? Do you want to take a nap before going to Yongji County?"
Pei Zitong shook her head. She had had enough of the feeling of being penniless in just two days. She was anxious to get her lost property back. Jian Ning went to report to Ding Youtian. Ding Youtian wrote a letter to the magistrate of Yongji County and gave it to Tong Bajin, and asked him to bring two yamen runners to accompany her to Yongji.
Three days later, Tong Bajin and the others came back, and Pei Zitong followed them. She changed into the clothes of a rich lady from Dayanchao and dressed up. Although she was a barbarian girl, she looked pretty and had a heroic air.
Most of her lost items were recovered. A few pieces of jewelry were sold, and the money was spent by the thief. She was quite content to be able to recover most of them. In the letter that Ding Youtian wrote to the magistrate of Yongji County, he mentioned that he would get her a ID card. After she got the ID card, she still followed him and told Tong Bajin that she wanted to thank Jian Ning.
When she saw Jian Ning, the first thing she said was: "I want to marry him." She pointed at Tong Bajin.
Tong Bajin, Xu Dali, and Erlangzi had all voluntarily followed Ding Youtian. They hadn't signed any indentures, and Ding Youtian and Jian Ning had never treated them as servants. However, Pei Zitong mistakenly assumed they weren't free men. She raised her chin towards Jian Ning with a heroic air, "How much is the ransom silver? What's your price?"
What's going on? Jian Ning really didn't expect that these two would have any story. She looked at Tong Bajin, but saw that he seemed a little angry, his face slightly flushed.
"If you have no other instructions, I will take my leave." Tong Bajin bowed to Ding Youtian.
"Ah, nothing. If you have something to do, go and do it yourself." Ding Youtian smiled and waved his hand, letting him go.
"Hey! Don't go." Pei Zitong was about to chase him, but Jian Ning stepped forward to block her way. "Don't be impatient. Tell us clearly first. Are you just impulsive or do you really like Brother Tong and want to marry him?"
"Of course I really like him. He divorced his wife, and I lost my husband. I don't dislike him, and he has no reason to dislike me. Aren't we a perfect match?"
Ding Youtian laughed, "Are all the women of Yue Country like this? Uninhibited?"
Pei Zitong couldn't tell whether his words were kind or malicious. She only knew that Tong Bajin had taken very good care of her on the way back to Yongji County. The day before, when they'd checked into the inn, he'd discovered she had no money, and he'd even taken the initiative to prepare a scented soap and handkerchief for her. Although he didn't say much, he'd always been thoughtful and considerate. Since she'd been expelled, she'd wandered around Xing'an County for several months. Because she was wearing Yue Country clothing, no one treated her kindly. When people asked for directions, they'd just give her the wrong directions, forcing her to wander around in circles.
In the past few months, Pei Zitong has experienced the warmth and coldness of human nature. In the past, when she was in the Yue Kingdom Palace, she had her mother to protect her, and her royal brother was also very good to her. If anyone dared to bully her, her royal brother would stand up for her at all costs.
She didn't understand why her brother had lost all his humanity after becoming emperor. She had shed more tears in the past few months than in the previous twenty years. Tong Bajin's meticulous care was like a ray of sunshine shining through the cracks to her. She naturally assumed that Tong Bajin liked her too.
"Is being bold and unrestrained bad? You southerners love to beat around the bush when you speak. For example, the word 'bold and unrestrained' you're saying right now is actually a good word, but your weird smile makes it feel like it's not a good word anymore."
Ding Youtian chuckled slightly, but it was hard for her to detect the teasing in his words. He stopped laughing and said seriously, "If you want to marry him, he has to be willing to marry you. It must be a matter of mutual consent. You can't be bound together, don't you understand?"
Pei Zitong patted the bag on his shoulder and said, "I have money, jewelry, and now I have your Central Plains's photo ID. I can buy him a big house and give him more children, lots of them. Why wouldn't he want that?"
"Brother Tong is not a person who loves money. He would not have left if he was willing." Jian Ning, a person who traveled from modern times, was also shocked by her fierceness. It was too fierce. A girl pursued a boy to this extent and asked him to have children, and a lot of children. If Brother Tong had not left, I wonder what he would think after hearing her words?
"You don't have the final say. I'm going to ask him. Don't stop me." Pei Zitong asked Jian Ning to move aside and not block her.
"Okay, go ask." Jian Ning stepped aside and pointed her in the direction. "Turn right at the end and turn right again. It's the last room. Go ask."
Pei Zitong was about to leave when Ding Youtian raised his eyebrows. "Are you really going? Those newly built houses at the back are all occupied by yamen runners and idlers. It's so hot, and those who aren't on duty are lying shirtless in the ventilated corridors to cool off. This isn't your Yue Kingdom. If you really want to go, I won't stop you. It's up to you."
"I'm not afraid of them, so what's there to be afraid of? I don't want to see them." Pei Zitong sneered and left with his bag.
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