Chapter 448 Processing Cinnabar

Although Si Linglong and her father have not seen each other for a long time, compared to the reunion between father and daughter, all three of them know that they should deal with the cinnabar issue first.

Si Jinyu directly called the manager who was in charge of handling cinnabar. When the manager heard about this, he said in panic,

"When I learned that Zhu Sha had betrayed his master, the master ordered me to sell him far away. I broke his hand and handed him over to the human trafficker, and gave him thirty taels of silver. I asked the human trafficker to send him to the border town to sell him. But I don't know how he escaped back to Yongjing..."

Si Linglong knew about Zhu Sha's nonsense at first, and sent a message back to the Si family to ask them to sell the person, but she didn't know there was such a detail in between. But after thinking about it carefully, she roughly understood where the problem lay.

"Her hand was broken and she didn't have a pass on her. It's impossible for her to have escaped back after leaving the city. She must have fled without leaving the city."

Si Jinyu looked at Si Linglong, and it was obvious that he thought so too.

When the manager heard that Zhu Sha had stopped his young lady's carriage in the street and was even talking nonsense in the street, he knew that something bad was going to happen. When he heard what the young lady said, he instantly realized that the human broker did not keep a close eye on the person and let him escape, and was greedy for the thirty taels of money for the journey. So he did not dare to come back and say anything, and just pretended that nothing had happened.

Thinking of this, the manager couldn't help but grit his teeth in resentment, thinking that he would go back to the human tooth shop to settle the score.

But he knelt down and apologized, "I didn't handle it well, please punish me."

Si Jinyu glanced at the manager in front of him indifferently. Although the look was indifferent, it made the manager feel a chill down his spine. He anxiously waited for the coming punishment.

After an unknown amount of time, the manager finally heard Si Jinyu speak.

"Fine one year's salary and demote him to deputy position."

These words made the steward shudder all over, as if he had lost all his strength. Feeling lost and regretful, he still forced himself to thank the master for his kindness.

Fortunately, Zhu Sha didn't have time to cause trouble, otherwise if he really did something to implicate his own Miss Guipin, he would probably not be able to stay in the Si family.

After Si Linglong knew what had happened, she naturally wanted to go and see Zhu Sha in person, but she did not let Si Zhongqing and Si Jinyu follow her.

On the surface, she just said that Zhu Sha was hers, and since she came to her, she should handle everything herself no matter what happened.

But in fact, Si Linglong was indeed worried about what Zhu Sha would say in front of Si Zhongqing and Si Jinyu.

She didn't know what Zhu Sha had said to Lipin at the time.

But since Concubine Li could slander her, saying that an evil spirit had entered her body, she must have realized that she and the original owner were not the same person.

After handing Li Sheng over to Si Jinyu and Qinglu, Si Linglong only took Shuhong to the room where Zhusha was imprisoned.

The house was a corner room in the front yard. The lighting was not very good. There were maids guarding both sides of the room, which was obviously Si Jinyu's previous instruction.

Si Linglong brought Shuhong inside, and saw that Zhusha's hands were tied and a piece of cloth was stuffed in his mouth. When he saw Si Linglong, his eyes were full of begging and pity.

Si Linglong did not come forward, but sat down on a round stool next to her. Shuhong came forward and took the handkerchief from Zhusha's mouth, but did not untie her rope.

Zhu Sha finally got the chance to speak, her voice full of sobs, "My Lord, my Lord, I know I was wrong. Please help me for the sake of you and I growing up together."

Si Linglong looked at her, her almond-shaped eyes calm. From the beginning, she had never particularly liked this confidant of the original owner. She didn't like her, nor did she care about her.

If she behaved well, Si Linglong would keep her by her side all the time. At most, she would not use her much and would just take good care of her.

But she not only has feelings for A Yue, but is also together with Li Bin, so it is naturally impossible for her to keep her.

But he didn't keep her in the palace, and he never thought of killing her.

So looking at her in this state, she could still calmly ask, "What do you want me to help you with?"

[You speak first, and whether or not to help will be another matter.]

【But there is a high probability that they will not help. 】