Chapter 163: Intimidating without anger
Seeing this, Lin Ruqian said nothing more. After preparing the things in his hands, he cleared his throat, pretended to be a lazy servant, and walked towards the two soldiers at the gate of the Dali Temple.
"Who are you! Stop!"
Two long swords were placed in front of Lin Ruqian, intimidating without anger.
Lin Ruqian said "ouch", smiled awkwardly, picked up the food box, and whispered, "Sir, I am here to bring some food to Madam Xu."
"No one is allowed to enter!" The two soldiers said expressionlessly.
"Sir, my parents died when I was young, and I am disabled and live a hard life. Madam Xu has always treated me well . Now they are an orphan and a widow in prison. I can't bear it. I just want to repay their kindness and give them a hot meal."
As he said this, Lin Ruqian took out a heavy bag of money from his sleeve and handed it over to flatter them.
Seeing him do this, the two officers looked at each other, their expressions relaxed a lot, and one of them took the bag and shook it, and whispered suspiciously, "You are a cripple, where did you get so much money?"
This bag, estimated to have thirty taels of silver, ordinary people simply can't take it out.
Knowing that they were trying to find out about him, Lin Ruqian said what he had prepared long ago: "I am a servant of the Chang Mansion. I and I have saved a lot of money on weekdays. In addition... Madam Xu is very generous to servants on weekdays and rewards them with a lot of jewelry. I also pawned my house in Jiu Street, so I was able to collect so much money."
"So you've taken out all your wealth?" The officer said, "How are you going to live in the future? Aren't you afraid that your wife will blame you and divorce you?"
Lin Ru smiled humbly, shrinking back timidly, "Gratitude cannot be paid with money. If it weren't for Madam Xu, I would have jumped into the river and committed suicide. What does this little money mean to me?"
He paused, and then said with a pained look, "The main thing is that I don't know how much I should prepare in order for the officer to let me in..." He
didn't finish his words, but the two officers understood the meaning -
they didn't know how much they should prepare to use connections, so they took out all their wealth.
Hearing this, the two officers believed him a little.
Another person asked casually, "What will you do if you have no money and you are lame?"
There was a scrutiny in his eyes, as if he was trying to tell if Lin Ruqian was lying.
After all, the matter of Chang Wei was ordered by the higher-ups, and no one was allowed to meet them. But money talks, and as long as their identities were not a problem, these officers and soldiers were willing to turn a blind eye for some extra money.
Lin Ruqian smiled embarrassedly with an ugly face, and touched his head, "I plan to take my wife back to my hometown in Youyang. There are some distant relatives of mine there, and I can't stay in Yanjing City anymore." Only
then did the two officers and soldiers completely let down their guard.
"Show us this."
The officer pointed to the food box in his hand.
"Oh, oh, oh." Lin Ruqian hurried over.
There were only four dishes in the old wooden lunch box, two meats, one vegetarian dish and one dessert, all home-cooked dishes, not too expensive, and still hot, which was in line with what this man said.
"Okay, go in."
The officer took the money bag and waved at him, "But you can't stay too long, you have to get out quickly."
Lin Ruqian nodded quickly.
One of the officers took Lin Ruqian in. After entering the cell, the smell of decay and stench hit his face, as if something had been left to rot, and there was also a faint smell of blood.
After turning left and right, the two finally arrived outside a cell.
"It's right here, hurry up." The soldier opened the door with a key, and then sat on the other side to drink.
Looking at the haggard woman in front of him, Lin Ruqian calmed down and walked in with a food box.
"Madam, I'm here to bring you some food."
He approached Madam Xu tentatively, put the food box on the ground, and waved his hand in front of her.
Madam Xu looked at him blankly without making any sound after her out-of-focus eyes came back to her senses.
She had not been locked up for a long time, and you could still vaguely see the delicate makeup between her eyebrows and eyes, but unfortunately, after wasting time in prison, it also dimmed a little.
Seeing that she didn't respond to what he said, Lin Ruqian frowned and whispered, "Madam Xu, I am the Crown Prince's man. His Highness knows that you were wronged, but it was His Majesty who gave the order directly, so His Highness didn't have time to do more. He could only hide your little son temporarily and is currently placing him outside the city."
"But if we want to clear you of the grievances, we need some evidence."
Lin Ruqian glanced at her expression and continued, "His Highness said that he knew Lord Chang's character and he would never betray him. So he wanted to ask you clearly whether you have any unspeakable secrets. Now the entire Chang family has been imprisoned, and Lord Chang will be beheaded soon. If it is really you who did it, the prince is not a person who does not remember the old friendship. He will send Chang Xu to other people to raise him. As for the others, they will have their own fate." "
You also know that His Highness has always been kind and loyal. Even if you hurt him like this, he still has good intentions. You must not let him down."
There was more sadness and tears in Madam Xu's eyes, but she still didn't speak.
Seeing that time was running out, Lin Ruqian could not help but get anxious, and said fiercely: "Don't you want to think about your son? Even if His Highness is willing to protect him, others may not. Are those wolves and tigers in the dark really willing to let him go?"
These seemed to poke Mrs. Xu's sore spot. She finally cried like a wolf, and then opened her mouth and kept talking.
The moment she saw her mouth, Lin Ruqian's heart sank, and her back was shining.
Mrs. Xu's tongue... was gone.
At this time, the voice of the officers and soldiers came over, "Are you done?"
Mrs. Xu was even more excited when she heard this voice. She grabbed Lin Ruqian's hand tightly and shook it, and wrote something on his palm with a panicked and anxious look.
Suppressing the shock in her heart, Lin Ruqian carefully identified it.
"Woman...threat...wronged...study room..."
Finally, Madam Xu wrote the last two words on his hand with bloodshot eyes.
Chang Xu.
Lin Ruqian sighed and agreed, "Don't worry, Your Highness will definitely protect him."
Only then did Mrs. Xu slowly smile.
After leaving the Dali Temple, Lin Ruqian stared at the outside Jiaoyang in a daze, as if he was in another world. After arriving
at the agreed location, Lin Baoer pulled him over, "Third brother, how is it, did you gain anything?!"
Lin Baoer looked at him expectantly, full of confidence in her disguise skills.
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