Chapter 205: Beijing Chaos 1
Cheng Yingzhen cried anxiously: "Ajin, your father is still in the capital, what should we do? The people of the King of Qi hate him for not standing with his side, will they take the opportunity to attack him..."
She didn't dare to think further, and felt as if the sky had fallen.
Mother's worry was not without reason, but it was obviously not allowed to show at this time. Su Ruojin comforted her, "The Prince of Qi is now obsessed with sitting on the throne, so he has no time to care about my father, a minor official of the seventh rank. Don't worry, mother. The young Prince Zhao is my father's student. He will definitely find a way to protect my father."
Cheng Yingzhen wanted to catch the messenger and said, "Guard Gao, please ask the young prince to save my husband and send him here..."
Guard Gao was in a dilemma: "Madam Su Er, I still have to reply to the letter."
Su Ruojin asked Chunxiao and Qiuyue to pull their mother away, and she followed them out, "Is the city gate completely closed now?"
Guard Gao nodded, "I don't think I can get in either."
"Then how do you get the news back to Beijing?"
They might not even be able to get the message in now, but Guard Gao said nothing. He just bowed and said, "I'll take my leave." Regardless of whether it could be delivered or not, he had to find a way. This was their mission.
Seeing Guard Gao's back getting farther and farther away, Su Ruojin suddenly chased after him, "Guard Gao, have you seen Uncle Hua Ping?"
Guard Gao shook his head, "I don't have any news about him."
So where did Uncle Hua go? Was he in the Dongshan area, or has he been tracked down to the capital?
Shi Er's family, Shangguan Yu and others were also awakened by the noise. They all went to the main hall and asked what had happened.
Su Ruojin sighed and summarized the emperor's death and the prince's rebellion in one sentence.
Everyone was shocked after hearing this and their faces turned pale.
This is a really big deal.
Shi Er was so scared that he stammered, "Then everyone outside...knows about it, right?"
Su Ruojin's face tightened: "This is the news brought by the young prince. I guess the outside world doesn't know about it yet. Don't talk about it outside to avoid unnecessary trouble."
After all, she is not a real ancient person. This is not serious at all. In fact, it may bring about fatal disaster.
Shi Er had been working at the bottom of the capital for many years and knew the seriousness of the situation. He immediately turned around and warned his family not to say a word.
Shangguan Yu also agreed with what Shi Er said.
For a while, no one could sleep. They sat in the main hall, waiting fearfully until dawn. After the rooster crowed for the first time, Cheng Yingzhen went to the street to wait for Su Yanli without even washing her face, but was stopped by Su Ruojin.
"Mother, the news of the emperor's death and the prince of Qi's rebellion and usurpation of the throne has not yet spread outside, but this area of Dongshan is a summer resort for dignitaries. I guess many people know about it like us. Now we can't go out casually."
"Then what about your father?" After crying for a long time, she finally felt better, but now she started crying again.
Su Ruojin quickly hugged her mother, patted her on the back and coaxed her for a long time, and persuaded her again, "Mother Ji, take my mother to sleep first, I will find a way to get my father out of the city."
We must think of a way, but it is probably a pipe dream for a young lady to rescue her father from the city where rebellion is taking place.
Of course Su Ruojin knew that she said this just to reassure her mother.
"Ajin, you must rescue your father. If your father is not here..." She would not live either.
"I know, mother, don't worry, father is definitely a lucky man, and good people will be helped by God."
In Cheng Yingzhen's mind, her daughter was omnipotent, so she believed Su Ruojin's words, took Su Silang, Su Xiaomei and Ji's mother back to the room, stayed there quietly and did not cause trouble for her daughter.
The main hall was finally quiet, and Su Sanlang asked, "Sister, have you come up with a solution?"
If it was any other time, Su Ruojin would have said something indignant, but at this critical moment, she was nervous and uneasy. She shook her head and said, "No."
"Then..." Su Sanlang was only a ten-year-old boy. He was frightened by his mother's tears and his sister's look as if she was about to face a disaster. He lost his usual liveliness.
Ye Huaizhen remained silent. Of course, she was like this usually, so no one could see anything at the moment. She glanced at the sky outside, bowed and said, "Little Master, I'm going out first."
She didn't say where she was going, let alone when she would be back.
But Su Ruojin could tell at a glance that Ye Huaizhen went to find Hua Ping.
"I'll go with you."
"Jin Niang..."
"master……"
"Sister——"
Yang Si Niang, who had just gotten up, walked to the main hall with her maid and asked, "Ajin, where are you going?"
In the middle of the night, when Guard Gao came to look for someone, Yang Si Niang was woken up. Su Ruojin asked her to continue sleeping. She wanted to follow him out, but Su Ruojin held her down and coaxed her that everything would be fine. As a result, the carefree young lady really slept until she woke up.
Su Ruojin looked at the innocent and lovely girl, thinking to herself, if I go to find your father, she will probably be scared to death. Then she smiled and said, "There are many refugees outside, and the shops are closing in a hurry. I will write a notice and post it. By the way, I will buy some food and daily necessities. At noon, you can eat by yourselves, don't wait for me."
There were two guards at Su's Morning Tea Shop. After the shop was closed, the two guards were taken to the Su's courtyard. Su Ruojin left one to look after the courtyard. He clasped his fists and said to Shangguan Yu, "If there are any government inspectors coming, please come forward to receive them, Master Shangguan."
The situation was tense, and Shangguan Yu didn't notice the strange manners of the young lady at all, and quickly agreed, "It's chaotic outside, and the young master must come back as soon as possible."
"Thank you very much."
She spoke a few words of advice to Lu Dani and Shi Er's family, asking them to stay at home, not to go out or open the door at will, and to pay attention to safety.
After saying that, she took another guard and went out with Ye Huaizhen to find Hua Ping.
Mao Ya hurried to follow.
Su Ruojin didn't let her follow.
Mao Ya said, "I entered the Su family with only one purpose, that is, wherever the young lady is, I will be there." The purpose of her being bought in was to protect her.
Mao Ya was thirteen years old when she entered the Su family. Six years have passed unknowingly. She is nineteen this year. She is as tall as Ye Huaizhen, tall and fair. When she stands in front of people, her back is straight. At first glance, she looks like a dull and wooden girl. Only an expert can see the secret. This is the strong posture formed by long-term practice.
Okay, if Sister Ya wants to follow, then follow.
As soon as they took a step forward, Shi Xiaoer stepped forward and said, "We need a carriage to travel. I'm a good driver." After saying that, he looked at them attentively, as if asking them to take him with them.
He often drives out to buy things, and his driving skills are as good as those of a professional coachman.
Su Ruojin's head was tense and sensitive now, and she looked at Shi Xiaoer vigilantly.
He smiled at the young master and glanced at Mao Ya unconsciously.
Su Ruojin's tense nerves finally relaxed a little. She quickly glanced at Sister Mao Ya and Shi Xiaoer and nodded, "Hurry up."
Upon hearing the young master's agreement, Shi Xiaoer was very happy and ran to the stable to harness the carriage.
After a while, the group left the villa, drove onto Wenshan Street, and headed straight for Su Ji Breakfast Shop. It wasn't long before they arrived.
Su Ruojin shouted, "Don't stop."
Shi Xiaoer asked, "Little Master, if you don't stop, where are you going?"
"Go find the poor scholar who is being sponsored by Lord Yang."
Shi Xiaoer was stunned, jumped off the carriage, went to the back compartment and looked at the people inside: "What do you want to do with him?" Didn't he say he was going to the shop to post notices and buy ingredients?
Very confused.
Ye Huaizhen looked at the young master.
Su Ruojin sighed, "Uncle Hua went to look for Lord Yang, but he hasn't come back yet. Let's go to the poor scholar and ask where Lord Yang is?"
Shi Xiaoer actually still didn't understand why Hua Ping went to find Lord Yang. Did he want to ask Lord Yang to take his daughter back? After all, the situation was so chaotic now.
It turns out that posting the notice was just an excuse to fool my wife!
Shi Xiaoer quickly jumped onto the carriage and cracked the whip, "I know where people like the poor scholar probably live."
Having done business in Wenshan Street for several years, Shi Xiaoer was quite familiar with the area. He crossed Wenshan Street, turned into the official road, and then turned from the official road to a small village at the foot of the mountain. The village road was narrow, so several people jumped off the carriage and tied it to a big tree at the entrance of the village.
Shi Xiaoer led a few people, asking as they walked, and spent a few cents to find a helper in the village. After a while, he led them to the place where the poor scholar lived.
The hanger-on smiled flatteringly, "The door is locked, the poor scholar is not here."
Su Ruojin's eyes swept from the poor scholar's home to the doors of the houses around him, which were also closed and locked. Based on her understanding of the lower-class people in the Dayin Dynasty, most people did not have the habit of locking their doors when they went out. In fact, in a village like this, as long as there were neighbors at home, they would ask the neighbors to look after the houses and not lock them. However, every one of the shabby thatched houses she saw was locked.
It is quite contrary to the customs of the time.
Ye Huaizhen had already thought of not finding the poor scholar. She looked at the young host, meaning that she would go look somewhere else.
Su Ruojin seemed not to see her gaze. She took a step forward, stopped to the right of the poor scholar's house, and stared at the locked door.
Everyone looked at her in confusion. If it were an ordinary person, they would ask, "Little Master, why are you stopping here?"
Sure enough, in the next sentence, Shi Xiaoer asked for everyone's thoughts.
Su Ruojin did not respond to them, but passed by where the poor scholar lived and looked at the neighbors around him. After a quick glance, he found that only the thatched hut at the very edge was occupied. The person looked out from the small window that looked like a black hole, and his eyes were fixed on them, a group of strangers.
Su Ruojin called out softly, "Big brother, please go ask that person who lives in these rooms. Why are they not at home? Where did they go? When did they leave?"
It was obvious that they were not just looking for poor scholars, and everyone was puzzled.
Not to mention that everyone was puzzled, even Ye Huaizhen felt puzzled, but she was a person who saw everything and thought about it in her heart, so she stood aside silently.
Although he knew that he wouldn't get any results from asking, the hanger-on brother still asked as Su Ruojin asked.
Standing outside the dark window, he asked, "Big brother, where did these people go? When did they go?"
The man didn't speak out when he was asked. He kept looking at the few people but didn't answer.
After a long time without any response, the hanger-on turned and looked at Su Ruojin and his group.
Su Ruojin deliberately sneered, "It's okay if you don't come back. When this poor scholar comes back, we'll come again. If you want to owe me money, Su Ji, it's impossible."
After saying this, he seemed very angry. He walked to the door of the poor scholar and kicked it, as if to vent his dissatisfaction.
Ye Huaizhen... How come she, the shopkeeper, didn't know that the poor scholar had been to Su's Breakfast Tea, let alone that he owed any money? What was going on?
Shi Xiaoer had the same idea as Shopkeeper Ye and thought, what's wrong with the young master?
Mao Ya and the guards are just background figures. They only follow Su Ruojin's orders. They do whatever their master tells them to do, and just stand there alert when nothing happens.
The hanger-on saw that something was wrong and hurried forward to comfort her, "Young lady, you have to pay for breaking the door."
Su Ruojin seemed very angry. She threw some change and turned away.
Ye Huaizhen and others hurried to follow.
Why did he leave so suddenly? The hanger-on stared at the silver coins, laughing wildly in his heart, "It's good that he left, it's good that he left." He took the silver coins and stuffed them into his arms, looking left and right, and slipped away, not noticing the pair of murderous eyes in the window.
They quickly walked to the big tree at the entrance of the village to get the carriage, and Su Ruojin was the first to jump on it.
Ye Huaizhen didn't go up, "Little Master, what did you see?"
Su Ruojin was thinking about everything about Lord Yang. When she heard the question, she raised her eyes and said, "Uncle Hua Ping is in the capital."
"How do you know?"
"Get in the carriage first."
Ye Huaizhen had never jumped onto a carriage so quickly before. She suddenly discovered that the young boss was not only good at doing business, but also seemed to be good at finding people and solving cases.
After lowering the curtain, she asked, "Little Master, what did you see?"
Su Ruojin pursed her lips and said, "Some time ago, Carpenter Zhang disappeared. When the young prince found Carpenter Zhang, that day, Lord Yang was helping two clerks next door who were in financial difficulty."
Ye Huaizhen had heard Hua Ping talk about this, but they just thought it was a coincidence and didn't take it seriously at all.
"Once is a coincidence, but twice or three times?"
In order to investigate the case of her father being framed, Ye Huaizhen had long since transformed from a young lady in the boudoir into a qualified detective. As long as Su Ruojin made a start and raised a few questions, she would be able to deduce and analyze the truth of some things.
"You mean, he used these people as a cover to do his shady business by helping others?"
Su Ruojin said nothing. Silence was her answer.
Ye Huaizhen raised his head and took a deep breath, his face pale, "Could it be that he is the mastermind behind this incident involving my father?"
"I don't know if he was the mastermind." Su Ruojin said, "But I guess your father's unconscious behavior must have threatened him, which led to the subsequent series of actions."
"He thought my father had discovered his collusion with the envoy, so he turned around and framed my father?"
Su Ruojin pursed her lips: "This is just my guess. What I am worried about now is whether Uncle Hua is following him, or whether he is discovered by him and tied up by him like Zhang the Carpenter..."
Ye Huaizhen raised his eyes suddenly.
Su Ruojin noticed that her eyes turned red in an instant, and she pursed her lips tightly, as if tears would fall if her eyes moved.
It turns out that she cares about Uncle Hua.
"Little Master, I'm going to save him." She couldn't let him repeat his father's fate.
Su Ruojin turned around and said to the guard who followed him, "Brother Zhang, can you contact your people to quickly turn back and arrest that person?"
Zhang Shun was shocked. "My duty is to protect the Su family."
(End of this chapter)
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