Chapter 167 Naive
Song Yuntang tidied up the stall, cleaned the pots and buckets and put them back in place, then emptied the ice water bucket and put it on the mule's back. He first stopped by the ready-made clothing shop, and after trying on the wedding dress and checking carefully to make sure there were no problems, he paid the balance of one tael and one qian of silver and went to Ruyi Inn.
"Mr. Lin, what do you want from me?" Song Yuntang stood at the door with no intention of entering the store.
Seeing this, Lin Jingyao placed a piece of silver on the table and led Awang out of the inn.
"Where have you moved to now?"
It seems that Mu Dong is quite smart and did not tell him her address easily.
Song Yuntang lowered his eyes.
"I can't tell you."
Lin Jingyao frowned slightly, then his attitude softened.
"Tang'er, Zhao Zhao was the one who made the mistake first. I apologize to you on her behalf. I still hope you can come forward to the county government office to accept mediation. The Lin family can consider any compensation you want."
"You've tried all kinds of connections but it didn't work, so you come back to me to surrender?" Song Yuntang smiled coldly and raised two fingers. "Two hundred taels of silver, or no deal."
Xu Qingye had told her before that if she accepted mediation, Lin Zhaozhao's sentence could indeed be reduced, but she could not be exempted from punishment, after all, it was a fact that she had committed a crime.
Did Lin Jingyao think that if she went to accept the mediation, Lin Zhaozhao would be released from prison today?
How naive!
Besides, Lord Zhu had asked her for help before.
For her sake, it is impossible to let Lin Zhaozhao go easily.
The Yuanwai Mansion did not have too many properties outside. The harvest was poor this year. She had passed by several shops in the town and saw that business was not good. The Lin Mansion had so many people to support and the expenses were huge. Although they could come up with two hundred taels of silver, it was not a small amount for them.
It depends on how much they value Lin Zhaozhao.
Lin Jingyao frowned.
"Tang'er, now that you have a shop and your business is not bad, you should be able to make money, right? Why do you have to make yourself so mercenary?"
"It was Young Master Lin who said compensation just now, why are you accusing me of being mercenary now?" Song Yuntang rolled his eyes. "Besides, it is Lin Zhaozhao who is trying to frame me with sinister means. Your Lin family is asking me to do something without any sincerity. Why should I act according to your words?"
Lin Jingyao hesitated.
The Lin family is not good at doing business, and the few industries they have are indeed in a downturn this year.
Lord Zhu said that Zhao Zhao instigated others to frame others' innocence behind their backs, and his behavior was even worse than Huang Heyu's.
So Huang Heyu needs to be locked up for a month, and Lin Zhaozhao, as the person who did bad things behind his back, needs to be locked up for at least three months.
The Lin family used some connections in the county town, and Lord Zhu only said that Lin Zhaozhao's life in prison should be made easier, so she was locked up in a solitary cell.
But reducing the sentence is not an option.
Unless the victim doesn't care.
My parents were worried that Zhao Zhao would have a hard time in prison, so they had already given him a lot of gifts and money. If they wanted to pay another two hundred taels, the price would be too high. The family would probably have a hard time in the coming year.
He suddenly felt annoyed.
He was annoyed that Lin Zhaozhao did things without thinking, that she had a vicious mind, and that she was always causing trouble and making the whole family live in fear.
Seeing his gloomy face, Song Yuntang smiled.
"Since the Lin family has no sincerity, I will leave first. I will be very busy in the next period of time. I hope Mr. Lin will not disturb me again."
After saying that, she was about to leave with the mule, but she heard Lin Jingyao's voice behind her.
"Wait a minute."
Song Yuntang paused, "Anything else?"
"Are you willing to go to the county government office to accept mediation for two hundred taels?" Lin Jingyao asked.
Song Yuntang nodded, "Yes, I can go with you once I get the money."
Lin Jingyao clenched his fists.
"Okay, I promise."
"I'll send the stuff back first. We'll meet here at 15:00. I'll be busy with the wedding in the next few days, so I'm afraid I won't have time to go to the county town. I won't wait for you later."
After saying this, he led the mule away.
Watching Song Yuntang walk away, Lin Jingyao turned around and walked towards North Street.
"Go home and collect some money first."
Awang asked worriedly, "Sir, our family has been struggling financially these days, can we still come up with money?"
Lin Jingyao's face was gloomy. "What else can we do? Mother is not in good health, and the weather is going to get cold soon. If Zhao Zhao stays in prison alone, she will be worried and scared at home every day. I'm afraid she can't bear it."
Awang pouted.
"Miss, what you did this time was indeed a bit too much. I can understand being jealous, but it is really wrong to plot against Miss Song's innocence."
Lin Jingyao stopped and said coldly, "No matter how wrong she is, she is still your master. Is it your turn to make arrangements?"
Awang was terrified.
"I know I was wrong!"
"Go back and get ten lashes."
Awang was sweating profusely, "Yes."
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After Song Yuntang returned home, he unloaded the things from the mule's back and handed it to Song Changbai to take to the cowshed. The calf had been raised on the farm for some time. Because it was given enough grass and had adapted to the environment here, its body had become a little stronger.
"Miss Song, have you brought back the wedding dress?" Chen, who was busy in the kitchen, asked with a smile.
"I got it back." She put the wedding dress in her room and said after leaving the room, "Sister Xier, I have to go to the county town after dinner. You don't have to wait for me for dinner. Don't delay everyone's time to go home."
Chen Xier responded, "Okay, I'll make it for you again when you come back."
Then he asked, "Don't you need someone to go with you?"
"No, I can do it myself."
After dinner, Song Yuntang carried some silver needles and self-defense medicine bags on his body, just in case, and smeared poison on his clothes and hands before going out to Yujun Pavilion.
When she arrived, the Lin family's carriage was already waiting in the alley next to her.
Awang made a gesture of invitation towards the carriage.
"Miss Song, this way please."
Song Yuntang stood outside the carriage and said, "I will not go to the county town unless the silver is handed over to me."
Lin Jingyao's voice came from the carriage, "I will give you the silver when Zhao Zhao successfully comes out of the county government office."
"No." Song Yuntang refused.
The next moment, Lin Jingyao's angry voice came from the carriage, "Song Yuntang, I, Lin Jingyao, don't you have this little credibility in your heart?"
"yes."
Hearing Song Yuntang's answer without hesitation, although Lin Jingyao was angry, he was helpless and could only hand the two hundred taels of silver notes that he had prepared long ago out of the curtain of the carriage.
Song Yuntang took the banknote and put it away, then climbed into the carriage with a happy face.
"Wouldn't it be better if Master Lin did this earlier?"
When she got on the carriage, Lin Jingyao's face didn't look very good, it could even be described as ashen.
But she was too lazy to pay attention to it, and from time to time she lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked outside the house.
Seeing that Song Yuntang had no intention of talking to him, Lin Jingyao spoke only after the carriage had gone a long way.
"Is the red cloth bag on the mule your wedding dress?"
Song Yuntang hummed nonchalantly.
The man raised his lips with an ambiguous smile, "You deliberately let me see your wedding dress, are you trying to prove something to me? I clearly put the steps under your feet before, as long as you nodded, you wouldn't have to do this hard work for me to see."
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