"It's like this. This morning, one of my younger brothers was arrested and taken to the government office for no reason. Do you think it would be possible for me to meet him and thank him in person?" Yu Qinglan lied slowly.
Brother? Jin Suting looked at Yu Qinglan. This had nothing to do with her.
When Shi Lianghua heard it was her brother, she immediately panicked. The jailers nowadays were arresting people indiscriminately. Then she remembered something and changed her tone, "But this morning, only the people from the General's Mansion sent in the troublemakers. No one else was arrested."
Yu Qinglan smiled and looked directly at Shi Lianghua. "My brother was arrested by the general. He is young and ignorant, and he can't stand the calamity of imprisonment. I hope you can be lenient."
Shi Lianghua's smile became even more attentive, and he rubbed his hands, "I really have no other choice..."
Yu Qinglan rolled her eyes, fiddling with the handkerchief in her hand, twisting it around and around, her tone vague, "Master Shi, are you trying to get some benefit from me?"
The voice was neither too loud nor too soft, and every word fell into Shi Lianghua's ears. He rubbed his hands excitedly, "Miss Yu is really smart! As for that piece of land in the west of the city, can you ask the Grand Tutor to say a few good words to the Queen Mother and she will allocate it to me?"
Yu Qinglan didn't say anything, just looked at Shi Lianghua, took a sip of tea slowly, and looked at the person sitting next to her. Jin Suting didn't understand what they were saying, and blinked her big eyes in confusion.
After a moment, amid Shi Lianghua's anxious anticipation, Yu Qinglan spoke, "Master Shi's appetite is growing. I'm not asking you for an innocent person, but you're asking me for a piece of land. Did you know that the land is for building a royal temple?"
The words caused a huge uproar. Shi Lianghua's smile froze on his face. "This..."
Yu Qinglan stood up and tucked the handkerchief back into her sleeve. "Gathering a crowd to cause trouble should be punished, but my brother did stop it, so he deserves credit."
"Master Shi is holding on to those who have made great contributions and is trying to use this opportunity to extort money from my Grand Tutor's Mansion. Don't you need to secure your official position? How many more years can you keep it?"
Yu Qinglan's smile was full of daggers, and Shi Lianghua was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat and subconsciously adjusted the black hat on his head.
"Let her go, let her go, I'll let her go right now." Shi Lianghua knew the cruelty of this seemingly gentle girl, and he was just hoping for a lucky break just now.
It was almost a fatal mistake.
Yu Qinglan said, "I didn't force you to do that. It was the adults who realized that they had arrested the wrong person and released him on their own."
"Yes, yes, yes." Shi Lianghua immediately led the three of them to the place where the troublemakers were detained and released Xiao Hei.
As soon as Xiao Hei walked out of the cell, he threw himself into Jin Suting's arms.
"Sister, Xiao Hei is so afraid that I will never see you again..."
Tan Er stepped forward and pulled him away, saying anxiously, "You naughty boy, the young lady is still injured!"
Jin Suting felt heartbroken when she thought about Xiao Hei having stayed in such a dark environment for so long.
He was originally most afraid of places like the government. If the government here could not abuse lynching like the Dali Temple, Xiao Hei didn't know whether he would still be alive.
"It's okay, I'm fine." Jin Suting endured the pain and smiled at Xiao Hei.
Yu Qinglan came over and said, "Okay, we're all happy together. Let's go back now. Shi Lianghua will figure out that I cheated him soon, and he'll regret it."
Several people laughed together in such a gloomy environment.
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