As he bowed to reply, the title in his mouth also changed: "Your Majesty ordered someone to send the girl back to Jiangzhou properly. We will set off in half a month. I wonder what the girl still needs. Do you have any other instructions?"
Lin Rong asked: "Can't we set off as early as possible? If we start in half a month, I'm afraid it will be almost New Year's Eve when we arrive in Jiangzhou?"
Shen Yan was silent and said: "My eldest aunt and Grandma Yu are still there. If the girl disappears for a while, I'm afraid it will make people suspicious. I'm afraid I have to wait for the two of them to set off back to Yongzhou before arranging for the girl to go south. Don't worry, girl. Another residence has been prepared in Jiangzhou."
Hearing Shen Yan say this, Lin Rong felt uneasy for a while. He wanted to delay it for half a month, fearing that something might happen if he was too late. He forced a smile and said, "Thank you very much. Kingfisher, Fengxiao, send me to Manager Shen!"
In this way, Lin Rong never saw Lu Shen again after that night, and he never even had a word passed on to anyone. Lin Rong took a walk around the lake after dinner. Sometimes she saw him coming out of the dormitory from a distance. He only looked at her coldly without saying a word, as if Lin Rong didn't exist.
After half a month of such anxiety, Shen Yan came back and reported: "All the cars and sedans have been prepared. The girl has packed her belongings and can set off early tomorrow morning. The servant thought that the girl could not bear the bumps, so I went ahead. It takes half a day by land and then by water at the ferry, and you can reach Jiangzhou in ten days. What do you think, girl?"
Lin Rong was naturally overjoyed. After thanking Shen Yan, he hurriedly ordered a few girls to collect the gold and silver. He also carefully looked at the gift list sent by Lu Shen that day. He was stunned: Cui Shiyi was actually the one who put on the makeup. It is more than three times the poverty. Even if you do nothing in this life, you can still be rich and prosperous in Jiangzhou.
Looking at such a gift list, Lin Rong's past disgust and resentment towards Lu Shen suddenly dissipated by half. Money attracts people's hearts. Even though Lu Shen has all his shortcomings, he can still find this one advantage. Since then, the bridge has returned to the bridge, and the road has returned to the road. It can be said that it is both affordable and easy to put down.
After Shen Yan set up Yangwu Zhai and took care of the matter, he went to Lu Shen's dormitory. Before he entered the hospital, he heard a sound of women begging and crying: "I know that I am guilty of death, so I beg you to please me and serve the old lady." For the sake of your dedication, Madam, I will give this slave a whole corpse."
As he entered, Shen Yan saw a woman dressed as a woman kneeling in the hall. Although her face was full of tears, she still knelt upright. Getting closer, you can see two traces of blood dragged out, obviously she has been tortured, this woman is clearly Hang Qing.
Lu Shen asked solemnly, "You have followed me for many years and know my temper and temperament. Although I didn't like Mrs. Cui at the beginning, she was still your mistress. If you didn't have any inside knowledge, how could you dare to plot against her like this?"
Hang Qing was originally serving the old lady in Yongzhou. Unexpectedly, he was suddenly told that he was here, and he felt very uneasy. With the temperament of a prince, he hates to be deceived the most. If he doesn't know, that's it. If he has any doubts, he will Where can I hide it?
She knelt there tremblingly, thinking about what her wife had said. She would die if she said it, or die if she didn't. She lowered her head and said: "The things that happened in Xuanzhou back then were all done by this slave alone and did not interfere with other people's affairs. It was this slave who was jealous of my wife." , this is how people led the Jiangzhou sergeant to commit crimes. My wife lives deep in the inner house, and all the chores are done by her slaves, and she also intercepts the reports, but she does not know about it. "
Lu Shen ignored him and asked directly: "Did your wife give you the order?"
Hang Qing shook his head repeatedly and refused to admit: "No, it was the slave who was jealous of the madam, and that's why they separated. It was the slave who separated, and that's why the madam was so angry that she jumped off a cliff and died..."
In Lu Shen's eyes, what's the difference between admitting it and not admitting it? Some things don't need to be confessed in black and white, you just need to believe them.
Lu Shen snorted: "I disappoint you, Cui is still alive." After that, he waved his hand and ordered people to drag Hang Qing down, who looked shocked.
Only then did Shen Yan step forward and report: "Your Majesty, we have arranged the carriage and boat. Madam will set off tomorrow."
Lu Shen hummed, sat there for a while, as if he didn't hear anything, and asked again: "Leaving tomorrow?"
Shen Yan replied: "Yes! We will set off tomorrow and take a boat down the waterway. It's just that the weather is very cold and some river sections are blocked by ice. We won't be able to reach Jiangzhou until the end of the month."
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When Lin Rong got the news of his departure tomorrow, he was almost too happy to sleep. After taking a bath, he lay on the bed with his eyes closed and couldn't sleep for a long time.
He simply put on his clothes and got up, carefully counted the gold and silver and the belongings given by Lu Shen, and arranged them there with the gift list: "We don't have to stay in Jiangzhou when we arrive. Choose a small town and buy another house. I remember there was a small town in Jiangzhou. In the spring, there were a large field of golden rapeseed flowers, and peach blossoms and pear blossoms were planted on the mountains. By then, the mountains and plains would be pink and white."
"It would be best to open a medical clinic and do something useful. The pharmacopoeia should also be compiled. Not to mention anything else, it would be convenient for self-medication. When the world becomes more peaceful, you can also look around. There are many places of interest in the south of the Yangtze River..." It would be even better if I could go to the places where my senior brother has been in the past.
She slowly thought about it, and her eyes brightened. Feng Xiao then laughed: "When has the county master been so obsessed with money that he has counted all these things four or five times?"
Du Cuiqin was worried: "County Lord, are you returning to Jiangzhou this time to visit relatives?"
Suddenly, he heard a cough from outside. Lu Shen opened the door and came in. What he saw was such a happy scene. The woman held her chin up and smiled sweetly. The expression on her face was the most carefree and lively that he had ever seen. .
Seeing him coming, the girls hurriedly left. Lin Rong was stunned for a moment, and the smile on his face immediately disappeared. It took a long time before he saluted: "Your Majesty!"
Lu Shen stood there and said, "I am here to tell you that Hang Qing has already taken action on Xuanzhou that day."
Lin Rong nodded, not caring much: "Oh!"
Lu Shen frowned and asked, "You don't care?"
Lin Rong thought in his heart that since he had asked her to return to Jiangzhou, there was no need to make such a quarrel. He thought about it and said: "The Cui and Lu families have old grudges. Even the king doesn't like Cui's daughter. If my wife does this, It was also expected. Now that the Lord has let me go back to Jiangzhou, there is no need for my wife to hate me anymore, so there is no need to cause more trouble."
Lu Shen was holding tea and was about to drink it. When he heard this, he stood up with a cold face and walked away without saying a word. He immediately went out and told Shen Yan: "Get your horses ready immediately and return to Yongzhou!"
Chapter 59
Kingfisher and Fengxiao were waiting outside when they saw Lu Shen pushing the door open with a frosty face. They hurriedly stroked the curtain and came in. They saw their master standing in front of the window, stroking the gold orchid hairpin inlaid with beads. What he was thinking seemed to be vaguely understood.
Feng Xiao's face was full of joy. He just thought he would go back to Jiangzhou for a short stay and would come back in a few months: "Good deeds are rewarded and evil deeds are rewarded. Then Hang Qing is unlucky. He was so powerful in Xuanzhou and now he can finally I have lost my arrogance, cleared the county lord, and brought justice to the person who died in vain."
Lin Rong said silently: "How can it be fair if Hang Qing is just being manipulated by others? The likes and dislikes of the wealthy family have implicated the common people, but they are still good and nothing will happen."
Feng Xiao didn't understand what he meant. She only knew that she had said the wrong thing again and tried to save her words: "Manager Shen said that Hang Qing is still locked up, so I guess nothing will happen..." He spoke again and said at the same time. : "Never mind these things, why did the county owner not thank you even though the king wanted to show his innocence? The king must have walked away just now for this reason."
Lin Rong told her that she was right and said: "You are right, we should just follow him. But when I was happy, I forgot about this incident."
At this time, Jing Qin had somewhat understood that the so-called return to Jiangzhou was not to stay with relatives or visit friends, but to divorce her wife and return home. She was the only one who was devoted to Lin Rong. If Lin Rong thought it would be good to return to Jiangzhou, then she would Feeling good, he looked at Lin Rong with some worry: "County Lord? Will the Lord change his mind and not ask the County Lord to return to Jiangzhou?"
After all, divorcing a wife is divorced, but it is one thing to send him generous gifts and send him to his place of origin. It is another thing to confine him in a claustrophobic environment and keep him under local supervision. For many wealthy families, there is no such thing as divorce, only death due to illness. Even among the Cui family, there are women who "died violently" despite being good.
Lin Rong thought for a while, shook his head, and said: "A person like him has promised to be destined to return, so he is tempted to endure. How can he easily do something that makes him rich? Especially such a frivolous matter, only It will make him look down on himself." As everyone knows, Lu Shen does look down on himself at this time.
But even though Lin Rong said this, there was still a faint uneasiness in his heart. For a while, he lost interest in counting the belongings. He lay on the bed until dawn, then reluctantly closed his eyes and took a nap.
Early the next morning, when Lin Rong got up, the lights were already on in the outer room, and there were many figures in the room, all of them girls going back and forth to pack things. A sergeant wearing armor stood in the courtyard and talked to Jing Qin: "The Lord has an order, ordering us to send the noble man back to Jiangzhou. I also asked the girl to report back. I wonder when the noble man will leave?"
Seeing this, Lin Rong felt relieved, got dressed, asked the maid to serve him and pedaled away, the car drove into the white morning fog in the North.
At this time of year, due to successive wars, the post roads were damaged and the carriage was quite bumpy. Within an hour or two, Lin Rong felt sore all over and fell into a drowsy state.
Kingfisher slowly rubbed the sore spot for her and said: "County Master, when we get to the dock, we can just take the waterway."
Lin Rong sat up, hugged the quilt, and leaned listlessly on Feng Xiao, who was sleeping soundly: "Okay, you don't feel well, so just leave me alone. Just go sideways, it's hard to get around, and you'll have to get to the dock after a good sleep. .”
I don’t know how long the carriage has been walking. When Lin Rong woke up, he hadn’t arrived at the dock yet. He opened the wedge and opened the window to hear the cold wind howling in the winter in the North. The sound was as sharp as if someone was playing with a whistle. , the fields next to the post road were all covered with white snow, but it seemed to be getting colder and colder. He asked strangely: "It hadn't snowed yet when we set off, and it has accumulated so thickly in such a short time?"
At the same time, he called the escorting sergeant over and asked across the curtain: "Didn't you say that we would arrive at the dock in half a day? Why haven't we arrived at the dock yet?"
The escort replied: "Your Majesty, the ice on the road has melted and the road is not easy to walk. I have to take a detour, so I am delayed. It is getting late at this time, and I am about to ask your Majesty if I can take a break at the inn. One night, and we’ll be on our way again tomorrow.”
Lin Rong asked again: "Since we took a detour, why didn't we report it in advance?"
The man said: "The general stood outside the window and whispered back. The nobleman's personal maid said that the nobleman was taking a nap and asked the general to reply later."
Lin Rong glared at Feng Xiao, who lowered her head and stuck out her tongue: "I saw the county master sleeping so soundly, so I thought of asking you to sleep a little longer..."
Lin Rong saw that the feet of the person who replied were indeed very muddy, and he thought, after all, things are different now. People come to escort him, and the journey is long. There are always some mistakes, so he has to be polite. It's hard to say anything.
He looked at the sky again. Although it was dark at this time, it was still early before nightfall. He said, "Let's continue on our way and rest again after nightfall. The hard-working General has escorted us all the way."
In this way, after traveling for less than half an hour, the north wind became more and more biting, and the post road became more and more muddy. Lin Rongxu had not been in a carriage for a long time, and the bumps were so severe that she was so dizzy that she didn't realize it.
By noon of the second day, Lin Rong was motion sick again, no matter how uncomfortable, and no matter how sluggish he was, he felt something was wrong. After a day's journey south from Qingzhou, no matter how cold it was, there would never be such thick snow and such strong wind.
Her heart kept sinking, and she asked Kingfisher and Hangqing: "Have there been more escorts on this day?"
Feng Xiao opened the curtain and slowly counted the number of people. King King Qin was awake all the way and said: "Yesterday at noon, three fast horses came. Their clothes were different from those of the people who sent us off. Looking at Like a messenger, he has been following our motorcade ever since."
When Lin Rong heard this, his face turned pale. For a moment, he felt light-headed and almost fell over. He leaned on the wall of the car and ordered: "Call the escort Xiao Qi to come over. I have something to ask him."
The man dismounted his horse, rushed to Lin Rong's car in a few steps, and held his hands in his hands: "I wonder what your orders are, sir?"
Lin Rong suddenly opened the curtain, revealing a cold face like ice and snow, and asked: "This is not the way south to Jiangzhou. Where are you going to take me? The king ordered you to escort me back to Jiangzhou, how dare you disobey it?" , do you know what the crime should be?"
Seeing that he could no longer hide it and did not dare to offend Lin Rong, the man changed his title again: "Madam..."
Lin Rong shouted flatly: "Shut up, don't call me madam! Who wants to be this madam!"
The man had no choice but to change to the title of noble: "The Lord indeed has an order. He will escort the noble back to Jiangzhou safely at the end of the day. He also ordered the governor of Jiangzhou to take good care of the noble. Only at noon yesterday, another urgent order came from the Lord. At the end of the day, I will escort the noble man north."
Sure enough, giving a hope and then destroying it with your own hands is the most tortured way.
Lin Rong was almost shaking with anger. That bastard Lu Shen really knew how to torture her. First make her happy for half a month, float into the clouds, and then tear her down. She seemed to see Lu Shen whispering in front of her: "She is indeed a woman, I believe this. I am not happy, how can I make you happy?"
Lin Rong was so angry that he almost broke his teeth. It took him a long time to calm down and silently commanded: "Let's set off!"
The man originally thought that he was going to cause the nobleman to have a violent attack, and that he would be replaced by a more domineering one, and maybe even get a few whippings. Unexpectedly, Lin Rong seemed to accept the decision to go north so calmly, and hesitated for a moment: "Madam?"
Lin Rong no longer had any grace at this time: "Are you deaf? I tell you to set off!"
The man asked: "Madam, are you going north to Yongzhou?"
Lin Rong snorted: "I ask you to go south to Jiangzhou, are you willing? Or maybe you abandon your prince and follow me?" Seeing the man staring straight at him, he sneered: "Or, Seeing my beauty, you want to go south with me and be my guest? I don’t mind, but I’m afraid you don’t dare…”
When the man heard this, he was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head and retreated, not daring to say anything.
Feng Xiao and Jing Qin looked at Lin Rong with worried faces. They felt that their county master had never been so angry before, as if he was about to pass away. They brought the tea to them and said cautiously: "Master, please have some tea." Good luck..."
Lin Rong took the tea cup and threw it against the car wall, immediately wetting a large piece of the pillow. Her eyes were about to burst into flames. Very good, very good, Lu Shen, Lu Zaizhou, since you fooled me like this and don't want me to live well, Then everyone should stop living.
Lin Rong was very angry at this time. He drove north for two consecutive days without any sleep. He sat in meditation every day and his complexion turned from white to blue, which made the two girls very scared.
The two discussed it privately, and Kingfisher took the final decision. He crushed a tranquilizing pill, mixed it with the tea, and asked Lin Rong to take it. Then he told her to close her eyes and take a nap.
Feng Xiao looked scared and asked Jing Qin: "The county master has fallen asleep, but he always wakes up and is still angry. When he meets the prince, he doesn't know how to end it?"
Kingfisher was helpless and sighed: "Take a step and see what happens!"
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Lu Shen was at the inn here, interrogating a person who had just been escorted from Jiangzhou. At first, he didn't take it seriously and just thought it was the bad debt of Jiangzhou Cui and his wife. He didn't want to see anyone named Cui at this time, so he only asked Shen Yan to inquire.
Unexpectedly, the lieutenant in charge of the escort said: "The fourth master gave instructions before leaving. It is a matter of family affairs in the prince's house. It is best to let the prince know the details and interrogate it personally."
Lu Shen then took the secret letter, lowered his eyes and looked at it carefully. He sneered at the corner of his mouth and said sullenly: "Well, you Cui Shiyi!" Then he brought the man up for interrogation.
The man had his tongue cut out and his hands chopped off. Except for his legs, he was almost the same as a human pig. He was lying on the ground, whining and moaning.
Shen Yan asked: "Master, is this torture?"
Lu Shen snorted: "You can say that you are tortured if you look like this? Have you ever asked anyone to recognize you?"
Shen Yan nodded: "Fourth Master reported back that in addition to the cronies around the eldest princess's mansion, there was also a clerk who had served in Luoyang Imperial Academy, and they all said that this person was Yingchuan Liang Qi." Shen Yan did not dare to say the next words. , shut up.
Lu Shen walked slowly to Liang Qi and asked, "Liang Qi, do you know that Cui Shiyi is dead?"
When the man heard this, he screamed, grabbed the ground with his head, vomited blood, and for a moment there was blood and tears. The scene was almost too horrible to watch.
Lu Shen showed no expression at this time and asked, "Why didn't Cui Jue kill this person to silence him?"
Shen Yan reported back: "The fourth master said that Cui Jue hated this man for deceiving his beloved daughter, so he was made a human pig and tortured every day. This time, the Cui family surrendered and rebelled, and the fourth master investigated the eldest princess's mansion, and then they were in the water prison. Found this person."
Lu Shen seemed to have finally come to his senses: "I see!" It turned out that this was the reason why Cui's daughter had to leave no matter what. It turns out that she was already unfaithful before marrying to Xuanzhou, and having a relationship with someone else is great! very good!
Chapter 60
Lin Rong slept for a full day. By the time she saw Lu Shen, it was already the fourth day.
