Song Jinyin admitted that at that moment, she felt selfish in her heart.
Maybe the little girl wanted to go to the third girl's courtyard more, or maybe she just wanted to change her freedom, but Song Jinyin still wanted to ask according to her own wishes.
But she didn't know whether she was asking the trembling girl in front of her, or looking through her to her former self.
"If you want to go somewhere else, you don't have to reply to what I just said. But if you really want to be a slave, you have to be prepared for life and death. No matter what kind of work you do, it will never be as relaxing and beautiful as outsiders see. ."
The maid in the Duke's Mansion sounded like she was standing by the noble man's side, as if she had one foot in the rich man's nest, but in reality the other foot was on the coffin, and there was no room for error.
The little girl looked at Song Jinyin with wide eyes, standing there blankly, a little unbelievable.
Finally, the woman on the ground was pushed by the man and spoke to interrupt the brief silence.
"Don't worry if you buy my daughter! She can do as much work as she does, and she will definitely not suffer a loss for ten taels of silver!"
"The things we talked to other people about before were only a few words!"
The little girl suddenly reacted, fearing that the noble man in front of her would not take action because of the ten taels, and she was so anxious that she wanted to cry, "You obviously agreed to sell me three taels, but only three taels..."
"You know nothing!"
The man spat on the ground and pointed at her fiercely: "The time we wasted looking for you is not money? Is it free to find someone for you again? I have raised you so much, you eat what I eat and drink from me, if it weren't for me I still have some conscience and don’t sell you to the building..."
"enough!"
Song Jinyin's eyes completely darkened, and the light inside them was bit by bit covered by anger. Her brows and eyes faded into obedience. The scolding gained a bit more momentum. The two people on the ground moved their mouths in shock, but they didn't dare to say anything anymore. .
"Shiliang, you sign the divorce document with her."
"Sign, sign, let's go sign now!"
The woman tugged the man's arm and smiled to please her, "It's just that the nobles also saw that just now, I, the head of the family, was kicked to the ground by this... this hero of yours. If I lie down, I'm afraid I won't be able to work for a few days, so noble people should pay some compensation, otherwise it won't sound good if I tell you."
"Want compensation?"
Song Jinyin responded very quickly, and then she chuckled lightly. Her coldness did not dissipate, but her eyes curved as if she had thought of something interesting.
"I got kicked a bit, and it seems like my work will be delayed for about ten days. Is fifty taels enough to compensate?"
"That's enough! The noble man is so kind!"
The two people on the ground looked at each other and were extremely excited. "I will drag our leader to sign the documents. I will never delay the noble man again..."
"But if I pay someone to cripple your master's legs, I'm afraid it won't even cost fifty taels. Do you want this money?"
"You, how could you be so vicious!"
It took the two of them a while to react, and their faces turned pale.
Seeing that Song Jinyin didn't seem to be talking casually, the woman looked at the crowds outside the alley, clapped her hands on her legs, and prepared to cry loudly: "Someone is coming! It's unjust..."
"Kong Qing."
Pei Musheng lost his patience.
Just as he called out to the man in front, he heard the sound of a sword being unsheathed.
There was a flash of silver light, causing the woman who was about to act violently to sit down on the ground, grabbing the arm of the man next to her and trembling.
"Let's go to the restaurant in front to have a rest. You escort them to sign the paperwork, and then bring this little girl here. If they still feel that ten taels is not enough, they simply listen to Miss Jin Yin and prepare dozens of taels. It's useless. If you take their legs, I think this deal will be more cost-effective."
"Yes, girl."
After Pei Musheng said this, he pulled Song Jinyin and turned around to leave, not worrying at all that the woman would do anything rogue.
At the intersection not far away, a car curtain was slowly lowered.
There were two people sitting in the car, one wearing a white crane cloak and the other wearing a silver mask.
"I still didn't hear what the girl said, but thinking about it, it wasn't something I had to swallow."
Shen Yuhe looked at the person in front of him, put the opened medicine packets in his hands together, and picked the medicines in them carelessly, "She said she wanted someone to break the scoundrel's legs."
"Can you hear this?"
"I didn't hear it, it was just Miss Pei San's mouth shape that she mentioned when she turned around to speak."
Shen Yuhe wrapped a few more packets of medicine and tied them up. Thinking of the slightly trembling figure he had just seen from behind, the hands tying the rope paused for a moment, "I didn't think she was venting her anger. I just felt that she was holding back a lot. It was probably a little bit... Sad.”
The carriage gradually left here, and the car was filled with a strong smell of medicine and a slight sigh that dissipated very quickly.
"Did you apply the medicine I gave you to your face?"
"Never."
"Don't want to be good?"
Shen Yuhe frowned and raised his eyes in confusion, "Are you going to wear this mask for the rest of your life?"
"Not really."
The man lowered his eyes, took the medicine package with some force, and his finger bones turned slightly white, "Actually, whether I wear it or not, it doesn't make much difference to me now. The old people have gone home, and everyone is safe. "
"..."
Shen Yuhe wanted to stab him, but he swallowed the words again.
The carriage slowed down for a moment when passing somewhere. It wasn't until it turned the corner and left the street that the driver turned around and raised a corner of the curtain.
"The two young masters just saw Prince Pei. He seemed to be patrolling the streets with others. He looked like the young master of the Lin family."
"I saw it when I saw it. It's not like I stopped the carriage to chat with them."
Shen Yuhe didn't take it to heart at all, but when he heard the words "eldest son of the Pei family", he couldn't help but think of the poor Song Jinyin again.
In fact, he shouldn't say she was pitiful, but he couldn't think of anything else at the moment. He only remembered her thin back in the wind, and the sadness and tenderness in her eyes that didn't dissipate after she turned around.
"But the eldest son of the Pei family has been staring at the carriage. I saw that the eldest son of the Pei family had been on the horse for as long as the two young masters had stopped at that street corner, and his expression was not good."
"Then why didn't you mention it just now?"
"Just now, the two young masters failed to see the younger one. There were many guards patrolling the streets. The younger one dared to speak. He could only pretend that he didn't recognize the noble person."
"...It doesn't matter, it's not a big deal."
The carriage finally moved away from this area, and the driver finally felt relieved.
After they were completely gone, Pei Yanzhou in the distance pulled the reins, glanced at Song Jinyin who disappeared into the crowd, and then walked in the opposite direction.
They hadn't seen him for ten days, and she seemed more comfortable beside him than before.
Pei Yanzhou sneered.
"No, I'm talking about the prince, my mother finally persuaded you to take me out on an errand, can't you tell me more about the secrets inside?"
"To suppress bandits before the end of the year, you can ask the Holy One to follow us."
"Why? What is the relationship between the two?"
Lin Jingxiu followed him, the jade pendant around his waist swaying for a moment due to his eagerness.
"If you have the courage, a walk in front of the King of Hell's Palace will be enough for you to see clearly the twists and turns."
"Why don't you dare to do this? It will never be as dangerous as you on the battlefield!"
Lin Jingxiu looked at the dark figure in front of him and remembered that he had stopped for others just now, so the teasing he originally wanted to say was suppressed.
This person looks bad, but he still can't bump into him without knowing what is wrong, so as not to get burned.
"It looks a little cloudy today. I'm afraid it might rain. Do you still want to go to the river?"
"Well, although it is not the flood season, the Ministry of Industry proposed to strengthen the embankment earlier, so His Majesty included that place in the inspection area."
After saying this, Pei Yanzhou raised his eyes and glanced at the sky. After all, he was a little hesitant and asked Xuan Yi to arrange for someone to guard Song Jinyin.
If she really got caught in the rain, her current body would probably be hot for a few more days.
Lin Jingxiu watched the excitement silently, and he really liked seeing the hidden concern on Pei Yanzhou.
...
The sky became cloudy as soon as I looked at it, and the coolness in the wind also became a little bit more.
Song Jinyin and Pei Musheng stepped into the restaurant wearing curtain hats, and suddenly heard the whispers of some students at the small table.
I didn't want to pay attention to it, but after three rounds of drinking, those people mentioned Ye Wanqiu's name.
"I wasn't the only one who saw her that day, but speaking of it, it's really puzzling how such a noble lady could be so close to a young master with a bad reputation."
"I said you are risking your life by saying this? Are you meddling in those nosy things? Is it possible that a noble lady from an adult family doesn't like the young master of the Chen family, and can she also like you? Let me tell you, if you have this time, you might as well think more carefully. , let’s see which noble people we can recommend.”
"If the noble girl can take a fancy to me, I don't mind being criticized. Anyway, the world is unfair. If you don't have a powerful family, it will be difficult for you to meet the noble lady."
If students of the Great Xia Dynasty wanted to become officials in the dynasty, in addition to their own knowledge, they also needed to be recommended by noble people.
Song Jinyin had heard Pei Yanzhou mention a few words before, so she was not surprised to hear these words.
"If you don't have power, then you can go to the noble man's house and submit a petition. There is no such precedent in the court. Even if you can't become an official in the court, you can still display your ambitions as a counselor."
"That's true. I heard that the eldest son of the Pei family has never met anyone. Maybe I can give it a try."
When Pei Musheng heard Ye Wanqiu's name, he immediately became interested, but Song Jinyin focused on Pei Yanzhou.
He really didn't see many advisers around him, and even if he did, he didn't know who gave advice to whom in the end.
Song Jinyin couldn't help but laugh when she thought of the way Pei Yanzhou gave advice to the counselors after they argued until the end.
The haze in her heart just now was swept away, and when she raised her eyes and pursed her lips, she saw a familiar figure flashing past outside.
