Jiangshan is hired [rebirth]

Chapter 16

Outside the carriage, Huo Lan was in a low mood all the way.

In the past, she just felt disgusted towards Bao Ying's mother and son, but this time she felt extremely ashamed, almost to the point of being ashamed.

When she was in the village, she could lie to herself that she was her, they were them, and the two had nothing to do with each other, but outside, in the eyes of others, these two were her relatives no matter what.Her relatives said that she was a thief, and that she had an affair with Yun Miaoqing. Even though these were all false, it was true that Yun Miaoqing was accused of embarrassment by the crowd.

Bao Ying's mother and son came to trouble her, and it was all because of her... What would Miao Qing think of her, would she hate her, would she think she caused trouble for her? Ginkgo said that Miao Qing was angry, and there was a part of her anger Because of her...

Huo Lan vaguely heard voices in the carriage, but they couldn't hear it clearly. The road from Songliu Town to the county seat where they set off was not particularly good, and the wheels creaked from time to time due to the road surface. The horseshoes kept clicking, the two dilute the murmur in the carriage, and only sporadic leaked syllables could be heard occasionally.

In fact, even without these disturbances, Huo Lan didn't dare to listen carefully, for fear of hearing the two people in the car complain about the accident she caused.

Wen Taicang who was sitting next to her was not a person who would take the initiative to chat with someone, she didn't speak to Wen Taicang, and he didn't talk to her, the two sat quietly side by side for more than an hour, and finally arrived outside the county seat.

"It's finally here. I'll almost break my waist after sitting for a while." As soon as the car came to a stop, Ginkgo jumped out of the car first, and then turned back to catch Yun Miaoqing.

Huo Lan stood aside and looked at them secretly, hoping to get some clues from the expressions of the two.

Yun Miaoqing still looked calm and breezy as usual, nothing could be seen, but Ginkgo seemed more energetic than when she got in the car.

"We're going into the city to go shopping, you wait for us here." Ginkgo Fuyun Miaoqing ordered Huo Lan after standing still.

"I want to go with you..." Huo Lan lowered his head and begged in a low voice, knocking on the stones on the road with his toes.

"What are you going to do? We are all gone. What if the car is taken away by someone? Someone has to guard the car, right? If brother Liuwen is guarding here, what if you encounter a thief who robs you on the road into the city? Who will protect Miss?" After Ginkgo was trained in the car, the depression she had encountered before was gone, and she returned to her usual eloquence.

What she said was reasonable, and Huo Lan couldn't refute it. He twisted his hands behind his back, and suddenly felt his head warm when he was worrying.

"If you're bored, go sleep in the car for a while, and we'll call you back later."

Yun Miaoqing's hand didn't stay for a long time, she almost touched it lightly and then withdrew it. If it wasn't for Ginkgo still winking and smiling at her, Huo Lan would have wondered if she was hallucinating.

"Listen to Miss, go ahead. Is there anything you want to eat? I'll take a look for you later?" Huo Lan was still immersed in the subtle emotions that seemed to be touched by Yun Miaoqing just now, and let Ginkgo hold her. Pulled to the side of the car, and then pushed people into the car.

Mo Yue saw her silent for a long time, Ginkgo didn't wait for her any longer, she lowered the curtain and went after Yun Miaoqing.

So... she did touch my head just now, didn't she?Huo Lan sat in the car and thought blankly.

On the other side, Bao Ying's mother and son's carriage was a little behind Yun Miaoqing and the others, and it happened to arrive at this time.

"I'm not familiar with this place. If my aunt knows where the kind of jewelry you mentioned is sold, please show me the way."

Yun Miaoqing's attitude was modest, and Bao Ying saw that the lady was gentle and seemed to be easy to talk, so she hurriedly agreed and took the opportunity to talk to her.

"Miss, what's your surname? Judging from your accent, you seem to be from another place, right?"

"My surname is Yun. I used to live in the capital. My father passed away recently. I came here to bury him." Yun Miaoqing replied.

Bao Yingyuan saw that Yun Miaoqing was dressed plainly, and wondered how much money she could squeeze out. When she heard that she was from the capital, she thought that maybe she was a fat sheep, and she only dressed like this during the mourning period. .

"Then your father used to be from our place? Did he live in Songliu Town or a nearby village? Maybe I've heard of it." She continued to inquire.These people said that they were not familiar with the county town, and they appeared in Songliu Town again, so they couldn't be people from other places.

"We live in Songzhuang." Yun Miaoqing answered every question and was very cooperative.

Came from the capital...lived in Songzhuang...had a funeral recently...Bao Ying always felt that the strings of these news were familiar, as if they had heard it before.She thought hard for a while, and finally thought of the rumors she heard from the villagers some time ago.

"I heard it's the prime minister!" The rumor said.

Thinking of this incident, Bao Ying suddenly became nervous. She secretly observed the three masters and servants next to her. She felt that except for the young lady who had a better appearance and temperament, she didn't seem to have such a family background.

Among other things, the fourth grandson in their village works as a servant in the county government office, and every time he goes back to the village, he shows off his power. If these people are really related to the prime minister of this dynasty, they can still let her in the street A village woman playing tricks?

When Bao Ying thought about it, she felt that this was probably the case. The rumors just got more and more outrageous?Besides, she has lived in this place for so many years, and she has never heard of a prime minister in Songzhuang. If the one who died was really a prime minister, an official of such a great family, this is neither his ancestral home, nor is it a place of geomantic omen. How dare you come so far from the capital to be buried here?

"Well... what does your father do in the capital?"

"What else can I do." Yun Miaoqing smiled slightly, "Left and right are just doing work for others."

Look, it really is what she guessed!Bao Ying couldn't help but feel complacent about her cleverness.

However, there are some rich and powerful families in the capital. Even if they are doing work for others, the number of servants that the family can hire means that they are doing well. Does it mean that the master's family is a formidable one?She didn't know just now, but now that she knows, it's better to make up for it, at least make her face more friendly, no matter how much money Huo Lan has, it's rare to meet such a stupid lady with a lot of money, if she gets along with her Relationship, can't you get more benefits?

She changed her mind from Huo Lan to Yun Miaoqing, and immediately turned her attitude towards Yun Miaoqing, putting on a smiling face to get close to Yun Miaoqing: "Sigh, it's not easy to go out and ask for a living. So what... …Auntie speaks straight. Sometimes when she gets angry, she doesn’t pay attention and says some nasty things. It’s not intentional. What happened just now… It’s mainly Huo Lan’s child. You may have been deceived by him in the short time you’ve known him. , is really not a good thing!"

"Oh, how do you say it?" Yun Miaoqing seemed to be interested.

When Bao Ying saw this girl, she became more and more convinced that the girl was easy to coax, and lied to her half-truthfully, saying: "His mother, she is the younger sister of the guy in my family, so I'm afraid it will dirty the girl's ears if I say it out. I have been wild for a few years, and when I came back, I had a child! Ask the child who his father is, but he can’t tell. Sometimes he says he is a rich businessman, and sometimes he says he is an official. In short, he said he is rich. At first I thought Poor her, when she was young and ignorant, she was taken over by some dandy and young master outside. Later, I found that she was not very easy to use here, and she talked nonsense, what kind of rich businessman or official, most of them were made up by her of."

Bao Ying pointed to her head, implying that Huo Lan's mother had a mental problem.

"You said it was her mother's business, what about him?" Yun Miaoqing asked again.

"I haven't said that yet! Like a mother, like a son, his mother is shameless, how can he be better? It's nothing more than stealing chickens and dogs since childhood. Look at the one he bit me just now, and what else?" On this face, before you came here, he almost scratched my face!" Bao Ying showed Yun Miaoqing the few injured fingers caused by Huo Lan, and told Yun Miaoqing pretending to be concerned: "I'll take care of you." He pulls so hard, he doesn't show any kindness to me, and he still has such a cruel hand, you should be careful when dealing with him!"

Yun Miaoqing nodded in agreement: "In that case, I would like to thank you for your reminder."

"Oh, that's easy to say. I was in a hurry earlier, I didn't expect you to be deceived by him. I know everyone in the town. I will explain to them later, so that they don't misunderstand you."

During the chat, several people have arrived in front of a jewelry shop.

"My mother bought my dowry back then, and she bought it from this store." Bao Ying led the person in, she was still a little bit guilty, afraid of being exposed, she didn't dare to find the biggest and best jewelry store in the city, but I found an average one.

Sure enough, the lady didn't become suspicious, she asked her to pick out two pieces of gold jewellery, and she picked out five or six pieces herself, Bao Ying looked carefully, the lady took both gold and jade, and they were basically the most expensive in this store , When paying, I took out a stack of bank notes, without blinking my eyes, or showing any distress.

Such a rich owner!Bao Ying immediately regretted it, why did she only talk about gold bracelets and earrings before, and didn't ask anyone for more things!

There is still a chance before people leave.Seeing that Yun Miaoqing was waiting for the shopkeeper to box her things, Bao Ying leaned over to continue chatting with people.

"To be honest, it has been really not easy for our family to raise Huo Lan these years. Don't look at him not strong. As the saying goes, a half-grown man eats a poor man, not to mention that his mother is crazy, stupid, and can't do any work. , and someone has to take care of her. In the past, our family was a well-to-do family in our ten miles and eight villages. As a result, it was good for their mother and son to come. Our family went to the pawn shop many times. Those who are good Clothes, quilts and mattresses are all exchanged for money to feed them..."

She just talked nonsense, thinking what if she could get some more?Anyway, these few are not locals, and they don't know the situation of her family. Later, if someone comes to the village to inquire, and then give the villagers some benefits to help cover up the past, it will be over.

"Since that's the case, then we might as well go around the city more. Anyway, it's all here, so I'll pay for her." Yun Miaoqing didn't care much, and said to the shopkeeper without turning her head: "I'm still here. I want to go shopping with this aunt again, and I will trouble you to make a trip to help deliver the things to the carriage outside our city."

"Oh, girl, you are really... how embarrassed I am." Bao Ying was overjoyed, pretending to decline, but at the same time feeling a little wary——didn't this person seem to believe what she said about Huo Lan just now? How could he be so generous? , as soon as I said it, I promised to help Huo Lan compensate myself?

She turned a corner and tentatively asked her doubts, only to hear Yun Miaoqing answer in a friendly manner: "Huo Lan always sent me some wild fruits and fungi a while ago, I see that she lives alone on the mountain, dressed in shabby clothes. It's poor to see the shabby, so I don't want to ignore her. Besides, I'm not only paying her back the money, but also because I hit it off with the aunt, right?"

Tsk, he turned out to be a bad guy with a lot of sympathy.Bao Ying was relieved again. Although she didn't like him in her heart, she still cared about the money in his hands, and praised again and again: "Yes, yes, the girl is really a kind person. If everyone in the world is as kind as the girl Enough."

They left the jewelry shop and went to several tailor shops in the city. They shopped for furniture, pottery bowls, and cooking utensils. At first, Bao Ying went to some unremarkable shops. When he raised an objection, he gradually became bolder, and eventually led him to the best shop in the city.

Yun Miaoqing paid the money very happily, Bao Ying and her son couldn't carry the big and small bags in their hands, so in the end they followed others and asked the shop assistants to run errands to help deliver them.

Until the sun set to the west, Bao Ying finally got enough from Yun Miaoqing.

The two groups parted at the gate of the city, Yun Miaoqing waited for Bao Ying's mother and son to get in the carriage and leave before returning to her carriage.

In the car, Huo Lan was huddled with a pile of parcel boxes, looking at her with a bit of bewilderment in his eyes.

Yun Miaoqing looked cute, and the smirk that had been on her face for a whole day finally showed some sincerity.

"Sit in and make room for me."

Huo Lan moved back a little obediently, but there were too many things, unless he took some out and hung them on the horse's back, otherwise he couldn't sit too far.

Yun Miaoqing didn't take out her things, she just sat down next to Huo Lan, shoulder to shoulder, swaying as the carriage walked, their arms bumped into each other from time to time.

"Are you hungry? I brought you some sugar cakes."

Huo Lan shook her head, Yun Miaoqing sent someone to bring her food at noon earlier.But she still took the sugar cake from Yun Miaoqing's hand and held it carefully.

"Does the ear still hurt?" Yun Miaoqing pinched Huo Lan's chin and made her turn her head to check her left ear.

"It doesn't hurt a long time ago." Huo Lan whispered.In fact, there is still a little bit, I don't feel it when I don't touch it, and it hurts when I touch it, but this is not important to her, she cares about another thing more than this.

"Did I cost you a lot of money?"

She sat in the carriage for a whole day, and not only saw people deliver things to their carriage one after another, but also people kept delivering things to the carriage where Bao Ying's mother and son were sitting.She didn't know exactly what Yun Miaoqing bought for Bao Ying, no matter what it was, it was definitely not a small amount when added together.

It was really uncomfortable to be squeezed like this, so Yun Miaoqing simply turned her body, let Huo Lan lie on her lap, and reached out to wrap her arms around Huo Lan's shoulders.

"You don't have to worry about that, just eat enough and sleep well, and I'll treat you to a good show in a few days."

Huo Lan didn't know what Yun Miaoqing was planning, she tried to ask Yun Miaoqing, Yun Miaoqing just smiled and didn't tell her, let her wait and see.

She also tried to ask Gingko, Ginkgo, who loves gossip and chatting, is rare to put on a show, and told her that since the young lady has made a move, she is sure to be satisfied, don't ask too many questions, just listen to the young lady.

As for Wen Taicang - she felt that Wen Taicang probably also knew about Yun Miaoqing's plan, but that person would definitely not tell her, so she didn't bother to ask him about it.

Of the four people who went out together, all three knew the same secret, and she was the only one kept in the dark.Huo Lan felt a little disappointed at being excluded, but the reason for this farce was caused by her, and she felt that she didn't even have the right to be awkward.

It's good if people don't blame her, except for refusing to tell her about it, other things treat her the same as before. What else can I complain about?

Huo Lan hadn't been very energetic for several days. She had agreed with Yun Miaoqing that she would study, and she still reported to Yun Miaoqing's room on time every day.Every time I went there, my head was sluggish, and after listening to Yun Miaoqing's lecture for a while, I was attracted by the content of the lecture. I gradually became interested and concentrated on completing the tasks assigned by Yun Miaoqing. When it was dark, I returned to the room and lay down on the bed. Thinking of the past few days, I began to sigh.

She wanted to go to the Pan family to get back the things Yun Miaoqing gave them, but Ginkgo told her to listen to Yun Miaoqing, and Yun Miaoqing told her to just wait... Ah, how annoying!Huo Lan rolled up the quilt and wrapped himself into a ball, trying not to think about it anymore.

After more than half a month in trouble like this, one day she was writing in Yun Miaoqing's room, Wen Taicang knocked on the door and came in and called Yun Miaoqing out to talk for a while.Huo Lan had an intuition that it was related to the Pan family, but the man's voice was low, and Wen Taicang deliberately lowered his voice. Huo Lan leaned against the door and listened for a long time, except for Yun Miaoqing's last reply, "Then follow what I said before." Come on", the rest is a "buzzing" sound of unknown meaning.

After Yun Miaoqing finished talking with Wen Taicang, she entered the room. Huo Lan rushed back to sit at the desk before she entered the door. He thought that Yun Miaoqing should tell her now, but who would want Yun Miaoqing to see Without looking at her, Shi Shiran walked back to the soft couch, picked up the book he had put down before, as if nothing had happened.

Could it be that I was thinking wrong?But she couldn't ask Yun Miaoqing about it. Yun Miaoqing refused to tell her before, so it must be useless to ask now.Huo Lan was simply too curious, scratching his heart and liver. All kinds of guesses played out in his mind all afternoon, and he copied several words wrong in his homework.Yun Miaoqing pointed out one by one when she checked at night, but she didn't criticize her, she just asked her to pay more attention next time, which made Huo Lan even more unable to let go.

After a night of insomnia, Huo Lan decided to go to Wang Cuicui to find out the situation the next morning. If she didn't go in front of Bao Ying, she would not ruin Yun Miaoqing's plan.

After breakfast, Huo Lan greeted Ginkgo and went to several places where Qu Meng and the others often played. Sure enough, she found the person she was looking for by a pool on Bailu Mountain.

Qu Meng and his three little followers were swimming in the pool, while Wang Cuicui showed them their clothes on the bank.

Huo Lan just didn't want to meet that idiot Qu Meng, so he picked up a small stone and hid it behind a big tree and threw it towards Wang Cuicui from a distance.

Wang Cuicui saw a stone flying by her side, turned around and saw that it was Huo Lan, so she lied to Qu Meng that she was going to have a pee, and sneaked to the place where Huo Lan was hiding.

"Brother Huo, why are you here?" The weather is getting hotter and hotter, perhaps because of the sun for a long time, Wang Cuicui's face is flushed.

"You and Uncle Wang helped me a lot when I lived on the mountain before. I haven't thanked you all yet. This is some money I saved during this period. You can use it to buy some favorite snacks. If you have more, you can Give it to Second Uncle Wang to buy a bar." Huo Lan said as he untied his purse, and poured all the money inside into Wang Cuicui's hands.

"Where did you get so much money?" Wang Cuicui was startled.

"It's all from selling mountain goods some time ago, you can take it with confidence." Huo Lan was afraid of causing trouble for Yun Miaoqing again, so she said vaguely.

"That can't be so much!" Wang Cuicui picked up a small handful, "I'll take a little to buy wine for my father, and thank you for helping you, and keep the rest yourself."

"I'm not short of money now..." Huo Lan lives in Yunzhai, saving on food and clothing. Besides, her arm has been almost healed in the past so long. Although the Chungu fruit is out of season, she can still go to the mountains to chop firewood and dig herbs. make money.

Wang Cuicui insisted not to accept it, Huo Lan had no choice but to forget it, took back the poured money, and asked her purpose of coming out today: "Has anything happened in the village recently, I mean Pan Wu's family?"

"Did you hear that too?" Wang Cuicui whispered, "A group of officers and soldiers came yesterday afternoon and searched their house inside and out, took a lot of things and left. Mrs. Bao and Pan Wu are not at home, I heard They were caught in the next town."

It seems that this should be what Wen Taicang told Yun Miaoqing yesterday.

"Do you know why they were arrested?" Huo Lan asked.

"I don't know. Those officers and soldiers took away many people from the village last night. Aunt Wu, Granny Zhang, Aunt Feng... those who lived near your house were all taken away. The battle was terrifying!"

Although Huo Lan no longer lives in the Pan family, Wang Cuicui is still used to referring to the Pan family as Huo Lan's family.Apart from these, the extra Wang Cuicui couldn't say anything, Huo Lan thanked her again and went down the mountain.

Three days have passed since this day, and after having lunch at noon that day, Huo Lan went to read Yun Miaoqing as usual, but Yun Miaoqing came out of the room and said, "I'll give you half a day off today. I've prepared such a good show for so long. It's time to show up."

Outside Yunzhai, Ginkgo and Wen Taicang had already prepared the carriage.Huo Lan sat in the car, opened the curtain several times on the road, and recognized that this was the direction to the county.This time they did not stop outside the county seat, the carriage drove all the way into the city, and did not stop until the gate of the county government office.

There is already a circle of people outside the county government office.Wang Cuicui said that there were officers and soldiers coming to the village that day, so Huo Lan's destination was not too surprising. What surprised her was that there were many familiar faces among these people, some of them were villagers from Liuhe Village, and some It's from a nearby town, she's only met once or twice, so she can't quite name her.

She silently followed Yun Miaoqing into the yamen, and a yamen servant led Yun Miaoqing into the hall. It was the first time for Huo Lan to go to court, and she didn't know what she was doing. Seeing Ginkgo waiting in the hall without saying a word, she went to the court. Learn from Ginkgo and stand outside the hall door.

Not long after, a middle-aged man in a magistrate's robe came out from the back of the hall and sat down behind the desk.

With the sound of the gavel, accompanied by the sound of "Ascension", the two rows of government servants on the left and right stamped their killing sticks together and shouted in unison: "Wei——wu—"