A heavy rain continued for two and a half days. It was not until noon that the sun cleared and the door was opened. A gust of coolness poured in, and the empty branches could be seen through the mist. It was already the end of autumn.

As we approach Chongyang Festival, dim sum shops have newly released several kinds of Chongyang cakes, but they are all sold out within half a day of the new class.

Lu Xiyue was doing calculations in the room and rechecked all the books. The accounts were all correct, but she didn't have much money left.

Avashina had already dragged the medicinal materials back from other merchants, and she sorted out all the cash before she could barely gather the money to pay.

Now she has no more than 50 taels of silver all over her body.

The sound of the collision of abacus beads in the room was very clear, and Xiao Yunheng knocked on the door outside.

"Come in."

Lu Xiyue was so busy that she didn't lift her head.

A voucher was pushed over against the table, and she glanced at it casually before looking away.

Seeing the denomination on the voucher, she froze for a moment, then turned her gaze back.

1 taels!

She looked up, with a gentle smile on the young man's face: "I only have so much cash at my disposal right now, you hold it first, if it's not enough, I'll take it out in three days."

The shock on Lu Xiyue's face turned into doubt after hearing this: "Where did you get the money?"

If it's not enough, I can take it again!

"Of course it was left by my mother and concubine, but if the jade card is lost, I can't move the silver." Xiao Yunheng explained truthfully: "The bank has rules, too much silver can't be withdrawn at once."

Lu Xiyue nodded, as if she didn't expect that besides ordering three thousand hidden guards, the jade card could also control so much money.

But it's true, Xiao Yunheng's mother and concubine's family is rich, and even the high-ranking officials in the capital can't find anyone who can compare.

It is said that during the flood in the Nanjiang River five or six years ago, Princess Ning's mother's family alone borne 10 taels of silver for disaster relief.

It was also this act of kindness that, when Prince Ning's mansion was sentenced to exile, the emperor cared so much that he didn't let Xiao Yunheng, who had lost all his martial arts, go into the army.

"I don't need money for the time being. In two days, I will collect money from a few shops." She returned the bond deed, not being hypocritical, just because she didn't need it: "You can keep it for yourself, now It's time to spend money."

Xiao Yunheng did not follow her words, but instead said: "Didn't you say a few days ago that you wanted to leave here and move to another place, now it's the end of autumn, if you think about it, you have to leave as soon as possible."

Moving back and forth to buy a house, I need money everywhere.

Xiao Yunheng's words reminded Lu Xiyue that she was also about to mention this matter.

Mother Lu didn't have any objection to this, besides, she wanted to go to Yannan, where the mountains were good and the water was good, and it wouldn't be too cold in winter, it was the place that suited her best.

"What do you think of Yannan?"

"Good place."

The young man praised it without hesitation.

The two were chatting when a sudden knock on the door interrupted their conversation.

Outside the door is Ah Shui beside Zhao Pinqian.

Ah Shui ran all the way over, panting and said: "Miss Lu, Mrs. Xu is here to see you."

The Master Xu mentioned by Ah Shui is only the one with the surname Xu who is the chief officer next to the county magistrate.

Every time I meet someone in the yamen, nothing good happens.

The two hurried to the main hall and saw Xu Guancha with a serious face.

"Tao Jinshuang has run away."

"What!" Lu Xiyue's complexion changed slightly.

Xiao Yunheng frowned: "When did it happen?"

Xu Guancha showed shame on his face, thinking of that particularly cunning girl, he said bitterly: "This morning, when the jailer was serving dinner, she was lying motionless on the ground, and she couldn't wake up. The jailer was afraid that something would happen to her, so he opened the door and went in, but she was caught. She knocked out."

Lu Xiyue stared at Xu Guancha with puzzled eyes.

Tao Jinshuang had killed someone well, but she was a 16-year-old girl, unarmed, how could she have the strength to knock the jailer unconscious.

Upon receiving the girl's question, Xu Guancha gritted his teeth, wishing he could go back and beat the jailer again.

"It was raining two days ago, and Tao Jinshuang asked the jailer to bring in two blocks and put them under the straw mats on the pretext that it was raining from the window."

Lu Xiyue opened her eyes wide: "He just gave it?"

Officer Xu nodded angrily, "He's just a sex-obsessed bastard. The county magistrate has already beaten him twenty times, dismissed him from his position, and fined him 50 taels of silver."

Twenty boards, even an adult man, can be unable to get out of bed for a few months, or hemiplegia in severe cases.

Lu Xiyue: "..."

She took a sip of the cool tea and was speechless.

Xu Guancha also felt embarrassed. Who would have thought that those who eat official meals would be so stupid that all the people who had already been imprisoned were let go.

Of course, there was one more thing he hadn't said yet.

Xu Guancha picked up the tea bowl and took a sip silently, observing the faces of the two of them, and after a while he tentatively said, "Master Ji... also ran away."

? ?

Lu Xiyue couldn't understand, so she ran away.

Xu Guancha, who was watched by the two people, had the urge to dig a crack in the ground and get in.

After a while, he explained why.

Naturally, Tao Jinshuang couldn't escape alone, so she took the jailer's key and opened the door of Dalang Ji's cell, and asked him to change into the jailer's clothes to pretend to be a jailer. It was true that the two escaped.

Lu Xiyue really didn't want to talk this time.

The cousin of the original owner is really not an ordinary person, even though she is in prison, she can still find a way to escape.

After a strange silence, Xu Guan said: "Yes, the magistrate sent me to ask you two, what is that Miss Tao's plan."

Ji Jia Dalang must be arrested, as for Tao Jinshuang.

Wasn't that a big trouble solved for Mrs. Lu? At the beginning, she didn't plead guilty to the outside world, but she was just locked in prison.

"The prisoner has been lost in the county government, so naturally he must be brought back."

Leave Tao Jinshuang to stir up troubles outside, if one day they come to the door quietly, they will be in the open and she will be in the dark, so it is hard to guard against.

Xu Guan understood this, he bowed to the two of them and left.

Lu Xiyue sighed for a long time, she never expected such a thing to happen in such a happy life.

Knowing what she was worried about, Xiao Yunheng signaled her to rest assured: "I will arrange someone to find the two of them, you don't have to worry."

Lu Xiyue, who lowered her head in thought, suddenly said, "Is it possible that Tao Jinshuang is not alone?"

The young man raised his eyebrows.

"When Tao Jinshuang came to Qiong County from Beidi, I felt that something was wrong. Now that I think about it carefully, this feeling is even deeper."

Originally, she thought that Tao Jinshuang was in prison and had no ability to make trouble, but she didn't expect that she could even escape from the prison.

She said to herself, not only a little annoyed: "I was careless, I should have found out in the first place."

"She is a girl in her teens. She killed someone and was able to escape from Beidi all the way to Qiong County. You said that Beidi is far away from here, and the news of Qiong County's remoteness is sluggish, but I have touched it. Her hands are delicate and smooth, and they can't be raised in two months."

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