Du turned his head.

I was stunned when I saw the man coming in a black robe with a black cloth covering his face.

It was not until the black cloth was lifted, revealing Shen Zhinian's face, that he excitedly climbed up and walked to the fence.

"Master - you, are you here to save me?"

Mrs. Du looked at Shen Zhinian with expectation, as if she was looking at a savior.

Shen Zhinian squatted down with an embarrassed look, opened the food box in his hand, and put out some dishes.

"Eat it while it's hot."

Seeing that the food in front of her was what she used to love to eat, Mrs. Du didn't bother to ask first. She took the chopsticks and started to eat voraciously through the gap in the fence.

"We have been trying to find a way to save you... but it seems a bit difficult at the moment..."

While Mrs. Du was enjoying her meal, Shen Zhinian said.

Mrs. Du put down her chopsticks and the food in her mouth fell out: "Difficulties? What kind of difficulties?"

"Master, you can't just ignore me! It was you who asked me to send someone to deal with Miaomiao's matter..."

"Shh——" Shen Zhinian's expression changed and he made a gesture to keep quiet.

He looked around defensively and whispered, "Have you forgotten that this is not a place to talk nonsense? You didn't say anything you shouldn't say to anyone, did you?"

Mrs. Du shook her head: "I didn't tell anyone anything. I just spoke too quickly..."

Shen Zhinian nodded: "That's good. How could I not save you? I just said that I encountered some difficulties... If there are difficulties, can't we just find a way to solve them? Why are you panicking?"

Du was at a loss: "What exactly is the difficulty?"

Shen Zhinian sighed: "Well, it's all about money... If I want to rescue you, I have to bribe everyone. There's not enough money in the mansion!"

Mrs. Du breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out to be about silver.

There is indeed not much cash in the mansion's account.

She thought about it, made up her mind, moved closer to Shen Zhinian, and said in a very low voice:

"If the money in the mansion is not enough, Master can have someone go to my room and sew five thousand taels of silver into the quilt under my bed..."

These five thousand taels were her private savings that she had accumulated over many years.

She slept on it every day and felt at ease.

If it was for other reasons, she would never take it out.

But now, in order to get out of this prison as soon as possible, she gave it up cruelly!

At worst, I can wait for her to get out and then save slowly...

Seeing Shen Zhinian's stunned expression, Madam Du explained, "Master, don't be surprised. These are all the money my parents gave me as a dowry, plus the income from the farm and shop... I haven't touched a penny from the mansion's account! You know how much I have subsidized the Shen family over the years!"

After a pause, she thought again: "If I don't need so much, please remember to put the rest back for me... As the head of the Shen family, I can't be without any emergency money!"

After Mrs. Du finished speaking, she stared at Shen Zhinian, waiting for him to respond.

Unexpectedly, Shen Zhinian coughed and stammered, as if he had something to hide.

Mrs. Du looked unhappy: "Could it be that the master wants to take all my five thousand taels?"

Shen Zhinian looked at Mrs. Du and said with an embarrassed look: "This Jingzhao Prefecture is not the original Yuhu County Government. If we want to save you, we have to take care of everything from top to bottom, and no place is left behind... I'm afraid five thousand taels are far from enough..."

"What?" Mrs. Du widened her eyes in surprise.

"Five thousand taels is not enough? Miaomiao is not dead. Didn't you say that I was at most charged with attempted murder? Didn't you say that it was a light sentence? Master, I don't want to stay in this prison. Get me out now--"

As Mrs. Du's voice grew louder and louder, Shen Zhinian once again made a gesture to silence her and comfort her.

"Hush - don't be impatient, don't be impatient, just listen to me slowly."

How could Mrs. Du not be anxious?

She was so anxious that her eyes turned red: "Master, I have no money anywhere else! Are you asking me to sell all my land and shops?"

"No need to sell the land and shop. If you sell the land and shop, the Shen family will have nothing to lose in the future, and Dar won't even be able to go to school! Listen to me, just take out the thing I gave you that year, and I will find a way to save you!"

Shen Zhinian said it out loud to stop Mrs. Du from making any more noise.

Sure enough, Mrs. Du calmed down immediately after hearing his words.

"Master, do you want that thing? But didn't you say that it was too conspicuous and shouldn't be sold, so it can only be passed down to future generations?"

Mrs. Du looked at Shen Zhinian suspiciously.

After going around in circles, what he wanted turned out to be the same thing as Shen Qingyin wanted.

"I have already found a buyer. As long as you take it out, the buyer is willing to pay 20,000 taels. When the time comes, I will make arrangements and will definitely be able to rescue you!"

Mrs. Du was stunned and said nothing.

Can that thing be sold for twenty thousand taels?

Quite a few...

"But, Master, if I sell the silver, will you really save me?" Mrs. Du suddenly felt unsure.

If she put twenty thousand taels of silver and herself in front of Shen Zhinian and asked him to choose, she had no confidence that Shen Zhinian would definitely choose her...

In addition, there is an old lady behind Shen Zhinian who loves money like her life, which makes it even harder to say...

"Of course, wasn't the reason I sold that thing just to rescue you?" Shen Zhinian said affirmatively.

But the more certain Shen Zhinian was, the more unbelievable she found it.

She looked at Shen Zhinian steadily, hesitant.

"Tell me quickly, where did you put that thing? So that we can rescue you quickly, so that you don't continue to suffer here!" Shen Zhinian asked again.

"Master, I suddenly have a headache... How about you come and see me tomorrow?" Mrs. Du lied, holding her forehead with one hand and taking two steps back.

She needs to think about this carefully.

Shen Zhinian pursed his lips helplessly, but wanted to continue persuading.

The voice of the forbidden woman was heard behind him.

"Okay, let's go, it's time."

Shen Zhinian had no choice but to pull up his hood, put on his mask, and whispered, "Okay, I'll come see you tomorrow!"

Then he followed the jailer out of the prison.

Shen Zhinian walked out of the prison gate and unconsciously lowered his head to adjust the mask to make sure it was still covering his face.

However, just after he took two steps, someone pointed at him curiously and started talking about him.

"This guy, in broad daylight, wearing black clothes and a black mask, could it be that bastard named Shen again?"

"I think so. Judging from his height and the way he walks, he is probably..."

Shen Zhinian pretended not to hear, lowered his head, and walked quickly to where the carriage was parked.

"No need to guess, it's the guy surnamed Shen. Look at the boy in the car, isn't he the one from the day before?"

This sound attracted many people around, and they gathered around again...

When he returned to the mansion, not only he, but even the carriage he was riding in was all dirty and exuded a disgusting and unpleasant smell...

Those people were even more outrageous than the last time!

The old lady looked at her embarrassed son and asked the main question first: "Did she say it?"

Shen Zhinian lowered his head to clean the unknown dirt on his body, shaking his head in despair.

"Mom, my son can't go to this prison!"

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