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This apology ceremony came suddenly and quickly, but it was not unexpected.

After dismissing the steward of the governor's mansion who came to give the gift, Zhong Shao returned to Su Mo's room with the box containing the so-called apology gift.She casually put the palm-sized exquisite wooden box on the table, and asked Su Mo with a smile, "Ah Mo thinks, what will be in this box?"

Hearing this, Su Mo just glanced at the wooden box, and then opened the lid casually: "What's there to guess? Just take a look and you'll know. After all, Qi Lei doesn't dare to get hidden weapons and the like. It plots against us inside."

The wooden box was opened, and the inside was lined with red satin. Naturally, there were no hidden weapons, poisons or medicines, but a pair of exquisite jade pendants were placed.

The so-called gold has a price and jade is priceless, Su Mo and Zhong Shao are both knowledgeable people, so they can naturally see the preciousness of this jade pendant.It is not an exaggeration to say that it is priceless, but such things are not unusual for the two of them.Not to mention that Su Mo was originally raised by gold and jade, even Zhong Shao has seen many good things from the imperial concubine Yu Guifei these years, so he doesn't think this jade pendant is so unusual.

After casually taking out the jade pendant and playing with it for a while, Zhong Shao handed a piece to Su Mo and said, "This jade is not bad, and the carving is exquisite, especially a pair... Do you want to keep it, Mo?"

Su Mo took it casually and looked at it, then smiled and said, "Ah Shao wants to stay."

Zhong Shao stared at Su Mo holding Bai Yu's hand for a while, smiled and did not deny it: "I think, since it is an apology, we might as well accept it. If we don't accept it, Lord Qi may not be able to sleep tonight. gone."

Su Mo didn't care about this, she put the jade pendant back into the wooden box, and said casually, "If you like it, keep it."

Zhong Shao didn't care about the jade pendant itself, she just wanted to have a pair with Su Mo.Seeing Su Mo put the jade pendant back, she reached out for the wooden box and took out the jade pendant again, and said, "Why did you put it back again? Since they are a couple, naturally it should be you and me..." Before he finished speaking, Zhong Shao suddenly let out a "Huh" while holding the wooden box.

Su Mo naturally knew Zhong Shao's careful thoughts, and she guessed that Qi Lei sent this gift of apology for that reason.She was pursing her lips and chuckling when she heard Zhong Shao's words, but when she heard the unexpected "Huh", she couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

Zhong Shao held up the box for a closer look, then raised his head and said to Su Mo: "There seems to be something wrong with this wooden box."

Both of them were not worried about Qi Lei daring to do anything in the wooden box, so after Zhong Shao said this, he took the wooden box and started tinkering.

After a while, Zhong Shao opened the wooden box, and then she discovered that the wooden box had a mezzanine, and in the mezzanine, there was a thick stack of silver bills—counted, the face value was 1 taels There are thirty silver tickets, which means that there is a full 30 taels of silver in the interlayer of this wooden box!

The money may seem nothing to Su Mo, who is in charge of all the properties of the Princess Mansion, but Zhong Shao, a "poor man", has never seen so much money.She was surprised for a moment, raised her head in a daze and asked Su Mo: "Ah Mo, this... is also an apology?"

If it was really because of such a trivial matter that such a heavy apology was exchanged, then Zhong Shao would definitely be willing to let Qi Hui offend him a few more times.But obviously, the governor's money did not come from a strong wind, and he wouldn't let such a bloodletting for such a trivial matter!

Su Mo's fingers lightly touched the jade pendant and the silver bill respectively, then she raised her hand and tapped the jade pendant, and said, "This is an apology." After speaking, she pointed to the stack of silver bills, and continued: "That , is a bribe.”

Zhong Shao understood in an instant that Qi Lei did what he did, either because he misunderstood something, or because he wanted to drag her into the water.After all, a little Inspector Princess can give up, but she can't give up the adopted son of an ally, her own son-in-law!

Just as the pretty brows were furrowed, Zhong Shao heard Su Mo ask again: "Are Shao still going to accept the things?"

Zhong Shao didn't even think about it when he heard the question, so he said decisively: "Of course I have to accept it!"

This time it is no longer a question of whether she likes it or not, but that the item has been delivered and she has accepted it, if it is sent back, Qi Lei will definitely not feel at ease.There has been the matter of Qu Hengzhou before, if Qi Lei is really on guard at this time, not to mention it will make it difficult for them to act in the future, in this Suzhou boundary, even safety may become a problem.

Zhong Shao spoke decisively, but after she finished speaking, she lost her face again. She looked at Su Mo anxiously, and asked worriedly: "But if I accept this thing, I will use it to accept bribes from now on. If Qi Lei then Bite back..."

Su Mo was very calm from the beginning to the end. She glanced at the bank notes on the table lightly, and said casually: "In this case, let the money go through the clear road. It just so happens that there are many merchants in Suzhou, which are well-connected. You can buy things that are not available in the capital and bring them back.”

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After that day, Zhong Shao and his party went out from the Governor's Mansion.

When Qi Lei knew that Zhong Shao was coming, he prepared a beautiful courtyard for her.He even had a lot of singers and maidservants in the other courtyard, wanting to please the young man, but unexpectedly Su Mo came with Zhong Shao.Fortunately, it was not early that day, and they stayed overnight at the governor's mansion, allowing Qi Lei to evacuate them when he had time, otherwise Qi governor's flattery would be slapped on the horse's legs!

But even so, when Qi Lei accompanied Zhong Shao and his party to move to another courtyard the next day, Su Mo looked around and said: "In this courtyard, the smell of powder is a bit strong."

Qi Lei didn't smell any makeup smell, but he believed that women are always sensitive to these, so cold sweat almost broke out again.In the end, it was Zhong Shao who smoothed things over: "We're only here for a temporary stay, Master Qi has taken so much trouble to prepare such an elegant courtyard for us. You don't have to force too much when you're away from home."

In the eyes of everyone in the capital, Su Mo is gentle, elegant and generous, a model of a lady.But in Qi Lei's eyes, Su Mo is like a princess, majestic, domineering and aggressive.So after hearing Zhong Shao's words to smooth things over, the thought that flashed through his mind for a moment was—Jun Hejian is really a magnanimous and good person, such a good person must be very accommodating to this young lady in private, right? !

Of course, it doesn't matter what Qi Lei thinks at this moment, the important thing is that ever since Zhong Shao and the others settled down in the other courtyard, they have never troubled him again!It doesn't count that Qi Hui was beaten half to death and lying at home, after all, it was his own fault.The matter of the tribute seemed to be due to the banknotes, but Zhong Shao never asked him again, let alone investigated anything openly or secretly.

In fact, from Qi Lei's point of view, Zhong Shao and Su Mo's trip seemed to come to Suzhou for fun.

Apart from talking about business on the first day, the two of them spent the next few days wandering around for fun.Not only have they been to various scenic spots outside the city, they have walked through the streets and alleys of Suzhou City, tasted all kinds of delicacies in Suzhou, and even went to a boat to meet the beauties of Suzhou, and finally bought a lot of rare things...

After all, Suzhou is Qi Lei's territory, even if he didn't specially send someone to follow him, his eyes are everywhere in the city.What Zhong Shao and Su Mo have said and done outside these days, it is not difficult to say that he knows [-]% or [-]% or [-]% of everything.

Six or seven days passed like this, Zhong Shao and Su Mo acted as usual, and the guards around them never tried to do anything.On the contrary, the two Dali Temple officials who came together seemed to be looking for something.However, Qi Lei had some perfunctory ways to deal with this kind of people, when Zhong Shao and the two didn't express, he never put them in his eyes.

Then Qi Lei made a calculation. These two people who spent money lavishly bought a lot of rare things because they were "rare and strange". How many taels of 10!

In other words, if they didn't bring more money, the two of them should have almost spent all the money he sent as a bribe.

Coming to this conclusion, Qi Lei was determined - 30 taels is not a small amount for him, but no amount of money matters.What's more, if this matter is handled properly and his black hat is saved, in this prosperous place of Suzhou, 30 taels is only a matter of one or two years!

Here Qi Lei thought he was safe and sound, but when Zhong Shao and Su Mo were already playing, eating and drinking, they took the opportunity to find the evidence left by Qu Hengzhou from the private room of Deqing Building.

Qu Hengzhou was very careful. He once had someone reserve two adjacent private rooms in Deqing Building, and then personally dug a hole in the wall separating the two private rooms, and hid the evidence in it. , and the outside was blocked by a cabinet.People in Deqing Building usually clean the private rooms and don't move those heavy cabinets, so even if this evidence is hidden in the wall for a year or so, no one will find it.

After Zhong Shao and Su Mo looked through the evidence left by Qu Hengzhou that night, they already understood in their hearts that even if there is no evidence to investigate the matter of intercepting the tribute without authorization, the things left by Qu Hengzhou are enough for Qi Lei. The official position is not guaranteed, and the head falls to the ground!

So it is not surprising that Qi Lei sent people to hunt down Qu Hengzhou, but his people did not catch up with Qu Hengzhou. Now that Qu Hengzhou is gone, does he think that if Zhong Shao accepts a bribe, the eldest princess will treat him much better? Asylum, is Qu Hengzhou no longer his talisman? !

"Tsk, how stupid!" Zhong Shao casually threw a confession in his hand on the table, and scoffed at the same time.

Su Mo glanced at her, but said with a half-smile: "If he's not stupid, wouldn't we be in trouble?"

Zhong Shao blinked, said "yes", and then asked Su Mo, "What's going on with Qigong, has he found someone?"

Zhong Shao and Su Mo haven't moved these days, and their guards are also tight. Of course, only the old beggar and his beggar gang can move—since Su Mo got a hint from Zhong Shao, she stopped trying Instead, he began to borrow the power of his subordinates.And after getting Zhong Shao's favorability in return, the other party was obviously willing to help.

Su Mo picked up another dossier and looked at it. Hearing the words, he said calmly: "I heard that it has been found, it will only be a day or two."

The author has something to say:

Su Mo (pointing): This other courtyard smells really strong...

Zhong Shao (quickly clearing things up): This is someone else's yard, maybe it was used by Jinwu Zangjiao, it's none of my business!

Qi Lei (unknown reason): The Duke is really a good person!