Daming female local tyrant

The ship's lady He personally brought a bowl of ginger soup to Shen Wan to drink. Shen Wan took it and held the steaming ginger soup. Before she could drink it, her tears rolled down and fell into the ginger soup.

Seeing this, Mrs. He hurriedly advised her not to be sad, she said that Miss Lu's family must be auspicious and auspicious.

She advised Shen Wan to quickly drink the ginger soup to dissipate the cold air from her body. It is not stubborn to fall into the river in these nine cold days, and the cold air enters the body.

As soon as these words came out, Shen Wan thought of Jing Lan whose life and death were uncertain again, and the tears that rolled down became bigger.

At this time, Cheng Ze, who had changed his clothes, also came out of the east room and warmed himself by the brazier in the main room.

Feeling that she had said something wrong, Mrs. He hurriedly left the main room and went to the kitchen with the excuse of helping Chengze bring a bowl of ginger soup.

Cheng Ze stretched out his hand to roast above the brazier, while persuading Shen Wan who was crying while holding the ginger soup: "Sister Wan, drink the ginger soup while it's hot, if you get sick..."

Before he finished speaking, he sneezed first.

Seeing this, Shen Wan asked him if he had caught the cold.

Cheng Ze nodded: "I was frozen in the river just now, and now I have a stuffy nose and fever, I guess it's because of the cold."

After hearing this, Shen Wan drank the bowl of ginger soup mixed with tears, and then raised her sleeves to wipe away the tears on her face.

She knew very well that Cheng Ze was sick, and she couldn't get sick again, otherwise the crowd here would have no leader, and the matter of finding Jing Lan would be delayed.

After roasting for a while and drinking a bowl of ginger soup, Shen Wan felt that her frozen body was slowly recovering. At this time, the injuries on the soles of her feet began to wreak havoc as her body regained consciousness.

Cheng Ze was the same as Shen Wan, the bloody cuts on his feet were burning like fire, which made him frown slightly from time to time.

At this time, Mrs. He brought another bowl of steaming ginger soup to Cheng Ze, and Cheng Ze took it and drank it.

Shen Wan then ordered the maidservants around to follow Mrs. He to drink ginger soup to avoid the cold.

After they left, Shen Wan said to Cheng Ze: "We have to discuss what we will do after dawn."

Cheng Ze said hello.

First of all, the two talked about the sinking of the painting boat.

The two agreed that someone was playing tricks. They lifted the anchored boat and pushed it into the middle of the river. Then they cut open the bottom of the boat to make the boat leak. The purpose was to drown all the people on the boat.

Cheng Ze said: "The troublemaker must be familiar with water, and he has done a lot of things to dig the bottom of the boat and sink the boat."

Shen Wan continued: "I guess, the person who hired someone to dig the bottom of the boat and let the boat sink wanted the lives of your two siblings. Although I have enemies, they don't know that I am going with you on this trip Yangzhou, I told the Shen family to go to Suzhou. Let me ask you, did you tell your family early in the morning that you and Jing Lan are going to visit relatives in Yangzhou?"

Cheng Ze: "Yes, I told my ancestors years ago, and the rest of the Lu family knew about it."

"That's right, the people in the Lu family who hate your siblings must have heard about it, and moved their minds. They found someone to wait for the opportunity to attack you, and wanted your life. If I guessed right, the Lu family will treat you The two sisters and brothers hate nothing more than your stepmother Qi and your grandmother Yuan. After all, you asked Jing Lan to ask for the dowry of your dead mother, and they spit out all the money they embezzled before. They don't hate you No wonder. However, Yuan Shi is your real grandmother after all, and she doesn't like that you asked her to hand over a lot of money, but she doesn't want to kill you. Only your stepmother, Qi Shi, she wants your life the most. And I heard from Jing Lan that your great-grandmother is investigating who bribed Geng Shi and his son to come to Lu's house to make trouble, which will damage Jing Lan's reputation. The Qi family is probably afraid that things will come to light and she will end badly, so she simply dragged you to be her back..."

"Sister Wan, if it's true as you said, my stepmother bought people to do this sinister thing and kill us, does that mean that my ancestors are going to find out something, and she did this?"

"Well, she is jumping over the wall in a hurry."

"If this is the case, tell me, will she also assassinate my ancestor?"

"It's hard to say."

"By the way, my ancestor is still sick these few days. He was bedridden on the first day of the Lunar New Year. He invited the doctor to come and see him. The doctor said that the old ancestor had eaten something bad."

"Hmph, maybe that poisonous woman drugged your ancestor."

Hearing this, Cheng Ze became anxious. He rubbed his hands and said, "In this case, I have to hurry back to see my great-grandmother and tell her to be careful."

Shen Wan heard this, and said: "After dawn, you call your little servant, Mo Yu, to hire a car, and go back quickly. Remember, when you arrive at Lu's house, you'd better go quietly to see your great-grandmother, and let us sink the ship here." Tell her about the matter, and you guessed that someone put drugs in her diet, so let’s see what she does. But no matter what decision you make, first send more people to help find Jinglan, this is the most important thing Things. As for this place, after you leave, I will take people to find Jing Lan first, as well as those who escaped by chance. If I can’t find Jing Lan, I won’t leave here.”

Cheng Ze nodded while listening, and finally said: "Then I will leave immediately after dawn, and I will come back after I report to my ancestors. I hope you have found sister by then."

The two of them had already made up their minds, seeing that the sky was getting brighter, the two of them didn't sleep anymore, they just sat by the brazier and warmed up the fire while talking, nothing more than talking about where Jing Lan was now, and some other details.

Qing Yao and the others came back after drinking the ginger soup, and came to watch beside Shen Wan. Mrs. He came over after a while, and she said that she had asked her mother-in-law and daughter to cook the porridge. She went to buy more vegetables and came back to cook for everyone.

Shen Wan: "No need, after dawn, we will move to the inn in the town. We are too many people, and there are many disturbances here. Mrs. He, thanks to you this time, those of us who fell into the water have a place to stay Office. Don’t say thanks for your kindness, if you fall behind, I will definitely repay Mrs. He.”

He hurriedly said that she didn't want to repay, and it was her job to do these things, even if it was someone else who fell into the water, she would do the same.

Shen Wan smiled slightly and said: "Good people are rewarded with rewards, Mrs. He, you are welcome."

Seeing that she couldn't refuse, Mrs. He bowed to Shen Wan: "Then thank you, Miss."

The sky is getting brighter.

Shen Wan called Ping An and Mo Yu, and asked Bai Ju to give them some broken silver, and asked Mo Yu to go out and find a mule cart in the town, hire the cart, and rush to the door of He's house. Those who bought snacks and pastries also bought some for Chengze to take on the road.As for Ping An, she asked him to find a cleaner inn in the town to book a few rooms, and when they were done, they all moved there.

The two boys took the silver and went out.

Shen Wan called Qing Yao, Bai Ju, and He Shi again.

She asked Mrs. He to take two maidservants to the clothing store in the town to buy some cotton-padded clothes and outer robes for men and women.

After this trip, all the silver that Shen Wan brought was in a box in the cabin on the boat, the boat sank, and the silver also sank into the water.

Fortunately, Baiju helped manage some scattered silver and put it in the purse.

When the boat sank, Bai Ju didn't forget to hold the money bag in her hand. There were more than a dozen taels of silver in the money bag, and after the two servants took it to book a room and hire a carriage, there was not much left.

Bai Ju told Shen Wan that the money in his hand might not be enough to buy clothes, Cheng Ze took off a jade pendant from his neck since he was a child, handed it to Bai Ju, and said: "This is the best The mutton fat jade pei, which can be used as a few tens of taels of silver, is used as an emergency first. When I go back, I will bring someone to bring the silver in the next afternoon, and then redeem it at that time."

"This..." Bai Ju didn't answer, but instead glanced at Shen Wan.

Shen Wan then said: "Bai Ju, just do as the third young master of the Lu family says."

Bai Ju agreed, took the money, and walked out with Qing Yao and He Shi.

While waiting for them to come back, He's mother-in-law and daughter brought porridge to Shen Wan and Cheng Ze. The mule cart, the mule cart is waiting outside.

After hearing this, Cheng Ze immediately stood up and bid farewell to Shen Wan. He said that he would bring people back in the next afternoon, so he didn't say much.

Shen Wan sent him out and told him to be careful all the way.

Cheng Ze, who was wearing a ragged padded jacket, nodded, and got into the mule cart with his little servant, Mo Yu. The mule cart quickly disappeared before her eyes, and she went back.

Not long after going back, Ping An, Qing Yao and others all came back.

Ping An told Shen Wan that he had already found an inn and booked three rooms, and that's it.

Qingyao and the others opened the bundles they were carrying, and took out cotton-padded clothes, trousers, outer robes and other things from inside.

Shen Wan changed clothes separately from her predecessors, combed her hair, left He's house, and went to the inn she found in Ping An. Before leaving, Shen Wan gave He's five taels of silver. She said it was annoying, and now If you are tight, give her the silver first.

Mrs. He took the silver and thanked her, and said that she would send them there to identify the place. After a while, she would go back and ask her man to kill a chicken and stew it, and send it to Shen Wan. The outside is clean, please Shen Wan not to be disgusted.

After hearing this, Shen Wan asked Baiju to give her three taels of silver, and said that if she wanted to eat something, she would cook it at home and send it to the inn.

Mrs. He hastily agreed, smiling broadly.

At that time, with three taels of silver, it was no problem to buy twenty chickens. Of course He was happy.

The inn that Ping An found was not too far from He's house, because Fengshu Town was not big, and it took less than a quarter of an hour to arrive.

Shen Wan and others stayed in the inn, so she asked Mrs. He to lead the way to find the local Lizheng, and wanted him to send someone to help find him. After all, there are only six people around her, including her, and it depends on It was very difficult for the six outsiders to search for Jinglan along the river in such severe cold weather.

It would be different if there were more people, so she was eager to meet the local Rizheng and ask him to help dispatch people.

Seeing that Shen Wan was looking for someone non-stop, He didn't stop, she was already extremely sleepy, but now she pulled herself together and took Shen Wan to find the local Lizheng, a 50-plus An old man surnamed Chen with a gray beard.

Chen Lizheng was also shocked when he heard that the boat sank by the river in Fengshu Town last night. He said, "If you don't tell me, the old man will take people to see and save people. Wait a minute, girl, I'll go and gather people, or else In half an hour, we can set off to find people by the river."