I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

Cui Tao immediately dodged and dodged behind Wang Zhao, as if she was afraid that a "blood disaster" would happen to her.

"I beg Han Tuiguan to give the villain another chance and let the villain stay in Kaifeng Mansion. No matter what is wrong with the villain, the villain is willing to change."

Cui Tao poked her head out and recognized the man who spoke was Qian Tongshun, a former government official.It is said that when she detoxified Wang Zhao last time, Sun Zhijiu and Qian Tongshun were dismissed for 'blind talk'.Now, does he want to implore Han Qi to return the errand to him?

Han Qi glanced at Qian Tongshun who was kneeling on the ground, walked around him, and walked away slowly.

Seeing this, Qian Tongshun staggered up to chase Han Qi, but was blocked by Wang Zhao's arm.

"I advise Dr. Qian to be more sensible, and to offend the court officials, but he will be sent to jail."

"Who doesn't have shallow knowledge? The villain just changed. Why did the official Han push the villain and Dr. Sun into such a situation!" Qian Tongshun shouted unwillingly to Han Qi's back.

Han Qi still ignored him, took the horse that Zhang Chang had brought, and rode on it.Cui Tao glanced at Qian Tongshun, who was streaming with tears, and quickly followed Han Qi, and also got on his horse.

Wang Zhao called two guards and ordered them to send Qian Tongshun home.

On the way to the Eight Immortals Tower, Cui Tao took a sneak peek at Han Qi, originally wanting to see how "ruthless" this person is, but looking at it turned into pure admiration.Cui Tao couldn't help thinking of Du Fu's "a handsome and handsome young man, as bright as a jade tree before the wind", and also thought of the "beauty beyond measure, as beautiful as Britain, as beautiful as jade" in "Fen Julu"...

With such a beautiful and handsome face, let alone being cold and heartless, he even has the capital to commit murder.

On the horror of good looks.

In front of the Eight Immortals Tower, Han Qi got off his horse neatly, and hooked his fingers at Cui Tao.

Cui Tao came over immediately.

"Go and order, Private Room No. [-]." After Han Qi finished speaking, he led Wang Zhao into the Eight Immortals Building.

Cui Taote happily agreed that ordering food is her favorite job.

When Cui Tao entered the door, he called He An and told him to take him directly to the kitchen.Whether a dish is good or not, you can't just listen to what people say, you have to smell it and see it yourself.

He An had long wanted to introduce Cui Tao to the doctor of tea, rice and wine, and today he had the opportunity, so he couldn't wish for it, so he hurriedly brought Cui Tao to the kitchen.

The doctor of tea, rice and wine in Baxianlou is called Zhou Sheng. He is not only the cook in charge of cooking, but also the owner of this restaurant.The restaurant is an industry he opened with his elder brother.

Cui Tao looked over all the dishes with his hands behind his back, and ordered the roasted dove, crispy hoof slices with wine vinegar, dried swallow fish, hibiscus cake, lotus leaf cake, goose with five-flavored apricot cheese, etc.Of course, the grilled chicken and stewed chicken with spring bamboo shoots that she ordered last time were also indispensable. Zhou Sheng corrected the shortcomings of these dishes according to Cui Tao's suggestion, and the taste was perfect.

Zhou Sheng gave Cui Tao a big brocade bag with both hands: "This is the reward for the villain to thank Mrs. Cui for her advice. If I can get Mrs. Cui's advice again today, I will be filial to the villain."

Cui Tao was not too polite, after taking the money bag, he weighed it.Very heavy, at least ten pennies.You must know that the monthly salary of a county magistrate is only twelve guan, and the money Zhou Sheng gave her is not small. It seems that Zhou Sheng is indeed a smart businessman and will make long-term plans.

"good."

Cui Tao asked Zhou Sheng to wait, and when the dishes for today were finished, she would talk about it.

Zhou Sheng hurriedly thanked him again, and said that today's dish is his treat.

"Don't, I'm not the one who pays today, you just charge normally, and you can charge more."

When Cui Tao arrived at the door of private room No. [-], she heard noisy voices inside.

It was impossible for Han Qi and Wang Zhao to talk like this, presumably it was her third cousin Lu Gongru who came.

Pushing open the door and entering, I saw a young man with a baby face urging him to ask where Han Qi was.When he heard the sound of the door opening, he immediately raised his head, met Cui Tao's eyes, and then widened his eyes.

Lu Gongru stepped forward, looked Cui Tao up and down in surprise, "It's really you! Why are you dressed like this?"

"It's convenient to come out to see you." Cui Tao also looked at Lu Gongru's startled expression.

"Where have you been these three years? Why did you leave home at the beginning? Do you know what the whole Cui family has been up to because of you after you left? My aunt almost cried blindly because of you! Second brother also—"

Lu Gongru suddenly realized that Han Qi and others were still in the room, coughed twice, and stopped talking in time.

Immediately, he saw Cui Tao looking at him blankly, and couldn't help but continue to ask: "You really lost your memory? You don't remember anything at all? Then you don't know who I am?"

Cui Tao shook her head, "So I have to ask my third cousin for help, tell me about my past, maybe I can remember it."

"Guest officers, the dishes are here!"

After a while, He An smiled and arranged a table of dishes.

As a servant, the most indispensable thing is vision. There are two people in this private room who know their status at a glance, and they don't like outsiders to serve them.He An specially nodded to Cui Tao to say hello, and retreated tactfully.

The table was full of delicious dishes waiting for her to eat. Of course, Cui Tao would not be polite. She sat down with a big money bag and picked up her chopsticks.

Wang Zhao noticed something extra in Cui Tao's hand when she entered the door just now, so he asked her what it was.

"Oh, the bounty given to me by the shop owner." After Cui Tao finished speaking, she took a piece of crispy hoof and put it into her mouth.

The remaining three looked at each other.

Can you get a reward for ordering food?Logically, even if money is given, it should be the customer who rewards the shopkeeper.

Han Qi could guess seven or eight points, so he drank tea in silence.Although Wang Zhao didn't understand what was going on, what happened to Mrs. Cui was nothing unusual.

But Lu Gongru didn't know Cui Tao's ability, so he insisted on asking why. After getting the explanation, he was so surprised that he sighed and looked at Cui Tao again.

Seeing Cui Tao eating again, he was even more surprised, his round eyes never rested.

"You have really changed a lot." Lu Gongru couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "You used to be a decent lady, and your words and deeds were quite dignified and restrained. Don't talk about your rough dress, let alone your wolfish eating style. At that time, even when you smiled, you always just pursed the corners of your mouth lightly, and you had to cover it with a round fan, it couldn't be more gentle and peaceful."

Cui Tao nodded, motioning for Lu Gongru to continue.She took another piece of hoof crisps into her mouth and chewed vigorously.

Wang Zhao took the opportunity to pour wine for Lu Gongru and asked him to drink two glasses too.

After a few glasses of wine, Lu Gongru blushed slightly, talked more, and became more open-minded, and began to question Cui Tao frequently.

"What have you been doing outside these three years? Why is it related to the imperial court's salt transportation map? I really don't understand, you are a good lady from a famous family, why do you have to go out to eat and sleep outside, and even get involved with people in the rivers and lakes?" ? Do you know how much you have disgraced the family? My second elder brother has been depressed for three years, and the family dare not even mention the word 'peach', and even cut down all the peach trees in the family."

Cui Tao finally stopped eating after hearing this, and asked Lu Gongru directly: "Have you ever been engaged to your second brother?"

"No."

Of course not, if there was, Han Qi's people would have investigated it long ago.

"Then there must be no old love between us." When Cui Tao said this, she deliberately glanced at Han Qi, as if she was condemning him for his previous improper use of words.

"This..." Lu Gongru asked suddenly, "How do you know that you two have no old love? Didn't you lose your memory?"

"Since what you said, I was originally a dignified and well-behaved lady, so how could I have an affair with your second brother casually? The Cui family is also a well-established and famous family, and the family style is very strict. When I was at home, the people around me There must be a lot of maids and women. No matter how you think about it, there doesn't seem to be anything between us."

After Cui Tao finished speaking, she took a piece of roasted chicken wing and put it into her mouth. After chewing twice, she easily spit out two bones.

"Of course it's impossible for you to have an affair, but if you don't run away, your marriage with my second brother is already done! You are my second sister-in-law now, maybe you will give me a little nephew to play with What about my son?" Lu Gongru was so anxious to speak out because of Cui Tao's urgency.

"Since it doesn't work, then no one owes anyone. I don't expect him to treat me well, but please don't add trouble to me when I am in trouble."

During the day, Li Cai secretly learned what Lu Gongbi said to Han Qi.That Lu Gongbi actually thinks that the accommodation provided by Kaifeng mansion is good?No one knows how much hard work she has gone through to get what she is today.Those who dare to stop her from enjoying the blessings will be killed without pardon!

"you……"

"you……"

Lu Gongru wanted to refute Cui Tao, after all these years he had witnessed how his second brother was in deep pain because of her, and he was the one who felt wronged for his second brother.But now after listening to Cui Tao's explanation, he found that he refuted Cui Tao without any serious reason.

Indeed, the marriage is undecided, it seems that his second brother is really wishful thinking?And from what she said, the second brother seemed to be a little unkind when he was in Kaifeng mansion during the day, did he make trouble for her?Lu Gongru felt even more wronged and could not refute.

"Tell me about the situation when I ran away from home." Seeing that Lu Gongru was weak, Cui Tao ordered him directly.

Lu Gongru immediately told everything he knew obediently.

"Three years ago, during the Cold Food Festival, you and your fourth cousin, Cui Jiuniang, went to Cangyan Mountain for an outing. They climbed to Qingfu Temple halfway up the mountain and went to offer incense together. Then you suddenly said that you had a stomachache and you never returned. Cui Jiuniang was busy. When I went to find you, I found that your two little maids were knocked unconscious outside the clean room. Cui Jiuniang was so frightened that you were kidnapped, so she begged the abbot of the monastery and notified her family. Later, when it was your servant girl who found out that you had taken all the gold, silver jewelry and money you had saved over the years, everyone knew that you were not kidnapped, but had been planning to run away from home a long time ago."

After Cui Tao heard this, she felt that the second chicken wing she ate was no longer delicious.

"Cui Jiuniang?" Cui Tao slapped down her chopsticks, sneered, and turned to ask Han Qi, where is this person now.

"Still in the boudoir." Han Qi said.

"I want to see her."

Lu Gongru became more drunk, his face became more and more red, and his whole body became more excited, "You are going to run away from home, why are you looking for Cui Jiuniang? Because of you, she almost cut her hair and became a sister-in-law!"

"Really, then I have to apologize to her face to face." Cui Tao smiled at Lu Gongru and asked if he could help arrange this matter.Judging from Cui Mao's attitude towards her, he is unlikely to let her see Cui Jiuniang.

"But I'm not familiar with the fourth bedroom of Cui's family. I'm just a cousin of your third bedroom." Lu Gongru saw that Cui Tao was looking at him eagerly, hesitated for a while, and said embarrassingly, "Then I'll make a trip for you when I turn around. , go ask your aunt."

The aunt Lu Gongru spoke of was Cui Tao's biological mother.Thinking of her, Cui Tao felt a blank emptiness in her heart.

Before leaving, she whispered to Lu Gongru: "If she is worried about me, tell her that everything is fine and I can find my own way out of trouble. Don't worry about me anymore."

Cui Tao then followed Han Qi out of the Eight Immortals Tower, this time also when descending the stone steps.

Li Cai hurried over, panting, "Qian Tongshun is dead!"