I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

Cui Tao has taken the initiative to Han Qi so many times, but she has never overturned.

Han Qi only took the initiative once, and everyone in the city knows it.

Cui Tao couldn't help but support her forehead.

When Wang Siniang and Ping'er heard this gossip, their whole souls seemed to be on fire, and the light from their eyes seemed to be able to turn the night into day.

"Wow, the official Han Tui turned out to have broken sleeves—" Wang Siniang opened her mouth wide in surprise, and after a long pause, she was still a little excited, "It can't be done, a lot of things popped up in my mind. Ahhhh, I'm so excited." I want to know what the little gentleman he hugged that night looks like!"

Cui Tao held her cheek, facing Wang Siniang.

Wang Siniang was completely immersed in her own imagination, and did not notice Cui Tao.

"No wonder, I was supposed to be at the age when I was supposed to discuss marriage, but I was so sought after, but I still survived the list to catch a son-in-law, and abruptly left myself. It turns out that I don't like women." Ping'er rubbed her chin, thinking deeply, " We can't look down on Han Tuiguan because of this matter, there is nothing wrong with liking men."

Wang Siniang nodded in agreement.

Cui Tao didn't realize that these two people were quite open-minded.

"I thought that Mrs. Cui and Han Tuiguan could still..." Wang Siniang sighed, "Oh, I think too much, I think too much."

"Thinking too much." Ping'er agreed, and also sighed regretfully.

When Cui Tao showed off the peach blossom fan to the two of them, Wang Siniang and Ping'er agreed perfunctorily, as if they just got away with it.In fact, where can I hold back my curiosity?For this reason, the two had a formal discussion around the table, carefully calculated, checked one by one, and picked up all possible men around Cui Tao, even Wang Zhao and Li Cai.

In the end, the two still agreed that Han Qi was the most likely, because no matter how they looked at it, they felt that Cui Tao and Han Qi had a closer relationship, and their attitudes towards him were not quite the same.

Of course, they had no proof.In order to obtain evidence before, I even secretly looked at the word '桃' on Cui Tao's fan, and compared it with the handwriting on Han Tui's official document, but the result was not very similar.At that time, I wondered why I was different?Now it finally dawned on me that it was because they were thinking too much, they really thought too much.

Cui Tao almost didn't laugh out loud when she heard the two confess their past 'misunderstanding'

After throwing the money on the table, Cui Tao slapped his Kaifeng mansion badge on the center of the adjacent table.

Several guests at the next table were discussing Han Qi's family background, how glorious the imperial examination was, and they were starting to pick up Han Qi's background anyway.Dig deep into how powerful he is, and then say, 'No matter how powerful he is, he is not a normal person, he has broken sleeves'.

"Anyone who spreads rumors will be served in the prison of the Kaifeng government office!" Cui Tao said, telling everyone present, "Anyone who spreads rumors and pushes officials in Korea, come to the Yamen to report to me, once it is verified, the reward will be ten guan, and the whistleblower will keep it secret. "

The guests, who were discussing enthusiastically, were dumbfounded when they saw Cui Tao showing the Kaifeng mansion badge.When everyone heard Cui Tao's secret report and rewarded so much money, they were all a little scared while being moved.To keep the whistleblower secret, who knows if the friends around him will secretly betray him and report him out for money?

Cui Tao turned around and asked He An to help her spread the news.

He An hurriedly agreed, and asked Cui Tao to rest assured that he would find more servants he knew well and publicize it in crowded places such as restaurants, and it would spread out in a short time.

Wang Siniang didn't understand: "Why is Mrs. Cui deliberately ruining the money for Han Tuiguan? He can definitely solve this matter by himself. Such a smart person can't solve it?"

Pinger nodded in agreement.

"You don't understand this. Money is easy to spend, but favors are hard to buy." Cui Tao explained with a random reason.

Ping'er suddenly realized, "It turns out that Mrs. Cui was plotting against Han Tuiguan to make Han Tuiguan owe her a favor, and when she asked him to repay the favor later, it was a benefit that money could not buy!"

"The boss is still smart, even better!" Wang Siniang flattered happily.

For some reason, Wang Siniang felt refreshed when she thought that their boss was able to figure out that Han Tuiguan who usually looked gentle and gentle but was actually aloof and alienated!It seems that I have finally vented my anger for many years!

When the three of them arrived at Madam Wu's rouge shop in Yujie, a waiter in the shop came to greet them, and asked the three ladies with a smile if they needed rouge powder.Especially for Cui Tao and Ping Er, the waiters are very enthusiastic. They recommend a complete set of makeup in the store for them. In addition to rouge and water powder, there are also flower seed oil, tea oil, forehead yellow, crow yellow, light coal, red powder and so on.

Women in the Northern Song Dynasty admired the beauty of eyebrows, especially the makeup of eyebrows.

So the waiter specially recommended light coal to the two of them, "Nowadays, it's not very popular for Qingdai to nod her eyebrows, and they all use light coal."

This light coal is actually a kind of ink, which is more vivid in painting than Qingdai. It is said that a famous prostitute invented this method and spread it.

Cui Tao doesn't really like this method of shaving her original eyebrows and painting with ink again.If the eyebrows are thin and thin, it is enough to fill in the color. Now no matter how thick they are, they have to be shaved off, which will lose the original intention of thrush.

Wang Siniang was eager to try, and with Pinger's help, she drew a picture, and then spent money to buy two pieces of light coal.

The waiter also found out that Cui Taoren was too natural and beautiful to need too many things. On the contrary, Wang Siniang had a lot to fill, so he became enthusiastic about Wang Siniang.

"My lady, we still have a picture of the hundred eyebrows. When we wake up every morning and suddenly want to change the eyebrow style, but don't know which one to change, we can just compare it with this picture." The waiter then presented the album to Wang Siniang.

Wang Siniang was amazed when she saw it, she was so big, she didn't know that eyebrows could have such a shape, what 'fainting', 'quiet moon'... really particular!Of course you have to buy it, and you have to make up for things you didn’t understand before.

The waiter then recommended forehead yellow to Wang Siniang, "This is a painting method that has been handed down from the palace at first, so it is also called palace yellow. After smearing it on the forehead, the whole person looks extravagant. Look, How does this look like a lady from an ordinary family? Oh, at first glance, I think she looks like a noble lady from some high family!"

Wang Siniang looked at the yellow forehead on her forehead in front of the mirror, and when the waiter praised how beautiful she was, she also felt good, and happily bought the forehead yellow.

"With a yellow forehead, there must be no lack of fat. We have Pomegranate Jiao, Shengtanxin, Luoeryin, Dahongchun..." The waiter asked Wang Siniang to choose a color, and he recommended Wang Siniang to choose vermilion, light red and deep red. Red is not suitable for her, it does not enhance her complexion enough.

Wang Siniang chose Dahongchun, and she really thought it was suitable.

The waiter suggested to Wang Siniang to try gouache again, "Now Zhengshang puts on the tear makeup on the corners of his eyes, oops, it's painted on, it's so charming."

Cui Tao kept observing the environment of the rouge shop. The shop has two floors, and there is a small courtyard at the back, but the houses in the backyard are average, and there are two waiters who often come and go there, it should be the servants' room.

There should be a counting room on the second floor of this rouge shop, because if you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of an abacus turning upstairs.There must be more than one room on the second floor, probably the shopkeeper or the rest room of the young master's house is also there.

"Boss, how do you like it?" Wang Siniang happily asked Cui Tao.

Cui Tao turned her head to look at Wang Siniang, her eyes suddenly widened.

A yellow forehead, thick lips, and several white spots around the eyes...

Fortunately, it was white, if it was red, Cui Tao would probably think it was a corpse spot.

"Nowadays everyone admires this kind of painting, but seeing the ladies of the high family gather together, seven or eight out of ten of them are like this, it couldn't be more beautiful." The waiter smiled and praised it is very beautiful.

"Are you happy?" Cui Tao asked Wang Siniang.

Wang Siniang lifted her willow-leaf eyebrows painted in ink, and said beautifully: "Naturally happy, I haven't used these things for many years, the last time I used them was when I got married."

Cui Tao agreed, "Just be happy."

"My lady's hair is a bit frizzy. If you apply some tea oil, it will not only remove the frizz, but also make your hair look black and shiny." The waiter continued to introduce.

"My hair is much better. I washed my hair with our wife's prescription. It was even worse before." After sighing, Wang Siniang happily paid for it, even buying tea oil.

Ping'er then picked up two things and bought them.

The waiter was satisfied with the sale, but he was still a little bit reconciled, and asked Cui Tao: "Isn't this lady buying some? You see that your companions have bought some. She is beautiful, but she needs to take care of it. These years are the most aging. "

"I want the best-smelling rouge gouache in your store. My husband likes to smell the fragrance. It can't be too fragrant, but it can't be too weak. It must be the right shade." Cui Tao told the waiter, as long as it is suitable, money is not question.

The waiter immediately got excited, seeing that the two ladies were generous, and this one was honored as the boss by those two, he must be not an ordinary person.

Hurry up and present all the delicious things in the shop to Cui Tao, and ask her to choose as she pleases.

"But that's it, it's nothing special." Cui Tao felt very ordinary, and motioned to Wang Siniang before leaving.

Wang Siniang immediately told the waiter that she didn't want these things anymore.

"My boss didn't like your things, it must be because your things are not good, you just fooled me!"

"How can this work, these are all sold items, besides, the lady has also tried it." The waiter refused.

The hatchback started to quarrel, and the more noisy the more fierce.

"What are you arguing about!" A loud boy came from upstairs, and Cui Tao immediately saw a handsome man walking down the stairs.Without crutches, his walking posture is very natural, if not for his dim eyes, I really can't tell that this person is blind.

This person is the young owner of Rouge Shop, Wu Heng.

After hearing what happened from his subordinates, Wu Heng frowned uncomfortably and asked him to refund the money to Wang Siniang.Immediately he was about to turn around and go back upstairs when Cui Tao stopped him.

Cui Tao explained her purpose, "I want to ask Wu Dalang to assist Kaifeng Mansion to investigate a case."

"Sorry, I'm not feeling well, it's inconvenient."

"Where is the discomfort, I will treat it to Wu Dalang?"

"Nowhere." Wu Heng resisted with a look of displeasure.

"Then the silver needles I brought may not be enough, but it doesn't matter, I can buy them now, and I promise to prick Wu Dalang's whole body."

"Threat me? Use torture?" Wu Heng turned his head to Cui Tao's direction and sneered, obviously not afraid of the threat in Cui Tao's words.

"This is medical treatment, not torture. Our government servants in Kaifeng have a heart of benevolence and love for the public." Cui Tao boasted.

"Up to you." Wu Heng immediately went upstairs, and Cui Tao followed with Wang Siniang and Ping'er.

When applying the needle, Wu Heng didn't say a word, with a look of death on his face.

Wu Heng's temperament is stubborn, he thought that his attitude towards people would really be tortured, he had heard that there are many ways to torture people in the yamen, the invisible silver needle is one of them.There is no way to pursue responsibility afterwards, because the wound cannot be seen.

However, he didn't feel much pain after being given the needle. Instead, after a while, he heard the woman who gave him the needle leave quickly.

Wu Hengzheng was wondering what was going on——

puff!puff!Puff!Puff puff……

Countless serial farts were released.

Wu Heng's face was extremely ugly, but fortunately there was no one in the room. The good thing is that his stomach has been feeling uncomfortable these days, and finally it is not so bloated and uncomfortable.

At this time, Cui Tao apologized to the waiter downstairs and gave them five pennies as compensation.

The waiter was quite angry at first, but when he saw Cui Tao losing so much money, he was naturally happy, and immediately said it was okay.

"Don't accept it!" Wu Heng came downstairs at some point, ordered the waiter, and then invited Cui Tao into the private room to take a seat.

"Madam Cui, what do you want, but it's okay to say." Wu Heng still had a cold face.

Cui Tao gave Wu Heng the rouge gouache collected from Dizang Pavilion, and asked him to distinguish one or two.

Wu Heng just sniffed it lightly, "Red and blue flowers, heavy crimson, pomegranate, and Su Fangmu."

"This is something from Arong Rouge Shop, but I heard that it has been confiscated by your Kaifeng mansion recently." Wu Heng said.

"Well, sir, these things are related to the Dizang Pavilion, so I want to investigate the source." Seeing that Wu Heng is indeed a capable person, Cui Tao didn't hide it from him.In fact, you can't hide it, so it's better to show some sincerity.

"I heard." Wu Heng smelled the gouache again, and said to Cui Tao, "Actually, no matter whether it is lipstick or gouache, the freshly made taste is different from the old one after all. I just happened to smell that this Arong Rouge Shop is freshly made Rouge."

Cui Tao's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly asked Wu Heng where he could smell it.

"Dengzhou." Wu Heng told Cui Tao that when he traveled around, he had a habit of going to the local rouge shop first, "but in Dengzhou, the shop that sells this kind of rouge powder is not called Arong Rouge Shop, but called Santai."

"Santai?"

"Well, it must be there when it's made, it's a very fresh taste." Wu Heng said.

Cui Tao then thought that Han Zong had made up a fake story, saying that she was rescued by him when she stole the salt transportation map in Dengzhou, and then placed in the old house.Afterwards, he explained that Han Qi made up a story because he heard that Dengzhou had stolen the salt transportation map, and Han Qi would ask for proof.

These words were mixed up at the time.

But Cui Tao remembers very clearly that once she had a conversation with Han Zong's entourage, Zhu Zhao, who once revealed that Han Zong had gone to Dengzhou alone.Of course, it is very likely that the servant is helping the master to lie together.But Cui Tao felt that Zhu Zhao should be telling the truth.Han Zong's lies about Dengzhou may be true.

Because the place where the rouge shop opened by Dizang Pavilion is now made is also in Dengzhou.

After Cui Tao thanked Wu Heng, she was about to leave when Wu Heng asked about the case of a female corpse who was gouging eyes in a haunted house.

Cui Tao looked at Wu Heng puzzledly.

"Because I am blind, I especially hate people who destroy people's eyes. I also hope that Mrs. Cui will solve the case as soon as possible and avenge the deceased." Wu Heng said.

Cui Tao agreed, "Unexpectedly, you have a chivalrous heart."

"Outsiders say that I have a bad temper, but they don't know that they are too stupid to talk to them patiently." Wu Heng stretched out his hand calmly, grabbed the teacup in front of him with precision, and took a sip.

Cui Tao thought that he should have accurately determined the position of the teacup through his sense of smell.There are always some people in this world who are very talented, such as a perfumer who can distinguish dozens of ingredients in a perfume by smelling it. Wu Heng obviously belongs to this kind of person.God made him lose his eyes, but gave him a more sensitive nose.

Cui Tao: "But how did I hear that you seemed to have a bad temper after you lost your eyesight?"

Wu Heng snorted, "When I was not blind, I was always confused by what I saw and couldn't distinguish clearly. Only when I lost my sight can I finally see how people's hearts are. Many people always talk to me in a sympathetic tone, as if I am blind. At a glance, they become like trash. In fact, they are the ones who are so stupid, and they are the ones who are trash, which makes people upset for no reason. If everyone in the world is as smart as Mrs. Cui, I will lose my temper."

Cui Tao laughed, "Then I take your words as a compliment. Thank you for your help today. If I can help you in the future, you can go to Kaifeng Mansion to find me."

Wu Heng gave a slight 'hmm', and then said: "No."

Cui Tao turned directly from Yujie to the ghost house in Dayu Lane.This ghost is alone at the corner at the end of the alley, even in the daytime, this alley has a gloomy feeling.Probably a few locust trees beside the road grew too tall, blocking most of the sunlight, resulting in shadows on the road.

Cui Tao took Wang Siniang and Ping'er from the beginning of the alley to the end of the alley, not seeing a single person in the alley.There are many people living in each household here, as can be seen from the living utensils and clothes hanging in the yard.And they are all men's clothes, not a single piece of women's clothes.According to Li Yuan's investigation, the residents in each courtyard in this alley are mixed with more than a dozen men, all of whom are young people who come to Bianjing from other places to make money, doing the most inferior coolie work.

Most of them are between the 24th and [-]th, and they come to Bianjing to do some work because their families are poor. They either earn money to support the family, or save money for themselves to marry a wife.Because they have to run around for their lives, they work most of the day, and only have three or four hours to rest at most. When they come back, they are almost exhausted and fall asleep. They have to get up at dawn to go out to continue working go.

That's why there is a situation where no one can be seen in this alley during the day.

Every courtyard in the alley looks crowded and narrow. The only house that looks spacious is this ghost house. The layout of the front three and the back three is uninhabited all the year round. Weeds.The black lacquered gate was also peeled off, but there were still a few portraits of the door god left on the door, the old paper had turned yellow and black, and only a few traces could be discerned.

Cui Tao also saw some burnt incense sticks by the gate, and some traces of pasting yellow talisman paper, but now the complete talisman is no longer visible.

In order to protect the scene, Kaifeng Mansion put a new lock on the gate.Cui Tao brought the key, and after unlocking it, she pushed the door, but found that it couldn't be pushed open, and the door was locked from the inside.

Wang Siniang and Ping'er followed behind Cui Tao, they felt a little horrified by the legend of the haunted house, but when they saw that the door couldn't be pushed open, they all tightened their necks in fright.

The two of them stared round at the same time, they didn't know if the house was scary or not, but it was scary just looking at the two of them.Especially Wang Siniang, who was still wearing yellow forehead and tear makeup, and her crimson lips were crooked, which made people feel shocked when they saw it.

"This door is locked from the outside, why is it bolted from the inside? It's broad daylight, wouldn't it be haunted?" Ping'er was a little scared, and grabbed Wang Siniang's sleeve.

Wang Siniang was also frightened, and grabbed Pinger's sleeve.

Wang Siniang laments that even though she is physically strong, strong in martial arts, and has the courage and courage to pull mountains and rivers, she is still afraid of ghosts... Ghosts are things that people can never defeat, who is not afraid of them!Who is not afraid to count who is great!

Cui Tao asked Wang Siniang for a dagger, and through the crack of the door, used the dagger to break open the latch inside.

"Boss is amazing!" Wang Siniang took back the dagger and praised it in a trembling voice, then discussed with Cui Tao whether she and Ping'er could wait outside.

Cui Tao agreed, and immediately entered the house.

Wang Siniang and Ping'er were staring uneasily outside the house when suddenly a gust of wind swept across the street, making it chilly.

The two followed Cui Tao at the same time, and they finally felt that it was safer to follow Cui Tao.

The weeds in the yard have been trampled over. After all, a murder has just happened here. According to the rules, the officials of Kaifeng Mansion will search every inch of the place carefully.

According to the investigation records at the scene, the body was found in the main hall.

Yesterday, a few teenagers wanted to come to the ghost house to strengthen their courage. Although they said it was to strengthen their courage, they chose to strengthen their courage during the day, which shows that they are not very courageous.As a result, after climbing into the house and pushing the door, several teenagers saw the victim with two blood holes on his face lying in the center of the main hall.One can imagine how frightened the teenagers were at that time, and it is estimated that they were completely 'strong' this time.

Today, on the floor of the main hall, there are still some mottled blood stains, in the form of obvious drops, not much. The murderer must have cut his tongue and gouged out the eyes of the deceased here.

When Ping'er and Wang Siniang saw the blood on the ground, they couldn't help but think of the tragic death of the victim in the morgue. Coupled with the gloomy surroundings, the two got closer to each other.The two people who were always noisy, now they have lived closer and closer together than ever before.

The courtyard of this house is paved with bluestone slabs, and there are no traces of footprints.But the dust in the house was relatively thick, and there was only one kind of footprint that could be distinguished. The size was about ten inches two, and it probably belonged to a male.The reason why I say roughly is because in terms of size, there is a high probability that it belongs to men, but it does not rule out that some people wear big shoes with small feet, or some women have big feet.

Because there was only one kind of footprint left at the scene, and there were no obvious signs of fighting, it was preliminarily concluded that the haunted house should not be the scene of the first murder, but the scene of the dumping of corpses.It is not known whether tools were used to transport the corpse.

According to the condition of the corpse spots on the body surface, it is estimated that the time of death of the deceased was probably before dawn yesterday morning.The time when the body was discovered was at noon yesterday when the sun was in full swing.

Cui Tao didn't think the murderer would transport the corpse at the time when the sun was rising in the east, and in other places, every household might still be asleep at this time.But in Dayu Lane, this happens to be the time when the residents are most active.

If the murderer chooses to transport the corpse at this time, it will be very easy to be detected.On the contrary, after daybreak, when everyone was working in the morning, it was so quiet that even the sound of falling leaves could be heard in the rain lane.

Cui Tao then went through every room in the haunted house. There were still a few broken pieces of furniture left in the house, most of which were vacant.The paper on the doors and windows was torn, and there was a big crack in one of the east-facing walls.The two paulownia trees in the house have strangely stretched branches, wide leaves and dense growth.I don't know if the soil quality in this alley is good, Cui Tao found that the trees in the alley are quite tall and dense.

"Can we go?" Wang Siniang and Ping'er hugged each other and walked together, still feeling that the place was eerie and uncomfortable.

When Cui Tao was nodding her head——

bell!

Lingling!

Ringling!

Suddenly, a bell rang from the direction of the main hall.

"Ahhhhh..." Pinger yelled first, and Wang Siniang also yelled under Pinger's lead.

Cui Tao was fine at first, but was startled by the sudden cry of these two people.Cui Tao was going to check in the front yard immediately, and Wang Siniang quickly handed Cui Tao the dagger.

"No need, if it's really a ghost, this thing can't kill it. If it's a human being, if I accidentally kill someone, I'll still be held responsible." Cui Tao picked up two broken tiles from the ground and went straight.

Rushing to the front yard, I saw a Taoist priest in a yellow robe, ringing a bell in his forehand, and waving a mahogany sword. There were two talisman papers stuck in the wooden sword, which seemed to be exorcising ghosts.

Cui Tao immediately saw the appearance of this Taoist priest, it was actually the famous Taoist priest whom she specially invited to save Hu Lianzhi three days ago - Taoist priest Wuyou.

Taoist Wuyou chanted two incantations. With a shake of the mahogany sword, the talisman on the sword ignited spontaneously. Then he shook the sword, and the flaming talisman slid down from the sword and fell to the ground.

Wang Siniang and Ping'er rushed over afterward, seeing that it turned out to be a Taoist priest, they were suddenly relieved.The two of them were not as scared as before, as if they had suddenly found a backer.

When Taoist Wuyou turned his head to look at Wang Siniang and Ping'er, his eyes widened, and then he saw Cui Tao again, his round eyes returned to normal, and he seemed to confirm that the three of them were human.

"I didn't expect to meet Mrs. Cui here." Daoist Wuyou put away the mahogany sword, and walked over to greet Cui Tao politely.

"Unexpected." It is reasonable to say that this is the crime scene of Kaifeng Mansion, idlers should not enter, Cui Tao asked Taoist Wuyou but he was invited by Kaifeng Mansion.

"Pindao voluntarily came here to exorcise ghosts and demons." Dao Wuyou said, "Pindao saw that many people in the city were panicked because of this ghost house in the past two days, and the threat became more and more serious, so he came here to do this."

"It turns out that you are the Taoist priest Wuyou. I heard the name of the Taoist priest a long time ago, and seeing him today is really extraordinary!" After hearing the identity of the Taoist priest Wuyou, Ping'er immediately greeted him with admiration.

Wang Siniang didn't know who the Taoist priest Wuyou was, so she asked in a low voice.

Ping'er hurriedly introduced to Wang Siniang beside him that the Taoist priest Wuyou is the most famous Taoist priest with the strongest spells in Tokyo, and if he encounters any troubles with ghosts, as long as he can be invited out of the mountain, there will be nothing that cannot be solved.The elixir refined by Taoist Priest also prolongs life and has extremely high efficacy, so everyone worships Taoist Priest very much, thinking that he is more divine than a god.After all, if you ask the gods for something, the gods don't answer, and you become the Taoist priest Wuyou, and the troublesome things can be solved immediately.

"So amazing?" Wang Siniang exclaimed.

Daoist Wuyou smiled modestly, "Miss Ping praised you absurdly, the poor Taoist has little talent and learning, and needs to be more diligent."

"The Taoist priest is too modest." Ping'er said hastily.

"Hey, it's quite lively here." Zhao Zongqing got off his horse, threw the whip to his followers, and strode in.

Taoist Wuyou hurriedly asked Zhao Zongqing why he came here.

"I was looking for you to discuss Taoism. I heard from your little disciple that you are here, so I will also come to see what this ghost house is like. Once I am lucky, I will meet a ghost."

After Zhao Zongqing finished speaking, he turned his eyes and looked curiously at the environment of the house, and then his eyes fell on the blood stains on the ground of the main hall.

"It's not easy for Mrs. Cui. This is not a place where ordinary women dare to come."

Cui Tao nodded politely, as a response to Zhao Zongqing.

Zhao Zongqing took a special look at Cui Tao, "I found that you have been very cautious with me since you knew I was the eldest son."

"The status is different, so it should be." Cui Tao responded.

Taoist Master Wuyou smiled, "It doesn't have to be that way, he doesn't put on airs, and he never uses his status to pressure others. We Taoist priests get along with him, and we can say whatever we want."

"Really?" Cui Tao looked at Zhao Zongqing curiously.

Zhao Zongqing nodded with a smile.

"This is the scene of the crime, please don't stay too long." Cui Tao stretched out his hand, signaling the two to go out.

Daoist Wuyou: "..."

Zhao Zongqing: "..."

After everyone went out, Cui Tao closed the door and locked the courtyard door again.Even after hearing a slight noise from inside the door, everyone was quiet at this moment.

Cui Tao glanced in through the crack of the door and said, "It's the latch, it must be broken somewhere, slide it by yourself."

Zhao Zongqing raised the corners of his mouth, but didn't say much, calling for Taoist Wuyou to go with him.

After watching the two of them leave, Cui Tao stretched out her hand and tapped Wang Siniang's forehead, but as a result, her own finger stained her forehead, and she had to wipe it off with a handkerchief.

"It's okay for Ping'er to be afraid, and she's also afraid if she doesn't see you. Wasn't she quite bold before?"

"I used to be brave enough not to be afraid of death, but I thought life was not very interesting. I made it difficult for anyone who dared to hold my breath. Desperadoes, they all use such a desperation method." Wang Siniang changed the subject, "But now It's different."

"What's different?" Ping'er asked curiously.

"After hanging out with the boss, I feel more and more about the benefits of being alive, and I don't want to die, so I cherish my life even more." Wang Siniang patted her chest, "I have to cherish myself, after all, there are so many good people in this world. I haven't eaten anything, and there are so many delicious things that I haven't eaten enough."

When Ping'er heard this, she couldn't help laughing.

Cui Tao also laughed, and patted Wang Siniang on the shoulder, praising her for her deep understanding.

"In the long river of time, you will find that everything will change, and your heart will grow old, but food will keep your enthusiasm unchanged."

Food is the most important thing for the people. As long as we keep our enthusiasm for food, we will not lose the basic happiness of living.Find other happiness on top of this, and you will be even happier.

In time for noon, the three returned to Kaifeng Mansion after lunch.

Cui Tao didn't know if Han Qi had used his lunch, so she brought Han Qi the thin-skinned spring cocoon buns from Liu Ba's family. Her buns were the best. There are two samples, complete in taste and convenient to eat.

Cui Tao didn't shy away from Wang Siniang and Ping'er, and told them that the steamed stuffed bun was for Han Qi.

The two of them didn't think much about it at all, and they all agreed that Cui Tao should take care of Han Tuiguan, sell favors, sell more, and everyone can walk around in Kaifeng Mansion in the future.

After the three of them arrived at the back gate of Kaifeng Mansion, they walked in two ways.Wang Siniang and Ping'er go back to the deserted courtyard, while Cui Tao goes to find Han Qi.

Cui Tao met two yamen servants on the way, and saw them whispering something together, Cui Tao vaguely heard the two mention 'Han Tuiguan', so she thought that the matter of the broken sleeve was discussed by them, so she put the The two stopped and asked what they were talking about.

"Miss Cui doesn't know yet, does she?"

"what do you know?"

"It's been rumored outside that Han was hugging a boy two days ago and broke his sleeve, but it's actually a rumor—"

"Oh?" Cui Tao motioned for the two to continue, apparently they didn't finish talking.

"That's not a boy at all, it's a woman, and she's from our Kaifeng mansion."

Cui Tao continued to look at the two of them, telling them to finish talking quickly.

The two yamen servants had tasted Cui Tao's food in the past, and both felt that Cui Tao was not an outsider, but they did not shy away from her.

They looked around and asked Cui Tao to promise not to spread the word, and then quietly told Cui Tao: "It's Mrs. Zhang, Zhang Wenpo's niece."

"Who spoke nonsense?"

"Oh, this is not nonsense, Mrs. Zhang recognized it." The yamen servant said.

Cui Tao nodded and sent the two yamen servants to leave.Not long after she walked further, she saw Zhang Susu appearing in front of her, dressed in a green dress and a black hair.

Cui Tao saw that Zhang Susu was dressed like this at this time, and couldn't help squinting her eyes.

"Miss Cui, shall we find a secluded place and talk alone?" Zhang Susu asked Cui Tao seriously.

"What are you talking about, what shameful things do you have to say in private?" Cui Tao asked bluntly.

Zhang Susu hurriedly asked Cui Tao if she had heard something, and told her not to believe those rumors.

"I don't want to waste time on useless things, just tell me your purpose." Cui Tao said.

"It's a coincidence that I wore this outfit today. Who knew there were rumors outside, so someone asked me. I was deliberately shy and didn't say yes or no, so they misunderstood." Zhang Susu admitted frankly, and then apologized to Cui Tao repeatedly, And told Cui Tao, in fact, she already knew that Cui Tao and Han Qi were together.

Cui Tao couldn't help laughing, and found that things seemed to be developing in an "interesting" direction.

Cui Tao directly took Zhang Susu to Huangyuan, which was her territory, and there were Wang Siniang and Ping'er, they would definitely stand by her side to speak, and she was not afraid of anyone cheating.Moreover, she had officially told Zhang Wenpo before that the purpose of her refusal to accept Zhang Susu was to expose the conflict and let others know that she and Zhang Susu did not have a good relationship.

Zhang Susu followed Cui Tao and sat down in the gazebo, and whispered to Cui Tao, "Don't worry, Mrs. Cui, I didn't tell anyone about this. I did this for Mrs. Cui."

"Say what you think." Cui Tao continued to listen.Her brain circuits are completely different from Jipin's, so it is necessary to understand the other party's weird ideas.

"Outsiders look down on our autopsy. Official Han Tui is a good person, and Mrs. Cui is also worthy of him, but there are too many ordinary people in this world, and official Han Tui will inevitably be scruples about these things. He has been urging his wife to refuse to promise marriage. , just don’t do anything. I’m doing this to attract jade, to force Han Tuiguan to take a step forward, so that he is willing to make up his mind to marry Mrs. Cui. Otherwise, if he doesn’t clarify this matter, he will have to recognize me. He definitely won't like it."

"Absolutely." Cui Tao nodded in admiration, praising Zhang Susu's great approach, "Sacrifice your own reputation to ruin me and Han Tuiguan's reputation."

"No, no, that's not what I mean, I want to help Mrs. Cui." Zhang Susu hurriedly stood up and explained to Cui Tao in a panic, "After all, there are many beautiful women from high families who care about a person like Han Tuiguan. Well, a man's love often comes and goes, I did this to help Mrs. Cui settle the marriage as soon as possible, but Mrs. Cui's heart troubles when it's over."

"You even know what's wrong with me? If you have any evidence, show it." Cui Tao asked back.

Zhang Susu choked.

"I also said that your heart disease is that you deliberately calculated Han Tuiguan, trying to force him to marry you." Cui Tao said.

"No, I didn't mean that. It's impossible for Han Tuiguan to marry me. He's still married to Mrs. Cui." Zhang Susu shook her head, expressing that she had absolutely no interest in Han Qi.

"Whatever you want to say." Cui Tao's voice was loose, not taking it seriously, "Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with me, and you will take care of what you caused yourself."

As long as there are not so many people mentioning the rumor about the broken sleeve, it will be gone in two days.Besides, the two men hugged each other, even if they were a little affectionate when they parted, so what?If this is a matter, what about Du Fu's "Conceiving Li Bai in Winter", "Recalling Li Bai in Spring", "Conceiving Li Bai at the End of the Day", and "Dream of Li Bai"?

Zhang Susu faltered: "Then I, then I am... superfluous, is it superfluous? Did I do something bad with good intentions?"

Seeing Zhang Susu's ignorant look, Cui Tao snorted and said, "Whether you really help and accidentally make a fool of yourself, or you pretend to help, I will help you."