Chapter 459: The water in the capital is deep, I dare not dabble
After going to the bank to investigate, the banknote that Li Ren gave to Lu Tao was confirmed to have come from a silk and satin shop in the capital. It may have changed hands countless times before it reached Li Ren's hands. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to find out his identity through this, but
Fortunately, although no results have been found on this route for the time being, Li Yan has been sending people to follow the man, and the other party seems to have exposed his flaws.
"Grandma, we followed him to find another man, and the other man went to see another man. They walked around three times before we followed him to the gate of Taifu's mansion." Li Yan reported.
Shi Chunfen narrowed his eyes, "It is indeed Taifu Liu."
Taifu Liu was so aggressive in the Jinluan Palace that day that he wanted to put the entire Chu family to death. Unexpectedly, now that the head of Huating County is dead, he still has not given up. He continues to bribe Hongxing and plans to murder their mother and son. Unfortunately, Shi Chunfen does not understand government affairs.
She didn't know how to deal with it for a while. The only thing she could confirm was that the capital was not safe for her, and maybe she should leave here as soon as possible.
"Go and get Lu Tao." Shi Chunquin ordered.
Li Yan looked at her solemn expression and nodded quickly.
Lu Tao came to Shi Chunfen's room and saw that she had already dressed and got out of bed. She was immediately startled, "Grandma, where is your body?"
"It doesn't matter." Shi Chunfen waved his hand, "Actually, my wound has almost healed. As long as I don't exercise strenuously, nothing will happen."
She had said so, and Lu Tao naturally did not dare to ask any more questions. He quickly reached out to help her sit down at the table and asked, "Grandma asked me to come over. Do you have anything to say?"
Seeing that she was smart, Shi Chunquin smiled and nodded, "Yes, I do need your help with something, but it may be dangerous..."
Lu Tao quickly understood that it must be related to Hong Xing's matter. She immediately knelt down in front of Shi Chunquin and said, "Grandma, just tell me."
Shi Chunfen also guessed that she would not refuse, and quickly stretched out his hand to help her up, "Actually, what you have to do is very simple. You only need to trick Hongxing out of the inn, and I will do the rest."
Lu Tao was stunned and asked blankly: "Does grandma want to trick Hong Xing into coming out and killing her?"
Shi Chunquin shook his head, "No."
She quickly breathed a sigh of relief and then agreed: "Okay then, I will obey grandma's instructions in everything."
That night, Lu Tao entered the inn under the pretense of visiting Hong Xing. Li Ren happened to be away that day, so Hong Xing took her hands and asked affectionately: "Why are you here today? Have you figured it out again?"
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Lu Tao shook his head and said frankly: "It is impossible for me to betray grandma. I came to you today because I want to take you out for a walk. You have lived in the inn for so long, and your usual food and clothing expenses are
I brought it in, don't you feel bored?"
She suddenly made such a request, and Hongxing was obviously a little doubtful, "It's natural to be bored, but I've been used to it for a long time. Why is my sister suddenly so happy today?"
Seeing the doubt on her face, Lu Tao's heart froze, and she became even more unscrupulous when telling lies, "Grandma's health is getting better gradually. I may have to leave the capital with her soon. I think that we sisters may not be able to live together in the future."
As long as we spend time together, I just want to hold your hand and go shopping together like before."
She said it very sincerely, and the reason was quite appropriate. Hongxing felt very sad when she heard it, "Good sister, don't you blame me?"
Lu Tao smiled and shook his head, "Five hundred taels of silver should dissipate all anger, not to mention that you and I grew up together. When did we have an overnight revenge? I know that I can't persuade you to stop taking revenge, and you also can't.
If you can't convince me to help you take revenge together, then we can only put this matter behind us temporarily and have fun for a few days. It would be better than having to think of all the unbearable things when we are separated in the future.
"
Hearing what she said, Hongxing had no reason to refuse, "You are right, revenge is revenge. We two sisters are two sisters. This should not affect our relationship." She patted Lutao's hand and said gently.
: "Then wait for me. I'll go change my clothes and I'll go out with you soon."
Lu Tao nodded slightly and watched her enter the screen.
After she changed her clothes, the two of them walked out of the inn together. Lu Tao pretended to take Hong Xing to the market. As soon as they walked into the crowd, they were kidnapped by the troops sent by Shichunfen and were quickly put into the hotel.
Got a carriage.
Hongxing's hands and feet were tied, and she stared at Shi Chunfen and Li Yan in the carriage with wide eyes. She turned her head and glared at Lutao, "You betrayed me?!"
Lu Tao lowered her head apologetically and said bluntly: "You and Li Ren have lied to me for so long, and this is just my reward for you."
"You?!" Seeing that she was still about to get angry, Li Yan quickly stuffed a rag into her mouth, "Grandma, you don't have much time, change it quickly!"
Shi Chunfen nodded slightly, and quickly asked Li Yan and Lu Tao to take off Hongxing's clothes and put them on herself. Because the other party had lilac syndrome, Shi Chunfen had already put on several layers of inner clothes in advance to avoid
In addition to having direct contact with the other party's clothes, she also took a dose of preventive medicine to make sure everything was safe, and then she got off the carriage with Lu Tao wearing Hong Xing's clothes.
Because Hongxing suffers from bloating syndrome, she usually covers her face with a curtain when going out, which happens to be a way to cover up during the equinox.
The two held hands and pretended to walk around the market, and then returned to the inn while talking and laughing.
After entering the inn room, Lu Tao curiously asked Shi Chunquin: "Why did grandma do this? Is it because there is something weird about this room?"
Shi Chunfen shook his head slightly and said frankly: "There is nothing weird about this room, but the whole inn is Taifu Liu's spy."
"What?!" Lu Tao was shocked.
Speaking of which, Shi Chunfen was able to discover this matter thanks to a lesson she was taught by Ren Shu when she was in Shuzhou. From then on, she was extra careful when entering other people's territory. All those who opposed her were very careful.
Being rich means being expensive, and it is easy to rent out an entire restaurant or inn, so she asked Li Yan's people to stay outside the inn and not step into the other party's territory. As expected, she soon reaped the rewards.
"Then grandma is risking her own life?" Lu Tao became anxious, "Why don't we leave quickly before the other party notices?!"
"No need to go to such trouble." Shi Chunfen said calmly: "I just want him to find out, and then come to negotiate with me. This is his territory, and he must have enough confidence, so he won't kill me for a while.
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Taifu Liu wanted to harm her. To put it bluntly, he wanted to use her to attack Chu Ling or the Chu family. Taking her life directly would not mean much to Taifu Liu.
Everything went as Shi Chun Equinox expected. In less than an hour, Taifu Liu's carriage arrived at the door of the inn and entered Shi Chun Equinox's room.
Li Yan led people to watch outside the inn. Once a sounding arrow was fired into Shi Chun Equinox's room, they would rush out regardless and try to rescue Shi Chun Equinox no matter what.
"Young Madam Chu, long time no see." As soon as Taifu Liu entered the door, he was shocked by Shi Chunfen's calm and calm look.
Shi Chunfen was sitting in the middle of the table, calmly brewing the tea she had brought in in her sleeves. The steam was rising, and the beauty was hazy, looking extremely graceful. When she heard Taifu Liu's words, she raised her head slightly and smiled at him,
"Master, please sit down."
Taifu Liu narrowed his eyes and looked around the room to make sure she didn't hide any other hidden weapons, then he took a few steps forward and sat in front of her.
Lu Tao stood behind Shichun Fen and fanned them gently.
Looking at their postures, he somehow thought that he was the disadvantaged party. Taifu Liu sneered and said tauntingly: "Does Madam Chu want to open Jiuku Tea House in the capital?"
Seeing him mention this, he obviously already knew everything about the Chu family. Shi Chunfen smiled and said calmly: "The water in the capital is deep and I dare not get involved. It is better to stay in my own one-third of an acre of land."
Hearing something in her words, Taifu Liu raised his eyebrows and said proudly: "It's a pity that the Chu family doesn't think so like you."
Shi Chunfen looked at him and said bluntly: "The head of Huating County is dead, and the Chu family is just a businessman. Why should the Grand Tutor pursue him so closely?"
"The Chu family is indeed a businessman." Taifu Liu said seriously: "But your husband is not. He is the governor of the three states personally appointed by your majesty. He may have great achievements in the future!"
"Governor of the Three Prefectures?" Shi Chunfen sneered, "It's just an empty title, but it's worthy of Taifu Liu's concern."
"Although it is an empty title, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. When the time comes, no one will know what you have done, right?" Taifu Liu said aggressively.
Seeing that this was what he was worried about, Shi Chunfen shook his head helplessly, "Even so, everything is my husband's business, what does it have to do with me? Taifu bribed Hongxing to harm me, in the end he wanted to give A Ling
A show of force, or do you want to deliberately intensify the conflict between the Chu family and His Majesty, and force a loyal minister to rebel?!"
Hearing the latter, Taifu Liu stood up suddenly and said, "You are talking nonsense!"
Shi Chunfen looked at him calmly, her eyes full of ridicule, "Looking at Taifu's reaction, His Majesty really doesn't know what you did. Do you think if he knew, would he regret listening to Taifu?
Did he kill the head of Huating County?"
Taifu Liu became anxious, pointed at Shi Chunfen and yelled, "Stop spitting blood here, and His Majesty will not be instigated by you!"
"Whether Your Majesty will be provoked to discord, you will know after I die." Shi Chunquin said calmly.
Taifu Liu was slightly startled, retracted his hand, and said slyly: "What do you mean?"
Shi Chunfen looked at him with a smile in his eyes, "I have already found a reliable person. If there is any trouble between me and my child in the capital, a blood letter will be sent to His Majesty. You can guess that Your Majesty will believe you then."
, or do you believe in a person who says good things even when he is about to die?"
"You?!" Taifu Liu finally understood where Shi Chunfen's confidence lies. She was obviously in his inn, but she was not afraid at all that she would not be able to get out. It turned out that she had already made up her mind to die with him. "What on earth are you doing?"
What do you want?" Liu Taifu asked dissatisfied.
"The little girl doesn't dare to do anything." Shi Chunfen said seriously: "I just want to take my child and leave the capital safely and return to my husband."
"Ha!" Taifu Liu was a little amused, "Your husband left the family because you couldn't give birth to a legitimate son, and you still want to follow him wholeheartedly?"
"No way." Shi Chunquin shrugged, "I'm just a woman. Now that I've given birth to a child, can I still have another husband?"
These words were quite reasonable. Taifu Liu snorted coldly and sat in front of her again, "Don't worry, I just wanted to use you to provoke Chu Ling to see if he would be tempted to rebel because of your death.
So I can catch him in advance to avoid it getting bigger in the future. But now it seems that he doesn’t care about his wife and daughter at all, and he won’t expose his feet for you even if he thinks about it.”
Even though he knew that his words were sowing discord, Shi Chunfen's face still darkened, "Do you want to tell me that you are loyal to His Majesty?"
Seeing that she had revealed the other meaning in her words so quickly, Taifu Liu smiled and said regretfully: "Young Mistress Chu is so smart, why doesn't that boy Chu Ling like her?"
Shi Chunfen rolled her eyes at him and said angrily: "Sir, can you tell me why you hate the Chu family and the head of Huating County so much? Is it really just because of His Majesty's suspicion?"
Seeing how straightforward she was, Taifu Liu was a little amused, "Do you know that just by those few words you just said, His Majesty can behead you and the entire Chu family?"
"Your Majesty will not know what I said." Shi Chunfen said calmly: "I told you a long time ago that I am fully prepared. If anything happens to me, Taifu Liu will be buried with me. Even his biological sister will be buried with me."
As a distrustful emperor, Taifu Liu doesn’t think he can trust you 100%, right?”
Taifu Liu's face darkened and he didn't speak for a long time.
Shi Chunfen knew that he had touched a sore spot for him. The most painful thing about being a minister was not not being reused, but that even though he had worked hard and was loyal, his intentions were still questioned. Even as the Emperor's Tutor, he was no exception.
Seeing his sad look, Shi Chunfen sighed, "Please don't worry, Master, the little lady just wants to protect herself. Whatever was said in this room today, the Master will not tell anyone, let alone the little lady."
It was rare to see such a straightforward and smart woman. Taifu Liu couldn't help but be curious, "Obviously before I sent people to Liuzhou to investigate, they said that the eldest young lady of the Chu family was as stupid as a pig. Now I have seen with my own eyes that you are not who they said."
What a look!"
The corners of Shi Chunfen's lips twitched, and she looked at Taifu Liu angrily and amusedly, "Then should I thank you for your compliment that I'm not stupid?"
Taifu Liu raised his eyebrows and said bluntly: "I also know that a woman will change a lot after experiencing life and death. But since you can sit here calmly and negotiate with me, why are you being bullied by your husband and husband's family?"