Xiao Qiao hung her clothes in front of the window. There was a bowl of copper lamp on the table.
In the room, the light alternates between light and dark, swaying with the flames.
She lowered her voice and asked: "Xiao Qiao, are all the names of all the books that have bought Luohan Zijin Dan in the shop?"
"Yes, you didn't write this book? I haven't touched it in the past few days. Well, you made up 103 titles and stuffed them into it to make false accounts. Who can do this except you?"
Xiao Qiao lit another copper lamp and put it next to the account book.
The account book with blue cloth cover is made of Xuancheng white bamboo paper. The paper has a light fragrance.
She rustled and hurriedly flipped through the account book. Sure enough, on the twelfth page of the book, she saw a line of words written by her [Jiangning Baihusuo, Wu Deqing, bought twenty pills.]
Wu Deqing is Lao Wu.
But this is a false account.
She sat down, spread Liu's account book containing the false accounts on the table, and read each word carefully.
The Liuji Drug Store was opened with the joint stock capital of the Jinyi fans. She had made an agreement with Liu Ruhai and asked shopkeeper Huo to give 20% off medicines to the fans in the yamen.
In order to make the accounts clear, all the people who bought the medicine were named.
Looking through the names again, she saw Liu Xiaoqi, the son of Liu Qianhu and the brother of Mrs. Six. His name was Liu Hong'er. This was a true account. Liu Hong had indeed been coming to Liu Ji Lai to buy medicine for many fans. She remembered it all.
account.
In the account book, under the line of Liu Xiaoqi's name, she wrote thirty-two names in a row. These names were unknown to her.
"Have you checked the names of these people? Xiao Qiao,"
"...You asked me to check, how dare I fool you? You can nag me for a year." Xiao Qiao held out the lamp and clicked on the thirty-two names. He had been instigated by her to inquire about these secretly before.
She wrote the person's name in the account book with her own hands.
But in this account book, she deliberately changed a number of names.
——The name was changed just so that Prince Zhao’s Mansion could lure the secret agent Long into falling into her trap. The account book trap.
For example, on the account book, she personally wrote the words "Jiangning Baihu Institute Wu Deqing".
Lao Wu, but he has never been to Liuji, and he has never bought Luohan Zijin Huoluo Pill.
She knew that in the eyes of spies, this Liu accounting book was a list of Jinyi fanzi that could be bribed.
After all, those who want to practice cultivation by paying for medicine are firstly ambitious, and secondly, they are easily short of money when spending money to buy medicine.
This kind of fan is the easiest target to be bribed.
——Liu Ruhai must be able to see these two points. If he can't see it, others will. Maybe it was Wusheng Laomu who taught him.
The only thing she didn't expect was that Lao Wu was actually bribed.
Outside the window, there was more drumming.
Inside the window, Xiao Qiao was sitting on the chair next to him, dozing off.
Cao Xiwan was also sleepy. She looked over her account book in deep thought. Lao Wu was not short of money. He had not bought Luohan Zijin Huoluo Pill, nor had he taken Fushou Pill.
He also has no ambition for promotion.
——He was actually bribed anyway.
Well, maybe she was careless.
Lao Wu was originally a young man in Jinyi who managed ditch sanitation in the neighborhood of Beijing. He worked hard and discovered 68 informants for Jinyi Yamen. In the past twenty or thirty years, he made a lot of contributions.
He rose all the way up from a rankless warrior, to a ninth-rank and eighth-rank captain, to a seventh-rank small flag. In this way, he was able to be transferred to the Jiangning Hundred Household Institute to become the sixth-rank brocade uniform general banner in the past two years.
Now, Lao Wu betrayed her.
She was targeted by people like Heng Qi because Old Wu leaked the news.
However, because she was originally an informant among the neighbors in the capital, she had followed Old Wu for many years. Later, after Old Wu was transferred to Jiangning County, it was normal for him to stop contacting her.
So Lao Wu was not sure if she had followed her to Jiangning County to find out the traitor.
She thought for a while and asked Xiao Qiao: "What's going on in the Hou Mansion these days?"
"The Marquis's Mansion? Even the Marquis and his wife have asked the imperial doctor to check their pulse. Everything is fine."
She thought, Xiao Qiao and Mao Ergou said the same thing.
However, she knew that the Marquis had asked Liancheng's brothers to investigate Ouyang Qianhu. Could it be that Ouyang Qianhu was bribed by the Zhao Palace, so Liu Ruhai poisoned the Marquis?
Cao Xi went out of Liu Ji's Drug Store late at night. At first glance, he saw the moon reflecting on the waves, and there were patrol boats on the Qinhuai River.
She hurried back to Nankanghou Mansion along the river.
Instead of going to the concierge, she sneaked in secretly and walked around the house.
At this time, Song Chengming was in the inner house and gave the baby in his arms to the wet nurse. He sat for a while and then got up: "I'm going to be busy in the study outside. You guys are so busy serving my wife."
"Yes, Lord Marquis."
Lou Shuluan pretended to sleep on the bed with a screen. The couple had been coaxing the child just now, and they finally coaxed the child. She was so tired that she lay down first.
There are wet nurses, Baobao, and girls in the house, not to mention that the husband only has this legitimate son, who Song Chengming often holds in his arms and never leaves his hand.
Lou Shuluan was still tired.
She looked at the golden needle in her hand. If she pierced Song Chengming's large point on the back of his neck, he would fall asleep.
Does she really want to do it?
Mother Chen stood on the side of the bed, always hearing that in the bed surrounded by screens, the wife was not sleeping peacefully, and seemed to be tossing and turning. Mother Chen pondered, it was her first legitimate son, it was such a happy event, what else should the wife worry about?
Not long ago, I went to Chengfu Temple to offer incense. She had advised me not to go. It was not good to be blown away by the wind when I went out just after my confinement.
But my wife didn’t know why and she had to go.
When we arrived at Chengfu Temple, my wife stood alone in the Guanyin Hall for a while before she came out. At that time, she seemed to be in a very bad state of mind and her face was pale.
Mother Chen thought to herself that Chengfu Temple is the public property of Jinwei Yamen, so there should be no outsiders. If there were spies, how did they get in?
Mother Chen regretted it. If she had known this, she should have followed her original plan and talked to Mrs. Qing about this matter before she went to Chengfu Temple. Mrs. Qing was very familiar with her in Chengfu Temple. I asked her to clarify.
It's good to have some precautions.
Just because it was a government monastery, she neglected it for a moment.
Fortunately, the Marquis of Nankang really had nothing to say to his wife and children.
But there is another, more secret and terrifying worry in Mother Chen's heart. It is also because of Nankang Hou.
When she heard that her wife had finally fallen asleep, she said: "The Marquis may not come back tonight and will go directly to court at the fourth watch. You should also rest."
"Thank you for your hard work, Mom."
Mother Chen asked the girls to leave. She stayed on duty on the small bed outside, never leaving her wife.
She fell asleep quietly and turned on the lamp.
The Marquis of Nankang was indeed very considerate of his wife and children, and there was nothing to say.
But recently she was taking care of her wife's property accounts, and occasionally heard from her that part of Lou's Warehouse's property had been transferred to someone else's name. The reason was that Yang Baihu was in charge of the new Hekou Baihu Office established by the Marquis on the Qinhuai River.
In order to prevent the Yang family of the former crown princess from causing trouble, the Marquis thought of a way and put his wife's property in the names of several scholars from other places.
This seems to be a good thing, and the Marquis thinks about it for his wife. She is also a shrewd person, and she really thought carefully before agreeing. This is also a common thing in the noble house.
Mother Chen listened to her wife's gentle breathing on the bed with a screen. She quit her job as a secret agent under General Lou, entered the mansion, and grew up with Miss Lou Liu. She regarded her as her own child.
Unlike her wife, she does not have a husband. She only believes that her own property should be in her own hands. Husband and wife should also treat each other with respect and not get too close. Especially the dowry industry.
Even if it is placed in someone else's name, it should also be placed in the name of one's own steward, the Lou clan member.
But this is not good advice. The wife also wants to have a legitimate eldest son, who will be the future heir apparent of the Hou family. The Marquis is so devoted to her after giving birth, so why should the husband and wife break up again if they are one?
Mother Chen sighed, turned around on the small bed, and looked at the dark room.
The moonlight was behind the cold clouds. She recalled the dream she had had the night before yesterday, in which she had met and spoken to the Qingluo female ghost a few years ago in Chengfu Temple.
At that time, the wife and the Marquis had not yet gotten married. Mother Chen came over to inquire about Mrs. Qing's wishes.
When they met for the first time in the temple, Qing Niangzi smiled and said that she had not promised to marry the Marquis. It was just that the Marquis promised not to marry each other. Now that he has broken the contract and married another, it is his business. She became
As long as you save your life and body, you don't care about anything else.
But because they had a relationship before, she said some things at that time. Mother Chen never mentioned it to her wife, but now she suddenly remembered it.
Lady Qing said: "I did advise the Marquis not to enter into this marriage. This is for the official affairs of the Yamen. Not to mention that Miss Lou Liu was born in the Xungui Mansion in the northwest, this marriage will definitely be detrimental to the Marquis. If things go on like this, they may not be a couple.
Harmony. Just talking about Miss Lou Liu, the Lou family has no close relatives in the capital. She is alone and married far away. If she is at odds with the Marquis, it will be detrimental to the Marquis. Then she will suddenly become ill in the inner house of the Shen Mansion. Who will
Stand up for her?"
Mother Chen didn't care at the time. My wife had property in her hands, had confidants around her, and she was by her side. How could no one step forward?
A few years later, my wife gave birth to a legitimate son, and the Marquis already had an heir. It was a time of great joy.
However, the situation in the court was constantly changing. The Marquis was imprisoned, King Zhao rebelled, and Princess Dai died. Prince Qin's son was also seriously ill. The last time the Marquis was reprimanded by His Majesty, he drank to soothe his sorrows, and hired musicians in his study...
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Mother Chen slept outside. She gradually fell asleep, with only one uneasy thing vaguely thinking in her mind:
Is there a spy in Chengfuku Temple? What did you say to your wife? But Chengfuku Temple is a public property of Jinyi, so why can a spy be admitted?
She also dreamed of Qing Niangzi’s expression when she said those words:
[If Miss Lou Liu is at odds with Mr. Hou, who is going to stand up for her in the deep house and cannot afford to fall ill?]
Suddenly, Mother Chen woke up.
There was no one outside. Mother Chen only saw the moon outside the window, which was a pale light. Just like the moon that night at Chengfu Temple.
She was creepy.
Did the Marquis know that there was a spy in Chengfu Temple, but didn't alert his wife?