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Chapter 10

"Take them into Beijing?" King Ding leaned on the bed, looking at Cheng Yu with a pair of phoenix eyes surprisingly, "When did you become so soft-hearted?"

What dangers will the two encounter when they return to Beijing? He actually wants to bring two weak girls, one big and one small?

Cheng Yu proposed this plan not entirely to help the Jiang sisters. He said frankly: "I have thought that if the other party sent so many assassins, he must have made up his mind not to allow you and me to return to Beijing alive. Then there must be hidden whistles at the important ferries along the way. In this way, the Jiang sisters went north to join their relatives, and we pretended to be servants, which made it easier to conceal their identities and get confused."

Hiding in other northbound fleets, the teammates were difficult to control, so if they were replaced by the Jiang sisters, they would lose this layer of concern.

King Ding pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "It's indeed a good way, but you won't really take them to Beijing, right?" The Jiang family had no relatives in the north.

How could Cheng Yu bring a girl who looks like his biological cousin back to Beijing?

"I have a house in Tianjin. When I arrived in Tianjin, I placed them there, and we both returned to Beijing."

King Ding squinted his eyes, "Stay in your farm?"

If you can provoke a magistrate, you will use open and secret tricks. The big girl of the Jiang family must be a beauty. Judging from Ningzhu's appearance, you know that her cousin, who has never been close to women, suddenly became so kind. Even if it was to cover up their whereabouts, she would definitely be five points to save the Jiang family sisters. Could it be that she really had a lot of thoughts?

Cheng Yu knew what he was thinking when he heard his tone, and sneered: "Put off your random thoughts, it's just a small house that has three places to enter. I won't ask for money from their orphans, right? When she arrived in Tianjin, she and Zhang Fu were husband and wife. In the future, there should be no more accidents in the inner house. If something happened, it has nothing to do with you and me. Let's take them hostage first, save them later, and clear them up."

He was serious and did not look like he had the bad intentions of hiding a sweetheart in the golden house. King Ding stopped teasing him, "Go, tell them early, I'm annoyed to cry." He heard the two sisters crying outside the door of the wing room.

Cheng Yu went to the room.

Hanzhu had just washed her sister's face. When she heard him coming, she coaxed her sister to stay in the house. She walked out with Madam Tian, ​​looking at Cheng Yu with swollen eyes begging, "Young Master, have you promised to take my sister away?" She was about to kneel down.

"I'll take your sisters with you." Cheng Yu frowned in anger. When she was stunned, she forgot to kneel down. He quickly explained: "I will find a way to let the magistrate release Uncle Zhang's family. At that time, you will pretend to go north to look for relatives. Whether you live in the north for a long time, avoid the limelight and return to your hometown, it's up to you to decide."

Madam Tian was overjoyed and held Hanzhu's hand and said, "Miss is saved!"

Hanzhu was so happy that she forgot to cry, but she thought more than Madam Tian, ​​and she was worried in a flash, "How do you plan to persuade the magistrate? Will he really let us go? If we escape with the two young masters, will he move the servants of the Nujiang family?"

"You don't have to worry about it."

Cheng Yu had no patience to answer her one by one, and said coldly: "Things will come to an end tomorrow. Please tell your servants to prepare their luggage. When the first seventh time of the order, we will set out into Beijing and take the waterway. Remember to send someone to book a boat. The boat must be medium, don't be too shocked or too shabby."

He was cold and confident in his words. Hanzhu inexplicably believed that he had a solution, so he quickly agreed.

Cheng Yu turned around and said last, "You sisters like to cry privately. Don't cry in front of us again, and don't kneel down. Once again, I will pretend that I didn't say anything if I saved you before."

Hanzhu was stunned and stared at his tall and cold back.

Madam Tian looked at the door of the wing room and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, girl. I think this person is just a knife-like mouth and a tortuous heart. I can't see the two girls crying and can't say comforting words, just like cold scolding. In fact, it's not for the sake of the girl? Fortunately, the rain is over and the sky is clear, and the girl is about to cheer up again, leaving the green mountains without worrying about no firewood. The girl can go north with peace of mind. Madam helps you see the house. When the Shen family leaves, I will send a letter to the girl."

Hanzhu nodded.

In fact, she didn't think so far. She was only glad that their sisters could escape and were worried that things would change.

At dusk, news came from the yamen that Uncle Zhang's family refused to plead guilty, and Chen Ze did not use any punishment. He will temporarily put the four people in prison and the gatekeeper in prison. Tomorrow, more evidence will be collected and retried.

Hanzhu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sister, what are you looking at?" Ningzhu saw that her sister had been guarding the window, looking out frequently, walked over, and stretched her neck toward it.

Hanzhu's face turned red.

She was looking at when the people in the wing room would go out. Since she said that it would be solved tomorrow, she must go out today, right? But it was dark and there was no movement there. Could it be that she was planning to act at night? At night... Could it be the knights in the sect book who robbed the rich and helped the poor and threatened the magistrate?

"Sister?" Ningzhu urged again.

Hanzhu came back to her senses, but didn't know how to explain. Seeing her sister's thin little face, Hanzhu felt very distressed and touched her head and said, "What do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it for you."

Since there is hope, you can no longer be lost. Although Dad has gone, he must be reunited with his mother. Dad misses his mother so much, no matter how reluctant she is, she should be happy for Dad. What she has to do is take good care of herself and her sister. Only when Dad and Dad and Dad are watching in the sky will he feel at ease.

Speaking of what he had eaten, Ningzhu's stomach roared.

She looked at her sister, lowered her eyes again, and said obediently: "I want to drink porridge."

She wanted to eat meat, but her father died. Her sister said that they would not be able to eat meat for the next three years.

Hanzhu knew her sister so well. After thinking about it, she coaxed her softly: "Sister makes sweet and sour pork ribs for you. Does Ningzhu like it?"

Ningzhu's eyes lit up, and she swallowed her saliva and asked, "Didn't my sister say she can't eat meat?"

The little girl's face turned red with excitement. Looking at her sister's little face that was looking forward to joy, Hanzhu suddenly understood why the man didn't like to watch them cry. Indeed, she also liked her sister's happy look. When her sister was happy, she felt comfortable when she looked at her.

"Sister, wait, you will know in a while. Sister promises you will definitely like to eat."

There is something delicious, Ningzhu nodded obediently.

Qiulan was not here, Hanzhu asked Chunliu to accompany her sister, so she went to the kitchen.

Madam Tian was stewing chicken soup for Cheng Yu and his two men. Ding Wang was seriously injured and lost too much blood. Cheng Yu gave the Jiang family a hundred taels of silver notes and asked the kitchen to serve them well. Even if there was a funeral, Madam Tian did not dare to give them a vegetarian diet without authorization.

She had discussed this matter with Hanzhu. When she saw Hanzhu coming, Madam Tian didn't hide it and asked curiously: "Why is the girl here?"

Hanzhu skillfully tied her apron and said softly: "My sister has lost a lot in the past two days. I'll make her two delicious dishes. Mama, I remember there are fried dough sticks at home, right?"

Madam Tian nodded repeatedly, "Yes, there are still more than ten, what should the girl do?"

Hanzhu picked two taros and washed them and said, "Sweet and sour pork ribs, my sister is greedy."

Madam Tian swallowed her saliva and said sincerely: "The girl is so kind and has a pair of skilled hands. I have read the girl's recipe, but she can't make her craftsmanship no matter how she learns."

The lady was gone early. The girl led her sister in the backyard, and the needlework and threading was recommended by Dong, the Gu family. At first, she asked her to teach her cooking skills. Later, the girl flipped into a recipe from the master's study and became interested. She tinkered with it every few days, and tried it two or three times each time to make a delicious taste that made people drool.

Unfortunately, such a good girl is worth it, Zhang Fu is not aware of a bad boy who can't read a few words.

Hanzhu didn't know what she was thinking, so she skillfully cut the taro into long strips that were wide as her thumb, then cut the fried dough sticks into small pieces, hollowed out with chopsticks in the middle, stuffed the taro sticks into the shape of ribs. The pot has been cooked, add oil and heat it, put the vegetarian ribs in and fry until crispy, drain the oil and take it out and put it on the plate for a while.

The recipe says that ginger is needed. Both sisters like to eat ginger. So they only cut sour pears with beans, stir-fry with round onion pieces, add broad beans, and finally add vegetarian pork ribs, sprinkle some seasonings, and when they boil, they will be a dish of sweet and sour vegetarian pork ribs, with a rosy color, and a light sour pear fragrance mixed with taro sweetness, making people greedy.

Hanzhu likes to cook, so he can't stop cooking. Looking at the sky, he made another simple pumpkin tofu soup.

Because he was grateful to Cheng Yu and the others, Hanzhu also made their portion. When washing his hands, he whispered to Madam Tian: "Just bring it over. If they ask, Madam will say that it was you who did it."

Madam Tian understood her taboo and responded with a smile.

Hanzhu untied her apron and walked out of the kitchen, then looked at the wing room.

The door of the room was tightly closed.

Hanzhu pursed her lips and went to find her sister.

But Cheng Yu also saw her every move.

When King Ding saw him hiding in front of the window and peeping, he wondered and asked, "What are you watching there?"

Cheng Yu left the window and said expressionlessly: "When I heard something, it was the servant who delivered the food to the kitchen."

King Ding did not doubt that he was, and complained to the top of the bed, "It's really a pain to lie on the bed all day. You can call Ningzhu over tomorrow. That girl is quite fun. It's better to tease her than to lie down."

Cheng Yu ignored him.

After a while, the kitchen brought the supper.

King Ding slowly supported himself and leaned against the head of the bed. He saw that there were two soups. He was surprised, "In addition to chicken soup, is that sweet potato tofu? There are sweet and sour pork ribs? It smells not right."

Madam Tian smiled and said, "It's pumpkin tofu, this is sweet and sour vegetarian pork ribs. I made it for the two girls. I made one extra portion. Please ask the two young masters to try it."

"What did you make?" Cheng Yu asked at the two vegetarian dishes.

Madam Tian responded without any guilt and stepped down after answering.

Cheng Yu moved the food to the bed and used it with King Ding.

Dingwang ate vegetarian pork ribs for the first time, picked up a piece and tasted it, frowned and said, "There are fried dough sticks outside, what is inside?"

It has a strange taste.

"Tao." Cheng Yu explained, "I have eaten it in Fujian."

King Ding remembered that the chef brought it up at that time, but he didn't like it, so he never gave it to the kitchen again.

"You eat it, I'll eat chicken." King Ding was not interested in that pumpkin soup, and he only ate his favorite meat dishes.

Cheng Yu likes to eat sweet food and ate both dishes cleanly.

King Ding was stunned, "Do you have a good appetite today?"

Cheng Yu said lightly: "You have to do things at night and eat more to gain strength."

In the room there, Ningzhu was full and satisfied. He put down the soup spoon, "It's so delicious, my sister is the best to cook."

Her little face was red, Hanzhu was relieved when she saw it, picked up a handkerchief to wipe the corner of her sister's mouth, and asked Chunliu to take her sister to take a walk in the yard to digest food.

"Sister, don't you go?" Ningzhu asked in confusion. She used to be with her sister.

Hanzhu shook her head, "Sister is a little sleepy and doesn't want to move. Sister, go by yourself, go around it and come back after a few rounds." There was an outsider living in the yard. She was not good enough to always run outside. A magistrate came out. Hanzhu didn't want to provoke the injured man in the wing room who might be lustful.

Seeing her sister go out, Hanzhu goes to the window and continues to pay attention to the movements in the wing room.

Seeing Madam Tian lead the little maid to clean up the dishes, the man in black came out and stood at the door to call her sister.

Hanzhu couldn't help but hold his clothes.

As soon as Ningzhu came back, Hanzhu came out of the inner room and asked her in a low voice, "What did he say to you?"

Ningzhu raised her head and said, "He asked me to move back to the room tonight, and said that he had something to do to go out in the next few days, so I had to stay by my elder brother's side. Sister, can I move over?"

Hanzhu understood that since the man said that, he would definitely not allow her to refuse.

"Go to my sister, remember to be obedient and don't make my elder brother angry." According to my sister's description, the injured man had a good temper and had never bullied his sister. Hanzhu was still more at ease. The man in black went out to do business, afraid that the Jiang family would attack his companions, so he ordered his sister to continue to be hostages, right?

When she saw her sister off, Hanzhu turned off the lights and pretended to go to bed, but in fact she was guarding the window.
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