Tranquility

When Tangning returned to the inn, Shu Hongyu was already kneeling in the room.

Tang Ning smiled. It seems that Shu Hongyu himself knew that he had caused trouble, but he was only 13 years old. He was in puberty, and Tang Ning himself came from that time. Although Shu Hongyu called his aunt a "wicked woman", it was shocking in ancient times, but Tang Ning contradicted his father in his previous life Shi said more than this, he didn't blame Shu Hongyu, after all, the conflict between Shu Hongyu and his aunt would never disappear, and it didn't matter if it was more or less.

Tangning was more worried about other people. She was afraid that others would get a bad reputation for Shu Hongyu if they found out. At that time, they quarreled too fiercely, and everyone in the Shu family could hear them clearly. There is no impenetrable wall in the world. There are many nights and dreams, it is better to solve this matter quickly.

So Tangning only reprimanded Shu Hongyu a few words before giving him a task.

"Since you know you are wrong, I will give you a chance to make a contribution. You go back to Zhangjia Village immediately, take Zhang Bao over, and let your sister-in-law take care of it. Remember, if anyone asks, just say that you brought him to the Shu family to recognize your ancestors." Returning to the sect."

Shu Hongyu knew Tangning's meaning as soon as he heard it, and he agreed with it very much.He had disliked that Zhang Bao a long time ago, and was spoiled by the Zhang family.But the eldest brother and sister-in-law are both honest people, they treat other people’s children better than their own, and Zhang Bao is the child of his sister-in-law’s cousin. The sister-in-law pity him for his loneliness and always let him go. Zhang Bao became more willful.This is good, throw him at someone else's house and see how hypocritical he is.

Shu Hongyu didn't think it was bad for Zhang Bao, but felt that Tang Ning was too kind to Zhang Bao.Zhang Bao was originally a criminal minister, but now he is the only son of a scholarly family. He owns a large part of the family business, has status and money, and is no worse than his original status.

Shu Hongyu led the horse and walked while thinking. He was so distracted that he didn't notice that someone was following behind him.

It wasn't until he walked through the busy city and passed by a quiet alley that a circle of gangsters suddenly surrounded him that he realized that although he was powerful in martial arts, he had little experience in the world, almost none.

Shu Hongyu scanned the surroundings calmly, there were a total of ten or so people, they looked fierce, but their eyes were loose, their steps were sloppy, obviously they had never learned martial arts.

Shu Hongyu calmed down again, and asked, "Everyone, why are you blocking the way?"

The most muscular and burly man in the crowd stepped forward, his eyes were dark and he looked the most imposing.

"Boy, you have nothing to do with us. It's just that someone bought your life and used other people's money to eliminate disasters. When you get to the underworld, don't find the wrong person!"

Shu Hongyu snorted lightly: "You guys want to kill me!"

Before he finished speaking, Shu Hongyu jumped up, and with a sweep of his legs, five or six people were lying on the ground. His feet didn't touch the ground, and his body seemed to be frightened.

In less than a cup of tea, the ten or so little gangsters all fell to the ground and howled, begging for mercy repeatedly, and even lost the strength to escape.

Shu Hongyu was already in a bad mood, and it was the time when he was impulsive, and it was the first time he fought with an outsider, so his subordinates inevitably didn't know how to measure. Each of the dozen or so people who besieged him had a few broken bones and were seriously injured.But Shu Hongyu didn't care what they were doing, straightened his clothes, and led the horse away leisurely.

He wanted to run the errand given by Tangning well, so he didn't go back to the inn to talk to Tangning about it. He thought it was his aunt who was upset and sent someone to teach him a lesson, but he didn't take it to heart. He even vented about it, and his mood improved a lot. After entering the city gate, he galloped towards Cangping County.

Tangning also encountered a troublesome thing at this time. Looking at the woman kneeling at his feet, his forehead twitched.

The woman had gray hair, could not see her face clearly, was wearing an old plain dress, her hair was tied loosely by a wooden hairpin, her body was extremely thin, and she even knelt on the ground trembling a little.

"Auntie, talk about it when you have something to do." He didn't care about the defenses of men and women, but insisted on helping her up. He really couldn't stand others being so humble.

"No! I beg Master Tang for something. If Master Tang refuses to agree, I will not be able to kneel down. I am not willing to persecute Master Tang like this..."

This woman looked quite old, but her voice was unexpectedly young, but at this time her voice was already crying,

"It's just that the servant is really desperate. The servant is the daughter of the old housekeeper of the Shu family. Both of the servant's parents are dead, and she has no children. She has nothing to love, but the servant still has a cousin."

Tangning immediately remembered that it was Butler Tao's nephew, "Tao Ping?"

"Exactly. It's hard for you to remember him. Although the second young master's deed of sale is his name, he is really wronged. He was still in prison at the time. How could he come out and sell his son? He didn't No son.

It was my wife who wanted to find a reliable and good person to write this deed of sale. My father remembered that there was still a nephew in prison, so he spent money to redeem him from prison, opened an account, and sold two nephews with his account. Master's.

Master Tang clearly learned that the servant’s cousin didn’t do anything. It was the servant’s father who was sorry for him. Although the cousin looks silent and difficult to get along with, he is actually the most honest and honest. Thanks to his care all these years, the servant can live a peaceful life. The servant and him We have depended on each other for many years, and I know that he is actually a good man who can't be soft-hearted..."

Speaking of this, the woman didn't know what to think of, and suddenly choked up and couldn't speak.

Tangning sighed. Tao Ping was just a small character. If it wasn't for today's incident, he would never have thought of such a person. Now that the lawsuit is over, saving him is just a matter of convenience.

"Get up, I'll ask someone to redeem him from prison."

When the woman heard this, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Tangning with gratitude, "Master is indeed merciful, I will definitely repay you as a servant..."

Before the words were spoken, the person passed out.

Tangning hurriedly pulled the woman up, called Xiaoer to call the doctor, asked the servant in the store to take care of the woman, and asked Cheng Xin to bring 50 taels to get Tao Ping out of the prison, and he gave it to the county magistrate Leng 500 taels, Leng County Magistrate will not refuse to sell this small favor.

"It's a crime, you don't have a good body, and the old blood is covered with new blood on the clothes. Only the outer one can be seen..."

The maid of the inn held a water basin in her hand and rolled up clothes in her arms. Scattered blood stains could be vaguely seen on the clothes. She closed the door and came out muttering.

Everyone else was busy, and only Tangning was left standing outside, not knowing what to do. Tangning had good ears, and when she heard what the maid said, she took out a silver coin from her pocket and asked the maid to buy a dress for the woman.

When Cheng Xin led Tao Ping back to the inn, the doctor had already prescribed medicine for the woman.

It wasn't a serious injury, Zuo was just a disease that was dragged out after being beaten and not treated in time.

Now that the person was rescued, Cheng Xin took Tao Ping to thank Tangning.

It was almost time for dinner, Tangning just closed the door and went to the lobby to eat, and met Cheng Xin and the other two at the door.

Tangning turned around and saw a burly man in his forties standing next to Cheng Xin. He had a scar on the left side of his face. He looked like someone who had been licking blood all year round. No wonder everyone was afraid of him.

But at this moment, the big man was staring at Tang Ning blankly, his eyes suddenly flooded with water. Tang Ning was being looked at in a daze, when he suddenly trembled his lips and squeezed out a few words from his throat.

"Miss Lin..."

"You, what did you say?"

Tao Ping came back to his senses, and wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, "It's a little abrupt to pay respects to benefactor, and the little eyes are clumsy, and I mistaken benefactor for an old friend."

"You know my mother?"

Tao Ping was startled, and then excitedly said: "Miss Lin is still alive!"

Tangning shook her head, "When my mother gave birth to me, she died in labor."

Tao Ping froze, tears came out again.

This was not the first time Tangning had encountered this situation, she had calmed down a long time ago, and only after Tao Ping regained her composure did she bring the person into the room to talk.

"The little family used to be an ordinary farmer in Taogou, Qi County. The young one was the only child in the family. His parents and sisters doted on the young one, so the young one's temper naturally grew. I got married and planned to get married in the next year. Who would have thought that Cui Niang was good-looking, and was snatched by the youngest son of Li Yuan's family in the county to be a concubine. The younger one was furious, and argued with Young Master Li. Young Master Li ordered his servants to beat the younger one. Of course he wanted to fight back, but in the chaos, the young master of the Li family got hit by someone and died on the spot.

Seeing that something was wrong, the young one immediately fled the city and became a bandit.Two years later, the head of the family did a big job and snatched back a lady from a big family, saying that she was going to be Mrs. Yazhai.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, the young lady ran away with her nanny and servant girl. The younger one happened to be in charge of guarding her at the time, so she followed her. Seeing that she was about to catch up, the young lady fell down, and her maid turned to help her, but her nanny's head was gone. ran away without returning.

When the little one chased after her, the maid suddenly begged me to take her back and let Miss Lin live.The little heart couldn't bear it, and felt that being a bandit was too detrimental to Yin, so she made up her mind and knocked out the two chasing two and ran away with their master and servant.

Ms. Lin sprained her ankle. It was an emergency, so I ran with her on my back.But after all, with two female relatives, we were quickly caught up again. The maid was afraid of dragging us down, so she ran back suddenly to hold back the pursuers. The little girl couldn't care less, so she had to leave the maid and run away with Miss Lin on her back One night, he finally escaped.

After we escaped, Ms. Lin asked Xiao to take her to the capital to join relatives, so I used her jewelry money to hire a carriage and drove to the capital by myself.

That day, when we arrived in Qixian County, the little one got out of the car to buy some dry food and water, but was recognized by someone, and was immediately taken to the county government office. I lost, and my father spent all his savings to get the county magistrate to sentence me to 50 years.

Since then, I have never heard from Miss Lin, and I have asked someone to inquire about Miss Lin, but there is no news, I am sorry for Miss Lin, and left her alone..."

Tang Ning sighed. He never expected his mother to be so difficult back then. Fate tricked people. If Tao Ping hadn't been arrested, would his mother have found her relatives and still lived the life of that daughter? The more he thought about it, the more he hated her People like his mother, although he has no strength now, but one day, he will avenge his mother...

The room was very quiet, both of them were depressed, suddenly, the door was pushed open with a bang, and Cheng Xin stepped in with a pale face.

"Master Tang, there is news from the Shu family that Mrs. Shu is not well!"

Tangning stood up abruptly, "What? What's wrong?"

"The young one doesn't know too well, but the person who reported it from his family said that it's not good, saying that the shroud has been put on."

Tang Ning's heart sank. How could it be? Mao was still arguing vigorously with Hong Yu in the afternoon. This meeting will not work, and she has been sick all the time. Who would believe it if she said she wasn't mad at Hong Yu.

Could it be that Luo Shi saw that he couldn't persuade Mao Shi, so he resorted to tricks?

No, no, Roche would not be that stupid.

Tangning walked to the door and turned back. It's getting dark now, it's inconvenient to go to Shu's house, and it's even more suspicious if you go. You're not guilty, why are you rushing to his house in the middle of the night.

"Chengxin, go quietly and find out what happened to the Shu family this afternoon? Do what you can, and you'd rather not find out, and don't let people recognize you."

"Master Tang, don't worry, I think that Aunt Tao's family can go out quietly even a member of the inner courtyard. It can be seen that the management of the Shu family is loose now, and it is very easy to inquire about news."

Tangning smiled wryly, this is not a good thing, he would rather not find out about it than let everyone know about it.

After tossing and tossing until midnight, Cheng Xin came back sweating profusely.

"Master, this matter has nothing to do with Master Yu. It is Mrs. Shu who had a dispute with her nephew. She was pushed into the corner of the table by her nephew. After being rescued, she just didn't wake up. I heard that she won't wake up in the future."

"Fortunately, it's good that the person is not dead. Why did Mrs. Shu have a dispute with her nephew?"

"Speaking of which, this matter still has something to do with our young master."

"You kid, why are you talking upside down!"

"Hey, master, don't worry, listen to me. The servant I was looking for was outside the house and listened vaguely. He said that the young master of the Mao family went to the Shu's house today to ask his aunt for money to pay off his gambling debts. In the evening, he went to Shu's house to ask his aunt for money.

Asking for money twice a day is a huge sum, and Mrs. Shu naturally disagrees.Later, I only heard what the young master of the Mao family said about buying people, venting anger for my aunt, and beating up the bastard. "

Tangning became annoyed, "It's a good thing he figured it out, Hongyu is easy to bully?"

"Master is wise, that's right. Afterwards, the young master of the Mao family suffered a lot. Those little bastards asked him for medical expenses. The casino didn't see him pay the debt today, and they pressed him hard. He had to come back and talk to Mrs. Shu again." Ask for money.

But Mrs. Shu still refused to give it, and then I heard that the young master of the Mao family was annoyed and yelled something. Anyway, my aunt has no son. It was clearly written on the dowry list that if Mrs. Shu had no children, the dowry would be returned to her natal family after she died. The left and right are his things, so why not take them ahead of time, it's better than being taken by that bastard.Mrs. Shu became angry, and then heard the ping-pong chaos in the room, and after a while, a maid came out and called the wife bad. "

Tangning sneered, "He must have said what was in his heart. He has evil intentions in his heart, so he will act harshly. Tomorrow, you should quietly let go of what happened to the Shu family last night. Don't talk about Hongyu."

Another five days later, the news that the young master of the Shu family had injured his aunt was widely circulated, and the members of the Shu family also felt uneasy. They thought about adopting their stepchild several times, and said they couldn't let Mrs. Shu die without anyone. pressed down.The Luo family also sent a large sum of money to the elders of the clan, which can be regarded as paving the way for future step-heirs.

On the sixth day, Shu Hongyu finally arrived at Qi County with Zhang Bao and his party. Tangning rushed them to Shu's house.

Mrs. Shu was in a coma, and Luo's head of the family followed the excuse that no one in the Shu family would die. He vigorously invited the patriarch, gathered the clansmen, and opened an ancestral hall to record Zhang Bao, now renamed Shu Tingwei, in the Shu family tree.

The members of the Shu family naturally questioned the child's identity. With Tangning's advice, Luo Shi had the most troublesome person bled, and the matter was finally settled.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Tangning sent County Magistrate Leng another 500 taels and entrusted him to take care of the Shu family.For this matter, Tangning spent more than 1000 taels before and after, and shed blood once.You must know that his annual income is now less than 600 taels.

Although his five-inch-square pictures of beauties are worth one or two hundred taels now, as his fame grows, it is even harder for him to sell paintings. .

Now his source of income is mainly from the shop and land rent. The shop has just started, and he has reduced the rent by [-]%, so the income is naturally not much.

But Tang Ning didn't care about these things, at worst, when she was short of money, she secretly took the saved paintings and sold them.

Of course, this trip was not fruitless for Tangning. They were three people when they came, but six people when they left.