happy fisherman

Chapter 166 Borrowing Duan Mansion (1)

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Bai Dinghai originally wanted to say a few more words, but when he saw that the coachman of Duan's family had already driven the carriage over, he stopped talking, and boarded the carriage with Bai Beibei and Bai Dinglang, while Duan Xin rode ahead on his own .

When Bo Beibei and the others got off the carriage, they saw Duan Yixu and Lu Hui outside the gate.

"Girl Beibei, are you here?" Duan Yixu stepped forward and looked at Bai Beibei with piercing eyes.

He was quite surprised when he heard the old man say that she was willing to come over, and thought the old man was playing with him.

"I'm bothering Master Duan and Young Master Duan." Bai Beibei slightly hooked the corner of his lips and gave him a faint smile.

Originally because of Bo Beibei's willingness to accept their help, Duan Yixu looked at Shang Bo Beibei's alienated expression, no amount of enthusiasm cooled down.

"Miss Beibei, you don't need to be polite." Duan Yixu looked away, and said to several people: "You don't have to worry too much about Bai Manchuan. I heard that General Luo is a general who knows everything. He will definitely clear Bai Manchuan of suspicion."

"Thank you, Master Duan and Young Master Duan! Thank you!" Bo Dinghai and Bai Dinglang said gratefully. That Master Duan is not an ordinary person at first glance. If he is willing to help, the ship will be fine!
Lu Hui led Bo Beibei and the others to the living room and then left. Lu Hui was worried that they would be uncomfortable, so he only left a servant girl at the door of the living room, and the other servants were sent out.

As soon as Bo Beibei entered the living room, she felt very warm. Looking up, she saw a pot of charcoal fire in each of the four corners of the hall.

"This family is really rich." Bai Dinglang looked at the pots of charcoal fire and said with emotion, it's not very cold this day, what a waste of burning charcoal.

Bo Beibei looked at the plum blossom-shaped charcoal that was burning red in the charcoal basin, and couldn't help but click her tongue. It turned out that it was plum blossom charcoal.

As far as Bo Beibei knows, it is hard to find the wood for burning plum blossom charcoal, and even a ton of wood can't burn much plum blossom charcoal. In the living room, the Duan Mansion does not know how many rooms there are. If every room is burned with this plum blossom charcoal, I don’t know how much money will be spent on the charcoal fire every day. This section of the mansion is really not ordinary rich.

Refreshments were placed on the table, and Bai Beibei tried a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, which was much more delicious than that made by his mother, but compared with the sweet-scented osmanthus cake made by Master Rong, it seemed a bit inferior.

The tea tastes like scented tea, but there are only a few pieces of light dark green tea leaves floating in the cup, without the shadow of petals. I can’t drink what kind of tea Bai Beibei is. thirsty.

After a cup of tea, Duan Xin and Lu Hui came over.

"Master Duan!" Bo Dinghai and the others hurriedly stood up when they saw Duan Xin.

"Please sit down, you're welcome." Duan Xin smiled kindly at them.

"Master Duan, will General Luo really arrive this afternoon?" Bai Dinglang asked impatiently as soon as he saw Duan Xin.

"If my information is correct, General Luo will definitely arrive in the afternoon."

Duan Xin paused, and then said: "Both brothers, Miss Beibei, I have to remind you first that this matter is of great importance, and it is impossible to have a result so soon. I hope you can be mentally prepared. .”

Bai Dinghai was stunned for a moment, and asked, "How long will it take to get the result?"

"Master Duan, Man Chuan is an honest child. He will not commit crimes. Man Chuan has obviously been wronged. Master Duan, do you know what General Luo said? Let the boat out?" Bai Dinglang asked anxiously.

"Sorry, I'm afraid I can't intercede with Bai Manchuan, but I can assure you that as long as Bai Manchuan is innocent, General Luo will not wrong him. General Luo will take time to investigate the case. Just live here patiently." Duan Xin reassured.

In fact, Duan Xin knew that Bai Manchuan was innocent, but he really couldn't intervene in this matter.

Bai Dinghai and Bai Dinglang were still very worried after hearing Duan Xin's words. They heard too much about the prison, and the longer they stayed in the full boat, the more worried they became.

Bai Beibei bit her lip and asked, "Master Duan, can we meet my brother first?"

He didn't see his brother safe and sound with his own eyes, so Bai Beibei was also worried.

"Miss Beibei, this matter is serious. General Qiao has ordered that no one should visit the prison until the trial begins."

Seeing the worried faces of Bo Beibei and the others, Duan Xin continued: "You don't have to worry too much about Bai Manchuan, I've already taken care of the jailers, and Bai Manchuan won't suffer too much inside."

Hearing this, Bai Dinghai and Bai Dinglang were even more grateful to Duan Xin: "Master Duan, thank you so much, thank you!"

"It's just a little effort, you don't need to worry about it."

Bo Beibei is also very grateful to Duan Xin for everything she has done, but at this time she doesn't know how to express her gratitude to Duan Xin, she just keeps the kindness in her heart.

Duan Xin and Bai Dinghai didn't say a few words, the second housekeeper came to announce that there were guests, Duan Xin apologized, told Lu Hui to treat them well, and hurried out.

Bo Beibei and Lu Hui have met several times, and they are quite familiar with each other. As soon as Duan Xin left, Bo Beibei couldn't help asking: "Uncle Lu, can you tell me what happened to my brother?" ?"

When Bai Beibei asked, Lu Hui told them the truth without any concealment, because once General Luo started the interrogation, they would know it too. Instead of worrying them, it is better to give them a psychological preparation first.

It turned out that Bai Manchuan was implicated by those strange guests, and those strange guests were barbarians from Beihe country, and they were also members of the royal family. They came to Qi Yao country this time to smuggle food.

Beihe Country is the northernmost country adjacent to Qiyao Country. The people of Beihe Country are born tall and mighty, brave and good at fighting. However, Beihe Country is short of food and clothing due to the long-term lack of water, and they harass the border of Qiyao Country from time to time. If you ask the people in the north of Qiyao Kingdom who they hate the most, they will undoubtedly be the barbarians in Beihe.

The barbarians in Beihe country eat spicy food all the year round, which has a strong taste, which is why they think Feng's food is bland.

Hearing this, Bai Beibei didn't understand: "Uncle Lu, we are here on the southwestern border of the Qiyao Kingdom. People from the Beihe Kingdom have to go through half of the Qiyao Kingdom to get here. Why don't they smuggle food at the northern border?" , instead of looking far away, isn’t that justified?”

"Exactly! The country of Beihe is so far away from us, even if we buy food and transport it to Beihe, I don't know how long it will take." Bai Dinglang also felt that it didn't make sense.

Bo Beibei continued to frown and said, "And even if they bought food, the journey is so far away, shouldn't they be too conspicuous?"

They have gone to great lengths to come here to smuggle food, and there must be a lot of food, not to mention the government, even bandits and bandits are jealous when they see so much food, right?
(End of this chapter)