Queen's Development

Chapter 66 Bribery
Qingcha thought for a while, then shook her head ignorantly: "My monthly letter for this month hasn't arrived yet!"

Yuzhi remembered that Mrs. Xu Er once told her that if a woman is pregnant, the monthly letter will stop, and her face turns pale: "Qingcha, did you get the monthly letter from last month?"

Qingcha raised her eyes to look at Yuzhi, her face turned pale.

She lowered her head in a panic, holding her skirt with white fingers, and whispered, "I... last month... last month's monthly letter came naturally, have you forgotten? It's the days at the end of the month..."

Yuzhi looked at Qingcha's hand.

Qing Cha's hands tightly clutched the skirt, her knuckles turned white, obviously extremely nervous.

Yuzhi held Qingcha's hand and said in a low voice: "Qingcha, I will quietly go to the Eastern Side Hospital at night, and ask Dr. Liu to come and check your pulse!"

Her memory is very good, and she clearly remembered that there was no monthly letter from Qingcha in the days at the end of the month.

Qingcha shook off Yuzhi's hand vigorously, with a stubborn expression on her face: "I'm not sick, let's see what the doctor does!"

Yuzhi was about to speak, but Qingcha quickly got off the couch, put on her embroidered shoes and was about to go out.

Yuzhi was worried, and went to pull her on the bed, but Qingcha pushed her hard. Because she was not prepared, Yuzhi fell to the ground.

Qingcha didn't notice Yuzhi's fall at all, she rushed out regardless.

Yuzhi's tailbone was so painful that she couldn't move for a while.

After a while, the pain eased a little, and she slowly stood up while supporting the edge of the couch.

When the pain was gone, Yuzhi tidied herself up, then went directly to the duty room at the gate, and asked Alan who was sitting in the duty room eating cherries: "Alan, have you seen the clear tea?"

A Lan was grinning from the sour cherry: "Qingcha? Qingcha ran out just now!"

Yuzhi was worried about something wrong with Qingcha, and was about to persuade Ah Lan to go out with her to find Qingcha, when Ah Qing walked over from outside.

As soon as she saw Yuzhi, Ah Qing said: "Yuzhi, young master, I will go to the Anjia Inn on Ma Xing Street later, I told you to change clothes and go with me!"

Yuzhi hurriedly said, "Ah Qing, have you seen the clear tea?"

Ah Qing smiled and said, "I was at the east corner just now and saw Qingcha and Wang Qingyu standing there talking!"

Knowing that Qingcha and Wang Qingyu were together, Yuzhi felt relieved and went back to her room to change into that servant outfit.

Zhao County is located on the coast of the Bohai Sea, with very convenient transportation, developed maritime trade, and prosperous commerce. Therefore, although the county seat of Zhao County is not big, it is very prosperous.

The most prosperous commercial place in Zhaoxian County is Mahang Street in the center of the city. Mahang Street not only has a night market, but also has many warehouses and inns. It is the place where sea merchants live when they do business and stay in Zhao County.

The largest inn on Maxing Street is Anjia Inn.

Yuzhi is dressed as a servant, and together with Alan, she goes out with Lin Jia, who is dressed as a scholar.

Not long after going out, the wind suddenly blew up.

The wind was a bit strong, and the petals of the peach blossoms on the side of the road were blown one after another, falling on people's heads and faces, which was very elegant.

Yuzhi looked up at the sky, seeing that the sky was gloomy, she hurriedly went to the nearby grocery store to buy three oil-paper umbrellas, and asked Alan to hold them first.

Sure enough, as soon as they reached the corner of Maxing Street, it began to rain lightly.

At the intersection of Maxing Street, Lin Jia met He Lianshan, who was waiting there under an umbrella, and walked to Anjia Inn together.

Anjia Inn is a three-story inn with a lobby on the first floor.

Because of the rain, the huge lobby was empty.

As soon as Lin Jia and He Lianshan entered, a young servant in Tsing Yi greeted them with a smile.

He Lianshan said lightly: "I'm looking for Xu Weide!"

The young man put the towel on his arm and said crisply: "Guests, please go to the private room on the second floor. Mr. Xu is waiting in the private room on the second floor!"

A group of people followed the young man to the second floor and entered a private room to the south.

Yu Zhi followed behind, and saw the old man Xu and a tall young man in white who were waiting in the private room at a glance.

She realized that this white-clothed young man was likely to be a senior member of the Salvation Cult in Zhao County, and immediately raised her vigilance.

The young man in white was tall and slender, with a thin white face, black eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, and a straight nose. words, and the grammar is also very strange.

He respectfully guided Lin Jia and He Lianshan to sit down at the sandalwood Eight Immortals table in front of the window: "Master Helian, Lord Lin, please take a seat!"

He Lianshan and Lin Jia sat down.

The old man Xu dressed up differently today, he was also wearing a white robe, but he was dark and thin and old-looking, standing with the white-clothed young man next to him, looked very strange.

He seemed afraid to sit, but stood there and waited.

Old man Xu first poured tea for Lin Jia and the other three, then looked at Lin Jia, introduced the young man in white with a smile, and said, "Master Lin, this is my business partner, Young Master Jin, who has always been engaged in maritime trade!"

Lin Jia cupped her hands casually: "Young Master Jin, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

The handsome Jin Gongzi looked at Lin Jia with a smile, and saw that Mr. Lin was wearing a white spring robe with silver patterns and a green satin belt around his slender waist. His figure was both thin and tall. , standing there quietly, with a quiet handsome face, and a pair of long eyes that seem to contain endless mist. In a small place like the county, there are actually such elegant people.

After drinking for three rounds, the old man Xu said with a smile: "Master Lin, my eldest son has obviously gone to sea to do business. The old lady went crazy a few days ago and insisted on slandering the eldest daughter-in-law... Sigh! Master Lin, what a disgraceful family! It's outside, please allow me to close the case!"

Lin Jia smiled meaningfully: "These are just small things..."

Seeing Lin Jia's smile, the young man in white gave old man Xu a wink.

The old man Xu immediately turned around and took out a large sapphire blue brocade bag from the cabinet behind him, and took out a gift slip and handed it to Lin Jia with both hands, saying respectfully: "Master Lin has worked hard, this is a little kindness from the old man!"

Yuzhi stepped forward, took the gift list, glanced at it quickly, and handed it to Lin Jia.

Lin Jia looked at it, and saw that it said "300 taels of silver, a pair of 500-year-old Korean ginseng, and a pair of top-quality ferrets." He looked at the gift list, and a smile appeared on his handsome face, and the smile gradually deepened. , and then Da Lala stuffed the gift list into his sleeve pocket, cupped his hands and said: "Then Lin will be disrespectful!"

Afterwards, Lin Jia and that Mr. Jin drank and chatted about romance.

Yuzhi listened for a while, and found that the young man's speech was really strange, it seemed that he used written language, elegant enough, but a bit weird.

The banquet broke up for a while, and everyone bid farewell.

Mr. Jin and old man Xu sent Lin Jia and He Lianshan out together.

It was still raining outside at this time, but the rain was already a little light, weaving densely and obliquely like spider silk, the pavilions and poplar trees on both sides of Maxing Street were shrouded in misty rain and fog, forming hazy pictures.

Lin Jia bid farewell to Mr. Jin, took the oil-paper umbrella from Alan, and headed into the rain.

Helian Shan followed closely behind.

Yuzhi Alan, who was holding a gift, walked last.

Jin Xiuzhen stood there, Danfeng squinted slightly, looking at the backs of Lin Jia and the others.

Xu Weide stood on one side with his back arched and bowed his knees, and said in a low voice: "Master Dharma Protector, the eldest son of the believers..."

Jin Xiuzhen didn't even look at Xu Weide, and said indifferently: "You only have family members in your heart, and you are not devout enough to the Lord God. You need to go through another test."

Xu Weide respectfully answered "Yes".

Jin Xiuzhen looked at the back of Yuzhi who was walking in the rain with an umbrella, and thought to herself: Such a beautiful girl actually came out disguised as a servant, I don't know her identity...

He lowered his eyes, planning the date of his next visit to Master Lin.

Zhaoxian County was the first stronghold of the Salvation Cult in Dazhou, and it had to be well managed to make it the headquarters of the Salvation Cult in Dazhou, and then gradually radiate to the whole of Dazhou, eventually making Dazhou a vassal state of the Goryeo Dynasty.

After returning to the county yamen house, Lin Jia sat down on the Luohan bed in the Mingjian, holding a cup of tea and meditating silently.

Yuzhi asked Lin Jia: "My lord, what should I do with this burden?"

Lin Jia picked up the teacup and took a sip: "Put it in the empty cabinet in the inner study!"

Seeing that Yuzhi didn't send it in immediately, he knew that Yuzhi was very curious, so he said, "Open it if you want to see it!"

Smiling, Yuzhi unwrapped the package and found a pair of Korean ginseng in brocade boxes, a pair of ferrets, and an envelope with a stack of bank notes inside, so she picked it up and showed it to Lin Jia.

Lin Jia glanced at it and said: "It seems that the Salvation Cult has a lot of ambitions in Zhao County, and I'm afraid it will build Zhao County into a big stronghold..."

Yuzhi's curiosity was satisfied, and she took back the presents one by one and wrapped them in a bag, saying: "The satin used for this bag is so bright, usually it is made of old softer and darker material, but this bag is made of Hard sapphire blue glitter satin!"

Lin Jia laughed and said, "Korean people like these brightly colored satin!"

Yu Zhi squinted her eyes and smiled: "So that Jin Xiu is really from Korea. How can I say that he speaks strangely and keeps speaking written language!"

While wrapping up the bag, she said: "But he is so good-looking!"

Lin Jia: "..."

The smile that was originally on the corner of his mouth froze there.

Yuzhi didn't realize it, and carried the bundle into the inner study in the west dark room, put the bundle into the yellow rosewood cabinet against the west wall, and locked it again.

After settling down Lin Jia who had been drinking, Yu Zhi went back to the West Wing to have some tea.

It was raining outside, and the light was a little dark, so Second Lady Xu took Jin'er to do needlework under the corridor of the West Wing.

Seeing Yuzhi walking along the veranda, Mrs. Xu hurriedly touched Jin'er with her hand.

Jin'er immediately got up, ran along the veranda to meet Yuzhi, and said in a low voice, "Sister Yuzhi, sister Qingcha came back not long ago, she seems to be crying in the bedroom all the time!"

When Yuzhi heard this, her heart sank, she hurriedly lowered her voice and told Jin'er: "Don't tell anyone about this, I'll go see her right away!"

Jin Er nodded vigorously.

She was born very much like Mrs. Xu Er, beautiful and elf, very cute.

(End of this chapter)