With the sound of "Zheng", the sound of the piano stopped dumbly. Yang Yan opened his eyes and said, "Miss Yan Rui, what's wrong." ”

Yan Rui smiled and said, "The strings are broken, please wait for a while, I will pick up the strings and play a song for the adults." ”

Yang Yan said: "If this is the case, then there is no need. Miss Yan Rui, I'm leaving. ”

Yan Rui was stunned, usually Yang Yan listens to the piano for an hour. Are you going to leave in less than half an hour today? However, she still said: "Since the adults are gone, Yan Rui is not convenient to save trade, and Yan Rui will wait for the adults to come again tomorrow." ”

Yang Yan got up and said, "No need, I won't be here tomorrow." ”

Yan Rui was slightly surprised, and said, "If you don't come tomorrow, why is that?"

Yang Yan scratched his head and said, "My grandfather will come back tomorrow, so I can't come." ”

Yan Rui was stunned for a moment, and finally understood. As soon as Yang Yizhong came back, he was going to prepare for Yang Yan's wedding. Yang Yan is going to marry the princess, so naturally he will not be able to come to Ruyifang again. Although she didn't expect anything from Yang Yan in her heart, she felt a burst of desolation, but she still couldn't help but smile and said: "I also heard that as soon as the king of Tong'an County comes back, he will arrange a marriage for the adult, Yan Rui is here to congratulate the adult first." ”

Yang Yan couldn't help but feel a little apologetic in his heart when he saw that Yan Rui said it, and said, "If I'm free that day, I'm coming to visit Miss Yan Rui." However, Yang Yan himself knew that he might not come again. But wait for Yang Yizhong to come back, see if you can find Yang Yizhong to find a way to get rid of Yan Rui and let her live an ordinary life. It can be regarded as a reward for her playing the piano for herself for a period of time.

Yan Rui bowed slightly and said, "Yan Rui won't keep the adult." Xiao Yun, send the adults out for me," Xiao Yun agreed and led Yang Yan away.

Yan Rui sat down again and pressed her hands on the piano. His body couldn't help but tremble: "A person like him, only a princess can be worthy of him, what am I, but the daughter of a criminal official, a camp prostitute who can't even redeem himself, can he not think of himself as lowly, he is very lucky to listen to himself playing the piano these days, what can I expect from him?"

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"I heard that Princess Yongning is a beautiful and dignified, gentle and generous woman. After they get married, they will naturally raise their eyebrows and respect each other like guests. At that time, there was naturally a princess who played the piano for him to relieve his worries. It's just that at that time, will he still think of me, a hard-working person, and the thunderstorm night we spent on the Zhonggu Tower? ”

Just when Yan Rui was in a trance, he suddenly heard a "bang", and then a rough voice said, "It's time to eat, it's time to eat." ”

Yan Ruimeng was stunned and came to his senses. It was a dark, damp prison. Outside, a jailer was carrying a sheet bucket and distributing prison meals to the prisoners one by one. Yan Rui closed her eyes, hiding the memories in the deepest part of her heart, the last thing she wanted to remember, and then another scene was clearly recalled in her mind.

It was a thunderstorm night, but there was no peace in the government of Yangzhou Zhizhou, people came and went, noisy and shouting, chickens and dogs jumping, smashing pots and stoves. A middle-aged scribe in his early thirties was shackled and dragged out the door by several fierce officials. Who would have thought that he was still the master of this place yesterday, or the dignified prefect of Yangzhou? He was followed by a woman in her thirties and a teenage girl, cloaked in hair and crying. The captor was unmoved, pushing and shoving, scolding, and the night of rain, thunder, scolding, and crying was forever engraved in the little girl's heart.

Then the little girl was put in a dark cell with her parents. In the dim, damp, and gloomy cell, I don't know how many days have passed. Dad was taken out and brought back. I don't know how many times I repeated. Then there was the foul language that came out of the jailer's rough voice. Everyone is fierce and evil. It's like going to the netherworld you heard in the story.

The father spent every day sighing and sighing, and the mother held the little girl in her arms and wept. In this cell, where there is no day or time, the little girl just cries day and night, and when she is tired of crying, she falls asleep in her mother's arms, and when she is awakened by nightmares, she looks at it and cries again.

Finally, one day, the cell door opened, and this time it was not the father who was taken away, but the little girl herself. She struggled and didn't want to leave her parents, and her father and mother also pulled her and refused to let go. She was crying, her father was crying, and her mother was crying, but she was still no match for a group of fierce god-like servants. She didn't know that it was the last time she saw her father, and from then on, they were separated.

Yan Rui opened his eyes again, Lin'an's prison was the same as Yangzhou's prison, it was so dim, damp, and gloomy. It's just that there are no parents in this cell, and there is only one person.

"How long am I going to be locked up?" Yan Rui wanted to interrogate the official who was in the hall again.

That official is the new Zhilin'an Mansion, Zhu Xi. Yan Rui had heard of his name a long time ago. I saw that he was in his forties, with long eyebrows and five long beards. He sat upright in the hall with a majestic expression.

Yan Rui knelt down in the hall, and Zhu Xi said, "Kneeling woman, who are you?" ”

Yan Rui said: "The little woman is Yan Rui, the head of the Ruyi Fang prostitute shop, I have seen the adult, I don't know why the adult called me to the hall. ”

Zhu Xi nodded, and with a wave of his hand, a few poor people carefully moved up the four brocades. Zhu Xi said: "Yan Rui, are the contents of these four boxes yours?" ”

These four boxes contained the pen, inkstone, piano, flute and other things that Tang Zhongyou gave to Yan Rui, and they were brought to Lin'an Mansion with Yan Rui. When Yan Rui saw Zhu Xi asking, she said, "These are the things of the little woman." ”

Zhu Xi turned around and asked a Kongmu: "Zhang Kongmu, how much are these things worth?" ”

Zhang Kongmu said: "Back to the adult, the villain estimates that these things are worth seventy or eighty thousand yuan, and if you meet a seller who knows the goods, it is not surprising that they are sold to more than 100,000 yuan." ”

Zhu Xi said: "Yan Rui, can you hear clearly? Was he wrong in his calculations? ”

Yan Rui said: "My lord, the little woman can hear clearly, this gentleman's estimate is not bad at all." ”

Zhu Xi nodded again and said, "So the official asked you, you are just the head of a prostitute, where is there so much money to buy such valuable things?" ”

Yan Ruigu replied truthfully: "Lord Hui, these things are not owned by the little woman, they were given to the little woman by Tang Zhongyou and Lord Tang. ”

When Zhu Xi heard this, he was overjoyed, and this was what he was waiting for. Since he took up the post of Zhilin'an, he has been quite devoted to public affairs, and has successively appointed several corrupt and perverted officials. It was quite praised by Zhao Tuan, and among the government and the opposition, he also had a good official reputation, so much so that he knew the meaning of Bao Zheng of Kaifeng Mansion back then. Before that, Zhu Xi found out that Tang Zhongyou had been greedy for ink during his official business in Changping, Jiangxi, and sent someone to secretly investigate, and learned that Tang Zhongyou and Yan Rui were very close to each other. So Zhu Xi sent someone to Ruyi Fang to bring Yan Rui, and found out what Tang Zhongyou gave to Yan Rui.

Now that Yan Rui admits that these things were given to her by Tang Zhongyou, then it can be regarded as finding evidence. Tang Zhongyou was not born in a wealthy family, and with his official service, if he was not corrupt, he could afford to buy such a valuable thing.

Zhu Xi asked again: "With such a valuable thing, why did Tang Zhongyou give you a camp prostitute?" ”

Yan Rui said: "I had to ask Lord Tang about this, the little woman originally wanted to return it to Lord Tang, but Tang Da insisted on refusing to take it back, and the little woman knew that she was not blessed and useful, so she had to seal it up." Adults can ask for tolerance, and there are still seals attached to these things when they are found!"

Zhu Xi snorted and said secretly: "Cunning." He prides himself on science and has always adhered to the view that "only villains and women are difficult to raise". I've never looked down on women. However, the corruption in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, the style of living in obscenity and luxury, and the concept of self-cultivation that he had always advocated were uncomfortable, which made him very disgusted. Now that Yan Rui and Tang Zhongyou have a personal relationship, he can't help but be very contemptuous of Yan Rui. He waved his hand and said, "Put her in prison first and wait for processing." ”

After Yan Rui was taken down, Zhu Xi smiled bitterly, leaned on the back of the chair, shook his head and sighed: "People's hearts are not ancient, people's hearts are not ancient!" ”

At this time, an errand officer walked into the hall and said, "My lord, someone from outside has sent a confession. ”

Zhu Xi took the confession, opened it casually, looked at two lines, sat up straight again, and after he finished reading it, he immediately said, "Where is the person who complained now." ”

The officer said, "He is waiting outside for your lordship's orders." ”

Zhu Xi perked up and said, "Bring him to see the official immediately." ”