After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

Old Liu's eyebrows were as if a fly was pinched to death. He had never been so aggrieved in his life. He scolded, "Don't mess with Zhao Ying!"

Liang Su looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

The head of the Bai family suddenly swung his folding fan, his eyes and eyebrows full of slyness, "Actually, there is no need to be so afraid. General Liang can go ahead. Not only must he go, but he must go openly!"

Everyone was puzzled, and the head of the Bai family explained, "Liang Su is different from us. He is a general of the Great Chu and an old subordinate of Shangguan Shu. We know that General Liang ordered to surrender to a good master, but the court does not know, Shangguan Shu does not know, and Prince Ding and Princess Chengqian do not know either!"

"Why can't we let General Liang go as a spy and wait for an opportunity? If there is a chance, why can't we avenge today's revenge?"

Liang Su concealed his excitement, pretended to be reluctant, and declined, "Isn't this bad? What if I go and the princess finds out?"

Master Xiao raised his hand, "Weren't you crying and shouting that you wanted to go to the inn just now?"

"But I want to avenge Elder Liu! I don't want to be a spy. You all know that I am a rough and rude general. If I reveal my true colors, wouldn't that be bad?"

Wen Ruhai's eyes flickered when he heard this, and he thought to himself that it didn't matter if you were exposed. The court could kill you for it, and the new garrison commander could still be used by the clan.

The four clan leaders also thought so, so they were not worried at all when they heard this. Elder Liu said calmly, "Go ahead and gather information for us. If anything happens, I will save you!"

Once Elder Liu spoke, it meant that there was no hope for improvement.

Liang Su frowned and nodded heavily.

"OK then……"

At this time, the voice of the old servant came from the door.

When the few of them had secret conversations, Liu Yi often asked his personal servant to guard the door.

"Master, the mistress came just now and asked me to tell you that the young lady is in a bad mood and won't eat. If you have time, can you go and see her?"

When Liu Er was mentioned, Mr. Liu's eyes suddenly turned dark and he was very angry.

This little beast, if she hadn't caused trouble, how could he have suffered such humiliation?

Still dare to lose your temper?

Does she really think she is a princess?

I don't know where this bastard came from, and he dares to make trouble for him?

Master Liu said coldly towards the door, "Let her be hungry if she wants. Don't worry about her. I won't go to see her. Also, don't treat her as a young lady of the Liu Mansion from now on. Dismiss all the masters I hired for her and let her reflect on her mistakes behind closed doors. If she still can't figure it out, get out of the Liu Family!"

"Yes!"

Wen Ruhai and his companions saw that the Liu family had a lot of things to do and it was inconvenient for them to stay any longer, so they said goodbye and left.

After leaving the Liu family, Wen Ruhai looked at Liang Su who was about to mount his horse and leave, and called out to him, "Brother Liang, please stay!"

Liang Su turned around and asked, "My dear brother, is there anything I can do for you?"

Wen Ruhai stepped forward and smiled, "It's nothing important, I just want to remind Brother Liang not to follow in someone's footsteps. You must know that if you are greedy for more and change your mind every day, you will not end up well."

Liang Su snorted coldly, "Just say what you want to say. I'm annoyed by you, a bunch of literati, who beat around the bush. If you don't listen carefully, you won't understand. Aren't you just afraid that I will betray you again? Don't worry, I, Liang Su, am not afraid of death, but my wife and children are all controlled by them. What else can I do?"

Liang Su mounted his horse, tightened the hemp rope, and said in a cold voice, "The water here is so deep, anyone who comes here will drown. You don't think I would expect two people to save me from the water, do you?"

Wen Ruhai smiled noncommittally, then looked around and found no one around. He lowered his voice and said sadly, "I know that you despise me, but who doesn't have difficulties? We are all officials, and there are power struggles everywhere. In other words, if you bully the Central Plains, you will die. If you bully Dali... you will still survive. I am not like you, who is afraid of death. Besides, I come from a poor family, and it is not easy for me to become a frontier official..."

Liang Su looked back at him for a long while, then suddenly smiled, "What you said today really made me see that you have some character."

Wen Ruhai smiled faintly, "From now on, you and I will serve in the same court, and I believe there will be plenty of opportunities to get to know each other."

The sound of horse hooves faded away.

The accompanying groom came over and asked, "Master, would you like to get in the carriage?"

Wen Ruhai waved his hand, he wanted to take a walk.

The houses on both sides are lined up one after another with doors and windows closed. It looks desolate and cold at night, and with the cold moon, it seems even colder.

The darkness in the distance looked like a big hole, about to swallow up all the evil spirits. Wen Ruhai withdrew his gaze, feeling a little scared.

The first chapter I learned when I entered school was "The Great Unity of Etiquette"

"So conspiracies will not arise, thefts and robberies will not occur, and the outer doors will not be closed..."

Once upon a time, in Dali, people left their doors unlocked at night...

……

Donkey trough at Liu Mansion.

"Miss Er has instructed that you can't go to bed until you finish grinding these beans!"

Old Cao, the steward who was in charge of the livestock in the mansion, said this in a bossy tone, then walked away with his hands behind his back and his waist hunched.

Only a petite girl in coarse linen clothes was left, holding the millstone and turning it round and round.

Opposite is the donkey trough, where a row of live donkeys are idle.

The huge marble millstone weighs 1,500 kilograms. It takes an adult man half an hour to grind one kilogram of beans. A mule or a donkey would need a cup of tea, but a young girl would need an hour.

There are thirty pounds of beans here. They are new beans with a lot of water and are difficult to grind.

The girl was wearing a pair of straw sandals. Blisters had appeared on the soles of her feet. As time went by and the weather in Dali was hot, pus came out. The pus mixed with the smelly and damp donkey trough, but its smell could not be detected. Even if it was detected, the girl could not smell it.

The only cloth on her body was tattered, with whip marks, blood stains, footprints... The exposed white skin was mixed with stains and red spots. The girl's hair was messy and curled up into a ball. At night, thumb-sized mosquitoes flew around her, buzzing non-stop.

But the girl was numb and ignored it.

The sharp chin was always drooping, like a walking corpse.

Suddenly, a young boy poked his head out from the edge of the wall and called to her softly, "Little donkey!"

The girl's shoulders stiffened.

After a pause, he continued to grind the mill.

The servant looked at her with pity and sighed. He then looked around carefully and found that there was no one around. He plucked up the courage to go over and approach the girl. In the moonlight, he could see the big black scar on the girl's face at a glance. He sighed again.

"Why are not you talking?"

"Are you going to grind all these beans tonight?"

"I have good news and bad news for you. Which one do you want to hear, little donkey?"

The girl froze again. This time, she raised her head and looked at the servant. Her cold eyes made people feel cold. The servant took two steps back and said, "I didn't give you this name. The young lady gave you this name!"

At the mention of "Miss", the aura around the girl became arrogant and excited, like a volcano about to erupt, but after a while it suddenly dimmed. She lowered her eyes, and clenched the grinding rod with her hands covered with blood sores, her knuckles making a creaking sound.

The servant wondered, "Did you know the young lady before and offend her?"

"Tell me about it!"

"Why is she targeting you so much? She even said that you stole her older brother. I'm not making fun of you, but is her brother blind?"

"Otherwise..." the servant whispered, "Who would like you..."

Two lines of tears suddenly slid down the girl's eyes, but her face did not change.

The servant was horrified when he saw this, "Don't cry, I don't dislike you, I'm just telling the truth...ah, I'm not telling the truth either, I just... I just...do you understand?" The servant scratched his ears and cheeks.