Fire Captain

Thanks to Lin Qinshuang, there were not many servants living in Wei Xiaoniang's residence. At that time, all the people outside the door were guarded by Shang Cheng and his two men, so other people did not know what happened in the house. They just thought that Wei Xiaoniang was lucky to have given birth to a son after surviving many dangers. Otherwise, if people outside, especially Lin Qinshuang, knew that Bai Ziyang had a caesarean section to deliver the child, they would definitely make a big fuss.

Later, Bai Ziyang ignored Lin Qinshuang and left with his men. After Sheng Hong and Madam Wang came back, he paid a special visit to explain that the situation was extremely urgent and that he had no choice but to climb over the wall to save people. Tingyu also changed back into women's clothes because it was convenient for her to travel on weekdays. Tingyu always dressed as a man to avoid misunderstandings from Lord Sheng.

Bai Ziyang knew that Sheng Hong was a man who cared a lot about his reputation. He had given such a perfect explanation that Sheng Hong could not find any fault with it even if he wanted to. In addition, with the assistance of Madam Wang who was excited about catching Lin Qinshuang's mistake, Bai Ziyang had successfully completed his mission. As for Madam Wei, in addition to Sheng Hong's help for the sake of his newborn son, Sheng Minglan also contributed.

This time, what happened to Wei Xiaoniang really scared her. Minglan could not forget the smell of blood in the room and the wet and sticky feeling on her hands. Later, through the words of Bai Ziyang and Wei Xiaoniang, she vaguely understood that this was not an accidental incident, but someone was behind the scenes trying to harm her mother. Although she still couldn't figure out what was going on, with her naturally keen intuition, she naturally chose what she thought was right.

Before, Wei Xiaoniang had mentioned many times that Minglan should go to the old lady, and it would be best if she could be raised under the old lady's name, but Minglan was worried about Wei Xiaoniang being alone so she always refused to listen. This time, after Wei Xiaoniang got better, she took the initiative to come to Old Madam Sheng. Maybe it was destined that they would be together as grandparents and grandchildren. When Old Madam Sheng saw Minglan, although she knew that Minglan came to seek shelter, she felt pity for her unconsciously. Maybe after all, Old Madam Sheng was also a soft-hearted and kind person. She couldn't bear to see Minglan living so trembling and cautiously. Although she was unwilling to separate these children from mother and son before, since the person came to her, let him stay...

When Sheng Hong found out that Old Madam Sheng had kept Minglan, he was a little surprised, but out of "filial piety" he didn't say anything. Madam Wang didn't want her daughter Ruolan to go in the first place, and now seeing that it was not Lin Qinshuang who was the one keeping Molan, she was naturally relieved and very happy. As for Lin Qinshuang, although she wanted Molan to stay with the old lady, she couldn't resist Molan's unwillingness. Moreover, when she was the housekeeper, such a big thing happened to Wei Xiaoniang. Even though Sheng Hong didn't punish her with her sweet words, he still ignored her a little. So at this cusp of the storm, Lin Qinshuang had to be low-key and cautious. So it was decided that Sheng Minglan would be kept under the old lady's name.

Next, the whole family packed their bags and prepared to follow Sheng Hong to Beijing to take up his post.

The spring river is warm, and the willows on both banks are green. The day when the Sheng family boarded the ship was also the day when Gu Tingye left Yangzhou. Because they were both going to Beijing, the two families took the same ship. As a good friend of Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye, Bai Ziyang naturally had to come to see him off. For Sheng Changbai's invitation again, Bai Ziyang still declined: "I left home to travel and broaden my horizons. Now I have been delayed in Yangzhou for some days. I will leave in a few days after you leave and continue my travels. But brother Changbai, you have to save a place for me in your school. When I return to Beijing soon, I will definitely go to your school to listen to what is so great about this teacher you respect so much!"

Sheng Changbai smiled and said, "Haha, don't worry, just come with confidence. I will give you my position... But in exchange, you must tell me about your travel experiences! To be honest, I envy you a little bit. Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. Brother Ziyang, you are better than me in this respect."

While the three were talking, Sheng Minglan, who was being led by Old Lady Sheng to board the boat, saw them. After whispering a few words to Old Lady Sheng, she took something out of her bag and ran straight towards Bai Ziyang.

"Mr. Bai!" Sheng Minglan came up to Bai Ziyang and called out.

Sheng Changbai saw Minglan first and asked curiously, "Xiaoliu?"

Bai Ziyang also bent down and said, "Don't call me Brother Bai!"

Sheng Minglan held the item in her hand and said solemnly: "I asked me to thank you that day, and I never had the chance to see you since then. This pair of knee pads is for you. I will never forget your kindness, Mr. Bai!" As she said this, she was about to kneel down.

Bai Ziyang helped Sheng Minglan up before she could kneel down, and said as he took the things from her: "It's my duty...your good fortune is still to come, live well in the capital!" Through the contact just now, Bai Ziyang secretly stuffed a purse into Minglan's waist, and raised his hand so quickly that even Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye beside him didn't notice it. In the purse were some small change and a few silver bills prepared by Bai Ziyang (the earliest period of paper money was in the Song Dynasty, called Jiaozi, which was equivalent to a deposit certificate. The TV series didn't seem to clearly show the appearance of silver bills, so I'll just assume there were some here.)

Minglan discovered the purse after she got on board. When she opened it, she found that the money inside was enough for the expenses of the three of them for several years. Minglan saw it and kept it in her heart. She became more grateful to Bai Ziyang. After arriving in the capital, each family settled down. Wei Xiaoniang became more low-key because of previous events. She hid in a corner of the Sheng Mansion, which seemed like she was living in seclusion.

Sheng Hong was cold-hearted by nature. Although he had admired Wei Xiaoniang's beauty and knowledge before, he felt ashamed because the incident with Wei Xiaoniang had spread to other people. He subconsciously rejected Wei Xiaoniang and gradually forgot about her. Lin Qinshuang naturally wanted to monopolize Sheng Hong. Even when Sheng Hong thought of Wei Xiaoniang, he would deliberately change the subject. As for Madam Wang, she bought Wei Xiaoniang to share Lin Qinshuang's favor. Now that Wei Xiaoniang was useless, although she would not add insult to injury, she would not take special care of her either...

Wei Xiaoniang was also happy about this. She closed the door and looked after Ning Kang. Kang'er lived his own life. What's more, Minglan was still with the old lady. For Minglan's sake, even if the Sheng family was in trouble, they would not lack food and drink. Moreover, the purse left by Bai Ziyang was a great help. If there was really an emergency, they would not be without help.

As for Bai Ziyang, after leaving Yangzhou, he continued to wander around the world. He heard that there was a place where bandits were rampant. The bandits often robbed passing merchants and even looted the villages at the foot of the mountain, causing the local people to live in fear all day long. After hearing this, Bai Ziyang said loudly, "Great! Finally, some "hard goods" will come!"