Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiu'er arrived.

"Da Huang, what are you yelling for?" She squatted down and untied the knot behind Da Huang's neck. "Didn't I tell you not to yell? Speak softly, or they might hear you."

Dahuang licked her hand affectionately.

She touched Da Huang's head, took out something wrapped in a handkerchief from her bosom, opened it and handed it to Da Huang, saying, "I'm sorry for wronging you. Here, I secretly hid this for you to eat."

It's a chicken head and a chicken butt.

A strong fragrance drifted to Dahuang's nose. Dahuang wagged his tail happily, swallowed the thing in her hand into his mouth, and began to chew it with a crunching sound.

"Isn't it delicious?" Xiu'er squatted gently in front of Da Huang, stroking the fur on its back. "Two guests came, and they gave money, so Sister Hua allowed me to stew chicken and duck every day. As long as they can't see, I'll hide some meat for you to eat."

Dahuang ate and nodded.

puff.

Xiu'er laughed, but was afraid of being heard, so she quickly covered her mouth.

After listening for a while without any response, she sat down next to Da Huang, hugged her knees with her hands, rested her chin on them, and looked at it quietly. "Tell me, when can Brother Dayong be rescued? I sent a letter to the girl in the capital, but why hasn't anyone come yet? Brother Dayong said before that the girl's life in the capital is not easy either. Is it possible that the girl is helpless? But if that happens, what should I do? Who can I ask to save Brother Dayong?"

She seemed to be crying when she said this. Shen Li heard that her nose was blocked and she was sobbing hard.

Dahuang stopped chewing and looked up at Xiu'er.

It wanted to tell her not to cry, that the master had returned, but she couldn't understand what it said.

It was so anxious that it hummed twice and shook its head, as if it was telling something.

Xiu'er reached out and stroked its head, saying gently, "Eat, eat more, the two guests will stay here for several days. I have tried to hide some meat bones for you to eat these days, eating meat bones will help you gain strength."

"Let's wait a few more days and see. If no one comes to rescue Brother Dayong, I won't wait here anymore. I'm going to the capital, and I'll take you with me. Eat more and keep me company on the way. Let's go find the girl together. Brother Dayong said she's a good person, and I believe she won't ignore Brother Dayong. What about you? You believe it too, right?"

Yeah, yeah, believe it, believe it.

Dahuang nodded his head vigorously.

Xiu'er smiled softly, "You silly dog, why are you nodding? If you don't know, you would think you can understand."

"It can understand." A gentle female voice came from behind, scaring Xiu'er so much that she jumped up and looked at her and the man standing next to her in horror.

It was Shen Li and Xiao Chenze.

"Don't be afraid," Shen Li said, "I was sent by your daughter. She didn't receive the letter you mentioned. She just sent me out to do some work and come to see you."

Da Huang looked at Shen Li strangely, not quite understanding what he was saying.

It knew that the person in front of it was its master. Even though they looked different, it knew it was the right one just by smelling the scent. So why did she still say that she was sent by the girl?

I don’t understand, I really don’t understand.

It had no idea that Shen Li didn't want anyone to know that she had come to Mizhou, so she could only say that to Xiu'er.

Xiu'er looked at them in disbelief. She knew them. They were the cousins ​​who came over during the day, and they were the distant guests she had just told Dahuang about.

She murmured, "Were you sent by...the girl?"

"Yes," Shen Li said with a smile, "We were on our way to other places to do some business and happened to pass by here. The young lady heard from the general that Brother Dayong had married, so she asked us to stop by to take a look and give him some gifts and money."

The surprise came so suddenly that Xiu'er still couldn't believe it.

"Didn't you come here to stay because you didn't wait for your master and your carriage broke down?"

Shen Li chuckled and said to her, "Miss, you once drew a portrait of Brother Dayong for me. But when I got here, I saw that the owner of the manor had changed. I felt something was wrong, so I made up a lie on the spur of the moment to fool them."

Seeing Xiu'er still didn't quite believe it, Shen Li didn't blame her. She took two steps forward and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "There's a very small basement under the warehouse in this manor. It's very secret. Outsiders don't know that the door opening mechanism is on the third pillar in the warehouse, right?"

Xiu'er widened her eyes.

"The basement contains food and water, a bow and arrow, several animal skins, a few quilts, some flint, and charcoal. Oh, and there's a vent that leads directly to the side of the well. The mechanism to close the basement is in the left corner of the wall below the stairs, under the water jar. Am I right?"

Xiu'er's eyes were suddenly filled with tears. She didn't dare to blink, for fear that if she blinked, the tears would fall and the person in front of her would disappear.

Just like many dreams she had had before, it was all in vain.

"Yes..." she said in a trembling voice, "Now there are more things in it, more dried meat, more high-quality leather. Brother Dayong said that if they are needed, the people hiding in it will not starve or freeze to death even if they don't come out for three months..."

She couldn't continue talking at this point. When Brother Dayong took her down to the basement, he told her that this was the life-saving secret that the master and servant had left for themselves.

Unexpectedly, on the day the accident happened, she asked Brother Dayong to hide inside, but Brother Dayong was afraid of leaving her alone, so he didn't go in to hide until the end.

She had added the things inside slowly. She knew that her sister-in-law had no good intentions, so she thought that if she escaped and was caught, she would hide in the basement and wait for the day when Brother Dayong would come out.

"There are also land deeds and house deeds. They have always been kept inside, wrapped in oil paper and placed in a box. Am I right?" Shen Li asked again.

"Yes, what the girl said is right," Xiu'er finally couldn't help crying.

She suppressed her crying in her sleeves, not daring to cry too loudly, which made people feel very depressed.

"Don't cry," Shen Li sighed and patted her back gently, "You are Brother Dayong's wife, Sister Xiu'er, right?"

Xiu'er wiped her tears excitedly, nodded, and said, "Yes, I am Brother Dayong's wife."

"Hello, sister-in-law," Shen Li felt relieved. What her uncle said was true. This woman was a good person, but her sister-in-law was a bit of a jerk.

"Do you know that your sister-in-law plans to sell you to the rich man in the next village?" Shen Li asked.

Xiu'er was so angry that she felt dizzy when she heard this. She suppressed her anger and said, "I know. It was Wang'er who told me secretly. He told me to run away quickly. But I was afraid that the girl's letter would fall into the hands of my brother and sister-in-law, so I didn't leave. I thought I would wait and see. Fortunately, you came, otherwise in a few days, Da Huang and I would not be here."

Xiang Xiang added, "I want to go to the capital to find a girl. If I'm caught by my brother and sister-in-law again, I'll hide in the basement."