During the meal, Jiang Jiuniang did not sit at the same table with the men, but sat with the women and asked them what their future plans were.

If nothing else happens, they will leave tonight and will not stay any longer.

Some people are locals and naturally want to go home. Some are abducted from other places and want to go back to find their relatives. Even the maids of the Qinglian family have somewhere to go and want to go back to their hometowns. Go home.

Looking around, only Qinglian, Lin and two or three orphans who also lost their families had no place to go.

"Madam, the general promised me before that he could take me back with him. Madam, please take me and my sister-in-law back together! My sister-in-law and I also took care of the business of the shop at home and did these things. It won’t be a problem.”

Qinglian knelt down directly to Jiang Jiuniang. In this situation, she could only do her best to protect herself and her sister-in-law. As for those maids, she would not stop them from returning to their hometown. of.

Jiang Jiuniang did have such a plan. Anyway, the shops at home are short of people, so there is nothing wrong with taking them back. However, you still can't make a decision easily. At least you have to explain the matter clearly. OK.

"Miss Qinglian, taking you back is not a big deal, but have you really considered it? As you said, your family had property before. Even if everyone in the family was killed, these The industries are still there. As long as you are willing, you can live a good life on those industries. There is really no need to go back with us to work as handymen."

Anyway, the bandits have been recruited now, and the money that belongs to them can also be claimed. When you come back, with all that money and property, why don't you just lie down?

No matter what, Jiang Jiuniang wanted to hear what they meant.

"Madam, you also know that our family only has me and my sister-in-law. It is really difficult for two women to support the family. Just like this time, we are just ordinary merchants, without Given our background and power, we can only resign ourselves to fate when faced with such a situation. But it’s different when our wife goes back. We can more or less rely on the general’s power, and those who are greedy for our family property don’t dare to bully us at will.”

Qinglian is a smart person. It’s useless to be clever in front of people with absolute power. It’s better to tell her true feelings and ask for their protection.

"Madam, don't worry, we are only trying to protect ourselves and will never do anything inappropriate!"

With that said, Qinglian kowtowed directly to Jiang Jiuniang. Mrs. Lin understood. After expressing her intention, she also kowtowed and asked.

No wonder my father-in-law said before that my younger sister is smart and that she will have to recruit a son-in-law to keep the family property. My younger sister is really smart and knows how to use everything available.

And now, Jiang Jiuniang is her advantageUse objects.

Jiang Jiuniang didn’t expect that she would speak so bluntly, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. This girl has the same energy as a lotus flower, which should not be underestimated.

Are all girls with lotus characters in their names so smart?

"You are so smart, why don't you think that you can cooperate with me instead of necessarily needing to cling to me?"

"Jiang Jiuniang looked down at her with admiration and joy in her eyes. smile.

Qinglian couldn’t believe it. Madam is willing to cooperate with her?

Why?

Her family is just an ordinary merchant with no power behind her. Without power, it is difficult to move forward and do business. In recent years, the income has not been high, so her father decided to sell most of the shops, leaving only a few. He would retire in a store with a relatively good business, and then take his whole family to the mountains to live a life free from worldliness.

But who would have thought that after so many things have happened, the general’s wife said that she could cooperate with her.

Did she hear wrongly?

Seeing her like this, Jiang Jiuniang made a guess and said with a smile: "You heard me right, I don't have any special hobbies, I just like to associate with smart people. Since you know If you rely on my power to protect your family's property, you can naturally rely on my power to make your business bigger and better, right?"

Qinglian did not answer immediately, but was stunned for a while. , then slowly asked: "Do you really believe me, madam?"

Jiang Jiuniang nodded: "I never joke about money."

Qinglian was a little bit Shocked, but more than anything, ecstatic. With Jiang Jiuniang's words, I can definitely run the family business well and take care of my sister-in-law, so I don't have to rely on anyone else!

"Thank you, madam!"

She was about to kowtow, but Jiang Jiuniang stopped her: "I don't like others kowtowing to me, so don't do it again in the future."

There are so many people now and it is not a good time to discuss business. We can discuss it in detail after we get back.

Now that she has a way out, Qinglian has not forgotten her former maids. If they are willing, they can continue to follow her. If they are not willing, they can also return the contract and let them leave.

Several people still insisted on going home. After this experience, they felt that their family was more important, while others felt that there was no good way out even if they went home, and they might be raped by people at home. The father and brother sold it again and decided to continue to follow Qinglian.

As for the remaining two or three orphans, Jiang Jiuniang said that if she wanted to stay here, she would ask King Mao to arrange for a female household, and she would be able to rely on her parents no matter what in the future.You can support yourself with your hands. If you don't want to stay here, you can follow her back. She needs people in her shop, but it's not easy to work in the shop. You need to be eloquent and eloquent.

Several girls did not dare to go when they heard that they were required to be eloquent. They thought it would be more cost-effective to stay here and settle down as a female household. It was better to be the master of the family than to watch other people's faces.

At this point, everyone’s whereabouts have been settled, and Jiang Jiuniang has finished her meal.

Because there were still things to deal with, everyone just simply filled their stomachs and didn’t drink or chat. They just briefly asked about the situation here, so everyone ate quite quickly. , basically when the woman’s side finished eating, the men’s side was also finished.

King Mao was here to handle the case. After eating and drinking, he sent people to find the officials in the city to prepare for a thorough investigation of the matter.

Anyway, there are both witnesses and material evidence, so it’s not that complicated.

Afterwards, Lu Baichuan and his party prepared to set off at night.

When I went out, I bumped into those officials, but no one paid any attention to the other.

This time Jiang Jiuniang didn’t want to cheat, so she honestly followed the journey for almost three days before arriving at the capital.

Qinglian’s family also followed them to the General’s Mansion, and when they saw the domineering plaque, Qinglian knew their true identity, and they were actually the most famous people in the capital.

Jiang Jiuniang found Lianhua and briefly stated her wishes, then handed Qinglian and her family over to her and asked her to take care of the arrangements.

I went to report to Mrs. Sun that I was safe, and then I disguised myself and entered the palace quietly.

After a few days of leaving, the wind direction in the capital had improved a lot. To Lu Baichuan's surprise, he found that Chang Anbo and the rest of the party had been dealt with by the emperor, so he borrowed the people from before to surround Lotus. For one thing, a bunch of charges were thrown out. Those who should be chopped off, those who should be exiled, Chaozhong was instantly washed away.

Only then did everyone truly realize that the strength of their emperor was not as easy to mess with as they had seen.