Hua Xiaogu can no longer remember how many days he has spent in this prison.
There are fewer and fewer people in the cells, and most of them have been redeemed. Including the shopkeepers and stewards of the Tian family who were captured earlier, they were also taken out one by one by their own families.
Fortunately, good intentions pay off, and Hua Xiaogu can eat food brought in by Manager Hu or the scholar who went out earlier. Otherwise, Hua Xiaogu doesn't know whether he can survive.
She ate the meal brought by the scholar and the old woman, and listened to what the scholar squatting outside the cell fence said.
"...The Tian family's bank has been closed. Just two days ago, many people in Beijing heard that the Tian family was about to be ruined, and they lined up to go to the bank to exchange their banknotes. When the bankers came down, the bank had to close.
There are also silk and satin shops, tea shops and restaurants, most of which are closed, and I even heard that some shops have been given to others."
The scholar said, looking at Hua Xiaogu chewing slowly in front of him: "Hey, little brother, you'd better ask your family to raise money to redeem you as soon as possible. Your master's family must be too busy taking care of themselves at the moment, and they have no time to care about you."
Hua Xiaogu swallowed the food in her mouth carefully, then raised her head and smiled at the scholar: "Thank you sir for telling me, I understand in my heart, just wait a little longer, anyway, it's not too difficult in this prison."
As she said this, she was thinking about Tian Lanqing.
If all this is really his plan, but so many shops have closed down, what about those shops that have been sold?
The Tian family's property has begun to collapse bit by bit. How can we stand up again in the future?
After finishing the meal that the scholar brought her, the scholar handed her a large jar of clean water, and then stood up: "I will come again tomorrow, alas..."
Hua Xiaogu watched the scholar leave, then hugged the jar filled with clean water and dragged his feet back to the original place.
She felt like she almost stunk. At this moment, she didn't look like a human or a ghost...
No wonder the people who were imprisoned here were so panicked. It turns out that if you live in this prison for the rest of your life, just being unable to take a bath for the rest of your life will drive you crazy.
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The easternmost part of the capital, not far from the imperial palace, is the residence of Grand Master Mo. At this moment, he had just returned from the palace and sat down in his study.
"Master, the head of the Yu family came here at noon." A servant has been silently reporting the situation in the mansion when Grand Master Mo entered the palace today. When he said this, Grand Master Mo paused while turning the Buddha beads in his hand.
"explain."
"Yu Dingshan means that everything is as expected by the grand master. According to the current situation of the Tian family, even if Mr. Tian recovers, it will be difficult to turn around. Most of the Tian family's shops have been closed, and most of the remaining ones have been bought.
The money from the sale of the shop had already been placed in the bank, and was taken away by people who exchanged banknotes for silver. Except for the goods stranded in Tian's treasury, Tian's house was probably completely destitute and had no more money to use.
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Master Mo chuckled and nodded: "I understand. Go and tell Yu Dingshan that the Tian family has thrown the meat in his mouth on the ground. The rest depends on whether he has the ability to eat the meat."
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The man nodded and took note, and then asked in a low voice: "Master, what about the Tian family..."
"Don't worry about it. I originally thought that keeping someone who is not for my use will be a disaster. Who thought that I would not need to take action, but he went to his own death. Hum, this is God's will. I have more important things at the moment
We have things to do and don’t have time to care about these little characters.”