After seeing Ting An off, Hua Rujin led Hua Youen back to the pergola and counted the money compensated by the county government, five taels per ingot, no more, no less, exactly ten ingots.
Looking at the white money on the table, Hua Youen suddenly whispered in her ear: "Sister, let me tell you a secret. Can you take me to Huangliu Lane to buy pear blossom cakes?"
"Want to eat pear cake again?"
Hua Rujin looked at Xiaodouding with a smile: "Then I have to see if the secret you told me is worth a pack of pear cakes."
“Definitely worth it.”
Hua Youen's eyes pointed to the left corner with determination: "On the days when Sister was out, I saw a very big white snake crawling in from that dry well."
"White snake?"
Hua Rujin looked at the dry well not far behind her in astonishment: "Are you talking about the White Snake?"
"Who is the white lady?"
Little Douding pinched her lips in confusion.
"White Snake is a woman as beautiful as your sister."
Hua Rujin suddenly fell into deep thought.
Why did this little kid say he saw a girl in red, and then said he saw a huge white snake?
But Hua Junnian, Cai Baiwei and his wife, and even Hua Muyang have never encountered these things.
For a moment, she couldn't help but believe that the old lady from the Hua family said that this little Douding was the nemesis of the family.
"Sister, don't you believe me too?"
Hua Youen looked at her with some frustration.
"Believe it, of course I believe it."
Hua Rujin stood up and pulled Little Douding toward the dry well: "Let's go see where the big white snake is hiding, and then go to Huangliu Lane to buy cakes."
Hearing this, Hua Youen reluctantly became happy.
The two of them walked to the dry well and looked down at the bottom. It was pitch black and bottomless, and they couldn't see anything.
Just as she was about to turn around and leave, she suddenly saw signs that many flowers and plants had been severely crushed around the dry well, and then she gradually realized that Xiao Douding was not lying.
She carefully inspected the marks of the collapse and continued to search deeper into the corner of the dry well. Gradually, she could also find some degraded snake skin.
Recalling the flashing eyes she saw when she first entered the mansion and the girl in red mentioned by Xiao Douding, she began to believe the old beggar's words.
There is really something fishy about this house.
There were actually two wells in a small courtyard, so she didn't know what was hidden in this dry well for the time being.
It's just that the bottom of the well is too deep, and she can't go down to explore.
She moved a stone and threw it into the dry well, but after a long time she could still hear a loud "dong-dong" sound coming from the well.
"Sister."
Hua Youen looked confused.
"fine."
Hua Rujin led Xiao Douding to put away the money on the table. Thinking about the long hair she found a few days ago, she went straight to the west wing.
She took out the exquisite dagger that Ye Chengkui had given her and tapped it meticulously in the room, but after probing for a long time, she found nothing unusual.
Is there no tunnel down here?
Or maybe the structure of the tunnel here is different from that of the Dou family?
With her mind full of questions, Hua Rujin led Xiao Douding out of the west wing.
Since these weird things have appeared in the yard, it's better to just wait and see.
After taking the door lock and locking the courtyard door, the two sisters went to Huangliu Lane first and spent twenty cents to buy two packs of pear blossom cakes to eat with Xiao Douding while thinking about some questions.
If there really is a girl in red, why did she appear in this house mysteriously? She has not had any plans against the family for so many days.
It's just that we can't let the Hua family be worried.
Thinking of this, she looked in the direction of the county government office in the north, then squatted down and told Xiao Douding: "You En, do you like the new county magistrate?"
"Sister, are you talking about brother-in-law?"
Hua Youen blinked her watery little eyes.
"You can't call him brother-in-law."
Hua Rujin frowned: "If you promise me, I will send you to see him, but you must be obedient."
Little Douding thought for a while: "Okay."
So the two sisters walked straight towards the county government office.
After turning a few intersections, as soon as we arrived at the edge of the county government office, we saw a sedan going west.
"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law."
With sharp eyes, Hua Youen noticed that Ye Chenggui's bookboy Ting An was following behind the sedan chair, and she jumped over and ran over.
Hua Rujinfeng's eyes paused for a moment, then revealed a bitter look on her face:
What about the promised trust?
Just as he was hesitating, he saw Ting An walking towards this direction.
Hua Rujin had no choice but to follow him.
"My young master does not ride in a sedan chair."
Holding Little Douding in his arms, Ting An secretly glanced at the stopped sedan and whispered: "The county magistrate is in there."
"Oh, this is what you are doing?"
Hua Rujin glanced at a red box he was holding in his hand, then looked at a box tied with red silk carried by a guard behind the sedan, and roughly understood everything.
"Today is the birthday of the old lady of the Shu family. My son has official business to attend to, so I asked the county magistrate to send a congratulatory gift on behalf of the county."
Ting An lowered his eyebrows and glanced at the box he was holding in his hand, and smiled coquettishly: "I just happened to be sending a gift to the young master alone."
"I see."
Hua Rujin thought and nodded: "Then I won't bother you anymore, just go and do your work."
The Shu family was originally a medical family and was quite famous in the entire Jingzhou Prefecture. Now that Shu Yuchen has entered the palace again, the government officials at all levels will naturally respect him even more.
Ye Chengguan is also a person who knows how to deal with people and the world.
Ting'an didn't dare to delay, turned around and glanced at the guard on duty at the Yamen Gate, and quickly called out: "This lady is a friend of my master, please go and report it quickly."
After explaining, he followed the sedan and left.
When the officer at the door learned that the visitor was a friend of the county magistrate, he did not dare to neglect him and hurriedly went inside to report. Not long after, someone came out and led the two sisters inside.
Before entering, Hua Rujin glared at Xiao Douding angrily, and warned again: "You En, you are not allowed to call the magistrate brother-in-law again, otherwise I won't bring you here in the future."
"I know, I know, sister."
Hua Youen happily walked into the inner hall. When she saw Ye Chengguan sitting in the hall, she immediately went to greet him: "Brother-in-law, my sister is here to see you."
Both of them were startled when they heard this.
Ye Chengguan pinched Hua Youen's playful little face, pretended to be calm and looked at Hua Rujin who was led in by the guards, and asked with a smile: "Did Miss Hua find something in the house?"
"Not really."
Hua Rujin knew in her heart that he was referring to what Ting An had told her.
It's just that the matter is unclear, so it's not easy to discuss it with him in detail, lest the county government start a big fight and end up causing a misunderstanding.
After thinking for a while, she continued and said to Ye Chengguan: "The daughter of the common people has something urgent to do. She wants to leave her sister-in-law in the county government office for one day and pick her up tomorrow."
In this way, even if you don't get anything tonight, you can always find an excuse to excuse yourself.
Although Ye Chengguan had many doubts, she didn't want to elaborate, and she didn't feel comfortable asking too many questions. She smiled faintly: "Okay."