As soon as the question came out of his mouth, both of them were stunned at the same time.
Lin Yutong looked at this woman's temperament and couldn't help but asked tentatively: "Mrs. Jiang?"
Women are usually called by their husband's surname. For example, the woman in front of him, Lin Yutong highly suspected that she was Zhang Ge's wife. Her maiden name was Jiang, and she called her Mrs. Jiang. Using her own surname was a right choice.
A kind of respect from her.
The woman didn't nod or shake her head. But the momentary relaxation in her eyes told Lin Yutong that she had guessed correctly again.
Mrs. Jiang looked at Lin Yutong again and said, "Since you know me, tell me your name and let me hear it."
Lin Yutong pursed his lips and smiled, "We have made an appointment to have tea together at noon the day after tomorrow. I'm an impatient person, so I can't wait to come to my wife's house to ask for a cup of tea?"
A smile appeared on Mrs. Jiang's lips, "I gave you a needle, but why are you using it like a mallet? Come to me for tea? You can't go through the front door or the back door. Do you plan to go in through this wall?
?”
"You can't go in through the front door, and you can't go through the back door. The threshold of the Zhang family is too high. How can I become a guest of the Zhang family if I am promoted to a commoner? I can only climb over the wall and cross the spine. It makes my wife laugh." Lin Yutong was not affected at all.
Ridiculously annoyed, he joked to himself and looked at Madam Jiang with a smile, "Who knew it was such an unlucky thing to come here, just in time for Madam to go out. I wonder if I would be honored to go on a night tour of the capital with Madam."
Mrs. Jiang laughed and said, "I haven't seen such an interesting little girl in many years."
Lin Yutong was startled by Mrs. Jiang and Haha's laughter, "Madam, this is the back wall..." We are both thieves, we are not so arrogant.
Mrs. Jiang laughed again, and then whispered: "Little girl, you are a thief, but I am not. I eat the stinky tofu in the back street. I often buy it out. I often eat it out at night." As she said,
Pointing to the head that suddenly retracted from the wall, "This is the back wall of my house. I won't go through the door or climb over the wall. No one else can care about it. Look, they are all used to it. Let's do this. I won't either.
You told others about your being a thief, please treat me to some stinky tofu tonight."
Lin Yutong nodded, "Okay! Let's go then."
She was indeed hungry. When she thought of the smell of stinky tofu, her stomach couldn't help but growl.
"What? You're too busy being a thief to eat?" Mrs. Jiang said jokingly.
Lin Yutong found this lady very interesting and couldn't help but said: "I was a thief this time, and you caught me. Now I have to bear the name of a thief. Do you think I am unjust?"
The two of them were chatting and laughing all the way, as if they were meeting each other for the first time.
The back street is not far from the house, and most of the people living in this area are the servants of the mansion. The street is narrow, but it is extremely lively. The servants are on duty, and there is no fixed time, and there are many people coming and going in the evening.
The stinky tofu stall is out of the way, but because the "stinky smell spreads far and wide", the business is actually pretty good. Not many people are willing to eat out at night, so they all come with bowls, buy them, and then take them back. Occasionally, there are no
Take the bowl with you. The boss also asked you to take the bowl away and bring it back later.
Next to the stall, against the corner, a symbolic table was set up.
Lin Yutong and Mrs. Jiang were sitting in the corner. The lights were dim and you couldn't see the two sitting here unless you looked carefully.
"Boss, here are four bowls." Mrs. Jiang said boldly.
The boss responded and came over to wipe the table again.
Lin Yutong handed over a silver bean, "Put more sauce on it."
The boss responded quickly and turned around to get to work.
"This boss's father sells stinky tofu. When I was young, my father would secretly hug me and climb over the wall to eat stinky tofu late at night. When I returned to the house, I had to go to the well to fetch water first.
I dared not go back until I spoke, for fear that my mother would smell it." Mrs. Jiang sniffed, "Later, for some reason, every time I came back, there was water that had been drawn by the well. We thought it was the servants in the house who had it.
The look in my eyes. It wasn’t until I discovered that the water at the well was just right warm no matter winter or summer, and the water for gargling was just right hot and cold. Then I realized that my mother had asked someone to prepare it in advance." She said.
He sniffed again and said, "It smells like this, it's delicious!"
Lin Yutong's eyes were hot when she said that Mrs. Jiang missed Old General Jiang and the old lady. She opened her mouth and realized that any words of comfort were feeble.
The boss brought the stinky tofu over and said, "You two, please use it slowly."
Lin Yutong picked up the bamboo stick, tied it into a piece and ate it.
Mrs. Jiang laughed, she ate more generously than Lin Yutong, one big piece in one bite.
After finishing one bowl and waiting for the next bowl, Mrs. Jiang wiped her mouth and said, "Do you know how the Jiang family died?" Lin Yutong didn't need to answer, she said to herself, "The emperor listened to the eunuch, no
Providing food and fodder to the soldiers who fought. As a result, they were unable to fight and starved to death. The eunuchs sold their generals to the enemy while holding back food and fodder. The city they had just captured was besieged, and my father would rather die than surrender.
After a few months, the enemy army destroyed the city without attacking. There was no one alive inside. The only ones who died of starvation were my father, my three brothers, and hundreds of Jiang family generals."
Seeing the stinky tofu served by the boss for the second night, Lin Yutong's throat was so blocked that he couldn't eat it.
However, Mrs. Jiang devoured her own bowl and also ate the bowl in front of Lin Yutong.
Then she coughed violently, and you could still hear her sniffling. Then she raised her sleeves to wipe her eyes and said, "I'm choking!"
In fact, she cried.
The two of them got up and walked back slowly. As they walked, Mrs. Jiang whispered: "My mother made me swear a vow not to mention revenge in this life. Then she threw herself into the well. That well was where
, my father and I always go to the well to wash our mouths."
Lin Yutong listened silently, but his heart felt heavier and heavier.
"Tell me, if this revenge is not avenged, can I sleep peacefully?" Mrs. Jiang stopped and turned to look at Lin Yutong.
Lin Yutong thought that if it were him, not only would he have to kill the dog eunuch, but the emperor would also have to overthrow him if he found the right opportunity.
Mrs. Jiang smiled self-deprecatingly, "So..." She stretched out her hand, "This is for you!"
Lin Yutong was stunned, "This is..." the key.
"What are you pretending to do? That's not what you're doing." Mrs. Jiang pushed it directly to Lin Yutong, "You guys came to the door today, I can smell it. You are very ambitious. Regardless of this... I like it. You guys are still different from that brainless old man in our family.
It's different. He only thinks about the Ming Dynasty. The current emperor has a grudge against our family, and he feels that it is extremely important to support a prince to succeed him. As for the change of dynasty, he would never dream of it. He is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty.
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From this tone, it seemed that the couple had a good relationship. After stealing the key, he asked, "How do you explain this to Mr. Zhang Ge?"
Mrs. Jiang laughed and said, "Explain? What to explain? First, he will not divorce me. Because he can't let me go, because I gave him three sons. Apart from me, he has no other woman in his life. Second,
He couldn't beat me. Of course, he couldn't bear to beat me. Thirdly, it was useless if he scolded me. I never heard him if he didn't listen. Fourthly, even if he wanted to ground me, I couldn't stop demolishing our house.
He doesn’t have that much money to pay people to repair the house all day long.”
"He is smarter than me, but he just can't stop me. As for the key that I took and then accidentally lost... what he is most likely to do is to quickly find someone to make a fake one, and then it will be real."
It’s no use, his expression must be more innocent than mine…”
Lin Yutong looked at Mrs. Jiang in astonishment. This was completely different from what Lin Yutong had guessed. This was a lawless woman who was favored by others. Suddenly she was so envious, and she suddenly had a good impression of Mr. Zhang Ge. He loved his wife so much.
Man, there is nothing wrong with your thoughts.
After Mrs. Jiang finished speaking, she added: "You have already come out of Prince Zhao's Mansion. It seems that you have succeeded. Then this matter will be easier. However, I gave you the key, and I have to beg you for my old man's sake."
thing."
Lin Yutong said sternly: "Just tell me."
"Don't kill King Zhao first. Otherwise, if you go south to Jinling, life will be difficult for the old man." Mrs. Jiang sighed, "This man should not pose much of a threat to the overall situation. He has been targeted by the emperor.
If he really gets in trouble one day, I will kill him myself."
Lin Yutong was stunned. He didn't expect this to happen. This is reasonable. It is not a secret that Mr. Zhang Ge boarded King Zhao's ship. Once he lost his master, Mr. Zhang Ge in the court... could only take the initiative to "abandon the darkness and turn to the light"
, you can't go to another house just because your master is dead. It's worthless. She thought for a while and said: "King Zhao will have a fever tomorrow and catch a cold. Don't drink the medicinal soup to dispel the cold. It will last for half a month."
Mrs. Jiang was shocked. This method was really subtle. No matter how hard she died, she might not be able to guess who did it. "Okay! Frank enough."
She smiled softly and said: "In the future, if you lose, I beg our master to let you live. But I hope you win."
Lin Yutong also smiled: "In the future, if you lose, I beg our master to give you a way out. Moreover, we will definitely win."
After they finished speaking, they looked at each other and then laughed.
"Mrs. Jiang, we must not underestimate the world's heroes." Lin Yutong said helplessly. What he just said was really frivolous, as if the world's major events can be decided between two women's casual conversation.
Madam Jiang shook her head, "If there is another party, don't you believe that we can't take the other party's head if we join forces?"
Lin Yutong raised his thumb at Madam Jiang, "Madam, you are truly a hero!"
"Okay! Don't say any flattery. We are here to do other things." Mrs. Jiang turned around and said, "This is our farewell. I don't know when we will see each other again."
"When Madam returns to the capital, I will treat Madam to some stinky tofu from the back streets." Lin Yutong cupped his fists and bowed before sending Madam Jiang away...