Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 202 The gold in the secret room
Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu have always supported each other since they met. They always think about each other when they don't see each other.

After all these years, Liang Hongyu knew very well that Han Shizhong's path to joining the army was extremely bumpy and difficult.

It is precisely because of this that Liang Hongyu is very understanding of Han Shizhong's difficulties.

Just imagine, if Han Shizhong really wanted to raise the money to redeem himself, it would not be completely impossible.

If Han Shizhong is given five or eight years, he will definitely be able to complete it.

However, Hongyu didn't dare to think about how much grievance and heartache Han Shizhong would pay for this.

Han Shizhong's life was already poor enough, and this would make him even more embarrassed.

It is precisely because of this that Liang Hongyu said this thing that should not have been said out of sheer distress for Han Shizhong.

Just as Liang Hongyu expected, once Han Shizhong learned that he had saved enough money to redeem himself, he immediately started asking questions.

Speaking of which, although Hongyu has been in a dusty place like Qunyufang for many years, she has always been a good person, not a person.

But no matter what Hongyu said, how could Han Shizhong not ask further?

You know, that astonishing amount cannot be obtained overnight.

This feeling is actually like a coward who had no kung fu at all the day before and couldn't beat a few half-year-old children without the strength to restrain a chicken, but who suddenly possesses unparalleled magical skills.

He has no scruples, and even among the masters, it is difficult for anyone to surpass him.

Based on this, Han Shizhong could not believe that Liang Hongyu had saved enough money to redeem herself.

But no matter how Han Shizhong pressed, Liang Hongyu remained silent and kept saying, "Brother Han, what is the relationship between the two of us? Don't you still believe Hongyu and me?"

"Since Hongyu has said that she will not do anything to be sorry for you, Brother Han, life or death, that means she has not done anything."

At this time, Zhao Gou had already finished relieving himself outside and came back. He was eagerly looking at Han Shizhong and wanted to drink another three thousand cups with Han Shizhong.

Han Shizhong saw that Liang Hongyu refused to tell the truth, and Zhao Gou had returned to the pavilion, so he could not continue to ask questions.

For the next hour, he kept half an eye on Liang Hongyu's every move.

He thought to himself: I know Hongyu very well. Hongyu is a clean and self-sufficient woman, different from those bad guys outside.

Since she said she didn't do anything to feel sorry for me, then she definitely didn't.

But if Hongyu did something stupid and someone wanted to harm him secretly, they would have to get past me, Han Shizhong, first!
Thinking of this section, he had a drink with Liang Hongyu under the coaxing of Zhao Gou and Zhao Gou's two servants.

Liang Hongyu couldn't help but feel a little drunk until the end of her drink that day. Seeing that it was getting late, Han Shizhong asked Liang Hongyu to go back to the room and have a good rest.

He left Qunyufang with Zhao Gou and took a detour from Prince Kang's Mansion, preparing to have another drink at Earl Ying's Mansion.

Let's say that after Liang Hongyu returned to the room, she stumbled all the way and lay down on the edge of the bed.

On the side of the head, he was about to lift the bed under him, and his jade hands had already grasped the corner of the bed cloth, but at this moment, the voice of the old bustard came from outside the door.

"Hongyu, please open the door quickly. I have something to tell you."

Hearing this, Liang Hongyu stood up with difficulty, crawled all the way to the door, pulled the bolt, and pushed the door open.

The old madam walked in quickly, and when closing the door, he carefully looked around.

After confirming that nothing was wrong, he gently closed the door. "You have done a very good job with Li Yan, the minister in charge of the imperial court. The imperial court has already sent word that your ransom money can be halved."

The old madam stood in front of Liang Hongyu and said expressionlessly.

"That's great! Mom, you also know that Hongyu only sells her art and not her body. Naturally, she doesn't have much savings on weekdays."

“But once it’s halved, and with the help of friends, the redemption money won’t be a problem!”

Liang Hongyu said ecstatically, her pretty face full of unconcealable excitement.

The old madam put his hands behind his back, still expressionless, looked around, looked Liang Hongyu up and down, and said: "Logically speaking, the affairs in the court have nothing to do with our Qunyufang."

"However, in the matter of serving the minister Li Yan, after all, it was the people above who spoke, so it must be done without anyone noticing it. But to be honest, for a mere minister, if the people above said that he would be executed, he would be executed."

"The reason why we go to such great lengths is mainly because we want to make this matter airtight."

Liang Hongyu nodded, but she couldn't help being confused and asked: "Mom, this person was killed by Hongyu, but Hongyu still doesn't know who the legendary "person above" is until now? "

The old madam had no intention of staying in Liang Hongyu's room for a long time. After telling Liang Hongyu that her ransom money could be halved, she turned around and left.

Suddenly hearing Liang Hongyu ask about this "person above", she frowned, shook her head slowly and said, "I really don't know who it is, but this person's power is probably one of the best in the court."

After the old bustard finished speaking, he left.

Liang Hongyu gently sent the madam out and locked the door with the bolt.

She stopped and stood there for a long time, seeing that the old bustard had gone far away, she let out a long sigh of relief.

Then, he changed his appearance and hurried to the bed with a snicker on his face.

With a strong push, he opened the bed and saw a hidden compartment under the bed board.

The secret compartment was exquisitely designed, with a small circular mechanism on the upper left. She hurriedly stretched out her index finger and pressed it lightly, and the secret compartment opened on its own.

There was only a soft "click" sound, and the small outer door with a hidden compartment opened.

Hongyu was so nervous that she even forgot to breathe, so she took out two palm-sized cloth bags from the secret compartment.

The two bags were very heavy. Hongyu grabbed the upper end with one hand and the lower end with the other hand. It took a lot of effort to pull out the two palm-sized bags.

He gently placed it on the bed, untied the belt, and shook it gently, and a few grains of gold rolled out of the bag.

Hongyu was so nervous that her heart trembled, and then she shook out everything in the two bags.

As soon as he shook it out, and looked at it carefully, Hongyu was so excited that tears were about to fall.

Some of this gold was used to redeem her life, and some was left to her Brother Han. Of course, it also included the funds for her and her Brother Han to grow old together for the rest of their lives.

"Enough, enough!"

Hongyu pursed her lips and took the two bags of heavy gold into her arms, her voice starting to tremble.

"Who is alive, who doesn't spend all day for a few taels of silver? Now that I have these golds, I can finally get rid of all these troubles."

(End of this chapter)