After being reborn as a widow, the mistress of the Hou family remarried a powerful official

Chapter 18 Recognize the reality
But he said that Ke Yiqing here followed the shopkeeper to the shop.

The shopkeeper returned the deed to her and said, "Ma'am, please do some counting. Don't say that I took money from your family with unknown origins."

Ke Yiqing didn't understand that this was a sign of resentment. She stopped the jade brocade beside her and sighed: "It turns out that I am incompetent. I know who the culprit is but I let the shopkeeper suffer injustice."

The shopkeeper was surprised when he heard this, and softened his attitude, "I'm satisfied with Madam's intention. I know that merchants are low-level. Even if I don't deal with you today, I guess I won't be able to make any money."

"Shopkeeper, please don't be humble. If there are no merchants, those of us who are indifferent to the four bodies and five grains will have no choice but to drink from the northwest wind."

The other party nodded in agreement, but when he thought of the grievances he had suffered in the past, he could only smile bitterly.

Ke Yiqing thought for a while and said, "Please bring me a pen and paper."

Although she didn't know what she wanted paper and pen for, the shopkeeper gave it to her anyway.

"I'm in a hurry to use the money now, and I'm afraid I won't be able to pay it back for a while. This IOU is also some of my thoughts. I will definitely pay it back to you before the spring of next year."

The shopkeeper picked up the IOU and saw that it actually contained 2 taels of silver. He sighed, "Madam is kind, so I accepted it."

Ke Yiqing smiled and said, "The shopkeeper is busy, so I won't bother you."

But before leaving, she warned speciously: "The price of rice has increased sharply these days, so the boss should stock up on it."

"Yes, yes, madam, walk slowly."

As soon as Ke Yiqing came out of his pawn shop, she went to another pawn shop. Her dowry was substantial and she had no bad debts, so the price given by the shopkeeper was also considerable.

Beyond her expectation, there were thirty-five thousand taels of silver.

"Madam, the only orchards you brought here are not good at the outskirts of the city. We don't plan to collect them here."

"Why not accept it?" This is indeed strange. Although the harvest of the orchard is not good, it is attached to Shengjing. It is just a matter of more money and less money. There is absolutely no reason not to accept it.

"You don't know something. Recently, there are more and more refugees outside the capital. The security in the suburbs is very bad. No one is willing to buy the land there. What was pawned before is now ruined."

The shopkeeper shook his head, feeling sad that the money was wasted.

Land on the outskirts of town?
Ke Yiqing's heart moved, "So, you have a lot of suburban land in your hands?"

The shopkeeper became interested and asked eagerly: "How much does Madam want?"

"Is this land available twenty miles east of my orchard?"

"Ma'am, wait a moment."

But after a moment, he walked out of it, holding a map around Shengjing in his hand, "Madam, you really came to the right place. This turned out to be official land. Later, the official family was transferred out of the capital, and this land was also mortgaged. My shop."

Ke Yiqing looked along the map and found that the location of Taoyuan Village was indeed on this land.

"This land is good, I want it."

Because she had just pawned many high-quality assets, the shopkeeper sold them to her at a low price and only received 2000 taels of silver.

On the way, Yu Jin was puzzled, "Since the shopkeeper has said that the land in the suburbs is not good, why does Madam still want to buy it?"

"Others don't need it if they buy it, but it is of great use to me if I buy it."

"Ma'am, you're teasing me again."

"I didn't, I was just rushing to give someone money."

In addition to what she took out before, she now has a total of 3000 taels of silver notes with her. If she doesn't give it to the grain merchant immediately, she is afraid that the old lady will take it away when she returns.

The two were chatting and laughing. There was another gathering today and the street was very lively. Ke Yiqing was also in a relaxed mood.

"There is a soufflé seller in front. Zi Xing, that girl, is tired of milk recently. Go and buy some."

When Yu Jin heard this, she wanted to make a fuss, "Okay, now that she is here, there is no room for me!"

Ke Yiqing pretended to be angry, "I'm afraid the rouge the day before yesterday was given to Bai Yanlang."

"Madam, I don't have..." Yu Jin originally explained with a panic face, but when she saw the smile on his face, she immediately stamped her foot, knowing that she was being teased again.

The two of them were chatting and shopping like this, and they didn't notice that they bought a lot of things along the way.

"From now on, Madam should go out and walk around, so that she can be energetic."

Ke Yiqing also lamented that the outside world was so prosperous and diverse, but she was trapped in the Marquis Mansion in her previous life, and she didn't know how much she missed.

The two were about to cross the bridge, but many pedestrians came running from the other side.

"Old man, what happened ahead?"

"There's a murder going on over there. There's blood all over the floor. You two should leave quickly!"

After saying that, he ran away with a look of panic on his face.

Ke Yiqing originally wanted to follow him, but he saw Yan Ming fighting with a man in black in the attic on the other side of the bridge with a sullen face.

He seemed to be injured, blood was flowing from his abdomen, and most of his body was stained red.

"Madam, let's leave quickly." "Yu Jin, you go home first. Don't make any noise about what you saw on the street today."

"Where are you going?"

Ke Yiqing didn't answer. She trotted along the alley under the bridge. She just saw that the man was about to run out of energy, and her steps became more urgent.

Fortunately, Yan Ming's guards arrived in time and drove those people back.

By the time she ran to someone, she was already out of breath.

"Why are you here?"

Just as she was about to speak, a man in black came from behind. It turned out that the man in black saw the two talking and held Ke Yiqing hostage, thinking that he could threaten Yan Ming.

"Don't come over here. If you come over again, I'll kill her!"

Yan Ming's eyes were about to burst, but he still put down the sharp sword in his hand, "I won't go over, so don't hurt her."

This man in black was covered in blood. Ke Yiqing had never seen such a battle even though he had lived two lifetimes, and he was immediately frightened out of his body.

"I have money. I can give you whatever money you want."

The man in black sneered, "Stop talking nonsense, I don't want money, I only kill people."

As she spoke, the sharp knife in her hand strangled her delicate neck, and a bloodstain immediately appeared.

Ke Yiqing felt threatened and did not dare to say any more.

"Today's matter has nothing to do with her. You let her go and I will let you go."

The man in black glanced at her and said, "Everyone says that Master Yan is the most romantic. It seems that the rumors are true. You are so lucky to have such a beautiful lady serving you."

Upon hearing this, Ke Yiqing immediately understood that this was probably a pursuit by the enemy. As the saying goes, the fire at the city gate affected Chiyu. Seeing that Yan Ming was injured, she actually ran out regardless of it. She really asked for it.

"What exactly do you want?"

"What my master wants is very simple, your life!"

The two sides reached a deadlock, and the men who came after Yan Ming got the order, quietly went around the bridge, and arranged the crossbowmen, just waiting for his order to shoot the man in black.

Ke Yiqing didn't know anything about this, so he just softened his voice and said, "My lord, I misunderstood. You can't threaten him if you capture me. Those who can threaten him live in the deep palace."

These were her words of self-destruction, but the man in black gave her a meaningful look.

This glance filled her with doubts. Taking advantage of the confrontation between the two parties, she looked at the man in black calmly.

He turned out to be a handsome young man, and what he said just now was reasonable and measured, unlike an ordinary Deadpool.

Yan Ming, who was opposite him, also had a serious look on his face at this time, and he only emphasized back and forth not to hurt her life.

She laughed to herself, what was she thinking?How could this man risk his own life to save her?
The man in black was alone and surrounded, and when he saw that he refused to submit, he became fierce and angry, "I'll say it one last time, only one person can live between you and her! If you want her to live, you should kill yourself quickly!" "

In desperation, the sharp knife placed on Ke Yiqing's neck trembled. She was filled with fear, but she couldn't die because she still had her child in her belly!
Seeing that his attention was not on her, Ke Yiqing gritted her teeth and reached out to grab the man in black, but her grasp was in vain.

"How dare you!" The man in black had a heavy sense of humiliation in his eyes, and he was about to stab him with his knife.

She was shocked and knew that she had missed the best opportunity, so she just smiled bitterly and prepared to die.

Instead of waiting for death, I waited for a warm rain of blood.

It turned out that Yan Ming flew forward and cut off the arm of the man in black at the critical moment. His action affected the wound. At this time, the blood in his abdomen flowed out as if he was free of money.

Holding back the bloody smell, Ke Yiqing walked to him and asked, "Are you okay?"

Yan Ming smiled weakly and wiped the blood on her face with his remaining clean sleeve, "As long as you're okay."

She had mixed feelings in her heart, and the mixture of love and hate left her speechless.

"You are worried about me, which means you have me in your heart."

Before she could say anything, the man frantically drew a flower pattern on her face with the blood from his belly, and said in an infatuated manner: "The brocade belt is mixed with flower patterns, and the robe is hanging down the green river."

Ke Yiqing ignored him and only called his attendants to come over and stop the bleeding.

After several commotions, she calmed down and whispered to him, "That's a eunuch, they were sent by the palace."

Yan Ming put away his madness, frowned and said: "This matter has nothing to do with you, just leave it alone."

Tell her to leave it alone?Are you afraid that you don’t want to embarrass Chu Yun in the palace?

She sneered and recognized the reality again, "Since Mr. Yan is fine now, I will take my leave first."

Yan Ming wanted to speak, but his face turned pale and he vomited a mouthful of black blood.

But the figure walked resolutely, as if he never wanted to look back at him again.

(End of this chapter)