Return of the Swallow

"Young Master, we are here." Outside the carriage was the driver left by Pang Xiao. He was upright and quick-spoken, and almost used to address her as the princess. Fortunately, he immediately reacted and changed his name in time.

Qin Yining raised the curtain of the car, and joked as he got out of the car: "Young Master, that sounds good."

The driver blushed in embarrassment, and bowed to Qin Yining.

Qin Yining smiled and waved his hands, not intending to blame at all, but the originally tense atmosphere was relieved a lot by Qin Yining's joke. Even shopkeeper Zhong Da felt that the impetuousness in his heart disappeared.

Shopkeeper Zhong Da and Jing Zhe followed Qin Yining from left to right, and the three of them walked to the door of Zhengjibuzhuang together.

The gate is closed tightly, only the white lanterns hanging high can be seen.

Walking along the courtyard wall on the side of the shop to the backyard, you can see the spirit banners in the yard that are higher than the wall and reveal a corner.

There was a smell of burning paper money in the air.

In the quiet alley, the woman's suppressed sobbing can still be heard vaguely.

Qin Yining closed his eyes, his heart felt heavy again, and he turned his head to look at Master Zhong.

Shopkeeper Zhong immediately went to knock on the door knowingly.

After the door of the backyard was knocked, there was a moment of silence in the courtyard, and then there was the sound of footsteps walking in, and an old woman's voice raised her voice and asked, "Who is it!"

"We are here to ask to see the shopkeeper of your shop." Shopkeeper Zhong Da replied loudly.

The old woman said "later" and walked away.

But after a while, the backyard door was pushed open, and two elderly maids stood on the left, one on the right, and then a beautiful young woman walked out.

The woman was dressed in plain clothes, with silver ornaments and white silk flowers on her head, and a white cloth bag around her waist, her eyes were red, and she looked quite delicate.

Xu Shi saw three men standing outside the door, and the woman froze for a moment.

Qin Yining took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "Are you the manager here?"

Qin Yining's appearance after dressing up was a feminine and handsome young man. She lowered her voice on purpose, and it sounded like a young man's indistinguishable voice. In addition, her feet were not bound, and her demeanor was free and easy, so there was no flaw at all.

The woman seemed to be more on guard, and politely returned the courtesy: "My family is the shopkeeper of the shop. It's just that something happened in my family's house, and I don't do business these days. If this young man has anything to do, please Come back later."

Qin Yining nodded, looking over the woman's shoulder, he saw the courtyard was pale.

The woman frowned slightly in displeasure, and based on the principle of a businessman making money with kindness, she didn't scold Qin Yining for being rude on the spot, but said displeasedly: "Young master, please go back."

Only then did Qin Yining whisper in his original voice: "My grandmother is Mrs. Dingguo."

The woman was taken aback, and looked up and down Qin Yining in astonishment: "You..."

Qin Yining turned around and took a delicate mahogany carved box from Jing Zhe and handed it to the woman.

The woman looked up at Qin Yining suspiciously, then lowered her head and opened the box.

The black velvet lining has a gold seal on it, and there is a booklet next to it.

This is Qin Yining's golden album and gold treasure when he was canonized as Princess Zhongshun. It is impossible to fake it just by looking at the material and workmanship.

Qin Yining said in a low voice: "Madam Dingguo's granddaughter is Princess Zhongshun, the shopkeeper must know."

The woman came back to her senses, nodded hastily, and stepped aside to let Qin Yining and his party enter the courtyard, then carefully closed the courtyard door tightly.

Qin Yining looked at the mourning hall in the courtyard, one of which was a black lacquer coffin, her hands and feet were cold, and she said dryly after a long while: "Did something happen to my grandma? Shouldn't she be in the south? How could she be in the old capital? What exactly is going on?"

While speaking, Qin Yining staggered towards the black lacquered coffin.

She was panicked and frightened, and although she resisted, she wanted to see whether grandma had really passed away.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he got closer, he clearly saw that the coffin was empty.

"Princess, Mrs. Zheng is not dead yet, but she is still in danger."

Qin Yining hurriedly turned around, "What's going on?"

"The little girl's name is Ma. When the old lady ordered me to come to Zhengji Buzhuang, she had already told her that if her granddaughter, Princess Zhongshun, Princess Qin came to contact Buzhuang one day, if there was anything to order, I must fully cooperate. I must also be timely. Pass the message to the old lady.

"This time, Prince Zhongshun Ren Pingnan Grand Marshal, as soon as the news came that he would bring his family to take office, the old lady immediately came to the old capital in person. Because she was worried that you and the prince had left the old capital for too long, and some roads would be difficult to get here. .That’s why I came ahead to play a vanguard.”

Qin Yining was moved when he heard that.

Why is grandma worried that they won't be able to get away? She clearly understood the situation of Pang Xiao and her, and she was afraid that Pang Xiao, the person who destroyed Dayan at the beginning, would be unpopular in Yan Dynasty's territory, and she was thinking about everything for them.

Thinking about it, Qin Yining's eyes became moist.

Mrs. Ma continued: "Originally everything was fine, but who would have thought that the old lady was arrested by outsiders just two days after she settled down in Buzhuang. The man was arrested for no reason. The old lady argued with Gao Dian envoy, but it was really a scholar who met a soldier, and the reason was hard to explain.

"In desperation, the old lady told me to prepare a mourning hall for her here before she left the house. She definitely didn't make any plans for this trip. She probably won't be able to come back. Prepare the mourning hall for her. It’s good to go briskly.”

Qin Yining's tears fell down when she heard this.

Mrs. Ma didn't say it carefully enough, but she understood Mrs. Dingguo's temper, and she could guess a thing or two.

Mrs. Ma must have stood proudly in the garden, arguing without fear. After arguing, he was proud and prepared to die generously.

"For such a big matter, why don't you come to me immediately?" Qin Yining's voice was a little sharp.

Mashi waved his hands again and again, "It's not that I didn't look for it, but the old lady ordered that if you don't come here to find it yourself, we are absolutely not allowed to take the initiative to look for you."

Qin Yining closed his eyes, feeling wet and cold in his heart.

Grandma didn't intend to implicate her.

Shopkeeper Zhong Da also had a heavy expression on his face, almost on the verge of tears.

Qin Yining gritted his teeth, and said for a while: "How sooner or later did you take it away? What explanation did the yamen give?"

"It's been a day and a night. The yamen didn't give any explanation, only that the old lady was suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason. Just arrested her like that. We used money and found connections, but it didn't work. The yamen didn't like it this time. Rich, it seems that he is determined to want the old lady's life!"

Crying hard, Ma suddenly knelt down, hugged Qin Yining's leg and begged: "Please help me, please save the old lady!"