If the Water Margin

Chapter 22 Important Woman

Pan Jinlian

Pan Jinlian feels that it is lucky and unfortunate to live in the male world.

Unfortunately, people always ignore her. After such a big change, I received a letter with poison, and some official people were poisoned to death on the spot. After that, I was just sent home, and no one came to protect me again. No one cared about what the cake stall should do in the future. Even the county magistrate's tax increase notice was not so urgent. His husband disappeared and his brother-in-law was involved in the incident, but this incident seemed to belong only to a man and had nothing to do with him.

But in the same way, it is lucky to be ignored. It seems that everyone left their backs to Pan Jinlian, believing that she is the safest existence and the stupidest existence.

But they are wrong.

Pan Jinlian returned home and decided to serve the pancake stall as usual. Wu Dalang's pancakes have finally become a famous brand nearby. He can't suddenly close down at this time, and the opportunity to make a fortune will be completely far away from him. Moreover, although Pan Jinlian did not care about Wu Da's life or death, Wu Da was kidnapped and the pancake stall closed, which also made the kidnappers laugh and made others look down on themselves.

But Pan Jinlian herself does not show up. After all, Yanggu is full of all kinds of dangers. When I was eating, others could put the poisoned letter on the table, but I didn't notice it. No matter how I thought about it, it was creepy. Pan Jinlian tried to analyze the whole situation with female logic. It seemed that every joint could be connected, but it was a little worse. How this letter came from is really the key.

Pan Jinlian was obsessed with this problem for many days, and finally lived up to her efforts. She ate, slept and went to the toilet for more than 20 days. When she woke up, she suddenly figured it out. Yes, in fact, everything is very simple:

When they found the letter, Pan Jinlian and all the people thought was that a man with great martial arts and skills put the letter on the table and quietly disappeared. Coupled with the poison of the letter, one person died immediately, and the letter wrote the challenge to Wu Song and the requirements for Wu Song to be the shopkeeper of the Guihua Building. This kind of inertial thinking and other things make most people neglect to think about how the letter came from.

There are many guests in the lobby of the Osmanthus Building, and the only back door is to pass through the kitchen. Therefore, it is unlikely that the messenger will walk out of the lobby when I find the letter. He must still be in the lobby. Then the biggest possibility is that the second child who served me secretly put the letter on the table and covered it with plates or other cutlery at the beginning. When I drank some wine, the tableware moved and the letter was exposed.

Yes, before I found the letter, I did remove an empty plate in front of me, then took a sip of wine, looked up and called for the checkout, and when I lowered my head, I found the envelope. However, I drank a little too much at that time and didn't react at the first time. In addition to what happened later, inertial thinking also emerged.

That is to say, the kidnapper's poisoning plan this time was not aimed at Wu Song, but at himself. Pan Jinlian broke out in cold sweat after thinking about the joints. If I had found the letter earlier, it would have been myself who would have been poisoned. His sister-in-law was poisoned when she opened the letter, and then Wu Song ignored the details of the letter because of anger when he read the letter again.

Thinking of this, the person delivering the letter is a second child who served the food in Guihua Building. And the kidnappers must also monitor themselves, otherwise they will not know that they went to the Guihua Tower for dinner and then prepared letters. What's more shocking is that there may also be spies in Wu Song's accompanying team. Only in this way can Wu Song bump into Pan Jinlian, who held the letter or was poisoned when he went to the Guihua Tower for dinner.

That means that the person who monitors Wu Song every day is actually the second child of Guihua Tower!

Pan Jinlian thought of this and couldn't sit still any longer. She must take a risk to go to Guihua Tower to remind Wu Song that there was a spy around him. If she could catch this spy, she would avoid many detours.

After Pan Jinlian figured out this layer, she immediately changed her clothes and was ready to go out. Today, she dressed up as the most ordinary peasant woman, wiped her face with some dust, carried a basket of green vegetables, and walked to the Osmanthus Building. It may be safer not to take a sedan chair, and the people who monitor me may not know my specific appearance.

Pan Jinlian entered from the main gate of Guihua Building, because she felt that it might be more unsafe to enter through the back door, and it was doubtful to cover it.

Pan Jinlian, dressed like this, is also quite neglected by the second child in the store. When talking to her, he also keeps hinting that Guihua Tower is a place where rich people come and costs a lot, which is not affordable for peasant women. Pan Jinlian herself ordered quite cheap dishes and sat in the corner of the hall.

"Call your shopkeeper. I'm a relative of your shopkeeper's distant room." Pan Jinlian asked the clerk to send a message directly, which seemed to have no scruples.

The man glanced at Pan Jinlian: "Wait a minute, I'll go."

After a while, Wu Song came. Wu Song stood at the table and looked at Pan Jinlian carefully for a while and whispered, "Sister-in-law, why did Wu Song almost recognize you in this dress?"

"Didn't you recognize me? The slave family thinks it's an eventful and needs to keep a low profile when going out. But I haven't seen my uncle for many days, and I miss him in my heart, so I came to visit him. Pan Jinlian looked at Wu Song and said slowly.

Wu Song said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I dare not do anything with me. I will definitely save my brother."

Pan Jinlian also lowered her voice. Then it all depends on my uncle. This man has many eyes, and I don't care about him when I see him. I'm leaving now.

"Okay," Wu Song's voice suddenly raised after saying, "You woman, if you don't have money, you have to go to the Guihua Building for dinner and walk. I, Wu Er, don't want this to be unlucky."

"I don't want to eat here, what is it!" Pan Jinlian was surprised, shook her sleeves, picked up the basket, and strode out. Behind him were the laughter of the guests in the lobby and the roar of Wu Song.

Pan Jinlian went out of the Guihua Tower and asked for a sedan chair by the roadside. Instead of going home directly, she circled around the county for several times. It was not until she was sure that there was no danger before she got off the sedan chair halfway and walked to the residence for a while.

When the door was closed, Pan Jinlian's heart jumped wildly. That person is not Wu Song, Pan Jinlian can be sure. Although his behavior and appearance are the same as Wu Song at first glance, how could Wu Song stare at himself for more than a cup of tea? Wu Song basically just glanced at all the women. Pan Jinlian knew it.

After finding the doubt, Pan Jinlian observed more carefully and found more differences. When this person stood, the distance between his feet was smaller than Wu Song. Pan Jinlian bowed her head every time she saluted Wu Song. At this time, what she saw was Wu Song's feet, and she slowly remembered some characteristics. This person was definitely not Wu Song.

Where did Wu Song go? Pan Jinlian, who found that Wu Song had disappeared, felt more and more afraid. Yes, now in Yanggu County, facing many inexplicable people and things, I am very lonely, and all I can have is myself.

At this time, it's afternoon. Pan Jinlian was thinking nonsense, and the ground snake came.

Calm down, calm down.

"How have you been recently, sister-in-law? I'll come to greet you on behalf of me. In order to respond to the kidnapper's appointment, Dutou dared not leave the Guihua Building for a moment. Her sister-in-law was very lazy to visit this morning. In order to hide her eyes and ears, she finally kicked her sister-in-law out of Guihualou. It was indeed a helpless move. Dutou also asked me to apologize to her sister-in-law on his behalf. The local snake speaks very respectfully.

"Dear driver is really important. The respected driver is older than his husband, and this sister-in-law's slave family really can't afford it. Pan Jinlian answered softly.

The local snake said very politely: "You are the sister-in-law of Dutou, and you are the sister-in-law of all our brothers."

And then the local snake exchanged some words, which was nothing more than asking how the business was and whether it needed anything.

"The business is barely maintained. In this accident, the turnover of Dalang is not as good as before. I'm afraid that the tax added by the county magistrate can't be paid." Pan Jinlian said.

After listening to this, the local snake pondered for a while: "It doesn't matter. There has been an accident at home, and the county magistrate also knows it. I will go back and report it in detail, and I won't be embarrassed. However, the local snake suddenly changed its words.

Pan Jinlian knew that the following words were the real purpose of the local snake. If you have something to say, I will treat you as if you were taking your uncle (referring to Wu Song).

The ground snake continued: "There is not enough silver on the other side of Dutou. He asked me to take a sum of silver from my sister-in-law. They all said that it was time to use the money.

"That money?" Pan Jinlian was stunned. Not long after Wu Song took office, he came back from a business trip, and there was no source of oil and water. According to the local snake, it seemed that the money should be very large. I don't know anything. Although I am your sister-in-law, after all, I am a woman. My uncle didn't tell me a lot of things. If you withdraw money, I'm afraid you have to let the head pick it up in person. Pan Jinlian didn't say anything. She said that she knew the money, but Wu Song could not withdraw it if he didn't come in person. Yes, only by holding secrets that others don't know in your hand can you live safely.

"My sister-in-law is right, so I will leave." The ground snake looked respectful and greeted for a moment and left.

Now Pan Jinlian knows that Wu Song has a sum of money in his hand.

This money has been found and remembered by others. The local snake came to inquire this time. He wanted to see if I knew that I didn't know the existence of the money. If he knew, he wanted to bully me and got it. If I just showed that I didn't know anything, I'm afraid I'll be silenced soon. Now that the local snake thinks I know, I'm afraid that many means will follow. Fake Wu Song will come to withdraw money? Wu Dalang's comfort threat? Anything is possible. I don't know where my uncle has gone, no matter where he has gone, I just hope he will come back soon.