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Chapter 373 Wu Land (6K+)

Seeing the girl's calm expression, Chun's mother choked again: "..."

She herself is an egg covered in seams, and she doesn't even know what she has done. Miss Jiang Si already knows?
It's a waste of talents if the Taishi Bureau doesn't set up a female officer position for Miss Jiang Si.

"I'll go to Wudi to confirm it myself, this matter..." After a moment of hesitation, the girl glanced at her, rubbed her forehead, and said helplessly, "Forget it, come with me." Go! Lest I know what you've done and spoil the plan."

Chun's mother: "..." It turns out that it's not that evil people know everything. After all, there are still things that they don't know. At least Miss Jiang Si can't fully know the wicked things she has done.

"As for Mrs. Yang, after the arrangement is made, Mrs. Yang will take action against Dali. We just need to 'help' Mrs. Yang." The girl said seriously.

What a "helper", if this "smart person" Mrs. Yang knows about such things in the future, I don't know how she will feel, she will probably be "tearful of gratitude"!

……

Wudi is not considered a big city in Jiangnan Road, but it has been regarded as a rich place since ancient times, and the output of fish and rice is very rich.

It is even closer to Suzhou, but it only takes more than an hour to reach Wudi.

The customs of Wudi and Gusu, which are so close to each other, will naturally not differ greatly. Compared with Gusu, the people of Wudi seem to be more leisurely.

People chatting in twos and threes can be seen everywhere on the streets, and most of the snacks sold in street restaurants are sweet, and the sweet air seems to have a bit of sweetness.

This sweet taste is the favorite of Xiangli. After entering the city, I bought a portion of all the snacks I saw, and put them in the snack box in the carriage to eat on the road.

So fond of food... Mother Chun twitched the corners of her mouth, looking at the little maid's chubby face, she couldn't help but glance at Jiang Shaoyan who was at the side.

The master only smiled when he saw this, but he didn't criticize the little girl for spending money or anything, and told the little girl: "Don't be too gluttonous, eating too much at once is not good for your health."

The little maid nodded seriously when she heard the words, and said: "Well, miss, then I will eat slowly!"

The girl who dealt with assassins in Jiang's Bieyuan was merciless, and the girl who shot and killed many assassins with arrows and crossbows in her hand was unexpectedly kind to the people around her.

There is such a master... Chun's mother thinks that this little girl named Xiangli is really a fool and a fool.

It was almost noon when we arrived in Wudi, and the group randomly found a restaurant on the street and ordered a few dishes for lunch.

After just a few mouthfuls, the chopsticks in Chun’s mother’s hand only dared to stretch towards the plate of green stir-fried vegetables, not because she wanted to follow Xiao Xuebai’s vegetarian diet, but because the people in Wudi seemed to like sweets very much: ten dishes Sugar is added to seven or eight dishes.

The pork ribs are sweet, the dried tofu is sweet, and even the black rice is covered with sugar.

People have different tastes, unfortunately, she is the kind of person who doesn't like sweets, so she is really not used to Wu Di's food.

"The price of sugar is not cheap, such a way..." Mother Chun shook her head, a little hard to understand.

"The taste is just different." Jiang Shaoyan said lightly, then paused and said, "But looking at the eating habits of the Wu people, it seems more like a richer Baoling City."

Only people in small towns that have been prosperous since ancient times and are rarely affected by war can eat this way.

This is a prosperous and peaceful small town in the south of the Yangtze River. Born in a small town like Wudi, a salt merchant's family, if the child hadn't been abducted, he would have lived a happy and peaceful life in the future.

Jiang Shaoyan understands this truth, and the "experienced" mother Chun naturally understands it too. Hearing Jiang Shaoyan say that Wudi is like a "rich and precious Baoling City", I choked inexplicably, and I couldn't eat it because my mouth was full of sweets. I can't even eat the food that went down.

If she hadn't been abducted... such a rich lady in a small town would have a very good life in the future!

Thinking of it this way, I felt a bit sour for no reason, but the sourness didn't last for a while, and Mother Chun came back to her senses: She is not a good thing, she is so obedient and obedient, but she knows that she can't fly Jiang Si. It's just the lady's palm.Since she entered this line of work, how long has she had a conscience?Why did it appear out of nowhere now?
The old bustard has a conscience, and it will be fatal... Mother Chun put down the bowls and chopsticks in her hand, and slapped herself hard: something is wrong, isn't it?
If you really want to develop such a "stupid" habit, how can Huayue Tower continue to open after flying out of Miss Jiang Si's palm?
Cheerful Xiangli, who was holding up a piece of crispy rice cake, looked at the expressionless mother Chun who suddenly slapped her ear, and was stunned for a moment: This... is so cruel that it even hits me!

Jiang Shaoyan glanced at Chun's mother who gave her a shave, and didn't say much, but after seeing that everyone was almost finished eating, she called the waiter from the restaurant to come over for more tea.

When I was filling tea, I gave Xiaoer a piece of silver, and Xiaoer understood immediately when she saw this, and complimented Jiang Shaoyan happily: "This lady is a rich person at first glance." Very rich, "I don't know if Miss has anything to ask?"

"Ask the salt merchant here," the girl said without beating around the bush, "the salt merchant who lost a daughter once."

Wudi is a small town like a treasure mausoleum. Almost everyone in the neighborhood knows what's going on in the palm-sized small town, not to mention the people in the restaurants and other places in the city who welcome and see off guests every day.

Therefore, as soon as these words came out, the clerk immediately slapped his head and said, "Miss is talking about the youngest daughter of Mr. Liang's family!"

The Liang family was rich in selling salt, and every move they made could attract discussions from the people of Wu.

"Mr. Liang himself looks really bad. He looks like a monkey." This wealthy salt merchant is not a good person. He has a mediocre reputation in Wudi, and ordinary people don't like him. This person is also very shameless, "However rich, the wives and concubines he married are all extremely beautiful, especially the deceased Mrs. Liang, who is really beautiful like a fairy."

Everyone listened carefully without interrupting the man. Even though there is a preference for aesthetics, she can be evaluated as "beautiful like a fairy", at least in the eyes of most people, she is a beauty.

"That Mrs. Liang gave birth to a son and a daughter for Liang Yuanwai. The eldest son looks exactly like Liang Yuanwai, and he looks like a monkey; but the daughter followed Mrs. Liang, before she was abducted. , as round and delicate as a doll in a painting, exquisite and cute.”

"Mr. Liang himself is not good enough, but there is nothing wrong with his eyes. It hurts this daughter who looks like his wife, not only him, but the eldest son of the Liang family who is the elder brother also loves this girl. At that time Many people have seen this Mr. Liang running out to buy snacks with his sister in his arms, and he would not let go if he liked it!"

In a family like the Liang family where the father and brother are the masters, being loved by the father and brother, I also know how the young lady of the Liang family will be favored in the future if she has not been abducted.

"Miss Liang's family was still young when she was three years old, but her appearance already had a faint taste of beauty. As a result, during the Lantern Festival that year, the servants who took Miss Liang's family out could not go to the toilet. After a while, Miss Liang's family was abducted by a 'good-hearted man' who helped take care of Miss Liang's family."

"This kind of thing rarely happened in our Wu land. After the incident, everyone was in danger for a while. Almost all the people in the city helped to find out, but no one had seen the kidnapper..."

Before she finished speaking, she heard Chun's mother snort, and said: "You guys have been living comfortably in this place for a long time, and nothing happened rarely. Do you have such a big heart? So much so that you dare to put a three-year-old girl Leave it to strangers to watch over."

This is so easy for a small town like Wudi with a big palm and a good atmosphere. It can be said that the road does not pick up lost things, and neighbors are not prepared.The consequence of such a situation is that either there will be no accident, or an accident will be a major event.

"At that time, the Liang family was brightly lit for more than half a year, and no one could be found. The beautiful Mrs. Liang fell ill because of this, and passed away three years later."

"However, although the Liang family's reputation is not very good on weekdays, they never give porridge or charity, and they are a bit stingy, but in this matter, they have performed well. At least they have not sold out their servants or anything. The servants in the toilet were only fined half a year's worth of money, and they still stayed in the Liang family to work. Therefore, the Liang family is fine in this matter." The man said with emotion.

Jiang Shaoyan was thoughtful upon hearing the words.

The man talked about some old things about the Liang family. It was nothing more than a shrewd businessman who refused to give in easily. Seeing that the girl didn't react too much, he had nothing to say after thinking about it. He was about to leave when he heard a sudden There was a commotion.The clerk instinctively poked his head out of the window for a glance, and immediately turned back excitedly to Jiang Shaoyan and said, "Coincidentally, Mr. Liang has returned to the city!"

Oh?Is it that Mr. Liang who loved his younger sister since childhood?
Jiang Shaoyan got up and went to the window to look down.

Downstairs on Wudi Street, a group of people with carriages and caravans are coming here. The leader is riding on a tall white horse, and he is very rich in splendid robes, but his appearance is lean. , the appearance is three-dimensional and even a little sharp, this appearance... It really reminds people of the "skinny like a monkey" that the buddy just said just now at a glance.

I don't know if he was exhausted from running around for days, but Mr. Liang's eyelids were drooping, his expression was tired, his eyes were still a little blue, and he looked a little sluggish. He rode on a tall horse and swept towards the people on both sides of the street from time to time. Cool and shrewd.

Jiang Shaoyan and his group didn't speak, they just quietly watched Mr. Liang and his group leave. After Mr. Liang left, Mother Chun picked her teeth with a pick and said, "Just like him, his Will the girl really look good?"

The clerk was not surprised when he heard the words, and patted his chest to assure him: "It is true, after all, Mrs. Liang who passed away early was a beauty!"

It's just that the two brothers and sisters have completely opposite reincarnation skills, one followed the father and the other followed the mother.

These words... really can't find any faults, after all, the dragon has nine sons, each of which is different.

Seeing Xiangli, who was eating sugar cake, looking at herself and the buddy, Mother Chun was a little embarrassed for a while, moved her lips, and muttered: "Look at Mr. Liang, who would have thought that his sister would be a beauty? Don't mention him." In terms of identity, I still think he is... er, a client who went to Huayuelou!"

What Huayue Tower is, the people in Wu, who have a simple folk style, don't understand it.The man touched his nose and thought, but he still understands the word "prostitute".

Although this Young Master Liang is not a prostitute, he did follow his father regardless of his appearance or temperament.

"There are several concubines and bed-warming maids in Mr. Liang's backyard!" said the man, "Although they are not prostitutes, they are...almost."

No wonder!Originally, he thought that his blue eyes were due to business fatigue, but it turned out that this was the case, and he had the same virtue as Qian San, a regular customer of the brothel, which seemed a bit hypocritical!Mother Chun muttered a few words.

Feeling empty and tired, Xiangli couldn't understand, so she couldn't help but asked Jiang Shaoyan in a low voice: "Miss, what is Mother Chun talking about? The servant doesn't understand!"

"You're still young, so it doesn't matter if you don't understand." Jiang Shaoyan touched her head and smiled, but her eyes were clear for a while.

"Are you still young?" Mother Chun couldn't help but slander when she heard this. If she remembered correctly, Xiangli, the little maid who happened to be 15 years old like Miss Jiang Si, and Miss Jiang Si was a few years younger than Xiangli. month!

How come Xiangli is still young when it's her turn, but she understands it by herself?
Do talented women even know this?

Of course, the "talented woman" in that room would not explain this, but after she withdrew her eyes from watching Mr. Liang leave, she turned to ask the buddy: "Mr. house?"

Of course, a big salt merchant like the Liang family doesn't have only one big house, maybe there are several houses in Wudi alone.

The clerk immediately shook his head when he heard the words, and said: "It is not placed in the Liang family mansion. In the backyard of the Liang family mansion, his own beauties are placed. Mr. Liang has a private house in the east of our Wudi. You go east. The biggest and most magnificent one is it. His beauties are all placed there!"

The Liang family's father and son are shrewd in business, and they will enjoy the money they earn. Each of them enjoys the beauty of a mansion.

Of course, there are other reasons for not being placed together besides that the father and son do not want to interfere with each other.

"Member Liang prefers beautiful women who have been married, beautiful widows, etc. Most of the beauties in the Liang family's mansion are such beautiful women with full figure and full of charm," although the Liang family's splendor and wealth are different from theirs. It's related, but it doesn't matter what I said about the evaluation. The guy told Jiang Shaoyan and others the evaluation he heard from chatting with the common people on weekdays, "Mr. Liang doesn't like this, he likes younger people." , with a slender figure, someone has seen Mr. Liang take beauties out shopping to buy pearls and hairpins before, and they are all young girls who are thirteen or fourteen years old and have not reached the age of hair."

The preferences of the father and son can be described as completely different.

Hearing this, Jiang Shaoyan lowered her eyelids, thanked the buddy with a "hmm".

According to the clerk, Mr. Liang came back from a business trip today, and he wanted to reconcile the account books with Mr. Liang, and he might not be able to return to his mansion until midnight.

This is a good opportunity!

After dismissing the staff, Jiang Shaoyan called Xiao Wu, and under the puzzled eyes of Chun's mother and others, she said, "Xiao Wu, go and help me with something!"

Xiao Wu answered "Yes".

The girl was standing by the window when she was talking at this time, and Mother Chun looked at the girl standing by the window, the sun was good today, and it was noon now, the sun fell on the girl's face, but it was gone before arriving at Wudi The gentleness at the time turned into solemnity and dignity.

Mother Chun touched her arm subconsciously: I don't know why, I always feel that there is a chill all over Miss Jiang Si's body, just getting close to it makes people get goose bumps all over her body.

Jiang Shaoyan called Xiao Wu to her side to explain the matter, and lowered her voice when she spoke, so Chun's mother and others did not hear what she was saying.

For one afternoon, the people did not go to the Liang family mansion, nor did they go out for a stroll, nor did they go anywhere, they just stayed in the inn to drink tea and eat snacks.

Xiao Wu came back in a hurry when it was almost the evening meal, different from the businesslike and calm expression when he left, Xiao Wu who jumped in from the window also had a bit of solemnity that was rarely seen on weekdays.

After entering, he walked directly to Jiang Shaoyan's side and gave a hasty salute, then said solemnly: "Miss Si is right at all, there is indeed..."

Before she finished speaking, she saw the girl nodded her head, expressing that she knew, Xiao Wu stopped talking when she saw this, and asked instead: "Miss Si, do you want to report to the police?"

These days, Xiangli is not the only one who develops the habit of reporting to officials when something happens, but also him.

But this time, the girl shook her head and said: "No need, if the local county magistrate in Wudi dared to take care of this matter, he still needs to go to Yancheng to use Lin Shaoqing's identity. "

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"Ah!" Lin Yan, who had been interrogating the assassin for two days in a row, sneezed, wrapped himself in thick fox fur, and looked up at Ji Chongyan who was opposite Ji Chongyan with his unkempt face and beard stubble on his handsome and clean face.

With his current appearance, there is no need to specially change into old clothes to "set off" Chongyan.

"Chongyan, you don't have to arrest some criminals to interrogate me!" Lin Yan murmured, looking at Ji Chongyan, and said, "The performance of our Dali Temple has exceeded the standard every year, and the villains who kill and set fire will only pass More, not too little!"

Lin Yan's eyes turned blue when he said this, but unlike that Mr. Liang from Wudi, he was really tired.

Compared with him, the one who caught the person is now full of energy, playing with an apple back and forth in his hand.

Ever since he went back to Baoling last time, this grandson has fallen in love with apples since he came back. He either eats them or holds them in his hands to play with. I think it probably has something to do with that Miss Jiang Si.

"Is there any progress?" The one who was playing with the apple asked seriously.

Lin Yan glanced at him, shook his head, and said, "They are all members of the so-called Holy Taoism, but they are all thugs, and they are not very useful."

This result is not unexpected. Without a trip to Jiulongling, the progress of this matter will not be very big.

"We always have to face each other. Taking away some thugs can be regarded as weakening their strength, which is still beneficial to us." Ji Chongyan said.

Lin Yan nodded and was about to speak, when Lu ran in from outside, holding a carrier pigeon with fluttering wings in his hand, and said, "Miss Jiang Si has a letter!"

Ji Chongyan, who was playing with the apple, his eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he quickly reached out to catch the pigeon.

Seeing this, Lin Yan turned around and prepared to leave: the letters from Miss Jiang Si should have nothing to do with him.

Only this time, before he could take two steps in the future, he heard Ji Chongyan's voice behind him: "Lin Yan, you have a case to take."

Lin Yan: "..."

He came to Jiangnan Road to investigate the case of Ye Mingzhu, but right now...the cases at hand are almost piled up!
Although he has a good reputation as a jade-faced judge, he will not stand still when encountering a case, but it is really unnecessary for Chongyan and Miss Jiang Si to "dedicate themselves" to finding a case for him.

After all, he was still thinking about the friendship he had met for many years. Ji Chongyan paused, and then said again: "This time, you don't need to go out as a jade-faced judge. You can go to Wudi and just walk around. It's fine to control you." The criminals are tired after two days of interrogation, so let's take a rest."

Lin Yan's face paled when he heard this: This kind of rest...is really unnecessary.

It's just that the complaints belong to the complaints. Since he agreed to Chongyan, Lin Yan nodded in agreement.Yancheng Yamen cannot be empty, so this time Chongyan did not go with him.

Before sending him into the carriage, Chongyan suddenly said with emotion: "I am a little envious of you, a jade-faced judge, and you can still take this opportunity to meet Miss Jiang Si."

Lin Yan: "..." He is a serious person, and he went to see Miss Jiang Si for business, unlike you who have "selfishness".

Thinking like this, Lin Yan couldn't help but look back at the densely packed soldiers and horses behind his eyes.In the past, he asked Chongyan to borrow people to handle cases, but he had never borrowed so many people.

This time because of Miss Jiang Si, it's different!Lin Yan sighed and got on his horse.It is only a day's work from Yancheng to Wudi.

After getting up in the morning and setting off, Lin Yan had already arrived in Wudi with his soldiers and horses by the time evening meal approached.

It was the first time for the city guards in Wudi to see so many soldiers and horses coming in mighty force. They were at a loss for a while. It wasn't until Lin Yan got off his horse and walked closer that he stammered and asked: " you you……"

"Lin Yan, Shaoqing of Dali Temple." After giving the waist badge to the guard for a look, Lin Yan took the waist badge and said, "I want to go to the city to see the county magistrate of this city."

Same as Wu Youcai, it was the first time for the county magistrate of Wudi to meet a third-rank official from the imperial court who came to meet him personally as the county magistrate.Thinking of myself as an ordinary county magistrate of a small town, and having never done anything serious, how could he attract the attention of a third-rank official like Lin Yan for no reason?

The county magistrate of Wudi was both surprised and delighted, after all, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, the majestic jade-faced judges, who would not want to take a look at them, such as the sesame seed officials far away from the sky-high emperor?

Feeling a bit puzzled, the county magistrate of Wudi hurriedly changed his official robes and ran out from the yamen to greet him. However, when he saw the densely packed soldiers and horses coming with Lin Yan, the joy disappeared in an instant. There was nothing left but panic.

What needs to dispatch so many soldiers and horses?Could it be for him?Has he done any terrible evil things in these years?

(End of this chapter)