The eldest married as a merchant's wife

Chapter 216 Visiting Stone (1)
"Sanlang...Sanlang...ah, help!" Xiuhe panted heavily, and woke up suddenly from the nightmare.

The time was at the end of the hour, and the thin sunlight came in through the cracks of the window, and shone on the empty bedding beside him, creating a golden mist—two days had passed since I was taken away by the yamen that night, Geng Wu still did not come back.

Wearing a dark cyan cap and changing into men's clothes, he went downstairs.It was fine for several days, and the plague seemed to pass overnight. People lost their fear, and the street market became lively again.

Facing the street noodle restaurant, diners shuttled back and forth, green onion sprinkled with green onion on the clear soup tempted people's appetite, maybe the waiter saw her young son was handsome, so he specially added a few more slices of beef than others.Xiuhe drank the soup slowly while breathing the heat, and listened to the mutterings of the people beside her——

"Hey, have you heard? Two days ago, he took a boatload of salt and sent him to prison! Tsk, it's really unlucky to see the money in his hand go to waste!"

"Unlucky, what's bad luck? Every year they talk about arresting, and they are released within a few days after being caught. What is this called? Secretly hiding the old warehouse, collusion between the two parties."

"It's different this time. This time, I heard that the emperor sent Prince Duan to investigate the case in person. He has to be serious. Maybe we can investigate him and turn the world upside down!"

"Whoever is at the dock doesn't know what this Jinzhou mansion relies on for food. There are people supporting it, and they eat it for nothing. He is reluctant to catch a really big salter. Even if he is caught, it will be a small head, and he will be punished a few times." , kill it and throw it in front of the imperial envoy, and let it go as a scapegoat. This pier, as long as the big mountain at the top is still there, no one can touch it."

A few middle-aged local men were mixed among the merchants, their voices were very low, but they could be heard clearly.

"Gudong—" The noodles just picked up slipped from the chopsticks, and Xiuhe's hands trembled.Akang ran in from outside the door and called out, "Sister-in-law..."

"Shh." Xiuhe quickly made a gesture.

Akang called her "Brother Guan Xian" with some embarrassment.The rest of the brothers, including Xiao Hei and Da Zhang, were all arrested by the government. Because Akang was wounded on the neck that day, he applied plaster in the doctor's shop, and escaped just in time.

He opened his robe and sat down opposite Xiuhe: "I have made inquiries, and I will be locked up in the Changping Prison in the north of the city! My dear, it is a place where severe punishments are carried out, and you will not be allowed to visit the prison if you give money. I dare not ask too much , I'm afraid I'll go in too, and then no one will protect my sister-in-law... my dear brother." Having said this, he blamed himself again, remembering the kidnapping that day.

The place where the big punishment is carried out...

Xiuhe suddenly remembered what Scarface said: "But you have to know, who is behind me." She also remembered Geng Wu said that Scarface was secretly selling salt, and he was rejected when he was invited to join the gang.So rampant, then behind the scarred face must be an official bigger than Li Baocai, such as Caotai... Geng Wu's visit must be more or less ominous.

That afternoon when Xiuhe was kidnapped, Xiao Hei and his brothers searched everywhere, and then delivered sour wine to various shops non-stop. Yunxi's ship was dirty.

Xiu He put down her chopsticks and said, "I'll go to Mr. Li's house and try it out. I can't just sit around like this. It's always good to be accommodating."

"Hey, then I'll go with you!" Akang quickly followed suit and followed behind.

Go back to the inn and change into women's clothes, a large-breasted gown with a gardenia flower bottom, and a rouge-colored pleated long skirt.I was doing my hair and makeup in front of the bronze mirror, when I suddenly thought of something, I put down the grate again, opened the bag and took out a purple gauze shawl.The shawl was embroidered with a calla lily pattern, which symbolizes good luck. It was originally intended to be given to my mother-in-law, but because it was almost finished, I took it along to embroider on the boat.

(End of this chapter)