I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

The shopkeeper entered the Chang'an county government office, and did not interrogate him directly.

There are a lot of things to deal with every day, and they must be prioritized. Like this kind of case that has already been settled, will it be easily brought to trial in a short while.

Chang'an is busy.

Tongfu Restaurant is very leisurely, there are only a few customers coming and going, Cheng Yaojin's family, Li Shimin's father and daughter, Li Jing, Hou Junji, or Zhou Xiaosan and a man surnamed He.
Even the serving maids and the Qianniuwei who sneaked up to protect Li Lizhi were all familiar faces.

Yin Xuan felt bored.

Don't these people know how to promote themselves because they only care about eating?
However, he is not in a hurry, he is earning a lot of money now, maybe when there are more customers in the future, he will envy the leisure life now.

Pingkangfang, Huanxiyuan.

In that desolate hut, the woman squinted at Zhou Xiaosan: "Master Zhou is here again? Could it be that you have something to bother me, an old bone?"

Zhou Xiaosan shook his head: "I came here to take Xiaojiu away."

The woman froze for a moment.

She turned her head and looked at Zhou Xiaosan: "It takes twenty pennies to redeem one's body."

People of low status are also human beings, so naturally they are more expensive than livestock.

The old ones can sell three or four guans, while the young ones can sell about seven or eight guans.Like children, girls are more expensive than boys, and they can be sold for ten.

Jiu'er was born good-looking, and the price of redemption was twenty pennies.

This is not a small sum, and the salary of a seventh-rank official is only so much for one year.

Zhou Xiaosan nodded: "A certain one has been assembled."

"The money has been handed over to the Ministry of Rituals, and I have also taken out the deed of sale." As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to the woman.

The woman raised her hand, her hands were haggard, callused, and had many burns and knife wounds, she took the paper and looked at it carefully.

On the deed of sale, the name of the three characters Dou Da.

It's Jiu'er's contract of prostitution.

The woman looked at the piece of paper with complicated emotions. She exerted a little force with her hand, as if she wanted to tear it off, but in the end she still couldn't do it.

"You have attached yourself to a great nobleman." The woman laughed mockingly, and handed back the deed of sale, "It's just for the sake of a lowly girl, and you can still take out twenty pennies."

Zhou Xiaosan felt a wave of fluctuation in his heart.

He shouldn't have explained these things, but he still said these words out of his mouth: "These money are all rewards given to me by the Emperor Tang for clearing up the case."

The woman raised her eyebrows: "When did you have the ability to investigate cases?"

Zhou Xiaosan continued: "However, it is true that XX has attached himself to a nobleman. He is not from the Tang court. It is thanks to that nobleman that XX was able to investigate this case."

Saying that, he paused.

"That nobleman is a very smart man, he runs a restaurant, and his craftsmanship is unparalleled in the world. There is only one younger sister and one mother in the family."

The woman naturally understood the meaning of Zhou Xiaosan's words, her face was expressionless, and she lowered her head again: "It was you who redeemed Jiu'er, and now you are her master."

"Whether it's sold to a brothel or sent to be a child bride-in-law, she's still at your disposal."

Zhou Xiaosan didn't speak any more, remained silent for a long time, and sighed softly: "Then I will take my leave first."

The woman didn't look up, she was still mending her clothes.

When it was getting late, oil lamps began to be lit in Tongfu restaurants, and if there were no more customers, they were ready to pack up and close.

Zhou Xiaosan's figure appeared at the door of Tongfu Restaurant again.

"It's so late today?" Yin Xuan raised his eyebrows and greeted, "What are you going to eat?"

Zhou Xiaosan shook his head, didn't say anything, and walked a few steps into the restaurant.Only then did Yin Xuan realize that there was a timid little girl following behind Zhou Xiaosan.

She is not very tall, but she is still a head taller than Yin Lulu, but her facial features are long, exquisite and cute, and she looks about the same age as Changle.

"Your daughter?" Yin Xuan asked hesitantly.

Zhou Xiaosan shook his head: "The daughter of an old friend."

As he spoke, he led the girl to sit down at a table, ordered tomato scrambled eggs, and ordered a bowl of rice.

When Yin Xuan brought the food, the little girl's eyes lit up, and she began to eat carefully, seeing that she was not hindered, her mouthful became bigger and bigger.

Zhou Xiaosan waved to Yin Xuan, and the two sat down at another table.

Yin Xuan didn't speak, just looked at Zhou Xiaosan.

After a long time, Zhou Xiaosan said with some embarrassment: "Shopkeeper, I have an unfeeling request. I hope the storekeeper can take this girl in."

Yin Xuan raised his eyebrows, his tone was very calm: "Why?"

Zhou Xiaosan said softly: "She is the daughter of an old friend of mine. In terms of status, she is also a lady of a princely and noble family. But it is a pity that her family will be liquidated by the Tang court, whether it is dead or not."

"Maybe those adults should be punished, but this child is innocent after all."

"Yesterday I received the reward, and I exchanged some copper coins for Bubo, and today I went to the Ministry of Rites to redeem her from the priest's workshop."

"I'm a rough person, I don't know how to take care of others, and I'm the only one in my family, so it's inconvenient to take care of her, so I am bold enough to ask the store to take her in."

Yin Xuan's tone was still calm, and he still uttered those two words: "Reason."

Zhou Xiaosan gritted her teeth, turned over, knelt down in front of Yin Xuan on one knee, untied the knife from her waist, and put it on the table: "From today, a certain Feng shop will be the master!"

"Life and death are up to you!"

Yin Xuan didn't speak, nor did he move.I didn't say I agreed, nor did I say I refused.

Zhou Xiaosan gritted her teeth, and continued: "The child's mother is the eldest sister of the Jiaosifang women's family, the brothel, the Goulan, the musicians in the palace, and the palace's concubine. She can get information."

"It's thanks to my eldest sister that I was able to figure out the method of the temptress in one day."

Yin Xuan still did not speak.

Zhou Xiaosan took out the deed of prostitution from his arms and put it on the table: "This is the deed of prostitution for this child. From now on, this child's life will be decided by the store owner."

Yin Xuan picked up the deed of sale and glanced at the words on it.

When I saw the girl's name, I couldn't help but froze.

He looked back at the little girl who was having a good meal in some astonishment, and then at Zhou Xiaosan, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "It's interesting."

"In that case, I shall come down."

Zhou Xiaosan breathed a sigh of relief, and cast a grateful look at Yin Xuan.

Yin Xuan casually put the contract of sale on the table.

The light from the oil lamp came on, illuminating the little girl's name.

It is an uncommon surname: "Yuwen Jiu".