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When they finally arrived in Jiangzhou, Qi Xiao changed his name to Chu Xiao. As a businessman who came to Jiangzhou from Hanyang to do business, Qi Zhe wore a long white brocade floral dress with a bun and followed him, looking like a lovely wife.

Before arriving in Jiangzhou, Wei Chiyu felt that it would be inappropriate for Qi Ping to ride the same horse with Qi Xiao, so he found a coachman and hired a carriage, pulled his own horse along with the carriage, and sat in the carriage to serve Qi Ping.Qi Xiao and Yang Huai got up their own horses and walked in front one after the other.

There are abundant grasses and long forests along the road, and three obvious traces have been stepped on the narrow path by carriages, and the wild grass grows lushly in the gaps that have been run over by the wheels.

Before arriving in Jiangzhou City, a few temporary tents were scattered scattered on the official road outside the city. Some families set up simple cooking utensils, and dragged their families to stand on both sides of the road to ask for money from the passing carriages.

The few beggars immediately saw Qi Xiao's noble face, and the pure black horses knew that they were not young at a glance, they swarmed up and stood in front of the horses regardless, begging for money, most of them were old people and children, the black horses were frightened He kept shaking his head and stepped on the ground uneasily. Yang Huai went up to drive away the crowd, but it was not effective.

The copper coins fell into the grass and made a few tinkling sounds, and the crowd ran towards the sound, squatting on the ground to look for the scattered copper coins just now, and finally resolved the temporary crisis.Qi Xiao patted the black horse's neck to make it settle down, raised his head and squinted at the people who were searching for copper coins in the grass, and asked the old man driving the carriage, "I don't know if the boss knows, why there are so many here suddenly?" beggars?"

The old man wiped the sweat from his forehead, shook his head and said sadly: "Alas, they are all homeless people. The rice should have been harvested in May, but the fields were destroyed due to waterlogging. Why don't we wait for them to go back now?" Starving to death, at least I can ask for some money to save my life here."

Qi Xiao's heart sank when he heard this, and his brows were furrowed. Seeing this, Yang Huai quickly took over the conversation and asked, "Didn't the court release food for so many refugees?"

The old man gave Yang Huai a whip to make the horse run faster, looked at Yang Huai, and smiled helplessly: "I see that you are a noble person, how can you understand these people whose lives are like chaff, and you only have a few mouthfuls of porridge every day, and you can grab it." It's your ability, if you can't get it, you can't blame others, the imperial court can't control so much, it's the greatest blessing to let them here to ask for money without driving them away."

His fingers couldn't help but clenched the reins tightly. Qi Xiao wanted to ask more questions. Wei Chiyu got out of the carriage, lifted the curtain and exposed half of his body, and said, "I heard that the imperial court has allocated silver taels. It won't be long before the repair of the dam is completed. You can go home."

The old man stopped answering the phone, let out a long sigh and smiled, and concentrated on driving.Qi Xiao held the rein indifferently, but the cold light in his pale eyes couldn't even melt half of the sunshine under May. Yang Huai saw it and smiled and changed the subject, saying that he had heard of sweet-scented osmanthus in Jiangzhou in the early years Tea cakes are famous far and wide, and I have long wanted to try them. The first thing I will do is to try something new.

Wei Chiyu nodded sharply, talked about some experiences, and described the taste of sweet-scented osmanthus tea cake vividly, as if she had already tasted it, Qi Xiao naturally knew their intentions, and said in a slow tone: "Since the gluttons are about to crawl out Stop talking, I'll let you eat your fill when we get to Jiangzhou city."

At this time, Qi Bing's soft and charming voice came from the carriage: "Master is too stingy, are we only allowed to eat tea cakes?"

To the coachman, the voice of Xianggong was just ordinary, but to Yang Huai and Wei Chiyu, it was a joke, but Qi Xiao heard it, and it had another meaning besides a joke. He took a breath, raised his eyebrows and replied: "Young lady, what you said is wrong!" Well, not to mention sweet-scented osmanthus tea cakes, as long as you want the dragon liver and leopard fetus, I will give it to you, sir?"

The people in the car stopped talking, and they vaguely saw Qi Ping covered his mouth and smiled, the previous gloomy atmosphere was blown away a lot, and they arrived at the gate of Jiangzhou City, and it was just time for dinner.

The guards outside the city gate checked a few people's bags and belongings before letting them into the city. Although the atmosphere in the city was much more lively, the beggars sitting cross-legged on the ground in the corner made the bustling street bleak. Pedestrians in the past turned a blind eye to those yellow and emaciated refugees, and tried to live and rest at their own pace.

Leading the horse to an inn in Jiangzhou City, he paid the coachman and asked for three guest rooms. Qi Xiao walked into the house and opened the window facing the street, just in time to see a few ragged and disheveled beggars in the shadowy corner of the street. He came from behind and followed her gaze to see this, knowing that Qi Xiao was feeling uncomfortable, so he gently squeezed her palm to express his relief.

Settled the horses and asked the shopkeeper to bring the food directly to the house. Sure enough, I ordered the sweet-scented osmanthus tea cake, which was crispy and sweet after one bite.

After offering sacrifices to the Wu Zang Temple, Yang Huai and Qi Xiao talked about their future plans.As soon as he entered the door just now, Yang Huai had already inquired about the shopkeeper, and learned that most of the victims had gone to other places, and most of the people left were homeless and had no place to go, but he kept silent about how the local government would help the victims. Word.Yang Huai was worried that asking too many questions would cause vigilance, so he talked about other topics, but found out interesting things.

"I told the shopkeeper that we are engaged in the stone business in Hanyang. He said that before the dam burst, the government was vigorously repairing the dam. Stone materials were indeed needed, but the construction of the dam was in charge of the Situ family in Jiangzhou City."

"Situ?" The construction of dams is usually managed by the government, and the government finds masons and hard workers to supervise the work. Qi Xiao doesn't remember sending someone with the surname Situ to come.

Yang Huai nodded and continued: "Later, I went to the stable to tie the horse and gave some money to the boy there. I learned that Situ Lin, the head of Situ, was the father-in-law of Qiu Zhongke, the magistrate of Jiangzhou. The prefect of the prefecture, Situ's family is the richest man in Jiangzhou, and his ancestors were Jinshi who were officials in the court, so it can be said that they have a very high reputation, Situ Lin married his young daughter to Qiu Zhongke, the two families are well-matched, talented and beautiful."

These are almost well-known in Jiangzhou. Qi Xiao had just been born when Qiu Zhongke was on the gold list of high school. Except for sometimes hearing Qiu Zhongke's name in the booklet, he had never even met him.

Let Yang Huai continue to pay attention to the things about Situ's family, and start looking for a house where he can stay temporarily the next day. The inn is not a place to live for a long time, and it is easy to cause trouble if there are too many people.After searching for two days, I found a house in the outer circle of Jiangzhou City. The original owner went to another county for business, so the old house was left to the neighbors to help take care of it. When Qi Xiao and the others planned to stay temporarily, The aunt next door enthusiastically agreed, and the price was very reasonable.

After a busy day, I cleaned up the house. The big pieces of furniture in the house are just dusty and need to be wiped off. The other small pieces can be bought at the market. The house is not too big, with only six or seven rooms including the front and back halls , a century-old locust tree was planted in a courtyard in the middle. It was at the end of May, and the white flowers on the tree hung like rosary beads on the treetops.Qi Zhi looked at the more and more formed courtyard, as if she was no longer a princess in the palace, but just a woman from an ordinary family here, living a comfortable and stable life.

Qi Xiao came from the outer hall and saw Qi Bing standing under the locust tree with a smile all over her face. She stepped forward and took her hand and said, "Smiling like this, do you like this place?"

"To make up for the cold, to make up for the cold, to have a light meal, and to be accompanied by someone." Qi Wei smoothed the folds of the clothes in front of Qi Xiao's chest, smiling sweetly, "Life is enough."

Ordinary people in the world pursue prosperity and wealth, but how many people know the price behind power and money. In fact, the essence of life is just to eat, clothe, and be accompanied by a lover. These sounds simple, but they are even more difficult .

Without waiting to enjoy the world of the two of them, the lady next door came over with a freshly made zucchini omelette, and when she saw Qi Ping and Qi Xiao holding hands intimately, she immediately felt embarrassed, knowing that she had ruined their atmosphere: "My lord I'm really in love with my wife, and I'm so envious of others. These are some cakes I made, I see that you have been busy all day and don't have time to cook, so you will fill your stomachs first."

After taking a bowl full of zucchini egg pancakes, Qi Ping thanked her with a smile. His spring-like smile made the aunt dazzled. On the way home, he felt that the new neighbor, a man with a face like a crown jade, was a gentle and lovely woman. Man, there really are such perfect couples in the world, it's really like a match made in heaven in the play.

In the evening, after Qi Yi had dinner, he went back to his room to rest, and continued to arrange things in the house by the way. Qi Xiao and Wei Yang talked about the news they got in the past few days.

It turned out that Situ's family was only engaged in the cloth business. Jiangzhou is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River with convenient transportation. The [-] mu of silkworm fields in the outskirts of Jiangzhou City are all owned by Situ's family, and their business spreads all over the country.

Since Situ's family married Qiu Zhongke, it has become even more powerful. Not only the silk business, but also the pawnshops, restaurants and silver houses in Jiangzhou City are all owned by the Situ family.

Hearing that Situ's house still had a silver building, Qi Xiao tapped on the table with her finger and asked, "The silver building? What's it called?"

"Tairunheng." Yang Huai dipped his finger in the tea and wrote these three characters on the wooden table, "It is very famous in the Ganpo area, and has opened many branches."

Qi Xiao nodded at the news that Yang Huai had inquired about, then turned to Wei Chiyu and said, "Tomorrow morning, see if there is anything missing here, and I will take care of you when I come back. Yang Huai and I will go to Xunxun later." Take a look at Kou Dam, go there in two or three days and then return."

"It's fine to let Yang Huai go." Wei Chiyu became worried, "Master, you are running all the way, so you should take a rest."

Qi Xiao shook her head, with a sad look in the corner of her eyes, "I don't feel relieved if I don't go and see for myself."

Knowing that Qi Xiao had made up her mind, Wei Chiyu didn't say anything else, and kept firmly in mind what she had just told her.The three of them took the map and looked at the route they were going to go tomorrow. When everything was ready, it was dark outside, and there was a thud, thud sound of the second shift from the street, accompanied by an old man's shout, "It's all right... ...".

After packing up the things for going on the road tomorrow, they went back to their rooms. Qi Xiao sat on the spot for a while, and the shadow fell. The shadow guard had been waiting for a long time, and he wanted to report the clues he found today.

"Yao, let's talk." Qi Xiao felt a little tired from running around for days, so he rested his hands on the seat and slowly massaged his temples.

Yao clasped his fists and nodded, "I searched for the mansions on the east side of Jiangzhou City. There are three houses in total. One is the Liu Mansion, the other is the Situ Mansion, and the other is the Han Mansion." When he heard that there was the Situ House, he paused with his fingers rubbing his temples. , Let Yao continue to say, "It's just that my subordinates have searched all over the place but haven't found what the two thieves said before."

"Hmph, it's been so long, she must have been transferred somewhere else." Qi Xiao stood up from the chair, stood by the window with her hands behind her back, and watched the last-string moon, the cold moonlight reflected in her eyes even more. Added a bit of coldness, "During this time, you can stay at Situ's mansion, don't follow me, wait for me to come back in two days, and tell me everything there."

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