The villain is far from my CP!

Today's Jiangdu is still cloudy, but it is rare that there is no rain.

Outside the sheriff's mansion, there were circle after circle of common people. In the hall, a young man in a splendid dress and a jade crown sat on the throne, and one person knelt down in the hall, crying for grievances.

The yamen servants lined up on the side of the hall and shouted mightily, but if you look carefully, there is a layer of cold sweat on your forehead.

It's just because the person kneeling under the hall is none other than the magistrate of Jiangdu County.

The black yarn has been removed, the official uniform is messy, and there is no way to recover.

"As a county guard, you should be guarding the people, but you took advantage of natural disasters to make such ill-gotten gains, and even killed the imperial court envoys. Now that the Yan family has testified, you can plead guilty!"

"Official, official..."

The county guard's face was pale, he was the second prince's henchman, ever since he knew that it was not the second prince who came to Huainan, he vaguely expected his own disaster today.

"I will be taken into custody from now on, and I will be escorted to Beijing on another day. The affairs of Jiangdu will be temporarily handled by the governor. Yan's family was originally an accomplice, but in view of his merits in the prosecution, he voluntarily handed over his private hoarding of grain and grass. for disaster relief."

With a slap of the gavel, bursts of applause came from outside the government office.

Thanks a lot to the Yan family, they went back to Yan's mansion empty-handed, smiling not much better than crying.Meanwhile, Qi Jingmin, with his entourage, quickly counted the hoarded grains turned in by the Yan family, and prepared to ship them to the three west counties of Huainan via the Huai River.

At the same time, Qi Changting was resting in a tea house in Liangyoufang City.

"Your Highness, they have started to transport grain to the ship." He Cheng came in from the private room, and clapped his hands back, his tone somewhat displeased.

His Highness has a sharp mouth and a bean curd heart, saying that he should avoid the edge for the time being, but it is because the disaster situation in the three west counties that Qi Jingmin is in charge of is much more serious than the three east counties, and he is so stupid that he can't even protect his own food. Give it to him, I don't know how many innocent people will die in vain.

Qi Changting didn't even raise his head, hummed, and continued to fiddle with the fan bone in his hand, only to hear a click, like the sound of some mechanism closing.

"I know about this." He folded the fan bones, carefully put them into a brocade box beside him, raised his eyes and asked, "What about the woman? How did the investigation go?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, the woman's surname is Bai Mingqiao. She is the concubine daughter of the Bai family in Wu County. She is fifteen years old. Speaking of which, she has some ties to the Yan family." I told the ins and outs of it again.

"Oh, pouring wine in public," Qi Changting raised his eyebrows and chuckled, "I don't think she has such courage."

"Who says it's not?" He Cheng recalled Baiqiao's shivering appearance that day, and echoed, "But the Bai family is avoiding the Yan family at the moment, and it is estimated that they will return to Wu County in the next few days."

"Well, what else?" Qi Changting continued to ask: "What was she going to the official road in the north of the city that day?"

"This..." He Cheng faltered, bowed his head and apologized, "This subordinate is incompetent, and I didn't find out."

When He Cheng mentioned this matter, he felt a little headache.

He secretly found a few servants of the Bai family, and asked the driver who drove her that day, and learned that Bai Qiao lost his mother when he was young, and he only had an elder brother named Bai Xiao. The family is alone, and there is no confidant except the little maid who was fainted by fright.

Moreover, it is said that after the girl survived a near-death a month ago, she behaved a little strangely, but they couldn't tell why it was so strange.

About that, more savvy?

"The most important thing is that that day was not the first time she went out to the north of the city. She went there twice in the past half a month. It's like looking at the scenery."

"Looking at the scenery?" Qi Changting frowned.

Half a month ago, the rain in Huainan was already heavy, the remote official road, the carriage stopped and went...

Qi Changting imagined the scene at that time, and suddenly, the word "stepping on the spot" jumped into his mind.

"Heh." He shook his head and chuckled, a 15-year-old girl who couldn't even fight for her own marriage and could only force her to death, what did she step on?

"Cough, actually..." He Cheng suddenly coughed lightly, rubbed the tip of his nose in embarrassment and said, "This subordinate has a guess, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"?" Qi Changting raised his eyebrows and raised his hand to signal him.

He Cheng's ear tip flashed unnaturally red.

"I don't know...Have your Highness heard of the Yangzhou skinny horse?" The young guard whispered: "Perhaps after the girl passed by the Yan family, she deeply realized that it is better to take the initiative than to be married off, so..."

Qi Changting: "..."

It's okay, he doesn't want to hear it anymore.

The young man rubbed his eyebrows, "Okay, let's talk about the cabinet workshop, how is the contact going?"

Now that the grain of the Yan family has been given to Qi Jingmin, and the grain in the Jiangdu granary is only enough for a few days of emergency, he needs to raise money to buy grain again as soon as possible.

The topic became serious, and He Cheng also became serious, but his face was obviously not very good-looking.

"It's not going well. Our people have already revealed their identities and said that the imperial court's disaster relief funds will be returned as soon as they arrive, but they still dare not lend us. After all, these silver taels do not belong to the cabinet itself, but are deposited there by merchants from various places. Yes, it can be withdrawn at any time, and if something goes wrong, it will damage the reputation and completely ruin the business."

After Qi Changting listened, he remained silent.

Of course he knew that the money in the counter shop belonged to the merchant, but thinking about raising the banner of the imperial court, the other party would be more or less relaxed. Unexpectedly, it was so difficult, and he had no way to do it for a while.

The matter of money and silk has always been his shortcoming. Although he secretly opened a cabinet in the middle of Beijing, it was just a small business, earning some storage fees according to the rules. In all fairness, if someone wants to borrow money from his cabinet, he must Also refused.

"Your Highness, what shall we do?"

Qi Changting got up, put the brocade box on the table into his sleeve, and walked towards the door.

"If you can't borrow money, go to Fangshi to see if you can borrow food directly."

The Liangyoufang City in Jiangdu County is the most prosperous city in Jiangdu County.

Not only the common people buy rations from here, but also the grain merchants from all over the world buy grain by boat, which is extremely lively.

Bai Xiao took Baiqiao and entered the workshop from the east, watching and talking all the way, from rice prices to shipping costs, from routines to slang, from procurement to sales, he stepped on many pitfalls one by one, and now he talks about it. To Baiqiao.

He also didn't know whether he wanted Bai Qiao to retreat in spite of the difficulties, or he just wanted to confide in him.

After a whole morning of shopping, Fangshi was only halfway through. Baiqiao was recovering from a serious injury and had to be taken care of carefully. Bai Xiao led her to the nearest restaurant for lunch.

The two asked for a private room, next to the window on the second floor, and Baiqiao habitually leaned by the window, overlooking the various people coming and going on the street.

Seeing Bai Qiao's boneless appearance, Bai Xiao subconsciously wanted to discipline her, but closed her mouth just before she could speak.

That's all, after suffering so many grievances, let her go.

Bai Xiao thought that the amnesia would not affect the taste, so he ordered the dishes that Bai Qiao used to love.

However, before the food was served, Bai Qiao suddenly turned around and hurriedly said, "I'm going to the bathroom!"

Then turned around and ran outside.

Bai Xiao pressed her shoulder, frowned and said, "Where is the bathroom?"

Bai Qiao: "..."

"I, I'm sorry, no, go to the toilet, the toilet is fine!"

People have three urgencies, Bai Xiao can't help it, seeing Bai Qiao disappear in an instant.

Bai Xiao had nothing to do with Bai Qiao's behavior, so he could only shake his head and smile wryly, and regretted for a while that he agreed to Bai Qiao to keep Yue Lan in the mansion.

Bai Xiao should really regret it, because at this moment, his baby sister has already left the restaurant, and the dog sneakily took a shortcut and rushed in front of the two young people.

Bai Qiao's heart soared with excitement.

She knew that it was not enough for the male lead to take the food from Yan's family, and now he really came to Fangshi to buy food, and she bumped into him on the first day. Self-recommendation is successful!

However, Bai Qiao happily followed, without noticing that someone was about to raise his hand to greet her at the door of a shop she passed.

The woman was dressed in a goose yellow pomegranate skirt with a pale pink cloak, she was slim, virtuous and elegant, and even a slight frown was a sight to behold.

Behind her was a servant girl who frowned even deeper and said dissatisfiedly: "Second Miss is really losing her rules, she just hustles and bustles on the street, but she still ignores the Eldest Miss, just like a concubine." nothing."

"She just had such a big joke with the Yan family a few days ago, and now she doesn't know what she wants to do."

Bai Qing ignored the maidservant's complaints, she watched Bai Qiao's disappearing back, and shook the round fan in her hand.

"Go, find someone to follow, and see what she is going to do."

The servant girl should be, and turned to look for the coachman and the servant, but was stopped by Bai Qing again.

"Also, let someone find the third young master to see what's going on with his sister."

"Yes."

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Bai Xiao looked confused: So where is this bathroom?