After Bai Xiao came out of Hengxiang Pharmacy, he went back to Qianfang.

Right now, Ganfang only has a few housekeepers and apprentices left behind, and the rest of them have already set off for Changxing Restaurant, the largest on Xishui Street.

In the past year, Qianfang has formed a lot of good relationships in Dongdu, and has many partners. Naturally, the good time of the new year is not to be missed.

Qi Tonghe took Baiqiao to occupy the entire second floor, but because of Baiqiao's reputation in the past six months, a group of big men only dared to see the fairy's demeanor from a distance, and they didn't have the guts to lick their faces to please. Baiqiao was happy and relaxed.

But the merchants had to find a way to pass on the kindness towards the fairy, so when Bai Xiao, the elder brother, entered the door, he received compliments from all directions.

Bai Xiao was stunned for a moment, her eyes looked high above the heads of the crowd, she fell on her sister's sly smile, and shook her head helplessly.

In this way, the joyous atmosphere became more and more heated with the steaming of wine. After an hour, these ghost and ghost merchants also gradually let go of their guards, hooked their shoulders and opened their mouths to chat.

Bai Xiao's face was also slightly drunk, and he barely sat upright, listening to the nonsense of a middle-aged man next to him.

Suddenly, the other party lowered his voice, and asked Bai Xiao mysteriously, "Young master is young and promising, with unique insights, what do you think about this court situation?"

North Korea bureau?

Bai Xiaojiu sobered up a bit, and smiled mischievously, "The next level of grassroots people can't even recognize the grades of those official robes, so don't dare to speak rashly."

"Tsk," the middle-aged man frowned, apparently not believing it, but someone next to him was interested in this topic, so he took it up immediately.

Since then, the topic of the meeting has gradually changed direction, and it didn't take long before it actually turned to the three sons under his knees.

Hearing that, Bai Xiao was frightened for a while, but became more and more curious.

In fact, in the Eastern Capital, the common people would secretly gossip about the affairs of the palace, but when it comes to the three princes of the current dynasty, only the eldest prince and the third prince often appear.

For example, in the winter of last year, Huainan had a rare ice flood. Thanks to the overhaul of the Huaihe River and Yunhe Lake in the summer, another corpse was saved.

Since then, Dongdu has been praising the benevolence of the third prince everywhere.

On weekdays, the eldest prince's suave and gentle manner is a top-notch topic that many noble ladies and their servants talk about.

Only the second prince appeared very rarely in Fangshi.

Everyone only knew that he led the army all the year round, and over time they imagined him as a barbarian who was big and rough, and even very cruel.

Including these businessmen who have already stood at the top of Dongdu and even the entire Dahui business circle, they also kept secrets about the second prince.

"Leading the army for so many years, if he said that he didn't have that kind of thought, who would believe... um."

"Speak carefully!" The person sitting next to him hastily covered his companion's mouth, and shouted viciously in a low voice: "It's really a few sips of yellow soup that will make you stupefied, dare to say anything!"

The man laughed and laughed at Bai Xiao, hoping that Bai Xiao could pretend not to hear.

Bai Xiao smiled, then lowered her eyes slightly.

Those guys who enjoy themselves in the eastern capital will never know how the soldiers risked their lives to protect the land behind them in the cold and remote northern land.

He told him that if the second prince really had other thoughts, it would be impossible for the border of Dahui to be stable for so many years.

People are selfish in their bones, and only when they need someone, they will think of that person's kindness.

Therefore, instead of conscientiously guarding the frontiers meticulously, it is better to turn a blind eye and close one eye, and let out some disturbances, so that the emperor can rely on him and ask for more benefits.

Maybe it was alcohol, Bai Xiao recalled what he saw and heard in Mobei five years ago, and he thought a little bit deeply for a while.

A group of people continued to make noise until midnight, and then fell asleep one by one in the private room.

Bai Xiaomi stared and was dragged up by Bai Qiao.

"Come on, let's go home, don't sleep on the floor with them here." The girl whispered in his ear.

Bai Xiao nodded while half drunk and half awake.

Well, not with these people.

Ganfang's carriage carried the two brothers and sisters, passing through the night and disappearing into the alley where Ganfang was.

At the corner of the street not far behind, a young man on horseback, wearing the light armor of the Wucheng soldiers and horses on duty, watched them get home safely.

Qi Changting stood there for a long time, until the orange fire in the girl's room came on and went out, and then slowly exhaled a breath of hot air, which turned into a hazy white mist in the cold winter night.

With the new year and the new weather, after Ganfang's reputation spread, the surrounding counties saw more business, but Baiqiao's hand became more and more tight.

After all, due to limited conditions, transportation in ancient times was not as convenient as it is in modern times. The farther away the shops are, the higher the cost of on-the-spot inspections will be, and the reliability will be worse. Strong dragons can’t beat local snakes, let alone they are not strong dragons. .

At this time, Bai Qiao always sighs with emotion, wondering when the relationship between the male lead and the main party will be announced.

Look at Shenghe, even if she is humiliated by Qian Fang, no one dares to say anything. She also wants to try what it feels like to have the support of the privileged class in the East.

But soon, reality poured a bucket of cold water on Baiqiao.

At the beginning of spring, Qianfang set up a bodyguard bureau, and Bai Xiao took them to the south to escort the silver taels to the shopkeeper Li in Xiangcheng County who had negotiated the business at the beginning.

They set off the morning before, and early the next morning, some members of the escort agency came back covered in blood.

"Boss, has been robbed, our bodyguard team has been robbed!"

The desperate cries could be heard throughout the second floor of Qianfang.

click.

The girl who was questioning the merchant and writing the case file almost broke her pen.

was robbed.

Robbed? !

It took her a long time to react, and her pupils shrank sharply.

That wasn't Bai Xiao's voice just now, where is Bai Xiao? !

Bai Qiao didn't even bother to confess to the person in front of him, so he ran out and ran into Qi Tonghe who was looking for her.

The man's face was ugly, and the first sentence he uttered was that Baiqiao fell into an ice cave:

"Bai Gongzi was stabbed in the shoulder and back, and he is in the medical hall."

Bai Qiao took two deep breaths before he stabilized his mind, rejected Qi Tonghe's suggestion to go together, and took a buddy with him to ride his horse to the outer city.

Fortunately, Bai Xiao only suffered some skin trauma.

The wound was long and horrifying, but not deep, and healed quickly.

Hearing this, Bai Qiao breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes were filled with the aftermath of the catastrophe, which made Bai Xiao very pleased.

However, in the next sentence, Bai Qiao said with emotion: "Fortunately, this girl has the foresight, this time I just asked you to bring a small amount of silver."

Bai Xiao: "...?"

The young man's face froze for a while, and finally his face completely darkened, and he refused to pay any attention to Bai Qiao.

On the other hand, the bodyguard team knew that something had happened, so they didn't renege on their debts. According to the agreement in the contract, they compensated [-]% of the loss for the party, and then gathered a team with better skills to run away for the party. Dart once.

Because of Bai Xiao's injury, Qianfang sent one of his men, who was also one of Qi Changting's secret guards, to escort the silver pair, and finally arrived at Li's house in Xiangcheng County without incident.

However, the incident of the party being attacked was put into the routine of the meeting of the party members very seriously, and in the end they unanimously pointed to Shenghe next door.

There was a moment of silence in the house.

Even Baiqiao couldn't help restraining his righteous indignation at first.

Because it's embarrassing.

She can rub Sheng He on the ground in other aspects, but as long as the other party really starts to smash the pot and fight hard, then she will have to admit that there is really nothing Qian Fang can do unless Qi Changting takes action.

I don't know who sighed first, and there were sighs one after another in the room.

Bai Qiao rubbed the center of his brows, and said slowly: "I'll think about whether there is another way. Strengthen the defense during this period, and send all the silver taels promised to the Li family first."

If it was really Sheng He, the other party had just made trouble for them, so they must not dare to make any more moves in a short time, otherwise it would be too conspicuous.

Everyone should be, and ran to Xiangcheng County twice in the next week, and the leader of the team was still not Bai Xiao. Fortunately, everything was as Bai Qiao expected, and the other party did not make any further moves.

However, for the sake of caution, the dry party did not take any new business from other counties, or it was negotiated with others. The dry party prepared the silver, but it did not include postage. The other party hired someone to pick it up. At worst, the price was cheap for them. Some.

In this way, the team that bet on the silver was finally free from bandits, and after another two months of stumbling, the business was able to increase steadily.

But things got weirder at the end of this month.

Bai Xiao led the team out of Dongdu again after two months to inspect a merchant in Xin'an County.

This time, they didn't bring any money with them at all, and the group rode on the road, but—they were robbed again, and Bai Xiao once again got a bad reputation.

Bai Qiao felt that something was wrong.

Is Shenghe really playing tricks?

Thinking about the last robbery of silver, the people in the Escort were at most only seriously injured, and no one was killed. If it was really the villain of the original book who regards human life as nothing, how could he leave so many alive.

Even if you don't keep your mouth shut, you should kill one or two as a deterrent.

And according to the confessions of the hidden guards, when the group of people came to attack them, they seemed to be targeting Bai Xiao indistinctly.

Bai Qiao fixed his suspicious eyes on Bai Xiao, and said thoughtfully, "My brother has been in Dongdu for so long, but has he made any enemies?"

The young man who was asked was stunned, frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head uncertainly.

The fellows at the side also said that Bai Xiao was sophisticated and slick. Although he was as simple as a big brother in front of himself, he was a thousand-year-old fox outside. It was really hard to imagine that he would have such an enmity with anyone.

Although everyone was puzzled, they still let Bai Xiao stay in Dongdu first to avoid going out.

However, on the last day of March, when Bai Xiao went alone to a cooperative store on Jinzhao Street to discuss contract renewal, the enemies hiding in the dark completely bared their fangs.

Probably because he couldn't achieve the effect the other party wanted for a long time, and finally he ran out of patience.

While the slender, bright sword cut through the youth's hairband, it left behind a note that was split into two sections.

——Get out of Dongdu, otherwise, die.

"A man came with a black scarf covering his face. I avoided the vital point dangerously, and only had time to slap the other's right arm with a sheath, and then completely lost his whereabouts." The young man said with a heavy heart.

Everyone at the scene lowered their eyes and remained silent, waiting for that person to speak.

But the young man sitting in the first place tapped his folding fan lightly on his palm, but he didn't speak for a while.

He looked around at the crowd, but he couldn't find that slender figure, so he was a little upset.

He knew that that person might have thought of something with him, and now Qian Fang was so strong that he had almost reached the limit of what an ordinary shop—an ordinary shop without a clear background behind it—could achieve.

It's time to bring some things to light.

She knew it clearly, but why didn't she want to talk to him?

It was also the same when the "insurance" was mentioned before, either directly handed over to Qi Tonghe, or must be discussed with Qi Tonghe when Qi Tonghe was present.

The corner of Qi Changting's lips curled up into an ambiguous smile, and he said slowly: "The enemy is in the dark and we are in the clear, so don't act rashly."

"Since the other party said so, then Mr. Bai should go and hide first. It just so happened that Mr. Chang from Jiangdu sent a letter a few days ago. He wanted to show me something. Can Mr. Bai run for me?"

Bai Xiao looked over in astonishment, he didn't think it would be a good thing to leave Dong according to the other party's wishes at this time.

However, Qi Changting just looked at him with a smile.

Bai Qiao confirmed that the other party was not joking, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and prepare to respond.

Finally, just as he said "yes", there was an awkward knock on the door.

The girl's voice rang out faintly.

"Wait, I have other ideas, and I want to discuss it with the young master."

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