However, since it has been confirmed that the missing businessman named Li has really sunk to the bottom of the pond, this matter cannot be easily let go.
"It seems like it will take a day to delay."
This matter is quite serious. Shaoyao and Bi Shiyi were both busy. Of course, they did not take those people with internal skills lightly.
Others are busy, and Ming Jin is not idle either.
She wanted to go to Xu Qiubai to tell her schedule, but the other party knocked on the door first.
The lonely man and the widow naturally could not live in the same room, so the two walked to the platform on one side of the passage and faced the farmland and the woods outside.
"Mr. Xu, this time I really want to delay you. Something happened. This inn has some unspeakable secrets that disturbed me. If I don't solve it, I'm afraid I'm unwilling to accept it. Therefore..."
She undoubtedly admires and respects the person in front of her, and is unwilling to regard the other party as an affiliate. Everything must be discussed and can be decided after consultation.
Although the other party never rejected her.
She was still ready to tell her as usual, but before she could say it, she heard a subtle sound from somewhere.
It's very serene.
The two looked at each other and looked at the hidden area of ​​the woods at the declining angle under the railing.
If you don’t see anyone, you can hear the sound.
Ming Jin was sensitive and knew the inside story. He immediately raised his index finger to Xu Qiubai and made a booing gesture on his lips. Xu Qiubai was stunned, then nodded obediently, staying there like a thief and listening quietly.
This unspeakable secret... Ming Jin actually wanted to know if this sour and elegant scholar would be moved by a lawsuit for life.
She was curious about him.
"Well... you're here just now."
"Speak quietly, there are many people in the store."
"What are you afraid of? They don't know that you have a wife. She can't get sick for a long time and can't even leave the door. Today, there are still a few who think I am yours, oh..."
The two of them started to make fun of themselves impatiently. Although the voice was light, the environment here was too quiet, and the ears on the upper floor were too good.
Xu Qiubai looked at Ming Jin silently. The latter didn't say anything, but turned his head to lean against the wall, Rumo's hair was against his neck and a strand of it against his cheek. She seemed to deliberately hide herself in the shadows and had nowhere to escape.
I can't leave, I'm afraid of disturbing the people below, if I don't leave...
Fortunately, Xu Qiubai turned his face and no longer looked at the faint blush on her snow-white cheeks in the dew as the moonlight flowed.
Someone was passing by, and the cough came. The two of them were frightened and fled in panic.
This is quiet.
After a while, Ming Jin said softly: "Sir, what I said...is not this."
Xu Qiubai nodded, "I know."
Then there was another dead silence.
"What's there?" Ming Jin noticed that there was a small wooden house behind the field over there, which looked cold and cold.
At this time, a woman in coarse cloth was staggering to the field to pick vegetables. At first glance, she was a very thin woman, but she couldn't see her appearance clearly.
Ming Jin had actually guessed it, but he didn't say anything, and just pursed his thin lips, but heard the people around him say lightly: "How much men in the world are so heartless."
As she became accustomed to the public, Ming Jin suddenly felt a little surprised when he saw this person. He pondered and thought, and asked in a shallow manner: "Mr. Xu said this to me?"
"All women in the world should take it as a warning."
Xu Qiubai is like a cynical old master, and her tradition is very old-fashioned, as if she falls into the love woven by a man in the world, she will be bound by herself and suffer by herself.
"Thank you for your reminder, but you seem to be a man."
"Why do you use the word as if...?"
Xu Qiubai's expression was a little depressed, but he still answered Ming Jin's question.
"But I didn't say I was not affectionate."
He didn't just deny others, at least he counted himself.
Ming Jin really dared not laugh at such a cruel person, but she couldn't help laughing.
With this smile, the two of them looked at each other and suddenly realized something was wrong.
They shouldn't have had such a conversation.
Xu Qiubai took the initiative to change back to the original topic, "It doesn't matter if I delay any further, it's the same wherever I read."
He didn't seem to care, "I came to see you, and I remember that I was in Zhuangzi before. I saw that you were quite interested in the "Wingwu Reforms". However, the events of the previous dynasty were long and were also taboos and rarely mentioned them. But today I looked through this book and found some connections, so I took it to you to read it."
Xu Qiubai said as he was like a nerd, unable to wait to present the book in his hand to Ming Jin.
The embarrassment was not worth mentioning before.
Only books are his favorite, so pure that it is clear at a glance.
Ming Jin smiled, "thank you."
Since you are such a pure person, don't involve him in such a thing.
She took the book and was about to leave, but seemed to remember something, and looked back and smiled at Xu Qiubai, and gently waved the book in her hand, "Mr.'s book must be very good."
She left, and Xu Qiubai stood there for a while.
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The rain had stopped. After a night of rest, many people were packing their luggage and getting ready to leave. Jiang Chunlai went to see him off. When he saw Ming Jin and others coming down in the hall, he came over to say hello.
Ming Jin was politely asking Xu Qiubai An with the host's attitude of treating guests.
Both of them seemed to have not taken what happened last night to heart. When Jiang Chun came over, they stopped talking.
But Ming Jin spoke first, "Boss Jiang, seeing that so many people are leaving, if you are vacant of the room upstairs, why not move one to me and pay as much as possible."
Jiang Chunlai was surprised and subconsciously asked: "Ah, girl, aren't you leaving?"
The heavy rain has passed, and the cars and horses on the road should be smooth. Others are anxious to catch up on the schedule. He has observed that this group of people often go out to explore the paths, and they seem to be very anxious to leave, but why did the night change after it has passed?
"No, and there is still something to delay. The boss doesn't welcome it?" Ming Jin smiled faintly.
For some reason, Jiang Chunlai always felt that the other person's eyes looked at him were very meaningful, which was a clear joke and deep feeling.
A young woman is so heartbroken.
Jiang Chunlai's eyes dodged and said with a smirk: "It's welcome. We do business, so there is no reason to keep our customers out. Then I'll make arrangements for you now..."
Before the meal started, Bi Shiyi came back, and Ming Jin took him to the corner corridor in front of everyone.
"Have the person arranged it?"
"Yes, let him go to the government to report the case tomorrow morning..."
"Be careful, don't expose it. Just wait for the official to come and take good care of the money. Although we have many people, we are all ordinary people. This time my father asked me to receive the goods and rely on ten thousand yuan. If life is not at stake, I will never care about this matter."
"Don't worry, girl."
The two of them said very briefly, and they lowered their voices and walked out after they said that.
As soon as they walked away, a man leaned against the wall in the hidden corner of the corridor, his back was shy, and then he tiptoed away.
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Others rectified their chariots and horses and left one after another.
"Girl, they're gone."
Shaoyao pointed at the warriors who were hiding their inner breath. They were walking with others.
"It seems that there are officials in those households?"
Ming Jin has been away from the county town for too long, and even though he has obtained a lot of information in the later period, it is not comprehensive.
The main reason is that her mind is mostly on her own safety and the corpse under the pond.
"It seems that their goal is not on me."
Ming Jin had no intention of causing too many troubles. After knowing the other party's target, he no longer paid attention to it and just waited for the night.
The wind came at night, and the stingy shop owner Jiang Chunlai was particularly polite and even gave sweet soup.
"You are leaving tomorrow, and it is also a fate given by God. If it weren't for this rain, Miss Xie would not have come to us. This bowl of sweet soup would be a farewell gift."
Jiang Chunlai smiled with a shy face, and Ming Jin's eyes slid from the sweet soup in the porcelain white bowl to the tray.
There were several bowls of sweet soup on the plate, not just for the two of them.
His eyes went from Duanpan to Jiang Chunlai's face.
"Thank you, do we have them, and only give them to us?"
Jiang Chunlai reacted very loudly and laughed a lot louder, "Haha, no, why can't it be? Everyone has it, but Miss Xie, your sweet soup must be the biggest bowl."
Ming Jin also smiled, and didn't say anything more, just let Shaoyao take over the sweet soup, "Will you give it to the boss tomorrow?"
"You don't drink now? It's okay, so you guys are busy, I'll collect it later."
Not tomorrow, but late.
Jiang Chunlai turned around and left. After the door was closed, he pretended to walk out of the footsteps, and then leaned out of the door with his hands and feet. Naturally, he could not see inside, but he could hear the sound.
"Girl, this sweet soup is quite delicious, you can try it."
"Is that so? I'll try it..."
Outside the door, Jiang Chunlai's mouth curled gently, left carefully, and went to other people to send sweet soup.
But when he arrived at Xu Qiubai, he opened the door and the latter glanced at him, "I don't like having midnight snacks."
"This is sweet soup, it's okay, let's have a bowl of it."
“I don’t like sweet soup.”
"Forehead...."
“Is there any salty one?”
“….”
Puchi, Shaoyao, who was eavesdropping against the door, almost burst out laughing, covering her mouth and laughing like a little hamster. Ming Jin saw her like this and was surprised. After learning, he was also smiling. With the elegant temperament of a lady from a family, she gracefully leaned against the door. Xian Yun Shujing could not tell that she was eavesdropping at all.
Just at this moment, Jiang Chunlai gritted his teeth and said, "Yes! I'll do it now."
Xu Qiubai probably laughed and said with a gentle voice: "The boss is such a good person."
Jiang Chunlai laughed dryly and left.
Shaoyao turned her head and saw her girl lower her head slightly, lower her eyebrows and smile slightly.
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All the sweet soup bowls and spoons were taken away. In the kitchen, the candles were shining. As the sound of sharpening the knife, a person's face looked particularly ferocious.
"Boss, we really want..."
Jiang Chunlai turned around and stared at Zhang San coldly, "I have killed one, what else can I be afraid of? Why? Are you so unhappy when you get ten taels of silver?"
Zhang San's expression was embarrassed, as if he remembered the silver he had obtained. His eyes became hotter and another thing made his heart even hotter.
"That boss, that Miss Xie..."
Because Mingjin didn't have any kind of lady style, they all shouted with the country people, and the girls were screaming, but those with eyes could tell that the other party had some family background.
Jiang Chunlai glanced at Zhang San and smiled and said, "What kind of lady, she is just a daughter from a merchant family, she has no background. You want to, wait until she faints, whatever you want, but you will get the last knife."
As he said that, he put the kitchen knife in front of Zhang San.
"Just like that night."
Zhang San remembered the feeling of chopping off that night, his face turned pale, but hesitated for a while and still held it. He just glanced at Xiaojiao, who had a very delicate face not far away, and couldn't help but hum: "That Xiaojiao is still..."
Jiang Chunlai sneered, "Why, let women do what the big man can do?"
His eyes were a little cruel. Zhang San was afraid, shrank his neck, smiled embarrassedly, and said, "It's almost time to calculate it, not to mention that the medicine is not effective enough, so they wake up early."
Jiang Chunlai didn't want to delay. In fact, he was not as steady as he showed now, and he felt a little weak. After all, there were many people on the other side and there were also Jianjiazi. If this medicine was not very effective, the previous success gave him confidence and he would not have taken such a risk.
Thinking of the finest brocade worn by the girl in the Xie family, and thinking about the other party's current behavior is not only about seeking wealth and danger, but also about saving his life.
This is what they forced him!
Chapter completed!